Andrew BergerMasters of Landscape ArchitectureApplicant for Fall 2016

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Visual Art, Architecture, and PhotographyCommunity OrganizingRegional Planning and ResearchPlace Studies and Analysis

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Visual Art, Architecture, and Photography

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Studio: Macalester College Art 194, Drive-by DrawingInstructor: Stan SearsIntention: Abstract drawing of flowers and seedsSize: 30’’x44’’Medium: Charcoal and pastel

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Intention: Independent travel and architectural studies in southern Spain during my semester studying in Copenhagen.Site: The Alhambra in Granada, SpainSize: 4’’x6’’Medium: Pencil and watercolor

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Studio: Danish Institute for Study Abroad, Spring 2010Site: Hojbro Plats, CopenhagenProject: A design pavilion to feature environmentally sustainable architecture projects. I constructed physical models at multiple scales and drew the section below in Adobe Illustrator.Scheme: Outdoor public space to congregate where the sunlight shines most prominently, modular design allowing for easy transport and reconstruction representative of the Danish tradition of modular architecture.

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Client: Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American HistoryProject: Holidays on Display, opened Fall 2009Assignment: As an intern in the model shop and design department at the Smithsonian Office of Exhibits Central, I worked to design the layout of this entrance and made this rendering in Vectorworks. During this internship over two summers, I also constructed cases, built models, installed exhibits, and participated in exhibit planning with curators and different museum consultants.

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I took the following photos over the past year and half while living and working with communities in Zuni, Mexicoand in the Seattle, Washington areas, as well as during trips to and from these places traveling across the U.S.

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The saturated colors in the Southwestern landscape allow the landforms to shine through. There is a sense ofmovement here, of sun moving across the land, and the sight and sound of wind coming in and out of differentlandscape elements.

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Experiencing the Great Smoky Mountains with a crowd at sunset is to experience grandeur and pride of the southalive in dreams and present in vistas like this. Bordering commercial tourist towns present a stark contrast, withthe ability of the Smoky Mountains National Park to quickly cut you off from the surrounding attractions andprovide serenity. This paradox can be seen across the country, of people being attracted to natural landscapeelements, and then submitting to over-consumption in adjacent tourist towns.

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The stark land of the Southwest, seemingly not meant for large numbers of people to live, emphasizes theimportance of community and provides open visibility with contrasts of being so vast as to be sutble.

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Community Organizing

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Location: Zuni Indian Reservation, Zuni, New MexicoPosition: Program Facilitator with the Zuni Youth Enrichment ProjectTime Period: June 2014-January 2015Description of Work: I led and developed programs in mental and physical wellness, outdoor survival skills, the arts, and career development in natural resource management with local agencies, universities, healthcare professionals, and other local and national non-profits. These programs laid groundwork for multiple currently active grants, including a substantial grant to develop the local food system and build a food co-op, as well as a $3 Million ArtPlace America grant to extend the influence of artistic and cultural activities in ZYEP programming. More information on the ZYEP and these projects may be found here: www.zyep.org. I took the following photos of Zuni.

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Youth in the above photos are participating in two lessons I created and instructed, one on shelter building aspart of a survival skills program, and the other on traditional uses of native plants where youth are learning howto make rope out of the yucca plant.

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Regional Planning and Research

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Course: Macalester College GEOG 225, Intro to Geographic Information SystemsSemester: Spring 2009Project Description: For my final project, I created analytical maps of Methamphetamine trafficking in Tennessee. These graphs enabled me to determine trends in major trafficking routes, and analyze locations of lab seizures in relation to locations of arrests for possession. This is a map from the final presentation, created in ArcGIS.

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Project: Management and Performance Audit of the Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan DistrictPosition: Consultant with the Infrastructure Management GroupDate: Final draft published July 2012Description of Work: As part of a team of consultants, I worked on the project with the transportation agency, urban planners, and other consultants. I collected data for analysis, wrote recommended improvements, and created analytical graphs included in the report by combining different performance metrics. The following are two of the graphs that were published in the report.

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Project: An article assessing the legacy of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the developments under his tenure.Publisher: The New York ObserverDate Published: 10/1/13Description of Work: As a full-time research associate at the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation, I worked with the director of the center, Professor Mitchell Moss, himself a former advisor to Michael Bloomberg,to analyze what would be the legacy of the Bloomberg administration. My work included creating documentation and analysis of building trends, environmental sustainability, and various economic, transportation and public health indicators during Bloomberg’s tenure, as well as a detailed reading and analysis of the Charter of the City of New York. The full article can be found at this link: http://observer.com/2013/10/a-great- mayor-says-goodbye/

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Place Studies and Analysis

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The following are research-based papers I wrote during my studies at Macalester College. I have included anabstract of my senior capstone as well as two full papers as part of a supplemental writing sample attached to myapplication. Below is also a link to a place-based website project I made as part of a course at Macalester titledthe Geography of World Urbanization based on research and time I spent in Guatemala.

An Architecture of Power: Louis Kahn, Architect of Jewish Identity in the Post World War IIPeriod

873 Acres of Nature: A Cultural Environmental History of Central Park (Full paper in supplement)

The Broadacre City as a Sustainable Development Scheme: A Look at How Suburban Schemes of TodayAre Informed by Frank Lloyd Wright (Full paper in supplement)

Geography and Architecture: An Integrated Study of Placed Based Design (Abstract in supplement)

http://www.macalester.edu/courses/geog261/aberger/Andrew_Berger_Antigua/index.html