Kove Janeski Landscape Portfolio

P O R T F O L I O

Kove

Janeski Master of Landscape Architecture Candidate

Thank you for your time! I am a secondyear Master of Landscape Architecture student at the University of Washington. My undergraduate background is in political science, environmental studies, and mathematics. I am passionate about handson design and maintenance, ecological restoration, and community stewardship.

CV

Ravenna Terrace

Pioneer Square Ascent

A Holistic Union Bay Natural Area

Willapa Bay Workshop and Design

Shimokita Engei-bu

A Northgate Land Trust + Cooperative

Sketching

3D modelling work

Experience

Organic Farming and Operations Lead, UW Farm, Seattle

• Design and maintain farm beds, crop rotation

• Communicate with Seattle community to determine planting plans

• Head the UW Farm vermiculture program and design/build projects

• Manage volunteers and teach organic farming practices

Landscape Maintenance Worker, Korotkin & Associates, San Francisco

• Maintain a variety of accounts throughout the San Francisco Bay Area

• Communicate with account residents and visitors

• Troubleshoot irrigation systems

Intern, FOLK, Inc., Tokyo

• Create and edit graphics, informational materials for Shimokita Engei-bu

• Work closely with FOLK team, communicating in Japanese and English

• Translate landscape literature and presentation materials

• Hands-on work at multiple FOLK project sites, across Japan

Intern, Regional Center for Strategic Studies, Colombo

• Full time position at RCSS’s office in Sri Lanka’s capital

• Assist in facilitating talks with South Asian governmental representatives

• Publish newsletters, organize scholarly lectures on diplomacy

• Assist Sri Lankan environmental group in conducting study on Kelani river pollution

Education

University of Washington, MLA I

• Full time graduate student in the Master of Landscape Architecture program’s 3-year track

• Awarded a UWASLA stipend to attend the 2022 ASLA National Conference in San Francisco

• Awarded the Terry Clark Gerrard Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Landscape Architecture

Contact:

+1-541-606-3066

kove.janeski@gmail.com kjaneski@uw.edu

instagram:

linkedin: issuu: @kove.janeski

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kove-janeski/ https://issuu.com/kjaneski/docs/portfolio_1 Summer 2017, Fall 2020

• Awarded the Northwest Horticultural Society’s Elisabeth C. Miller Scholarship in Horticulture

• Awarded the Garden Club of America’s Loy McCandless Marks Scholarship

Chiba University

• Studied informal green space design under Ryosuke Shimoda

Skidmore College

• Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, minors in Japanese, mathematics, and environmental studies

Skills

• Rhinoceros, SketchUp, Adobe Suite, QGIS, ArcGIS, intermediate Japanese proficiency

RAVENNA TERRACE

Design Foundation Studio - Fall ‘21

The final studio project of the fall term’s 1st year studio is a design intervention on an eroded slope in Ravenna Park, Seattle. This design proposes the use of fallen trees in the park to construct a series of terraced bioswales. This system could receive stormwater from the Cowen Park pedestrian bridge, directly above the target site. A path through the middle of the design allows for access to the stream below.

Process photos and sketch

Process sketches illustrates the steepness of the site and the unique engineering

Ravenna Park’s creek originally flowed from Green Lake to Union Bay, but was piped underground as North Seattle developed. The result of a waterway daylighting campaign, 3,500ft of Ravenna Creek now flows through Ravenna Park.

A cross section shows footings of the bridge and staining represents moisture experienced onsite

Composite plans and site sketches help to convey feelings of enclosure, lushness, and moisture

Stormwater from the bridge above is directed into the terraced bio-retention system, which contains a highly seasonal planting palette of clematis vines, native berries, flowering bulbs, oregon ash and pacific willow. As a result, experiences of the terraces would vary widely across the dry and rainy seasons.

PIONEER SQUARE ASCENT

Urban Sites Studio - Winter ‘22

This site intervention at 615 1st Ave aims to provide a multi-use space for both Seattle’s tourists and Pioneer Square’s sheltered and unsheltered residents. Pioneer Square sits at the intersection of important essential services, such as the Seattle Ferry Terminal and Human Services locations, and tourist locations like Occidental Square and Pike Place Market. Within one mile of 615 1st Ave, there are at least 4 locations at which restrooms and other hygienic services are available to unsheltered residents. Within one mile, there are two public restrooms available to the general public. These services do not meet demand, but also do not encourage interactions across socio-economic class. Through the creation of a multi-use gathering space, shelter, and public restrooms and showers, 615 1st Ave can become a hub for essential services and event space in a form that provides opportunities for human interaction.

Present-day images taken on site and archival images of its past helped to inform the design process

A cross section of the site’s design intervention shows the seating provided on a green roof, and the warping that occurs on the green roof itself

A deep section of the site’s design intervention shows a public restroom at grade with the alley to the west, seating that faces 1st Ave, and terraced planters that follows the auxiliary alley along the southern edge of the site

and an exploded isometric view of the site shows material qualities and its interaction with the neighboring Pioneer Square.

dual balconies offer varying levels of exposure

shelter provides opportunities for intersectional programming and use

STARR-BOYDBUILDING

partially sheltered zone provides buffer from street

a public restroom provides an essential service and a reimagining of the region’s architectural history

A HOLISTIC UNION BAY NATURAL AREA

Ecological Systems Studio - Spring ‘22

TOWARDS A CLOSED LOOP

Working with members of my cohort, we envisioned a series of renovations to the Union Bay Natural Area in Seattle: a new composting facility, stormwater management system, expanded trail system, and expanded agricultural space. We also considered how access to UBNA could be improved while prioritizing the site’s role as important shoreline habitat for wildlife.

A HOLISTIC COMPOSTING FACILITY AT UNION BAY NATURAL AREA

facility at Union Bay Natural Area. This facility will require shipments of food and green waste from campus, the creation of new impervious surfaces, and storm water detention to benefit existing projects on site. The layers of soil and material at Union Bay Natural

(UBNA) reveal its complex and dynamic history. To the average park goer, it’s not obvious that beneath the wetlands, paths, grasses, and buildings lies a heaping pile of trash.

This buried waste reminds us of the ways in which capitalism, colonization, and the exponential growth model socializes us to produce, consume, and discard. In reality, this system is not linear. Food waste alone produces 6% of global greenhouse gases annually.

This concept, Towards a Closed Loop is an attempt to recirculate the same material repeatedly, disrupting the idea that there is an end place that our waste goes, never to be seen again.

Through our holistic design of food waste and compost systems at UBNA, we created a new scenario in which food scraps and green waste can be used to power a greenhouse, grow food, and fertilize the site’s soil. The food is then processed into value-added products and brought back to campus. This generates more food scraps, which turns back into compost again, creating a full circle.

This is just the beginning of an exploration, calling our attention to the larger issues of waste our society must continue to grapple with. We hope one day that all streams of waste can be reduced and recirculated back

Malka Hoffman, Kove Janeski, Amelia O’Hare, Josiah Smith

WILLAPA BAY UPLAND MODEL + OYSTER ANALYSIS

Coastal Adaptations Studio - Fall ‘22

The Coastal Adaptations studio was in collaboration with the Shoalwater Bay Tribe, who are taking steps to design an upland community that is resilient against coastal erosion, sea level rise, earthquakes, and other natural hazards. A physical model I created helped our studio to make culturally relevant design decisions that responded to the landscape. It also helped to start conversations with tribal members during community workshops.

Scaled model of Uplands

SHIMOKITA ENGEI-BU’S NOHARA

In Shimokitazawa, a Public Landscape by FOLK - Fall ‘23

As an intern at FOLK, Inc., I was tasked with creating graphics and translations for Shimokita Engeib-bu, a horticultural club that manages green space in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. One of the sites that Shimokita Engeibu maintains, an open green space called ‘Nohara’, was workshopped and designed by FOLK. To capture the Nohara’s growth since its construction in 2021, I created two sections and worked with another intern to create the plan view. To help Shimokita Engei-bu communicate to a wider audience, I also translated a flyer about the organization into english. Below are two pages of the 8-page flyer, originally created by FOLK.

A NORTHGATE LAND TRUST + COOPERATIVE

Capstone Work - Fall ‘23-Spring ’24

a northgate land trust cooperative

Seattle’s rapid growth necessitates innovative urban development. With a 21.1% population increase from 2010 to 2020 and projections pointing to further expansion, I delved into sustainable solutions. I challenged conventional urban planning by advocating for inclusive development, addressing racial equity and economic mobility. Proposing a Land Trust & Worker Cooperative in the Northgate neighborhood, I imagined how communities could be empowered to shape their own environments. The pages below is an excerpt from a zine that imagines new approaches to multiple processes: environmental rehabilitation, urban densification, and economic revitalization.

Design program will take shape through a participatory design framework. Working with the local community, the NLTC will focus on developing methods to efficiently install trails and pathways, develop new uses for parking lots, identify riparian zones for rehabilitation, and effectively provide social services.

SKETCHING

I enjoy sketching in my free time and as a part of my design process. Recently, I have been experimenting with using more color.

Palm tree, San Francisco

UW Conibear Shell House view, Seattle

Front Porch view, Seattle

UW Center for Urban Horticulture Greenhouse, Seattle

Seattle Pocket Park Design and Construction Document Set Group Work

Tasked with the design of a pocket park in Seattle’s Central District, I worked with a classmate to develop a design that creates a half-court basketball court, multiple rain gardens, and an ADA-compliant ramp. A stepping stone path crosses over one rain garden, where a demolished house’s basement once existed. Using Rhino, I was able to effectively communicate design details and make accurate graphics of the design with Lumion.

Sumida, Tokyo Informal Green Space design proposal Group Work

A design intervention in two street-side planters in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward, a classmate and I proposed rammed earth structures that could provide seating to pedestrians. Intended to decompose over time and take on a new form, a model of the bench in Rhino helped us to create a rammed earth mold and life-size model.

アマツバメは空洞に営巣することで知ら れています。これらの巣は多くの場合、唾 液で作られ、垂直構造物に取り付けられ ます。 版築壁は、壁に根を下ろしたり、壁 の根元から成長する植物と並んでアツバ メの生息地となる場合があります。

Swifts are known for nesting in cavities. Their nests are often made with saliva and attached to vertical structures. A Rammed earth wall may provide habitat for swifts alongside plants that take root on the wall or grow up the wall from its base.

敷地内に作られた低い場所に雨水が溜 まると、その場所は小さな湿地として機能

Backyard Pond

Completed in 2018

This above-ground pond houses a lotus plant and goldfish. Bolted 4x4 lumber form the walls of the pond and bog filter above. A solar powered pump was installed to circulate water through the filter. A mechanical filter removes sediment from the water, while nitrifying bacteria and plants in the bog filter process ammonium. Because the solar-powered pump loses power overnight, completely draining the bog filter, plant roots in the bog filter have consistent access to oxygen.

UW Farm Wapato Pond

In Progress

Beginning in the Spring of 2022, I have led the design and construction of a 2,000 sq.ft. pond at the UW Farm. Since then, I have raised over $10,000 for the project and coordinated closely with the UW heavy machinery crew and volunteer groups to make the project a reality. The finished project will include an overflow weir, small solar canopy and circulation system, seating area, and harvest platforms in the pond. This pond will grow Sagittaria latifolia, a culturally relevant food source for the region’s indigenous people. This project is part of Lisaaksiichaa Braine’s (former Director of the UW Intellectual House) vision for the Farm to provide greater access to high-quality, culturally relevant foods for the University’s Native students. Downslope, the pond’s overflow will passively irrigate an apple orchard. The project will be completed in mid-June, 2024.