Lio Averill 2023 Portfolio

Lio Averill

portfolio of landscape architecture

ABOUT ME | RESUME EDUCATION Massachusetts

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, GPA: 3.70 2021 – 2023

University of Rhode Island

Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, GPA: 3.54 2018 – 2020

Pratt Institute of Technology

PreCollege Architecture Summer Program July 2017

University of

From working in my parents garden, to helping design and build a tiered fountain addition to a patio, to a childhood obsession with urban design by way of LEGO, the philosophies of design and the realities of building have made me who I am. I am a student of Landscape Architecture, focusing on the intersection of aesthetic, functionality, and most importantly, the resulting impact of a design as it continues to live into the future.

I never miss a chance to learn and grow.

I take inspiration from everywhere when I create a design.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Crossing Waters

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WEST END BOSTON: CROSSING WATERS

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MAKING A CONNECTION A project for the West End neighborhood of Boston, MA. In collaboration with the West End Civic Association and UMASS’s Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning department, we set out to design a green corridor to connect Nashua Street Park with the Rose Kennedy Greenway through the streets of Boston. This included site visits, research, and meetings with local residents to sketch out ideas of what they wanted to see in a development.

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Working in groups, we developed a document of the findings of our site analysis. In addition to rendering some maps, I designed the logo for the project.

Finally, we developed and rendered our own designs for sections or aspects of the greenway, presenting to the public in Boston.

Photography by Katherine Cholakis-Kolysko

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CROSSING WATERS

BUILDING A BRIDGE The core ideal of the West End Greenway is “Connection.”

Throughout the streets of the site there are many instances of disconnections and barriers that restrict movement. One of the biggest challenges of this site is at it’s end; The I-93.

A combination of wide roads and poor signage results in a challenging crossing from one section of Boston to another.

--Crossing Waters serves as a capstone to the West End Green Corridor, connecting the West End, North End, Haymarket Station, Bullfinch Crossing, and the Rose Kennedy Greenway. A skypark in line with the original plan of the Big Dig, it creates a unique ecological moment in the center of Boston, all while serving many important functions.

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Preliminary sketches

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CROSSING WATERS

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WEST END GREENWAY

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CROSSING WATERS

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he Shawmut Peninsula Crossing Waters is designed in homage to the native landscape of Boston, the Shawmut Peninsula. Formed by glacial erosion anvd moraine deposited, the peninsula was a thickly forested and hilly ecosystem. Ringed by salt marshes, the peninsula had an important and diverse ecology.

Its name being derived from the Algonquian word “Mashauwomuk,” the land that is now Boston carries centuries of history. While it’s name could be translated many ways, it refers mainly to its springs and fresh water, as well as “a place to ferry across”.

The design also pays tribute to the ecosystems that surrounded the peninsula, filled in by land reclamation efforts. While entire neighborhoods of land were created over top of salt marshes and tidal flats, here plant life is added over top of an urban freeway.

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Coastal

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Meadow Forest

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Salt Marsh

WEST END GREENWAY

1. I-93 Tunnel Entrance

4. Stone Step Cut-Through

2. View Framed by Plantings

5. Accessible Gravel Path

3. North End Bus Stop

6. Nighttime Illumination

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CROSSING WATERS

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aterial Precedents Equal care has been given to the material palette. Rather than pavement or brick, a winding path of compacted gravel lends for a specific type of relaxed movement. Meanwhile, field stone walls and wood fences create structure while maintaining the naturalistic aesthetic.

Coastal The signature look of the structure’s underside is owed to the use of Stabilized Aluminum Foam (SAF); Lightweight recycled aluminum panels with sponge-like bubbles that create a stunning visual appearance, as well naturally absorbing sound. In addition, the geometric form of the support structure is designed to

Gravel Path

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Wood Fence

Field Stone Wall

Stabilized Aluminum Foam

Forest

Coastal

Pachysandra

Grey Birch

Red Maple

R. Twig Dogwood

Shadbush

American Beachgrass Sea Lavender

Meadow

Salt Marsh

N. England Aster Swamp Milkweed

Bulrush

Beach Plum

WEST END GREENWAY

Saltgrass

Sedge

Bluestem

Switchgrass

Stonecrop

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Walk Through the Woods The plant palette used is comprised entirely of native species.

Meant to resemble what the ecosystem of the land might have been, all four seasons of New England are celebrated. From wild asters and blooming fruit trees in the spring, to recreational spaces for summer fun, to the enchanting colors of autumn leaves, to bearberry and dogwood bringing color to the winter. While resembling a naturalistic New England forest, special care has been taken as to what is planted where. The form and color of plants are used to create spaces, direct the eye, and create views along the path.

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STOCKBRIDGE RD

UNIVERSITY QUAD

A rare opportunity, this project focused on a compact section of the UMASS campus mainly comprised of parking, and asked for a new outdoor communal space.

Having the site within arms reach at all times proved to make for a very successful design.

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My approach centered around turning what was an empty feeling open space, and creating multiple rooms of varied use. This consisted of a winding, densely planted garden, a seating amphitheater, lawn, and sculpture garden inspired by my time at PRATT Institute.

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Enclosed garden area, complete bench swings and communal fire pits.

Existing bioswale extended and integrated into the new design.

Patio piers spaced with rain gardens, including red maples and ornamental grasses.

Sculpture garden with pedestals that allow for a rotating display of student work.

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STOCKBRIDGE RD

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UNIVERSITY QUAD

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HICKORY RIDGE RESIDENTIAL

HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

This project focused on the Hickory Ridge Golf Course in Amherst, a 150 acre greenway recently purchased by the city of Amherst for development.

A central principal of this project was designing a site along side both the needs of the theoretical client, and the zoning bylaws at different levels of government.

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HICKORY RIDGE

Hickory Ridge Residential was designed to maximize the what usable land there is on the property. Neighborhood clusters concentrate the development to three small areas.

Ecological Restoration Seasonal Flood Zone

Solar Field Parcels Cluster Housing Parcels Pedestrian/Bike CirculaVehicular Circulation

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Parcel Map

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION Regular Water Level

Seasonal Flood Water Level

Ecological restoration zone: To repair the riparian corridor, floodplain resilient trees will be planted, such as: - Green ash - American elm - Silver maple There will be minimal new development outside of the neighborhood areas, exclusively existing paths and necessary roadways.

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HICKORY RIDGE Bike path connects to Mill Valley Rd. and later the Norwottuck Rail

Solar farm to provide power along with roof

Parking is centralized and visually minimal

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Road left unfinished to connect to future developments

Painted and protected bike lane to facilitate non-vehicular travel

NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING

Regular right turns force cars and bikes to intersect at a dangerous angle With curb-protected bike lane, cars and bikes intersect at a safe angle

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is designed with it’s own character, signified through geometry, color, material, and plantings.

Geometric & Biomorphic

RESIDENTIAL DESIGN

This composition forms a yard with both free

The thesis thisis “Geometric designpockets is Thecentral central thesis of theof design flowing movement, of intimate space, & Biomorphic”.

Around this, the entire site was “Geometric &and Biomorphic”.

Around a connection with both the house itself, oriented; Movement throughout the site, plants this, entire site was oriented; and the materials used, sitethe grading and slope. and natural world that surrounds it.

Movement throughout the site, A design to unite an entire site through varplants and Each materials site ious qualities. section ofused, the property is designed with it’s own character, signified grading and slope. through geometry, color, material, and plantthrough geometry, color, material, and plantings.

Thiscomposition composition forms yard This forms a yard withaboth free flowing movement, pockets of intimate space, with both free flowing movement, and a connection with both the house itself, pockets of intimate and the the natural natural world that thatspace, surroundsand it. and world surrounds it. a connection with both the house itself, and the natural world that surrounds it.

Geometric

Geometric

Both the central patio and the pool house where designed around philosophy of modern landscape architecture. This, juxtaposed with the more unique elements of the site as a whole creates a sense of ‘home’ centered in the property.

Both the central patio and the pool house where d philosophy of modern landscape architecture. This the more unique elements of the site as a whole cr ‘home’ centered in the property.

The centerpiece of the terraced area is the 25’ x 15’ infinity pool.

The pool being as such takes full advantage of the site’s verticality, and presents a beautiful view of the rest of the property.

The centerpiece of the terraced area is the 25’ x 1 The pool being as such takes full advantage of the and presents a beautiful view of the rest of the pro

Biomorhpic

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Biomorhpic

In contrast to the bluestone walls that form the pool terraces, the shade garden walls is defined by more naturalistic fieldstone walls.

Fieldstone contrast bluestone terraces, These also serve to tie the garden in with the pre-existing stone walls adjacent to the property. reinforcing the central design thesis

The shade garden’s entrance is a circular stone gate that meets the Circular gate element fieldstone walls.stone The stone circleas wassculptural chosen to subtly evoke the Celtic mythology of faerie circles, as a quasi-mystical sculptural for the shade garden entrance element.

The greenhouse set deep in the garden is built to conjure an image ofGreenhouse a house lost in nature.

The concept was based off ofevoking the Japaset deep in the garden nese "Mayoiga" v (迷い家) or "lost house", a folk story regarding a seemingly house lost in nature non the less theabandoned image of a house lostthat in isnature beautifully well kept.

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Geometric

Both the central patio and the pool house where designed around Modernist architectural styles Modernist architectural styles contrasting philosophy of modern landscape architecture.

This, juxtaposed with the more uniquenaturalistic elements of the site aslandscaping a whole creates a sense of contrasting naturalistic ‘home’ centered in the property. landscaping

The centerpiece of the terraced area is thewith 25’ x 15’ infinityof pool.

Infinity pool centerpiece, a view The pool being as such takes full advantage of the site’s verticality, and presents a beautiful viewof of the the rest of the property. the rest property

The The terraced gardens and geometric structure to wasthe designed Terraced gardens give verticality site to be reminiscent of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The visual appetence of layered plantings gives a sense of verticality to the area.

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SITE MODEL

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One of the first projects I did while at UMASS, and what led into me doing digital site models. The aesthetic of organic versus geometric, coupled with the specific colors and textures, was something I felt I could express with a foam core model. The areas of color highlight the key features of the design, and how they play off of each other.

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