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The Pennsylvania State University Landscape Architecture Class of 2014 Undergraduate PortfolioTRANSCRIPT
Ashley Reed Design Portfolio
1Table of Contents
Ecological DesignMaumee Bay Harborlands Piers Park and Harbor View Yacht Club
Maumee Bay Harborlands Lighthouse Island and Habitat CoveBaltimore Ecological Gradient Masterplan
Baltimore + Systems DesignL.E.W.I.S. Process
L.earning E.co W.ater I.nteractive S.ystemsExperiential Design
Lilly-Washington Coal Miner's Memorial ParkPark Masterplanning
Toledo's Thomas Edison ParkSpring Creek Canyon ParkCity Masterplanning
City in a ParkUrban DesignNeumarkt in Koln
Artful Rainwater DesignThe Pennsylvania State University Arboretum
Hand DrawingOrthographic Drawing
Energy Innovation Centre Quick CharetteInternship Work
Graphic DesignBaltimore Ecological Study Demographics Analysis
Donald Pell Gardens' Re-BrandingPage 23 Atlas
Health-Pro Realty GroupModel Building
Digital and Laser Cutter ModelsPlanting DesignWest Campus Quad
Materials DetailingPlaza Details
Grading PlansFinal Grading Implementation Project
The Pennsylvania State University's Center for Sustainability
Contact Information
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Ecological Design2
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Removed the rest of the Land Bridge
To Lighthouse
and New Habitat
Maumee Bay Harborlands Piers Park and Harbor View Yacht Club
Fourth Year Fall Semester
In Toledo, I was asked to address some ecological problems affecting the city and Lake Erie. The Piers Park project focuses on the Bay shore Power Plant that kills millions of fish every day and damages the local economy of Walleye production and tourism. The piers of the park create a weir that direct the fish from traveling down the intake channel. Each pier is designed to have a different relationship to the water and surrounding areas. The piers change the current of the channel and control the size of boat allowed; this creates a safe environment for recreational opportunities. The design compromises between the city's ecological and economic needs with the Harbor View Yacht Club's ownership of the land. Not only does the design save fish and create a public space, but it gives the Harbor View their own community amenities. All of these features stem from the simple ecological agenda of keeping the fish out of the intake channel.
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Maumee Bay Harborlands Lighthouse Island and Habitat Cove
Fourth Year Fall Semester
Another ecological problem in the Great Lakes is the loss of fish habitat, specifically for walleye. My previous design in the harbor would save millions of fish, therefore they needed a place to spawn and grow. The island cove combines getting tourists to the Toledo Lighthouse and creating walleye habitat. The cove created protects the fragile walleye spawning and nursery habitat. Above the water, terrestrial habitat is created consisting of grassland, wild flower, and forest for birds and other wildlife. A ramp system was created to safely get visitors from the water to the lighthouse and the trail spirals down to a fishing dock and kayak launch. The smaller islands create more habitat and are versatile to be used over and over again, expanding on the examples here or in other sections of the lake.
Section B
Lighthouse on Section A
Baltimore's Ecological Gradient
Fifth Year Spring Semester
My final undergraduate studio worked with the Baltimore Ecological Study in the Middle Branch of the Chesapeake Bay. This masterplan was created by a team of three other students and myself. The Baltimore Ecological Gradient contains three main concepts. The first concept was the combination of human, water, and radiating forms that we abstracted ourselves and laid them over the bay, combining them into the new bay edge. The second concept was to redefine the urban rural gradient to show visitors that you can have the same amount of habitat in the core of a city as you can on the edge. Then finally the third concept was water movement through different settings and moving the user as if they were water. These three concepts created a dynamic site that offers different experiences and immersions through habitat and urban settings.
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Section B
Section A Marsh Immersion
Forest Immersion Urban Natural Fringe Patches in the Urban Core
Patches in the Urban Core
Urban Natural Fringe
Forest Immersion
Marsh Immersion
Middle Branch
Plan Rendered by Thomas Knab
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Radiating Analysis and Suggestions
Fifth Year Spring Semester
A major part of the Baltimore Ecological Gradient Masterplan was an analysis measuring the impact of the current land cover of our site and the immediate area surrounding it. I used ArcMap to measure the land cover attributes of three half mile rigs radiating from the middle of our section of the bay. I later suggested improvements to the rings based on the improvements in our masterplan. These suggestions created a continual improvement through the city of Baltimore.
Ecological Design
Baltimore +
Fifth Year Spring Semester
My final undergraduate project was to create an experimental landscape for the Baltimore Ecological Study. i focused my design under the highway structures. Baltimore+ is an innovative design that combines ecological experimentation with a dynamic and varied experience throughout The Middle Branch. Baltimore+'s purpose is to remediate the road runoff from the highways soaring over the Middle Branch. The design flows like the natural movement of the bay water focusing on four main design principles:
Stadium Connection to M&T Bank
0' 100' 200'4 00'
Connection to Residential Neighborhood
Connection to Residential
Neighborhood
InitialTesting WaterFirst site for metal levels
Habitat Immersion Path
Industrial Site
Constructed Wetlands
Test Tube Forest 1
Test Tube Forest 2
Test Tube Forest 3
Connection to Swann Park
Horseshoe Casino
Stormwater Outlets
Water Flow Channels
Light Rail
Patapsco River Outlet
Microbe Art Canopy
Water ImmersionSecond testing site for metals after wetland filtration
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Future Connection to M&T Bank
Human Connection
Ecology
Research
Water Purification
Section A
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Habitat ImmersionMiddle Branch Boardwal kBoardwalkInitial Testing WaterkB
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Baltimore +
Fifth Year Spring Semester
The first important section of the design is the Habitat Immersion path, allowing visitors to interact with the wetlands. This is shown in the perspective. The other important piece of the design in the Urban Infrastructure Canopy shown in the bottom section.
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Section B
Constructed Wetlands Test Tube Forest 3 Water Immersion Test Tube Forest 1Path to Water LevelS eating under Microbe Art Canopy
BouldersMicrobe Art Canopy0' 20' 40'10'
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Ecological Design
Baltimore + Test Tube Experiment
Fifth Year Spring Semester
The purpose of the Baltimore Ecological Study studio was to experiment with the landscape and measure landscape change. My change was measured through the removal of metals from the stormwater through the test tubes located around the site. These test tubes used rock, soil, microbes, and plant filtration to uptake the metals and release cleaner water into the bay. The other portion of testing was metal removal through the wetlands below the super structure.
Overflow
Concrete Barrier
Soil Mixture Filtration SpiralShown: Silt Clay
Phytoremediation Plant MaterialShown: Ferns
Rock Filtration MaterialShown: Limestone
Hole for Plant Growth
Glass Tube
Steel Bracket
Steel Bracket
Steel Gutter
Concrete Driving Surface
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L.E.W.I.S. Process
Fifth Year Fall Semester
Throughout studying as an undergrad you go through the design process many times. However, L.E.W.I.S took that process to the next level with weeks of mapping and studying the EPA's stormwater best practices and sewer treatment systems. The entire semester culminated in this large pin board that displayed my entire thought process and ultimately helped me to design one of the most interesting and complex projects in my undergrad career.
Maps created by Ryan Walker
Systems Design
Monongahela River Riverside Trail Train Tracks nretsiCsinneTyekcoHkceDllabteksaBeunevAdnoceSskcarTniarTONOMLA Amphitheater Tertiary Treatment Facility Urban Forest Rain Garden PlantersGreen House and
Community Garden
Entrance PlazaRain GardenChildren’sPlayground
KeystoneChurch
OutdoorClassroom
ResearchFacility
CommunityCenter
Modal HubTreatmentCenter 2
BoardwalkWetlandOpen GrassTreatmentCenter 3Palustrine
Forest
PedestrianBridge
Look Out Culvert Release Hazelwood
AvenueEducation
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Educational BoardsWIndows to see down through to
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Wetland Cafe
L.earning E.co W.ater I.nteractive S.ystems
Fifth Year Fall Semester
L.E.W.I.S is a sustainable eco tech park that layers recreational activities on top of stormwater demonstration, and a functioning water treatment system. L.E.W.I.S Park serves a watershed consisting of part of Hazelwood, ALMANO and the surrounding community. This working system of wetlands processes the grey water from homes and businesses in the area as well as the stormwater inside the watershed. This localized disbursement lends to a more sustainable and environmentally aware community within Hazelwood.
Residential Homes
Hazelwood Avenue
Small Streets for Pedestrians and
Residential TrafficGladstone StreetWetland Terrace 1
Sylvan Avenue
Wetland Terrace 2
Wetland Terrace 3YMCA
Wetland Terrace 4
Wetland Terrace 4Wetland
Terrace 5
2nd AvenueLight Rail
Start of ALMONO
Treatment Facility 2Open Lawn Bottom WetlandOpen Lawn
Treatment Facility 3
Exposed CulvertLow WetlandTrain Tracks
CulvertRelease
Pedestrian Bridge
Modal HubWetland Terrace 6
Floodplain Palustrine ForestStreet Rain
Garden
Street Rain
Garden
Street Rain
Garden
Street Rain
Garden
Street Rain
GardenConstructed Wetlands Constructed Wetlands Constructed Wetlands Dry Appalachian Oak ForestDry Appalachian Oak Forest
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Riparian Buffer
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Lilly-Washington Coal Miner's Memorial Park Process
Third Year Spring Semester
The Coal Miner's Memorial Park was started as an illustrative design process. Combining the mining process, historical mine maps, site restrictions, and client's requests, we were able to create a gateway to the past. The process started with weeks of research on the mining process and products, travelled through several trace iterations and working models, and finally into a model.
Products
Sandstone
Bullwheels pull carts of material and men out of the shaft
A shaft is dug down to the coal layers in the geological seam.
Miner’s would dig the coal out using picks, gun powder, and dynamite.
The pattern that the miners would dig out was the room and pillar layout.
Bony
Coal
Red Dog
Coal
Limestone
Process
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Gabion Entrance
Miner’s Memorial
Gabion Bench/Walls Paths in Room Layout
Pillar Forms
Piles of Red Dog and Bony Contemplative Seating Area Underground Streambank Stabilizing Gabions
Streambank Stabilizing Plants
Butterfly Garden in Bullwheel
Seam ProfileSeating Area Trellises
Lilly-Washington Coal Miner's Memorial Park
Third Year Spring Semester
The Coal Miner's Memorial Park was resurrected in honor of the fallen coal miners in Lilly, Pennsylvania. A team of two others and I consulted on the project for the design phase. The design focuses on three major aspects, historical links to the area's mining, bioremediation, and the spatial experience of mines. The layout of the paths comes from the historical mine tunnels under the site and throughout the design the materials used are readily available mining by-products. The section I created shows the experience through the gradient throughout the site, starting at a formal space, a transition space behind the memorial, an informal butterfly garden, to an intimate contemplative space.
Coal Miner’s MemorialSeam Profile
Streambank Stabilization Gabions
Trellises
Bony Piles
Red Dog PilesDecomposed Granite Path in Room Layout
Phytoremediation Plants
Road Screen Shrubs
Back Wall Screen Shrubs
Annual Beds
Entrance
Bull Wheel
Flag Stone Path
Bridge
Seating Area
Lawn
Gabion Bench/Walls
Butterfly Garden in Pillar Forms
Contemplative Seating Area
Bio-Remediation
Historical Linkage
Spatial Experience Plan rendered by Jennie Ryan
Experiential Design
Section B
Thomas Edison Park
Fourth Year Fall Semester
Thomas Edison Park was designed to create an urban outdoor entertainment space for the city of Toledo. Toldeo's green infrastructure lacks natural areas, entertainment venues and a connection to the industrial waterfront. This design brings these amenities together in a naturalistic urban entertainment park. The main feature of the park is the Edison Amphitheatre to hold weekly attractions. The other amenities include; forest clearings for picnics or camp grounds, the boardwalk, outlooks, a bridge that connects the site to the Maritime Museum and future developments, and the event lawn and welcome area for large events. The site also serves ecological functions creating natural forest, wetland, marine, and grassland habitat. The paths through the sites take you through an experiential journey through these different habitats.
Section B
Forest Clearing
Constructed Wetland
Edison Amphitheater
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Boardwalk Connection to Maritime Museum • Boater’s Entrace
• Allows Boaters to Dock and Attend Events
Boardwalk Bridge • Has 14’ Boat Clearance
Skyline Outlook • Gathering Area for Campers
• Views towards Downtown Toledo
Constructed Wetland • Natural Area
• Maumee Fed
• Dredge lined for nutrients
Edison Boardwalk • Brings visitors to the water
• Views of Bay, Bridge, and City
Skyway Stage • Variety of Events
• Veterans’ Glass City
Skyway as backdrop
Rails to Trails • Connection to City’s
Existing Trail System
• Entrance for Pedestrians
and Cyclists
Edison Amphitheater • Seating for Events
• Mini-CDF for Dredge
• Backside is a constructed grassland
Park Trail System • Extends City’s trail system
throughout the site
Separation Mound • Block’s site from road
• Dredge Material
• Constructed Grassland
Separation Mound • Block’s site from road
• Dredge Material
• Constructed Grassland
Formal Welcome Area • Entrance for Pedestrians and Cyclists
Main Entrance • Entrance for Pedestrians and Cyclists
• Connection to major intersection
• Connection to Tribute Park
Event Lawn • Another Space with a variety of Events
• Central Gathering Area
Parking Lot • Driver’s Entrace
• Existing Maritime Parking lot renovated with more
spaces and a drop off
Connection to Front Street
Maritime Museum
Maritime Museum Boat Docks • Give’s site connection Boating
community
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Thomas Edison ParkUrban Entertainment
5’ Contours Shown(Exceptions at the start of the landforms)
Forest Clearing • Intimate Gathering Areas
• Camping
• Picnics
Forest • Renovation and Extension
of existing tree grove
• Natural Area
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Thomas Edison ParkUrban Entertainment
Part of Section A
Event Lawn Edison Amphitheater Skyway Stage
Park Masterplanning
Conservation
Restoration
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Agriculture
Trails
Hunting
Education Center
Roads
Spring Creek Watershed Canyon GIS Analysis
Third Year Fall Semester
The Spring Creek Watershed and Canyon was the focus of the Natural Systems ESRI ArcMap Studio. My project focused on GIS to study, catalogue, and evaluate the Spring Creek Watershed. This culminated into a final design project and comprehensive atlas. The site analysis was created by intersecting different layers of information in GIS and finding the best site in the Spring Creek Canyon for the location of the proposed park. My project was focused on conservation and restoration while also looking to the appropriate placing of agriculture, trails, hunting grounds, an education center, and road placement. The Spring Creek Canyon is an important biologically diverse site within the Spring Creek Watershed. It has recently been given to four different landowners that have developed plans that will destroy the biodiversity of this ecological hot spot in Centre County. This project is a compromise for what is best for the land owners and the surrounding communities by preserving the biodiversity but also incorporating the desired interests of the land owners.
Land OwnersThe Spring Creek Canyon is divided among four land owners. The PA Game Commission plans on turning their section of the parcels into breeding and hunting grounds for white tailed deer. Penn State plans on making their sections research plots for the College of Agriculture. Benner Township is going to make riparian buffer zones in their small part of the land. The PA Fish and Boat Commission plans on continuing their protection of the stream and
their use of the land for fish
hatcheries.
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Benner Township
Fish and Boat Commission
Game Commission
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Benner Spring Fish Hatchery
Deer Enclosure Fence
Restricted Area by Hatchery
EcoAgriculture Research Plot
Pennsylvania Grassland
Restricted Area by
Rockview Penitentiary
Restricted Area by
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Spring Creek Canyon Park
Third Year Fall Semester
The final part of the project was to come up with an alternative plan for the canyon that would preserve the biodiversity. My analysis proposed that the canyon should be turned into a nature park. The main goals for Spring Creek Canyon Park were to conserve as much natural habitat as possible, restore any removed forest, but also restore natural grassland and some of the agriculture land. Another important part of the park was to create a natural riparian buffer along Spring Creek, as shown in section. The Spring Creek Canyon Park features an Education Center as the starting point to the site. Another feature of the park is the Eco-agricultural fields; these fields are meant to educate farmers and the community on how you can grow healthier food without harming the natural environment. The restored Pennsylvania Grasslands, Forest, and Riparian Buffers are examples of habitat on site. And the site also offers a trail network and hunting grounds for the community.
Park Masterplanning
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Grey Water and Storm
Water Filtration Wetland
Mesic Meadow
Climb and Play
Mounds
Picnic
Pavilion
Playground
Basketball
Court
Main Entrance to East Beaver ParkParking Lot
with Underground
Level
Parking Lot with
Underground Level
with Swale East Beaver
Woonerf
Stairs to Upper Terrace Lawn Roof
Recreational
Lawn Roof on Mixed Use
Apartments
Cozy Nook Greenroof on
Mixed Use Apartments
The Great
Grass Ramp
Bus Stop
Waterfall
Plaza
Greenwall
Plaza
Waves of Grain Greenroof on
Mixed and R2
Apartments
Street Swales
Boxwood Student
Housing Duplexes
with Communal
Green Sourwood Student
Housing Duplexes
with Communal Green
Dogwood
Family
Housing
Duplexes
Dogwood
Community
GardenBasswood Family Housing
Duplexes with
Community
Garden
Surface Parking
Lot
Surface
Parking Lot
with Swale
Heritage
Oak
Plaza
Alley
Network
Student
Resident
Parking
Walk of Two
Worlds Roof
Garden
Bridges
Between
Greenroofs on Mixed Use
Apartments
On-Street
Parking
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Beaver
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Trail
Rain Gardens
Community Lawn
with Wetland Pier
Beaver Avenue
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East Beaver AvenueCity in a Park
Recreation:
recreation.
Water Filtration:
as part of a water recycling system.
Design Aspects of a City in a Park
Merging of City and Park:Where the urban fabric and the green
network collide.
Community:
City in a Park
Third Year Spring Semester
The design intent behind the City in a Park was to create a district in State College that functions as a part of the town of State College but has the aesthetics and amenities of a park. This site is the collision of the urban fabric with the natural environment. We arranged the vegetation and buildings to create spaces that promote community and a sustainable lifestyle. This idea is not only applicable to the street level, but also to the elevated realm of our building roofs. The network of green spaces provides a backbone for our residents to forge connections while remaining close to the environment. It breaks the barrier of city parks being in their own designated boxes and instead explodes the park throughout all aspects of the city.
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Section Elevation B: Green Wall Plaza and Parking Garage 0’ 2’
1’ 4’
8’
Entrance to
Underground Level Surface Lot
Pedestrian Bridge
The
Great
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Ramp
Cozy Nook GreenroofGreenwall Plaza
Bioswale
Street
Plantings
Section Elevation A: Beaver Avenue0’ 2’
1’ 4’
8’
Waves of
Grain
GreenroofShopping on
Street Level
Bioswale Street
Plantings
Bioswale
Street
Plantings
The
Great
Green
Ramp
Cozy Nook
Greenroof
Raw grey water input from buildings
Gravel Layer
Waterproof Membrane
water output (to treatment plant)
vegetation
Soil Layer
Waterline
Section D: Grey Water and Storm Water Filtration Wetland 0’ 2’
1’ 4’
8’
Mesic Meadow
Wetland
Section Elevation C: Woonerf 0’ 2’
1’ 4’
8’
Road
Recreational Lawn Roof Woonerf Plaza Walk of Two
Worlds Greenroof
City in a Park
Third Year Spring Semester
The City in a Park was part of our Neighborhood Design Studio. In a group of four we were given the site of East Beaver Avenue in State College. My group decided to take a creative spin, yet still make it functional as a community. We created a network of green roofs as a second world above the new and more pedestrian friendly Beaver Avenue. There is a large ramp wrapped around the buildings giving access to the roofs. The park on the east side of the site is for community use and various green spaces along the walkways to create a green infrastructure on the ground and elevated planes.
Perspective by Jennie Ryan
City Masterplanning
Neumarkt in Koln, Germany
Fourth Year Spring Semester
Redesigning Neumarkt was the pinnacle project for my semester abroad in Bonn, Germany. It was a group effort between me and partner Jennie Ryan. Neumarkt is one of Koln's largest squares and serves many event purposes throughout the year, considerably the largest being the home to Karneval, bringing millions of people to the city. The new Neumarkt allows for remaining open space for the city's events, but also creates an urban intimate space with triangulated topography. The traffic island problem is solved by moving all the traffic to the south side, installing a new u-bahn stop, and adding a bike lane for commuter traffic. This design is a place of connection and urban renewal.
Section BPart of Section A
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Ramp to Underground
Urban Topography Plaza
Historic Church
Open Event Space
Bus and Tram Stops
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The Pennsylvania State University Arboretum
Fourth Year Fall Semester
The final exercise for fourth year stormwater studio was to design an artful rainwater installation at The Pennsylvania State University Arboretum. This installation is an artistic interpretation of the natural flow of rain water through stream beds. As the rainwater brings streams to life, it falls along a series of moss covered boulders and terraces to create small waterfalls. This installation takes the rainwater from the pavilion roof and cascades it over a series of terraces that channel it forward into the bio-rentention garden where it is infiltrated. The bench is provided to allow onlookers to contemplate on dry or rainy days when the beds are in full effect.
Seating
Cascades
Rain Gutter
Waterfl ow Model
Bio-Retention Garden
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Orthographic Drawing
First Year Fall Semester
The Snowy Pines Housing Complex was a design I completed in my first year at Penn State. It was an extensive hand drafting project that was rendered completely in pencil. The assignment was to design my own housing complex and plantings within a predetermined layout. This final product was chosen as a model for our re-accreditation exhibit.
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Energy Innovation Centre Quick Charette
Fifth Year Fall Semester
The Energy Innovation Centre town homes were designed during a Pittsburgh charette to explore an idea and produce visuals quickly. I chose to create a collaborative live and work environment for the new centre's interns. This new and innovative live work cooperative space creates a place for the Energy Innovation Center to foster new relationships between the interns and the centre's partners, creating an environment to live, work, network, and socialize. During the day the outdoor spaces serve the entire center for events and lunch breaks. At night, it is the intern's space to relax, work, and learn from each other. Living and working with the other interns from different companies and organizations gives them the opportunity to collaborate new ideas and new technologies that uphold the ideals of the Energy Innovation Center.
Hand Drawing
Internship Work
Fifth Year Summer Internship
At Donald Pell Gardens I was responsible for hand drawing all the base maps for our designers Paul VanMeter and Donald Pell. After the initial design phase I had to redraw them with the planned plantings in a simple form for client approval. Several times I was also asked to quickly hand render small plans and quick perspectives for the client to properly understand the space. Managing, drawing, and editing our material details for construction was also a common task.
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63.6%
31.4%
Pacific Islander .1%Native American .4%
Multi Racial 2%Asian 2.5%
White
Black
RACE
52.9% 47.1%
Male
Female
SEX
67.4%
28.2%
4.4%
Other
White
Hispanic or Latino
ETHNICITY
FAMILY LANGUAGE
7.4%
83.7%
8.9%
Foreign Born
Multi-Lingual
English Only 79.6%
20.4%
HIGH SCHOOLDIPLOMAS
Earned
Not Attained
BACHELORS OR HIGHER
26.1%
73.9%
Earned
Not Attained
POVERTY LINE
23.4%
76.6%Above
Below
AGE
12.3%
9.1%
12.6%
16.7%12.3%
14.1%
11.8%
11.1%
0-9 Years
10-17 Years
18-24 Years
25-34 Years35-44 Years
45-54 Years
55-64 Years
65+ Years
5,928,814
2,343,001MARYLAND TODAY
MARYLAND 1950 621,342
949,708BALTIMORE TODAY
BALTIMORE 1950
POPULATION621,342
LABOR FORCE1,404,600
UNEMPLOYED106,584
1 Person Represents 100,000 People
30MINUTES
MEAN COMMUTE TIME
HOUSING UNITS1,404,600
HOMES OWNED144,475
1 Building represents 50,000 Housing Units
AVERAGE BALTIMORE HOUSEHOLD
2.48PEOPLE
MEDIANHOME VALUE
$161,300
MEDIAN INCOME$40,803
BUISNESSES 12,089
FIRMS42,272
1 Sign represents 2,000
FULL TIME LAW ENFORCEMENT
3,470
OFFICERS PER 1000 RESIDENTS
4.68MARYLAND AVERAGE: 2.73
1 in 318 PeopleIs a Sex Offender
Violent Crime795.9 per 100,000
persons
U.S. Average 213.6 per 100,000
persons
Property Crime519.6 per 100,000
persons
U.S. Average273.7 per 100,000
persons
Baltimore Maryland's Demographics
Fifth Year Spring Semester
In the Baltimore Ecological Study studio the first third of the semester was a group compilation for inventory and analysis. Each student chose a topic and had to present their findings about Baltimore to the class. My topic was demographics. I compiled the above graphics to represent the different user groups and classes of Baltimore to help us better understand our user group for later projects.
Graphic Design
Donald Pell Gardens Re-Branding
Fifth Year Summer Internship
A major part of my internship became the re-branding of our garden company. Graphic design has always been an interest of mine and the knowledge of the adobe suite allowed me to assist our company in re-doing their logo, business cards, t-shirts, and anything else that carries the Donald Pell Gardens brand. By the end of the summer I was their official graphic designer and handled any of their promotional materials.
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Atlas Benefiting the Penn State Dance MaraTHON
Fifth Year
During my final year at Penn State I served as the Graphic Design Captain for my organization, Atlas. Atlas is the highest fundraising organization collecting money for the Penn State Dance MaraTHON that benefits pediatric cancer patients through The Four Diamonds Fund. This year's THON total set new records raising over 13.3 million dollars. As graphic design captain I was responsible for creating all logos, letterheads, and promotional material for the organization. The largest assignment for the year was designing the merchandise for all 300+ members. Another accomplishment was being chosen to represent Atlas as a dancer for THON, where I stood for 46 hours as a symbol for children that are fighting cancer.
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Health-Pro Realty Group
Fifth Year
Pursuing my interest in graphic design I have recently become the graphic designer for Health-Pro Realty Group creating all advertisements, promotional materials, and sale fliers for the company.
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Lasercutter Model of Heritage Park Plaza
Second Year Fall Semester
For my computer design studio I was given the case study of Lawrence Halprin's Heritage Park Plaza. I recreated the plan of the site and my own section in AutoCAD. Then as a four person group we used lasercutters to create a scaled model of a piece of the site.
Digital Model of the West Campus Quad Treed Plaza Detail
Third Year Spring Semester
Along with the planting plans for planting implementation, see the planting design section of my portfolio, we were required to create a digital model of the soil structure for the treed plaza. This model was made in Sketch Up, but I also have since learned Rhino and touched on 3DS Max.
Model Building
West Campus Quad
Third Year Spring Semester
In my planting implementation studio we had to design four areas on campus for the engineering quad; mixed border entrances, a treed plaza, section of forest restoration, and a place for prairie restoration. Not only did I have to design these spaces, but I also had to create a complete planting plan with labels, species key, management plan, and final cost estimate for the entire quad. This plan is the overall planting plan for the Engineering quad.
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West Campus Quad
Third Year Spring Semester
In my planting implementation studio we had to design four areas on campus for the engineering quad; these are zoomed in detail planting plans and schedules for the Mixed Border Entrances for the engineering buildings.
Planting Design
3 Pavement Section with Wall and Planter
Plaza Material Details
Third Year Fall Semester
For material implementation studio, a simple campus site was given with a basic grade. The focus of the project was to create materials details and professional construction documents. All of the plans and details were created and labled in AutoCAD.
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Final Grading Implementation Project
Second Year Spring Semester
The final project of my grading implementation studio was the culmination of a semester spent learning how to properly grade a site. I chose the location of the buildings and their elevations and parking lot elevations to grade the site according to ADA regulation and acceptable slopes.
Grading Plans
The Pennsylvania State University Center for Sustainability
Fourth Year Fall Semester
The final project for my senior stormwater implementation studio was a semester long comprehensive project that focused on designing a new Center for Sustainability at The Pennsylvania State University. The semester was spent grading the land to hold and process all the stormwater on site. The final project is the combination of all the semester's exercises including; initial grading, bio-retention, infiltration basins, pipe location and sizing, and parking lot design. The final product was a package of construction drawings for a hypothetical implementation.
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Center for SustainabilityFinal Grading Plan
11/29/12
Ashley Calin Reed
Reed+A_Final Grading Plan
LegendExisting Contours
Existing 5' Contours
Proposed Contours
Proposed 5' Contours
Site Boundary
Swale Centerline
Pipe
TS Top of Stais
BS Bottom of Stairs
TW Top of Wall
TW Top of Wall
TC Top of Curb
BC Bottom of Curb
HP High Point
LP Low Point
HPS High Point of Swale
LPS Low Point of Swale
Raised Outlet
Flow Splitter
Spot Elevation
Culvert
Sheet 1
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Ashley ReedThe Pennsylvania State University
Landscape Architecture Class of 2014
322 Railroad St. Apt A Lilly, PA 15938
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