Landscape Architecture Undergraduate Student Portfolio - Amelia Gority

Student Landscape Architecture Portfolio

Amelia Gority Undergraduate Portfolio

Contents During my undergraduate studies at Pennsylvania State University, I was introduced to different forms of how we as landscape designers and architects cultivate space for both form and function. How we spatially analyze our sites and define the functions of the space can impact the landscape - and in turn the people inhabiting the space.

These concepts formed some of my personal interests within the profession, with those being water systems, pollutant mitigation, and reclaiming spaces for people. Within the contents of this booklet, many of these key values play valuable roles in the graphics produced within my studies and shaped me into the designer I am now.

Projects Stiftsplatz Plaza Redesign - Bonn, Germany Riveredge Park - Coraopolis, Pennsylvania Millennium Science Complex Planting Project University Park, Pennsylvania Arts Alley - University Park, Pennsylvania

Stiftsplatz Plaza Redesign Bonn, Germany PSU Larch 499B Fall 2023

This project was done during my semester abroad in Bonn, Germany, where the focus was on doing a project that separately incorporated stormwater, heat reduction, and recreation activities within three separate design ideas, and then made a combined concept of all three. While working on the site, other criteria were also needed for the project, such as e-bike and car-sharing designated spots.

Listed below is the write up describing the project: This project consists of a combination of techniques to add to the site to assist in Stormwater, Heat Reduction, and Recreation. The project shown is the product of initially three separate concepts for the site, and how all three techniques can be incorporated.

The site addresses the main factors within this design are stormwater drainage, shady spots, and the addition of native ecology to create a green spot in a space created as a parking space. To achieve this, the site includes rain gardens, a manmade channel that drains in the center, tall grasses, native wildflowers, and large trees that can help mitigate the Urban Heat Island Effect (UHI). Additionally, traffic around the site was also analyzed, and areas where vehicles will drive slower and entrances into the site have also been opened to allow for good movement on site.

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The plant palette listed features a wide range of grasses, wild flowers, shrubs and trees that accomodate the weather conditions typically seen in Bonn, as well as the building blocks for starting the local ecology in the site.

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Additionally on site, there is added bike parking along the edge of the site, and car sharing spots. To aleviate the use of large vehicle traffic on site, there are more bicycle spots on site than vehicles. There is also a light green roof attached to the top of the overhead of the bike parking.

The thumbnails shown here relate to how people use this space for recreation use, including the seating, the sails and the tree platform view.

The above pictures a conceptualized perspective of the site. This course specifically asked for projects that had a focus on hand drawing and sketches, rather than fully rendered projects. In this graphic, the sketch shows how users would interact with each feature on the site.

RiverEdge Park Pittsburgh, PA PSU Larch 414 Spring 2023

This project focused on community and how to work with those within to create a project that has a large influence on the population there. Our site was located in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, and was located in an area that previously had an industrial history behind it. From this, one of the main factors of the project that was discussed with the community is the want for connection from the original site to the Ohio River where it borders. From there, other ideas came to fruition, such as kayak/ boat access, fishing areas, and creating a starting point for rip rap barriers along the river to start the conversation of cleaning up the river.

The end of the project proposed riparian buffers along the side of the river while removing the Japanese Knotweed that has currently taken place. Additionally, pollinator plantings were also introduced to give the space more areas for education on the needs of such species.

This studio also introduced charettes and open house ideas, where we were tasked with creating a table that allows community members to interact with the site with what could be potentially done with the site, and what they would like to see in the future, as this particular site was already in the process of installing an amphitheater.

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Pollinator Planings

Riparian Buffer Plantings

Planting Technicals- Millennium Science Complex University Park, PA PSU Larch 335 Fall 2022

The projects shown are a pollinator and meadow design conceptualized for The Millennium Science Complex located on Penn State Campus. The idea behind these two projects is to get a feel for how to work on technical drawing in tangent with large conceptual ideas. The two areas are designed for the human experience, while also incorporating ecological impacts, such as places where small animals, birds, and insects can take refuge.

Listed Below are the Statements for both the Pollinator and Meadow Gardens: Pollinator: Incorporating native species is vital for wildlife in any area.

It is critical for us as designers to include these species in gardens, while also paying attention to the condition and health of these plants so that they can continuously support the natural process that pollinators go through.

The focal point of my design is for visitors of the Millennium Science Complex to get an opportunity to learn more about the importance of pollinators, and how this benefits the wellbeing of bird and insect species.

Many of the perennials chosen benefit insect species such as butterflies and bees, as well as plants that benefit birds.

Meadow: When creating the design for each meadow on site, incorporating a diverse plant set for each meadow was vital to create a habitat for insects and animals. Many of the large grasses picked for all of the meadows were chosen with wildlife cover in mind, with the addition of larger forbs to also allow many of these species to be seen by visitors of the space.

The pathing of the space was made larger to allow for ADA accessibility throughout the three meadows, in addition to an ecolawn located towards the edge of the mesic meadow, All of the forbs chosen for each meadow follow similar colors to show a transition from each meadow to the visitor. Many of the forbs chosen for the mesic meadows were tones of yellow, the rain meadow being purple, and the prairie meadow having a mix between the two colors.

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Graminoids

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2 Cornus florida 1 Magnolia virginiana 1 Betula papyrifera

Flowering Dogwood Sweetbay Magnolia Paper birch

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19 Ilex vertillata 5 Hamamelis virginiana 9 Rubus odoratus

Winterberry Witch Hazel Flowering Raspberry

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42 Aquilegia canidensis 22 Asclepias syriaca 53 Echinacea purpurea 28 Liatris spicata 29 Mondarda punctata

Columbine Milkweed Echinacea purpurea Marsh Blazing Star Spotted Bee Balm

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41 Fillipendula rubra 21 Solidago rugosa 40 Tiarella cordifolia 15 Verbesina alternifolia 26 Veronicastrum virginicum

Queen of the Prairie Goldenrod Foam Flower Yellow Ironweed Culver's root

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28 Liatris spicata 68 Mertensia virginica

Marsh Blazing Star Virginia Bluebell

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19 Monarda didyma 37 Sedum ternatum

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80 Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot Veronicastrum virginicum Culver's root

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150 Carex pensylvanica 86 Carex vulpinoidea 98 Panicum virgatum

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Bee Balm Woodland stonecrop

Pennsylvania Sedge Fox Sedge Switchgrass

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21 Lobelia siphilitica Great Blue Lobelia Mertensia virginica Virginia Bluebell 25 Packera aurea Golden Ragwort 20 Pycnathemum tenuifolium Slender Mountain Mint

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Repeating Plants in Perennials Mix marked by *

Random Mix/Pattern

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Amelia Gority 335: Planting Methods 09 September 2022 Flohr Tamminga Millennium Science Complex University Park, PA

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1c Pollinator Garden Random Mix/Pattern

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Legend

Millennium Science Complex

Existing Trees Seating Prairie Meadow

Millennium Science Complex

Tree Plazas

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Arts Alley-Technical Drawings University Park, PA PSU Larch 335 Fall 2022

The project shown below focuses on technical drawings, and creating a set of drawings showcasing the process of conveying the process of building a site. This project in total ranged many different sheets ranging from the overall site plans to the conditions the site is facing now, the demolition process, the materials, and many more other factors we must consider when implementing a project. Regardless, this project showcases different site requirements, such as a fire lane, and creating this site to be more ADA accessible.

The space outside of the Palmer Museum is the location for the project, and consists of varying grades that were proven to be difficult to work with, so understanding the balance between working with the grade and creating accessibility was key for completing the project. Ultimately, adding in small touches of ecology and pollinator planting while aligning with my tastes was also done to give the space more ecological value, as this project’s goal was to understand the process of creating a set of documents.

Thank You! Contact Info.

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