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Landscape Architecture Portfolio (2016)TRANSCRIPT
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[email protected] | 816.738.5208Taylor Lininger
education
CraftSketching • Digital Rendering • Collage
Model Building • Pen Tablet
PracticeCommunity & Stakeholder Facilitation
Writing • Charrettes
Carisa McMullen, PLA, ASLA, ENV SPOwner | Landworks Studio, LLC
Laurence Clement, Associate ProfessorMajor [email protected]
Internship at Landworks Studio, LLCJanuary 2015 - August 2015 | 103 S. Chestnut St. Olathe, KSMy time as an intern at Landworks Studio, LLC gave me the opportunity to apply the design and facilitation skills I have learned at K-State in a busi-ness setting. I was primarily involved in master planning, signage design, digital rendering, project proposal writing, client correspondence, firm marketing, site visits, public facilitation, and planting schedules. Projects I worked on included a city-wide parks and recreation master plan, a trails signage package, and a community center master plan.
Project AwardsStudent Analysis and Planning Merit Award (Group) | April 2015New Horizons Group Award | September 2015Central States ASLA and Kansas APA awarded these honors to the Kansas State University students involved in the collaborative project “Envisioning Better Blocks for St. Joe” in 2015. The project explored several site design proposals to enhance the downtown area of St. Joseph, Missouri.
Library Assistant at Weigel LibraryAugust 2014 - Present | Kansas State UniversityI worked as a student library assistant at the college’s architecture library throughout my tenure as a graduate student at Kansas State University.
ScholarshipsMayo Leadership Scholarship in Architecture | July 2015Ted and Jill Spaid Landscape Architecture Scholarship | June 2015Both scholarships were awarded through the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design at Kansas State University.
Master of Landscape ArchitectureKansas State University
GPA: 3.6 - Anticipated May 2016
TechInDesign • Photoshop • Illustrator
Rhino • Sketchup • AutoCAD • ArcGIS
Kelly VanElders, PLA, LEED, ENV SPDirector | Landworks Studio, LLC
KSU Student Chapter ASLAPresident
ASLAMember
professional skills
references
extracurriculars
work experience
honors
bio
Since growing up in the suburbs of Kansas City, I have always been fascinated by the in-terplay of social and ecological factors in ur-ban environments. My travels and studies at Kansas State University have led me to cities throughout the country where my fascination with landscape architecture and urban design has grown immensely.
As I prepare to enter practice after graduation, I hope to find myself working at a firm whose mission and work is rooted in art, community, and ecology. Through five years of education at Kansas State University and a seven-month in-ternship, I have honed my skills in crafting and communicating design intent. Additionally, my collaboration and leadership abilities will allow me to adapt successfully to practice in the land-scape architecture and urban design fields.
Besides my interest in all kinds of design, I love discovering new music, taking photos with dis-posable cameras, reading about politics, and laughing at anything satirical.
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CAMPUS CREEK RE-ENVISIONED................Kansas State University, Fall 2014
AGGIEVILLE: BEYOND THE PROPOSALS......Kansas State University, Summer 2014
ST. JOE: DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION.......Kansas State University, Spring 2014
MAPPING SOUND IMPACT...........................Kansas State University, Fall 2015
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LODGINGS AT COLBERT HILLS....................Kansas State University, Spring 2014
EL DORADO PARKS & RECREATION............Landworks Studio, llc., Spring 2015
WARSAW RIVERFRONT TRAIL SIGNAGE.....Landworks Studio, llc., Spring 2015
PHOTOGRAPHY...........................................Landscape Photography
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Bankside seating offers an amenible transition between a plaza and the creek AutoCAD & Photoshop (Heermann & Lininger 2014)
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Campus Creek Re-EnvisionedPROJECT ORIGINATIONTo celebrate the 50th anniversary of the land-scape architecture department at Kansas State University, fourth-year students in the depart-ment worked with university administrators, civil engineering students, and environmental consultants to envision a restored creek within an existing campus network.
EXISTING CONDITIONSCampus Creek, as it currently exists, rep-resents an unhealthy landscape. The stream itself does not convey sediment or water effi-ciently, and is inaccessible as an environmen-tal amenity on campus.
PROCESS & RESULTLandscape architecture students took the lead on this in-depth project, dealing with core ecological and social considerations. The doc-
ument created at the end of the studio included analysis findings, technical drawings, survey results, and illustrative renderings.
PARTICIPATIONMy tasks for this project included the design and layout of site amenities, the writing and analysis of a public survey, and the compilation of a book to communicate the project’s intent and findings.
This project, rooted in an understanding of both ecological and social issues, represents the array of abilities that landscape architec-ture students at Kansas State University are equipped with. This project could not have been completed without the guidance of Dr. Timothy Keane and Professor Jessica Canfield or the considerations of the Kansas State Uni-versity administration.
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Campus Creek runs through the center of the Kansas State University Campus Sketchup & Photoshop (Lininger 2014)
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Formal amphitheater seating provides a view of the newly daylighted creek AutoCAD & Photoshop (Heermann & Tudor 2014)
Boardwalks over shallow water provide a crossing alternative Auto-CAD & Photoshop (Heermann & Tudor 2014)
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Daylighting portions of the creek provides opportunities for sustain-able development Sketchup & Photoshop (Heermann & Tudor 2014)
The northern reach of the creek exhibits a more serpentine and narrow stream type Sketchup & Photoshop (Heermann & Tudor 2014)
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The southernmost portion of the creek is adjacent to several dormito-ries Sketchup & Photoshop (Heermann, Lininger, & Tudor 2014)
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73% Local66 of 91 Businesses
37% Local55 of 148 Businesses
Aggieville: Beyond the ProposalsPROJECT ORIGINATIONBeyond the Proposals expands upon the spa-tial proposals of “Visions in the ‘Ville,” an urban design studio concentrated on Aggiev-ille, an urban business district near the Kan-sas State University campus. This project ex-hibits a shared vision between designers and the community.
CRITICAL MAPPINGThe “Visions in the ‘Ville” studio began with several weeks of critical mapping. My maps fo-cused on social media trends and perceptions, a factor of human behavior that I found appli-cable to this complex environment.
CREATING CONVERSATIONSDuring the “Visions in the Ville” studio, my teammate and I began to realize that tempo-
rary or residual spaces were often a dominant part of our conversations with community stakeholders. To help move the conversation towards productivity and creativity, our proj-ect proposed new, imaginative uses for residual spaces like parking spots and bars.
PRODUCTSBeyond the Proposals provided me with an op-portunity to consider how landscape architects communicate. I was able to partake in critical and creative activities throughout the course of the project, as well as hone my writing skills and explore digital rendering techniques. My teammate and I used photomontage techniques to communicate the experiential qualities - the things that make our days and lives better - at the core of the studio team’s design proposals.
Aggieville has the most local businesses of the shopping districts in Manhattan Illustrator & Google Earth (Lininger 2014)
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Inquiry: What types of Aggieville users are posting about Aggieville on social media, and what are they talking about?Key Extractions: Buildings, Streets, Tweet locations, Tweet Topics, and Twitter UsersMethodology: Inspired by Mitch Loring’s Master’s Report from 2013-2014, I did an advanced search on twitter for tweets including the word “Aggieville” or the hashtag “#Aggieville,” and recorded the location, topic, date, time, and poster information for 279 tweets from June 9, 2013 - June 9, 2014. This information is reflected in graphs that depict the ratios of who is posting about Aggieville, what they are posting about, and where they are posting it from.Conclusions: Students are using twitter to discuss Aggieville happenings more than townies, visitors, or staff members. Perhaps it is for that reason that the most discussed topics are night-life and events like The Nothing Festival, Fake Patty’s Day, Halloween, and the New Years Eve Celebration. An analysis of the georeference associated with each tweet supplied the findings shown in Figure 03, that Varsity Donuts, Kite’s, and Aggie Station are nodes of virtual activity; people are using social media to talk about their experiences at these places.
Figure 02. Students are tweeting the mostSource: Twitter.com
Figure 01. Aggieville is known for night-lifeSource: Twitter.com
Figure 03. Varsity Donuts, Kite’s, and Aggie Station are nodes of virtual activity.Source: Twitter.com, GIS
Night-Life and Events are the Talk of AggievilleTweets from Aggieville users discuss night-life, events, food, and daytime activities.
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Rooftop views, sunsets, Varney’s, and Varsity Donuts dominate Ag-gieville’s Instagram presence Sketchup & Illustrator (Lininger 2014)
Varsity Donuts, Aggie Station, and Kite’s are nodes for geo-located twitter activity in Aggieville Illustrator & GIS (Lininger 2014)
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With efficiency gained by proposed parking garages, existing parking lots become parks Photoshop (Lininger & Moore 2014)
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PROJECT ORIGINATIONThe Link proposes an arrangement of civic spaces that celebrate art, entertainment, and small business. This project contributes to “Envisioning Better Blocks for St. Joe,” an award winning design studio that involved cooperation with invested members of the St. Joseph, Missouri community and MoKan Re-gional Council.
AWARDSThe “Envisioning Better Blocks for St. Joe” studio, completed during the spring semester of 2014, won the Student Analysis and Plan-ning Merit Award (Group) through Central States ASLA and the New Horizons Group Award through Kansas APA.
CRITICAL MAPPINGMy role in the design process began with crit-ical mapping of streetfront quality according to the downtown development standards. The study led to determining the blocks that could become catalysts for a revitalized downtown.
DESIGN PROPOSALMy teammate and I proposed a detailed design for a series of spaces including a renewed am-phitheater, flexible plaza, rehabilitated alley-way, outdoor gallery, and formal garden. We aimed to conceptually and physically link two separate and defined public spaces with each other. Contemporary design standards played into the forms and structures proposed.
St. Joe: Downtown Revitalization
Wide alleyways in St. Joe have the potential to become viable and aesthetically pleasing pedestrian pathways (Wilson 2014)
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The alleyway is energized by a green wall installation that provides rain-water catchment and visual interest Photoshop (Lininger & Wilson 2014)
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The Link aims to connect existing spaces and promote denser devel-opment Sketchup & Illustrator (Lininger 2014)
The Link accomodates various programmed spaces within a 85,513 sq. ft. area of downtown St. Joe Sketchup & Illustrator (Lininger 2014)
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PROGRAMMED SPACESArt Installation Space: 13,000 sq. ft.Sidewalk Cafe Space: 2,898 sq. ftEntertainment Venue Space: 17,146 sq. ft.Flexible Gathering Spaces: 20,941 sq. ft.Proposed Building (Ground Floor): 14,445 sq. ft.Total Square Feet of Site: 85,513 sq. ft.
Envisioning the link between two separate public spaces in St. Joseph, Missouri AutoCAD & Photoshop (Lininger & Wilson 2014)
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Maps visually depicting ridership information, sound levels, vacancy rates, and residential zoned area in Chicago, IL ArcGIS (Lininger 2014)
Mapping Sound ImpactDuring the Environmental Land Planning and Design Studio at K-State, students select-ed a socio-ecological issue to study and map using GIS (Geographic Information Systems). I selected a project that would spatially ana-lyze the sound impact of elevated rail through Chicago, Illinois.
The process to map sound impact involved cal-culating sound level and weighing it along with several other variables including station rider-ship, zoning, and community vacancy rates to determine which areas of the “L” are most in need of a design solution to reduce negative sound impact by updating train technology and re-thinking material usage.
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Areas immediately surrounding the red line in Chicago’s South Side are most in need of intervention ArcGIS (Lininger 2014)
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Planting Plan for the Lodges at Colbert Hills, which includes a rain gar-den, native species, and formal plantings AutoCAD (Lininger 2014)
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Lodges at Colbert HillsPROJECT ORIGINATIONFrom Fall 2013 to Spring 2014, I participated in design implementation classes that focused on additions to the local Colbert Hills Golf Course. The first stage involved designing and arranging the footprint of two guest housing units and their adjacencies. Throughout the project, we collaborated with and presented to administration of the golf course.
DESIGN PROBLEMSOur work with Colbert Hills Golf Course dealt with grading, planting design, and building
siting. Upon completion of a set of planting, irrigation, and lighting plans, I chose several aspects of the design to communicate with construction detail drawings. These docu-ments were all produced in AutoCAD Civil 3D with LandFX.
This project is just one representation of the work I have completed for various projects us-ing AutoCAD.
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(Top) CMU Block and Tile Screen Wall Detail (Above) Wooden Deck and Glass Railing Detail AutoCAD (Lininger 2014)
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Postcard graphic to encourage public involvement with the master plan-ning process Illustrator (Landworks Studio 2014)
El Dorado Parks and RecreationPROJECT CONTEXTWhile interning at Landworks Studio in Olathe, Kansas, I partook in the planning and documenting stages of a parks and recreation master plan for El Dorado, Kansas. During the planning stage, I attended a public open house, catalogued park amenities, and analyzed public and stakeholder survey results.
PARTICIPATIONMy primary responsibility for this project in-volved preparing, compiling, and writing the final master plan document to submit to the client. Additionally, I completed several photo-realistic renderings.
Working on this project engaged two of my fa-vorite activities - rendering and writing - while providing me the opportunity to learn the pro-cess of preparing a consistent master plan for an entire city and testing my experience with public engagement.
DESIGN STANDARDSThe standards driving the design proposals for El Dorado’s thirteen parks adhere to the small-town nature of the city, but activate public space and connect community members with each other.
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Existing conditions of Gordy Park, displaying the need for new infra-structure and updated amenities (Landworks Studio 2014)
Bird’s eye view of Gordy Park, El Dorado’s downtown park space Auto-CAD, Sketchup, & Photoshop (Lininger & Landworks Studio 2015)
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Winter and Summer snapshots of the versatile uses for Gordy Park Sketchup & Photoshop (Lininger & Landworks Studio 2015)
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(Left) Interpretive sign conveying historical information (Right) Trail map kiosk Sketchup (Lininger & Landworks Studio 2015)
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Warsaw Riverfront Trail SignagePROJECT CONTEXTI worked on the Warsaw riverfront trail signage project during my internship at Landworks Studio. Landworks Studio has a longstanding relationship with the scenic and historic War-saw, Missouri. The scope of this project includ-ed a large-scale trail map of existing and pro-jected routes, map kiosks, trail entry signage, and interpretive signs.
PARTICIPATIONMy role in the analysis and design process in-cluded a site visit and presentation to stakehold-
ers, development of a trail map, preliminary design charrettes. and design development to scale digital models of signs.
DESIGN CONCEPTSThe materiality and forms of the signs draw inspiration from the industrial history of War-saw’s steel swinging bridges and the nearby Truman Dam. The interpretive signs provide information about the natural and social histo-ry of the area, which includes diverse ecologi-cal systems, industrial richness, military histo-ry, and Native American settlements.
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Kickapoo Island Trail
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Trail & Signage Location map for Warsaw’s Riverfront Trails surround-ing the Osage River Illustrator (Lininger & Landworks Studio 2015)
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(Top) Early Spring Afternoon in Kitty Hawk, NC (Above) Translucency on the Willamette in Portland, OR (Lininger 2014-15)
PhotographyDISPOSABLE PHOTOGRAPHYWhen I travel, I take a disposable film cam-era with me. The limited amount of exposures forces me to carefully consume - to consider composition, lighting, and context with each photo I take. I find great beauty in the textural quality produced by the 135 mm film inside a disposable camera.
LOCATIONSThe photos displayed here were taken in New York City, Portland, Washington D.C., and at the Outer Banks of North Carolina. They re-flect my travels and the captivating qualities of natural and built environments
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(Top, Left-Right) Portland, OR; Manhattan, NY; Brooklyn, NY (Mid-dle) Washington, D.C. (Above) Manhattan, NY (Lininger 2014-15)