Ferry Street Memorial

Studio, Winter 2021-22

Ferry Street Village was the first African American community in Lane County, but in 1948 it was demolished to make room for the Ferry Street Bridge. I was tasked with creating a memorial for this forgotten community.

My masterplan prioritizes memorializing the original Ferry Street Village site, connecting existing ecological zones, providing walking and biking paths for the current community, and drawing attention to local community builders. I started with a pattern of waves inspired by a chain-link fence. I used this pattern to define cells which became program, and lines which became circulation.

To design the memorial site I started with the concept of “changing perspectives”. I designed a series of winding paths which pass over and under each other. I first modeled the design in kinetic sand, then used photogrammetry to turn the physical model into a rough mesh, and then I built the memorial in Rhino using the mesh as a template. My final step was rendering the design in TwinMotion and adding murals to the perspectives using Photoshop.

Pedestrian Underpasses: represent “changing perspectives” and add interest and walkability

Scattered Stories: Engraved on memorial walls, rewards exploration

Murals: Painted by local artists, oriented toward Coburg Road

Within the two central ellipsoids is the main program of the memorial. Two ramps arc down the sides of the space and one path emerges from ground-level. Within is a quiet space for reflection. Soft lawn and young trees create a pleasant space to sit and ruminate. Along the black walls is a timeline of Ferry Street Village, telling the story of the community and the people who called it home.

Hand-Colored Plan

Professional Work

I have been working at DLA for around one year. Most days I transfer hand-drawn landscape plans into AutoCAD, but I also go on site visits, meet with clients, and do some hand and digital rendering. I have become particularly strong in AutoCAD and LandFX.

The rendering on this page and the last were both made for a local church campus. The first I made earlier in the design development stage and is hand-colored. The second is later in the design process. I colored it digitally in Photoshop and used different masking techniques to texture the rendering.

Digitally-Colored Plan

This landscape plan represents my typical work at DLA. When we recieved the job I went to the site to take detailed measurements, document existing conditions, and create a baseplan. Then I created an existing conditions and removal plan. Next I transferred our principal’s hand-drawn landscape plan into AutoCAD. Finally, I addressed punch-list items and made site-visits to help monitor construction.

Post-Pesticide Eugene

Studo, Fall 2020

Teammates: Natalia Dorkina, Grace Graham, Jenna Witzleben

CELA Student Awards Honorable Mention

Post-Pesticide Eugene, my first ever studio, was a rigorous introduction to the field of landscape architecture. By reading local news and finding data from the local monitoring stations my teammates and I discovered that the local Amazon Creek picks up a high level of pollutants as it flows through the city of Eugene. We visualized the pollutant data along with the probable sources such as rail lines and industrial zones using GIS software.

ALSO KNOWN AS:

HUMAN HEALTH HAZARDS:

Filtration

Phytoremediation and Seating Area

Sustainability

Locally sourced, non-toxic construction materials

Strategic Planting Design

Diverse plant pallette based on microclimate, ecological function, and phytoremediation capacity

Cultural Accessibility

Multilingual and/or iconographic signs and interpretive material

Using GIS software we identified opportunities for education, filtration, remediation, and innovation in the Eugene-Springfield area. We then located 6 transects which include the greatest opportunity in these four categories. Finally, we selected one transect on which to masterplan a phytoremediation-focused public space.

Main Entrance

Public Engagement Longevity

Clear and welcoming public entrance featuring community-designed interpretive art

Ease of access for data collection, and maintenance

Covered rest areas with solar powered lights for extended hours of usability

ADA-accessible pathways and signage