Landscape architecture Portfolio

Erika Mueller

"Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt." - Anonymous

With our lives in constant motion we

have many decisions to make and

various paths to choose. If we opt for

what is comfortable and familiar we

often maintain our status quo. But

if we decide to venture toward the

unknown, then we open ourselves up to

opportunities to truly expand our worlds.

For me, designed landscapes have

always provide the most beautiful

and soulful divergences. It is from

these most personal experiences that

my desire to become a Landscape

Architect arises. I want to design

places and spaces for others to

experience their own divergences.

To feel how a busy mind can be quieted in a shady urban pocket park; how new possibilities arise in a child who first sees the ocean from a waterfront promenade; or how an inspiration for a backyard water feature unexpected comes to a gardener in the Moroccan Desert.

In my life in deciding which paths

I will chose, I will most likely opt

for the dirt ones, for the unlimited

possibilities of where they may lead me.

Approach

Erika Mueller843.478 .2948

e r ika@chascp.com

www. l i nked in .com/ in /e r i kaemue l l e r /

MASTER PLANNING

Urban Waterfont Redevelopment: Union Pier

Community Revitalization: Sterling Neighborhood

UNIVERSITY PLANNING & DESIGN PROJECTS

Courtyard Renovation: Student Union Custom Benches: Tiger Band Plaza

Clemson University Site Design Guidelines

MODELING

Form Inspired Landscape

Meadow, Forest, Lake

LANDSCAPE SKETCHING

Academic studio

Professional

Hand Crafting

Urban Waterfront Redevelopment

Masters Thesis

To integrate Charleston’s maritime and post-industrial heritage into an ecologically responsible and sustainable

redesign of its urban waterfront.

Design Goal

Charleston, SC

With its naturally deep port and ideal location favorable to North Atlantic trade winds, Charleston was settled in 1663 as a British colonial trading port. For over 300 years, Charleston’s waterfront has been the catalyst for its economy.

Union Pier, located on Cooper River on the east side of the Charleston peninsula,

continues to operate at the center of global

commerce and trade, serving as a bulk cargo

facility and the city’s cruise ship terminal.

The scope of this redevelopment totals 50

acres and encompasses Union Pier, which is

managed by the South Carolina Ports Authority.

Union Pier

Union Pier

17801680

Colonial Port

Historical Research

1900 2014

Industrial/Cruise Ship Port

Trading Wharves

Design Strategy & Elements

maritime and post-industrial infrastructureand heritage

highlights local identity, history, and

culture

wharves and piers

creates a unique sense of place

railroadlines

Bennett

Rice Mill

Customs House

the greatest asset of any waterfront

urban waterfront design principles

sustainability

views

education

recreation

the water itself

ecologically responsible and

sustainable design

stormwater gardens

green roofs

pocket green

spaces

permeable paving

marsh restoration and

daylighting

healthy ecosystems

continuous

public access to

the water

connection

to the city

multimodal

transport

vegetation and wildlife

Customs House Green Connection Sea Steps

Temporary Markets

Customs House Green Connection Sea Steps

Temporary Markets

Re-establish Customs House as Charleston's Front Door

Integrate Maritime & Post-Industrial Heritage

Connect The City To Its Waterfront

Create View Corridors & Public Access

Visitors Center

University

Customs House

Maritime MuseumPublic Market

Children’s Museum

Stormwater ParkSplash Pad

Retail & Restaurants

N

Scenic Overlook

Pier Pilings

Sea Steps

Residential

Artisans/Galleries

Cooper RiverBennett Rice Mill Parking

Maritime Art / Sculpture

Green Roof

Market Street

East Bay St.

Vendue Street

Hassell St.

Washington St.

Concord St.

Waterfront Park

Master Plan

Community Revitalization

Community Studio - Year 2Designed in partnership with Christine Rollins

To revitalize the community by providing residents with pleasant and safe access to spaces and places to recreate, garden, shop, and interact and to link the Sterling

Neighborhood to nearby Greenville’s CBD.

Design Goal

Encourage pedestrian activity by creating passive and active recreation spaces along new neighborhood greenways, a tree-lined retail boulevard, and centrally located town square.

Improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety with traffic calming measures, bike lanes, and sidewalk enhancements and streamline vehicular traffic with road realignments that connect to Greenville’s street grid.

Design Strategy

Once a thriving African American community, the Sterling Neighborhood faces the challenges of a decreasing population, a lack of community cohesiveness, rising crime

rates, and abandoned and derelict properties.

Sterling Neighborhood

Greenville, SC

Land Use

Proposed Land Use

Existing Zoning

Roadways

Existing Road Hierarchy

Proposed Road Realignment

Roadway Redesign

Sterling Boulevard

Narrow vehicular lanes

Designated bike path

Street trees

Raised intersections

Landscaped islands

Adequate lighting

Stormwater management

Town Square

St. Francis Community Garden

St. Francis Hospital

Community Gardens

Hwy 123

Greenville High School

Montessori School

Baseball Field

Brushy CreekGreenway Paths

Church

St. Francis Hospital Friends and Family Co-Op Housing

Recreation Pond

N

Pendleton Road

Anderson Road

Greenville CBD

Greenspace Connections

TownSquare

BrushyCreek

TigerTrail

BaseballField

CommunityGarden

MiniPark

MiniPark

Community Gardens

Hope Center Park

MiniPark

GreenwayPath

RecreationPond

Hwy 123

Anderson Rd

Pendleton Rd

Swamp Rabbit Trail (1 mi)

Shoeless Joe Jackson Park (1 mi) Downtown

Greenville (1 mi)

West End (1 mi)

Student Courtyard Renovation

Designed in partnership with Marissa DiLoretofor Clemson University Student Affairs

A peaceful yet playful oasis for students to lounge in hammocks, to hang out with friends, to surf the interent, or to watch an outdoor evening movie.

Design Goal

Create a comfortable microclimate with tree canopies, tables with umbrellas, sail shades, and patio heaters. Soften the space with wood decking, bamboo and grasses, green screening, and hammocks. Increase hours of usability at night with lighting and programming. Provide ADA accessibility with ramps incorporated into the decking.

Design Strategy

Clemson, SC

A student union should be designed as a place for people to gather, relax, and interact; as a space to take a break from the hecticness of collegiate life. The enclosed courtyard of Clemson University’s Student Union feels disconnected and uninviting. Visually separated from the campus, the space is dominated by brick hardscaping

and lacks adequate ADA accessibility.

Courtyard Design

Tiger Band Plaza Custom Benches

Designed for DP3 Architects

Design and generate CAD drawings of two

custom teak and granite benches to fit the

radii of the curves of the pergola. Placed

under the vine covered steel structure,

the benches create places for visitors to

sit and watch the band practice, shaded

from the heat of the afternoon sun.

Design Project

Clemson, SC

Clemson’s Tiger Band Practice Field has been recently redesigned as Spirit Point at Tiger

Band Plaza and is anchored by an S-curved

pergola. The Tiger Band can be heard from the plaza across campus when it practices in the afternoons during the school year.

7' Teak and Granite Bench

43'-0" Radius

Slat Detail

Section

SITE DESIGN GUIDELINES

PEDESTRIAN VEHICULAR BICYCLE VEGETATION FURNISHINGS LIGHTING SIGNAGE PAVING SITEWORK PARKING

CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

Clemson UniversitySite Design Guidelines

Project Goal

Clemson, SC

Clemson University’s Site Design Guidelines describe the procedures, standards, processes, and implementation for the design of campus improvements that reinforce and

maintain a unified visual campus character.

To edit, revise, reformat, and update the university’s current Site Design Guidelines which were drafted in 2001. New additions included a Bicycle Systems Section and an Appendix with Product Specifications for Campus Standard Products and Materials.

With an end goal of creating an accessible resource for those involved in planning for change on the campus, I embedded hyperlinks to further reference detailed information and linked the entire document to Clemson University’s Facilities website.

Adopted by President Barker and Clemson’s Administrative Council in June of 2012.

www.clemson.edu/facilities/campus-planning/sdg.htmlAvailable At

Created for Clemson University

A mechanized time punch clock is

disassembled and its components

analyzed for their shape, form,

texture, and volume. They are

re-envisioned as elements of an

Italian Renaissance landscape.

Form Inspired Landscape

A collage inspired and created from the natural elements found in an experimental forest

Meadow, Forest, Lake

materials: wood, tin, moss, soil, clay, rock, water, vegetation

Sketch Color

Erika Mueller843.478 .2948 e r ika@chascp.com

1261 Calais Drive, Mount Pleasant, SC

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