Design Portfolio Linus Larson
objeCtive
Expand and enhance my Landscape Architectural knowledge and skills in the creation of ecologically and socially conscious spaces through experience in professional practice.
ProfiCienCies
Hand-Rendering
AutoCAD Photoshop
Linus L arson
ContaCt information
Phone: (515) 269-2564
Email: Permanent Address: lplarson@iastate.edu
410 West Broadway St., Eagle Grove, IA 50533
In-Session Address: 233 Sheldon Ave., Ames, IA 50014
InDesign Illustrator
AutoCAD ArcGIS Pro
soft skiLLs
Teamwork
Communication
Flexibility
Leadership
Organization
Productivity
Fall 2019 - Present
Currently enrolled as 4th Year in Landscape Architecture Program, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Anticipated Graduation May 2024
Spring 2019
High school diploma, Eagle Grove High School, Eagle Grove, IA
May 16 - December 24 2022
Iowa’s Living Roadways Community Visioning Design Lab Intern at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, Ames, IA
• Worked with the City of Algona and its community to develop design proposals for parks, trails, and roadways.
• Developed bioregional maps for the City of Glenwood to educate the community about local resources and history.
March 3 - April 29 2022
Outdoor Gardener at Reiman Gardens, Ames, IA
• Understanding of the various aspects of maintaining a designed landscape.
• Experience in a team-oriented setting to complete necessary tasks in a timely manner.
May 21-August 12 2021
Greenhouse Attendant at Bomgaars Supply, Eagle Grove, IA
• Working knowledge of plants, plant varieties, and appropriate growing conditions and maintenance.
voLunteer exPerienCe
Spring 2021
Assisted City of Ames Parks and Recreation teams at Brookside Park and Stewart Smith Park to identify and remove invasive garlic mustard.
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exPerienCe
eduCation
3 safe Haven District 1 Woven 2 BioreneWaBles Detention Basin 3 algona HigHWay 169 4 Bioregional MaPPing anD DiagraMs 5 4 - 9 10 - 13 14 - 15 16 - 17 18-21
safe-Haven District
DesigneD fall 2022 inDiviDual Project
One of the most pressing effects of climate change will be the movement of refugees. It will be the largest such migration in human history. As migrants flee rising waters and desertification, our nation must be willing, but more importantly, able to accept these refugees.
This project proposes a district that provides institutional support and resources for climate migrants and low-income families. The Midwest serves as the potential landing point for many such migrants, which makes the old Sears site of St. Paul, Minnesota, an excellent place for such a neighborhood. Taking inspiration from the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers that serve the communities on their banks, this district can serve those who arrive at this point and could act as a shining example to other cities across the developed world.
The Frogtown and Rondo neighborhoods in St. Paul have historically been the home of new arrivals to the city of St. Paul, featuring a wide diversity of nationalities among its inhabitants. However, due to a history of discriminatory practices in lending and underservice of institutional support, these residents face unemployment and poverty. In 1905. the City Beautiful Plan for the Capitol area dictated the demolition of parts of these neighborhoods and eventually replaced the site with a parking lot and The Sears shopping center that now sits abandoned.
By taking advantage of the proximity of major institutions, green space, and infrastructure, we remake this site into one that serves its historic purpose, the nearby community, and migrants and refugees who will need safety and support as they face a changing climate.
Projected change in sPring PreciPitation1
number of extreme heat eVents by county 1995-2012 1
Zero Events
1-3 Events
4-5 Events
6-7 Events
8-9 Events
National Weather Service Station Areas
Projected flooding in major cities due to sea leVel rise 3
Blue: Flooded Areas
Projection
Volumes by county 2
Blue: Counties which will receive excess flooding
White to Red: Counties likely to receive climate migrants, deeper red indicating a greater volume of migrants
Dark Blue: Flooded Heavily Populated Areas
Yellow: Less Affected Populated Areas
Alexandria, Egypt Shanghai, China
Osaka, Japan Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1 Runkle, J., K.E. Kunkel, R. Frankson, D.R. Easterling, S.M. Champion, 2022: Minnesota State Climate Summary 2022. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 150-MN. NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD, 4 pp.
2 Robinson C, Dilkina B, Moreno-Cruz J (2020) Modeling migration patterns in the USA under sea level rise. PLOS ONE 15(1): e0227436. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227436
3 Holder, Josh, Niko Kommenda, and Jonathan Watts. “The three-degree world: the cities that will be drowned by global warming.” The Guardian. Last modified November 3, 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/ ng-interactive/2017/nov/03/three-degree-world-cities-drowned-global-warming.
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of climate migrant
1 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 6 7 8 566’568’ 564’ 562’ 560’ 558’ 556’ 554’ 552’ 550’ 552’ 554’ 556’ 556’ 556’ 558’ 560’ 562’ 564’ 566’ 550’ 568’ FT 0 50 100 200 300 Mixed-Use Buildings Affordable Apartments Neighborhood Services Offices Existing Church Detention Basin Community Gardens Proposed School Existing Radisson Hotel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 B B' A' A C' C F G E E' D D' N
6 A A' B Section Perspective, Rice Street Section Perspective, University Avenue D 120 FT 80 40 20 0 Site Cross Section, North-South Affordable Apartments To I-94 Detention Basin Schoolyard Proposed Elementary School E 180 FT 120 60 30 0 Site Cross Section, East-West Marion Street Proposed Elementary School Schoolgrounds
Proposed Road
Affordable Apartments
Mixed-Use Building
Proposed access road
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C
B'
C' Section Perspective, Proposed Access Road to Apartments D' Parking
University Avenue
Mixed-Use Buildings
E'
Detention Basin
Park
Mixed-Use Building
Street
Rice
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G Detail Plan, Alleyway patio and plantings
Section, Park and Detention Basin
H Sitting Lawn
Perspective, Alleyway patio and plantings
Proposed Road 30 FT 20 10 5 0 N 60 FT 40 20 10 0
Detention Basin and Boardwalk
Proposed School Detention Corridor Adventure Playground
1 2 3 4 5 6 H H' H'
Basketball Court and Plaza Sitting lawn Boardwalk
N 150 FT 100 50 25 0 1 2 2 2 3 4 5 6
Schoolyard adventure playground
Woven
Woven is an urban infill design for a city block in Des Moines. The project is located at 1500 Ingersoll Ave, in Des Moines, IA, right next to the Krause Group Headquaters. The design aims to promote community identity through pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use strategies, taking inspiration from the urban fabric surrounding the site as an analogue for a weaving system. This project was my first foray into designing for and within a larger urban system. This project shows my skills in executing an idea at multiple scales while accomodating the needs of the people who would be living on the site and nearby.
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Analysis Map Parti, Weaving Threads
sPring 2021 inDiviDual Project
11 16th Street Grand Avenue Ingersoll Avenue 15th Street N 30 FT 20 10 0 A A' B B' 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 Existing Apartments Proposed Mixed-Use Buildings Stage Event Lawn Covered Seating Garden Terrace Vehicular Access 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 5
Mixed-Use Building
Butler Apartments 15th Street
Mixed-Use Building
Event Lawn
Public Restroom
Mixed-Use Building
Detail Plan with Spot Elevations, Garden Terraces 16th Street
12 A A'
45 FT 30 15 0
Perspective, The Stage and Event Lawn
13 B B' 30 FT 20 10 0
Building
Building
Ingersoll Avenue
Mixed-Use
Mixed-Use
Event Lawn
Grand Avenue
BioreneWaBles Detention Basin Planting
sPring 2022
DesigneD in collaBoration WitH: Qiyamah Muhammed, Mallory Sage, Daniela Paez, Kullan Klinge, and
The Biorenewables Detention Basin
Planting is a planting design conducted for the stormwater detention basin on the north side of the Biorenewables Research Laboratory of Iowa State University. The planting was designed using the theories proposed by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West’s book Planting in a Post-Wild World and the works and tactics of Piet Oudolf. The scheme was planted on May 10, 2022.
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1 1 2 2 3
Planting Zones Diagram
Nyssa sylvatica black tupelo Asclepias incarnata swamp milkweed Solidago rigida stiff goldenrod Asclepias incarnata butterfly milkweed Symphyotrichum sericeum silky aster Eryngium yuccifolium rattlesnake master Dalea purpurea purple prairieclover 19)Little Bluestem 20)Prairie Dropseed 22)Common Oak Sedge 28)Rattlesnake Master 21)Sideoat Grama 24)Stiff Goldenrod 23)Butterfly Milkweed 29)Silky Aster 27)Black-Eyed Susan 30)Andrew’s gentian 25)Marsh Blazingstar 26)Purple Prairieclover 1 1)Black Tupelo 4)New Jesey Tea 5)Coralberry 9)Blue Grama 6)common Camas 8) Upright Sedge 7)Plains oval Sedge 2)River Birch 3)Bald Cypress 2 18)Swamp Milkweed 11)Broadleaf Arrowwhead 15)Blue Cardinal Flower 17)Blue Vebena 16)Cardinal Flower 10)Yellow Fox Sedge 13)Brown Fox Sedge 12)Plains oval Sedge 14)Rough Dropseed 3
Shane Morrissey
view pre-planting
plants diagram Plant Palette: “Upper Slope”
Palette: “Woodland”
Palette,
Photo, Aerial
Pollinator
Plant
Plant
“Wet Basin”
15 Biorenewables Infiltration Basin Prairie20) Dropseed Rattlesnake28) Master 27)Black-Eyed Susan Swamp18) Milkweed Broadleaf11) Arrowwhead River2) Birch Bald3) Cypress 80 FT 40 20 0 A' A
Volunteer helping plant a New
A' A
Photo,
Jersey Tea shrub
coMMunity visioning:
algona HigHWay 169
suMMer 2022
DesigneD in collaBoration WitH: cHaD Hunter (Manager), Britney MarkHarDt, jaelyn WaDDle, QiyaMaH MuHaMMaD, anD trevor sMitH
Algona was one of the towns involved with the Iowa’s Living Roadways Community Visioning program. Community Visioning aims to provide small Iowa towns with the needed resources in planning, design, and fundraising to help them make updates to their public infrastructure.
Community engagement is a key element of the Community Visioning process, including focus-group interviews, surveys, and continuous cooperation with a steering committee to help steer the design efforts.
The Highway 169 Updates was one of the numerous projects designed for Algona, seeking to improve pedestrian and bicycle accessibility along the Highway 169 corridor. As part of the community engagement, a movable model of the highway was made to allow community members to see and adjust the right-of-way as they saw fit. The most commonly made orientation was used to produce the design proposal.
Image edit outlining citizens’ concerns of Highway 169.
toWn Zone
Mature tree canopy and close proximity to cultural spaces
Business Zone
Large amounts of vehicular traffic and economic activity
“Party in the Park” community engagement event
rural Zone
Wide vegetated right-ofway, pastoral character
Working sectional model of Highway
169
Identified zones along Highway 169 within and just outside of Algona.
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Section-Plans detailing proposed updates to Highway 169 involving a 4-to-3-lane conversion.
coMMunity visioning Bioregional MaPPing anD DiagraMs
fall 2022
in collaBoration WitH cHaD Hunter (Manager)
Bioregional mapping is an integral part of Community Visioning to educate communities about the resources and infrastructure within and around their towns that may affect their development or help inform future design work. Alongside the bioregional maps produced, I helped to develop a series of diagrams to better explain what information is expressed by the maps and why that information is important so that people unfamiliar with the concepts presented would be able to read them more effectively.
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Diagram, Watersheds and Town Position
Maps, The City of Glenwood, Iowa and the Keg Creek Watershed
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Map, The City of Glenwood’s Landcover Landcover Percentages for the City of Glenwood
Diagram, Common Landcover types and Stormwater Infiltration
Maps, The City of Glenwood’s Historic Landcover and Changes over Time
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Diagram, Typical Pre-Settlement Iowa Landscape
Diagram, Typical Post-Settlement Iowa Landscape
Maps,
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The City of Glenwood’s Depth to Water Table, Elevation, and Floodways
Diagram, Effects of High Water Tables on Pavement
Diagram, Effects of High Water Tables on Houses with Basements
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