Andrew Miller Landscape Architecture Portfolio 2017

ANDREW M. MILLER L A N D S C A P E A R C H I T E C T U R E + D E S I G N P O R T FO L I O

DESIGN STYLE

I love the natural landscape and the charge I get in being able to change and shift the natural world to create spaces that people love to be in. Our ability to ‘green’ our environments has overwhelming affects on our mental and physical well-being, and as a designer and landscape architect I am inspired to create and represent restorative landscapes that improve the quality of life for the client.

I have extensive experience in using Autocad, SketchUp, Adobe Suites (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), and Dynascape fluidly to create well-rounded and complete designs. When designing, I look to use native plantings and materials in every design to create a strong identity and foundation , as well as branching out to see what other technologies, materials and plants can enhance my design to take it to the next level.

My primary design goal is to listen and include the clients design ideas and thoughts to help me create a landscape that they will love and use everyday.

RETALLICK RESIDENCE

4 PRETTY IN PINK DAYLILY 5 CAT’S MEOW CATMINT 3 GREEN VELVET BOXWOOD BIRD-VIEWING AREA

10 STRAWBERRY SUNDAE HYDRANGEA

5 KARL FOERESTER GRASS 3 GREEN VELVET BOXWOOD

RAISED VEGETABLE GARDENS

3 PRETTY IN PINK DAYLILY 5 CAT’S MEOW CATMINT ROCK OUTCROPPINGS LAWN

6 EXISTING HOSTAS

3 LITTLE QUICKFIRE HYDRANGEA

4 MISS KIM LILAC 3 SHENANDOAH SWITGRASS 3 GREEN VELVET BOXWOOD 3 KNOCKOUT ROSES 6 STELLA DE ORO DAYLILY

FON DU LAC CUT STAIR 4’ FIRE PIT

3 LITTLE LIME HYDRANGEA OLD GREENWICH COBBLE PATIO 3 LITTLE DEVIL NINEBARK 5 SHENANDOAH SWITCHGRASS

STREAM WATER FEATURE 7 SHENANDOAH SWITCHGRASS

The Retallick Residence now has a cohesive, enticing, and relaxing landscape plan that fits all of their requests.

Adding a large patio space off the lower deck with a fire pit lends itself to hosting a variety of gatherings. Fon du Lac stairs compliment the stream water feature that is adjacent to the patio. Colorful plantings were accomplished with evergreens such as baby blue eyes spruce, globe blue spruce, hardy summer hydrangeas, and grasses. I incorporated a majority of the color spectrum, but kept the plant quantity to a reasonable and manageable number.

Steps from the upper deck leads you onto the new Fon du Lac path on the east side of the house. The plan improves on existing beds, removes the old patio, and creates a space for bird feeders and homes for your enjoyment.

DECK

12 BLACK MONDO GRASS

HOME 3 BABY BLUE EYES SPRUCE

5 KARL FOERESTER GRASS 5 CAT’S MEOW CATMINT 7 STANDING OVATION SERVICEBERRY 7 CAT’S MEOW CATMINT

3 SHINING SENSATION WEIGELA

Little Quickfire Hydrangea

Baby Blue Eyes Spruce

Karl Foerster Grass

Water Stream Feature

Limestone Accent Boulders

Assorted Hostas

1 ANNABELLE HYDRANGEA 6 CAT’S MEOW CATMINT

DRIVEWAY

LAWN

EXISTING HOSTA TRANSPLANT 4 CAT’S MEOW CATMINT 3 RED PRINCE WEIGELA 8 KARL FORESTER GRASS

3 BABY BLUE EYES SPRUCE

4 SHINING SENSATION WEIGELA 1 DWARF GLOBE BLUE SPRUCE 4 GREEN VELVET BOXWOOD 8 SHENANDOAH SWITGRASS

3 DOUBLE KNOCKOUT ROSES 6 KARL FORESTER GRASS

SPECIALTY DESIGN —(15)JS — —(1)AA — —(5)RR —

—LAWN — —(6)CA —

The design intent for this project is to symbolically represent the Millennium Falcon in a fun and experiential way. Encompassing the house is the base plan for the Millennium Falcon. Divided compartmentally to represent the rooms of the famous ship. A fire pit represents where the hyper-drive is located. Plantings are representative of the Falcon’s color, texture, and Rebel Alliance affiliation. Reds, blues, whites, tans, and oranges make up the color palette. Paths circulate the exterior of the ship on the front and sides into the back patio area that represents the front wings of the ship.

—(6)CA — —POOL —

—(3)BG —

—(3)PS — —(3)BG —

—(3)AGL —

—(3)AGL — —(2)AG —

—(2)AG —

—(3)HA —

—(3)HA —

—PAVER — PATIO

—WOOD — DECK

—SMALL — PATIO/ SEATING —(5)BG — —(3)RM —

—HOUSE —

—(3)HA —

—(7)JS —

Annabelle Hydrangea

—(3)RR — —(1)AA — —PAVER — PATIO

—(2)AA —

—(19)CA —

——FIRE PIT

SEAT WALL WITH FIRE-PIT —LAWN —

—(7)AGL —

—(4)AGL — —(2)PC — —SEAT — WALLS —(7)RR —

—(19)CA — —(3)BG — —(3)HA —

—(9)RM — —(11)JS —

Double Knockout Rose

Annabelle Hydrangea

Skyrocket Juniper Screening

Golden Lights Azalea

Paper bark Maple

Small Backyard Patio ——(1) Blushing Bride Hydrangea ——(5) Hosta Mix ——(58) Pachysandra ——(1) Limelight Hydrangea ——(9) Shady Perennial Mix

——Flagstone Steppers ——(1) Japanese Lilac Tree ——(7) Coral Bell Mix ——(4) Pink Bleeding Heart

TED LARGE DESIGN / BUILD INTERNSHIP

——(2) Crimson Star Columbine ——(5) Fanal Astilbe ——(5) Coralbell Mix ——(1) Bloodgood Jap. Maple ——(3) Hosta Mix ——(3) Pink Diamond Hydrangea

——(67) Pachysandra ——(4) Hosta Mix ——(1) Pink Bleeding Heart ——(1) Crimson Star Columbine ——(3) Hosta Mix

Patio/Fire Pit Area/Planting Plan

My 2015 summer/fall and 2016 fall internships with Ted Lare Design/Build and Garden Center were valuable opportunities to learn about and design residential landscapes. I was able to work under four designers who were all different in their styles and techniques, and also formulate my own style. I learned about drafting techniques, layouts, estimating materials and costs, plant palettes, and implementation of designs.

Backyard Plan

Backyard Patio / Planting Plan

Rain Garden

Full Planting Plan

Backyard Plan

Remnant Park

Apartment Complex

Floating Park

Existing Neighborhood

Art Center/Social Club

Ore Wall District

CHICAGO LAKESIDE DEVELOPMENT

This project consisted of an urban design on an open six hundred acre site located right on Lake Michigan, only ten minutes south off Chicago’s Loop. Large-scale community design was the program for this nine week individual project. My focus was on medium and high density housing, a park system, and cultural pockets.

Medium-density woonerf/living street

Steelworker’s Park

Axon of community green street pocket.

Examples of diverse densities of housing.

Early stages of spatial development: connection of green spaces to high- density housing and cultural locations.

200 Acre Master Plan Lakeside Plaza South Side Sports Complex

Slagstone

Steel Operahouse

Gardens

Burnham Plaza

Lakeshore Drive

North Slip

Floating Park

Lake Michigan Floating Park

Lakeshore Art Center

Ore Wall District

Grocery Store

Remnant Greenway

Lakeshore Remnant Park

Remnant Greenway

+ Social Club Steel Workers Park

CONFLUENCE— INTERNSHIP

Confluence is a top landscape architecture firm located throughout the Midwest. While working there I had the opportunity to work on a variety of different projects.

This particular project was a large scale cemetery that integrates an existing veterans cemetery, and is designed on an existing corn field. We broke the projects up into multiple phases and worked out cost estimates with the community. This project involved multiple site designs, locations, and phasing iterations to come up with three concepts for the community to choose from.

Cemetary Master Plan

Phase One

Phase Two

Phase Three

Constuction Documents/ Detailing

Welcoming/walkable store fronts + vegetation

HARRISBURG RESTORATION PROJECT The City of Harrisburg, PA was looking to improve the infrastructure and quality of life for its resident by coming up with a master plan for a run down industrial corridor the runs through the center of the city. I focused on the remediation a large and unwelcoming scrap yard into an urban wild park that would provide residents in the community a much needed recreational zone in this area.

Permeable/walkable backstreet adjacent to site

PENNSYLVANIA

Connection Analysis

CORRIDOR

SUSQUEHANNA

NEIGHBORHOODS

PRIMARY ROADS

FARM SHOW

DOWNTOWN

COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

RAILROAD

CONNECTIONS

REEK ON C PAXT

BIKE TRAIL

PAXTON CREEK

UPTOWN

ASYLUM RUN

AY ST MCK

O CAMER

O RRID D C7OTH ST

ROA

N ST

RAIL

MIDTOWN

R

T NT S

FRO

SUSQUEHANNA

Connection Analysis/Breakdown

City Zoning Breakdown

ALLISON HILL ET

CAPITOL HILL

RE E ST T A ST

Master Plan

Existing site conditions via Google Earth

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PLANTING SCHEDULE Project Name Shuckert Residence Project Location Ames, IA

SCHUCKERT RESIDENCE

The Schuckert residence was a conceptual design and planting plan for a smaller scale residential lot. We worked individually to produce a final detailed hand-drawn plan, plant palette, and a plant schedule.

KEY

QTY

COMMON NAME

SIZE

COND.

Maidenhair tree Tulip Tree American sycamore

2" CAL B&B 2" CAL B&B 2" B&B

66' x 25' 80' x 45' 75' x 75'

Bailey Nursery Somewhere, MN Bailey Nursery Somewhere, MN Monravia Bailey Nursery Somewhere, MN

MATURE SOURCE NAME AND LOCATION HEIGHT & SPREAD

3-4' 2-3' 2-3' 2-3' 2-3' 2-3' 2-3'

CONT CONT B&B CONT CONT CONT CONT

20' x 18' 25' x 20' 25' x 12' 25' x 20' 25' x 15' 25' x 12' 14' x 20'

Bailey Nursery Somewhere, MN Bailey Nursery Somewhere, MN Monravia Monravia Monravia

17 9 3 8 7 12 16 4 4 4 12 3

Burgundy Carousel Barberry Norther Gold Forsythia Fire and Ice Panicle Hydrangea Dixie Wood Fern Royal Purple Smoke Tree Empress Wu Hosta Bridal Veil Astilbe Buzzer Beater Rhododendron Edith Bosley Rhododendron Rose Marie Magnolia Scarlette Fetter Bush Common Lilac

3 Gal 3 Gal 5 Gal 5 Gal 2-3' 2' 5 Gal 2-3' 2-3' 2-3' 1-2' 2-3'

CONT CONT CONT CONT B&B Cont CONT CONT CONT CONT CONT CONT

3' x 5' 6'x6' 8' x 8' 2' x 4' 15' x 12' 4' x 5' 2' x 3' 5' x 7' 4' x 6' 10' x 8' 2' x 4' 12' x 6'

Bailey Nursery Somewhere, MN Bailey Nursery Somewhere, MN Monravia Monravia Monravia Monravia Monravia Monravia Monravia Monravia Monravia Monravia

80 50 80 60 55 38 59 32

PERENNIALS & GRASSES Andropogon Scoparius Ratibida pinnata Andropogon gerardii Sporobulus heterolepis Sorghastrum nutans Rosa arkansana Typha minima Panicum virgatum 'Dallas Blues'

Little Bluestem Little Business Daylily Big Bluestem Prairie Drop Seed Yellow Indiangrass Arkansas Rose Miniature Cattail Switchgrass

1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal

CONT CONT CONT CONT CONT CONT CONT CONT

4' x 1.5' 2' x 2' 6' x 2' 4' x 3' 5' x 2' 18" x 1' 18" x 12" 4' x 3'

Midwest Groundcover, Somewhere, MN Midwest Groundcover, Somewhere, MN Midwest Groundcover, Somewhere, MN Midwest Groundcover, Somewhere, MN Midwest Groundcover, Somewhere, MN Midwest Groundcover, Somewhere, MN Monravia Midwest Groundcover, Somewhere, MN

98 86 95

GROUNDCOVERS Ground cover mix Phlox divaricata Mertensia virginica Asarum canadense

Woodland Phlox Virginia Bluebells Canada Wildginger

1 Gal 1 Gal 1 Gal

CONT CONT CONT

1'x1' 1' x 6" 1' x 1'

Midwest Ground Cover, Somewhere, MN Midwest Ground Cover, Somewhere, MN Midwest Ground Cover, Somewhere, MN

BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

SIZE

COND.

MATURE

SOURCE NAME AND LOCATION

AC CC AG CF MC PS AP

13 6 1 3 1 6 3

BT FN HP DA CC HE AA RB RE MR LF

KEY

4/29/14

Shadlow Serviceberry Eastern Redbud Paperbark Maple Flowering Dogwood Centurion Crabapple Japanese Flowering Cherry Oshio-beni Japanese Maple

1 1 1

GCM PD MV AC

Date

DECIDUOUS CANOPY TREES Ginkgo biloba Liriodendron tulipifera Platanus occidentalis UNDERSTORY TREES Amalanchier canadensis Cercis canadensis Acer griseum Cornus florida Malus x 'Centzan' Prunus serrulata 'Amanogawa' Acer palmatum 'Oshio-beni' DECIDUOUS SHRUBS Berberis Thunbergii 'Bailtwo' Forsythia 'Northern Gold' Hydrangea paniculata 'Wim's Red' Dyropteris x australis Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple' Hosta 'Empress Wu' Astilbe x arendsii 'Bridal Veil' Rhododendron x 'Buzzer Beater' Rhododendron x 'Edith Bosley' Magnolia 'Rose Marie' Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Zeblid' Syringa vulgaris

GB LT PO

AS RP AG SH SN RA TM PV

BOTANICAL NAME

Andrew Miller

QTY

HEIGHT &

CP AI

Seeding (Lawn, Prairie and Woodland) Note #5 to include the following: 200sf Carex pensylvanica 300 Asclepias incarnata

SPREAD Pensylvania Sedge Swamp Milkweed

2 oz 2"

Seed Plug

Ion Exchange, Harpers Ferry, IA Ion Exchange, Harpers Ferry, IA

Planting Plan

Section looking north through prairie and gathering area

Restorative Prairie

Trail Convergence

Compost Bathroom

Picnic Area and Learning Space

Restorative Prairie

Illustrative Plan

PRAIRIE CREEK RESTORATIVE PRAIRIE

Intersection perspective of prairie and multi-use trails

Scenic overlook perspective

Scenic overlook section

The Prairie Creek Restorative Prairie has a couple different foci. First and foremost is the restoration of an existing remnant prairie. Native prairie species are dispersed throughout with the opportunity for seed collection and research. Scenic overlooks and a regrading of the site was necessary to provide accessible and experiential hiking and multi-use trails.

PRIVATE LOT CITY LOT DMACC LOT SINGLE-SIDE PARKING PARALLEL PARKING ANGLED PARKING PARALLEL/ANGLED

PARKING

NEWTON MAYTAG VILLAGE

Newton, Iowa is the home of the former headquarters of Maytag washing machines. When Maytag left, the city of Newton found itself with a gaping hole in their identity and infrastructure. This project focuses on the re-purposing of the former HQ into a vital hub that reconnects the city and provides work, living, art, education, and recreation spaces for the community.

The main features of the design include: important axis to connect back to the existing hubs, increased vegetation and green spaces for softening edges and connecting spaces, and creating a pedestrian-oriented framework and infrastructure for the downtown area.

CURREY RESIDENCE The Currey Residence front entrance now has a clean, yet informal woodland garden feel as you enter the space. I reused mostly existing plant material, and was able to incorporate a few extra plants to round out the composition. Combinations of different hostas and woodland perennials creates a welcoming space to the front door and a clean transition to the neighbors.

Joe Pye Weed

Marvelous Marble Coral Bells

Recycled hostas

Wild Blue Indigo

Annabelle Hydrangea

Cobble Pathway

ANDREW M. MILLER PORTFOLIO — e: drewmiller341@gmail.com t: (515) 370-4790