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Landscape Architecture Portfolio20l2

Biscuit City Historical Preservation

South Kingstown High School

Residential Development

Computer Graphics

RINLA Headquarters

CAD Details

Hand Graphics

The Trails at East Farm

South Kingstown, RIBiscuit City Historical Preservation

Winner of the 2011 Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Student Project from the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Planning Associa-tion for park designs, the Biscuit City Mill site is located in South Kingstown, RI and is owned and maintained by the South Kingstown Land Trust. This design preserved the existing site features including three foundation ruins and a house. Clearing of overgrowth and invasives, revitalization of the Spring House, and implementation of a new trail system were the main alterations to the site. These improvements were done with the intent to attract community members to visit and enjoy the historical character of the old mill site.

Mill site &resting area

Root cellar

Foundationruins

Scott Evans MemorialFishing Area

Main Site entrance

Dwarf Eastern WhitePine planting

Rhododendron plantingbuffer

Spring House &seating areaNew site

entranceNew trails

Observationfoot bridge

Cleared existingtrail loop

HABITAT

Preserving the wildlife that has reclaimed the site is as important as

preserving the site features. Mallard ducks, white tailed deer, cardinals, rabbits, and squirrels are just a sampling of wildlife

that call Biscuit City home.

Exist

ing Birdhouse

Female Mallard Duck

Male Malla

rd D

uck

Whit

e Tailed Deer

Site Entrance

Dam Bridge

Spring House

Observation Bridge

SITE ELEMENTS

Key site features included the relocated site entrance, bridge crossing the dam, and the Spring House. All these elements received overgrowth and invasive removal for aesthetic improvement and other mechanisms for increased visitation.

By framing the new entrance with two American Arborvitaes and signage distinguishes the site from surrounding woodlands.

Re-shingling and the replacement of boarded up windows created the appeal of its original facade reminiscent of the neighboring historic Kingston Village.

Removal of overgrowth and invasives around the Scott Evans Memorial Fishing Area permitted clearer viewsheds to the pond from the circulating trails.

The four intersec-tions of water and

trails are enhanced by wood and

Plexiglas observa-tion bridges. Visitors are granted uninter-rupted observation

of the water flow from the spring to

the wetland.

CAD Details

A CAD detail sheet for construction class. Requirement of 8 original details and 1 from a web source (lamp post detail)

Hand Graphics

Below is the color rendering of the black and white plan to the right. Plan was done with ink on mylar and the rendering was done with Prismacolor pencils.

Sharpie on paper. Pencil sketch. Prismacolor pencil rendering based off SketchUp model.

South Kingstown, RIRINLA Headquarters

Crushed gravel access road to Eastern portions of East Farm with flexible parking on both sides

32 Capacity visitor parking lot comprised of crushed gravel with standard parking curbing

3 Greenhouses for use by Master Gardeners

Existing BuildingBlue stone patio for use by all stakeholders at East Farm

RINLA Headquarters with blue stone patio arcs highlighting the entrances

Nature walk highlighting native plants with informational tags.

Educational/Research facility with classrooms and lab spaces

Retention pond available for research and educational purposes

11 Capacity gravel parking lot for use by RINLA and surround-ing building employees

The Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association’s headquarters is located at East Farm, one of the Univer-sity of Rhode Island’s research farms. In order to provide for RINLA’s goal to promote and educate on the green industry the design included a new headquarters, educa-tional facility, and a native Rhode Island planting nature walk. The placement of the nature walk between the visitor parking lot and the building encourages visitors to observe varieties of planting styles and combina-tions.

Original design concepts included the implementation of a botani-cal garden connecting the RINLA facility to the adjacent research orchards.

Below: Looking onto the RINLA Headquarters from the nature walk. The cedar shingling facade will continue the existing nature of the other buildings on the East Farm site. The meandering paths through the nature walk create a gentle journey to the building from the visitor parking lot.

Above: Looking onto the new educational/research facility with granite stone architecture mimicking that surrounds the URI Quad. The blue stone patio to the left is a multifunctional space that RINLA can utilize for their summer meetings.

Above: Looking onto the greenhouses and outer perimeter of the nature walk. Gaps in vegetation allow visitors glimpses of the 3 structures acting as an invitation to observe what the Master Gardeners are currently working on.

Anytown, RIResidential Development

Pascal Courtyard was a community planning assign-ment applying conservation subdivision design principles to a given plot. The main design expectations consisted of a minimum requirement of 30 lots with 60 percent designated to 4 bedroom dwellings and the remaining 40 percent designated to 3 bedroom dwellings each with a minimum square footage of 7,500. With these requirements, the design was expected to provide a solution with minimal land disturbance. To incorporate on site recre-ation a trail system through the existing vegetation and an inner open space were included.

Residential Lot Residential LotTwo way street

Side

walk

Based upon square footage, the largest 18 lots (bright yellow) are designated for the 4 bedroom dwellings and the remaining 12 lots (pale yellow) are for the 3 bedroom dwellings.

This section of Pascal Way shows the requirement of all property owners to plant a street tree of their choice.

Computer Graphics

CHARACTER:In order to analyze the visual

components of East Farm, it was necessary to categorize areas based on building style, appeal of

aesthetics, and its function and use. With these features as guidance, four

character groups were established including:

Open Space, Institutional, Family Residence,

and Research

The Open Spaces

were selected becasue of manicured

lawns and lack of interrupt- ion by buildings or vegetation.

These spaces are visually appealing in the East Farm setting because they provide

out-buildings create.

The Institutionalstructures were

size and bulk of the former farm buildings. Additonal buildings were inexpensive cinder

block construction. These white block facilities do not complement the natural

beauty of the former farm.

The Research areas are

separated from “open space” for security purposes by the

use of 8’ chain link topped by three strands of barbed wire. This physical barrier prevents

visitors from entering sections of East Farm, not intended for public access and

enjoyment, unlike other areas of the property.

The Family

Residence areas are built in a classic

southern Rhode Island cottage style. These shingled cottages became popular along

Southern New England from 1870-1920 and create a casual urban farm setting in the Village

of Kingston, Rhode Island.

Graphic (Photoshop): E. HandscomData: E. Handscom & K. Woodacre

Analysis graphic (Illustrator)

heavily in�uenced by the

an o�set to the human scale that the surrounding

Right: Conceptual playground structures were created in SketchUp. The model represents a demonstration facility for playground equipment.

South Kingstown, RISouth Kingstown High School

Master plan by: I. Banoub, E. Handscom, J. Sell

ScentGarden

TasteGarden

Touch Garden

Multi-functionalAthletic Field

SightGarden

SoundGarden

One way greenstreet with on side parking

Existinggreenhouse

Focusing on green infrastructures, the master plan (left) primarily addressed circulation patterns, parking, and pedestrian safety. Interventions included a green street, reorganized parking lots, and green walls. The Sensory Walk (above) was an approach to unify two spaces that had been disconnected from one another by the addition of the green street. Placement of the 5 gardens was derived from existing features at the school including the greenhouse that acts as an expansion of the taste garden. Plants, ranging from trees to mosses, were selected primarily for native status, minimal invasive attributes, and applicability to more than one scene.

South Kingstown High School is comprised of 15 acres and houses nearly 5,000 faculty and students. With a goal of promoting sustainability through example, the SKHS community wanted a master plan that would showcase their sustainable efforts. Based on a community workshop, themes were introduced to design around while assessing the major problems facing the SKHS campus.

Left: Conceptual design for the general information sign that is placed at the entrances to every garden. Each sign includes facts and general information about the sense and images of the selected vegetation within as well as the scientific and common names. Once a visitor approaches a plant another sign would describe what plant is being observed, why it was chosen, and any other facts about the specimen.

Above: Perspective from within the Scent Garden looking towards the Taste Garden. Two angled seating walls containing Lathyrus odoratus (Sweet Pea Vine) create pockets of gathering within the scent garden. These walls create breaks in travel encourage visitors to absorb the variety of scents instead of quickly passing through.

Above: Two multi-functional athletic fields were incorporated into the design. Athletics is a large member of the SKHS community so it was important to maintain the on site fields. These two fields are lined for football, soccer, and lacrosse.

South Kingstown, RIThe Trails at East Farm

The University of Rhode Island’s status as a Land Grant University relies heavily on the three field lab management areas. To preserve the livelihood of the University ’s research areas the Senior Design studio provided nineteen design interventions concentrated throughout the research areas. The Trails at East Farm are an eigth of a mile trail system highlighting the vast amount of research, programs and habitats on East Farm.

Rendered by: M. Palin

5 Acre Field

Woodland Wetland Trail

Chestnut &Pinetum Trail

New England Asterand Lungwort meadow

Main accessMulti-stem RiverBirch

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid& Ornamentals Trail

The Trails Headquartersand education facility

Chestnut & Pinetum

Woodland Wetland

Hemlock WoollyAdelgid & Ornamentals

Left: Portion of the master plan focused in on The Trails. The educa-tional points of interest (blue) were chosen for their native habitat or proximity to research.

Below: Perspective from the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid & Ornaamentals trails looking over the meadow onto The Trails Headquarters. The facility is a prefabricated house that was selected for its flexible qalities that allow a continuous flow from the front to the back.

Below: Perspective from the Chestnut & Pinetum trail looking onto the hybrid chestnut blight resistance research. The Trails will have restricted access by having scheduled walks and gatherings to prevent distrubances to the ongoing research.

Left: A view from inside the headquarters looking onto the back lawn area. The wooden screen, with the use of hydrolics, opens connecting the front and back lawns physically and visually.

Right: Conceptual deaign of the Woodland

Wetland trail marker

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