Gauri Patil Portfolio

EDUCATION SKILLS

May 2023 : Master of Landscape Architecture

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

July 2020 : Post Graduate Diploma in Horticulture and Landscape Gardening

Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College, Mumbai, India.

June 2018 : Bachelor of Science in Interior Design

Rachana Sansad Academy of Architecture, Mumbai, India.

ArcGIS Pro/ArcMap

Autocad

Rhino

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign

Sketchup

3Ds Max

Lumion

Krita

Hand Sketching

Hand drafting

Gauri Patil

WORK EXPERIENCE

ACTIVITIES

patilgp@mail.uc.edu

Landscape Planner Meisner and Associates, Cincinnati

2022

Summer :

2022 - 2023 : Internship Design Workshop, LA Studio

Charles Fountain Internship Program

2021 - 2022 :

Graduate Assistant

University Planning + Design

+Construction, Cincinnati, Ohio

2018 - 2019 : Interior Designer

Krish Kothari Design, Mumbai, India

Projects : Ben Nevis (residential), Mumbai.

1517 sq.ft.

Swastik Court (residential),Mumbai.

2576 sq.ft.

Vision Crest (residential), Mumbai.

1069 sq.ft.

2018 : Intern

Minnie Bhatt Design, Mumbai, India

2021 - 2023: President, ASLA Student Chapter, University of Cincinnati

2019 : International Centre for Culture and Education (Volunteered for plant-a-seed program)

2019 : A Cup of Smile (Initiative by a group of youngsters) (Volunteered for ganesh Chaturthi event)

2002 - 2011: Visharad in Bharatnatyam, Mumbai (a nine year degree in Indian classical dance)

Urban Escape

Landscape Architecture

Ferncliff + Liberty

Landscape Architecture

Light

Landscape Architecture

Greening Five Points

Internship

Green Mile

Landscape Architecture

2 3 4

Ben Nevis + Vision

Interior Design

5 1 6 7 8

Green Confluence

Landscape Architecture

Art

Sketches + Digital Art

2mile

Urban Escape

a step towards healthier living

Course: Capstone Studio

Semester: Spring 2023

Instructor: Prof. Barry Kew

Client: Wasson Way, Crown Cincinnati

Location: Wasson Way, Cincinnati, Ohio

College: University of Cincinnati

Awards: ASLA Merit Award, 2023 Ohio ASLA Student Awards

DAAPWorks 2023 Directors Choice (School of Planning)

Cincinnati

Residential and green space proximity

*(Detailed Project available on Daapworks website & issuuUrban Escape)*

Theurban escape is a project that is focused on today’s need of increasing green spaces in urban environments which would be beneficial not only the physical health but also serve a space that would help nurture the mental health of communities living in a fast-paced life of a city. This phase of the Crown Trail program presents an unique opportunity to discover how we can implement only a better functioning trail system but also how this can be a retreat in the noisy life of a city. While this design might look focused on human mental health as a landscape architect it is also important to consider the existing natural services on the site and hence the project will also help in creating a better environment for the wildlife habitat which will be beneficial for the future of the ecology.

The project will not only promote bike path but also encourage the community to be active. The site will offer a great opportunity to educate the community about the Wasson Way railroad and also how this project is benefiting their health. To finalize, the aim is to provide a model that can be replicated in other urban areas.

Benefits of green space in cities

1.

Promote outdoor activity that keeps healthy and happy.

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3. Creates space for children’s growth. Helps in building physical metabolism and allows kids to explore their social behaviour

5. Parks and green spaces in neighborhood are important for the economy to attract visitors

Stress and physical health

Weight gain

Project Strategy

‘To empower people to live their best lives b y reimagining outdoor spaces b y connecting people, c reating outdoor activities, and through education’

Insomnia

Creates an urban wildlife. Helps in boosting good air quality, reduces urban heat island and other environmental

Immunity

4. Creates opportunity for communities to interacte. Helps with providing a sense of community.

Memory

Heart Health

Diabetes

Gruebner, O ., Rapp, M. A., Adli, M., Kluge, U., Galea, S., & Heinz, A. (2017). Cities and Mental Health. Deutsches Arzteblatt international, 114(8), 121-127

ACTIVE LAWN Open Lawn Activity Area

Exercising in an outdoor setting helps in enhancing the restorative effects of urban greener and such settings may boost exercise frequency.

25,835 Sq.Ft. 2 Community Gardens On-Site

DIRTY GLOVES Community Garden

Gardening is like a mindfulness practice which allows one to use their senses, allows one to indirectly exercise, and allows one to connect with plant material.

Emily hansen, University of Minnesota

In urban settings where sometimes there is very little to no space to garden, providing people with equipped spaces will encourage them to visit parks. This is another way to connect different age groups from the community building a network between seniors and youth.

The community can use these gardens or some slots can be dedicated to nearby schools for education purposes. Creating this network will help in arranging social activities for the citizens. These garden settings will provide relaxing and calming setting.

Green Cities: Good Health, University of Washington

In urban settings where sometimes there is very little to no space to garden, providing people with equipped spaces will encourage them to visit parks. This is another way to connect different age groups from the community building a network between seniors and youth.

The community can use these gardens or some slots can be dedicated to nearby schools for education purposes. Creating this network will help in arranging social activities for the citizens.

Hug, S.M., T. Hartig, R. Hansmann, K. Seeland, and R. Hornung. 2009. Restorative Qualities of Indoor and Outdoor Exercise Settings As Predictors of Exercise Frequency. Health & Place

TIME OUT STATION

Rest Area Design

Bringing back the railroad system that existed on this trail, all rest areas will be designed to look like a station platform. Now it will be a “stop” on a commuter route. Commuters will have a place to park bikes, water fountains, seating areas, and charging points. To make this look older version of a station, using materials like a wooden deck, benches, antique light fixtures, and signboards will help tie the picture together.

HOME FOR THE QUEEN - HIDE OUT

Pollinator Garden

Pollinator gardens have several natural benefits, but they also benefit mental health. These gardens are filled with fragrance, colorful blooms, and bees and birds. It makes one feel like a magical retreat. The hideout in the design is to allow one to retreat in this magical garden. As much as it is important to spend time with people it is also important to spend time with ourselves. This will allow one to reflect and think about life, dreams, and thoughts. Along with this having a pollinator garden will also benefit the community garden on the site.

TESTING GROUNDS

Kids Exploration Area

The Testing Ground is an exploration play area for children and adults to explore natural textures and sensory elements through types of equipment placed. The area is divided into two sections, one for kids with material boxes, sound equipment, and shapes. The adult play area hosts an outdoor board game with tables and chairs. This fun area will allow kids with positive behavior, engaged in learning and attentive to their surroundings.

Lengen C. The effects of colours, shapes and boundaries of landscapes on perception, emotion and mentalising processes promoting health and well-being. Health Place. 2015 Sep

Concept

Course: Sustainable SITES Studio - 3

Semester: Fall 2022

Instructor: Prof. Barry Kew

Client: The National Blacks in Wax Meuseum, Baltimore

Parks & People Organization

Location: Baltimore, Maryland

College: University of Cincinnati

The ‘Light’ is a concept showing hope, bright future, new beginings in the African American history. The museum’s focus on past, present and the future helped derive the concept. The dark period of African American histroy represents the darkness and the light sources is the change that the people fought for. The reflected and refracted rays represent the infinite, bright future. The space creates an immersive experience for visitors while still keeping it a public park space. The idea is to create a moment of pause and build curiostiy through these dynamic shapes and provide people with education, recreation, and green space. “Darkness cannnot drive out darkness, only light can. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Light and love will always be the greater power over darkness and hate” - Martin Luther Kind Jr.

E Baltimore Midway

E Broadway Oliver

S Clifton Park

Knapp’s Light Painting

Baltimore

Light into Planning

Section AA

Plant pallete and materiality

1. ENTRANCE

Streetscape

Potential Rainwater Collection

1,593,673 GL

2. PLAZA AREA

3. STREETSCAPE

4. PERFORMANCE

5. WALL OF HARMONY

6. ENCLOSURE

7. REFLECTIVE LANDSCAPE

8. WAR + MUSIC ENGAGEMENT

9. PUBLIC SPACE

10. KIDS PLAY AREA

11. GATHERING PLACE

12. WALKWAYS

Land Use

Concept + Strategies

Green Mile

Course: Sustainable SITES Studio - 3

Semester: Spring 2022

Instructor: Prof. Sangyong Cho

Client: Mill Creek Alliance

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

College: University of Cincinnati

Green mile is an effort towards restoring ecology and connecting neighbourhoods. The project looks toward collecting and filterating water which then could be used by industrial sector of the neighborhoods. The little land on the banks of the Mill Creek is a challenge while designing for floods.

The design tries to improve naturalised abnks to create safer and cleaner environment for wildlife. The use of planted buffers in the creek would help in reducing the amounts of pollutants trying to create healtheir waterbody for fishes and other wildlife habitat.

Local Implementation

CLIFTON

CAMP WASHINGTON

SOUTH CUMMINSVILLE

Fish Habitat

5) Berms 6) Basins

1)Entrance

2)Plaza

3)Viewing Deck 4)Trails

9) Community Gathering

10) Kids Play Area

13) Underpass Art

14) Fish Habitat

SECTION A-A

SECTION B -B’

Water feature / Splash pool

Nature play

Narrow pathways

SECTION C -C’

Green Confluence

Course: Sustainable SITES Studio - 2

Semester: Fall 2021

Instructor: Prof. Sangyong Cho

College: University of Cincinnati

Lower Price is well knowkn for its manufacturing industries. The district has been often overlooked due to its commercial use. Due to the lack of green infrastructure LPH is accumulating heat island and toxic air quality most of the year. Along with it LPH lies towards the mouth of the Ohio river and Mill creek meeting point which causes flooding in the area.

Evans park is one of the sites in LPH that face immense flooding.

Green Confluence is a project that will try to blend in different challenges faced by the community and works towards mitigating them. By creating various micro habitats in the park will benefit the area around it by maintingtemperature, filtering the air and collect flood water. Along with creating climate resilient space the park will become a community space to the residents and nearby localities. This is an effort the will help to solve multiple environmental issues at once.

1) Parking

2) Community Area

3) Splash Pool

4) Bioswale + Pathway

5) Forest

6) Educational Space

7) Kids Play area

8) Green roof + Community center

9) Lookout + Explore Trail

10) Skate Park

11) Market space

12) Kayak entry

Forested Area

This view shows two different places of exploration in the forested area. The elevated pathway gives a closer experience of tall vegetaion around while the pathway below gives an experience of being covered in a forested area. This space also helps in mitigation the heat chunk located in the center of this park while acting like a retreat from the everyday life.

Green roof

Bioswale

Historic Ferncliff Cemetery and Arboretum Master Plan

Firm: Meisner and Associates, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Team: Gary Meisner, Gabe Weber, Gauri Patil

Architects: KZF Architects

Location: Springfield, Ohio

My role: Designing triangle areas in the cemetery, help with renders

Awards: Mention - Cincinnati Design Awards 26

The landscape architect led the master plan team for Springfield’s historic Ferncliff Cemetery and Arboretum, a 270 acre rural garden cemetery founded in 1863.This master plan guides next steps of fiscal strategy and physical improvements to meet future community needs. Fiscal analysis included assessment of community needs, market forces, existing services, regional competition, revenue projections, protection of perpetual care fund, and cemetery best practices. Team members created a 50-year vision for burial needs, projected future capacity and addressed fiscal changes that will guide cemetery leadership. Incorporating the cemetery history with today’s community input will provide direction to the features and design of the Master Plan.

Repurposing Triangles for Cremation

FERNCLIFF

Pet Cemetery

Firm: Meisner and Associates, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Team: Gary Meisner, Gauri Patil

Architects: KZF Architects

Location: Liberty, Ohio

My role: Designing landscape areas, manage planting cost, create drawings, coordinating with architects and consultants

Liberty Town Center LANDSCAPE

Maus Plan

The challenge for this project was designing landscape in dedicated areas by the prime consultants. With very little space availble the team managed to provide maximum tree canopy to create shade areas, all year round planting and ceating focus areas on sites. The use of maximum native plant species is done and spaces for tropical plant inserts are located.

The Park Plan

Potential Areas in Five Points + Streetscape

Greening Five Points

COMMUNITY PARK + URBAN PLANNING

Firm: DesignWorkshop, LA Studio

Intenship: Summer 2022, Charles Fountain Internship Program

Team: Christian Galindo, Dylan Smith, Eneyda Salcedo, Ivan Vazquez, Ciara Knight

Mentor: Robb Berg, Grace Tice

Location: Boxyard Park, Five Points, Denver, CO.

Clients: Greenspace, National W ildlife Federation, Colorado

The Five Points greening project aims to increase access to the benefits provided by green infrastructure such as climate resilience, wellness, and ecomic benefits. The project also aims to increase green space for residents of the Five Points neighborhood and surrounding communities, specifically those that have traditionally faced barriers to accessing healthy outdoor spaces.

The design of the park includes community agtehring area, the corner serves as an inviting plaza, and the design also helps improve the existing stormwater drain by providing a bio-detention basin. A series of typologies are designed to implement green infrastructre all along the Five Points neighborhood.

Goals

Ben Nevis RESIDENTIAL PROJECT

Client: Ms. Priya Kothari

Location: Breach Candy, Mumbai

Year: 2019

Area: 1517 sq.ft

Duration: 3 months

Team: Krish Kothari, Ronak Tated, Naresh Rajak, Gauri Patil

My role: Helping the team with design concept, making detail drawings and furniture drawings, site execution, handling on-site contractors and vendors.

Ben Nevis is a single’s pad in Mumbai designed for a lady entreprenuer having discerning taste in art. She is a firm believer in Vastu and wanted it to reflect in every nook and corner of her house.

Being our first client with collection of paintings we wanted the modern concept flowing in the interior showcasing minimalism, muted ceiling, soft lighting, simplest bases to which one can add or remove pops of colour.

We tried to make the space appear dynamic and revamped with simplicity and elegance at the same time.

Vision Crest

RESIDENTIAL PROJECT

Client: Mr. Neil Sanghvi

Location: Dadar, Mumbai

Year: 2019

Duration: 5 months

Team: Krish Kothari, Ronak Tated, Naresh Rajak, Gauri Patil

My role: Make working drawings, site examination, contacting vendors

Vision Crest is a single’s pad in Mumbai, India. This site is an embodiment of Ultra-Contemporary bold luxury. The use of a neutral colour palatte made the space visibility spacious and gave client the flexibility of accessorising the place with colours.

Gold is an element that ameliorates every component of the space and design it is used in therefore it helped us to intensify the complete look of the space. The use of gold frames in the backdrop of the bed forms a well definied asymetric pattern that enhances the entire visual of the room and align the overall aesthetic to form an ideal space.

Art 8

LANDSCAPE SKETCES + MODEL