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Rufus Wilson 2023
Rufus Wi l s o n
Design Statement I’ve always been fascinated with desiging and building things. Since beginning my studies of Landscape Architecture I discovered the influence every detail has on the way we perceive a space, the details of design has the power to transform a place. The alliance of nature and the
built environment, abstract and technical is a crucial balance to keep in the art of landscape architecture. I strive to find the unity of both in every design, never satisfied with the grey areas. But sometimes, in landscape architecture I’ve realized, its important to know when to take a step back and allow nature to thrive.
Bio
Education 3rd Year Student at the University of Georgia pursuing Bachelors degree in Landscape Architecture and Minor in Historic Preservation. 3.93 GPA UGA Deans list, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022 Presidential Scholar,
Spring 2023
Skills Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Auto-CAD ArcGIS Hand Graphics
CONTENT 01
RESIDENTIAL DESIGN Redeveloping a vacant lot for a single family home. Digital plan design, grading plan, section, sketches.
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RESIDENTIAL DESIGN Residential planting design, hand rendered plan, digitally rendered plan, CAD planting plan, sketches, section elevation.
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APARTMENT GREENSPACE Developing a community shared greenspace, digitally rendered plan, CAD planting plan, section elevation.
04 CAMPUS DESIGN
Redesigning a campus space, hand rendered plan design, section, perspective sketch, process sketches.
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COMMUNITY DESIGN
Community design, hand rendered plans, section elevation, sketches.
PROJECT 01 Residential Design
2nd Year Landscape Architecture Studio The project involved redeveloping a vacant lot in Athens, GA into a single family home. All walkways were required to be ADA accessible and the site had to feature the integration of a raingarden.
Residential Design This project transformed a vacant lot into a single family home, while preserving the majority of the existing trees on site. The site features a rain-garden that doubles as storm water control as well as a attractive feature of the residence. 746
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Master Plan
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ADA accessible front walkway and patio,
Raised garden bed, and raingarden
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PROJECT 02 Residential Design 2nd year Landscape Architecture Studio This design focuses on planting design, including plant selection. The planting has a year round appealing appearance through the use of evergreen shrubs and trees. The plants selected compliment the buildings architecture and bring a balance to the site.
Residential Design The curvilinear planting bed lines provide interest and different perspectives at all angles of the site. Strategically placed trees and shrubs bring a sense of unity to the estates front lawn. Both hand and computer graphic plans are shown of the same design.
Section elevation of the above master plan view
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Planting Plan
A combination of trees, shrubs, and ground covers are used to provide variety in the planting and bring interest in all seasons. The use of different sizes of plants brings depth to the planting and maintains site lines from windows.
PROJECT 03 Shared Greenspace Design 2nd Year Landscape Architecture Studio This project featured a existing building on a site that had limited plantings and developed green space. After a site visit and communication with the site owner a overall site plan and planting plan was developed for the owner to use to raise money to get the project built.
shared greenspaces The main design to the east of the site is situated on a hill so creating a flat lawn area through retaining walls was a top priority. This design utilizes curvilinear walking paths on the east side of the site to provide a relaxing and interesting walk. The weaving paths create space for plantings
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to be installed between the ajacent paths. A planting buffer is installed between the main lawn and parking lot to provide a soft barrier separating the two. The pavilion on the lawn is the main attraction, having sitelines to the playground and lawn space.
Planting Plan
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The planting plan uses a large variety of fragrant and flowering plants perfect next to walking paths. Large diciduous shade trees are placed between the lawn and parking lot to provide shade onto the lawn space in the summer and to allow sun in the winter time.
PROJECT 04 Campus Design 1st year Landscape Architecture Studio This project was a redesign of a heavily trafficked part of UGA’s campus. The current state of the plaza is a straight walkway down the center which didn’t provide any visual interest. My redesign aims to maintain the same level of accessibility for the most busy part of campus while simultaneously providing outdoor space for students away from the flow of traffic.
Campus Design This first year studio hand rendered project features a new redesigned space on the UGA campus. The design has a focus on providing accessibility to a high volume of foot traffic and also creating a new outdoor study space through the use of a raised plaza featured on the bottom left of the design. The design includes water features and a space for sculpture art on the main horizontal axis to create a unique space on campus.
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This section elevation cut along the vertical axis facing to the east of the plan displays the sculpture center feature as well as the raised areas separated from the main flow of traffic.
Sketches
These sketches highlight the process of creating a unified space between the two campus buildings, while balancing the high volume of traffic.
This perspective is a view from the north center of the plan looking down the main vertical axis.
PROJECT 05 Community Design 2nd Year Landscape Architecture Studio This project features a housing development design on a undeveloped site in Athens, GA. The design focuses on maximizing number of homes and bringing the community together through pocket neighborhoods shared green spaces, in addition preserving land for recreation
Community Design The community is broken down into a series of pocket neighborhoods each complete with a shared green space featuring walking paths and space for recreation. The pocket neighborhoods provide a unique sense of community and encourages residents to spend more time outdoors.
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Shared Greenspace Shared front yard gives easy access to large turf area with a pond.
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visual screening between houses while enhancing aestectics of the space.
Project sketch displaying the lot boundaries in combination with road layout.
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Hand rendered section elevation of the pocket community planting and housing.
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