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Baxter Street ReDesigncolor and identity, an armature for urban regeneration

WATER_WORKS, Gowanus Canalgowanus headwaters, pooling community

Alps Road Elementary Schoolopen ended play

Corporate Campuswork [environment] corporate landscape management

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TANNER BLUFF RESIDENCEcontemporary residential landscape

BAXTER STREET REDESIGNcolor and identity, an armature for urban regeneration

+ provide safe and comfortable pedestrian activity along the corridor+ propose a cohesive design that cooperates with Baxter as a whole, but can also resonate individually+ encourages safe vehicular speeds+ provides easy crosswalk use+ creates a unique and bold character for the Baxter Street community+ supports bike lanes and safe use+ provides pedestrian wayfinding+ explores a fine line between art and urban design and community renewal

The rationale for the Baxter Street ReDesign is to translate Baxter into a unique, bold and pleasurable design that will connect with people physically, sensually and playfully and will improve it’s overall character and identity. This project will navigate political, social, economical, geographical and historical context of the site and extract a simple, clear idea that encompasses it’s unique history.

A BOLD design will communicate loudly and clearly and will help define the identity of Baxter, enticing it’s passers-by to take a closer look.

The study area, Dudley Drive - Rocksprings Street is host to a myriad of urban design problems but has the potential to be a playful, interesting place. Despite the area’s sprawl like character and appearance, this portion of Baxter Street is a transitional corridor for the Rocksprings Community, a low income housing community. The topography and vehicular speeding and traffic both pose problems for this neighborhood.

[DESIGN GOALS]

[OCCUPANT INVENTORY]

Sustainability Studio, Fall 2012Professor Sungkyung Lee

This section shows the topography from Rocksprings to Dudley. A series of photos were taken along the study area from the street at consistent intervals. Color was extrapolated from the photos and shown in blocks at it’s respective site along the Baxter Street corridor. The colors are dull and uninteresting.

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There are 5 crosswalks in the study area. They do not get regular use due to their inability to slow Baxter traffic properly. By addressing them boldly and visually, they become a more effective means of pedestrian safety. The bold and consistent color use gives the driver the awareness of an approaching crosswalk. The lines following the path of the pedestrian create a visual hierarchy of pedestrian vs. vehicle.

Consistent crosswalk color addresses pedestrian safety issues.

A gradient change of bold color saturations creates rhythm and tempo slowing the vehicles that pass through the space. The colors also encourage pedestrian activity adding a permeable barrier between sidewalks and roads.

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By creating a specific identity for Baxter Street and addressing safety concerns, the site becomes a more enjoy-able space. Baxter’s interesting new character will encourage increasing amounts of pedestrian activity all while maintaining a consistent safe environment.

The permeable barrier protects them from the road and vehicles. It also adds visual interest as well. The form and color can also be incorporated into site furnishings- benches, bus stops and bike racks.

The Baxter Street corridor is hilly. Lack of visual interest increases driver recklessness and speeding.By introducing a bold color installation, drivers will be more aware of their surroundings.

Simplicity of this form and design, lighting these objects at night is relatively simple and allows them to perform their function around the clock.

The ambient lighting is similar to that of a vehicle dashboard. This also encourages night safety.

The design integrates ecology, education, recreation, and civic functions by creating a new typology informed by the site’s preexisting conditions. This design improves circulation, which establishes much needed connectivity throughout the entire community, especially for those currently separated from the community center by the Gowanus Canal. Most importantly, integrating the wetland park emphasizes how water plays a central role in community recreation and urban environments. By merging the canal and the community center through water, the site becomes a key icon for pooling communities through water.

WATER_WORKS, Gowanus Canalgowanus headwaters, pooling community

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Utilizing the natural topography of the site, rain and storm water will flow along the declining slope and into the wetlands, sustaining a constant cycle of water mitigation and filtration, all while supporting the small, localized ecosystem.

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The boardwalk is placed above the CSO pipes, directing overflow through the canal and into the retention towers next to the community center. The boardwalk has wayfinding elements that indicate where water is coming from and where it is going.

[CSO BOARDWALK]

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walking & bikingplayground

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basketball walking & running

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cold lunchcold breakfast

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A pedestrian bridge connects both ends of Degraw Street. A second bridge branches off of Butler Street, inviting the community to engage within the space. Floating wetlands improves the ecological function of the canal, creating a strong ecosystem.

Integrating a number of activities that engage all members of the community within the site, open programming play fields, skate park, basketball courts, handball courts.CSO retention tower that doubles as a rock climbing wall allows members to interact with the retention area.

The wetland enhances the area adjacent to the community center in a number of ways, by creating wildlife habitats, and active water retention as rain water from the community center drains to it. The wetland is strategically located in the lowest point of the site in order to prevent buildings from flooding during disasters such as Hurricane Sandy.

[CANAL HEADWATERS]

[COMMUNITY WETLAND] [COMMUNITY RECREATION]

[RECREATION & ECOLOGY]

The design takes into account all of its stakeholders and the site’s daily activities. This graphic illustrates human recreation and the native inhabitants of the restorative wetland throughout the day.

TANNER BLUFF RESIDENCEcontemporary residential landscape

Tanner Bluff Residence Residence, September 2013 - PresentKoons Environmental Design

The Tanner Bluff Residence presents several unique opportunities in response to issues often faced in typical residential projects. The house was sited in proximity to the street to preserve the existing hardwood canopy. The steep grade of the site called for intensive grading excercises. After several iterations of driveway access, pool and planting design, the Tanner Bluff Residence is on schedule for occupancy in June of 2014.

[POOL CONCEPTS]

The design for Phase II addresses a finer detail of planting and circulation. Drainage issues are addressed by recommending the slopes be planted with native ornamental grasses that compliment the contemporary style of the architecture.

The grading plan for the drive is overlayed with the Phase II master plan to better understand how the plantings will work with the site conditions.

[PHASE II MASTER PLAN]

The Tanner Bluff residence is divided into two phases. Phase I can be broken down into three areas, pool and patio, evergreen screening and edge treatments.

[PHASE I MASTER PLAN]

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KOONS ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, INC APRIL 9, 2014

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Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’Lemon Queen Helianthus

Verbena bonariensisTall Verbena

Rudbeckia purpureaPurple Conefl ower

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Allium spp.Alliums

Panicum virgatum ‘Cloud Nine’Cloud Nine Switch Grass

Chasmanthium latifoliaInland Sea Oats

Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Priairie Blues’Little Bluestem

ORNAMENTAL GRASSES

Muhlenbergia capillaris ‘White Cloud’White Cloud Muhly Grass

Calamagrostis x. acutifl ora ‘Karl Foerster’Karl Foerster Feather Reed

Eragrostis spectabilisPurple Love Grass

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Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’Lemon Queen Helianthus

Verbena bonariensisTall Verbena

Rudbeckia purpureaPurple Conefl ower

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Allium spp.Alliums

Panicum virgatum ‘Cloud Nine’Cloud Nine Switch Grass

Chasmanthium latifoliaInland Sea Oats

Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Priairie Blues’Little Bluestem

ORNAMENTAL GRASSES

Muhlenbergia capillaris ‘White Cloud’White Cloud Muhly Grass

Calamagrostis x. acutifl ora ‘Karl Foerster’Karl Foerster Feather Reed

Eragrostis spectabilisPurple Love Grass

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Acer rubrum ‘Red Sunset’Red Sunset Maple

Cornus fl orida ‘Cherokee Princess’Flowering Dogwood

Lagerstroemia faurei ‘Natchez’Natchez Crapemyrtle

Magnolia x Pink StardustPink Stardust Magnolia

EVERGREEN TREES:

Acer palmatum ‘Glowing Embers’Glowing Embers Japanese Maple

Cercis canadensisEastern Redbud

Magnolia grandifl ora ‘Little Gem’Little Gem Magnolia

Thuja plicata ‘Green Giant’Green Giant Arbor Vitae

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Fothergilla gardeni ‘Mt. Airy’Mount Airy Fothergilla

Illicium parvifl orumAnise Tree

Clethra alnifolia ‘Sixteen Candles’Sixteen Candles Clethra

The plant palatte was refined after several meetings with the client. A contemporary pallate of perennials and grasses is centralized on the front hillside. The swaths are freckled with perennials to provide seasonal interest, color and texture.

Trees and shrubs provide a layered structure around the grassy hillside.

[WORKING PLANTING PLAN]

Alps Road Elementary Schoolopen ended play

Like most educational institutions, Alps Road Elementary schoolyard lacks a character and identity that nurtures educational and social opportunities of it’s students. The site is disconnected from the landscape- topography, ecology and culture that it defines and presents an opportunity to relate the site to it’s native landscape history and regional context.

The objective is to interpret Alps Road Elementary School into a unique Piedmont schoolyard habitat. This project will approach the site’s educational needs by addressing the physical, emotional and intellectual needs of children in grades Prekindergarten to Fifth Grade.

For the school’s construction, the site was completely leveled prior to building. The topography of the schoolyard is predominately flat and uninspiring. The site is located in Athens, Georgia.

The Piedmont is characterized by relatively low, rolling hills, agriculture and oak-hickory forest.

+ enhance the natural schoolyard environment+ reshape the site topography+ maximize space, accessibility &play+ promote multi-use features and full season play+create a safe and secure sequence of spaces, small and large+ design spaces for both active and passive play

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ARES was interested in using a community based approach to civic agriculture on school grounds. There is space for 450 children to have their own plot under guidance of their respective instructors. The younger grades have larger class plots and the students get older they have more responsibility and eventually their own plot.

The site’s regional context provided unique playscape forms. Topography is manipulated into explorative mounds encouraging students to become active participants in their environment.

Plants are used for a variety of experiences for children. Above is a list of some of these plant qualities that can be used to enrich these experiences. The plant palette varies by grasses, shrubs, perennials, annuals and trees. Each provide an interesting use to the Alps Road Elementary Schoolyard.

[PLAY MOUNDS]

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[SCHOOL MASTERPLAN]

SCHOOL FARM

Corporate Campuswork [environment] corporate landscape management

Studio III, Fall 2011Professor Marianne CramerThe concept for the campus and site design emphasizes hydrology of topography. Corporate Campus was designed not only to take advantage of natural processes but to also promote healthy forest ecologies by juxtaposing the idea of the strained work environment with tranquil nature.

Porous pavings and rainwater filter runoff and redistribute it throughout the site. Rain gardens at each change in elevation mitigate the overflow so that the site completely prevents groundwater pollution from vehicles and other wastes. Corporate Campus takes the opportunity to relate Georgia’s native landscape to the site’s visiting occupants.

All of the forests in the Corporate Campus Park are managed to become climax forests through accelerated landscape management. The concept of phytosociology encourages the growth of plant communities by varying the community’s composition and the forest’s developmental stages and emphasizing the relation between them. Invasive removal and precise management guidelines make this park a rare and pure example of green building, environmental stewardship and conservation.[PROCESS]

[SITE MASTERPLAN]

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The Corporate Campus is an autonomous facility, it was designed to be operated independently from infrastructural support services. The use of solar power from the roof and fields collectively makes the facility self-sufficient.

Plots of vegetation that are managed to become climax forests. They have been planted with a variety of primary succession plant species to accelerate the natural process of succession. These plots emphasize the concept of encouraging plant communities in an commercial landscape setting.

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[EDUCATION]Bachelor of Landscape ArchitectureCollege of Environment and DesignUniversity of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia

May 2013

[PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE]Landscape Designer - Associate , Koons Environmental DesignAthens, GAwww.koonsdesign.comAdvanced design and technical skills provide valuable support to design team.Engaged in all phases of various design project types, including site analysis, design development, client meetings, bidding, budgeting, project implementation documents and construction administration.

September 2013-Present

Design Intern, Koons Environmental DesignAthens, GAwww.koonsdesign.comDeveloped compelling representation graphics used in client fundraising efforts and civic presentations.Actively involved in construction administration and contractor coordination for a variety of project types.Verified surveys and critical design efforts in the field.

August-September 2013

Park Visioning Intern, Park PrideAtlanta, GAwww.parkpride.orgCollaborated with city government officials, local policy makers, and community stakeholders.Drafted design options that aided in improving sustainability and overall function of 3 public parks in Atlanta.Facilitated public input meetings and board meetings.Drafted and rendered projects for presentation to communities and the Parks Department, City of Atlanta.

May-August 2011

[REFERENCES]Douglas Pardue Assistant Professor, University of Georgia205 Denmark Hall, 115 Bocock StreetAthens, GA 30602 706.542.3848 // [email protected]

Josh KoonsPrincipal, Koons Environmental Design375 Pulaski Street, Suite 2000Athens, GA 30601706.353.3838 // [email protected]

Elizabeth HargroveAssociate, Koons Environmental Design375 Pulaski Street, Suite 2000Athens, GA 30601706.353.3838 // [email protected]

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Design DevelopmentGradingImplementation DocumentsLEED Green Associate, April 2013

[GRAPHIC SKILLS]Adobe CS6 [Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop]AutoDesk, AutoCAD 2013ArcGISSketchUp [Podium, Shaderlight]

MasterplanningPermittingPlanting DesignSite Design

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