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graduate workcatalyzing the urban surfacemaster’s report and thesis, 2009-10

Nordhavnenurban planning and design specialization studio, 2008

west bottoms_revisitedcommunity planning and design, 2008

undergraduate workMesa del Sol Central Blocksite planning and design studio IV, 2008

land construction sequence, 2007-08

professional workUniversity of KansasDesign & Construction Management, 2010-11

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catalyzing the urban surfacestrategizing sites along the historic smoky hill river corridormaster’s report and thesis, 2009-10

Abstract:

The trend of urbanization is escalating on a global scale, in many cases sprawling outward at the expense of decaying urban centers, post industrial infrastructure, and other neglected landscapes. There is a critical need for intelligent, responsive, and resilient urban planning and design. The Smoky Hill River’s neglected cutoff channel running through the heart of Salina, Kansas, is exemplary of these phenomena. Although the historic channel operates as an important landscape infrastructural system for stormwater conveyance, it remains largely inactive in terms of its connections to adjacent neighborhoods, cultural significance, and economic driving potential.

Landscape Urbanism, a relatively new realignment in urbanism theory, involves the concept of engaging dynamic urban processes and facilitating or enhancing relationships through design, providing potential remediation to many urban dilemmas. While still speculative and experimental, its application in metropolitan environments has garnered acknowledgment in the design community. Landscape Urbanism’s relevance toward micropolitan and small metropolitan cities, however, remains largely unexplored. The relationship between the revitalization of the historic Smoky Hill cutoff and Salina, facilitated by local advocates the Friends of the River, explores the application of Landscape Urbanism theory in smaller urban environs. Through the analysis of precedents exhibiting Landscape Urbanism strategies, the careful inventory of characteristics unique to specific sites along the historic channel, and synthesizing the Friends of the River goals and objectives, applicable strategies that influence design methodology by engaging key urban systems are found and applied. The design of these sites act to “catalyze” adjacent areas through connectivity and enhancing the cultural, environmental, and economic health of the district.

Design implementation at a strategic site catalyzes immediately adjacent districts, followed by the catalysis of the entire channel. In its final state, the historic channel becomes re-integrated into the City of Salina as a vital system, engaging and enhancing the urban field as a whole.

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Regeneration/invigoration of the river corridor as a base reagent for catalyzing adjacent land can be applied in Salina through the treatment of the river corridor’s edge conditions: implemented design program, construction or renewal of the river banks, and development along adjacent parcels.

Physically and figuratively facilitating connections and relationships in Salina would entail the utilization of the river as a corridor of transportation, as well as providing program that various Salina entities can have a vested interest in; the latter of which also acts to encourage public and private entity involvement.

Encouraging public/private entity involvement along the corridor in innovative ways could be applied in Salina if the City strategized ways private land owners can accomplish development goals through innovative business and regulatory processes.

Employing the “Central Park Effect” to act as the catalyst for change in Salina presumes the City employs a strategy that allows the river edge treatment to exhibit the “Central Park Effect”, catalyzing development and connectivity further.

Central Reach Conceptual Densities

The plan suggests proposed edge treatments along the central reach focus area in terms of river edge character, land use, and density. These combined traits create the following edge typologies:

i. river edge character (hardscape – softscape – wetland)

ii. degree of density (high-medium – flow)iii. building setback from river (narrow – wide)iv. land use (commercial mixed-use – residential)

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active recreation + health and wellness

The combination of the new Health and Wellness Facility at the Walnut Street Node, the Salina Regional Health Center (SRHC) Outdoor Fitness Area at the South Street Node, and the running +biking trails and trailheads along the central reach create links between significant health and wellness agencies in Salina and nearby neighborhoods. The linear river exercise trail, when combined with the existing street system, offer a myriad of exercise circuits with convenient trailhead access. Future extension of the trail network to the YMCA complex along the south reach will further strengthen this connectivity.

art exhibition + performance

The river acts to catalyze artistic adjacencies through the linear connectivity of the river and streets. From the Founder’s Park Arts district extends the 3rd Street Esplanade which offers ideal opportunities for displays of public art and incorporation into public arts events such as Salina’s First Thursdays Art Rush; additionally, trail connectivity south to Oakdale Park sets up the Park and Arts District as two termini for large-scale arts and performance events such as the Smoky Hill River Festival.

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Nordhavnenurban planning and design specialization studiofall semester 2008

Nordhavnen, located in Copenhagen, Denmark, was a project competition initiated by CPH City and Port Development in an effort to provide long term urban planning strategies for this post-industrial port landscape. The tagline, “40,000 People, 40,000 Jobs, and 40,000 Bikes”, gives some idea of the sizable task of evaluating social, ecological, and infrastructural characteristics, as well as envisioning what could potentially be considered the “Sustainable City of the Future”.

In this three-part semester long project, I had the opportunity to approach the project from several facets: at the “district” master planning level, at a smaller “quarter” urban design scale, and finally focusing on a particular site framed in the previous phases. Ultimately, I became focused upon the dynamics created by the proposed cruise terminal, basing my design decisions on how to both facilitate and accommodate large flows of cruise passengers, not to mention the residents of this proposed district.

right: Nordhavnen’s proposed ‘Molenparken’ (English: The Pier Park)opposite: Nordhavnen Studio project progression

Nordhavnen Project Site

Master Plan + Districts Districts + Park

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commercial shipping lane

commercial shipping lane

minimum infill area

infill + expanded coastline

focus design

districts

Molenparken focus site

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1000 meter pier minimum+ noise mitigation boundary

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daily use: edge conditions

ephemeral use: frequent events + cruise flows

special event use: large concentrations of people

pedestrian mall + park space

Upon the development of this quarter, Nordhavnenmolen would become the maritime gateway to the city of Copenhagen. As cruise passengers arrive to the quarter, first impressions will

be key; therefore, an inviting sense is created by pulling green space close to the quay.

view corridors

Although the 60 meter quay zone width must be kept secure, it is still possible to grant visitors visual access to the quay by

framing view corridors from the pedestrian mall. Large inlets have been cut out of the quay, bringing the water’s edge to the pedestrian mall and creating nodes of activity along the space.

street heirarchy

Much of the quarter’s street and block system is based off the datum established by the quay edge. A main arterial boulevard runs parallel closest to the terminal and facilitates large traffic volumes. Smaller arterials run parallel to the main boulevard,

while small one way streets comprise the remaining grid.

building massing + attractor sites

Massings in this quarter and across the district are influenced by existing Copenhagen block forms. Denser, shorter buildings

are located closer to the quay edge to open views and vistas. Attractor buildings such as the terminal and civic arts museum

influence and shape local and cruise ship pedestrian traffic.

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passive lawn space

birch-sloped bandshell berm

ginkgo-lined park edge

red oak-shaded paved water edge

passive lawn space

linear streetside plaza

linear streetside plaza

reflecting pool + ice rink

activated outdoor

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Central Industrial District

The Central Industrial District (CID) Visioning Plan acts as an central core district

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assetswest bottoms_revisitedcommunity planning and designsummer semester 2008

Kansas City’s Greater Downtown Area is currently undergoing a renaissance of urban renewal, initiated by the KC Planning and Community Development Department and facilitated by the COR Team: a group of Kansas City architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning firms devoted to developing a vision for the Greater Downtown Area. This summer semester offered a unique opportunity to collaborate and interact with residents and designers of downtown Kansas City and the 11 neighborhoods therein; hence kc11.

My project focused upon creating a vision for future urban development within Kansas City’s West Bottoms neighborhood, a post industrial site with a distinctive character and important cultural heritage to the city. The plan consisted of creating five diverse districts over the course of three development phases, instituting a trolley system, a green armature, connections back to the city, and initiating incentives for development.

Additionally, a colleague and myself were elected to generate and assemble the graphic layout for a book compilation of the entire studio’s work to act as a reference document for the COR team and other concerned parties.

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Mesa del SolCentral Blocksite planning anddesign studio IVspring semester 2008

Mesa del Sol, a developing New Urbanist community, was an urban design and site planning project located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A number of programmatic issues were taken into consideration: accommodating the unique vehicular and pedestrian circulation patterns, evaluating views and entrances into the site, programming the building usage as per required square footages, and designing for pedestrian users in terms of site amenities and space use.

My process for this project was initially based in researching and analyzing the regional natural systems and landforms of the southwest and exemplifying them via the site. The process eventually narrowed my focus to concentrate on drawing analogies between the hydrological systems of Albuquerque and the analysis of pedestrian movement based on existing conditions, forming spaces that exemplified the observed types of water movement.

Additionally, I explored methods of utilizing spaces in a manner that was flexible to both event programming and user volume, offering different spatial opportunities for various event sizes.

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south entry plaza

central courtyard

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central courtyard perspective

building use

site circulation vehicular pedestrian primary pedestrian secondary

spatial usage + overlap central courtyard - small events grass bowl - medium events curbless lot - large events

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land construction sequencefall & spring semester 2007-08fall semester 2008

The Land Construction sequence at Kansas State consists of three courses structured to provide a basic understanding between the interrelated design and construction applications and the necessary implementation processes and procedures.

In the first two sections of the course, I worked on a project focused upon a smaller site scale; Wyuka Park and Gardens, a rural cemetery in Lincoln, Nebraska, consisting of roughly 5 acres. Projects consisted of a general site development plan; grading and earthwork plans; irrigation, dimensioning, and electrical and lighting plans; and construction details, as well as the administrational tasks of creating a proposal, specifications, and bidding documents.

The third course in the sequence gave me the opportunity to work at an increased scale. The project was the K-State Olathe Innovation Campus, a satellite campus/business park located in Olathe, Kansas. The projects we completed over the course of the semester were a request for proposal, a general site development plan, road alignment plans and profiles, general grading plans, and storm drainage plans.

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general development plan - K-State Olathe Biosciences Innovation Campus

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University of KansasDesign & Construction Management (DCM)Jul 2010 - Feb 2011

Campus Wayfinding

A significant project I worked on during my internship at KU was helping prepare the Campus Wayfinding System package for bidding. Star Signs, a Lawrence graphic design and signage firm, designed and provided DCM the initial graphic documents. My involvement consisted of redlining the original documents as design changes were made, as well as creating new fabrication and construction details per necessity. I also helped write the design specification language for the signage construction standards included in the bid documents, and completed layout requests for departmental signs across campus.

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Graduate Studies

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Fabricated aluminum sign cabinet/face painted Blue (MP 04036).

Cast Stone base (Color: Cottonwood, Style/finish: Chisel Face) sits on concrete mowpad. Mowpad is 2" above grade and extends 12" beyond stone base in all directions. Footing Details: See 4.26.

Fabricated "Keystone" element with routed 1/4" aluminum plaques painted red (MP 22348 w/ metallic fleck). Inset copy painted white. Keystone Details: See 4.26.

Applied white opaque vinyl copy.

Applied 1/4" white aluminum FCO lettering. Pin mount flush to sign face.

Applied Red Vinyl to match KU Keystone Red (MP 22348 w/ metallic fleck).

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Design & Construction Management (DCM)Jul 2010 - Feb 2011

Campus Planning

1997 Comprehensive Plan2003 Landscape Master Plan2008 Heritage PlanCampus Comprehensive Plan UpdateCDR + Studio 804 Chamney Site Master Plan

My campus planning work at KU centered around filtering pertinent information from the past 1997, 2003, and 2008 Plans for the Comprehensive Plan Update. My project managers and I summarized and compiled the past plans. I was also responsible for updating the past plans’ outdated, illegible, or otherwise unclear graphics.

Other efforts included the site planning of a sustainable technologies showcase building for the KU Center for Design Research (CDR). A design/build project by KU Arch Studio 804, the site was located on the historic campus property. This area was planned as a potential site for the offices of DCM/Facilities Operations (FO), among other uses. I was tasked with creating design schemes based off square footage of the DCM/FO building, estimated parking, and future CDR expansion square footages.

CDR building on the Chamney Site

Planting palettes along Mid-Hill WalkHistoric Strong Hall along Jayhawk Boulevard