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BENJAMIN J. ROUSH PORTFOLIO 2012
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BE N JA MIN J. ROUSH - P OR TF OLIO 2012© 2012 Ben Roush, All rights reserved.
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C O N T E N T S
INTRODUCTION
ACADEMIC WORKS
EXPERIENCE
PHOTOGRAPHY
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Ben Roush is a full-time Landscape Architecture student from Chapel Hill, NC, currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture at North Carolina State University’s College of Design. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Landscape Ar-chitecture from North Carolina Agricultural and Tech-nical State University as well as an Associates degree in Applied Horticulture Technology from Alamance Community College.
Design concentrations include: urban design, brown-field remediation and redevelopment, abandoned landscapes and art and design interventions as cata-lysts to redevelopment.
This portfolio presents a collection of academic and professional work as of December 2012.
ALAMANCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN APPLIED HORTICULTURE TECHNOLOGY
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DESIGN MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL & TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY BACHELORS OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
01. ACADEMIC WORKS
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A plot of land donated to the town of Summerfield, North Carolina was the
site for my junior landscape architecture studio. The town requested a master plan for an environmental park that would address the community’s needs, and provide opportunities for environmental education.
A thorough inventory and analysis of the site presented many challenges and opportunities. My design is centered around engaging users in environmental education through a number of active and passive activities. A network of boardwalks was designed to allow users to take advantage of the site’s natural wetlands without negatively impacting the flourishing ecological com-munities. A strategy for preserving the deciduous woodlands was also incorpo-rated into this design.
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A woodland amphitheater, environmental education center, and a series of boardwalks provide the community with a convenient interface to the natural environment. With recent increases in the prevalence of tech-nology in many of our society’s daily activi-ties, encouraging outlets for interacting with nature directly is critical.
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In a third-year design studio, students were asked to develop a site design for the new
science building on North Carolina A&T‘s campus. In addition to standard site design requirements, students were prompted to integrate a mathematical concept into their designs.
I chose to base my site design on the golden ratio, a mathematical constant that appears in nature and has been used in art, science, and mathematics for thousands of years. I used the golden ratio to divide both the areas and volumes within the site.
From a functional perspective, I chose to place pathways in the directions of the high-est flows of pedestrian traffic. The existing location of the sidewalks align only with the street and was not designed with the actual needs of the typical pedestrian.
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East Winston a community in Winston-Salem, NC was the subject of our se-
nior studio in 2011 at North Carolina A&T. Our studio was introduced to the project by Simon G. Atkins CDC (community development corporation) and landscape architecture firm Design Workshop.
East Winston, once a diverse, thriving community, was severed from its con-nection to downtown Winston-Salem when highway 52 was constructed. Since then, the community has lost much of its diversity and has fallen into disrepair.
While the community has many positive assets, the lack of investment, discon-nection to the downtown community, and its perceived higher crime rates have presented many obstacles for redevel-opment. Our study of this area proposes a set of design solutions for reconnecting the community, preserving community character, and allowing it to become self-sustaining and vibrant once again.
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A laser-cut, 100 scale topographic study model of the com-munity was used to evaluate various urban design concepts .
Once the final master plan was complete, I made a model for presentation. Wooden buildings were cut to depict proposed structures, while green foam was used to rep-resent the existing buildings. A vellum overlay was used to show the proposed street network.
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The final illustrative master plan for East Winston shows a denser, interconnected, transit and pedestrian friendly environment. This plan builds on the communi-ty’s assets, and encourages positive redevelopment and urban infill.
Diversity in housing types and affordability will attract a socioeconomically diverse population of residents.
The connected greenway system helps buffer the dividing highways and pro-vides the community with an attractive asset that can be utilized by all residents of Winston-Salem.
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The existing figure ground provides insight to the lack of density in East Winston, and the discontinuity in the grain of the urban fabric between the north and south. The large institu-tional buildings to the north are surrounded by vast expanses of under utilized surface parking.
The proposed figure ground restores much of the community‘s original urban fabric and creates a pedestrian-friendly, transit-oriented environ-ment. This increase in density is achieved through the implementation of strategic urban infill and the replacement of multi-family housing for mixed-use de-velopments.
The existing street grid reflects the symptoms of a vehicle-oriented society. The street network of East Winston is designed for the through traffic user and not for the residents of this community. The expansive “superblocks“ shown in this map create an unsafe environment that deters walking, biking, and transit.
The proposed street grid, based on the pre-1957 street network, attempts to break up the superblocks and restore the dense ur-ban scale to the community. Traffic loads are reduced to the major thoroughfares by providing multiple routes to each destination. This design promotes alternative forms of transportation and increases walkability.
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A design competition hosted by Vines Architecture asked students in
landscape architecture, engineering, and graphic communications majors to design a temporary landscape installa-tion that would serve as a placeholder before the construction of the NCA&T bell tower in four years. Our team proposed a landscape featuring a column of light that would be representative of the future bell tower location as well as create a promi-nent landmark for the university in the city‘s skyline.
A nighttime rendering from outside of downtown shows the column of light projecting into the skyline.
The illuminated column of light becomes a gathering space that unifies the campus.
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C H I C K E N P O I N T C A B I N
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T he following renderings were com-pleted in an architectural rendering
and animation course I elected to take my senior year at NCA&T. Students were asked to choose an already constructed residence to make 3D models and render-ings of. Students were also responsible for siting the house at a fictional location and were encouraged to maximize the home’s environmental efficiency through orientation and selection of plant species that would screen sunlight during warmer months, allow canopy penetration dur-ing cooler months, and block prevailing northern winds.
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In a collaborative charette focused on designing commemorative landscapes by
addressing the surface of the urban envi-ronment, landscape architecture students from NCA&T and Berkeley worked together to design the streetscape around the Inter-national Civil Rights Museum.
The museum is located in downtown Greensboro, NC within a former Woolworth department store where in 1960, four African American students from NCA&T University sat down at a lunch counter and were denied service due to their race. The students passively refused to leave in protest of racial inequality, sparking a nationwide movement of similar civil rights protests.
Our study area focused on the streetscape and facade of the museum along Elm street, as well as February One Place, the side street along the museum named after the date of the sit in.
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A nighttime perspective of the museum depicts a concept for utilizing pro-jected images through glass. This concept would allow the museum to communicate ideas, history, and informa-tion, and appeal to the younger population that frequent Elm Street dur-ing the nighttime hours.
By “wrapping the urban surface“ with images of prominent figures from various civil rights movements the nondescript February One Place streetscape becomes a canvas that allows ideas from inside the museum to be com-municated to pedestri-ans along Elm St.
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The South Elm Street Coal District pro-poses a strategy for the transforma-
tion of a brownfield site that was once a coal yard into a thriving mixed-use district centered around local food. This district will provide a model for how local food can have a multitude of social, economic, cultural, and environmental benefits and inspire a deeper investigation into human interaction with the landscape and our relationship with fossil fuels.
The 17.87-acre site is located at the southern-most edge of downtown Greensboro, North Carolina, Guilford County’s most populous city. The site is at a critical location in the city, at the convergence of four distinct neigh-borhoods and the intersection of two major thoroughfares: Lee St. and Elm St. Lee St. is a major divider in Greensboro. Great disparity exists between the more affluent, predomi-nantly white communities north of Lee St., and the lower-income, predominantly African American communities south of Lee St. This disparity is not isolated to the Lee St. corridor but is reflected throughout the city.
E X I ST I N G S I T E C O N D I T I O N S --While the majority of the redevelopment site is open, the edges of the site boundary are characterized by structures with unique architectural, and historical interest.
H I STO R I C L A N D U S E x C O N TA M I N AT I O N L E V E LS --This diagram at-tempts to illustrate the connection between the site’s historic use as a coal yard to it’s current levels of soil and groundwater contamination.
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The hexagonal form seen throughout the design was inspired by the molecular structure of coal, in an effort to create a dialog about the consumption of fossil fuels and the impacts our choices have on the landscape.
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The site’s sustainable solutions are revealed to the public rather than concealed in an effort to provide an educational experience for the users who interact with it. Among various other sustainable features, the constructed wetlands can treat over 5,000 gallons of wastewater from the surrounding buildings. The coal chemical structure has been sandblasted into the plaza’s retaining wall in reference to the site’s relationship with carbon.
Downtown Greensboro does not have a grocery store. Grocery stores in Greens-boro are concentrated in high income areas, while most residents of the lower-income communities only have access to convenience stores and fast food. The proposed design attempts to alleviate this disparity by centering programing around food, specifically local, affordable, and nutritious food.
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Plaza activated by farmers market.
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R E TR O F I T T I N G T H E
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In my first semester of graduate school I elected to take a studio in design devel-
opment. This course allowed me to refine my technical foundation before mov-ing into more theoretical and research focused studies.
This studio required students to complete a schematic design(shown on the right) in just two weeks in order to allow the rest of the semester for design development. The following pages include sheets from the my set of construction drawings.
The site is an asphalt parking lot located on NC State’s campus in an important inter-section of vehicular traffic, pedestrian movement, and architectural vernacular. My design draws on the intersection of two major architectural axes (the old grid and the new grid) which organize the buildings adjacent to the site. My design emphasizes this intersection of old and new through its form as well as its plant materials.
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Bioretention Details
Internships and professional collaboration have had a profound impact on my development as a designer.
Experiences at Elsewhere Artist Collaborative, Swanson + Associates Landscape Architecture, and Kulturpark have helped guide my academic studies and professional development
02. EXPERIENCEelsewhere artist collaborative (intern)swanson + associates landscape architecture (intern)kulturpark: investigating plänterwald berlin (collaborator)
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Elsewhere, is a non-profit artist collabor-ative and living museum where a diverse group of artists from around the world come to create, collaborate, and interact with the community of Greensboro, North Carolina.
The museum is located in downtown Greensboro in what was once a thrift store owned by Sylvia Gray, the grand-mother of one of Elsewhere‘s founders. Her 59 year collection of knickknacks, textiles, army surplus, toys and miscel-laneous “junk” is now in constant trans-formation and curation by hundreds of artists in an ever-evolving living installa-tion.
Every week Elsewhere hosts events where members of the community are invited to be involved and interact with the museum. Elsewhere is as much a socio-logical experiment as it is a museum for the exhibition of art.
The most important lesson I took away from my internship at Elsewhere is that the process of creating is often times more powerful than the product or outcome itself. I have applied this understanding to my way of looking at landscape architecture, and the design process in general.
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Elsewhere promotes collaborative projects through a number of community outreach programs such as “picnic,“ a forum for com-munity groups to submit proposals for the funding of creative projects around the city.
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Working with David Swanson at Swanson and Associates has been one of the most influential experiences to my education in landscape architecture. As a full-time intern at Swanson and Associates for the summers of 2011 and 2012, I participated in a wide range of projects with diversity in both scope and scale.
Working in a small firm like Swanson and Associates allowed me to see almost ev-ery aspect of the profession. Mr. Swanson made my education and exposure to the profession a priority at all times.
My responsibilities as an intern included: participating in client and contractor meetings, presenting designs to clients, digital drafting, digital rendering, con-ceptual design, design development/construction documentation, construction administration, and coordination with al-lied professionals.
One of the most beneficial aspects of my experiences at Swanson and Associates was the diversity of project types. Some of the project types I was exposed to included: commercial, institutional, resi-dential, public, and environmental.
Clients included: UNC Hospitals, UNC-Cha-pel Hill, Duke Gardens, The Town of Chapel Hill, Duke School for Children, St. Mathews Episcopal Church, and numerous other commercial, institutional, and residential clients.
Completing this internship before the last year of my Bachelor’s degree allowed me to gain valuable insight into my interests within the field of landscape architecture. I was able to apply what I learned as an intern to my academic studies, and now have a more comprehensive understand-ing of the profession.
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UNC Hospital’s Gravely Building, where many of the hospital’s cancer related
services were located, was recently demolished. These services were relo-cated to the new North Carolina Cancer Hospital just east of the former Gravely Building. In its place, Swanson and As-sociates was asked to design a pavilion around a small new building designed by ZGF Architects that now houses the hospital’s valet and parking services.
The site needed to serve as a welcoming entry to the hospital, as this is the most significant open space in close proximity to the Children’s, Women’s, Neurosci-ences, and NC Cancer Hospitals. This proximity also required it to serve as a space conducive to reflection for pa-tients, family members, and hospital employees.
One of the most prominent elements of this design is the arching pathway that connects the exit from the park-ing deck to many of the most frequently used hospital entrances. This pathway is framed by ornamental grasses and rose bushes, among other plantings, and features the hospital’s main flagpole.
In the late stages of the design, a well known sculpture named “Next Genera-tion” by the Native American artist Allan Houser was donated to the hospital. This sculpture is now the centerpiece of the new Gravely Pavilion.
Working on the rendering of this plan and attending meetings with hospital administration, architects, engineers, contractors, and other stakeholders, gave me a unique opportunity to see the complexity involved in a project of this scale.
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“Next Generation” sculpture by Allan Houser
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The curators of the Sarah P. Duke Gardens wanted to build a memorial
to Edwin F. Steffek, a world renowned authority on botany and author of many horticulture books who had recently passed away.
A site was chosen within the H.L. Blomquist Native Plants Garden where a bridge that had fallen into disrepair had been torn down. The Bloomquist Garden is home to over 900 species of plants native to the southeastern United States, many of which were cataloged by Mr. Steffek.
Swanson and Associates was asked to design a bridge that would commemorate Steffek’s life achievements and contribu-tions to Duke Gardens.
The design of the bridge relates to the architectural vernacular of other con-structed elements within the Blomquist Garden, and features metal fern fronds native to the southeast. The design strikes a delicate balance between its substan-tial steel members and its delicate metal fern fronds. The steel components of the bridge have been coated with a special finish which will transform the black color seen in the image to the right into a natu-ral patina as it ages.
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After completing the design of the Steffek Memorial Bridge, Swanson and Associates
was asked to design another bridge for the Blomquist Native Plants Garden.
This bridge was meant to marry two design themes; the architectural vernacular of Duke Gardens and the aesthetics found in Civilian Conservation Corps era design.
After participating in the first bridge design, Swanson and Associates Principal, David Swanson allowed me to take on the design of this bridge all the way through construction documentation.
This project increased my understanding of the importance of design taking place at every stage of the process, and the challenges that exist when translating a design from concept to construction.
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Kulturpark is a project focused on the investigation and artistic intervention of an abandoned amusement park in Treptower Park of East Berlin, Germany. Kulturpark, orginally named Spreepark, was built in 1969 by the socialist DDR government of East Berlin. This was one of the few sites built for recreation and amusement for the people of East Berlin.
Since the park’s abandonment the site has remained relatively untouched, al-lowing the natural environment to gain a foothold and begin to retake ownership of the landscape. Fenced off around its perimeter, with guard dogs and security guards trying to prevent the relentless infiltration of “jumpers,” individuals who climb over the fence to paint graf-fiti, photograph, or just experience this fantastical landscape frozen in time.
In June 2012 artists and designers from around the world collaborated in a series of charrettes, think tanks, and events to envision potential futures for the site. The project culminated in a temporary public opening that featured the works of a number of Berlin-based visionaries. This intervention was de-signed to serve as a catalyst to inspire interest in the preservation of this cultural time capsule.
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Kulturpark Visionary Supporters: 476 Kickstarter Backers, The Artmat-ters Foundation, James Alefantis, The Mikesell Family, and Rene Tettenborn.
Affiliates: Goethe-Institut-DC, Betahaus, Kunstrepublik, Spreestudios, Urban Culture Institute, Forcast Public Art, Dirty-Mag.com, Elsewhere Collabora-tive, Spinello Projects, Artstars* and Arte TV, Plus Null, and Supermarket Creative
Educational Partners:Charles WaldheimDepartment of Landscape Architec-ture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.
Christina LanzlUrban Arts Institute at Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Curators / Producers: George Scheer, Stephanie Sherman, Anthony Spinello, Agustina Woodgate
Collaborators: Dieta Sixt, Christina Lanzl, Natalia Zuluaga, Andrew Persoff, Chris Line-berry, Juliet Hinely, Ben Roush, Ben Boyles, Valerie Wiseman, Jess Weos, Paris Furst
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One weekend during the Kulturpark project, the public was invited to experience the park with tours
given in both German and English. During this weekend a number of events took place including: performance art, film projections, interactive installations, and train rides. These events are being complied for a documen-tary film and publication with additional essays, art-work, and documentation of the park and the interven-tion process. The thumbnails to the right are from a document made by artist and designer Anthony Spinello and Ben Roush, given to park visitors on opening day to guide them to the park’s remote location, and included a schedule of events. Collaborating on the Kulturpark project has inspired the direction of my graduate stud-ies researching art and design interventions as cata-lysts.
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The park’s landscape, reminiscent of a post apocalyptic movie set,
is filled with an assortment of unique amusement park elements, creatures, rides, and structures. Among these features is a railroad(still functioning) that takes visitors on a fascinating tour that weaves in and out of the forest and through tunnels.
A series of think tanks invited design-ers, artists, developers, citizens,
and government officials to participate in discussions about what should be done with the park. A common senti-ment held by many of the participants in these discussions was the idea that interventions should be made only to provide access and presentation of the parks existing features, not altering or removing them. This idea prompted me to consider the larger idea of “curating landscapes;” in other words, presenting landscapes and cultural relics instead of recreating them.
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E D U C A T I O NNorth Carolina State University College of Design 2012-Present Master of Landscape ArchitectureGPA: 4.0/4.0
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University 2010-2012 Bachelor of Science Degree in Landscape ArchitectureGPA: 4.0/4.0
Alamance Community College 2008-2010Associates Degree in Horticulture Technology; Diploma in Landscape Design and Installation; Diploma in Nursery Production; Certificate in Landscape Design; Certificate in Greenhouse Production; and Certificate in Landscape Management.GPA: 3.5/4.0
E X P E R I E N C EIntern, Swanson + Associates, P.A. Landscape Architecture, Carrboro, NC Summer 2011 + Summer 2012Working closely on a diverse selection of design projects with firm principal, David Swanson. The scope of my work as an intern included: draft-ing, digital rendering, conceptual design, site visits; and participating in client, consultant, and contractor meetings.
Collaborator, Kulturpark, Berlin, Germany June/July 2012Kulturpark is a project focused on the investigation and artistic intervention of an abandoned amusement park in East Berlin built by the DDR in 1969. As a collaborator my research focused on historical site mapping, ecological assessment, and the post-apocalyptic-like relationships between this constructed amusement park and the natural environment. I also participated in a “think tank” hosted by Kulturpark that invited artists, designers, government officials, developers, and residents to participate in a charette envisioning the park’s future.
Student Teaching Assistant, Landscape Architecture Department, North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC 2011My role as a student teaching assistant at NCA&T involved tutoring and assisting Landscape Architecture Professor Anna Reaves with the instruction of freshman and sophomore landscape architecture students in digital rendering, graphic communication and 3-D modeling concepts and workflows.
Intern, Elsewhere Artist Collaborative, Greensboro, NC Spring 2011Elsewhere is a non-profit organization that provides a setting for creative collaboration through its living museum, innovative residency pro-gram, educational initiatives, and special events. Elsewhere facilitates collaboration among visiting artists from around the world.
Lead Merchandiser, Plant Partners Inc/Metrolina Greenhouses, Huntersville, NC 2009-2010Plant Partners is a progressive third-party merchandising company and subsidiary of Metrolina Greenhouses, the largest single-site green-house location in North America. My responsibilities as a merchandiser included: implementing and coordinating plant service programs at the store level throughout the Triad of North Carolina, inventory management, horticultural consultation, and display design.
Sales Associate/Horticulturalist, Fifth Season Gardening Co., Greensboro, NC 2008-2009Fifth Season Gardening Company is a locally owned retail business specializing in organic gardening and horticultural systems. My responsibili-ties included: client education, garden design, and providing information regarding organic certification.
C O M P U T E R S K I L L SOperating Systems: Proficient in both Mac and Windows operating systems.
Software/Applications: AutoCAD 2013, Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe Illustrator CS6, Adobe InDesignCS6 , ArcGIS, Google Earth, Google SketchUp Pro, Shaderlight Pro V2, Microsoft Office Suite, Apple iWork.
Trained in the operation of CO2 laser cutting/engraving systems and software.
M E M B E R S H I P S + R E C O G N I T I O N2012 Landscape Architecture Foundation University Olmsted Scholar2012 American Society of Landscape Architects Certificate of Honor2012 American Society of Landscape Architects NC Chapter Merit Award-General Design Category-South Elm Street Coal District2012 John Francis Robinson Landscape Architecture Award NCA&T School of Agriculture + Environmental Sciences Student Achievement Award-Highest Senior G.P.A.NCA&T Dean’s List ACC President’s ListBluford Design Competition FinalistSigma Lambda Alpha (Landscape Architecture Honor Society)Associate ASLA (American Society of Landscape Architects)
V O L U N T E E R W O R KGreensboro Redevelopment Commission Greensboro, NC Fall 2011-2012Served as a community advisory board member for a 9-acre urban brownfield redevelopment site that once housed a coal yard and pintsch gas plant.
Koppertop Life Learning Center Liberty, NC 2009-PresentKoppertop is a 501(C)3 non-profit organization that provides recreational and horticulture therapy on a 33-acre working farm.
Patrick Dougherty: “Stickworks” Guilford College Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC Spring 2011Assisted artist Patrick Dougherty in the construction of a massive sculpture composed entirely of hardwood saplings.
NCA&T Landscape Architecture Department, Greensboro, NC Spring, 2011-PresentVolunteered at local high school career fairs, to promote the university’s landscape architecture program and the profession of landscape architecture.
Appalachian Service Project, Johnson City, TN Summer 2004, Summer 2005The Appalachian Service Project (ASP) provides aid to impoverished regions of the Appalachian Mountains through the construction and renovation of housing.
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R E F E R E N C E S
Mr. David Swanson, ASLAPrincipal, Swanson + Associates P.A. Tel. 919.929.9000; Email: [email protected]
Prof. Gene Bressler, FASLAProfessor and Head, Department of Landscape Architecture NC State University College of Design, Raleigh, NCTel. 919.515.8350; Email: [email protected]
Prof. Anna Reaves, ASLAAssistant Professor, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, Greensboro, NCTel. 336.334.7520; Email: [email protected]
Prof. Perry Howard, FASLAProgram Coordinator, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, Greensboro, NCTel. 336.334.7520; Email: [email protected]
Mr. Winston B. Crisp, J.D.Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillTel. 919.966.4045; Email: [email protected]
Prof. Justin Snyder Department Head, Horticulture Technology, Alamance Community CollegeTel. 336.506.4192; Email: [email protected]
Ms. Susan CoeMarket Service Manager, Plant Partners Inc. Tel. 704.699.1552; Email: [email protected]
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