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M A R I N A M A T H E S O N

A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

CV: MARINA MATHESON

EDUCATIONUNIVERISITY OF GEORGIA 2012 Bachelor of Landscape ArchitectureKOBE UNIVERISTY (EXCHANGE) 2010 Japanese Language and Culture Studies

WORKTHE CENTER, Covington, Georgia Spring 2011 Landscape Architecture/Urban Planning InternEL SITJAR, Salt, Spain Summer 2011 Horticulture Intern

ENGLISH.SPANISH.CATALAN.GERMAN.JAPANESE

AUTOCAD.ARCGIS.ILLUSTRATOR.INDESIGN.PHOTOSHOP.SKETCHUP.VECTORWORK

1. Boulevard Crossing Park

2. Amekwohi Celestial Food Park

3. Lyndon Art House Regional Garden

4. Train Depot Redevelopment

5. Washington Street Community Center Signage

6. Mothership Landing

7. Relaxing Reality in Tokyo

8. Light Installation

INDEX

BLVDX BOULEVARD CROSSING PARK

Boulevard Crossing Park is a 22-acre greenspace project located in Atlanta, Georgia along the loop of the Beltline. South of Grant Park at the intersection of Boulevard and Englewood Avenue, the project is a sustainable park redesign featuring natural processes and spaces. The park is to serve as a hub of activity linking numerous trails and corridors, creating nodes of social and environmental engagement within the general p u b l i c .

Amekwohi Celestial Food Park encourages alternative ways of existing in reality.

AMEKWOHI CELESTIAL FOOD PARKEDUCATIONAL/VISITOR CENTER COMPLEX CONCEPTUAL DESIGN

PERMACULTURE

PERMACULTURERESTAURANT

FISH PONDRICE TERRACES

LEARNING GARDENS

EDUCATION/VISITOR CENTER COMPLEX

TRACK

FUN DECKS

SUITABILITY ANALYSIS AND PARK MANAGEMENT PLAN

Darkest area indicates the most suitable land for construction

good soils deforested land low slope <10%

The Amekwohi Celestial Food Park intends to revive the values and land management techniques used by the Mvscogee Creek Indians while promoting and enabling the human practice of foraging and gathering.

A cultural legacy long lost amongst the current people of the Piedmont Plateau, foraging is a sustainable food practice encouraging people to walk the forests in search of edible plants and fruits.

In order to create a diverse and bountiful park, the forest must be restored to pre-European settlement conditions. The earth must be healed in order to nurse the native species back into ecological dominance.

Old Growth Forest Restoration

Piedmont Prairie

Open Fields

Amekwohi Celestial Food Park encourages alternative ways of existing in reality.

AMEKWOHI CELESTIAL FOOD PARK

composite map

A real functioning permaculture, visitors will learn about native species propagation through sustainable foraging habits, the different dietary and medicinal properties of plants. Visitors will also learn how the ACFP is restoring the forest through astronomy and alternative agricultural practices. At the restaurant one can

At the buildings center the mathematically precise Tzolkin calendar of the Mayas rotates in alignment with the movement of the sun star through the sky. Powered by solar energy the gear slowly propels the building along the tracks synchronized with the universe.

There is no parking at ACFP. Devoted to being a 100% sustainable park the ACFP has a bus stop, with buses departing from the train station located .5 miles away. This will help facilitate the emergence, growth and popularity of public transportation.

The buildings are reclaimed and recycled containers. All the buildings are nomadic, meaning they rest on tracks and slowly coast along in constant smooth movement. This positive movement prevents the static weight of the building from harming the land. Moving through space and time the nomadic building gives visitors plenty to think about and learn.

eat food foraged on site. The restaurant features a fishpond which cleans and filters harvested rainwater in order to provide sustainable irrigation to the rice paddies terraced behind the restaurant. The rice paddies grow local native rice. By eating locally, dependence on foreign food is reduced and knowledge of the land is increased.

draws context from the

patterns of the piedmont

and abstracts them into

minimalistic yet strong

forms which create a

locally sensitive design.

LYNDON ART HOUSE REGIONAL GARDEN

OcOnEE RIVER TERRAcES SHAdy gROVE

Beltline ProjectMarina MathesonChristian Vitulli

ÊHORIZONÊSQUARE

Our site: Train Depot Station along Dekalb Avenue

BeltLine Corridor Major Roads

Existing Parks

Proposed Parks

Interstate Highways

MARTA

Schools

BeltLine Tour Route

BeltLine TrailLEG

END

The vibrant character of Southeast Atlanta

continues to grow as new houses and lofts,

mixed-use developments, and refurbished

properties sprout up in older neighborhoods

and alongside established homes. Spur trails

will provide easier access to more places, in-

cluding Grant Park and Zoo Atlanta.

Key Points of Interest:

• Bill Kennedy Way (The Glenwood Connec-

tor) will be a scenic strip along the corridor

where the transit and trial flow along the

same street as cars.

• Southside High and the New Schools of

Carver are 2 of 20 public schools within

½-mile of the BeltLine that will benefit from

additional travel options for students and

staff.

• The historic bridge crossing Ormewood

Avenue and the tunnel below Hank Aaron

Drive and McDonough Boulevard present

dynamic aesthetics and will be preserved.

• One of the first new greenspaces to be de-

veloped, the 21-acre Boulevard Crossing

Park will enhance the vitality of Boulevard

Heights and Englewood Manor.

Map 1 – Southeast Inman Park/Reynoldstown Marta Station to I-75/85

Oakland Cemetary

Piedmont

Bobby JonesGolf Course

Atlanta Memorial Park

Zoo AtlantaCyclorama

Grant

Boulevard Crossing

Stanton

Four Corners

Intrenchment Creek

Intrenchment Creek

Stanton Park

Mead St

4 Corners Park

Mor

elan

d A

ve

Memorial Dr

McDonough Blvd SE

Ormewood Ave

Pry

or S

t SW

Lakewood Ave

DeKalb Ave NE

Spring

St

Pry

or S

t

Che

roke

e A

ve

Decatur St SE

Pie

dmon

t Av

Martin Luther King Jr Dr

Sawtel

l Ave

SE

Trinity Ave SW

Peters

St SW

Edgewood Ave SE

Ridge Ave SW

Marietta St NW

Confederate Ave SE

Mor

elan

d A

veM

orel

and

AveGrant Park

Downtown

Ormewood Park

Summerhill

Pittsburgh

Reynoldstown

Mechanicsville

Peoplestown

South Atlanta

Inman Park

Sweet Auburn

Benteen Park

Old Fourth Ward

Custer/McDonough/GuiceJoyland

State Facility

Cabbagetown

Capitol Gateway

Betmar LaVilla

Oakland

Amal Heights

Castleberry Hill

Boulevard Heights

Woodland Hills

The Villages at Carver

Capitol View Manor

Sylvan Hills

Englewood Manor

ine City

Atlanta University Center

Grant

Zoo AtlantaCyclorama

TurnerField

Chosewood

Federal Penitentary

Georgia National Guard

Pittman

Brownwood

Benteen

Arthur LangfordMemorial

Oakland Cemetary

M.L.K.

King Center

Milton Ave SE

University Ave SW

Englewood Ave.

Wal

do S

t SE

Edgewood Ave NE

Hill

St S

E

Bou

leva

rd A

ve.

Han

k A

aron

Dr

Wylie St SE

Confederate A

ve SE

Glenwood Ave SE

Lake A

ve N

E

Gib

son

St S

E

Bill

Ken

nedy

Way

Auburn Ave

NE

Garnett King Memorial

Georgia State

Peachtree Center

Dome/GWCC/Philips/CNN

King

Hope

Cook

Price

Parks

Carver

Walden

Dunbar

Benteen

Parkside

Tech High

Southside

Thomasville

Stanton, D.H.

Bus Yard Lakewood

Five Points

Inman Park-Reynoldstow

Boulevard Crossing Park

South Atlanta

Chosewood Park

High Point

Site

Site photos. Container depot/train yard

TRAIN DEPOT REDEVELOPMENT

features the creation of a multi-use, live,

work, play, complex which will contribute to

the redevelopment of the area along Dekalb

Avenue and create

strong nodes of

connectivity

between the

Cabbagetown

neighborhood and

the BeltLine in

Atlanta, Georgia.

b y M . M a t h e s o n a n d C . V i t u l l i

Site analysis and surrounding neighbourhood use. Master plan

Site Analysis Master Plan

Axon looking from the beltline onto the former container depot

Axonometric Model

Front section

Side section

Front section

Side section

Section-Elevation East

Section-Elevation North

Entering the multi use complex. Inspiration for the design came from the former container depot and train track

Inspiration for

the design came

from the former

container depot and

train yard tracks.

Washington Street Community Center

Sign on Washington Street. Sign on School Street.

Proposed Signage MARINA MATHESON. WINSTON MITCHELL.







Proposed Signage

WASHINGTON STREET COMMUNITY CENTERb y M . M a t h e s o n a n d W. M i t c h e l l

Washington Street Community Center Proposed Signage Construction Details MARINA MATHESON. WINSTON MITCHELL.

Sign on School Street.Sign on Washington Street.Proposed Signage Construction Details

is a road engineering

study serving two

distinct models of

development on the same

parcel of land. A high

density residential

subdivision and a low

density single family

residence feature a

road whose vertical

and horizontal axes are

in complete alignment.

MOTHERSHIP LANDING

HIGH DENSITY

LOW DENSITY

HIGH DENSITY

LOW DENSITY

HIGH DENSITY

LOW DENSITY

HIGH DENSITY

LOW DENSITY

東京

RELAXING REALITY in Tokyo is a photoshop montage project featuring fantasti-cal landscapes

RELAXING REALITY in Tokyo is a Photoshop

montage series featuring

fantastic landscapes.

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