Andrew Lyons - Landscape Architecture PortfolioThe Pennsylvania State University - AKL5033@gmail.com

“We are all worms...

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...but I do believe that I am a GLOW-WORM.”

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Viale di Trastevere, Rome, Italy

Anacostia Waterfront, Washington D.C.

Roosevelt-Vanderbilt NHS - Hyde Park, NY

Ag Commons - Penn State University, PA

Center For Sustainability - Penn State University, PA

Lower Don Lands - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

PARK(ing) Day - State College, PA

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Viale di Trastevere: Trastevere Station

Semester: Fall 2009Professor: Luca PeraltaLocation: Rome, Italy

History Analysis Concept

In order to fully comprehend a foreign city like Rome, I had to understand its past. The study of famous historical maps overlaid with temporary data gave Rome a new understanding.

The unique form and detail of the Roman streets made observation and analysis a key factor within this design. Hand sketches were most effective for analyzing human scale data.

Trastevere Station was the base Viale di Trastevere. It needed to be the focal point and nucleus for the street’s character. Blending the Tiber River’s form and ecology with the surface of the station gave way to unique shapes and forms.

Analysis

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Model Section Design

Viewing Viale di Trastevere from a 3D form gave it a moveable ability for design to take over. Seeing Trastevere Station from thousands of various perspectives led to the dissection of its current form and the birth of a new.

Cutting through the existing and proposed urban landscape gave the design a functional view that allowed for both vehicles and pedestrians to share the urban fabric in a practical way.

Finally, the color and life of Viale di Trastevere became apparent through the vision of the design.Perspectives show the introduction of people and movement throughout the urban landscape.

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city

Project

Concept

Brownfield remediation and community development were the driving forces of this project. Attaching the community to the site was the issue.

Continuing the shoreline as a parallel throughout the brownfield parcels.

Anacostia Waterfront

Semester: Spring 2009Professors: B. Kew, S. Echols, T. BairdLocation: Anacostia, Washington, D.C.

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greening

Design

Watershed Plan Courtyard Plan

Courtyard Perspective

The solution was to create a purely green community that exemplify science and technology without causing gentrification.

ResultRiverwalk Section

Green design and proper urban layout proved successful within a previously undesired location.

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Hyde Park:Ecological Restoration & Historical ConservationSemester: Spring 2010Professor: Larry GorenfloLocation: Hyde Park, New York

Natural Edge

Human Interruption

Reconnection With Natural Process

Using ArcGIS data and site obser-vations, a plan was created for Hyde Park and the Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Site in order to preserve its cultural and ecological health.

Project Description

Land Use Segmentation

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Natural Succession

Human Interruption

Rebuilding Internal Connection

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Several land use studies show thatimpervious surface has beendeveloping and impeding on natural corridors and connections.

By 2001, these wounds of impervious land cover have caused segmentation and disconnect among both Hyde Park andthe Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Site.

By the year 2010 fragmentation has set in, and the ability to reconnect natural paths of water flow, migration, and vegetation has now become more difficult than ever.

Highway Buffer Study

Various Vegetation Buffers

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Penn State Center For Sustainability

PrecedentStudiesThe Real Goods Solar Living Center located in Hopland, California was an inspiration for the green living mindset and values of the CFS site.

Analysis

ArcGIS data displayed opportunities and constraints within the site boundaries.

Topography and existing site conditions shaped the design concept.

Inventory and analysis were the crucial initial steps towards a functional design.

The marriage of proper site analysis and proposed program elements create the very beginnings of the shape and form of the site.

Semester: Fall 2007Professor: Seth WilberdingLocation: Penn State University

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ConceptThe concept is derived from the basic elements of compression of release.

The outdoor classroom is an element that doubles as the site’s terraced rainwater gardedn.

This creates a gathering space that has several educationalvalues.

The master plan is arranged in order to bring users into the site and provide a learning atmosphere on Penn State’s campus that is geared towards green and environmental practices.

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Master Plan

Project

Concept

The Ag Commons at Penn State is currently an open public gathering space located on campus. This project presented the opportunity to introduce pathways and patterns of natural vegetation. Having the Penn State Arboretum as an adjacency, I was also able to design three proposals for a children’s garden concept.

Agriculture Commons

Semester: Spring 2008 To mimic the formation of the ridge and valley mountain masses.

Professors: C. Rusnak, K. TammingaT. JohnsonLocation: Penn State University

Circulation

To create interesting connectionsbetween primary and secondary pathways.

3D Model

To display the various heights and scale of vegetation vs. open space. 9

Count Key Code Botanical Name Common Name Size Condition Notes

Large Canopy Tree 7 AN Acer nigrum Black Maple 2" cal B&B Tagged by L.A.5 AS Acer saccharum Sugar Maple 2" cal B&B Tagged by L.A.2 BL Betula lenta Sweet Birch 1" cal B&B Tagged by L.A.

21 LT Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Tree 2" cal B&B Tagged by L.A.4 NS Nyssa sylvatica Black Gum 1" cal B&B Tagged by L.A.

10 QA Quercus alba White Oak 1" cal B&B Tagged by L.A.5 MA Magnolia acuminata Cucumber Magnolia 2" cal B&B Tagged by L.A.

Coniferous 7 PE Pinus echinata Yellow Pine 2" cal B&B Tagged by L.A.

13 PR Pinus rigida Pitch Pine 2" cal B&B Tagged by L.A.10 PS Pinus strobus White Pine 2" cal B&B Tagged by L.A.

Understory 12 AA Amalanchier arborea Serviceberry 1" cal B&B Water Regularly11 CC Cercis canadensis Redbud 1" cal B&B Water Regularly15 CA Cornus alternifolia Alternate-leaved Dogwood 1" cal B&B Tagged by L.A.17 CF Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood 1" cal B&B Tagged by L.A.16 HV Hamamelis virginiana Witch Hazel 1" cal B&B Water Regularly11 SA Sassafras albidum Sassafras 1" cal B&B Water Regularly

Shrubs 106 HA Hydrangea arborescens Wild Hydrangea #5 pot Container48 KL Kalmia latifolia Mountain Laurel #4 pot Container28 LB Lindera benzoin Spicebush #5 pot Container41 RC Rhododendron calendulaceum Flame Azalea #4 pot Container45 RM Rhododendron maximum Great Rhododendron #5 pot Container89 VA Vaccinium angustifolium Early low blueberry #3 pot Container

Quantity Botanical Name Common Name25% Andropogon gerardi Big Bluestem20% Bouteloua curtipendula Side-oats Gramma10% Achillea millefolium Yarrow10% Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Weed

Meadow Mix 1 10% Andropogon scoparius Little Bluestem7% Aster novae-angliae New England Aster7% Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower6% Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan5% Eupatorium fistulosum Joe-Pye Weed

20,000 sq. ft.Plant Side-oats Gramma randomly in areas with plug iconsSeeding Rate: 15 lbs. per acre or 1/3 lb. to 1/2 lb. per 1000 sq. ft

20% Andropogon scoparius Little Bluestem15% Andropogon cannabinum Indian Hemp15% Solidago altissima Tall Goldenrod10% Sorghastrum nutans Indian Grass

Meadow Mix 2 10% Asclepias verticallata Whorled Milkweed7% Helianthus annus Common Sunflower7% Achillea millefolium Yarrow6% Cirsium discolor Field Thistle6% Rudbeckia hirta Black-eyed Susan4% Oenothera biennis Common Evening-primrose

17,020 sq. ft.Plant Little Bluestem randomly in areas with plug iconsSeeding Rate: 15 lbs. per acre or 1/3 lb. to 1/2 lb. per 1000 sq. ft

20% Carex pensylvanica Pennsylvania Sedge20% Parthenocissus quinquefolia Virginia Creeper

Oak Forest Mix 20% Polystichum acrostichoides Christmas Fern15% Chimaphila maculata Spotted Wintergreen15% Gaultheria procumbens Wintergreen10% Medeola virginiana Indian Cucumber Root

44,800 sq. ft.Seeding Rate: 15 lbs. per acre or 1/3 lb. to 1/2 lb. per 1000 sq. ft

20% Acer saccharum Sugar Maple20% Acer nigrum Black Maple

Sapplings 10% Quercus alba White Oak10% Liriodendron tulipifera Tulip Tree10% Pinus rigida Pitch Pine10% Pinus echinata Yellow Pine

Plant sapplings according to percentage and symbol placement

Planting Plan

Perspective

Displays proposed plantings.

Native American:

To teach children the importance of the cultural past of the land.

To allow children toexplore through elements of natural vegetation and form.

Concept 1

Nature Maze:

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Outer Space Form:

To excite children into exploring their imagination to its fullest extent.

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Semester: Fall 2010Professor: Madis PihlakLocation: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Analysis Sketch 3D Model

In order to fully understand the city of Toronto and its surroundings, the proper analysis of the site and its features needed to be studied and observed.

Hand sketches are the only way to begin the thought process of design.Translating from the mind to paper is where every design must begin. These sketches are the beginnings of the urban design of the Lower Don Lands.

Urban organization and scale is a difficult idea to grasp. With 3D modeling, outdoor space is more easily understood. Life and movement at the street scale are key features within the Lower Don Lands’ development.

Toronto: Reclaiming The Lower Don Lands

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Model Design Perspective

A physical model is one step beyond that of a virtual. Seeing and touching a form in the flesh gives more attention and focus to the human scale and understanding of space.

After the site has been studied and analyzed, design can begin to form. This open plaza can be designed to create character and future inspiration for development within Toronto.

A designer must make an imagined plan come to life. An idea can only be as strong as it is translated. This view of the Keating Channel creates an energy that exists both during the day and night.

PARK(ing) DayState College, PASeptember 16, 2010

Parking day is an annual event that introduces green space into any urban environment.

Renting out a city parking space for 24 hours can make a difference in the perception of an urban setting.

PARK(ing) Day in State College, PA was organized by the students of the Landscape Architecture Student Society.

Social and educational events such as this literally carry from the classroom setting to the streets.

This volunteering act brought joy and awareness of green space to all who took notice.

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