Stella Lepkowski 3rd year Landscape Architecture Portfolio

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R e s e a rc h.

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D ia g ra m m i n g.

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Ite rati o ns .

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Pro d u c ti o n.

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Th e i ma g e o n th e ri g ht stu d i e d to p o g ra p hy o f th e la n d as we l l as c o nto u r s i g natu re s .

A na l y z i n g a n d c o l l e c ti n g dat a a l l ows fo r f u r th e r u n d e r st a n d i n g o f s i te c o nte x t a n d b ro a d e r u n d e r st a n d i n gs .

Wi th th is kn owl e d g e th e la n ds c a p e i n f l u e n c e s sp a c e s b u i l t th ro u g h o u t th e la n ds c a p e .

L iste n i n g to th e la n d , c o m mu n i t y, a n d su rro u n d i n g e nv i ro n m e nt is e s s e ntia l i n c re ati n g a m e m o ra b l e e x p e ri e n c e .

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Threatened and Endangered Species in the Sandhills .

Bessey Ranger District A na l y z ati o n i n th is ma p v isu a l i ze s th e sp re a d a n d d e p th o f sp e c i e s that a re th re ate n e d i n th e i r own e nv i ro n m e nt . Th e o ve r lay i n g a ls o a l l ows p o p u la r ha b i t at zo n e s a re i n o rd e r to ma ke o th e r s m o re awa re .

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Site Analysis

Fl o o d p la i n stu d i e s d o n e i n L a n c aste r c o u nt y i d e nti f y a re as wi th a n i n c re as e d risk a n d h ow that wi l l i n f l u e n c e th e b u i l d e nv i ro n m e nt .

Me d e l l i n C o l u m b ia s e r ve d as a s i te i n f l u e n c e o n o n c e i m p o ve rish e d a n d h i g h c ri m e c i ti e s . Th is p re c e d e nt d isp lay s c re ati ve way s to b u i l d c a n o p y i n a n u n d e rp ri v i l e g e d n e i g h b o r h o o d.

Lancaster C ount y Floodplains .

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Medellin C olumbia Precedent Stud y

diagramming.

Z o n i n g is a n e s s e ntia l p a r t i n c re ati n g o rd e r as we l l as p ro g ra m d e sti nati o n to e vo l v i n g a re as .

Th is D ia g ra m v isu a l i ze s th e p o te ntia l to re v i t a l i ze th e d owntown a re a o f B e ns o n , N E a n d s i te s that have p o te ntia l i n a Maste r Pla n fo r a 3 0 y e a r o u tl o o k .

It is e s s e ntia l to e nsu re a l l asp e c t s o f l i fe i n o rd e r to u p h o l d equality in a c o m mu n i t y.

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Proposed Business District A xon

P r o p o s e d B u i l d i n g P r o g ra m A x o n

Re-envisioning Benson, NE B y i ntro d u c i n g a Bus i n e s s d istri c t to th e town o f B e ns o n Ne b rask a j o b s wo u l d b e c re ate d to b o o st th e e c o n o my a n d v i t a l i t y o f th is d owntown a re a . Th is p ro j e c t a na l y ze d p o te ntia l a re as fo r g row th wh i l e e n ha n c i n g th e ri c h a r t cu l tu re .

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Perspective experience

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Chongqing , China Park Zoning

E xploded Materials A xon

U r b a n Fra m e w o r k f o r a R a p i d R e m o t e S t ra t e g y

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Afte r re s e a rc h i n g a n d d ia g ra m m i n g o f a s i te i te rati o ns a c t as a way to e x p re s s i n fo rmati o n that was re c e i ve d a n d n ow p ro c e s s e d o nto p a p e r. Th e i ma g e o n th e ri g ht sh ows th e i n f l u e n c e o f a p re c e d e nt d e s i g n wi th i n th e S h e l d o n S cu l p tu re G a rd e n. Wi th i n th is s e c ti o n th e e vo l u ti o n o f s i te d e ve l o p m e nt a re sh own.

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I t e ra t i o n 1

I t e ra t i o n 2

Re-envisioning Benson, NE P a r t n e r e d w i t h J o s i a h N o l t i n g , S e a n K e l l y, S t e l l a L e p k o w s k i

Th e i ma g e s a b o ve d e p i c t th e e vo l u ti o n o f a n Ur b a n Pla n n i n g a p p ro a c h to th e d e ve l o p m e nt o f B e ns o n Ne b rask a . F i r st d e te rm i n i n g b u i l d i n g sp a c e s , fo l l owe d b y ha rd- s c a p e to g re e n- s c a p e rati o, a n d f i na l l y g e tti n g i nto th e d e t a i ls o f what th e s i te e x p e ri e n c e wi l l b e .

Th is p la n is i ntro d u c i n g e c o l o g y b a c k i nto a n Ur b a n a re a .

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Final Iteration

I t e ra t i o n 3

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production.

Tra ns i ti o n i n g f ro m i te rati ve d e s i g n to f i na l p ro d u c ti o n re q u i re s f u r th e r d e f i n i n g s i te s a n d h ow th is e nv i ro n m e nt wi l l affe c t th e c o m mu n i t y, i n c o rp o rati n g e c o f ri e n d l y d e s i g ns , as we l l as e c o n o m i c re a c ti o ns . In th e i ma g e to th e l e ft th e re is a n a p p re c iati o n o f th e e x isti n g a r t cu l tu re o n th e ri g ht s i d e . O n e th e l e ft sto rm wate r f i l trati o n was u n i te d wi th ve g e t ati ve sp o t s th ro u g h o u t th e p e d e stria n c o rri d o r.

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Boardwalk Chongqing , China

Among the Trees Experience Th e i ma g e a b o ve is a re n d e re d e x p e ri e n c e o f a fo re st wa l k wi th i n a re -p u rp o s e d wate r p la nt i n Ch o n g q i n g , Ch i na . Th is sp o t s e r ve s as a u n i q u e p e r sp e c ti ve c ha n g i n g d e sti nati o n that a l l ows A DA a c c e s s i b i l i t y o ve r t a i l p aths .

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Perspective experience

Th e i ma g e to th e ri g ht v isu a l i ze s f i na l p ro d u c ti o n o f a n i c o n i c Bu i l d i n g i n th e b us i n e s s d istri c t o f B e ns o n , NE.

O n th e l e ft d isp lay s a n e w i c o n i c p i e c e fo r L i n c o l n Ne b rask a that s e r ve s as a wate r f i l trati o n as we l l as u n i q u e i nte ra c ti ve s cu l p tu re .

P. S t . P l a z a S t o r m Wa t e r R i b b o n

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Benson, NE Business District

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Ha n d d rawi n g is a c ri ti c a l sk i l l i n th is f i e l d. To b e a b l e to a c cu rate l y d e p i c t c o n c e p tu a l i ma g e s a n d g i ve th e m a s e ns e o f stru c tu re .

O n th e ri g ht is a p re c e d e nt stu d y d rawi n g o f th e A SPE C T Hy p e r la n e .

D i ffe re nt hatc h i n g is us e d to i l l ustrate a s e ns e o f d e p th wi th i n th e lay e r s i t was b u i l t i n.

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processing design.

processing design.

Hand-Drawn Practice Ima g e s o n th is sp re a d a re o f p re c e d e nt stu d i e s wi th i n Sp ri n g s e m e ste r o f 2 n d y e a r L a n ds c a p e A rc h i te c tu re Stu d i o. Th e s e s e r ve d as a b as e fo r d e s i g n i n f l u e n c e late r wi th i n th e stu d i o.

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Line Design Techniques

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