“The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it.”

- Wendell Berry -

Frost: Ithaca, NY 2008

Site Design

Planning

Technical & Built Works

Thesis

Section 1 : Site Design Ecology & Technology Discovery Center Champaign Public Library Allerton Environmental Education Center Emquion Lodge & Master Plan University of Ill inois Research Park

1

Ecology and Technology Discovery Center

The University of Illinois place in the Champaign and Urbana, com-munities often creates edge condi-tions that encourage community tension and poor integration to both the physical and social fabrics of the community. This short exploration project sought to create a site that could offer both facilities and an en-gaging edge on the northern bound-ary of campus. The proposed design incorporated a elements based on the exploration of science, technol-ogy and the environment, utilizing water as a explorative medium.

Study Model

Analysis

ProgramDiagram

ConceptDiagram

Field House

Museum

Prairie Roof

Water Play

Wetland

Plaza

Atrium

2

LA 537 ~ 2008

ConceptDiagram

View Looking North From Wetland

View Looking East From Entry

Birds Eye View

Section Thru: Prairie Roof & Atrium

Section Thru: Water Play Streams

Section Thru: Atrium and Wetland

Section Thru: Museum and Wetland

3

Champaign Public Library

The Champaign Public Library is the largest public work project that the City of Champaign has undertaken in nearly 25 years. The Library project was an investigation of public land-scapes, community and sustainabil-ity . Critical design components in-cluded water management, creation and definition of place and space.

Library

Cafe

WoodLot

Bioswale

Prairie Plaza

Entry Court

Terrace

SRVC.

Concept Diagram

Water Flow Diagram

4

LA 537 ~ 2008

Section Thru: Wood Lot

Section Thru: Bioswale

Section Thru: Terrace

Section Thru: East Side

View of Terrace

View of Entry Court

Section Thru: Prairie Plaza

View Looking North From Prairie Plaza

5

Allerton Environmental Education Center

The Robert Allerton Park is a 1,517 acre estate located near Monticello, Illinois on the Upper Sangamon River. Donated to the University of Illinois in 1946 the former country manor and farms have, over time, evolved into a retreat, learning center and a historical treasure. The proposed Environmental Edu-cation Center builds upon existing programs and incorporates exist-ing structures while sitting new structures to meet facility and staff needs. The Education Center seeks to imbue Ecological Design principles and modalities with the existing site heritage and forms.

Mait. Yard

Education Center

Ex Garden Buildings

Prairie

Prairie

Savanna

Wetland

Woodland

Woodland

Cafe CourtBy Dipti Gladahall

Wetland & Education Bldg By Dipti Gladahall

Wet Lab BarnBy Dipti Gladahall

6

UP 494 ~ 2006

Wetland Diagram

Section Thru: New Education Building

Section Thru: New Education Building

Section Thru: Site Looking East

Section Thru: Site Looking West

New Education Bldg

Office

Wet Lab Barn

Ice House

MainPavilion

Pavilion Green House

Cafe & Conference

Room

Formal Gardens

Wetland

Mait. Barn Great Lawn

7

Emiquon Lodge and Master Plan

The Nature Conservancy Emiquon project is restoring approximately 1,000 acres of uplands and 6,000 acres of wetlands environments to their pre-settlement makeup along the Illinois River near Havana, IL. The Emiquon Lodge will provide the TNC with facilities for engaging the public and scientific community as well as offer an in-depth opportunity to con-nect and explore the landscape. The lodge site plan provides space for collection gardens, trails, resorted landscapes teaching and interpretive areas.

Ecotone Planning

Lodge Site Plan

Lodge Building Plan

8

LA 452 ~ 2005

Lodge Planting Plan

Concept Plan

Sketchbook Concept Section

9

University of Illinois Research Park

The Research Park at the Univer-sity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign houses 50 technology based compa-nies, employing almost 1,000 staff. The Research Park was established to encourage industry collaboration with the University of Illinois re-searchers, faculty and students. This project reexamined the phase one master plan for of the Research Park. The redesigned master plan looks to link the proposed facilities and landscape in a more symbiotic way encouraging the flow of ideas and movement through the landscape.

South Phase Illustrative Plan Phase 1 & 2 Plan

Road & Drive Edge Concept Sketches

Storm water Ampitheater Concept Sketch

10

LA 453 ~ 2006

Section 2 : Planning University Of Illinois South Farms Sawgrass Community Redesign Ember Orchards Community Plan Curtis Road Interchange Master Plan

11

University of Illinois South Farms

In 1999, the University of Illinois, initiated a plan to create a “new” South Farms research complex that would: 1) Replace outmoded facilities 2) Acquire additional 3) Stay close to campus 4) Integrate crop, animal, and envi-ronmental research and education 5) Capture operational efficiencies;6) Use best management practices 7) Improve safety 8) Remain a good neighbor While excellent conceptual goals, there was no actual plan integrated the concepts into a functional South Farm ecosystem. Recognizing this a multidisciplinary project team devel-oped a design plan for a sustainable agroecosystem research center. Our design was an ecosystem approach utilizing the site’s Upper Embarras River watershed as an ecosystem boundary.

1. Proposed ACES South Quad 2. Cow Calf Farm 3. Beef & Sheep Farm 4. Swine Metabolism Center 5. Swine Isolation Center 6. Swine Farrowing Center 7. Swine Finishing Center 8. Transgenic Swine Center 9. Poultry Farm 10. CVM Swine 11. CVM Equine Center 12. Dairy Farm 13. Feed Mill14. ACES Storage Barns15. Algae Farm 16. Organic Farm 17. NRES Orchard 18. Illini Plantation 19. Cottonwood Plantation 20. Crop Sci. Large Plot Fields 21. Crops Sci. Research Plots 22. Native Pasture 23. Tame Pasture 24. SOY FACE 25. Miscanthus Research 26. Apiary Research 27. Wildlife Research Lab 28. State Research Ponds 29. Digester & Living Machine 30. Composting Center 31. Denitrification Wetland 32. Infiltration Zone33. Depressional Wetland 34. Wind Turbines 35. Police Training 36. Dynamic Testing Lab 37. UIUC Warehousing38. Historic Buildings

South Farms Quad Sketch by Jihung Jung

Sustainability Calculator

4 x 5’ - 2’ Contour Topographic Map

12

LA 434 ~ 2007

The plan developed in three phases. Phase 1 incorporated intensive surveys of the biological, physical, infrastructure, and cultural attributes. Phase 2 identified interacting on-site processes. Phase 3, integrated physi-cal and process information into a agroecosystem design plan. We created a sustainability calculator to determine the effectiveness of plans while GIS spatial planning and modeling in created tile drainage maps and integrated hydrological modeling. We constructed a LIDAR based physical model to explore and convey physical dynamics of the watershed.

HEC-HMS Hydro Modeling

Model Close Up

13

Sawgrass Community Redesign

UP 503 ~ 2007

A proposed subdivision develop-ment was studied, redesigned and modeled to assess and incorporate alternative physical planning modali-ties. Intrinsically this project encour-aged understanding the physical effects of interdependent, indivisible actions and imperfect foresight. My proposed redesign increased density, integrated park, natural landscapes, and proposed alternative for waste and storm water management.

Land Use Diagram

Storm Sewer Plan Sanitary Sewer Plan

Proposed Community Model

14

LA 334 ~ 2005

Ember Orchards Community Plan

Ember Orchard is a theoretical, planned unit development on 160 acres, incorporating new urbanism, agrarian picturesque and colonial revival architecture. Housing den-sity and open space requirements laid out design guidelines and land convents.

Sanitary Sewer Plan

Regional Plan

15

Curtis Road Interchange Master Plan

Completed in 2008, the Curtis Road Interchange in Champaign, IL created significant development and plan-ning pressure on the community. The initial plans sighted a need for sustainable and integrated develop-ment. The Curtis Road Interchange needs to form a unique identity form, blending a matrix of housing, lifestyles, commercial and biological capacities while complimenting the existing commercial and residential fabrics. The Curtis Road Interchange also needs to integrate and compre-hensively connect into the region through transit, ecological matrix and greenway systems. This plan also aims to control the intensity and direction of growth both within the site and Champaign’s southeast urban edge.

Land Use Diagram

Suitability Analysis

Section Thru: East Site

16

UP 494 ~ 2008

Suitability Analysis

Section Thru: Greenway Mixed Use Program Diagram

Section Thru: Typical Boulevard

Land Use Sketches

Detail Sketches

10yr Economic Proforma Site Flood Hydrograph

Section 3 : Thesis Dudley Smith Farm Ill inois Farm Sustainability Calculator

Listen

Assess

Bioregional Analysis

Stakholders

Illinois Farm Sustainability

Calculator

Systems Devlopment

Dudley Smith Farm Master Plan

Contextulize

Identify & Define

17

Dudley Smith Farm: Thesis Elements

The conversion of land for industrial agriculture and its increased ecologi-cal footprint has created conflict in both the social and environmental realms. “Agriculture does not exist in isolation but as a part of a broader human culture that values and sus-tains many things. Agriculture that destroys biodiversity, wilderness, en-vironmental quality, human freedom and happiness will probably not be sustained.” McIsaac (1994)

The Dudley Smith Farm and Dudley Smith Initiative intend to make ag-riculture sustainable. However, this vision cannot be realized without creating and exploring new farm-ing models as well as teaching and developing leadership. The Dudley Smith Farm is a 226-acre University of Illinois research farm that has a strong endowment and vision but has yet to develop the farm to create and explore new models for the region it embodies. The master plan for the DSF creates a nested hierarchy of farm scales.while scientifically assessing and modeling proposed designs and farm scales.

Process Diagram

10 Acre Farm

226 Acre Farm

30 + !0 Acre Farm

Concept Proposal Image

18

South to North Section

Southwest to Northeast Section

Farm Dorm & School House

Flow Diagrams

Section Thru: Treatment Wetland

Section Thru: Alley Crop Orchard

Food Forest Diagram

19

Dudley Smith Farm: Thesis Elements

The Illinois Farm Sustainability Calcu-lator (IFSC) is an Excel model de-signed to evaluate the sustainability of any farm—real or envisioned—in the state of Illinois. The IFSC model incorporates over 75 row, vegetable, and pasture crops. IFSC can dynami-cally reflect crop production yields based on county, soils, and cul-tural practices. IFSC incorporates 15 animal species, and their life stages with standard nutritional models and requirements. Crop and animal production systems methods are balanced against the feed, ener-getic, greenhouse gas, and nutrient footprint of a farm. This model was a small team project over the course of 18 months and designed under an open source and architecture format.

Crop Interface Screen

Farm Interface Screen

20

Ruminant Interface Screen

Swine Interface Screen

Poultry Interface Screen

Final Balance Analysis

Detailed Balance Analysis

Detailed Balance Analysis

Full Operational Versionhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/ifsc/

Section 4 : Technical & Built Temple Buell Hall Water Feature Road Alignment Max & Betsy Mitchell Residence Blue Ridge Community Park Sandra Knorr Residence Phil & Dana Harris Residence

Site Plan

Study Model

Bridge Detail

Catwalk Detail

Water Wall Detail

21

Temple Buell Hall Water Feature

LA 243 ~ 2005

This construction design project sought to envision a solution for a sunken courtyard adjacent to the building housing the School of Archi-tecture, Urban planning & Land-scape Architecture on the University of Illinois campus. The proposed de-sign integrates a water feature and participant engagement with storm water treatment methods.

Catwalk Detail

22

LA 342 ~ 2004

Road Alignment & Grading

23

Max and Betsy Mitchell Residence

2006

The Mitchell residence is a design project offered as part of a fund raiser. This project was taken to a contracting phase and initial phased construction.

24

2003

Blue Ridge Community Park

Blue Ridge Park, located in Seneca South Carolina is a community park development that served both an elementary school and public hous-ing neighborhoods. This project was a constructed with collaboration be-tween, City of Seneca and Clemson University. This project was complet-ed as part of a internship in 2003.

25

Sandra Knorr Residence

2004

The Knorr residence is a project that I carried through from the design, construction and post occupancy phase. The site included a set of pocket and transition gardens be-tween mixed perennial gardens and naturalized edges accounting for a flood prone stream. Featured in garden walks in 2004 & 2006

26

2004

Phill and Dana Harris Residence

The Harris residence is a project that I carried through from the design, construction and post occupancy phase. The project incorporated a significant in-vestment in design and develop-ment of hardscape to address site and previous construction limitations.

Fog on Bluff Spring: Stuben Green, WI 2008

Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, for insecticided grain, For strip-mined mountain’s majesty above the asphalt plain. Amer-ica, America, man sheds his waste on thee, And hides the pines

with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea.George Carlin

Nature provides a free lunch, but only if we control our appetites.

William Ruckelshaus

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin

to use it with love and respect. Aldo Leopold,

Timothy MartenTEMarten@Gmail.com

217-892-5969