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The annual terrain publication captures and celebrates progressive work being done by the American Society of Landscape Architects Kentucky Chapter (ASLA KY) to further landscape architecture in Kentucky; recognizes non-landscape architect leaders who make substantial contributions to our community in the spirit of the profession (through the Grady Clay Award); and highlights award winning projects throughout the state. The intention of this publication is to annually highlight and promote what is most impactful to the practice and our communities. This is a publication for landscape architecture professionals, local leaders, future landscape architects, and anyone else who experiences landscape. The quality of our future is dependent on thoughtful use of our land. We start the conversation with terrain...
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i About terrain ii 2019-20 ASLA KY Sponsors v Table Of Contents 1 About ASLA KY Public Awareness / ASLA KY Advocacy / Parking Day
10 2019 ASLA KY Awards Jury Introduction 12 Design / Constructed Work Lawrenceburg Civic Plaza - Honor Award South 4th Street - Merit Award Mustard Seed Hill - Merit Award Stone Family Center for Health Sciences - Merit Award
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34 Design / Non-Constructed Work Jefferson Square - Merit Award Ohio River Greenway Vision Plan - Merit Award Van Andel Arena Plaza - Merit Award 48 Design / Constructed Work - Residential Laureano Residence - Merit Award 52 Planning and Analysis Clarks Landing - Merit Award 56 Communication Connecting Beargrass Creek - Merit Award URSRM - Merit Award 64 Student Awards Portland Pulse - Merit Award
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68 Grady Clay Community Vision Award Holly Wiedemann 72 Student Academic Awards 74 Creative Studies Tour 76 2019-20 ASLA KY Executive Committee
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ABOUT / KENTUCKY CHAPTER
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2019 Sketch Crawl
Fall Happy Hour
Advocacy Day - Capitol Hill
www.ASLAKENTUCKY.org While our chapter ranks among the 49 others as a “small” chapter, our members, which hover around 100, accomplishes above and beyond those of similar size. It wasn’t until I became chapter vice president that the curtain peeled back and I began to understand all the fabulous work and tireless hours that our Executive Committee members contribute. With their efforts, both past and present, we are a small but powerful network that defends our licensure, advocates for our profession, provides a network of allied professionals, supports the future generation of landscape architects, and continually expands programming for our members. I cannot offer enough praise to every person who has committed their time to making this organization run and in turn bettering our profession.
LARE Review
Advocacy in Washington D.C.
Emerging Professional Happy Hour
As we look forward towards this new decade, I pose the question “how can we do better?” For our chapter, for our profession, and for our communities. Recently, hundreds of landscape architecture students wrote and signed a petition that urges ASLA to focus on issues related to the climate crisis. The open letter directly asks for ASLA to “1) endorse and help define the Green New Deal, 2) assert our commitment to the public realm, and 3) advocate for climate science in curricula and licensure.” I strongly urge us all to adopt this charge and strive to personally and collectively move the profession towards a climate sustainable practice. If the chapter efforts resonate with you I hope you will consider membership. While there are plenty of tangible benefits I personally think it’s those that extend beyond that make it worth every penny. To get involved, please contact: Erin Hathaway
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ASLA KY/ PUBLIC AWARENESS DESIGNERS: About Landscape Architects
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psychology. All 50 states require landscape architects to earn a license to practice. This not only involves earning a university degree, but usually horticulture, and even subjects like psychology. several years of work experience, passing of a rigorous exam, and taking continuing All 50 states require landscape architects to earn a education courses. historic preservation, planning, grading and drainage,
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It’s easy to confuse landscape architects with other landscape professionals,
university degree, but usually several years work but of the difference is straightforward. Landscape architects design, often experience, passing of a rigorous exam, and taking working with landscaping or other construction companies to install those
designs. Think of the fashion designer imagining an outfit while a clothing manufacturer makes the apparel, or an artist designing a wall poster that’s printed It’s easy to confuse landscape architects with by another company. Landscape architects and contractors are complementary but highly distinct professions. continuing education courses.
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straightforward. Landscape architects design, often For more information, please visit www.asla.org working with landscaping or other construction
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companies to install those designs. Think of the fashion designer imagining an outfit while a clothing manufacturer makes the apparel, or an artist designing a wall poster that’s printed by another company. Landscape architects and contractors are complementary but highly distinct professions.
April is World Landscape Architecture Month (WLAM), an international celebration of landscape architecture. WLAM introduces the profession to the public by highlighting landscape architectdesigned spaces around the world.
Here are just a few of the project types covered by landscape architecture:
From the iconic Central Park in New York, to your favorite local park, WLAM celebrates the work of ASLA’s members and landscape architects around the globe.
School and college campuses Corporate and commercial grounds Public gardens and arboreta Historic preservation and restoration Hotels, resorts and other facility sites Interior landscapes
This is LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Land planning Landscape art and earth sculpture Monument grounds Parks and recreation Land reclamation and rehabilitation
Learn more at asla.org/design
This year follow @KentuckyASLA and @NationalASLA on instagram as we kick off a month-long showcase starting April 1st. Join in and share your favorite landscape-architect-designed spaces with #WLAM2020.
Residential sites Security design Streetscapes and public spaces Therapeutic gardens
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ASLA KY/ ADVOCACY
On February 13th, 2020 ASLA members and UK Students from the Department of Landscape Architecture, engaged in our annual Advocacy Blitz Day. We were able to meet with a number of Representatives and Senators from across the state. Legislative advocacy continues to be vital to the protection of laws that enable us to practice Landscape Architecture. Additionally, these efforts provide us with the opportunity to educate legislative members and remind them of our efforts to grow the economy of our state while continuing to care for the environment. Advocacy doesn’t end in Frankfort, it needs to be an activity that we all participate in throughout the year by inviting local leaders to visit our projects and engage in design conversations. We continue to see efforts to delicense Landscape Architecture across the country and need to remain diligent in our efforts to form relationships with elected leaders. This year ASLA KY participated in the National ASLA Advocacy Summit in Salt Lake City, UT. Kevin McCalla attended this two day conference geared towards a three pronged approach to successful advocacy. Discussions included guides for a successful state advocacy day, the use of site tours as advocacy tools, and the use of resolutions and proclamations to advance landscape architecture. This event was attended by over 30 chapters from across the country and allowed for us to make meaningful connections with others chapter leaders.
#BlitzDay2020 meeting with District 13 Representative Senator Thomas in Frankfort, KY. Image courtesy of ASLA KY
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ASLA KY/ PARKING DAY
“PARK(ing) Day is an annual open-source global event hosted by ASLA where citizens, artists and activists collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spaces into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public open space. The mission of PARK(ing) Day is to call attention to the need for more urban open space, to generate critical debate around how public space is created and allocated, and to improve the quality of urban human habitat … at least until the meter runs out!” On September 20th, ASLA Kentucky hosted PARK(ing) Day in Lexington, an annual event in which local community members, students, and designers transform metered parking spaces into temporary parklets. This year featured eight design firms including friends from LFUCG Long Range Planning, Downtown Lexington Partnership and LexPark!
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The Elevation Collection Julie Nash — Territory Development: Ohio & Kentucky 614.581.6399 cell | julie.n@anovafurnishings.com www.anovafurnishings.com
Adaptive and inclusive outdoor furniture designed to meet the needs of the human race. ANOVA Product Development Manager First and Lasting ImpressionsÂŽ
2019 ASLA KY/ AWARDS HONOR AWARD
Every year the best projects across the state are recognized and set apart as superior professional design. These projects are awarded Honor.
MERIT AWARD
Projects given the award, Merit, display good design and characterize environmental responsibility. The jury may award any number of entries in any category this distinction.
STUDENT AWARD
GRADY CLAY
The Student Award recognizes good design and students currently working towards a landscape architecture degree. The jury may award any number of Honor and Merit awards in this category.
The Grady Clay Award is a state honor given to an individual who sustains and strengthens Kentucky communities across the state.
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/JURY Thank you to the Wisconsin Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for serving as jury committee on this year’s awards!
MaraLee Olson, PLA MaraLee is a creative landscape architect who likes to dream big and operates out of her studio, MaraLee Olson Design Studio. Peter Truax, ASLA Peter is a landscape designer working on pursing licensure since graduating the University of Minnesota Master of Landscape Architecture program. Joe Porter, PLA An internationally experienced landscape architect, Joe currently heads up the site design team for GRAEF in their Madison Wisconsin office. Nathan Novak, PLA Nate Novak is a talented landscape architect who works for the famed firm SmithGroup. Alexander Thill, ASLA Holding a master’s degree from the University of Minnesota, Alex is a landscape designer at GRAEF as well as the WI ASLA Awards Chair.
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HONOR Design / Constructed Work AWARD Lawrenceburg, KY Lawrenceburg Civic Park is a new public greenspace in downtown Lawrenceburg, Indiana. The park replaces over an acre of underutilized surface parking downtown, providing a stage, event lawn and plaza for seasonal performances and events that span across High Street creating a larger, flexible venue. The design of the park draws inspiration from the adjacent Ohio River. The meandering form of the park is inspired by river currents, the flow of people, and sound waves. While the non-orthogonal forms may seem out of place within a historic downtown, a pedestrian scale and contextual materials like limestone, concrete, wood, and red brick make the park feel appropriate to the fabric of Lawrenceburg. The transformation of the parking lot site to a public greenspace provided a desirable amenity to the community while also reducing stormwater runoff and encouraging outdoor activity and larger community gatherings. Native trees and plantings provide shade and refuge within the urban downtown setting. The north end of the park is anchored by a pop-jet fountain, where textured granite paving makes a subtle “river” motif on the ground surface. Lawrenceburg Civic Park has already been a catalyst for growth and development. Since the park’s opening in June of 2019, attendance at Music on the River has soared, and the park is regularly programmed with community activities including a farmer’s market, mobile library, Shakespeare performances, movies and fitness classes. The park successfully draws the community of Lawrenceburg toward the Ohio River and celebrates the City’s rich “river town” history.
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MERIT Design / Constructed Work AWARD Louisville, KY Historically the commercial spine of Downtown Louisville, South Fourth Street has struggled in recent decades to remain relevant. Investment in Fourth Street Live! has helped to bring a focus back to the corridor, resulting in new restaurants, hotels and developments. This project crafted a master plan for the revitalization of South Fourth Street to encourage retail activity and simplify the streetscape. This includes the straightening of the original street centerline to remove the kinks from a failed 1970s pedestrian mall, adding parking to both sides of the street, creating new street tree planter bump-outs, and incorporating pervious pavers into the parking lane.
“The design represents a clear, solutions based approach to the design challenges” – Wisconsin ASLA Awards Jury
One of the special components of the project was the inclusion of over 20 different poems from local writers that were sandblasted and stained into the new concrete sidewalks. The success of this pilot project has set the standard and will be a model to be rolled out in other projects throughout the city. Special attention was paid to make sure that new street trees and understory plantings would have adequate soil volumes given the stresses they would experience in such an urban condition. The design team worked within the constraints of multiple underground vaults and utilities and accommodated the needs of two major hotels to develop a workable plan that has transformed this street into a more functional, vibrant corridor. Construction on Phases 1 & 2 were completed in 2013 and 2016. Phase 3 was completed in 2019, completing the vision set forth in the master plan.
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JulieJulie Barnard, Barnard, PLA, PLA, ASLAASLA Northern Northern Kentucky Kentucky 269.337.1335 269.337.1335 julieb@landscapeforms.com julieb@landscapeforms.com Designed Designed by Justin by Justin Champaign Champaign
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MERIT Design / Constructed Work AWARD Millersburg, KY Like many small towns in America, Millersburg, Kentucky is a small rural community experiencing a population decline. Their largest employers have shut down operations, a bypass has re-routed traffic around the town, and the 113-yearold Military Academy synonymous with the town closed in 2006, leaving a 14-acre campus to fall into decay. Understanding how important the Millersburg Military Institute was to the community, Community Ventures, a non-profit community development corporation, purchased the property out of bankruptcy and vowed to save the campus. Community Ventures had a vision for transforming the former military boarding school into an economic engine for the community. Their vision included establishing a multi-purpose event venue, a secondary school with dormitory, a restaurant, a bed & breakfast as well as a business incubator. Community Ventures renamed the campus Mustard Seed Hill. The century old buildings on the site were preserved and restored, while the pedestrian and vehicular elements were completely reimagined. Pedestrian circulation became the primary design objective, moving vehicular circulation to the perimeter of the campus.
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Significant earthwork activities were required of the entire site in order to create usable spaces and accessible connections between buildings. Three formal lawn areas were created for both aesthetic appeal and event gatherings. Similar materials of brick and limestone were used throughout the site improvements to connect to the original architecture of the buildings. All utilities were placed underground, while the mature trees in the front lawn along Main Street, were preserved.
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What had become a symbol of a dying town, has become a beacon of pride and the hope of new prosperity in Millersburg, along with the embodiment of nothing being impossible, if you just have the faith of a mustard seed.
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MERIT Design / Constructed Work AWARD Evansville, IN The Stone Family Center for Health Sciences is the first building of a new fourcity block Medical Education and Research Campus located in downtown Evansville, Indiana. The facility is a collaboration between Indiana University, University of Evansville, and University of Southern Indiana. The campus was conceived as an urban quadrangle, with academic and research buildings forming a solid perimeter surrounding a pedestrian-oriented green space at the core of the campus, centered on the intersection of Walnut Street and Fifth Street. Sustainable principles guided the entire design process and material selections. Campus buildings will be LEED certified. Dark-sky compliant lighting illuminates the campus at night while high-albedo concrete unit pavers reduce urban heat retention during the day. More than 150 native trees and 1,750 pollinator shrubs and perennials were planted. A network of permeable pavers, stormwater planters, underground retention, and infiltration trenches are used to capture, treat, and retain the first two inches of rain that falls on the entire campus during any storm event.
“Great example of stormwater and BMP strategies...” – Wisconsin ASLA Awards Jury
The Stone Family Center for Health Sciences has already had a measurable economic and social benefit to downtown Evansville. In addition to training new generations of medical professionals, the City of Evansville has estimated that the new SFCHS will have an annual economic impact of $340 million by 2020. From initial site selection concepts in early 2013, through the formal dedication of the Stone Center in August 2018, the landscape architect was instrumental in leading the planning, design, and construction of this new sustainable urban campus. Design Team includes: Rundell Ernstberger Associates, Lochmueller Group, TEC, VS Engineering and Delta Fountains.
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MERIT Design / Non-Constructed Work AWARD Louisville, KY This vision for Jefferson Square outlines a transformation from a fragmented and underutilized green, to a dynamic and engaging downtown living room. Surrounded by government uses, including Metro Hall and City Hall, Jefferson Square often functions as downtown’s central gathering space and plays an outsized role in Louisville’s civic life. Nonetheless, the current design prevents this open space from capitalizing on its prime location and proximity to major assets, and results in a fragmented and confusing visitor experience. Through an inclusive community engagement process that included an open house, stakeholder meetings, and attendance at events in the square, the design team crafted a transformative design that honors the legacy of the space by operating as not only an urban park, but as a stage, memorial, gallery, and as a sustainable site within Louisville’s growing urban heat island.
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This project’s transformative design honors the legacy of the space and frees it from its current constraints, embracing the dynamic ambitions that are being demanded of this civic square by the community.
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The new design re-introduces the square to the community as Louisville’s urban living room. Users are now encouraged to move through the square itself through a central gathering area featuring an interactive water feature, seating areas, and a visually striking canopy structure that evokes the fluidity and reflectivity of the adjacent Ohio River. This vision resulted from a yearlong master planning process that identified issues, reviewed and considered design alternatives, and established a community-driven design.
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MERIT Design / Non-Constructed Work AWARD Ohio River, Southern Indiana The Ohio River Greenway Vision Plan is a bold reimagining of an existing riverfront greenway as a world-class linear park which will connect a series of destination public spaces and strengthen connectivity between New Albany, Clarksville, and Jeffersonville, Indiana. The landscape architect was commissioned by the Ogle Foundation in 2014 to prepare a “refresh” of the 2002 Ohio River Greenway Master Plan. This Vision Plan offered the opportunity for an expanded cultural connection between and through the three riverfront communities, expanded amenities and new park spaces, access to currently inaccessible acreage along the path, and renewed economic opportunity for the entire region. The Vision Plan prioritized accessibility, safety, and visibility to create a communal place along the riverfront. The most significant recommendation from the Vision Plan was the reimagining of 500+ contiguous acres of derelict and underutilized property as a Grand Park. The property offers spectacular views over a bend in the river, an oxbow wetland, quarry lakes, meandering creeks, and groves of native hardwood trees spread across a post-industrial riparian landscape with numerous potential community connections.
“Impressively large planning and design vision.”
The Ohio River Greenway Vision Plan presented an audacious vision which allowed the public to realize the untapped potential of the northern shoreline of the Ohio River. Following the delivery of the Vision Plan, the River Heritage Conservancy was established to continue to champion the project and shepherd it forward through its next steps, including selecting a firm to further develop the plans for the Grand Park of the Ohio River Greenway.
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Design Team includes: Rundell Ernstberger Associates, Bravura Corporation and Dan Church.
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MERIT Design / Non-Constructed Work AWARD Grand Rapids, MI Located in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids, the 12,000-seat Van Andel Arena serves as the region’s major entertainment and sports venue. The arena’s surrounding district is experiencing development growth with new bars, nightlife, and multi-story mixed-use developments. Recommending both short-term and long-term improvements, the plaza and alley will transform the district’s public realm into a beautiful and sustainable landscape design with the flexibility and comfort to serve both daily, event, and seasonal activity and programming. The lack of any comfortable space to sit anywhere is characteristic of the entire block the arena sits on, so it was critical to provide a range of seating opportunities. From parklets and decking structures that could be rearranged to suit the activity, to more fixed and permanent sculptural seating structures, the design needed to provide a level of comfort and range of activity.
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“Creative and playful approach” – Wisconsin ASLA Awards Jury
Enhanced security measures to protect patrons from busy traffic along Fulton Street has been accommodated by topographically elevating a central portion of the plaza via ramps and stairs. Other elements have been woven into the design such as large-scale sculptural steel planters that double as vehicular barriers located near the busy intersection of Ottawa avenue and Fulton street.
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MERIT Design Constructed - Residential AWARD Louisville, KY After completing an extensive interior renovation, our client was inspired to bring the same attention to detail to the exterior of their home. They wanted to “bring it to life” by creating a beautiful and welcoming front entry to their Louisville home. Material selections were an important consideration in creating a landscape that fit with the architecture of the home and appealed to our client’s overall aesthetic. A classic, formal design with Boxwood hedges layered with Hydrangea, Lilac and a specimen Bloodgood Japanese Maple set the feel of the project.
“...showcases what it means to be a Landscape Architect” – Wisconsin ASLA
The project included removing and replacing the existing driveway, constructing a new entry walkway, and opening up an existing brick wall. A brick column with lamp post was constructed to signify the entrance to the home. Along the entry, a creek stone planter wall was removed to create a hidden garden with space for the client’s favorite urn to delight guests as they approach the front door. Cobblestone pavers were used for the drive and Pennsylvania Bluestone for the walkway. A custom Bluestone border and circular banding was handcrafted to define the hidden courtyard. Crushed gravel was introduced into the composition to transition between materials and highlight the bluestone details.
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Gresham Smith / CLARKS LANDING MERIT Planning and Analysis AWARD Clarksville, IN Once bustling with activity as a state prison and then a toothpaste manufacturing facility, the Clark’s Landing development in southern Indiana fell dormant. With a vision for an adaptive re-use, mixed-use community, the developer looks to revitalize the area with multifamily residential homes, commercial office space, retail and public open space. While the site will be used much differently than before, the design will honor the area’s historical narrative while creating space where people want to spend time.
“...clever design strategy...” – Wisconsin ASLA Awards Jury
Working on a multifaceted adaptive re-use project, the landscape architecture team’s ability to effectively communicate complex ideas related to development, access and sustainability were imperative to the master plan’s success. Using a variety of site diagrams with photos to develop highly graphic communication methods and leading live building tours, the team creatively conveyed their vision and produced a conceptual plan for the 45acre site that achieved the client’s goals and is now being considered by local government and commissions.
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Gresham Smith / CONNECTING BEARGRASS CREEK MERIT Communication AWARD Louisville, KY Hardened by urbanization in Metro Louisville, Beargrass Creek has become a forgotten environmental and cultural resource. Gresham Smith was selected by the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) to spearhead a Legacy Project, a design initiative that provides underserved communities with smart urban planning and design, to develop a vision for this stream that is largely out of sight and out of mind. On a fast-track, three-day timeline prior to CNU’s Annual Congress meeting, Gresham Smith’s landscape architecture studio worked with Kentucky Waterways Alliance, Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District and CNU to develop a vision for reconnecting Louisville residents with the South Fork of Beargrass Creek. This process focused on developing innovative community engagement techniques that would allow the team and community to focus on three distinct goals: Connecting to the Creek - If we ever want Beargrass Creek to be healthy again, people need to see it, touch it, and love it.
“...effectively reached a wide audience within the community.” – Wisconsin ASLA Awards Jury
Improving the Creek’s Health - Exploring unique ways to bring back the ecological systems of Beargrass Creek to create a healthier, safer and more vibrant water system in a highly urbanized context. Developing Destinations - Beargrass Creek has shaped the city of Louisville. This is an opportunity to find new opportunities for people to engage with and celebrate the Creek. This process elevated these issues and opportunities through the lens of landscape architecture and influenced thousands of citizens, urbanists, local and statewide politicians, and local, state and federal agencies to better understand the potential of this stream.
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Gresham Smith / URSRM MERIT Communication AWARD Louisville, KY Using a grant administered by the city and funded by impervious surface taxing, Gresham Smith developed the Urban Redevelopment Stormwater Retrofit Manual to showcase innovative stormwater design as it applies to urban infill projects, highlighting immediate opportunities for dramatically improving stormwater management. Urban Redevelopment may be Lexington’s most valued opportunity for a sustainable landscape. This land-use condition affords: •Redevelopment opportunities exist throughout the county. Many of the properties were developed prior to green infrastructure requirements, making them key contributors to the overall stormwater management challenges faced by Lexington. •Vacant and abandoned properties represent the most prevalent and available opportunities for urban redevelopment. In many cases, these properties are great locations for public plazas, street connectivity, grocery and produce access, and alternative transportation infrastructure; all of these elements aid in connecting people to bigger systems.
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•Stormwater quality and innovative management techniques are often difficult to quantify, making it challenging for a city to invest in innovative approaches to planning and designing these systems. Urban redevelopment opportunities are an ideal location for experimentation and education because of the built-in visibility these properties offer.\ The critical focus of this manual is to illustrate that sustainability does not require compromise. Through redevelopment scenarios the manual intends to showcase how redevelopment opportunities can be designed to improve water quality and reduce flooding, while also creating better places to visit, enhancing the environmental resiliency of communities, and increasing value for property owners.
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August 7th The Parachute Factory, 720 Bryan Ave, Lexington, KY 40505 TIME: 5:30 pm- 6:30 pm LOCATION:
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The swale will feature river stone as an aesthetic element that also slows water down and helps provide a limited amount of short-term storage capacity in void spaces.
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Amanda Reese and Mason Glin / PORTLAND PULSE
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STUDENT MERIT WORK AWARD
Smooth Transition
Over the last few decades, the Portland Neighborhood at the west end of Louisville, Kentucky has received minimal investment from the city and has become an unsafe and uncomfortable place to be. Portland Pulse proposes a way to update the neighborhood’s existing infrastructure to connect and showcase historical sites, the waterfront, key businesses, public greenspaces, and other scattered amenities. It also addresses a unique set of issues including goals for redevelopment without gentrification, acres of small, scattered vacant lots, minimal canopy coverage, deteriorating Olmsted parks and parkways, and physical disconnection from the waterfront and downtown.
Terraced designs allow integration between urban areas, Louisville Riverwalk, and the Ohio River
Portland Pulse aims to protect and create a community that is complete, connected, healthy, safe, unique and attractive, and economically vibrant. It accomplishes that by identifying streets that can be redeveloped into primary corridors that prioritize pedestrians and cyclists. Portland Pulse addresses environmental concerns by proposing vegetated buffers along roadways, increasing space for human-nature interaction, transforming vacant lots into small pocket parks, and preparing for future flooding events. This project is significant to the discipline of Landscape Architecture because it demonstrates how professionals can combine creativity with research to produce a concept that values people and the environment equally.
“...clear presentation of project goals and the process to implementation.” – Wisconsin ASLA Awards Jury
Active Community
Water Sensitive Design
8 outdoor courts support the practice of Portland’s favorite sport activities
Areas created to intercept, hold, and slowly release floodwater that would otherwise flood the community
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Recreational water plazas are proposed along the Ohio River to provide flexible public space for visitors to be near the waterfront and to protect Portland from future flooding events. A combined 3 acres of these water plazas will be able to intercept, hold, and slowly release more than 3 million gallons of water. Images courtesy of Amanda Reese and Mason Glin
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GRADY CLAY AWARD /Holly Wiedemann
Kentucky and West Virginia. This number includes the most recently completed Lexington developments; Davis Park View, multi-family affordable housing in downtown, three phases of Parkside, the historic First Presbyterian Apartments located between the Lexington Courthouse and Gratz Park on Market Street, historic Midway School Apartments and Bakery, Windy Corner Market and several other adaptive re-use developments across Kentucky and West Virginia. AU also developed, on behalf of the City of Lexington, the adaptive re-use the historic Fayette County Courthouse.
GRADY CLAY
Holly Wiedemann
The Grady Clay Community Vision Award is named in honor of Grady Clay, Jr., the internationally acclaimed writer and urbanist. The award is an annual, statewide honor for those who are improving the quality of life for Kentuckians by offering design vision and creative solutions that sustain and strengthen Kentucky’s vibrant communities.
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The Kentucky Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects Executive Committee unanimously selected Holly Wiedemann to receive the 2020 Grady Clay Community Vision Award as an expression of their excitement and appreciation for her unique vision of breathing new life into historic places throughout Kentucky’s communities. Holly Wiedemann is the founder, owner and President of AU Associates, Inc. AU was founded in 1990 on the principles of adaptive use and focuses on opportunities for urban infill as well as the revitalization of existing structures. These principles make Holly a perfect ally and partner to the landscape architecture community. Holly’s firm, AU Associates, has been directly responsible for creating over 1200 units of mixed income housing, 150,000 square feet of commercial space and over $250 million of projects across the Commonwealth of
Each of AU’s 30 developments, now spanning three decades, has received more than 40 local, state and national awards. Holly was named the 2011 NAWBO Business Owner of the Year, as well as the 2018 NAWBO EPIC Business Owner. She was also the recipient of the Kentucky Society of AIA John Russell Groves, Jr., Citizen Laureate Award. This award is to honor an individual and advocate who consistently supports and encourages the values of quality architecture in his or her community through leadership, service and dedication to a better living environment. AU has the distinct honor of winning an unprecedented four Timmie Awards, for national excellence in historic preservation and adaptive reuse, and has twice won the Best Developer and Best Builder award from Kentucky Housing Corporation. Holly also gives back by serving as Trustee on numerous boards in her community, including BB&T, Gaines Center for the Humanities, Triangle Foundation, Fayette Alliance and Lexington Civic Center. She served as a Regent for Eastern Kentucky University. She was appointed by the Board of Governors in Washington, DC as a Director of the Cleveland Federal Reserve. In 2012 she was elected to the Board of the National Housing and Rehabilitation Association, the premier policy group in her industry. In 2020, she became its Chair.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
@uky_landscapearchitecture ukla.ca.uky.edu
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Top: Zipline master plan for Hyden, KY by UKLA student Kaleb Matoszkia and photograph of it being viewed in VR by a BioRetention Swale Structuresoil soil community member. Bioretention swales Peak Flow Reduction Structure treats runoffwater for quality promotes promotes tree treat runoff and Bottom: TreesLouisville plan by UKLA students Griffin Johnson & Justin Bambach; Portland Neighborhood Street Plan before deaining into a tree’s growth growth and improve water quality perforated pipe and rainwater rainwater before draining into (Louisville, KY) by Jeongok Park, Jake Rose, & Trevor Offutt. In 2015, UKLA began a partnership infileration with TreesLouisville to develop a infiltration perforated pipe tree planting plans for Jefferson Co. Public Schools. Since then, we have seen approximately 20 designs implemented Proposed street section throughout Louisville. Right: Team 10’s Master Plan for Design Week 2019, “Regenerative Landscapes: Conserve, Manage, Preserve, Generate.” Andover Golf Course, Lexington KY.
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American Society of /STUDENT ACADEMIC AWARDS Landscape Architects University of Kentucky The ASLA Student Honor and Merit Award program, administered through the ASLA chapters, is designed to be a collaborative effort between and ASLA chapters and landscape architecture programs. The awards recognize academic achievement, design competence, and interpersonal skills. The presentations of all four candidates impressed the jury. Their individual paths were highlighted as they described their journey through their academic careers Through organized graphics and written summations, each candidate engaged the jury displaying their unique personalities and communication styles to demonstrate how they were led to the field of landscape architecture. During the course of their deliberations, the Jury made observations about each candidate. General Award requirements; 1) Nominees must be truly outstanding as measured by your program’s long-term standards of excellence. 2) Nominees must have demonstrated the highest level of academic scholarship and of accomplishments in skills related to the art and technology of landscape architecture. 3 )Nominees must have demonstrated personal qualities and skills of: A) responsiveness and willingness to work with others, B) self-motivation and responsibility, and C) design abilities: exploration, discovery, synthesis and representation of landscape architecture design.
HONOR AWARD
Jeongok Park
“Jeongok was very impressive. She conveyed her life’s experiences very well and how they have shaped her interest in the profession and passion for the environment and public spaces. She has overcome several obstacles to bring her to this point, ready to graduate from UK. Moreover, her work shows that she is quite multi-talented.” – Awards Jury HONOR AWARD
Amanda Reese
“The committee was impressed with Amanda’s dedication to work and learning. She has taken great initiative as a student to become involved in ASLA and take full advantage of what ASLA has to offer. Her perspective on putting aside design ego in search of what is best for the project and the public is refreshing in someone so early in their career.” – Awards Jury MERIT AWARD
Lana Proffitt
“The committee was most impressed with Lana’s strong desire to use her landscape architecture education to improve her community through quality and equity of life in the public realm. Lana showed a strong enthusiasm for public service and a desire to seek out ways to improve the environment around her.” – Awards Jury MERIT AWARD
Nick Ackerman
“Nick showed good leadership skills and motivation in starting his own design / build company while still in his teens. He demonstrated an ability to work hard and through difficulties to persist and achieve his goals. His travel abroad on his own also impressed the committee with his willingness to be open minded, take risks and seek out experiences that will broaden his professional experience.” – Awards Jury
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/ CREATIVE STUDY TOUR Living on the Right Side of the Brain is a creative thinking course at the University of Kentucky. This course challenges students to explore their creative thinking process through the framework of metacognition (thinking about thinking). Several years ago a supplemental experience was offered in addition to the class, the Creative Study Tour. As a part of this project small groups of students travel across the country to meet and interact with creative individuals in a variety of disciplines (art, design, music, any creative endeavor), thus exposing students to the value and power of creative thinking. Through the continued support of the ASLA KY a group of UK Landscape Architecture students will be traveling on the seventh annual Creative Study Tour this spring. This past year students headed south to visit Knoxville and Chattanooga. The group created a web based travel journal to help capture the experience from the students’ perspective...
On broadening one’s perspective of Landscape Architecture... “From all of the major site features, down to the smallest details, creativity is incorporated in Landscape Architecture and that is what makes designs successful.”
Abdiel Martinez - UKLA
Meaningful moments... “This trip was the first time I was able to experience firms with more than two disciplines...This opened my eyes to the importance of all disciplines respecting each other’s field, ideas and feedback.”
Kimberly Chalk - UKLA Image courtesy of Ryan Hargrove
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PRESIDENTS
Trustee
Jon Henney
Gresham Smith Louisville
/ Kentucky Chapter ASLA
Past-President Jared R. Kaelin Gresham Smith Louisville
President
Erin Hathaway Gresham Smith Lexington
2019-2020 / EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President-Elect
VP Membership Services Sarah Kopke-Jones Jones Landscape Architecture Louisville
Emerging Professionals Chair Joseph Browning RossTarrant Architects Lexington
VP Professional Development Thomas McKinley John Carloftis Lexington
Sponsorship Chair Josh DeSpain RossTarrant Architects Lexington
Treasurer Spencer Heuke Action Landscape Louisville
Advocacy Chair Kevin McCalla RossTarrant Architects Lexington
Secretary Wes Griffith Gresham Smith Lexington
Public Relations Chair Matt Hisle CARMAN Lexington
Jordan Sebastian Lord Aeck Sargent Lexington
At-Large Members Jordan Phemister - University of Kentucky Ryan Hargrove - University of Kentucky Tyler Strader - Brandstetter Carroll Inc. David Toda - Landscape Workshop 76
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