http://www.missemilylowery.com MISS EMILY LOWERY Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:15:14 +0000 http://www.missemilylowery.com en http://www.missemilylowery.com/Promotional http://www.missemilylowery.com/following/missemilylowery.com/Promotional Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:15:14 +0000 MISS EMILY LOWERY 3227678 PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION...more to come. <img src="http://payload46.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/3227678/BIG IDEAS RADIO POSTER_5_2048.jpg" width="750" height="904" width_o="750" height_o="904" src_o="http://payload46.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/3227678/BIG IDEAS RADIO POSTER_5_o.jpg" data-mid="16618538" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload46.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/3227678/snu poster_SMALL_2048.jpg" width="750" height="1000" width_o="750" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload46.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/3227678/snu poster_SMALL_o.jpg" data-mid="16552273" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload46.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/3227678/SUSTAINABILITY SYMPOSIUM_small_2048.jpg" width="750" height="628" width_o="750" height_o="628" src_o="http://payload46.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/3227678/SUSTAINABILITY SYMPOSIUM_small_o.jpg" data-mid="16552496" border="0" align="left"/> PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION...more to come. http://www.missemilylowery.com/Warner-Nature-Center http://www.missemilylowery.com/following/missemilylowery.com/Warner-Nature-Center Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:11:12 +0000 MISS EMILY LOWERY 2790196 The objective of this project was to design an overnight campground and Welcome Center that was informed by the ecological analysis of the Warner Nature Center grounds. My programming welcomes kids to discover nature’s environmental processes through physical & educational immersion. Exploratory trails, educational classes cabins that blend with the landscape and teach visitors about the land, natural processes, animal life and human interference on the surrounding environment. Please scroll down for slideshow descriptions. <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/warner plan flattened_3.jpg" width="670" height="616" width_o="670" height_o="616" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/warner plan flattened_3_o.jpg" data-mid="14173686" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/environmental analysis axons.jpg" width="670" height="230" width_o="670" height_o="230" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/environmental analysis axons_o.jpg" data-mid="14163615" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/section cut warner flattened.jpg" width="670" height="81" width_o="670" height_o="81" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/section cut warner flattened_o.jpg" data-mid="14162429" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/section cut warner.jpg" width="670" height="330" width_o="670" height_o="330" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/section cut warner_o.jpg" data-mid="14162831" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/filtered section cut warner.jpg" width="670" height="252" width_o="670" height_o="252" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/filtered section cut warner_o.jpg" data-mid="14162953" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/filtered section cut warner blow out 3.jpg" width="670" height="178" width_o="670" height_o="178" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/filtered section cut warner blow out 3_o.jpg" data-mid="14163033" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/fall forest.jpg" width="670" height="517" width_o="670" height_o="517" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/fall forest_o.jpg" data-mid="14162493" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/looking into forest from rock.jpg" width="670" height="534" width_o="670" height_o="534" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/looking into forest from rock_o.jpg" data-mid="14162427" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/model 2.jpg" width="670" height="893" width_o="670" height_o="893" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/model 2_o.jpg" data-mid="14163196" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/model image 2.jpg" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/model image 2_o.jpg" data-mid="14163199" border="0" align="left"/> Fullscreen <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/warner plan flattened_3.jpg" width="670" height="616" width_o="670" height_o="616" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/warner plan flattened_3_o.jpg" data-mid="14173686" border="0" align="left"/>Masterplan of Warner Nature Center. <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/environmental analysis axons.jpg" width="670" height="230" width_o="670" height_o="230" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/environmental analysis axons_o.jpg" data-mid="14163615" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/section cut warner flattened.jpg" width="670" height="81" width_o="670" height_o="81" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/section cut warner flattened_o.jpg" data-mid="14162429" border="0" align="left"/>Section: The Journey. The trail is a physical representation of the geological history of the site and the natural processes within it. It's interactive character facilitates experiential learning. <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/section cut warner.jpg" width="670" height="330" width_o="670" height_o="330" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/section cut warner_o.jpg" data-mid="14162831" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/filtered section cut warner.jpg" width="670" height="252" width_o="670" height_o="252" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/filtered section cut warner_o.jpg" data-mid="14162953" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/filtered section cut warner blow out 3.jpg" width="670" height="178" width_o="670" height_o="178" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/filtered section cut warner blow out 3_o.jpg" data-mid="14163033" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/fall forest.jpg" width="670" height="517" width_o="670" height_o="517" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/fall forest_o.jpg" data-mid="14162493" border="0" align="left"/>Perspective: Climbing geologic history. Here, students learn about the site's landform in relationship to it's geologic history. This length, height and form of The Journey is a design meant to teach students the history through physical experience. <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/looking into forest from rock.jpg" width="670" height="534" width_o="670" height_o="534" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/looking into forest from rock_o.jpg" data-mid="14162427" border="0" align="left"/>Perspective: At the peak of the geologic history path within The Journey. <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/model 2.jpg" width="670" height="893" width_o="670" height_o="893" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/model 2_o.jpg" data-mid="14163196" border="0" align="left"/>Model: The Welcome Center. This area serves as an outdoor classroom as well as a play area for small or large groups. The scale of the arch and its serpentine walls are meant to allow children to climb over, sit beneath and hang upon the sides. <img src="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/model image 2.jpg" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload24.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2790196/model image 2_o.jpg" data-mid="14163199" border="0" align="left"/> The objective of this project was to design an overnight campground and Welcome Center that was informed by the ecological analysis of the Warner Nature Center... http://www.missemilylowery.com/Choreographing-Flux http://www.missemilylowery.com/following/missemilylowery.com/Choreographing-Flux Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:45:03 +0000 MISS EMILY LOWERY 2265467 Lowertown, St. Paul is home to many businesses, a young artists community and regionally significant shorebird habitat along the Mississippi riverfront. In the near future, Lowertown will also host a baseball stadium and the Central Corridor light rail central station. Despite it's centrality, infrastructure severs the site, creating a no-man's land and disconnecting people from three unique natural settings within an urban environment: the Mississippi river, Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary and Swede Hollow Park. Urban development and climate change threaten this important ecological corridor. Our goal was to choreograph physical connections for people and wildlife in a manner that anticipates the flux of urban growth and climate change while nurturing the processes of the natural environment within this location so they can continue to thrive. This project was built upon work produced in a previous charrette (see project "Charrette Exploration") and done in partnership with Becky Alexander, Kristen Murray and Bjorn Olson. In January of 2012 our work was requested to be presented to the Greater Lowertown Master Plan Task Force. .project_content br { clear: none; } . Choreographing Flux - Narrative from emily lowery on Vimeo Imagery capturing the experience of a year within the site. Canopy Cover Over Time from Miss Emily Lowery on Vimeo Change in canopy cover over 100 years. Please scroll down for slideshow descriptions. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/Pool 2-01.jpg" width="670" height="590" width_o="670" height_o="590" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/Pool 2-01_o.jpg" data-mid="14035282" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/wetland-plan-2.jpg" width="670" height="1551" width_o="670" height_o="1551" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/wetland-plan-2_o.jpg" data-mid="14026160" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/wetland-plan-1.jpg" width="670" height="562" width_o="670" height_o="562" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/wetland-plan-1_o.jpg" data-mid="14026365" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - under water fish_FLATTEN MISS LOWERY.jpg" width="670" height="254" width_o="1275" height_o="485" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - under water fish_FLATTEN MISS LOWERY_o.jpg" data-mid="12463954" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - snowy riverfront_FLATTEN with people copy.jpg" width="670" height="455" width_o="1105" height_o="751" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - snowy riverfront_FLATTEN with people copy_o.jpg" data-mid="12463937" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - autumn riverfront_FLATTEN MISS LOWERY.jpg" width="670" height="455" width_o="1105" height_o="751" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - autumn riverfront_FLATTEN MISS LOWERY_o.jpg" data-mid="12463935" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - spring riverfront_flattened orig-more.jpg" width="670" height="455" width_o="1105" height_o="751" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - spring riverfront_flattened orig-more_o.jpg" data-mid="12463939" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/walkway-section.jpg" width="670" height="355" width_o="670" height_o="355" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/walkway-section_o.jpg" data-mid="14036005" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/vento-overlook-BLOOMING BABIES_FLATTEN_MISS LOWERY.jpg" width="670" height="476" width_o="670" height_o="476" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/vento-overlook-BLOOMING BABIES_FLATTEN_MISS LOWERY_o.jpg" data-mid="13923094" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/vento-overlook-cropped-perspective_FLATTEN MISS LOWERY.jpg" width="670" height="476" width_o="670" height_o="476" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/vento-overlook-cropped-perspective_FLATTEN MISS LOWERY_o.jpg" data-mid="14188029" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/vento-overlook-cropped-perspective2-mature_FLATTEN MISS LOWERY.jpg" width="670" height="477" width_o="670" height_o="477" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/vento-overlook-cropped-perspective2-mature_FLATTEN MISS LOWERY_o.jpg" data-mid="14188031" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/WEBSITE_Bat Bridge during Day_Miss Lowery Edit FLATTEN.jpg" width="670" height="427" width_o="670" height_o="427" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/WEBSITE_Bat Bridge during Day_Miss Lowery Edit FLATTEN_o.jpg" data-mid="14188104" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/2_Bat Bridge at Dusk.jpg" width="670" height="427" width_o="670" height_o="427" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/2_Bat Bridge at Dusk_o.jpg" data-mid="14188105" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - vento-downtownview_FLATTENED.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1105" height_o="829" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - vento-downtownview_FLATTENED_o.jpg" data-mid="12463955" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE_Bat Viewing From Vento_FLATTEN MISS LOWERY EDIT.jpg" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE_Bat Viewing From Vento_FLATTEN MISS LOWERY EDIT_o.jpg" data-mid="13923166" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - Bat Bridge at Night_FLATTEN_MISS LOWERY EDIT.jpg" width="670" height="427" width_o="670" height_o="427" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - Bat Bridge at Night_FLATTEN_MISS LOWERY EDIT_o.jpg" data-mid="14023060" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE-Design under the bridge night perspective_FLATTEN.jpg" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE-Design under the bridge night perspective_FLATTEN_o.jpg" data-mid="14023860" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - swede hollow summer_FLATTEN.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1105" height_o="829" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - swede hollow summer_FLATTEN_o.jpg" data-mid="12463951" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/WEBSITE_Swede Hollow Ecological Path_Large_FLATTENED.jpg" width="670" height="893" width_o="670" height_o="893" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/WEBSITE_Swede Hollow Ecological Path_Large_FLATTENED_o.jpg" data-mid="14023964" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/WEBSITE traintheater-perspective2.jpg" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/WEBSITE traintheater-perspective2_o.jpg" data-mid="14023050" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/WEBSITE cut from 4th-perspective.jpg" width="670" height="513" width_o="670" height_o="513" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/WEBSITE cut from 4th-perspective_o.jpg" data-mid="14023047" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/path details-page.jpg" width="400" height="353" width_o="400" height_o="353" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/path details-page_o.jpg" data-mid="14047223" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/14_Perspective2_PanoramicC.jpg" width="670" height="212" width_o="670" height_o="212" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/14_Perspective2_PanoramicC_o.jpg" data-mid="14034390" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/riverfront details-page.jpg" width="350" height="495" width_o="350" height_o="495" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/riverfront details-page_o.jpg" data-mid="14047224" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/15_Perspective3_On-Elevated-TrainC2-copy.jpg" width="670" height="507" width_o="670" height_o="507" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/15_Perspective3_On-Elevated-TrainC2-copy_o.jpg" data-mid="14034389" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/16_Perspective7_TO-RIVER2C.jpg" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/16_Perspective7_TO-RIVER2C_o.jpg" data-mid="14034388" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - fall scene with light and flood_FLATTEN_2.jpg" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - fall scene with light and flood_FLATTEN_2_o.jpg" data-mid="14023056" border="0" align="left"/> Fullscreen <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/Pool 2-01.jpg" width="670" height="590" width_o="670" height_o="590" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/Pool 2-01_o.jpg" data-mid="14035282" border="0" align="left"/> Site location - Pool two of the Mississippi River. A North American important birding area for migratory birds. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/wetland-plan-2.jpg" width="670" height="1551" width_o="670" height_o="1551" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/wetland-plan-2_o.jpg" data-mid="14026160" border="0" align="left"/>Existing roads, tracks and paths within the site. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/wetland-plan-1.jpg" width="670" height="562" width_o="670" height_o="562" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/wetland-plan-1_o.jpg" data-mid="14026365" border="0" align="left"/> Proposed paths within Bruce Vento and the Riverfront Inlet. Proposed vegetation. Proposed waterscape. Proposed path, vegetation and waterscape design. Proposed plant communities. Floodplain forest Wooded swamp Marsh Emergent wetland Submergent wetland River Existing and proposed paths. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/Flood-map-01.jpg" width="670" height="1904" width_o="670" height_o="1904" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/Flood-map-01_o.jpg" data-mid="14026162" border="0" align="left"/> Existing site. Seasonal flooding Official flood stage. One hundred year flood. Five hundred year flood. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - under water fish_FLATTEN MISS LOWERY.jpg" width="670" height="254" width_o="1275" height_o="485" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - under water fish_FLATTEN MISS LOWERY_o.jpg" data-mid="12463954" border="0" align="left"/> Summer in walleye habitat. Riverfront Inlet Wetland acts as the last point of a rainwater treatment system from Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary. Clean, cool water pours into the river inlet, creating an attractive location for walleye habitat.<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - snowy riverfront_FLATTEN with people copy.jpg" width="670" height="455" width_o="1105" height_o="751" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - snowy riverfront_FLATTEN with people copy_o.jpg" data-mid="12463937" border="0" align="left"/> A winter sunset at the Riverfront Inlet Wetland and Amphitheater.The Inlet Walkway serves as an access point for people and water. One can walk to the river to launch a canoe or take pause for a quiet moment. In the spring, the Inlet Walkway allows the water to ascend up the pathway and spill over the amphitheater steps registering spring's snowmelt. From here, the water continues through constructed wetlands and is directed into Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary, reseeding the Sanctuary with each flood so as to establish a robust seedbank for a future flooplain forest. As climate change stands to dramatically reduce regional floodplain forests, our plan facilitates their growth creating regionally critical habitat over time. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/walkway-section.jpg" width="670" height="355" width_o="670" height_o="355" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/walkway-section_o.jpg" data-mid="14036005" border="0" align="left"/> Section through Riverfront Inlet walkway. Clean, cool water pours from the wetland into the river, creating environmental conditions for walleye habitat. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/vento-overlook-BLOOMING BABIES_FLATTEN_MISS LOWERY.jpg" width="670" height="476" width_o="670" height_o="476" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/vento-overlook-BLOOMING BABIES_FLATTEN_MISS LOWERY_o.jpg" data-mid="13923094" border="0" align="left"/> Spring in the Lowertown Orchard, overlooking Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary. Here, apple blossoms blanket the ground months before their harvest provides fruit for the Lowertown Farmers Market. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - vento-downtownview_FLATTENED.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1105" height_o="829" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - vento-downtownview_FLATTENED_o.jpg" data-mid="12463955" border="0" align="left"/> During early summer, one stops to rest and read on a bench in Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary, overlooking the wetland wildlife and a view of Downtown St. Paul in the distant background. Once a prairie, years of flooding and reseeding have allowed for the establishment of a flourishing floodplain forest. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE_Bat Viewing From Vento_FLATTEN MISS LOWERY EDIT.jpg" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE_Bat Viewing From Vento_FLATTEN MISS LOWERY EDIT_o.jpg" data-mid="13923166" border="0" align="left"/> At dusk a crowd stands on the Bat Bridge, observing the nightly spectacle of bats flying out from their roost for the evening hunt. The Bat Bridge acts as a constructed roosting habitat, creating multi-functional infrastructure. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - Bat Bridge at Night_FLATTEN_MISS LOWERY EDIT.jpg" width="670" height="427" width_o="670" height_o="427" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - Bat Bridge at Night_FLATTEN_MISS LOWERY EDIT_o.jpg" data-mid="14023060" border="0" align="left"/>Evening under the Bat Bridge, highlighting the roosting branches of the bridge that form a cathedral-like canopy overhead. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE-Design under the bridge night perspective_FLATTEN.jpg" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE-Design under the bridge night perspective_FLATTEN_o.jpg" data-mid="14023860" border="0" align="left"/>The Train Theater illuminates the belly of the highway. It's columns frame the theater from which passersby view the trains speeding by as they relax on gabion seating. This new forum creates a safer connection between Swede Hollow and Bruce Vento.<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - swede hollow summer_FLATTEN.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1105" height_o="829" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - swede hollow summer_FLATTEN_o.jpg" data-mid="12463951" border="0" align="left"/> During a summertime evening in Swede Hollow families gather within this urban refuge. Currently a forgotten greenspace, creating seasonal activities within the park draws attention from the surrounding community while preserving it's quiet and sublime character. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/WEBSITE_Swede Hollow Ecological Path_Large_FLATTENED.jpg" width="670" height="893" width_o="670" height_o="893" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/WEBSITE_Swede Hollow Ecological Path_Large_FLATTENED_o.jpg" data-mid="14023964" border="0" align="left"/>Swede Hollow boardwalk provides access to areas currently lacking it. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/WEBSITE traintheater-perspective2.jpg" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/WEBSITE traintheater-perspective2_o.jpg" data-mid="14023050" border="0" align="left"/>The Train Theater during the day. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/WEBSITE cut from 4th-perspective.jpg" width="670" height="513" width_o="670" height_o="513" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/WEBSITE cut from 4th-perspective_o.jpg" data-mid="14023047" border="0" align="left"/>Fourth Avenue access path towards Lowertown. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/path details-page.jpg" width="400" height="353" width_o="400" height_o="353" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/path details-page_o.jpg" data-mid="14047223" border="0" align="left"/>Sections and materiality of paths. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/14_Perspective2_PanoramicC.jpg" width="670" height="212" width_o="670" height_o="212" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/14_Perspective2_PanoramicC_o.jpg" data-mid="14034390" border="0" align="left"/>Riverfront train depot perspective. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/riverfront details-page.jpg" width="350" height="495" width_o="350" height_o="495" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/riverfront details-page_o.jpg" data-mid="14047224" border="0" align="left"/>Section: Riverfront train depot rail lines and walkways. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/15_Perspective3_On-Elevated-TrainC2-copy.jpg" width="670" height="507" width_o="670" height_o="507" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/15_Perspective3_On-Elevated-TrainC2-copy_o.jpg" data-mid="14034389" border="0" align="left"/>Perspective: Riverfront train depot. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/16_Perspective7_TO-RIVER2C.jpg" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/16_Perspective7_TO-RIVER2C_o.jpg" data-mid="14034388" border="0" align="left"/>Perspective: Riverfront access from downtown St. Paul. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - fall scene with light and flood_FLATTEN_2.jpg" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265467/FINAL WEBSITE - fall scene with light and flood_FLATTEN_2_o.jpg" data-mid="14023056" border="0" align="left"/>Perspective: Riverfront Inlet playground. A line of light is illuminated against the trees, registering the height of seasonal snowmelt. Lowertown, St. Paul is home to many businesses, a young artists community and regionally significant shorebird habitat along the Mississippi riverfront. In the near... http://www.missemilylowery.com/Capstone-Project http://www.missemilylowery.com/following/missemilylowery.com/Capstone-Project Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:45:51 +0000 MISS EMILY LOWERY 2265553 There is a visible and audible aliveness to Mfangano Island, Kenya. The island is rapidly changing with a growing population, greater access to information and increasing economic insecurity. The island's forests are quickly being exhausted as many are turning to the land as a survival responses to the lack of economic opportunity. A rich cultural history is tied to the Mfangano's existing Sacred Forests. Losing the forests, in essence, means losing culture. My proposal design a framework for the reforestation of Mfangano Island in a way that protects the environment by leveraging and strengthening the power of the community's cultural history and identity while demonstrating the economic benefit of reforestation for the residents of Mfangano. I am working in partnership with an NGO on the island, Organic Health Response. Follow my capstone blog. Please scroll down for slideshow descriptions.<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/Mfangano aerial.jpg" width="670" height="416" width_o="1450" height_o="901" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/Mfangano aerial_o.jpg" data-mid="11374422" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/location of island copy.jpg" width="670" height="427" width_o="670" height_o="427" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/location of island copy_o.jpg" data-mid="14059792" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/island timeline copy.jpg" width="670" height="467" width_o="670" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/island timeline copy_o.jpg" data-mid="14059791" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/equalized panoramic6.jpg" width="670" height="176" width_o="670" height_o="176" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/equalized panoramic6_o.jpg" data-mid="14048533" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/pg. 68 of capstone.jpg" width="670" height="432" width_o="670" height_o="432" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/pg. 68 of capstone_o.jpg" data-mid="14050010" border="0" align="left"/> Fullscreen <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/Mfangano aerial.jpg" width="670" height="416" width_o="1450" height_o="901" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/Mfangano aerial_o.jpg" data-mid="11374422" border="0" align="left"/>Aerial image of Mfangano. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/location of island copy.jpg" width="670" height="427" width_o="670" height_o="427" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/location of island copy_o.jpg" data-mid="14059792" border="0" align="left"/>Global location. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/island timeline copy.jpg" width="670" height="467" width_o="670" height_o="467" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/island timeline copy_o.jpg" data-mid="14059791" border="0" align="left"/>Population growth and history timeline. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/equalized panoramic6.jpg" width="670" height="176" width_o="670" height_o="176" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/equalized panoramic6_o.jpg" data-mid="14048533" border="0" align="left"/>One edge of the island. Deforestation creeping in. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/pg. 68 of capstone.jpg" width="670" height="432" width_o="670" height_o="432" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265553/pg. 68 of capstone_o.jpg" data-mid="14050010" border="0" align="left"/>Elevational study of environmental conditions. There is a visible and audible aliveness to Mfangano Island, Kenya. The island is rapidly changing with a growing population, greater access to information and... http://www.missemilylowery.com/The-ParkLink-System http://www.missemilylowery.com/following/missemilylowery.com/The-ParkLink-System Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:45:18 +0000 MISS EMILY LOWERY 2265548 A highway separates North Minneapolis from the Mississippi River and nearby neighborhoods. Vacant lots, industrial areas and vehicle dominated streets further disconnect residents from local greenspace and regional amenities. The project objective was to create and design a connection to the Mississippi River from North Minneapolis. My partner and I developed “The ParkLink,” a framework that unifies greenspace, strengthens the community and connects people to the river. ParkLink is a wayfinding icon and greenspace connector, a brand for neighborhood improvement and a community engagement tool. Network connections create a framework of access to greenspace that is never farther than a ten minute walk from anywhere in North Minneapolis. The streets that form the ParkLink’s connections were chosen for their ability to be transformed for bike and pedestrian use. “The Tool Kit” allows city officials, park officials and residents to choose programing options to replace existing vacant lots on a block-by-block basis. This tool kit lets residents customize their local open space needs and accounts for time and scale; creating allowances for changing demographics and density. To complete the unification and strengthening of the streets and vacant lots in North Minneapolis, we connect the community to the river with land bridges and an under utilized destination parks along The Mississippi. This project was done in partnership with Sarah Ash. Please scroll down for slideshow descriptions. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 1.jpg" width="670" height="429" width_o="670" height_o="429" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 1_o.jpg" data-mid="14164653" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/Rendering Diagram_2.jpg" width="670" height="434" width_o="670" height_o="434" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/Rendering Diagram_2_o.jpg" data-mid="14165635" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 3 copy.jpg" width="670" height="611" width_o="670" height_o="611" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 3 copy_o.jpg" data-mid="14164737" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 4.jpg" width="670" height="918" width_o="670" height_o="918" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 4_o.jpg" data-mid="14165018" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 5 -1.jpg" width="670" height="695" width_o="670" height_o="695" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 5 -1_o.jpg" data-mid="14165241" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 7.jpg" width="670" height="424" width_o="670" height_o="424" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 7_o.jpg" data-mid="14165188" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 8.jpg" width="670" height="769" width_o="670" height_o="769" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 8_o.jpg" data-mid="14164765" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 9.jpg" width="670" height="361" width_o="670" height_o="361" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 9_o.jpg" data-mid="14165017" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 10.jpg" width="670" height="384" width_o="670" height_o="384" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 10_o.jpg" data-mid="14165016" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 11.jpg" width="670" height="337" width_o="670" height_o="337" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 11_o.jpg" data-mid="14164817" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/Night Scene2.jpg" width="670" height="462" width_o="670" height_o="462" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/Night Scene2_o.jpg" data-mid="14165481" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/black girl on bicycle.jpg" width="670" height="361" width_o="670" height_o="361" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/black girl on bicycle_o.jpg" data-mid="14165015" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/night axon.jpg" width="670" height="553" width_o="670" height_o="553" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/night axon_o.jpg" data-mid="14165519" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/29TH PED BRIDGE axon and section.jpg" width="670" height="449" width_o="670" height_o="449" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/29TH PED BRIDGE axon and section_o.jpg" data-mid="14164337" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 16.jpg" width="670" height="331" width_o="670" height_o="331" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 16_o.jpg" data-mid="14165541" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 18.jpg" width="670" height="425" width_o="670" height_o="425" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 18_o.jpg" data-mid="14165664" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 19.jpg" width="670" height="216" width_o="670" height_o="216" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 19_o.jpg" data-mid="14165296" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 19-2.jpg" width="670" height="172" width_o="670" height_o="172" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 19-2_o.jpg" data-mid="14165293" border="0" align="left"/> Fullscreen <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 1.jpg" width="670" height="429" width_o="670" height_o="429" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 1_o.jpg" data-mid="14164653" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/Rendering Diagram_2.jpg" width="670" height="434" width_o="670" height_o="434" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/Rendering Diagram_2_o.jpg" data-mid="14165635" border="0" align="left"/>A collage representing the obstacles disconnecting residents from accessing the Mississippi. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 3 copy.jpg" width="670" height="611" width_o="670" height_o="611" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 3 copy_o.jpg" data-mid="14164737" border="0" align="left"/>ParkLink potential: Why Unify? North Minneapolis has over 20 parks and serves as the gateway to North Mississippi Regional Park, one of Minneapolis’ most opportune places to access and experience the Mississippi River. It only makes sense that instead of ignoring these assets, we put forth efforts to encourage their use. Minneapolis has a history of linking greenspace to great effect. Unfortunately, North Minneapolis has often been left out of this phenomenon. It’s park spaces possess an abundance of potential great views, old growth trees and access to the kind of nature that is rare in cities. Unifying these spaces via a ParkLink will offer more people access to the unique qualities of North Minneapolis’ great parks and to the Mississippi River itself. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 4.jpg" width="670" height="918" width_o="670" height_o="918" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 4_o.jpg" data-mid="14165018" border="0" align="left"/>Plan of the North Minneapolis ParkLink- The ParkLink works with existing parks to improve usage from both residents and non-residents, to UNIFY the neighborhoods of North Minneapolis, and to provide safe and convenient routes for pedestrians and cyclists. The ParkLink not only strengthens neighborhood connections, it works like a membrane, allowing access to the greater metropolitan area via the Grand Rounds, Shingle Creek Trail, Summit Avenue Trail, Cedar Creek LRT Trail and the Columbia Parkway Trail. There is also potential for a future connection to the Loose Line State Trail. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 5 -1.jpg" width="670" height="695" width_o="670" height_o="695" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 5 -1_o.jpg" data-mid="14165241" border="0" align="left"/>Walking Distances within the ParkLink- The ParkLink’s connections create a framework of access to greenspace that is never farther than a ten minute walk from anywhere in North Minneapolis. In order to improve access to greenspace, underserved areas within the park link are the highest priority for implementation of the vacant lot improvement toolbox. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 7.jpg" width="670" height="424" width_o="670" height_o="424" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 7_o.jpg" data-mid="14165188" border="0" align="left"/>Regional and Local Connections to North Minneapolis <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 8.jpg" width="670" height="769" width_o="670" height_o="769" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 8_o.jpg" data-mid="14164765" border="0" align="left"/>Existing Opportunities- Although current conditions of vacant lots act as disconnects between neighbors and neighborhoods, the lots in close proximity to one another allow for spatial connection and programmatic opportunities that can serve to strengthen the existing park system and social fabric. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 9.jpg" width="670" height="361" width_o="670" height_o="361" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 9_o.jpg" data-mid="14165017" border="0" align="left"/>Minneapolis Racial Demographic Population Changes- Projections indicate an increase in the aging population, the youth population and the population as a whole. As the Baby Boom generation ages the increase in the senior population is expected to produce a lower employment/population ratio in the future, with negative implications for state tax revenues. This will have impact could lead to government deficits at all levels and increased pressures to shift expenditures from investments in education, infrastructure and research to health and social care for the aging. This too will affect housing typologies and densities in existing neighborhoods. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 10.jpg" width="670" height="384" width_o="670" height_o="384" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 10_o.jpg" data-mid="14165016" border="0" align="left"/>Community Tool Kit- City officials, park officials and residents choose programing options to replace existing vacant lots on a block-by-block basis. This tool kit allows residents to customize their local open space needs while providing a larger connection to The Grand Rounds. The tool kit accounts for time and scale; creating allowances for changing demographics and density. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 11.jpg" width="670" height="337" width_o="670" height_o="337" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 11_o.jpg" data-mid="14164817" border="0" align="left"/>Flexible, equitable housing for current and future residents- Increases in overall population growth as well as senior and youth demographics will call for new, flexible housing typologies. Although the population changes will impact North Minneapolis, this housing tool kit accommodates future properties values as well as the income level of residents currently renting. The purpose of the housing tool is to serve a range of income levels by providing rental apartments, market rate housing, affordable to low-income households,co-ops affordable to middle-income households with a diversity of layouts and densities. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/Night Scene2.jpg" width="670" height="462" width_o="670" height_o="462" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/Night Scene2_o.jpg" data-mid="14165481" border="0" align="left"/>ParkLink walkway with evening street vendors. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/black girl on bicycle.jpg" width="670" height="361" width_o="670" height_o="361" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/black girl on bicycle_o.jpg" data-mid="14165015" border="0" align="left"/>ParkLink walkway section. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/night axon.jpg" width="670" height="553" width_o="670" height_o="553" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/night axon_o.jpg" data-mid="14165519" border="0" align="left"/>ParkLink axon. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/29TH PED BRIDGE axon and section.jpg" width="670" height="449" width_o="670" height_o="449" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/29TH PED BRIDGE axon and section_o.jpg" data-mid="14164337" border="0" align="left"/>29th Ave. N. Pedestrian/Bicycle land bridge over I-94.Creating vegetative infrastructure as part of the North Minneapolis ParkLink expands the system and increases pedestrian and bike access of residents and nonresidents to The Mighty Mississippi. Farview Park and 29th Ave. N. offer a safe, direct connection for the land bridge that offers an opportunity for ParkLink along the river as property opens up. Section: Vegetative land bridge over I-94. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 16.jpg" width="670" height="331" width_o="670" height_o="331" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 16_o.jpg" data-mid="14165541" border="0" align="left"/>Lyndale Avenue // Soo Line Railroad Pedestrian & Bicycle Bridge. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 18.jpg" width="670" height="425" width_o="670" height_o="425" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 18_o.jpg" data-mid="14165664" border="0" align="left"/>North Mississippi Regional Park:North Minneapolis’ Gateway to the River. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 19.jpg" width="670" height="216" width_o="670" height_o="216" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 19_o.jpg" data-mid="14165296" border="0" align="left"/>Underpass summer food vendors and evening lights make this once uninviting area an attractive and safe space. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 19-2.jpg" width="670" height="172" width_o="670" height_o="172" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265548/BOARD LAYOUT_reduced 19-2_o.jpg" data-mid="14165293" border="0" align="left"/>Boat launch farmers market. A highway separates North Minneapolis from the Mississippi River and nearby neighborhoods. Vacant lots, industrial areas and vehicle dominated streets further... http://www.missemilylowery.com/Three-Ring-Gardens http://www.missemilylowery.com/following/missemilylowery.com/Three-Ring-Gardens Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:43:42 +0000 MISS EMILY LOWERY 2265538 Three Ring Gardens began as a seed planted by students at Gordon Parks High School two years ago. In March of 2011, Students for Design Activism (SDA) was approached to work with GPHS to transform two nearby vacant lots, once known as Circus Hill, into a community greenspace and urban agriculture program. As co-founder of SDA, I helped to develop the analysis, concept design and schematic design. This work served to create a vision for the school and the community at large. Within one year from our first meeting with GPHS, Three Ring Gardens has been supported by the city of St. Paul, Union Park District Council, the Central Corridor Funders Collaborative and endorsed by Will Allen of Growing Power. As part of this project I developed the renderings, the blog, press releases and presented the project to various city officials and councils. Three Ring Gardens will be the focus of a two week studio project for second year MLAs. I will be a guest lecturer and reviewer for that studio project. Work on Three Ring Gardens is done in partnership with Anna Lawrence Bierbrauer and Derek Schilling. Please scroll down for slideshow descriptions. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/trg masterplan axon.jpg" width="670" height="395" width_o="670" height_o="395" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/trg masterplan axon_o.jpg" data-mid="14063486" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/GPHS_lower_panorama.jpg" width="670" height="115" width_o="670" height_o="115" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/GPHS_lower_panorama_o.jpg" data-mid="14065671" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/CircusHill_towardGPHS.jpg" width="670" height="180" width_o="670" height_o="180" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/CircusHill_towardGPHS_o.jpg" data-mid="14065672" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/GordonParks base map with plan.jpg" width="670" height="357" width_o="670" height_o="357" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/GordonParks base map with plan_o.jpg" data-mid="14065175" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/South Entrance_cropped.jpg" width="670" height="483" width_o="1664" height_o="1202" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/South Entrance_cropped_o.jpg" data-mid="11355393" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/Upper Parcel meandering walkway and art walk.jpg" width="670" height="210" width_o="1573" height_o="494" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/Upper Parcel meandering walkway and art walk_o.jpg" data-mid="11355433" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/west upper parcel.jpg" width="670" height="194" width_o="2048" height_o="594" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/west upper parcel_o.jpg" data-mid="11355452" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/PerspectiveUpStairs2.jpg" width="670" height="331" width_o="1650" height_o="817" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/PerspectiveUpStairs2_o.jpg" data-mid="11355404" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/lower parcel n-s section.jpg" width="670" height="212" width_o="1600" height_o="508" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/lower parcel n-s section_o.jpg" data-mid="11355431" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/looking to stairs_bball_entry_garden_cropped.jpg" width="670" height="590" width_o="1000" height_o="882" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/looking to stairs_bball_entry_garden_cropped_o.jpg" data-mid="11355402" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/entrance to lower parcel.jpg" width="670" height="384" width_o="1200" height_o="688" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/entrance to lower parcel_o.jpg" data-mid="11355401" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/parking lot walk.jpg" width="670" height="452" width_o="1200" height_o="810" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/parking lot walk_o.jpg" data-mid="11355403" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/garden walkway.jpg" width="670" height="135" width_o="2048" height_o="413" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/garden walkway_o.jpg" data-mid="11355430" border="0" align="left"/> Fullscreen <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/trg masterplan axon.jpg" width="670" height="395" width_o="670" height_o="395" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/trg masterplan axon_o.jpg" data-mid="14063486" border="0" align="left"/>Located on University Ave and Griggs Street in St. Paul, Three Rings Gardens and its neighbors are surrounded by a major interstate, an arterial road, office buildings, and large parking lots. Regionally unique, this park will foster an education of food production, ecology, stormwater management, and alternative energy endeavors in the everyday lives of the students. For the larger community at large, it becomes a place for public art, pick-up games, outdoor performances, or a simple breath of fresh air. Upon completion, Three Ring Gardens will serve as the only truly public green space in over a half-mile radius. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/GPHS_lower_panorama.jpg" width="670" height="115" width_o="670" height_o="115" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/GPHS_lower_panorama_o.jpg" data-mid="14065671" border="0" align="left"/>Existing conditions of the Lower Parcel (northern): Snow storage and junk car storage. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/CircusHill_towardGPHS.jpg" width="670" height="180" width_o="670" height_o="180" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/CircusHill_towardGPHS_o.jpg" data-mid="14065672" border="0" align="left"/>Existing conditions of Upper parcel (southern): Once the storage area for surplus cars from a dealership. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/GordonParks base map with plan.jpg" width="670" height="357" width_o="670" height_o="357" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/GordonParks base map with plan_o.jpg" data-mid="14065175" border="0" align="left"/>Masterplan axon of Three Ring Gardens. Critical North / South connections are made between the Griggs St. pedestrian bridge and University Ave. Alleés of trees running East and West create better access and circulation around the site while highlighting the fine-grained connectivity that once existed here over fifty years ago. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/South Entrance_cropped.jpg" width="670" height="483" width_o="1664" height_o="1202" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/South Entrance_cropped_o.jpg" data-mid="11355393" border="0" align="left"/>Southwest entrance to the community greenspace. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/Upper Parcel meandering walkway and art walk.jpg" width="670" height="210" width_o="1573" height_o="494" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/Upper Parcel meandering walkway and art walk_o.jpg" data-mid="11355433" border="0" align="left"/>North/South Section of Upper Parcel. The Meandering Walkway is illustrated here at the South (left) end of this image. A Recreational Play Area sits between the orchard and the South end of the parcel. This flexible recreation area will be the only safely, walkable greenspace offered to the students of GPHS and Skyline Tower youth in over half a mile. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/west upper parcel.jpg" width="670" height="194" width_o="2048" height_o="594" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/west upper parcel_o.jpg" data-mid="11355452" border="0" align="left"/>Close-up: East/West Section of Upper Parcel (Excluding Community Allotment Gardens and Meandering Walkway). <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/PerspectiveUpStairs2.jpg" width="670" height="331" width_o="1650" height_o="817" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/PerspectiveUpStairs2_o.jpg" data-mid="11355404" border="0" align="left"/>A sixteen foot grade change creates the perfect seating for an outdoor amphitheater and stage to be used by Gordon Parks High School and the community. Bordering The Amphitheater are terraced planters, filtering water from the Upper Parcel and storing the filtered water in cisterns below The Cistern Boardwalk. Walking up the Amphitheater stairs, one finds himself at the Northern edge of the Upper Parcel, standing directly next to the Outdoor Classroom. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/lower parcel n-s section.jpg" width="670" height="212" width_o="1600" height_o="508" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/lower parcel n-s section_o.jpg" data-mid="11355431" border="0" align="left"/>North/South Section of Lower Parcel. Water is collected from the Upper Parcel and then stored into a cistern (placed under the Cistern Boardwalk) used to water the Hoop Houses on the Lower Parcel. The Cistern Boardwalk and the Amphitheater are two walkways connecting the Lower Parcel to the Upper Parcel. Out of view in this image, a Basketball Court and a Sensory, Medicinal Garden are just beyond the Hoop Houses. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/looking to stairs_bball_entry_garden_cropped.jpg" width="670" height="590" width_o="1000" height_o="882" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/looking to stairs_bball_entry_garden_cropped_o.jpg" data-mid="11355402" border="0" align="left"/>Just beyond the hoop houses, a medicinal, sensory garden creates a welcoming entry. Further west, students can enjoy a game of basketball on their own court. This is a unique amenity as nearby parks primarily offer baseball fields. Just south of the Basketball Court sits the open Amphitheater, providing space for outdoor classrooms as well as a stage for community story telling, theater or socializing. Surrounding the Amphitheater are terraced planters that will filter water from the Upper Parcel into a water cistern below the Boardwalk leading into the Amphitheater from the east. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/entrance to lower parcel.jpg" width="670" height="384" width_o="1200" height_o="688" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/entrance to lower parcel_o.jpg" data-mid="11355401" border="0" align="left"/>The entry to the Lower Parcel welcomes students, teachers and visitors upon entering the park. Trees, naturalistic plantings and seating walls create an entrance that lends itself toe small classes, lunch breaks and a place to sit peacefully after tending to the hoop house gardens or playing a game of basketball. A meandering Sensory, Medicinal Garden takes visitors into the site and directs them to the Hoop Houses, the Boardwalk, the Basketball Court, or to the Amphitheater leading to the Upper Parcel. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/parking lot walk.jpg" width="670" height="452" width_o="1200" height_o="810" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/parking lot walk_o.jpg" data-mid="11355403" border="0" align="left"/>Underneath a canopy of trees, students and faculty use this Garden Walkway to cross the parking lot of Gordon Parks High School. As a safe and beautiful pathway it offers a formal greeting to those visiting GPHS and a pleasant walk into the Lower Parcel. The Garden Walkway also serves to treat onsite stormwater. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/garden walkway.jpg" width="670" height="135" width_o="2048" height_o="413" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265538/garden walkway_o.jpg" data-mid="11355430" border="0" align="left"/>North/South Section of Gordon Parks Garden Walkway, Gordon Parks High School and University Ave. Video: rough idea of Three Ring Gardens design. Three Ring Gardens began as a seed planted by students at Gordon Parks High School two years ago. In March of 2011, Students for Design Activism (SDA) was... http://www.missemilylowery.com/Bike-Pasture http://www.missemilylowery.com/following/missemilylowery.com/Bike-Pasture Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:43:42 +0000 MISS EMILY LOWERY 2265536 The Bike Pasture The Bike Pasture was spurred out of a design charrette that would finalize a design for a demonstration garden to be monitored and built by a May Term class. The scope of this project grew beyond the capacity of the class, but was further developed by myself and Elizabeth Turner in April of 2011. Our project focus was to create a replicable design for under-utilized spaces on campus and best practices methods for transforming those campus spaces into productive and regenerative places in order to serve university community. There are numerous disregarded greenspaces on campus that are blocked by ad hoc bike parking forming a barrier between students and those open spaces. Recognizing this as an opportunity to design a multi-functional space, the Bike Pasture will serve Rapson Hall at the University of Minnesota by adding an additional eighty four spaces of bike parking, space for socializing, studying, while capturing runoff on-site by replacing 7500 sq. ft. of turf grass with permeable materials and native plantings. Vegetation and monitoring systems will also act as living labs for students in Rapson Hall. I worked on a range of tasks within this project, including: concept designs, schematic designs, final designs, speaking with manufacturers, groundskeepers and university officials. Landscape Architecture faculty have made The Bike Pasture the primary project of a construction details class for second year MLAs. The Bike Pasture project is on track to begin construction in Spring of 2012. All final work for this project is in partnership with Elizabeth Turner and Prescott Morrill. Please scroll down for slideshow descriptions. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/bike pasture rendering.jpg" width="670" height="344" width_o="900" height_o="463" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/bike pasture rendering_o.jpg" data-mid="11374605" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/BikePasture-FinalPresentation 3.jpg" width="670" height="711" width_o="670" height_o="711" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/BikePasture-FinalPresentation 3_o.jpg" data-mid="14167121" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/newer bike pasture plan.jpg" width="670" height="523" width_o="670" height_o="523" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/newer bike pasture plan_o.jpg" data-mid="14071057" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/BikePasture-FinalPresentation 13.jpg" width="670" height="165" width_o="670" height_o="165" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/BikePasture-FinalPresentation 13_o.jpg" data-mid="14167999" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/bike hitching post.jpg" width="670" height="580" width_o="670" height_o="580" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/bike hitching post_o.jpg" data-mid="14071079" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/BikePasture-FinalPresentation 11.jpg" width="670" height="751" width_o="670" height_o="751" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/BikePasture-FinalPresentation 11_o.jpg" data-mid="14167605" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/BikePasture-FinalPresentation 5.jpg" width="670" height="468" width_o="670" height_o="468" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/BikePasture-FinalPresentation 5_o.jpg" data-mid="14167298" border="0" align="left"/> Fullscreen <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/bike pasture rendering.jpg" width="670" height="344" width_o="900" height_o="463" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/bike pasture rendering_o.jpg" data-mid="11374605" border="0" align="left"/>Perspective of the Bike Pasture. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/BikePasture-FinalPresentation 3.jpg" width="670" height="711" width_o="670" height_o="711" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/BikePasture-FinalPresentation 3_o.jpg" data-mid="14167121" border="0" align="left"/>Existing conditions- Bike racks currently block access to grassy space. Shaded area is underutilized and covered with turf grass, requiring watering and cutting. To analyze whether this site would be an attractive social space, we experimented by placing movable, plastic chairs. Within five minutes people were sitting in the space. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/newer bike pasture plan.jpg" width="670" height="523" width_o="670" height_o="523" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/newer bike pasture plan_o.jpg" data-mid="14071057" border="0" align="left"/>Plan of the Bike Pasture. The elliptical form allows for more bike parking as well as a centralized social space. The surrounding plantings act as barriers for cyclists intending to park along the western edge of the site. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/BikePasture-FinalPresentation 13.jpg" width="670" height="165" width_o="670" height_o="165" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/BikePasture-FinalPresentation 13_o.jpg" data-mid="14167999" border="0" align="left"/>Material palette. Locally sourced river rock, porous pavers, recycled concrete stepping stones. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/bike hitching post.jpg" width="670" height="580" width_o="670" height_o="580" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/bike hitching post_o.jpg" data-mid="14071079" border="0" align="left"/>Example of bike posts used. The design lets multiple bikes park on one post. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/BikePasture-FinalPresentation 11.jpg" width="670" height="751" width_o="670" height_o="751" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/BikePasture-FinalPresentation 11_o.jpg" data-mid="14167605" border="0" align="left"/>Construction detail- of bike post anchoring. Concrete serves as barrier between gravel and other pavement. Hitching post bolted to concrete. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/BikePasture-FinalPresentation 5.jpg" width="670" height="468" width_o="670" height_o="468" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265536/BikePasture-FinalPresentation 5_o.jpg" data-mid="14167298" border="0" align="left"/>Perspective of Bike Pasture. The Bike Pasture The Bike Pasture was spurred out of a design charrette that would finalize a design for a demonstration garden to be monitored and built by a May... http://www.missemilylowery.com/Guthrie-Re-Design-Detailing http://www.missemilylowery.com/following/missemilylowery.com/Guthrie-Re-Design-Detailing Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:42:47 +0000 MISS EMILY LOWERY 2265534 The public plaza just outside the Guthrie Theater is a large open area with temperature and light extremes, little vegetation and adequate social space despite its iconic location. In order to attract people into the space, I designed a seating area that also served as planters as well as stairs. The paving is a combination of limestone pavers and in-laid LED lighting to soften the character of the space while creating an attractive outdoor public space that compliments the building as well. Please scroll down for slideshow descriptions. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/planter-seating-plan2_4.jpg" width="670" height="261" width_o="670" height_o="261" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/planter-seating-plan2_4_o.jpg" data-mid="14072724" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/seating planter plan .jpg" width="670" height="512" width_o="670" height_o="512" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/seating planter plan _o.jpg" data-mid="14072463" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/lighting detail 3.jpg" width="670" height="215" width_o="670" height_o="215" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/lighting detail 3_o.jpg" data-mid="14073149" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/lighting detail2.jpg" width="670" height="301" width_o="670" height_o="301" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/lighting detail2_o.jpg" data-mid="14073151" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/seating element_planter.jpg" width="670" height="485" width_o="670" height_o="485" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/seating element_planter_o.jpg" data-mid="14071442" border="0" align="left"/> Fullscreen <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/planter-seating-plan2_4.jpg" width="670" height="261" width_o="670" height_o="261" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/planter-seating-plan2_4_o.jpg" data-mid="14072724" border="0" align="left"/>Plan view of Guthrie plaza plan detail. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/seating planter plan .jpg" width="670" height="512" width_o="670" height_o="512" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/seating planter plan _o.jpg" data-mid="14072463" border="0" align="left"/>Close-up detail of plaza planter/seating detail. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/L8_Walls_Stairs_Seating2.jpg" width="670" height="294" width_o="670" height_o="294" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/L8_Walls_Stairs_Seating2_o.jpg" data-mid="14187729" border="0" align="left"/>Elevation of planter/seating. The steps to this area recede into grade as the ellipse narrows. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/lighting detail 3.jpg" width="670" height="215" width_o="670" height_o="215" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/lighting detail 3_o.jpg" data-mid="14073149" border="0" align="left"/>Lighting and paving section detail. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/lighting detail2.jpg" width="670" height="301" width_o="670" height_o="301" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/lighting detail2_o.jpg" data-mid="14073151" border="0" align="left"/>Lighting and paving plan detail. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/L7_Walls_Stairs_Seating4.jpg" width="670" height="489" width_o="670" height_o="489" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/L7_Walls_Stairs_Seating4_o.jpg" data-mid="14188192" border="0" align="left"/>Section detail of stairs. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/L7_Walls_Stairs_Seating.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="670" height_o="418" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/L7_Walls_Stairs_Seating_o.jpg" data-mid="14187909" border="0" align="left"/>Section detail of cheek wall. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/L7_Walls_Stairs_Seating2.jpg" width="670" height="421" width_o="670" height_o="421" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/L7_Walls_Stairs_Seating2_o.jpg" data-mid="14187756" border="0" align="left"/>Section details of steps/seating. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/seating element_planter.jpg" width="670" height="485" width_o="670" height_o="485" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265534/seating element_planter_o.jpg" data-mid="14071442" border="0" align="left"/>Planter / seating section detail. The public plaza just outside the Guthrie Theater is a large open area with temperature and light extremes, little vegetation and adequate social space despite its... http://www.missemilylowery.com/Lily-Plaza http://www.missemilylowery.com/following/missemilylowery.com/Lily-Plaza Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:39:50 +0000 MISS EMILY LOWERY 2265519 Lily Plaza is a courtyard that serves as a ‘walkthrough’ space on the University of Minnesota campus. The goal of the project was to create a planting design that produced shade and gathering spaces. My design concept is about the interruption of movement so as to draw attention to the plaza and attract people into it. Meant to break pedestrian traffic, tree plantings physically interrupt the path while also providing shade. Grass panels of varied elevations slow movement and double as gathering spaces. The interruption of pace, visual focus and continual grade make this garden a destination rather than a walkway. This project was part of a planting design class. Please scroll down for slideshow descriptions. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/lily plaza Color background plan.jpg" width="670" height="346" width_o="670" height_o="346" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/lily plaza Color background plan_o.jpg" data-mid="14138616" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/lily plaza panorama1.jpg" width="670" height="145" width_o="670" height_o="145" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/lily plaza panorama1_o.jpg" data-mid="14113183" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/original lily sketch.jpg" width="670" height="343" width_o="670" height_o="343" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/original lily sketch_o.jpg" data-mid="14113456" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/FUNKY PERSPECTIVE Lily.jpg" width="670" height="475" width_o="670" height_o="475" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/FUNKY PERSPECTIVE Lily_o.jpg" data-mid="14113249" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/FUNKY SECTION lily plaza.jpg" width="670" height="379" width_o="670" height_o="379" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/FUNKY SECTION lily plaza_o.jpg" data-mid="14138717" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/FUNKY 3RD PLAN BW.jpg" width="670" height="404" width_o="670" height_o="404" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/FUNKY 3RD PLAN BW_o.jpg" data-mid="14113425" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/Lily Plaza Model Page copy.jpg" width="670" height="277" width_o="670" height_o="277" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/Lily Plaza Model Page copy_o.jpg" data-mid="14113368" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/Color Concept Plan_REDUCED.jpg" width="670" height="346" width_o="720" height_o="372" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/Color Concept Plan_REDUCED_o.jpg" data-mid="11375557" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/final lily plaza plan.jpg" width="670" height="321" width_o="670" height_o="321" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/final lily plaza plan_o.jpg" data-mid="14113712" border="0" align="left"/> Fullscreen <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/lily plaza Color background plan.jpg" width="670" height="346" width_o="670" height_o="346" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/lily plaza Color background plan_o.jpg" data-mid="14138616" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/lily plaza panorama1.jpg" width="670" height="145" width_o="670" height_o="145" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/lily plaza panorama1_o.jpg" data-mid="14113183" border="0" align="left"/>The site - Lily Plaza. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/original lily sketch.jpg" width="670" height="343" width_o="670" height_o="343" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/original lily sketch_o.jpg" data-mid="14113456" border="0" align="left"/>Initial concept drawing. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/FUNKY PERSPECTIVE Lily.jpg" width="670" height="475" width_o="670" height_o="475" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/FUNKY PERSPECTIVE Lily_o.jpg" data-mid="14113249" border="0" align="left"/>Concept perspective. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/FUNKY SECTION lily plaza.jpg" width="670" height="379" width_o="670" height_o="379" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/FUNKY SECTION lily plaza_o.jpg" data-mid="14138717" border="0" align="left"/>Section: working through the concept drawing. Exploring how slightly elevated terracing would work. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/FUNKY 3RD PLAN BW.jpg" width="670" height="404" width_o="670" height_o="404" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/FUNKY 3RD PLAN BW_o.jpg" data-mid="14113425" border="0" align="left"/>Development of first concept drawing. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/Lily Plaza Model Page copy.jpg" width="670" height="277" width_o="670" height_o="277" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/Lily Plaza Model Page copy_o.jpg" data-mid="14113368" border="0" align="left"/> Exploring the design with modeling. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/Color Concept Plan_REDUCED.jpg" width="670" height="346" width_o="720" height_o="372" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/Color Concept Plan_REDUCED_o.jpg" data-mid="11375557" border="0" align="left"/>Illustrative plan of final design. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/final lily plaza plan.jpg" width="670" height="321" width_o="670" height_o="321" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265519/final lily plaza plan_o.jpg" data-mid="14113712" border="0" align="left"/>Planting plan of final design. Lily Plaza is a courtyard that serves as a ‘walkthrough’ space on the University of Minnesota campus. The goal of the project was to create a planting design... http://www.missemilylowery.com/Wilderness-Garden http://www.missemilylowery.com/following/missemilylowery.com/Wilderness-Garden Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:39:50 +0000 MISS EMILY LOWERY 2265516 Drawing from the ecology and aesthetics of a Minnesotan biome, this conceptual garden design project was inspired by the Prairie Grassland biome. Inspired by the complexity of prairie grass root structures and a seemingly infinite horizon, The Prairie Wilderness Garden, subtly displays these natural elements. Entering the garden, visitors walk up a grassy mound enveloped by walls planted with prairie grasses at their peaks. The wall heights sit at a uniform elevation, expressing the endless horizon of the prairie. A runnel exposes the unseen, complexity of prairie grass roots that connect the land to the water. Please scroll down for slideshow descriptions.<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265516/prairie concept.jpg" width="670" height="666" width_o="706" height_o="702" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265516/prairie concept_o.jpg" data-mid="11375813" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265516/plan of prairie dots.jpg" width="670" height="790" width_o="670" height_o="790" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265516/plan of prairie dots_o.jpg" data-mid="14140143" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265516/EXTENDED TOP OF wilderness MODEL.jpg" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265516/EXTENDED TOP OF wilderness MODEL_o.jpg" data-mid="14140149" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265516/wilderness garden model.jpg" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265516/wilderness garden model_o.jpg" data-mid="14140153" border="0" align="left"/> Fullscreen <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265516/prairie concept.jpg" width="670" height="666" width_o="706" height_o="702" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265516/prairie concept_o.jpg" data-mid="11375813" border="0" align="left"/>Concept drawing. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265516/plan of prairie dots.jpg" width="670" height="790" width_o="670" height_o="790" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265516/plan of prairie dots_o.jpg" data-mid="14140143" border="0" align="left"/>Plan view of concept model. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265516/EXTENDED TOP OF wilderness MODEL.jpg" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265516/EXTENDED TOP OF wilderness MODEL_o.jpg" data-mid="14140149" border="0" align="left"/>Water collected from the runnel pools into small water features beneath a a grove of oaks. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265516/wilderness garden model.jpg" width="670" height="503" width_o="670" height_o="503" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/166738/2265516/wilderness garden model_o.jpg" data-mid="14140153" border="0" align="left"/>The runnel cuts through the mound, surrounded by prairie grass walls. Drawing from the ecology and aesthetics of a Minnesotan biome, this conceptual garden design project was inspired by the Prairie Grassland biome. Inspired by the...