Zoe Clarke - Landscape Architecture Portfolio

Zoe Clarke

ZOE CLARKE

WORK

EXPERIENCE

Office Assistant, Landscape Architecture Department (Seattle, WA)

July 2022 - present

• Responsible for posting events and other newsworthy topics on social media and website.

• Experience with museum and gallery setup and takedown for departmental events.

• Produce simple graphics and announcements to reach out to students within the program.

Student Consultant, ArchNet UW (Seattle, WA)

September 2021 - present

• Designs and collaborates with faculty in different programs within the College of Built Environments to create a multitude of graphic design work ranging from posters to pamphlets that are distributed within the college.

• Responsible for replacing paper, ink and maintanence cartdridges of large plotting printers.

• Supports students by answering questions regarding the Adobe Cloud Suite and printing.

Florist, Quality Foods Center (Seattle, WA)

June 2022 - September 2022

• Created floral bouquets and arrangements according to the customer’s request and specifications.

• Accounted for floral inventory as well as organizing product in a tasteful manner

• Assisted customers warmly with questions concerning flowers and plants.

Sustainability Media Intern, FCF CO., LTD. (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

January 2020 - May 2020

• Responsible for reviewing and editing final drafts of several press releases and reports in English.

• Drafted and researched information for press releases, quarterly business reports as well as their first ever sustainability report, which would be used to inform buyers, public shareholders and published on the FCF Co., Ltd. website.

• Designed graphs and charts to further inform buyers such as Costco about FCF’s social and environmental programs.

• Assisted in designing and refining a more user-friendly website.

PROJECTS EXTENTS, UW Landscape Architecture Publication

Collaborating with graduate students within the major to publish a magazine that will be distributed throughout the College of Built Environtments with personal work included.

Design Build, Washington Arboretum

Worked with other undergraduates to rennovate a stream outlet at the Washington Arboretum. Skills learned: landscape maintenance, furthered construction skills and introduction to rock masonry (building freestanding walls, decisive rock placements), planting skills.

Seattle Design Festival Exhibit, Lake Union Park

Worked with other undergraduates and graduates to create an interactive installation displayed at the Seattle Design Festival about environmental grief. Skills learned: structure building, material dyeing and printing, poster layout and hieararchy, public art installation and process.

EDUCATION University of Washington, Bachelors in Landscape Architecture 2023 (Seattle, WA)

Iolani School, 2018 (Honolulu, HI)

SKILLS Proficiency in: Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator), AutoCAD, Microsoft Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel)

Intermediate level of: Sketchup, QGIS, Rhino, Revu BlueBeam, laser cutter

Basic level of: Revit, Lumion, Grasshopper, AfterEffects

Construction skills: woodwork, landscape maintenance

Languages: proficiency in Italian reading/writing/speaking, beginner in Chinese reading/ writing/speaking

Growing up in Hawaii, nature has always been one of my first loves. Learning about it through native Hawaiian myths, legends and management has given me an immense appreciation for the ground we walk on and what we see around us. I’ve been fortunate enough to gain insight into other cultural experiences through traveling. I would say these major life experiences for me have shaped who I am today and how my design process works. I enjoy thinking about Indigenous and cultural practices used in ecological systems so that we can work with the land versus thinking of it as something to build on top of. My college career has opened my eyes to many other interests and areas of study that I am passionate about and want to continue to learn more through my professional career. These include climate resilience/ adaptation, green infrastructure design, land reclamation and historic preservation.

I’ve worked in many industries throughout my life and enjoy creating a warm and welcoming environment with my colleagues. I enjoy collaborating with others and learning more through them as well as creating exciting new ideas and things with them. Life is constantly in flux and adapting to quick changes is something I’ve grown very comfortable doing. I am a hard worker and capable of working in different fields. Through the wide range of experiences I’ve had, I can say that I am adept in learning new things quickly and will bring my best effort and attitude in any opportunity I am given.

THE BENCH

Skills: Rhino, AutoCad, woodshop and fabrication experience

“The bench” was initially built to be used at the UW Farm, which lacked a lot of furniture for the employees and visitors that would come occasionally. Through multiple iterations of design, I decided to make the bench simple yet ergonomically correct detailed with small intricacies. White oak was used to ensure sturdiness without the use of reinforcements.

Original rough drafts, mock-ups and process images taken throughout the process of learning how to use tools.

PERMANENT PIT-STOPS

POLLINATOR PIT-STOPS

Skills: QGIS, Rhino, Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, Procreate

The Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop Trail unites local parks, swimming areas around Lake Union through a pedestrian and bike-friendly path. While the trail promotes exercise, the trail passes through a majority of urban areas that lack public green space. The goal of these pollinator pit-stops is to bring back native plant and pollinator species along the path. Through intensive plant and pollinator research, I created a simple structure that should be built to house these species according to different site conditions. The structure stays the same while planting changes according to what area of the trail they are located. The pit-stops also unify the trail and create more wayfinding for the trail. This project was a part of a studio discovering how to design impermanent landscapes for permanent means.

Larger plots and more pollinator hotels at permanent installations at parks. Planting depends on site conditions.

PLANTS

SUNNY CONDITIONS: using all flowers mentioned SHADIER CONDITIONS: using more flowering shrubs such as mock orange, serviceberry, red flowering currant

TEMPORARY PIT-STOPS

TYPE 1

GOALS:

+ create spaces for pollinators to inhabit and pollinate within an urban context

+ create spaces for people to learn and interact with pollinators at a smaller scale.

+ increase green space and planted areas around the Cheshiahud loop trail

+ opportunity to create bigger wayfinding/ unification around the Cheshiahud loop trail

+ encourage community engagement through “pollinator installations”

LOGS, TWIGS AND OTHER WOOD MATERIALS WITH HOLES BORED INTO THEM FOR POLLINATORS TO MAKE NESTS

USING DURABLE HARD WOOD FOR HOTEL TO PROTECT POLLINATORS FROM THE ELEMENTS/ DISTURBANCES

Typical pollinator hotel placed around the loop. Planting is specialized according to map. Hotels take a simple form the first year. Artists and community engagement is encouraged to create new pollinator hotels every year.

PLANTS

ex. for bees/ moths: yarrow, aster, coneflower, pearly everlasting

TYPE 2

POLLINATORS (LIKE BUTTERFLIES) ENJOY MAKING NESTS IN BETWEEN GAPS OF STONE/ BRICK

Restoring Seattle Street Strinks for public use. Water from sink creates ideal conditions for butterfly and bird resting. Plants with high watertolerance will be planted near the spout.

PLANTS FOR BUTTERFLIES & BIRDS: Penstemon, delphinium, bee balm

RAIN GARDEN: Tufted Hairgrass, Orange Sedge, Slough Sedge

Site plan, section and seasonal (winter- above, summer- below) vignettes depicting what a permanent pit-stop would look like specifically at South Point Passage Park, one of the local parks connected by the Cheshiahud loop trail.

FRAGMENTATION OF BEERSHEBA

Skills: model-making, Illustrator, Photoshop, Rhino

Inspired by the city of Beersheba, from Italo Calvino’s “Invisible Cities”, this space serves as a gathering area for people with many layers to it. It sits on a partially-remediated site with its northwest corner being the least remediated. Following the gradient of waste remediation, the site becomes more inhabitable, lively and beautiful as one follows it down to its lower areas.

SPATIAL ORGANIZATION

GATHERING SPACES

WASTE CYCLES/ PHYTOREMEDIATION

AUTOCAD DOCUMENTS

Skills: AutoCAD

Planting plan and schedule from a residential project

PLANT SCHEDULE

POLYSTICHUM MUNITUM WESTERN SWORDFERN

CAU Amaranthus caudatus Amaranth 48"

AST MKH Astilbe chinensis 'Milk and Honey' Milk and Honey Chinese Astilbe 48" o.c.

ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS ROSEMARY

NASSELLA TENUISSIMA MEXICAN FEATHERGRASS

MAHONIA NERVOSA OREGON GRAPE

MYRICA CALIFORNICA PACIFIC WAX MYRTLE

BRA SSP Brassica oleracea acephala Kale 24" o.c.

CAL AR3 Calamagrostis arundinacea Feather Reed Grass 48" o.c. 7

CUC MOS Cucurbita moschata Squash 24" o.c. 2

ECH ANG Echinacea angustifolia Narrow Leaf Coneflower 24" o.c. 5

GAR COA Garrya elliptica Coast Silktassel 48" o.c. 3

FLOWERING MIX

HEL XPE Helleborus x hybridus 'ABCRD01' FrostKiss™ Penny's Pink® Hellebore 48" o.c. 4

PHILADELPHUS CORONARIUS SWEET MOCKORANGE

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS AMARANTH

ASARUM CANADENSE WILD GINGER

MAHONIA X MEDIA 'CHARITY' CHARITY MAHONIA

CORNUS FLORIDA FLOWERING DOGWOOD

HELLEBORUS X HYBRIDUS FROSTKISS PENNY'S PINK HELLEBORE

GARRYA ELLIPTICA COAST SILKTASSEL

MISCANTHUS SINENSIS 'MORNING LIGHT' MORNING LIGHT EULALIA GRASS

CALAMAGROSTIS ARUNDINACEA FEATHER REED GRASS

HEM FUL Hemerocallis fulva Orange Daylily 24" o.c. 4

HOS FIC Hosta x 'Fire and Ice' Fire and Ice Hosta 24" o.c. 7

LAV ANG Lavandula angustifolia English Lavender 24" o.c. 9

LUP POL Lupinus polyphyllus Large-leaved Lupine 12" o.c. 13

MAH NER Mahonia nervosa Oregon Grape 48" o.c. 5

MAH CHA Mahonia x media 'Charity' Charity Mahonia 48" o.c. 4

MIS MOR Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' Morning Light Eulalia Grass 36" o.c. 4

MYR CAL Myrica californica Pacific Wax Myrtle 72" o.c. 2

NAS TEN Nassella tenuissima / Mexican Feather Grass 36" o.c. 3

OCI BAS Ocimum basilicum / Sweet Basil 24" o.c. 2

PHI COR Philadelphus coronarius Sweet Mockorange 48" o.c. 2

POL MUN Polystichum munitum Western Sword Fern 24" o.c. 12

ROS OFF Rosmarinus officinalis Rosemary 48" o.c. 5

SOL LYC Solanum lycopersicum Tomato 24" o.c. 2

GROUND COVERS CODE BOTANICAL / COMMON NAME SIZE SPACING QTY

ASA CAN Asarum canadense Wild Ginger 23 sf

THE SALMON SHRINK

changes in salmon migration in the Lower

MAPPING THE DUWAMISH VALLEY

Skills: QGIS, Illustrator, Indesign Discovering ways of mapping beyond tracing and plotting. This project identified and mapped how drastic industrial changes within the Duwamish Valley have changed salmon migration patterns.

Duwamish Valley

current salmon migration

industry vs. greenspace

current Lower Duwamish Valley

salmon migration (pre-development)

Lower Duwamish Valley (pre-development)

PERSONAL PROJECTS