Design Portfolio

nick merge lavelle

merging structure + site creating sustainable design for people + the environment ba arch: miami university (2008) mla: university of michigan (2012)

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5022 SW Slavin Rd. Unit 19 Portland, Oregon 97239 419.863.0108 zuzolonl@gmail.com

Sustainable/Ecological Design | Merging Landscape with Architecture | Innovative Stormwater Management | Socially Responsible Design | Urban Design | Cultural Design | Inclusive Design | Creative Problem Solving

University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | MI | August | 2012 MASTERS OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Miami University | Oxford | OH | May | 2008 BACHELOR of ARTS in ARCHITECTURE | CUM LAUDE MINOR | LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ASLA Certificate of Honor | Ray Marshall Rowe Memorial Award: recognizes the student with most promise in graphic presentation | Sigma Lamda Alpha: Landscape Architecture Honor Society | Miami University Dean’s List: 5 of 8 semesters | Hal Barcus Architectural Scholarship [Miami] The Lean Years Conference: University of Michigan | EDRA 42 Chicago | Charles H. Wright African American History Museum | U of M Work Detroit Gallery | Landscape Spaces + Places Conference: Indiana University AutoCAD | Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign | ArcGIS | SketchUp | Microstation | Microsoft Office | TR-55 Hand Rendering | Hand + Computer Drafting | Model Building | Graphic Design + Layout | Public Speaking + Presentations | Construction Documents | Photo Montage | Welding | Woodworking

CANOE | Portland | OR SALES SUPPORT ASSOCIATE | Oct. 2012 - Present Marianne Zarkin Landscape Architects | Portland | OR GRAPHICAL RENDERER | Nov. - Dec. 2012

*Provided graphical rendering services for a project in Lake Oswego. Utilized AutoCAD, Photoshop and Illustrator to complete several high quality, graphically strong plans to communicate the planting and hardscape designs.

The Heidelberg Project | Detroit | MI DESIGNER | Jan. 2010 - Dec. 2011

*Recruited by Professor Beth Diamond to research + design a sustainable vision for the non-profit group’s new community arts center: The House that Makes Sense | The design and associated graphics are utilized for fundraising for the building *Collaborated with an architect, developer and Heidelberg staff to produce a schematic design that was code compliant, meeting space + programatic needs of Heidelberg, and used for pricing + feasibility studies | Produced a 17-page schematic design drawing set that included site, layout, floor, furniture, and roof plans, sections, elevations, model photos, precedents, details, materials, lighting design, and paintings

University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | MI GRADUATE STUDENT INSTRUCTOR | Winter + Fall 2011

*Site Engineering + Landscape Planning Studio | Assisted teaching first + second year graduate students *Reviewed + Graded projects/assignments | Held office hours + desk critiques | Received excellent reviews

Fanning Howey Associates, Inc. | Celina | OH LANDSCAPE INTERN | Aug. 2008 - Aug. 2009

*Participated in all phases of design: schematic, design development, construction documents, and construction administration | Collaborated with engineers, architects, and interior designers on K-12 schools *Participated in LEED design + documenting site credits on Gold + Platinum receiving projects *Responsible for site grading, reviewing submittals, and presenting to clients | Worked on Illustrative Plans, Site Layout, Grading, Planting, Details, Playgrounds, Site analysis, and Project Addenda

The Architectural Group, Inc. | Dayton | OH MODEL BUILDER + INTERN | Jun. - Aug. 2007 + 2008

*Constructed a 1/40 scale model for the Dayton Tech Town Sustainable Development | Constructed to light up | Managed a budget and schedule | Proposed buildings were constructed as boxes of translucent acrylic + existing buildings were detailed using polystyrene and clear acrylic | Displayed at Dayton City Hall and Miami University *Built a 1/115 site model for a development by Synergy | Proposed buildings were distinguished by using stacks of clear acrylic compared to the existing buildings, detailed using colored + mirrored plastic | Context outside the development was printed on clear transparency, then placed on clear acrylic

Miami University | SPRING STREET URBAN DESIGN PROJECT | Oxford | OH DESIGN TEAM | Spring | 2008

*Proposed innovative ideas to make Spring Street a complete + green street | Collaborated with Professor David Pryterch, Miami University Architects, BHDP Architects, and City of Oxford | Produced a comprehensive document backed by intensive research + case studies | Filled with graphically rich design drawings detailing potential design interventions such as bike lanes, raised crosswalks, pedestrian plazas, and rain gardens

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THE HOUSE THAT MAKES SENSE HEIDELBERG PROJECT COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER

2010-2012 | INDEPENDENT DESIGN PROJECT WITH PROFESSOR BETH DIAMOND + THE HEIDELBERG PROJECT | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

FERNALD PRESERVE VISITORS CENTER

DESIGNING A CULTURALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY RELEVANT BUILDING AND SITE

2007 | SUSTAINABILITY STUDIO | MIAMI UNIVERSITY

CONNECTING THE DOTS

MUD LAKE BOG PRESERVATION PLAN AND SITE DESIGN

2010 | LANDSCAPE PLANNING Studio | University of Michigan

GREENING AND COMPLETING DETROIT STREET TRANSPORMING DETROIT STREET INTO A GREEN, COMPLETE STREET

2011 | LANDSCAPE PLANNING STUDIO | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

BLUE BOTTLES

REPURPOSING COLORED GLASS BOTTLES FOR A CUSTOM CHANDELIER

2007 | INDEPENDENT DESIGN PROJECT

FURNITURE + LIGHTING DESIGN

2007-PRESENT | INDEPENDENT DESIGN/BUILD PROJECTS

LONGEVITY THROUGH EPHEMERALITY

UNRAVELLING THE HISTORICAL STRATA TO CREATE NEW LAYERS THAT UNFOLD OVER TIME

2012 | METRO LANDSCAPE STUDIO | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

FROM THE WATER

RESURRECTING THE MIAMI INDIANS’ BUILDING AND LANDSCAPE TRADITIONS BEGINNING WITH THE ADDITION TO A HISTORICAL BUILDING

2008 | MYAMIA CULTURAL STUDIO | MIAMI UNIVERSITY

FULL CIRCLE

HEIDELBERG PROJECT ART INSTALLATION

2012 | INSTALLATION STUDIO | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

PROFESSIONAL MODELS

MODELS THAT HELP PEOPLE VISUALIZE THE POTENTIAL OF NEW URBAN INFILL DEVELOPMENT

2007-2008 | THE ARCHITECTURAL GROUP INC.

PROFESSIONAL RENDERING

2012 | MARIANNE ZARKIN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS

EARTH + SKY CHURCH

MERGING EARTH AND THE HEAVENS ABOVE TO CREATE A SPIRITUAL ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL FAITHS

2007 | GRADUATE LEVEL LANDSCAPE STUDIO | MIAMI UNIVERSITY

LANDSCAPE OF PERCEPTION/DECEPTION DESIGN FOR THE NEW HELLENIC MUSEUM OF MICHIGAN

2011 | PLANTING DESIGN STUDIO | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

DANA GARDEN DESIGN/BUILD PROJECT

CREATING A DYNAMIC OUTDOOR SPACE AND DEMONSTRATION AREA FOR THE DANA BUILDING

2011-2012 | DESIGN/BUILD STUDIO | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

ECO-REVELETORY U: the wings

BRINGING ECO-REVELETORY DESIGN TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

2011 | SITE DESIGN STUDIO | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

IT’S IN THE BOX!

INITIATING NEW PUBLIC SPACE IN DETROIT THROUGH MOBILE INTERVENTIONS GENERATED BY COMMUNITY PARTICIPATORY DESIGN PROVIDING COMMUNITY-BASED INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE UNDERREPRESENTED

2011-2012 | MASTER’S THESIS PROJECT | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

THE HOUSE THAT MAKES SENSE

heidelberg project community arts center

detroit | mi

background:

Tyree Guyton created the Heidelberg Project on his native Heidelberg Street in 1986 using found object art. all the objects were used by people at one point, giving an energy to it. he used this energy to bring attention to his crumbling neighborhood, to bring about a change and new life. Tyree uses different colored dots to show the diversity of people and how art can heal the differences between people.

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The House that Makes Sense (HTMS) is to serve as the new community arts center for the Heidelberg Project Cultural Village, designed to display parallel concepts in the construction of a building and the building of community. A spiralshaped nerve center for the Cultural Village, the HTMS provides spaces to support community development, introduce visitors to the Heidelberg Project and to make and celebrate art.

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The basic building concept builds off of the art and atmosphere already established at Heidelberg.

Such components of the design include building out of found and reused materials as much as possible, a theme found in Guyton’s work. One of the unique details of the design calls for the use of compacted metal bales to construct massive structural walls for the HTMS. The design also calls for a circular or “Dot” form as part of the design to recall Tyree’s signature polkadots in his art that are a testamate to peoples’ faces. This form is meant to have a spiritual and ceremonial character; the center portion of this form houses gallery space while the encompasing perimeter is a ramp that ascends to the upper floors. At night, the “Dot” radiates to beacome a beacon of hope for the neighborhood and Detroit.

This ramp is also a reference to the famous Guggenheim Museum in NYC, as Heidelberg has been referenced as the “Ghetto Guggenheim” on many occassions.

HOUSE THAT MAKES SENSE

+HOPE Concept Painting

HOUSE THAT MAKES SENSE

+ Initial Design

+Dot Gallery Natural Indirect Lighting studies

+Floor Plan Development

The initial design was done for a different site in the Heidelberg Project, the corner of Heidelberg and Ellery. The site was moved to the Mount Elliott location due to the greater amount of traffic and visibility it would have. The House was then redesigned using the initial design as a jumping-off point but making it more permeable to the street, less-fortress like, and an overall reduction in size down to 10,000 sf.

+Metal Bale Walls

+Mount Elliott Street Design

The new design would be based around three simple forms with each form having a separate use as well as utilizing different sustainable systems. The “Wedge” making the southeast component of the building houses the educational and core components. The “Semicircle” creates the northern portion of the building and houses the new offices for the Heidelberg Staff.

The “Dot” is the central and most significant part of the building housing the galleries and also being the only portion that is two stories, making it also the tallest.

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HOUSE THAT MAKES SENSE

The House has been a long-time dream of the Heidelberg Project, a unique structure that would be just as known around the world as Heidelberg Street.

The original vision saw an existing house clad in pennies collected by school children from across the country; the thousands of pennies are waiting to give the old vision new life.

Using the spiral, a symbol of rebirth, as the design concept, the pennies are proposed to portray this concept by following the lifefilled corridors. The corridors, both indoor and outdoor, outline the spiral while following the energy-filled bale walls.

+East Elevation

+North Elevation

+South Elevation

HOUSE THAT MAKES SENSE

+West Elevation

HOUSE THAT MAKES SENSE

1. rainwater cisterns 2. daylighting 3. trombe wall (metal bale walls) 4. geothermal heat pump 5. passive solar cooling + natural ventilation 6. sunken mosaic urbanite outdoor courtyard 7. green roof 8. bioretention pond 9. birch grove 10. mechanical deck 11. outdoor classroom 12. sculptural gutter

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1. drop-off drive 2. accessible parking 3. exterior penny floor 4. rainwater cisterns 5. metal bale walls 6. main entry

7. windshield gallery 8. multipurpose space 9. ramp gallery 10. gift shop 11. bathrooms 12. studio/classroom

+Final Illustrative Site Plan

13. outdoor courtyard 14. dumpster/service entry 15. heidelberg project offices 16. outdoor classroom 17. staff parking 18. bioretention pond

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The House that Makes Sense is meant to be a beacon of hope not just to people who live in the surrounding blighted neighborhoods or residents of greater Detroit, it is meant to reach out to other places of despair and injustice. The House combines the blighted pieces of a forgotten city; the burnt, broken, and mangled materials are swept up in order to sweep up and enliven a desparate people. The House aids the Heidelberg Project as one of the centers for Detroit’s rebirth as it seeks to educate and enliven the people who remain. The pioneer structure for the Cultural Village seeks to give a functional face to the project’s 200,000+ visitors a year while giving back to those who for so long have believed in Heidelberg’s power of healing and social change.

FERNALD PRESERVE VISITORS CENTER designing a culturally and environmentally relevant building and site

harrison | oh

+Building Entry/Procession Creation

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The landscape adjacent to the building abstractly reflects the entire history of the site and as one travels away from the center the land is given back to nature. The LEED designed visitor center grows from the remnants of a partially demolished warehouse and reaches to the sun on the summer solstice.

FERNALD PRESERVE VISITORS CENTER

The known history of this 300+ acre site includes native americans, pioneer settlers, agriculture, and a DOE uranium processing plant which contaminated the water table and Great Miami River. A 16 year clean-up of the toxic brownfield/Superfund site ensued with completion in 2006. A LEED Platinum visitor center was put on the table as the focal point for the newly created fernald wildlife preserve which tells of the site’s rich past.

FERNALD PRESERVE VISITORS CENTER

The site plan embraces local ecosystems especially wetland and tallgrass prairie.

It recognizes the agricultural past in interlacing rows of sustainably raised crops and paths set on the cartesian grid of the former uranium plant. The summer solstice axis, which the native americans utilized for planting, breaks the grid to form the main path to the visitor center.

The formalness melts away as one proceeds outward from the center.

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The main pathway cuts through the steel truss remains of the old warehouse; the punctured concrete slab is planted with mighty sycamores to let nature take it back. A curved pathway deviates from the axis as one approaches the old warehouse remains. The path is flanked by siding from the warehouse. Gaps are placed between pieces of siding to frame views of important sites from the past which are now overtaken by nature.

The path symbolizes nature’s tendency to deviate from regularity and consistency showing that nature rises above everything and will be the continuing history of the site.

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1. reflecting pool 2. agricultural rows 3. summer solstice pathway 4. curved ramp to green roof 5. ex. warehouse remnants 6. building entry garden 7. information desk 8. atrium 9. multipurpose room/auditorium 10. kitchenette 11. bathrooms 12. library 13. outdoor reading area 14. bridge to offices 15. bike parking 16. showers 17. park offices

FERNALD PRESERVE VISITORS CENTER

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The building was designed to be passive solar utilizing a heliodon for determining sun exposure in the seasons and overhang lengths. The building is sheltered in the summer while allowing some sun in fall and even more in winter to increase heat gain.

A massive glass enclosed gabion wall acts as thermal mass and a heat chimney, allowing hot air to escape via operable louvres.

An educational extensive green roof shelters the building with added insulation while blending the building into its surroundings; when viewed from a distance, because of its horizontal character and green roof, the building becomes one with the landscape. A large rising glass atrium offers stunning views of the surrounding prairie while hosting large events and gallery exhibitions. Employees are housed in a separate, smaller building in order to create a better working environment away from the public.

FERNALD PRESERVE VISITORS CENTER

FERNALD PRESERVE VISITORS CENTER

CONNECTING THE DOTS

mud lake bog preservation plan and site design

ann arbor | mi

Livingston County Washtenaw County

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1. U.S. 23 2. Mud Lake Bog 3. Mud Lake 4. Independence Lake 5. Whitmore Lake 6. Proposed Bog Access Path currently developed forested areas wetlands open water bog

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Mud Lake Bog is a University of Michigan owned natural area 10 miles north of Ann Arbor.

Because of it’s southern range location, bogs are rare in this part of the state and development and agriculture are beginning to encroach. Such activities bring the risk of changing the hydrology of the sensitive acidic environment.

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The way chosen to preserve the bog is through public education and access to the bog via a boardwalk that eliminates people trudging through the sensitive ecosystem.

The boardwalk mimics the way one jumps from one high point to another in order to stay somewhat dry and uses the high points as educational nodes for each ecosystem niche with the airy boardwalk connecting the dots.

CONNECTING THE DOTS

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+poison sumac

University of Michigan mud lake bog property Independence Lake County Park Watershed boundary

CONNECTING THE DOTS

+Existing Land Use

+Recommended Future Land Use

In order to prevent hydrologic changes, various BMP implementation strategies are proposed for strategic places within the bog’s watershed especially along major flow lines. Such strategies aim to reduce erosion, capture sediment, and increase time of concentration to name a few.

Small natural sinks were found in the catchment area, which could be taken advantage of to create a constructed wetland to increase water quality entering the bog. It is proposed that the university or county buy or put protective easements on land that contains a major flow line so some of these strategies can be implemented.

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HIGH Natural sink Points of conflict where stormwater is concentrated into a pipe to traverse a roadway

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The boardwalk surfaces is red as it picks up on the brilliant shades of foliage in the fall while creating a distinctive line in all other seasons, blurred by the vegetation growing around and through it.

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Due to its unique construction, the pathway itself is meant to be an attraction making the journey to the terminus exciting in a contrasting way to the surrounding natural areas. Although, it attempts to blend into its surroundings to reduce the visual impact. The initial segment of the boardwalk is supported by a light, steel structure, able to span distances of up to 50’. This allows the boardwalk to have less contact with the ground. Small mechanical equipment like Bobcats can use the first segment as a pathway for constructing the later segments, reducing impact, especially compaction and destruction of plant life, on the surrounding wetland

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1. 1.5” dia. recycled aluminum hand rail 2. laminated reclaimed pickle barrel railing supports 3. 1.5” (D) pultruded fiberglass grating (red) w/ 60% open space 4. 2 x 8 wood safety edge 5. 2” x 2” stainless steel cable net 6. 1/4” x 4 steel bar 30” o.c.

7. 6 x 10 wood beam 8. 24” (D) open web steel truss 9. 6” helical piers driven to suitable structural substrate

CONNECTING THE DOTS

CONNECTING THE DOTS

The unconventional boardwalk materials like the fiberglass grating, metal mesh, and steel truss were chosen because they are thin with large openning that allow light, water, and visual access as well as allowing plant material to grow up and in-between, blurring the constructed work. The second segment of the boardwalk utilizes a typical wood beam and joist construction. Here, in the tamarack swamp, vegetation shifts to something more unfamiliar to people so they are encouraged to interact with it. So this section lies close to the ground and eliminates the hand rails. The terminus deviates from the straight and level to gently rise above the bog for a grand, unobstructed overlook. The rise allows for informal seating, encouraging people to take the time to enjoy this unique setting.

GREENING + COMPLETING DETROIT STREET transforming detroit street into a green, complete street

ann arbor | mi

background: Detroit Street, though not that long, passes through several different sections and landmarks of Ann Arbor: the Farmer’s Market, historic Community High School, the Ninth Ward, Zingermann’s, and the DDA. It is on the agenda for a makeover as it has a CSO and the project wants to align itself with the environmentally sustainable direction Ann Arbor is headed. A group project, one person was in charge of one of four areas, which then all had to read as a single solution.

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Given the Farmer’s Market as my individual area, the group direction would be to unite the high school and market with a strong axial relationship including turning the portion of Fifth Street that divides the two into a raised pedestrian crossing that could be shut down for events. A heavy emphasis was placed on stormwater quantity as well as quality control to reduce loads entering the sewers. The areas would be further tied together using similar materials, material treatments, and plant species.

+Land Use Analysis DETROIT STREET

Residential Commercial Mixed Use Park/Open Space Institutional

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1. New Bus Stops 2. New Crosswalks 3. Raised Crosswalks 4. Automobile Parking 5. Bike Parking 6. Dedicated Bike Lanes 7. Pedestrianways 8. New Seating 9. Curb Bump-outs

+Detroit Street Stormwater Diagram +Green Streets Solutions

1. Stormwater Planter Boxes 2. Subsurface Detention Structures 3.Vegetated Bioswales 4. Greywater Cisterns 5. Irrigation Cisterns 6. Rain Gardens 7. New Street Trees + Green Space

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The updated design looks to marketplaces of the past for inspiration, Greek Agoras more specifically. Agoras situated the sellers on the perimeter, enlosing central open spaces. This redesign opens the existing structure by removing a central portion so as to visually and physically connect to the newly created central pedestrian space. Rather than shifting attention away from the current interior, which is parking, the market can now focus inward and to the pedestrian while blocking out all vehicular aspects, including the streets. The central space fosters play for children, whilst their parents are shopping, as well as sitting and conversing places for shoppers. This space also adds new uses than just a marketplace; the design creates an amphitheater so performances can now happen.

new stormwater planter boxes fourth street pedestrian entry

gabion seating amphitheater + stormwater detention

wild planting area

lawn mounds + rock swale

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CONCRETE PVM impervious surface

RAIN GARDEN: detention + purification + infiltration

8” CONC. PVMT 6X6 W.W.F 10/10 MAX. DETAINED WATER LEVEL /6 WOOD SEAT 2” BAR STEEL 24” O.C. 3” STEEL ANGLE NON-WOVEN FILTER FABRIC 12” DEEP GROWING MEDIUM 4’ (L)X 2’(W)X 1’(T) WIRE GABION BASKET FILLED W/ SMALL GLACIAL TILL BOULDERS STORAGE MEDIUM: 2UNCOMPACTED WASHED AGGR. W/ MIN. 40% VOID SPACE 3 /8”X6” GALV. ANCHOR BOLT W/ NUT + WASHER CONC. FOOTER COMPACTED AGGREGATE BASE UNDISTURBED NON-COMPACTED SUB BASE 1

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SYCAMORE STREET TREES: detention DETENTION EMBANKMENT STORMWATER DETENTION AMPHITEATER: detention + purification + infiltration

SUBSURFACE PIPES: RIVER ROCK SWALE: surface flow + infiltration

TRENCH DRAIN: linear overflow + surface collection

MAX. DETAINED WATER LEVEL 2” DEEP RUNNEL OVERFLOW 8” CONC. PVMT

11/2” CALIPER SYCAMORE TREE B&B 5’ DIA. STEEL TREE GRATE 1/8” X 3” BAR STEEL WELDED TO STEEL TUBE 5’ DIA. X 31/2’ STEEL TUBE

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Sycamore Tree Stormwater Planter Box

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#4 BAR 12” O.C.B.W. 36”(D) GROWING MEDIUM 3’ (W)X 8’(H) CONC. EMBANKMENT FOUNDATION NON-WOVEN FILTER FABRIC STORAGE MEDIUM: 12” (D) OF 2UNCOMPACTED WASHED AGGR. W/ MIN. 40% VOID SPACE 4” PERFORATED HDPE UNDERDRAIN 12” MIN. 3/4- COMPACTED AGGREGATE BASE COMPACTED SUB BASE

Concrete Stormwater Embankment

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DETROIT STREET

Stormwater utilizes the existing drainage patterns but allowed to infiltrate via newly added green spaces. These green spaces located in the center of the Farmer’s Market collect all site drainage and are designed to detain a 100-year storm.

This detention is allowed to happen due to the slight topography of the site. The market remains level while the middle green spaces step down, creating a significant drop in elevation. In fact, when these areas flood, it is like an emergent wetland, a highlight of the market.

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1. new concrete pavement 2. new pervious concrete pavement 3. new bike rack 4. relaid historic brick 5. new catch basin 6. new 3” yellow pavement stripe 7. new 5’ Dia. steel tree grate 8. trench drain 9. gabion stepped seating 10. seeded lawn area 11. wet prairie planting area 12. steel grating 13. river rock swale 14. new hand railing 15. new 6” drain pipe 16. new sawcut concrete score line

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Newly created entrances were a priority as people can really enter from anywhere presently. These entries are on axis with each other and collect people from both the south and north directions. The new south entry utilizes a new brick wall reminiscent of Roman Aquaducts that helps to enclose the market with an open facade. The north entry removes some of the existing market structure and replaces it with a gridded plant climbing structure which birngs in more light and greenery while still giving a sense of an overhead roof.

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BLUE BOTTLES

repurposing colored glass bottles for a custom chandelier

background:

The 19 blue bottles as well as the green wine bottle were collected as I drank them, with the idea in mind to create a light fixture from them. The idea was to create a chandelier type fixture that would become the centerpiece of a room, possibly a kitchen centered over an island or dining room table.

concept:

The goal was to blend ordinary materials (metal, wood, and electrical fittings) together into a geometric form that seemed would break apart or lose its balance at any moment. while this was a solid concept, detailing and constructing it would push my creative side.

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Where to conceal the wiring

1 Aluminum channeling was placed on the inner portion funneling the wire to a central location.

How to do connections while keeping a streamlined appearance while holding glass, steel. and wood.

2 Pairs of dowels were set into the frame that went through wood-steel-wood-steel-wood.

Attaching the blue bottles to the frame

3 Holes were drilled through the frame and the lids set into them. Holes were then put into the lids so the fixtures could fit through. By using the cap, bottles could be unscrewed to change bulbs.

Placing the individual light fixtures into the blue bottles

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FURNITURE + LIGHTING DESIGN +Topo Coffee Table The idea for this table came from the block that make the top surface which were building masses for an deconstructed architectural model. These blocks are connected to each other via dowels that sandwich bar steel to create dark lines embedded in the lighter poplar wood.

The two larger steel plates are the only connection to the table top. One is sandwiched via dowels and the other screwed-in. vase crevase

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Made from simple everyday items such as electrical fittings, conduit, all-thread, and dimensional lumber, this lamp is simple, cheap, and easy to construct yet elegant.

The bottom also allows place for display of any number of items Glue was almost eliminated as a connecting element as dowels and screws are the primary connectors.

The only place glue was used was gluing a thin veneer of red oak plywood to the outside of the the construction grade plywood.

FURNITURE + LIGHTING + SCULPTURE

A place to showcase books and sketchbooks is adjustable to allow for different thicknesses of books to create a composition in and of itself. The piece that slides back and forth allows room for the thin, tall vase for flowers or branches.

FURNITURE + LIGHTING + SCULPTURE

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FURNITURE + LIGHTING + SCULPTURE

Using the premise of the prefab single T concrete plank, this smaller version was first formed with plywood while simple, square steel plates finish were placed in slots in the form. Rebar was placed in the lower portion of the form and through predrilled holes in the steel. This along with sheer compression keep the steel embedded in the concrete.W.W.M. was placed on the broad upper portion as sitting on the cantilever will increase stress.

LONGEVITY THROUGH EPHEMERALITY unraveling the historical strata to create new layers that unfold over time

saginaw | mi

background:

+Existing Water Delivery Trestle on the site

This project envisions an alternative scenario for a possible future of the 700 acre former General Motors facility in Saginaw, MI. Instructed by Professor Joan Nassauer, the design uses Scenario 1: repurposeing the site as an Industrial Heritage Park. The design uses a phased approach within shifting economic and environmental contexts, seeking possibilities for a future landscape that can be acted upon by inhabitants of the present. It is to also address the ecological and property management dynamics of a landscape that is in transition from a past industrial use to an uncertain future.

In Scenario 1, all industry on site ceases, and the entire facility is converted to a regional park celebrating the area’s industrial heritage of vehicle manufacturing. The design must also control flooding, provide off-channel storage of Saginaw River floodwaters, remain highly contaminated despite extensive remediation, retain disassembled remains of the engine block plant as a landmark, and establish a new visitors’ center.

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LONGEVITY THROUGH EPHEMERALITY

concept:

The design solution offers a series of highly constructed spaces which tell the story of the site’s history and material flows as the visitor moves through. With this design, the site draws visitors from across the nation and world because of the novelty and beauty of the experiences it provides.

Both phases of the plan call for short-lived, ephemeral interventions and processes that remain highly visible so people are aware of a shifting landscape and so have a reason to keep visiting without getting bored.

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Figure 5. Descriptive map of Investigative Units

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SMCO plant is draped in fabric, which allowed to blow in the breeze, allowing it to shift in mood throughout the day and seasons Existing trestle covered in white fabric shows care while covering up what could be seen as an eyesore. Lit at night, it looks like a bright, healing scar. While covered it could be painted and retrofitted for Phase II and unveiled as a celebration

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LONGEVITY THROUGH EPHEMERALITY

Lined with bright red painted steel, this channel announces that it carries contaminated water. This water collects from the “dirty” sand pile, which is created from leftover, contaminated, black sand from the foundry process and culminates into a wetland where the water can be treated. Strong axial relationships and even color treatments were based off the old nodular plant on the site prior, though they are allowed to degrade to more naturalistic forms over time. Even landforms are industrial in character. The “clean” sand piles are perfect circular mounds at first; however, they’re allowed to degrade and erode with rain and floodwaters, shifting them into more natural forms. The same holds true for the “Clean” wetland; it begins with a strong gridwork of emergent plants, but as sediment builds, the deeper pools are filled, allowing emergents to take residence everywhere.

LONGEVITY THROUGH EPHEMERALITY

THE CUT

After one descends from the parking, one can continue the experience of deliberate removal by proceeding into the Cut where the visitors center is removed from view. Corten steel walls encase the contaminated soil behind while also relating to the former use of the site as an iron foundry. Because it is situated where the nodular plant sat, beams and other structural elements protrude from western gabion retaining walls as if the plant was buried because it was so contaminated. These act as structure for the Nodular Ribbons while relating to another strata of history.

LONGEVITY THROUGH EPHEMERALITY

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The most spectacular features lie adjacent to the proposed visitor center.When one enters the park they are greeted by the black, dirty sand mound, created by sand after it’s been used in the foundry process. Then cars arduously climb onto a parking lot raised 30’ above grade on top of the most contaminated fill. Visitors must then walk down a long ramp to the visitors center and then into the “Cut.” The Cut is a 30’ triangular shaped hole in the ground lined with rusting Corten steel walls to remind of the contamination. The level of the Cut remisces of the pre-development grade when the site was covered with wetlands.The monumental space hammers home the impact humans have had on the landscape. The raised parking is the exact shape + size of the cut, but is instead fill. The landscape is not all a bleak message though. At the end of the Cut, one of the Nodular Ribbons sweeps in to take the visitor out onto a beautiful, rolling landscape, raised above the contamination, blooming with flowers and grasses, and even accomodating trees.

LONGEVITY THROUGH EPHEMERALITY

FROM THE WATER

resurrecting the miami indians’ building and landscape traditions

miami | ok

background:

The Drake House is an allotment house given by the U.S. for the trouble of being uprooted from Ohio. It is currently the tribe’s guest house; an addition was added to the north side then torn down. An addition needs to be added to provide more rooms to guests as well as providing outdoor spaces for gathering and events; the grounds are nothing but lawn and say nothing of the miami peoples.

The miami tradition of storytelling and plants both create the form of this addition that outlines the old addition as well as becomes a part of the newly designed garden radiating from a circular gathering area.

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The addition is raised above grade to accomodate frequent seasonal flooding.

A large, linear planter creates a focal element and space divider, housing tall grasses in an effort to bring the outdoors inside. Raising the addition also allowed outdoor planting areas to move closer to make it seem like the addition and the Sumac planted in them were always adjacent to one another Because of it’s rural location, the design utilizes on-site wastewater and stormwater management in the form of constructed wetlands. These wetlands would fluctuate seasonally, being high in the spring, floodking far into the ringed earthen depressions, and lower in the hot summer. An area for planting crop is placed adjacent the constructed wetland so seasonal flooding can deposit nutrients naturally.

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Circular Gathering Area Agricultural Planting Area

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Constructed Wetland

FROM THE WATER

FROM THE WATER

In order to make the addition contrast from the historical home, the wood is left unpainted, in its natural state. The roof is made of galvanized corrugated steel atop stainless steel tubes.

The west facade is a false facade that outlines the historical addition but allows fragrant sumac in and around it to blur the boundary between indoor and outdoor and historical and contemporary.

The horizontality of the vast, open landscape is accentuated in the long windows on the north elevation, low slope roof with its thin tubular members, and horizontal siding.

Because earthwork would be needed for constructing the stormwater channels, horizontal loop geothermal could be embedded in the mounds, providing heating/cooling for the entire structure.

FROM THE WATER

FULL CIRCLE

heidelberg project art installation

Design Team: Kevin Dunnell + Helen Graham + Nick Lavelle + Kristin Lemley + Becky Schwartz

detoit | mi

background

Detroit, Michigan is a city distinguished by record high murder and poverty rates. Conglomerate companies are partially to blame for the current status of Detroit because they fueled segregation and promoted a disposable consumer society. The success these companies reaped during the boom of the automobile made them appear as a deity in the eyes of many citizens. As the auto industry began to crumble so did the citizens and city of Detroit.

This deterioration tends to overshadow the highlights of Detroit’s past. The ability to revitalize Motown Music, Hudson’s flagship store, or the Trumbull may not be within reach today; however, there is hope for a new Detroit, one that rises from the ashes and is able to sustain itself.

concept

FULL CIRCLE

Detroit’s blight and abandonement is directly referenced in the site chosen for the sculpture, “Full Circle.” Mount Elliott Street, perpendicular to Heidelber Street, is the location of two abandoned houses, which ahve been left burnt, and disowned by hope. Tyree Guyton has illuminated the homes within the Heidelberg Project with art, dterring criminal activity from the neighborhood. Between these revitalized-broken homes lies a leveled sense of security.

These demolished home once held the memories and aspirations of hard working blue-collar families.

FULL CIRCLE

THE SITE

Full Circle is composed of two interlocking spirals and stands to embody a foundation for rebirth, while also paying tribute to the scars left in Detroit’s history. It encompasses the entrie 30-foot wide empty lot between the two homes that remain standing. One spiral runs counterclockwise, symbolizing entropy, the disorder which Detroit has suffered from and ultimately led to the city’s demise. It coils down from twelve feet high [off the top of one of the houses still standing] and is composed of old car parts, corporate logos, broken furniture and appliances, illustrating a timeline of Detroit’s destruction. A tree stands in the center as a meditative area to ground participants in the present. This reflective area symbolizes a turning point in Detroit’s history. The second spiral curves clockwise, symbolizing rebirth and in turn, the future of Detroit. It starts at the center of the lot and twirls out, composed of plants, bicycle wheels, and windmills, showing that sustainability is the answer for Detroit’s future.

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FULL CIRCLE

FULL CIRCLE

PROFESSIONAL MODELS Dayton Tech Town Model

models that help people visualize the potential of new urban infill development

dayton| oh

background:

Dayton Tech Town is a new urban infill development in the heart of downtown Dayton. All buildings are to be LEED rated and the development sits on a remediated brownfield site, once the Fridgidaire Refrigerator Plant.

PROFESSIONAL MODELS

concept: The master plan had been created, outlining streets, rough building footprints, and green space. Only one building had been designed and built.

The concept was for the model to be an ongoing project, constructing buildings designed and built in a very detailed manner. All the undesigned lotsare simple translucent boxes. The entire model lights up to heighten excitement and annimation of the model. I also designed and worked with a local fabricator to make an acrylic top to eliminate dust, the ability for onlookers to touch, and increase professionalism.

PROFESSIONAL RENDERING

generating visualizations to help comprehensions of detailed designs

portland | or

MARIANNE ZARKIN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS Q3 TRAILHEAD PROJECT background:

The proposed project for the Q3 Trailhead in Lake Oswego was never built but shows the possibilities for good infill development in Portland.

concept: Utilizing Adobe Creative Suite, espcially Illustrator, a series of plans was generated to show the design of Marianne Zarkin Landscape Architects.

Because of the small site footprint and the high attention to detail, four plans were created starting with the existing site to show the complete transformation that could happen. Then separate hardscape and planting plans and finally an overall Illustrative Plan to show the complete design.

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EARTH + SKY CHURCH merging earth and the heavens above to create a spiritual environment for all faiths cincinnati | oh

background: Many religions have strikingly similar beliefs, but the differences that exist divide them greatly. The design problem was to design a universal, nondenominational church that first began as the design of a building joint, or the intersection of two materials, planes, directions, etc. The church, located next to a major interstate, + joint, had to use concepts and ideas in religion and translated that into a building and surrounding landscape. concept: Earth + Sky Church translates the simple relationship that religion has between the heavens, or sky, and the subterranean/hell, or earth; paired with this is the simple movements of ascending and descending. Water and plant life are also important elements in religions taken into consideration. Earth + Sky Church is literally a joint between the worldly and heavenly.

EARTHEN SKY CHURCH

+Transformation of the Joint to building Concept Models

EARTHEN SKY CHURCH

The Earth + Sky Joint is formed by two interlocking right triangular forms, one of wood and one of steel. The wood is an earthly material + color. The steel is reflective, reflecting the sky and transforming it into a light or heavenly material.

This joint transforms into building form through repetition of similar triangular forms. The triangle base speaks to the earth as it is bulky and large; the triangle’s point speaks to the heavens as it disappears and merges with the sky.

Taller forms speak to the heavens through their height and slenderness while short and wide forms merge with the massive earth. This is further accentuated through the addition of a giant earth mound that interacts with the triangular forms, bringing them back down to earth at the end of sequence. The earthen mound also reflects the same rise and fall of the forms.

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LANDSCAPE OF PERCEPTION/DECEPTION design for the new hellenic museum of michigan detroit | mi

The new Hellenic Museum of Michigan is planned to inhabit a early 20th century mansion but is unaccessible and says nothing of Greek culture nor sustainability. Further complicating things, a 13 story apartment building overshadows the two-story museum while a parking lot borders the opposite side, creating a huge disjuncition of scale.

concept:

The proposed site plan and building additions picks up on the idea of skewing perception that the ancient Greeks used to build perfectly square-looking temples like the Parthenon. The design uses a series of vertical and horizontal distorted grids to either decrease or increase perceived scale. Plant selections were taken from Greek myths to create a rich layering of texture and cultural reference to ancient Greek landscape and were also used to define scale. The design also seeks to create a sustainable landscape through material reuse, stormwater management, and energy conservation for the building.

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LANDSCAPE OF PERCEPTION/DECEPTION

A distorted grid of stacked urbanite creates a series of cells planted with a combination of wheat-like grasses and poppies. This combination recalls ancient traditions of planting poppies in fallow fields to replenish nutrients. The urbanite walls rise in height and keeps the plants erect, separating the plants while allowing the grid to remain visible.

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paperbark maple

karl foerster feather reed grass

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CONDITION (sf) 1 1.5” Cal. B+B see plan Sculptural form, fine texture; hemlock mentioned Trees Canadian Hemlock Tsuga canadensis in Greek mythology

2 1” Cal. B+B see plan White, late spring, fragrant flowers; will glow in nigh Fringe Tree Chionanthus virginicus small, sculptural, drought tolerant

2 1.5” Cal. B+B see plan Reddish-brown peeling bark; small deciduous tree;

Paperbark Maple Acer griseum red fall foliage 4 4’ Tall B+B 5’ o.c.

Evergreen, fine textured, columnar

Holmstrup Eastern Arborvitae Thuja occidentalis ‘Holmstrup

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Compact nature; fall foliage color; winter form Shrubs Dwarf Fothergilla Fothergilla gardenii

Sherwood Compact Mugo Pine Pinus mugo ‘Sherwood Compact’ 5 5 Gal. see plan Compact nature; drought + shade tolerant; evergre round habit 2 5 Gal. 4’ o.c.

Drought + shade tolerant; evergreen; shapable Yew Taxus x media ‘Gwen’

Bulbs 5 Bulbs/sf 275 Mentioned in Greek mythology; early Perennials Crocus Crocus olivieri balanasae ‘Zwanenburg’ 1,375

bloomer; will provide a carpet of orange 1,600 Bulbs 5 Bulbs/sf 320 Mentioned in Greek mythology; early bloomer; wil Daffodil Narcissus ‘Chiva’ a line of green + yellow before other plants come o

Gardenview Scarlet Beebalm Monarda didyma ‘Gardenview Scarlet’ 19 1 Gal. 3’ o.c.

Red flowering perennial; med. height

Grape Hyacinth Muscari aucheri ‘Dark Eyes’ 890 Bulbs 5 Bulbs/sf 178 Mentioned in Greek mythology; early bloomer; wil a line of purple Poppy Papaver somniferum 88 1 Gal. 9” o.c.

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Prairie Fire Beardtongue Penstemon barbatus‘Prairie Fire’ 94 4” Pot 2’ o.c.

Reddish blooms; tolerates dry soil

Royal Purple Lily Turf Liriope muscari ‘Royal Purple’ 140 4” Pot 18” o.c.

Part shade alternative turf; pinkish-purple flowers 63 1 Gal. 2.5’ o.c.

Light blue flowers; feathery texture; fall color

Threadleaf Bluestar Amsonia hubrichtii

White NancySpotted Deadnettle Lamium maculatum ‘White Nancy’ 31 4” Pot 12” o.c.

Drought + shade tolerant; variegation; white flower colored leaves 1,015 Bulbs 5 Bulbs/sf 203 Mentioned in Greek mythology; poppy-like flowers

Wind Flower Anenome coronaria ‘Governor’ will provide a bold streak of orangish-red in spring Grasses Bluebunch Wheatgrass Pseudoroegneria spicata 58 1 Gal. 2’ o.c.

Wheat-like; cool season grass--greens + flowers in before other grasses

Hameln Fountain Grass Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Hameln’ 298 1 Gal. 2’ o.c.

Wheat-like; med. height

Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ 35 1 Gal. 2’ o.c.

Wheat-like; taller height

Little Bunny Fountain Grass Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Little Bunny’ 69 1 Gal. 18” o.c Wheat-like; compact size 66 1 Gal. 18” o.c.

Mentioned in Greek mythology; suited to rain gard Sweet Flag Acorus calamus Vines

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NOTE 1 Plant grows best in acidic soil; must be planted with peat and replenished with such every 5 years.

NOTE 2 Bulbs should be allowed to naturalize as they are in contained structures.

Should be monitored to make sure rotting is not occuring.

NOTE 3 Virginia Creeper, once well established should not overtake overhead courtyard structure. It should be allowed to connect to it but not more than 10’ in.

Growth is to mainly take place on the vertical structure adjacent to planting.

NOTE 4 Yews in courtyard are to be trimmed yearly to keep a geometric shape that is aligned to the pavement on the ground. It should not be allowed to get more than 5’ tall.

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The front yard generates forced perspectives in order to increase the scale of the museum landscape so it looks less out of place adjacent to the thirteen story apartment building. These forced views are created by the urbanite walls arranged in a distorted grid. These walls double as plant dividers, this is important given the context of the scores of vacant and unkept lots in Detroit.The walls bring structure, regularity, and sense of caring to the “wild” character of the plant choices. These walls are made from the pieces of the existing driveway of the museum after it’s demolition.

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LANDSCAPE OF PERCEPTION/DECEPTION

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DANA GARDEN DESIGN/BUILD

creating a dynamic outdoor space and demonstration area for the dana building

ann arbor | mi

background: This was the first design/build studio at Michigan run by Stan Jones, formerly at the University of Oregon. The project was to redesign what is known as the Dana Garden, which is the east side of the Samuel T. Dana Building, the building that houses the School of Natural Resources and Environment which the Department of Landscape Architecture is a part of.

DANA GARDEN DESIGN/BUILD

concept: The idea was to create a cohesive set of spaces that spoke about what happens inside the building as well as being an outdoor educational tool and experimental space for the Landscape Architecture Department. Spaces were created for an outdoor classroom area and a gathering area for field trip staging. The goal was to have as little waste as possible hauled away at the end of the project so the materials removed during the demolition phase, were reused in the construction phase, from compacted aggregate to slabs of concrete.

DANA GARDEN DESIGN/BUILD

DANA GARDEN DESIGN/BUILD

ECO-REVELATORY U: THE WINGS new entry plaza for the diag at the university of michigan

ann arbor | mi

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The Wings

background: The Diag is one of the most recognizable places at the University of Michigan and even though it refers to a walkway that deviates from Ann Arbor’s grid, it encompases all the negative space around it.

concept:

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ECO-REVELATORY U: THE WINGS

The design is based on the most distinguishable element associated with Michigan: the football helmet. The Wings is based on the wings of the football helmet, creating a rising overhead structure of stainless steel. Coupled with glass brick and both lit at night create a spectacular entrance.

The design strives to make a recognizable space for people to meet, post flyers, hold rallies, sit and people watch, or merely move through.

ECO-REVELATORY U: THE WINGS

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1. existing crosswalks 2. underlit glass brick pvmt 3. new 6� conc. pvmt 4. herringbone conc pavers 5. new trash/recycling cans 6. bioretention ponds 7. colored glass bottle filled gabion walls 8. metal mesh curved benches 9. stainless steel wing structure 10. display kiosk 11. paper birch trees

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+conc. pavers +metal mesh benches +stormwater storage capacity

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*denotes steel is to be powder coated with dark gray

+Display Kiost Connection Detail

+drought and flood grasses and perennials

tolerant

+gabions filled w/ blue glass bottles +perforated 4” hdpe underdrains

8” compacted 3/4- aggregate+

+subsurface detention aggregate

ECO-REVELATORY U: THE WINGS

overflow drain embedded in gabion+

1. brushed aluminum roof 2. underlights placed in sidewalk 3. 6” circular steel post* 4. 4” steel square tubing* 5. 1/2” galv. steel carriage bolts w/ nut and washer 6. 4” steel angle* 7. brushed aluminum post caps

ECO-REVELATORY U: THE WINGS

The Wings are an intertwining of curving ground surfaces, vertical walls, and overhead structures. The gabions rise from the bioretention pond while the stainless steel structure rises from the gabions. These elements enclose a small gathering space from the busy intersection but makes a grand statement including at night when the illuminated glass brick leads people into central campus.

The planting pallete was kept simple, selecting only a handful of plants. Betula papyrifera was selected as the major planting element due to its white bark, bright green summer foliage and bright yellow autumn foliage. The bark would make an equally bright statment illumated at night as the glass brick, and the foliage in the daytime would highly contrast the dark foliage of the existing oaks. This semicircle of birch acts as another gateway and barrier to noise. The other main planting was done in the bioretention pond, choosing attractive and clean-looking plants due to its prominent location. Black-eyed susan was chosen to add “Maize� to the blue bottles in the gabions while a handful of grasses were chosen based on salttolerance, winter character to hold the space, seed heads, and drought/flooding tolerance.

ECO-REVELATORY U: THE WINGS

IT’S IN THE BOX!

initiating new public space in detroit through mobile interventions generated through community participatory design providing community-based infrastructure to the underrepresented

master’s thesis detroit | mi

Concept Painting the container orange calls attention to a site while brightening the surroundings

An expandable roof increases surface area of available rainwater collection Sliding doors double as signage for the intervention with the ability to light up at night

A floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall magnetic white board facilitates community design charrettes allowing people to move around magnetic components to achieve a final design everyone understands and agrees upon Existing floor is replaced with hardwood salvaged from pallets Doors are added so shower/toilet stall components can be attached. the container provides a solid base while creating a securable facility for people to feel safe performing such tasks

Standard shipping container sizes

Salvage

background:

Container transformation

Repurpose

Mobilize

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Intervene

concept:

As a response to the decades of decline, the orange shipping containers and their innards which makes up the BOX! seeks to become a new icon for the city, a catalyst for conversation and commitment to place. The project is a tactical kit of parts, designed to initiate new forms of public life on formerly abandoned landscapes. The BOX! is a flexible, adaptable set of interchangeable components which can empower communities to reclaim their public space on the road to neighborhood stability and potentially economic development.

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Detroit hit its stride, economically, socially, and industrially, in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Due to an overlay of events such as the civil uprising of 1967, white flight to the suburbs, loss of industry to other regions and loss of jobs due to automation, Detroit has since suffered disproportionately--socially, economically, and in relation to the built environment.

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Michigan Central Train Station/Roosevelt Park Site

site selection

The initial site selection is crucial to the potential success and future stability of the project.

Though sites would ultimately be determined by community and civic leaders, the initial criteria for choosing the sites is established as: (1) open spaces adjacent or in close proximity to some means of stability such as a community organization; (2) spaces that have high visibility to both community residents and visitors; and (3) the community must be receptive or in need of a new public space. Using those guidelines, the first three sites were chosen to receive the BOX! (above).

Step 1: Transit

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Site Process + Evolution

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Step 2: Arrival

Step 3: Site Presence

Step 4: Community Involvement

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Intervention 1: Heidelberg Project Site Plan Street Scale Step 6: Completed Intervention

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water

agricultural irrigation cisterns

potable water cisterns

The design is meant to be both open to the street, inviting anyone into the space to learn more and interract, and somewhat enclosed to provide safe places for children to play and a securable place to prevent theft of the food crops.

Even the existing billboard is incorporated into the intervention, shifting the message from a negative alcohol related ad to one that advertises the space to cars while also preaching a positive message of eating healthy.

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Intervention 2: Capuchin Service Center Site Plan Community Scale

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Pallet Components

Lamella Structure

full-size wide planks

raw pallet

half-size narrow planks 4 : wide planks lamella pieces full-size narrow planks 6 : narrow planks half-size beams

full-size beams 3 : beams cuts are targeted to eliminate holes where nails occured

pallet disassembled

cutting to standard sizes

bench connector cut outs

specialty cuts

1 13/16� o.c.

drilling holes

hardware additions

1 /2” galv. carriage bolt

flowers narrow planks /2” galv. carriage bolt

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beams 1 /2” galv. washer + hex nut

half-size

growing medium

galv. steel connector

half-size

receptacle

1 /2” galv. carriage bolt

/2” galv. washer + hex nut

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narrow planks beams half size pallet in folded position /2” galv. washer + hex nut 1

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assembling final pallets

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bench

bench row

planter

full size pallet aisle w/ lamella inlays bench row

standard classroom outer bench ring inner bench ring

inner focal/performance area

dance floor/ meetinghouse

topography

floor arrangements

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Intervention 3: Roosevelt Park Site Plan City Scale

Because this is already a high profile and visible site, the design targets those that are visitors to the city. The Train Station is fitted with a giant retractable screen for showing outdoor movies at night. The current site is entirely lawn with meandering walkways; to add color and cues to caring, lawn in all the smaller islands encircled with sidewalks are replaced with wildflowers. Many active recreation areas are also unique to this site due to the large amount of existing open space. Soccer, baseball, and basketball are all accounted for providing meaningful play for children and young adults of the many ethnicities in Detroit from Latinos to African Americans.

The existing homeless population on the site is accounted for in the new design, creating a place on the site away from the more active areas with provisions like public toilets + showers, laundry facilities, and an agricultural plot.

IT’S IN THE BOX!

Water Crate: Water + LIght Column

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COMMUNITY-BASED INFRASTRUCTRE + MULTI-DIMENSIONAL/MULTI-USE SPACES

1. Creating + Viewing Art:

4. Performance + Music + Night Interest:

2. Mobile Classrooms:

3. Public Toilets + Showers: 1. Panels and abandoned building facades provide a canvas for teenagers and others to express themselves in a positive way while adding customized vibe and energy to each intervention.

2. Keeping with the mobility and education goal of the BOX!, some BOXES! become mobile classrooms that travel to not only BOX! interventions but other places like schools, temp agencies, or community centers. Each one of these BOXES! is geared to a different trade like computer training, carpentry (above), or bike repair and is not just a place to learn but to also generate an economic return paying for equipment and paying the students.

3. These facilities are usually few and far between especially for the homeless as they can’t walk into any business to use the bathroom. This provides a safe place for such activities to happen while they can secure their possessions.

4. A safer environment is created at night as people attend events.

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