landscape architecture portfolio
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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
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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 [email protected]
1261 Calais Drive, Mount Pleasant, SC
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