Blair LeJeune Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture Spring 2012 COM PRES SION
2nd year LA portfolio
Mar 24, 2016
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Blair LeJeune
Robert Reich School of Landscape ArchitectureSpring 2012
COM PRES SION1. A force that tends to shorten or squeeze something, decreasing its volume.2. The degree to which a substance has decreased in size or volume after being or while being subject to stress.
Letter of Intent 3
May 6, 2012Robert Reich School of Landscape ArchitectureLouisiana State University302 Design BuildingBaton Rouge, LA 70803
Dear Cirriculum Commitee:
Thank you for your consideration of acceptance into the third year program of Landscape Architecture. As long as i can remember I have always dreamed of attending Louisiana State University and joining the ranks of excellence associated with the school. My journey to this point has been filled with many endeavors and tribulations that have built up my character and helped shape the designer i am today. As a child i can remember helping my father with maintaing our yard and cutting the grass. This grew into a fullsize job in highschool where i worked for a few years on a landscape crew. I became fascinated with design and the interworkings of different industries that came into play. Following my graduation of St. Louis High School in 2008 i atteneded LSU for a bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. While in engineering i took some mechanical design classes that i really enjoyed. I loved turing a blank slate and turning it into something funtional and beatuiful. After two years of engineering i realized it wasnt the place for me. While taking summer classes i stumbled into Charles Fryling’s Views of American Landscape. As the saying goes the rest is history. I became enfatuated with the broad and beatuiful landscapes of America and how inovative and intelligent design seemed to play and interact with it. Upon doing more research I found out how impressive the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture was. As soon as i walked through the doors I knew i was in the right place. The excellent staff and com-pettive work envoirnment have driven me to become the best designer today that i can be. I look forward to continuing my career in Landscape Architecture here at LSU.
Thank you for your consideration,Best regardsBlair Allen LeJeune
Table of Contents 5
Design
Analysis + Research
Digital Representation
Hand Representation
Construction
LSU Rural Life 6-7
Hilltop Arboretum 8-9
Mary Ann Brown 10-11
Tachard House 12
LSU Quadrangle 13
Embarcadero Fountain 14
Villa Lante 15
Coat Desk Chair 16-17
Apple 18
Swale Design 20
Tennis Court 20
Shopping Mall 21
Palimsest 19
Highland Library Lot 21
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Personal Design+Robertson House 22
Design: LSU rural life 6
LA 2002 Design Studio
Sections: Shows the nature of a natural transition from oaks and cypress to meadow grasses.
Sections and Plan: Adobe Photoshop
Design: LSU rural life 70’ 60’ 120’ 240’
LA 2002 Design Studio
Plan + Perspectives: Using a pallette of native successional trees and grasses in Louisiana, The design is aimed to interact with and educate about the past, present and future associated with the rural life museum.
Design: hilltop arboretum 8
LA 2001 Design Studio
Sections + Plan: Adobe Photoshop
Design: hilltop arboretum 9
LA 2002 Design Studio
Final Plan + Model: The objective of the design was to bring surrounding neighrboods together usings strong axial lines interjected by an elongated mound that views back to the historic architecture of Hilltop Arboretum.
Design: mary ann brown preserve 10
LA 2002 Design Studio
Design: mary ann brown preserve 11
LA 2002 Design Studio
Final Model: For this site the objective was to create an entry marker, pathway installment, and meditation space. That idea was inspired by the complexities of light quallity and straight lines found in a pine forest.
Analysis + Research: tachard house 12
LA 2002 Design Studio
Final Plan + Sections + Perspective: the tachard house in paris, france was an analysis project that focused on research and representation skills.
Analysis/ Research: LSU quad 13
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most active path semi-active path least active path
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1 section for special events (fallfest, stepshow,
2 areas of seating for eating
areas of seating for study-
ProgramCirculation
This diagram maps out all of the existing pathways
intended path
Runs from Middleton through that quad. Most active throughout the day.
Active where exchange between classes occur.
Active towards end of the day. Leads to cafeterias, dorms, and parking.
LA 1102 Digital StudioAdobe Illustrator
Digital Representation: embarcadero fountain 14
LA 2101 Adv Ditigal Studio
3DS Max Model: Using 3DS Max Studio and Photoshop i recreated the Embar-cadero Fountain by Lawrence Halprin in San Francisco.
Digital Representation: villa lante 15
LA 1102 Digital Studio
Sketchup Model: In a varied media from Photoshop, Illustrator, Auto-CAD, and Google Sketchup I reubuilt the Famous Villa Lante Garden in Viterbo, Italy.
Hand Representation: exploring a space 16
LA 1101 Drawing Studio
Graphite Tone Drawing + Photo Collage: These drawings show two spaces used on a daily basis, and the paths between that connected them.
Hand Representation: exploring a space 17
LA 1101 Drawing Studio
Hand Representation: process 18
LA 1101 Drawing Studio
Pencil Drawings: Series of drawings that show a process of eating an apple.
Hand Representation: palimsest 19
LA 1101 Drawing Studio
Conte Palimsest: These drawings came from the task of reaching into a black box and drawing what was inside.
Construction: swale design + tennis court 20
LA 2301 Construction I Studio
TOPOGRAPHIC ANALYSISSCALE: 1"=30'-0"
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NORTHSCALE1”-20’
GRADING A SITE By Blair LeJeune
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AutoCAD + Adobe Illustrator
Construction: shopping mall + library lot 21
LA 3301 Construction II Studio
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LIBRARYGROUND FLOOR
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DROP OFF
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Personal Design Work: robertson house 22
OPEN WALL HERE
stone
redo wood venier
stack
stack stone
stucco
stone/ wood
stone
stucco
wood frieze & rafter tails
stone ledge
add frieze board & molding
alcove lights
flagstone 18" drive w/ concrete border
Toledo Bend, LA
Home Renovations: Following my 1st year in LA i worked with Russell Stutes Construction in Lake Charles, LA. I was re-sponsible for redesigning the front and rear facades.
Writing Example 23
The following excerpt is from an essay i wrote in English 2000 about the dangers of coastal erosion and that its more than loss of land but loss of a certain way of life.
Although the Everglades are better known, only Louisiana’s coast is often referred to as America’s Wetlands. These wetlands make up over 40 percent of the nation’s wetland total (Shepard). Even though it is the longest coastline in America, it loses tons of sediment everyday to the powerful nature of the ocean. Since the early 1930s, Louisiana has lost enough marsh equal to the size of the state of Delaware. In Cameron Parish, two of four city blocks that existed in 1956 now sit under the muddy waters of the gulf. But solving this problem is very expensive and as much as $504 million dollars have been spent since 1990 (Griffin). Estimations to restore the infrastructure lost run up to almost $105 billion dollars. In order for these wetlands to stay afloat they must lay down as much silt as is being washed away. Since the 1970s the coast has been eroding away more and more due to loss of silt (Shepard). In late 60s the US Corp of Engineers installed the Bonnet Carre Spillway, which helped control floodwaters and divert the Mississippi river. Although this spillway helped to protect communities in the area, it also took away important soils need to replenish the grasses. In the days before the levee, the Mississippi was allowed to overflow its banks during floods, depositing silt and minerals. Without these soils holding the grasses together the ocean is able to deteriorate the clay base that holds them. Because of the heavy clay base underneath, the clay slips under the surface at 50 yards a day (Dunne). Another factor that is detrimental to the marshlands is saltwater intrusion. This occurs when saltwater is allowed to infiltrate the swamps and marshes. These systems require freshwater only and are extremely fickle to saltwater change. When the oil industry moved in they cut many canals and passageways through the wetlands. These canals, although important to the oil industry, are tremendously hazardous to the precious ecosystem. The cuts and canals al-low highly salinic waters to encroach deep into the marshes, killing the grasses and trees needed to hold the silt together. Louisiana’s wetlands act as more than a habitat for wildlife to flourish. These precious grasses act as a buffer from storm surge and invading waters into inland cities. New Orleans is the largest city in the state with a population estimated at 2.2 million, and is in danger of going underwater because it sits below sea level (Dunne). In August of 2006, Hurricane Katrina helped play a part in the destruction of miles of coastland and cover half of the city with water causing many people to relocate. Registering in at a Category 5 storm, Katrina tore through the gulf, destroying everything in its path. One of the things left behind in its wake, was a tattered and torn marsh ecosystem. Storms like these have an enormous impact because they tear away at the coast with strong winds and high storm surge. Recent rises in sea level have also played a big part. Because of the higher sea level, the surge pushes more and more saltwater inland, flooding the areas with toxic water (Griffin).
Coastal Erosion Essay
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