A theme of water began as a single thread, weaving through every turn of my college career. It was faint

in the beginning, but quickly became the organizing element of each of my studio designs. Before long,

community participation and restoring human-nature relationships also began weaving their respective

threads and revealing themselves as core to my underlying philosophy. In every design and project, I seek

to engage humans with the landscape in ways that compel an understanding of our natural systems and our

relationship to these systems. I have extended this philosophy through my volunteer work, research and

internships, and it became the passion that drove my Senior Capstone Project which seeks to raise awareness

of the declining Floridan Aquifer System through community-based art.

“All truly sustainable, and therefore successful,

environmental restoration projects are as much about

restoring degraded human-nature relationships as they are

about simply restoring degraded physical landscapes.”

Robert France

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Resume’

Travel: The Wonder of Exploration

Paynes Prairie: Interpretive Design

Singapore: Participatory Research

aquiPROJECT: A Senior Capstone

Architecture Lawn: Hardscape Design

The Reitz Lawn: Artful Celebration of Stormwater

Otter Springs Park: Internship Experience

Project Makeover: Community Service & Volunteer Project Management

Organized, personable, innovative, and pro-active. Creative problem-solver. Proficient in Adobe CS4-5, AutoCAD 2012, Microsoft Office Applications. Working knowledge of ArcGIS, Google SketchUp. 3Ds Max.

2013 B.L.A.,UniversityofFloridamagna cum laude CollegeofDesign,ConstructionandPlanning Minor, Sustainability in the Built Environment 2012 NationalParksBoard,CUGEResearchDivision,Singapore ResearchIntern(3months)CUGE Mentor, James Wang; UF Faculty Mentor, Kevin Thompson ° Developed and facilitated a participatory project and three ecoliteracy workshops for second- ary school students involving the creation and implementation of floating wetlands in a city park pond. ° Coauthored a published report of the research and findings. ° Coauthored an article on the topic for City Green.

2012 KurisuInternational,LandscapeArchitects,Portland An outsourced one-time job; digital rendering of a master plan

2011-12 CollegeofDesignConstructionandPlanning,ThePowellCenter,UF ResearchAssistant ° Assisted with publication of Sustainable Construction, 3rd Edition by Charles J. Kibert, PhD. ° Research of topics in sustainable construction, photography and graphics editing and design, securing permissions, editing text and preparing copy for delivery to publisher

2011 ZamiaDesign,Gainesville,Florida(2months) ° Under the direction of Landscape Architect Larry Teague developed and presented three concepts for a residential client’s patio design.

CONTACT

TRACY A. WYMAN

850.766.4878 wyman.tracy@gmail.com 904 SW 6th Avenue, Gainesville, Florida 32601

EDUCATION

STRENGTHS & SKILLS

EXPERIENCE

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BACKGROUND

2011 CommunityServiceChair,SCASLA(8months) Projectmanagement,communityparticipationcharette ° Organization / Oversight of landscaping a 13,000sf school courtyard through Project Makeover at a local elementary school with a $2000 budget and $1500 in materials donations. (4 months) ° Organized & moderated Design Charette with a local school. ° Liaison between the ‘client’, Project Makeover Board, and our student designers ° Oversight of installation, offering guidance and direction to 200+ volunteers.

2010 Intern,SuwanneeRiverWaterManagementDistrict,OtterSprings,Trenton,Florida(4months)Faculty Mentor, Kevin Thompson ° Participated in client meetings, site visits (team and independent), and analysis of the site. ° Prepared Site Inventory, Analysis and Preliminary Master Plan in digital format for submittal to client for approval/revisions ° Prepared final Illustrative Master Plan and 5 Key Area Plans in digital format based on client revisions. (AutoCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop) ° Final presentation to client

2009-10AmericaReads,(1yearthroughFederalworkstudyprogram) TrainingandsupervisionofUFTutorsworkingwithAlachuaCountyStudents ° Prepared training materials and conducted group training sessions ° Site visits to monitor the program and offer additional training as needed ° Timekeeping and student progress data entry

2006-07 GeneralContractorofNewHomeasHome-Owner,Tallahassee,FL(6months) Managementofa$180KnewconstructionprojectfrompropertypurchasetoC.O. ° Met with professionals & sub-contractors to obtain necessary approvals/results ° Hired and worked closely with sub-contractors on a daily basis ° Budget management , purchasing and bookkeeping. ° Some framing, all finish carpentry & finish work (interior/exterior), flooring, & landscaping ° Innovative design and construction of interior built-in storage spaces 2004-06ProfessionalOrganizingConsultant,Tallahassee,FL,Owner/Operator(3years) FoundedTheClutterPro,annualsalesaveraging$20K. ° Marketing: web-design and maintenance, all ad designs, monthly organizing articles. ° Interviewed / assessed needs of each client, developing & implementing action plan. ° Organizational & project coaching through close interpersonal relations & follow-up ° Specialized in maximizing storage and developing customized organizational systems. ° Guest speaker for various civic and professional groups.

PUBLICATIONSCenter for Urban Greenery and Ecology, RTN 2012-10. Design and Evaluation of an eco-literacy project: Floating Wetlands at West Coast Park by Tracy Wyman and James Wang, 2012

City Green. The Nature of Making by Tracy Wyman and James Wang, Issue #6 2013

AWARDS & HONORS1st Place: EPA Campus Rainworks Challenge, 2013

ASLA Award Merit Award, 2013

Finalist: Undergraduate Student Academic Achievement Award, 2013

Selected by UF College of Design, Construction & Planning for the college’s first research internship attachment with CUGE, Singapore

3rd Place: DCP Research Showcase Poster Presentation , 2012

Herrick Smith Scholarship, 2012

Federal Employee Education & Assistance Fund Scholarship, 2010

University of Florida: Dean’s List, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013

Tallahassee Community College: Presidents List, 2008; Dean’s List, 2009

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONSStudent Chapter ASLA 2009-present

Travel: The Wonder of Exploration

Bali, Indonesia

Chicago

Seattle

Singapore

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Travel: The Wonder of Exploration

Backpacking through Central America

Solar Decathlon, Washington DC

San Francisco

Our team explored the design concept of an overlook and human impact channel by constructing a 1:1 model to study the water patterns and optimum slope of human impact elements which would allow users to manipulate the water before it flowed onto the prairie. We found the water mimicked the geometric elements we tested, and that a 4.5% slope best revealed these patterns within the elevation constraints.

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Our team explored the design concept of an overlook and human impact channel by constructing a 1:1 model to study the water patterns and optimum slope of human impact elements which would allow users to manipulate the water before it flowed onto the prairie. We found the water mimicked the geometric elements we tested, and that a 4.5% slope best revealed these patterns within the elevation constraints.

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Paynes Prairie: Sheetflow Project Paynes Prairie Sheetflow

Project is a 125-acre water

enhancement wetland which

will re-establish the natural sheetflow

water from Gainesville, Florida onto

Paynes Prairie before recharging the

aquifer. Our studio worked in teams of

two exploring opportunities to enrich

the wetland design by creating stations

along the planned boardwalk which

would educate the public about the

importance and processes of water

quality.

Our design repositions a planned

overlook and wier to align the view of

the sediment basin with the view of

water flowing onto the prairie by way

of an artistic human impact channel.

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Paynes Prairie: Human Impact Channel Human impact is represented

by a steel interactive

channel, becoming a

destination where visitors gain an

understanding of Gainesville’s water

entering the wetland for cleansing

before returning to the Floridan

aquifer.

Users are invited to change and

slow the water’s movement from

the overlook via a system of wheels

and levers which control the varying

geometric human impact elements

positioned along tiers of the channel.

As users manipulate the water’s

flow, the relationship between human

impact and nature’s battle for water

quality becomes clear.

GUIDED BY: Prof. Glenn Acomb

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ROLE:2-member team project▪ Concept & Design Collaboration▪ Contour Changes▪ Construction drawings and model involving the wier, control structure and Human Impact Channel.▪ Linework for all Sections▪ Rendering Plan Views

APPLICATIONS:▪ AutoCAD▪ Adobe PhotoShop▪ Conceptual Modeling

Prototype Study

Singapore: Floating Wetlands at West Coast Park “How can a hands-on ecoliteracy project affect awareness of natural systems within the urban context?”

Wetland Base Details: a tested design educates & allows for participants’ input

Planting Design: a guided approach educates & allows for participants’ informed input

Floating Wetlands Study

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Singapore: Floating Wetlands at West Coast Park “How can a hands-on ecoliteracy project affect awareness of natural systems within the urban context?” A summer research internship

with the Center for Urban

Greenery and Ecology,

Singapore, provided the opportunity

to develop and pilot a workshop

framework with a goal of applying

the concept and lessons learned to my

Senior Capstone Project.

PUBLICATIONS: Center for Urban Greenery and Ecology RTN 2012-10 - Design and Evaluation of an Ecoliteracy Project: Floating Wetlands at West Coast Park

City Green, The Nature of Making, Issue #6 2013.

PRESENTATIONS:University of Florida DCP Research Showcase 2013, 3rd Place

Florida Undergraduate Research Conference 2013

GUIDED BY:James Wang, NParks / CUGE, Singapore Professor Kevin Thompson, University of Florida

____________________________ROLE:▪ Research Intern▪ Design of Project-Based Workshop Framework▪ Collaborative Design and Facilitation of 3 Project-Based Workshops▪ Collaborative Design of Wetland Construction, Planting Design & Prototype Development

Designing for a Personally Meaningful Experience

existing condition: a human imprint on the land proposed intervention: together, each human imprint cast in glass begins to raise a collective voice for water resource conservation, becoming a call for the return of freshwater to our aquifer.

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Art Narrative

An artistic formation representing a geological spring vent lies below the surface, encircled by a stepped path. The lowest two steps are pressed with artifacts of the prehistoric and Paleolithic eras respectively. The third step and main path is unmarked, yet reflects the present age of industry and technology. Each level speaks to the changing landscape in relation to our human imprint over time. On the upper level, it is void of any impressions, but metaphorically marked by the footsteps of those who take this path. At this level, the aquiPROJECT begins, and participants will tell the story over time, as glass castings are added, each one representative of the individual who made it. This human imprint becomes a growing and unified voice of awareness, calling for the conservation of our natural water resources. A steel sculpture emerges from the spring vent, mimicking the power and fluctu- ations of the water which runs beneath our feet, forced by pressure to the surface, through the spring vent, and into the river. The two units intertwine and intersect at irregular moments, each moving through time on separate paths. Where the steel sculpture ceases, the expanding aquiPROJECT continues to meander, retreating into wooded slopes and celebrated in open spaces on it’s journey. As the sculpture reappears near the spring house and reaches across the river, the two units are reconciled-- no longer opposing powers. Still fluctuating, undulating, and changing, but at last, in synchronic harmony.

Conceptual Exploration

Meandering Over Waterways

Retreating into Wooded Slopes

Celebrating the Growing Awareness in Open Spaces

Landscape Architecture & Community-Based Art for Place-Based Ecoliteracy

Powder-Coated Galvanized Steel

Recycled Glass Castings

Details & Materials

Framing System for Inidvidually-Created Glass Castings

Connections

Sculpture: Frame and Spacing

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Connections

SCALE: 1" = 1'-0"

Vertically Undulating Modules Horizontally Undulating Modules

An infinite number of configurations are possible to allow the system to be customized to the site.

An Adaptable Modular System

Place-Based Synthesis

View downriver from Spring House

View of Spring House from the Suwannee River

Focus Area6 Acres

White Springs

675 Feet of Riverbank from Spring House to Bridge

View of Spring House from the Road (US-41)

Future Restaurant

View upriver from Spring House

Place-Based Opportunity for EcoliteracyAn historical and environmentally degraded site: White Sullfur Spring, White Springs, Florida

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CIRCULATION Primary Path (ADA) River Ramp (ADA) Stairs

Secondary Trail River Ramp

Peripheral

Invitation to Participate Expanding Sculpture

SEATING & OVERLOOKS

Spring Bowl

PublicGarden

TheLanding

TemporaryMarkets

An Art Path& Expanding Sculpture:

An art path connects existing paths to open spaces and the river, compelling users through wooded slopes to the river and creating connections to the Stephen Foster Cultural Center and the planned retail district.

Planned Retail

District

Public Gardens

The Landing

Spring Bowl

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Public Gardens

The CommonsA Masterplan

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With the meadering along the path, and through every open space, the site becomes an inviting commons for tourists and locals alike. All are invited to participate in the aquiPROJECT through signage at each sculpture.

Public Gardens as a celebrated entry into the town.

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Restaurant with Outdoor Dining where the aquiPROJECT reaches under the covered balcony and hovers over the dining spaces.

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Temporary Markets Lawn and Entrance to Spring Bowl where the aquiPROJECT is visible from US-41.

Spring Bowl where the aquiPROJECT reaches around the Spring House in a protective embrace.

Phasing Planfor this iteration & how it would relate to Regional Ecoliteracy Workshops

For this iteration, more than 1,088

individuals raise a growing and collective

voice toward water resource conservation

through the making of art, and potentially

develop a sense of connectedness to the

public place where it is exhibited. The

modular system allows for the number to

as much as double at this site. The project

can expand and be sited at other degraded

Florida springs as well.

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Workshop Dissemination18 counties in closest proximity to the Suwannee River (most affected region), as well as counties drawing upon this water supply (most affecting region).

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High Schools &Population Concentration

Future Consideration

Future ConsiderationSaltwater intrusion and aquifer decline require ecoliteracy.

High School students throughout the region

(10 participants per session, or dividing larger groups)

Art Studios Host Workshops & Serve as Processing Hubs(6-10 participants per session)

Area Festivals serve as venues for workshops.

(6-10 participants per session)

Springs and aquifer decline require ecoliteracy.

A Regional Plan for Ecoliteracy

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Found and brought items are used to create tex-tures in the clay.

Sculpting tools are used to create a positive mold which respresents the individual.

The clay positive is placed in a plastic box, serv-ing as 'mortar boards'.

Plaster is mixed and poured into the plastic box covering the clay positive.

The plaster mold is removed from the frame box.

The clay is pulled away to reveal the one-time-use plaster negative mold which will be used to make glass castings.

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Piloting the Art Learning Module

Overwhelmingly, participants were interested in following the project through an online blog, attending scheduled reunion events at White Springs, and visiting White Springs on their own to see their work cast in glass in an expanding sculpture.

Participants throughout 18 counties creating castings representa-tive of their inidvidual human imprint, then visit White Springs to see their work and the expanding sculpture.

The Architecture Lawn: A Hardscape Design

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The Architecture Lawn: A Hardscape Design The Univeristy of Florida’s

Architecture Building north

lawn is currently void

of interest. An open lawn directs

stormwater runoff underground and

unnoticed.

This design celebrates water’s

movement through the site in a series

of artistic runnels and sculptural

seating which compel users to interact

with the natural processes, physically,

visually and audibly.

GUIDED BY: Prof. Glenn Acomb

____________________________ROLE:2-member team project▪ Concept & Design Collaboration▪ Detail drawings ▪ Linework, plan and sections▪ All digital rendering

APPLICATIONS:▪ AutoCAD▪ AdobePhotoShop

The Reitz Lawn: An Artful Demonstration of the Journey of Water Through the Heart of Campus, University of Florida

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The Reitz Lawn: An Artful Demonstration of the Journey of Water Through the Heart of Campus, University of Florida A stormwater design

competition prompted this

project where our Design

Implementations Studio of 8 BLA

students collaborated with engineers,

hydrologists and a multi-disciplinary

team of faculty experts to create an

educational and functional design

for our campus central lawn. The

design daylights and celebrates the

movement of stormwater through the

space. Users are invited to contribute

to the design through a Blue-Gator

Campaign, and the achievements

of each college at the University

are celebrated in engraved planters,

engaging and educating users at

multiple levels.

AWARDED: 1st Place by EPA

GUIDED BY: Prof. Glenn Acomb

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ROLE:▪ Soil & Topography Analysis▪ Participatory Research▪ Conceptual Design was chosen and then developed by the design team.▪ Facilitated team effort of design development & renderings.▪ Linework & rendering of masterplan▪ Design, linework and partial rendering of one focus area: The Hub Rainwater Collection▪ Labeling & layout of masterplan and sections

APPLICATIONS:▪ AutoCAD▪ Adobe PhotoShop

Otter Springs Park: Trenton, Florida

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Otter Springs Park: Trenton, Florida Otter Springs Park is a

636 acre site which was

acquisitioned by the

Suwannee River Water Management

District in 2008. The University

of Florida was commissioned

to develop an environmental

Master Plan for the RV park and

campground which would increase

daily use at the springs and bring

income to the park, while protecting

the water quality of the Suwannee

River on its western border.

The design focused on

improving the entrance and

circulation throughout the park,

protecting the springs, and bringing

additional income by adding clusters

of cabins which center around

community pavilions.

A vegetative restoration plan was

developed, as well as a scheme for

architectural character.

GUIDED BY: Prof. Kevin Thompson

___________________________ROLE:▪ Assisted with site inventory and analysis, developing graphics.▪ Graphics development of masterplan▪ Planting Design for the park entrance▪ Design for a Vegetative Restoration Plan including written research and guidelines▪ Renderings of architectural scheme

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Otter Springs Entrance: Planting Design Live Oaks spaced in a

naturalistic flow frame a

wildflower meadow in the

backdrop. Between the oaks, a pattern

of Saw Palmetto, Adam’s Needle,

and Blanket Flower provide seasonal

color and evergreen form to the drive.

Saw Palmetto at the entrance sign sets

the stage for wayfinding, and is the

recommended plant to compliment

all wayfinding signage throughout

the park. A later stage of planting

will include a variety of tree species

to create the undulating form which

defines the parking areas within the

meadow.

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A student-led collaborative

community service effort

between UF’s Project

Makeover Team and our Student

Chapter, ASLA for the redesign of a

local under served elementary school’s

central courtyard.

____________________________PROJECT DATA:13,000 sq.ft. School CourtyardBudget $2000Materials Donations $1500

▪ Project Manager, Tracy Wyman

▪ Organizing and moderating a Design Charette with the school, including preparation of our LA students.

▪ Collaborative work to secure materials donations.

▪ Liaison between the client, Project Makeover Board, and our student designers.

▪ Oversight of the installation, offering guidance and direction to 200+ volunteers.

▪ Faculty and Student Body presentation to tell the story and give credit to all those involved.