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Dillon White 770-329-6736 dillonwhite03@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/dillonrwhite

Education Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

Certificate in Metropolitan & Urban Studies Universtiy of Georgia, 2019-2023

Work Experience

Athens, Georgia

Involvement

Assistant Kitchen Director

Epting Events, September 2020-Present Athens, Georgia

Georgia Students of Landscape Architetcure Treasurer, 2021-2022 Member, 2019-2023

Sales Associate

Michaels Arts & Crafts Stores, September 2017-June 2020 Hiram, Georgia

American Society of Landscape Architects Student Member, 2020-Present

Secular Student Alliance

Social Media Chair, 2019-2020 Member, 2019-2023

Skills

AUTOCAD ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR ADOBE INDESIGN SKETCHUP MICROSOFT WORD MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

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DESIGN STATEMENT

My passion for Landscape Architecture has immensely grown throughout my time studying the discipline. I started college studying business, as I was unsure of how to apply my passion for creativity and nature into a career.

When I found out about LA, I decided to switch my major and try it out.

Over the past 3 years studying the profession, my love for the career has exceeded my expectations. I am interested in urban design, specifically transportation design and parks & plazas. I am also interested in sustainable design. I want to dedicate my career in LA, improving our built environment to be more environmentally friendly. My passion for environmentalism and climate change have strongly steered my interests in the profession. In my career, I look forward to working on a wide variety of projects and continuing to expand my knowledge and refine my skills.

Content Tokos+Reed Residence 1 Residential Planting Design

2 Sandy Creek Nature Center Courtyard

Conceptual Design

Jefferson Gardens 3 Conservation Subdivision Westside Exchange 4 Mixed-use Community Together 5 Healthier Stewart County, Georgia Walkability Study Community Masterplan

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Illustration designed using Adobe Illustrator.

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Tokos + Reed Residence Athens, Georgia

residential planting design

The Tokos & Reed residence is located on Milledge Avenue in Athens, Georgia.

The style of the home features Tudor-Revival architecture, the American take on English style. The owners expressed interest in a formal, green and white garden with pops of color for seasonal interest. With this in mind, I designed a garden mimicking structure, following geometrical shapes, and the using symmetry to obtain the formal design aesthetic wanted.

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s & Reed Residence

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PLANTING DESIGN

DILLON WHITE

FALL 2020 LAND 3030S CANNADY

FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY

Drive

Stairs

Front porch

Stairs

House

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Sidewalk

Plan illustrated by hand and rendered with pen and colored pencil.

A formal garden for an Athens residence.

Perspective

Milledge Av enue

Perspective illustrated by hand and rendered with pen and colored pencil.

Sidewalk

Stairs

View looking towards a planting bed in the lower left of the front yard.

The dwarf Yaupon Holly hedge creates a formal edge containing the various ornamental plantings. The vegetation follows the traditional color palette of a soutern green and white garden, while incorporating pops of purple for seasonal interest.

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Planting Plan Autumn Fern Dryopteris erythrosora

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Plan drafted with AutoCAD.

Plant Schedule

Crape Myrtle Lagerstromia ‘Natchez’

Table formatted with Excel.

PLANT SCHEDULE QTY

Hosta Hosta ‘Guacamole’ Periwinkle Vinca minor

BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME

SIZE

NURSERY

UNIT COST

TOTAL COST

LAGERSTROMIA ‘NATCHEZ’

NATCHEZ CREPE MYRTLE

3 GALLON POT

HOME DEPOT

$41.46

$41.46

$517.86

TREES: 1 SHRUBS: 14

CHAMAECYPARIS PISIFERA ‘GOLDEN MOP’

GOLDEN MOP FALSECYPRESS

3 GALLON POT

PIKE NURSERY

$36.99

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ILEX CRENATA ‘SKY PENCIL’

SKY PENCIL JAPANESE HOLLY

3 GALLON POT

PIKE NURSERY

$24.99

$49.98

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ILEX VOMITORIA ‘NANA’

DWARF YAUPON HOLLY

3 GALLON POT

PIKE NURSERY

$22.99

$1,540.33

WAX LEAF PRIVET

3 GALLON POT

ATHENS WHOLESALE

$12.50

$62.50

5 GALLON POT

PIKE NURSERY

$59.99

$59.99

4IN POT

HOME DEPOT

$27.98

$1,119.20

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LIGUSTRUM JAPONICUM

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THUJA OCCIDENTALIS ‘EMERALD GREEN’

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SPIREA JAPONICA ‘GOLD MOUND’

EMERALD GREEN AMERICAN ARBORVITAE GOLD MOUND JAPANESE SPIREA

GROUNDCOVERS, VINES, & HERBACEOUS PLANTS:

Dwarf Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoira ‘Nana’

Panicle Hydrangea Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’

Cast Iron Plant Aspidistra elatior

Lilyturf Liriope muscari ‘Variegata’

Plant Palette

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ASPIDISTRA ELATIOR

CAST IRON PLANT

1 GALLON POT

PIKE NURSERY

$16.99

$118.93

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DRYOPTERIS ERYTHROSORA

AUTUMN FERN

1 GALLON POT

PIKE NURSERY

$12.99

$311.76

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ECHINACEA PURPUREA ‘POW WOW WHITE’

POW WOW WHITE CONEFLOWER

1 QUART FLAT OF 10

EVERGREEN NURSERY

$2.50 WS

$47.50

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HOSTA GUACAMOLE

GUACAMOLE HOSTA

1 GALLON POT

EVERGREEN NURSERY

$5.25 WS

$57.75

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HYDRANGEA PANICULATA ‘LIMELIGHT’

LIMELIGHT HYDRANGEA

3 GALLON PLOT

PIKE NURSERY

$39.99

$199.95

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LIRIOPE MUSCARI ‘VARIEGATA’

VARIEGATED LILY TURF

1 GALLON POT

EVERGREEN NURSERY

$2.99

$397.67

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MUGLENBERGIA CAPILLARIS

PINK MUHLY GRASS

1 GALLON POT

EVRGREEN NURSERY

$3.99 WS

$23.94

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SALVIA NEMEROSA ‘VIOLET PROFUSION’

VIOLET PROFUSION VIOLET SAGE

1 GALLON POT

EVERGREEN NURSERY

$5.99 WS

$41.93

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VINCA MINOR ‘ALBA’

WHITE DWARF PERIWINKLE

4IN FLAT OF 10

EVERGREEN NURSERY

$1.70 WS

$45.90

TURFGRASS: POA PRATENSIS

GRAND TOTAL COST FOR ALL NURSERY PLANTS

(Does not include additional turfgrass, if any)

Perennial Salvia Salvia nemorosa ‘Violet Profusion’

$4,636.65

Echinacea Hand sketched in pen and colored pencil.

Pink Muhly Grass Muhlenbergia capillaris

Coneflower Echinancea purpurea ‘PowWow White’

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Illustration designed using Adobe Illustrator.

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Sandy Creek Nature Center

Education Building Courtyard

Athens, Georgia conceptual design

Sandy Creek

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The education building is a new addition coming to the Sandy Creek Nature Center in Athens, Georgia. Sandy Creek Nature Center features 225 acres of preserved woodlands and wetlands, over 4 miles of trails, and a visitor center with live animal & natural history exhibits. The new education building will be home to the nature centers environmental education team, with office and classroom space. The new building surrounds a courtyard, which was designed around the Ginkgo Biloba tree. In 1964, the Ginkgo was named the offical tree of Athens. The courtyard features Ginkgo and native plant gardens. A water feature and seating areas mimick the shape of ginkgo leaves. The space is designed to celebrate the ginkgo, as well as promote educational opportunites.

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Sandy Creek Nature Center Gateway to Outdoor Exploration Nature Center Entrance

Plant beds with a Ginkgo tree and native plants.

Educational signage will be placed discussing pollinator plants.

Mosaic tiled seating area in the shape of a ginkgo leaf. These areas offer outdoor seating and views of the courtyard.

Courtyard Sidewalk

Water feature mimicking a ginkgo leaf with a ginkgo tree in a center planter.

Illustrative Plan 11 | Dillon White

Plan not to scale.

Plans drafted in AutoCAD and rendered in Adobe Photoshop

Details Pictured are example images of the details planned for the courtyard.

Grasscrete

Plan not to scale.

Tile

Pollinator Garden

Seat Wall

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A space for environmental education and enjoyment of nature.

3D model created using Sketchup.

The perspectives give a view into the courtyard of the education center. The pond and plantings can be seen. Benches are available for enjoyment of the courtyard. Signage are placed throughout the site to offer a educational experience for those who visit.

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3D Visualization Dillon White | 14

Illustration designed using Adobe Illustrator.

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Jefferson Gardens Athens, Georgia

conservation subdivision

Jefferson Gardens is a conservation subdivision located in Athens, Georgia. The community is designed as the ideal home for empty nesters who want to connect with nature. 5 pocket neighborhoods make up the community, each with 10 homes. Home styles include single-family detached residences and duplexes. This development prioritizes nature by developing the maximum number of units on only half of the buildable land area, with the remaining land under a conservation easement. Each pocket neighborhood features a communal greenspace and community house. The entire subdivison has access to a large community house, and a system of trails which provide views to the lake onsite.

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Perspective hand illustrated in pen and rendered with marker.

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Layout of typical subdivision development without site conservation.

The homes are arranged into pocket neighborhoods, each with a shared greenspace and community space.

Master Plan

The design conserves over 50 percent of the existing greenspace, allowing the residents to connect with nature.

Plan hand drafted with pen and rendered with markers.

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Native Vegetation Exisiting on Site

Hydrology

Christmas Fern Polystichum acrostichoides White Oak Quercus alba Soil

Shortleaf Pine Pinus echinata

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Mountain Laurel Kalmia latifolia Slope

Master Land Use Plan

Vegetation

Maps created using Adobe Illustrator

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Site Analysis

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Illustration designed using Adobe Illustrator.

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Westside Exchange Athens, Georgia

mixed-use community

Westside Exchange is a mixed use community located on the westside of Athens, Georgia. The site inhabits the former Georgia Square Mall. With shopping malls declining, their sites pose the perfect location for a hub of residential, retail, office, and greenspace. Westside exchange includes 18 commercial buildings with upper level apartments, 6 office buildings, 10 mid-rise apartment buildings, and 175 townhomes. The site also features abundant greenspace, including an outdoor stage. The main drive into the site features a promenade park dividing the commerical area. The park is home to events such as farmer’s markets and craft fairs. A bus stop is located at the heart of the development to connect residents to greater Athens.

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Master Plan

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Plan drafted in AutoCAD and rendered in Adobe Photoshop.

Redeveloping a vacant shopping mall into a lively mixed-use community.

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Section A, looking down the main drive into the site.

The center features small shops and greenspace.

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Plan linework drafted in AutoCAD. PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

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Section Drafted in AutoCAD and rendered using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

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Illustration designed using Adobe Illustrator.

Healthier Together

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Stewart County, Georgia

mobility masterplan

Grocery

Farm Fresh

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Healthier Together Georgia utilizes the HOP (High Obesity Prevention) grant funded by the CDC. The goal of the grant is to increase walkability and access to healthy foods. For this project, I worked with the cities of Lumpkin and Richland, Georgia. Both rural towns lack walkable infrastructure and residents have limited access to healthy foods. Meetings with the community were conducted to determine what change the residents wanted to see . A site inventory and analysis of the exisitng sidewalk infrastructure and exisiting greenspace. Recommendations were made to increase walkabilty and access. Interventions including sidewalks, shared use paths, yield roadways, bike lanes, and more were proposed along with new community parks. This project focused on how design can improve the health within the community.

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Lumpkin, GA

Stewart County: Healthier Together Studying Walkability & Health.

Lumpkin Composite Analysis

The site analysis consisted of documenting exisitng sidewalks and their conditions, throughout each city. Road speed limits were documented to assess if pedestrians would feel comfortable walking, and to recommend the appropriate solution. Common destinations and residential areas were documented to see where people were traveling to and from.

Lastly, zoning and vacant lots were included to determine locations for community amentities such as parks.

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Analysis completed using ArcGIS and Maps created using Adobe Illustrator.

Richland Composite Anaylsis

Stewart County: Healthier Together

Access

Parks

Sidewalks

Bike Lanes

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Maps created using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

Pedestrian Master Plan

Lumpkin Master Plan

Stewart County: Healthier Together

Using the inventory and analysis, a master plan was created showing how pedestrian and bike connectivity can be improved.

Master Plan 29 | Dillon White

Bike Master Plan

Lumpkin Master Plan

Stewart County: Healthier Together

Richland Master Plan

Pedestrian Master Plan

Stewart County: Healthier Together

Bike Master Plan

Richland Master Plan

Stewart County: Healthier Together

The design aims to improve access and walkabilty to as much of the community as possible, while taking budget concerns of each city into account.

The proposal includes connecting sidewalk gaps, adding a shared use path, creating yield roadways, as well as adding bike lanes and bicycle boulevards.

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Park Masterplans designed in AutoCAD. Plans are rendered in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

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This pocket Pakr sits inbetween 2 redisnetial areas in Lumpkin. The goal of the site is to provide a space for recreation and enjoyment of nature for the community. The park features a shared use path, playground, picnic tables, and open lawn space. The site is surrounded by a dense wall of trees to screen the surroudnign residences and to enhance the natural experience.

Shared Use Path

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Shared Use Path

2 Lawn 3 Playground 4 Picnic Area Playground

Lumpkin Neighborhood Pocket Park Stewart County: Healthier Together Lumpkin Focus Area - Pocket Park

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A new park is proposed in each town. The parks will create a new place to encourage physical fitness, as well as enjoyment of nature.

Sidepath Visualization Broad St. - Richland, Ga

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Photoshop Rendering.

Located steps away from Downtown ruchland, This community park takes advantage of the old railroad lines crossing through the town. The space was designed as a place to bring the community together. The park features a shared use path that extends throughout the city. A formal garden is centered around city hall. The Large, open lawn space is meant for passive recreation and can be used with the outdoor stage for large events. Lastly, the farmers market area will be a designated space in richland for the community to access fresh and healthy foods.

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Each park features amenities such as playgrounds, shared use paths, lawn space, and a farmers market space.

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Outdoor Stage Garden

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