Trevor SchmittLandscape Architecture Portfolio

U.S.S. Indianapolis Monument

Survivor Memorials

Contemplation Garden

SeascapeAmerican Legion Mall, Indianapolis

Apart from the U.S.S. Indianapolis monument, three separate monuments will be constructed to repre-sent a visual account of all lives that were lost during those five days of being stranded at sea. Each monument will represent the number of lives lost according to its volume; starting with the original crew, then those who survived the initial torpedoing and were stranded at sea, and finally ending with those who were actually rescued.

The lack of an edge creates the feeling of being exposed to the elements and vulnerable to the unknown just as the crew was during the five days stranded at sea. Specific plants were used to symbolize the sorrow and tragedy of the U.S.S. Indianapolis sinking while other plants were used to portray a sense of peacefulness and comfort for those visiting the memorial.

U.S.S. Indianapolis looking north

Survivor monuments looking east

Contemplation garden looking east

Aerial view looking northeast

Wright-O520 N East Avenue, Oak Park, IL

Welcome Garden

Outdoor Kitchen

Shade Garden

Carport

Chicken Coop

In this project, I got to choose a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park, Illinois and design the surrounding landscape as if I was the one living in that house.

The Edwin H. Cheney House has a unique opportunity due to the intimacy created by low dividing walls surrounding the property.

Due to those dividing walls, the western most part of the property is cut off from the rest. With people touring Oak Park on a regular basis, I created a welcome garden to give them the chance to get off the sidewalk and learn a little more about the house’s history.

One requirement was that we had to create a specialized garden. With majority of the property already heavily shaded, a shade garden to the east seemed appropriate and allowed me to work with a large variety of plant types that I normally would not have gotten the chance to use.

Welcome garden

South entrance Welcome garden and front yard

East shade garden

928 N. Central Ave., Muncie, Indiana

Habitat House

KEY QTY BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME SIZE SPACING ROOT NOTES

Shade TreeACE-S 1 Acer saccharum Sugar Maple 3" cal per plan B&BOrnamental TreeCOR-F 1 Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood 2" cal per plan B&BOrnamental GrassesSPO-P 3 Sporobolus heterolepsis Prairie Dropseed #15 36" o.c. cont.PerennialsASC-B 10 Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Weed #3 18" o.c. cont.ECH-P 16 Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower #3 18" o.c. cont.HEM-D 17 Hemerocalis Daylily #2 18" o.c. cont.LIA-D 3 Liatris spicata Dense Blazing Star #5 36" o.c. cont.PEN-F 54 Penstemon digitalis Foxglove Penstemon #5 18" o.c. cont.PER-L 3 Pervoskia atriplicifolia Little Spire Russian Sage #7 36" o.c. cont.RUD-S 18 Rudbeckia fulgida Smooth Black-Eyed Susan #5 18" o.c. cont.GroundcoverGER-H 13 Geranium Hardy Geranium 4" pots per plan cont.

ITEM QTY. UNIT UNITS $ TOTAL

Planting $ 1362.50Shade tree 1.00 EA $ 125.00 $ 125.00Ornamental tree 1.00 EA $ 75.00 $ 75.00Perennials 115.00 EA $ 6.00 $ 690.00Groundcover 13.00 EA $ 2.50 $ 32.50Mulch 3.00 CY $ 30.00 $ 90.00

HardscapeCrushed Gravel 5.00 ton $ 25.00 $ 125.00Pea Gravel 3.00 ton $ 55.00 $ 165.00Rain Barrels 2.00 EA $ 30.00 $ 60.00

Subtotal $ 1362.50Contingency 5.0% $ 68.12

Landscape Total $ 1430.62

The purpose of this project was to landscape a Habitat for Humanity house being built in Muncie, IN. The goal was to provide a low maintenance design under $2000.

On the west side of the house, an entrance garden was designed to provide a buffer from the front of the house and the street. A pea gravel path approaches the porch where perennials are used to provide interest throughout the bloom-ing months. On the south side, three flower beds are used to define the property line. A large maple tree will provide shade over a small pea gravel patio on the east side of the house with a rain garden in the southeast corner to collect the majority of water running off the property.

Indianapolis has an underwater river that collects the city’s storm and waste water. The stream daylights at the northeast end of what is known as Pogue’s Run. It flows through the site and leaves Pogue’s Run through a small creek flowing into Forest Manor Park. It is a major basin for collecting storm water and runoff. The site currently captures great quantities of storm water in a series of ponds that overflow into each other as the water moves through the site. The site is currently

bounded by I-70 along the north, allowing it to be viewed by passing cars. Around the south and east sides are residential neighborhoods. Pedestri-ans who visit the site can stroll or run along a looping gravel trail that encircles the water detention system and looks out over the wetlands. Pogue’s Run is now an art and nature park. Visitors can view small art installations from the students at Herron School of Art in Indianapolis.

Pogue’s Run

Indianapolis has an underwater river that collects the city’s storm and bounded by I-70 along the north, allowing it to be viewed by passing cars.

I-70 and Emerson Ave.

OverlookI-70

The redesigned park will incorporate art instillations that strengthen the natural habitat and history. Native plant species will create a colorful plant palette that will display a four-season interest as well as bird and butterfly habitat. Horses made from local metals will help tell the historical tale of Pogue’s search for a missing horse, which led to his disappearance. A large band of vibrant plants will create visual interest for the passersby on I -70.

Overlook with horse statue facing south

Nickel Plate TransitEast Indianapolis

Circulation

Water Management

Opportunities Farm Market

Study Sketches

monon trail so poor quality

light rail so noise problem?

contaminated land poor soil poor water table caution development

abandoned buildings so reuse existing building reuse material

cramped/narrow celebrate!

size/speed? lots of people

golf course so only has 9 holes? needs more universal area trianglation

abandoned houses so expendable? connect!

fall creek make connection infrastructure!

abandonded building

fall creekfall creek

monon trail

monon traillight rail

light rail

1 mile

1/2 mile

cemetery

washington park

30th street

golf

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6538 street

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mass ave

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lk jr street

Over the past couple years, an interest has been taken in developing the Nickel Plate Rail system into a light rail hub. By connecting Noblesville and Fischers with Indianapo-lis, hundreds of people will have the option to abandon their cars and adopt the light rail as their primary mode of transportation.

The intent of this project is to create a light rail stop and surrounding urban develop-ment to accommodate the residence in an Indianapolis neighborhood. My main objec-tive was to insure compatibility and connectivity with the surrounding neighborhood to create a vibrant and energized urban hub. In order to accomplish my objective, I made the pedestrian the focus with walkable streets, adequate green space, and retail build-ings that address the sidewalks. Golf course

Parking lot

Regional map

Inventory map

grocery

housing prototypelive/work

mixed-use retail

daycare

housing studio

cafe

parking garage

communitycenter

communitygardens

community gardens/ geothermal

light rail station

monon trail

Nickel Plate TransitEast Indianapolis

Interactive fountain Light rail station

Light rail plaza

Light rail plaza

Primary street section

Secondary street section

Office complex

Old Dominion Golf and Country ClubArcadia, Florida

constructed wetland

clubhouse

extended extention basin

The Old Dominion is one of the oldest golf course in Arcadia Florida and has seen its country club membership grow over the past few years. In 2010 the old frame clubhouse burned to the ground, and the members have decided to relocate the new clubhouse. The new clubhouse will sit just to the east of the old clubhouse site, near an abandoned sand and gravel operation, in the Peace River bottom. Concern for stormwater runoff has lead to the design of multiple bioretention basins and bioswales that flow into a constructed wetland on the far east of the site.

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The John M. Craddock Wetland Nature Preserve is envisioned as being an inner city habitat area for flora and fauna and outdoor educational facility along the White River Greenway. A looped trail with elevated boardwalk will guide trail users, nature enthusiasts, educators and students through emergent and scrub-shrub wetlands, mesic prairies, and an upland wooded area to overlooks and a nature center.

Partnering with Ball State University’s Landscape Architecture Department’s faculty and students, the Design-Build class is helping to aid in the construction of the trail system. This has been a great educational opportunity to be part of and to watch as the preserve develops over each semester and how the community has embraced the preserve and helps further the overall design.

Boardwalk layout

Under construction

Wildlife in the preserve

Completed boardwalk