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P L A ND E S I G NP R E S E R V EGEORGIA LANDSCAPE MAGAZINE2011A STUDENT PUBLICATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIACOLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENT AND DESIGN

College of Environment & Design609 Caldwell HallThe University of GeorgiaAthens, GA 30602-1845Phone: 706.542.1816Fax: 706.542.4485www.ced.uga.eduLead EditorsCollin Koonce, MEPD 2011Amanda St. Denis, MLA 2011Kelly Holdbrooks, MLA 2012Laura Sommet, MLA 2012Copy EditorsVeraEve Giampietro, MLA 2013, Lead EditorTracy Hambrick, MEPD 2011Lisa Biddle, MLA 2013Layout EditorsAshley Stinson, MLA 2012, Lead EditorBreanne Robbins, MLA 2011Andrew White, MLA 2011Natalie Daniels, MLA 2012Laura Sommet, MLA 2012David Tully, MLA 2012Stephanie Wolfgang, MLA 2012Faculty AdvisorAmitabh Verma, Assistant ProfessorCoverdesign and photography byLisa Biddle, MLA 2013.Oppositesketches by David Tully, MLA 2012, and JamesLawson, BLA 2011.L o c a l . R e g i o n a l . G l o b a l .

2 4Campus GreenInfrastructurecounterSPACE5PARK(ing) Day12 14ASLA AwardRecognitionCulturalLandscape Lab24 25Thesis Spotlight:Brady RichardsThesis Spotlight:Jessica Hyde30Nanjing Forestry32Student Travel34Cultural HeritageProtection

6 8Mapping AthensOutside of theStudio16 18Planning withDesignProject Riverway20ArchwayPartnership26 27Thesis Spotlight:Lara BrowningThesis Spotlight:Sean Zeigler andLauren Clementino36 38 39CELA AwardsFaculty Spotlight:Rene ShoemakerEventsCalendar

CampusGreen InfrastructureA c o m p r e h e n s i v e m a s t e r p l a n f o r aBy Myles Maland, MLA 2012LocalThe Campus Green Infrastructure Plan is an outstanding example of howstudent-led community-based design and principles of green infrastructurecan come together to form a comprehensive guide for preserving andrestoring the capacity of a campus landscape to provide critical ecosystemservices and functions. As many universities turn their attention to campussustainability, some will take a piecemeal approach, focusing on individualprojects as they arise. This project approaches the campus as a whole system,and serves as a valuable educational tool for students, faculty andcommunity partners.Under the direction of two professors, twenty students in the graduateSustainability Studio developed a program guided by stakeholder input,ecological principles, campus regulations, and site inventory and analysis.The group divided into small teams and conducted community inputsessions, and after initial programmaticgoals had been met, students designedindividual plans that focused on restoringand enhancing ecological hubs,reestablishing fractured habitat, andmimicking pre-development nutrientand hydrological cycles.Following stakeholder review and feedback,students dissected the meritsof each individual plan, and reworkedthem into a complete green infrastructureplan that unified stormwatermanagement, ecological restoration,habitat connectivity, and alternativetransportation. After these revisions,students worked individually on sitescaleinterventions that supported thelarger plan. Students also developeddesign guidelines to direct future campusimprovements.The recommendations offered bythe class were well received by thestakeholders, which included campusplanners. Public input and review leanttransparency to the process, and alsodemonstrated the role of the landscapearchitect as facilitator and designer inone.TopTanyard Creek runs throughthe middle of campus, directlyunder Sanford Stadium. Theplan proposes restoring itsecological functionality. Thisvisualization shows the creekrunning under a plannedpedestrian bridge.Stuart Jones, MLA 2012Photo courtesy of Jon CalabriaBottomPublic input was animportant part of theplanning process and helpedshape the final product, aswell as provide transparency.2

s u s t a i n a b l e U G A c a m p u sLeftLarge patches of green space create nodesfor wildlife habitat & ecological restoration.Stephanie Wolfgang, MLA 2012RightVarious overlay analysistechniques were used toinform the plan.3

c o u n t e r S P A C EG e n e r a t i n g n e w p o s s i b i l i t i e s f o r c i v i cThis document contains text automatically extracted from a PDF or image file. Formatting may havebeen lost and not all text may have been recognized.To remove this note, right-click and select "Delete table".LocalThis document contains text automatically extracted from a PDF or image file. Formatting may havebeen lost and not all text may have been recognized.To remove this note, right-click and select "Delete table".Photo by Sarah McQuadePhoto by Sarah McQuadeAthens counterSPACE is a collaborativeuniversity-community initiativeto generate new possibilities for CivicAgriculture in Athens. Civic Agricultureis a relatively new term for an age-oldconcept: the idea that food should beproduced, distributed, and consumedin ways that sustain the health of theecological communities that inhabita place. Civic agriculture is a locallyorganized system of food productioncharacterized by networks of producerswho are bound together by communityand place. The contemporary civicagriculture movement embodies acommitment to strengthening an economically,environmentally and sociallysustainable food system that reliesforemost on local resources and serveslocal markets and consumers.We define a “counterspace” as anyspace—farm, garden, market, kitchen,tabletop or compost bin—that weansour community from its dependenceon an unsustainable, global industrialfood system. In contrast to the spacesof industrial agriculture, counterspacesare part of comparatively small networks,and they operate primarily atthe scale of the individual and thelocal community. They rely mostly onnearby resources, produce food andother goods that circulate close tohome, and capture and recycle mostwastes and “byproducts” within thelocal community.TopNewspaper pots plantedwith vegetables weredistributed free ofcharge at the AthensFarmers Market andaiTate Student Center asone of counterSPACE’sinitiatives.BottomAthens counterSPACEexists not only as anetwork of spaces,but as a community ofpeople who have cometogether to explore,imagine, and buildpossibilities for civicagriculture in Athens.4

p h y s i c a l a n d c u l t u r a l e n v i r o n m e n tAboveVisual analysis of Athens-ClarkeCounty that depicts locations ofautomobile and bike conflicts.Mario Cambardella, MEPD 2011LeftThree-dimensional representationof population density per acre asdepicted by current zoning codes,derived from the coordinatingmap.Leah Graham Stewart, MEPD 2011|^NorthBelowGraphic depiction of the ingredientsof a hamburger from anAthens, Georgia McDonald’s. Thelocation of each ingredient wascalculated to determine howmany total miles the hamburgerhas traveled.Craig Page, MEPD 20117

Photo by Lillian AgelLocalOutside of the StudioA Lesson in permaculture practicesBy Lillian Agel, BLA 2011Assignment: Design a permaculture demonstration garden for the AthensPermaculture Club. The project sounds easy, but the site is tricky: a steep,narrow kudzu thicket, partly owned by the city of Athens, overlooking theheadwaters of the odd-smelling Tanyard Branch Creek. No matter; weembraced the optimism of Athens’ permaculture leaders—Kevin Yates,Salem Willard and Gareth Crosby—this unused site can become a communityspace disguised as a food forest. The plants will restore the creek andfeed the people. People will play hereas often as they work. It is a progressivegarden, equal parts restoration andrecreation.The studio might be acomfortable place todesign, but groundedexperiences can onlybe found with realclients and real designproblems.Initially, we each planned to design ourown gardens. We realized though, thateighteen master plans with essentiallythe same ideas do not provide muchof a service and, from our experiences,eighteen master plans make for a desperatelydull presentation. We dividedinto three teams. With the energy andabilities of eighteen people, we readabout common permaculture plantsand design forms, tested soil and waterquality, researched creek buffer ordinances,learned about stream bankrestoration BMPs, researched groundbreakingkudzu removal strategies, dreamed up cool signage, collecteda list of pertinent grant programs, pondered the use of social media in adecidedly low-tech garden, and drafted a manual to apply for 501(c)(3) status.The result: a wide-ranging collection of ideas, materials and plans.The following photos track our progress through the project. As part of ourservice-learning experience, we spent a class period working on the site,building a rain garden, mulching and fertilizing the garden, tilling a newplant bed, and eating the last of the season’s tomatoes. We assessed the site,planned our own program, designedgardens and restoration areas, compiledresearch, and presented our workto our clients.These photos do not (and cannot) showthe entirety of the benefits of servicelearning.These photosdo not capture how I feltwhen our clients unexpectedlycame to studioand we fervently triedto explain the nature ofbubble diagrams andhow a squiggle canmean “existing pecantree” and the samesquiggle on the otherend of the paper canmean “rain garden.” Nordo they illustrate how Irealized in that momentthat I should never, everpropose a design to clientswithout elevationsketches. These photosdo not explain that group work is greatbecause each person gets to do workhe likes to do, and the final product isbetter for it. The studio might be a comfortableplace to design, but groundedexperiences can only be found with realclients and real design problems.8

Photo courtesy of Lillian AgelPhoto by Lillian AgelOppositeMany hands make light workclearing kudzu in thepermaculture gardenat Ben’s Bikes.TopMaster plan for the garden, producedby Lillian Agel, Agustina Hein, LaurenCardoni, and Tyler Lloyd in ProfessorSungkyung Lee’s fifth yearundergraduate Sustainability inDesign studio.Bottom LeftThe design group identifiespotential programming elementsin the garden.Bottom RightThe finished rain garden shortlyafter installation.9

S T U D E N TI r o n s c u l p t u r e : M o n u m e n t t o t h eBy Stuart Jones, MLA 2012Watershed - “a bounded hydrologic system, within which all living thingsare inextricably linked by their common water course and where, as humanssettled, simple logic demanded that they become part of a community.”John Wesley Powell 1834-1902.Watersheds are often referred tometaphorically as sinks. Pushing themetaphor further the topographicPhoto by Stuart JonesAbove and OppositeDetails of cast-irontopographic sink inconcrete countertop.10

W O R KP o w e r o f T w omodel of the Tanyard Creek Watershedhas been forged into a literal cast ironsink.This piece is both a functional additionto a community garden as well as amonument to the couple that createdthe garden.As a utilitarian object, the sink will allowgardeners the opportunity to fill wateringcans and remove the heavy claythat can cake hands and vegetables,and clog indoor sinks. Unless a bucketis placed under the opening in the sink,water will spill out of the sink drain andonto the ground. Without a typical connectionto a sewer system the sink willact as a reminder that our actions havean impact on the community.As monument, the piece acknowledgesthat individuals can have a broadimpact on their surroundings. Theactual watershed is bigger than all ofus, but when it is shrunk down, it is theindividual that affects the watershed.Photo by Stuart JonesThe concrete countertop is made toresemble a piece of sidewalk that haspaved over forgotten objects such asrecords, silverware, pottery, brokenglass, and a stuffed animal. The gardenhas a museum of found objects similarto the ones that are under the sculpture.This aspect of the piece representsthe need for cultural sensitivity as wellas ecological awareness.The sink contour lines were taken from a government map of the TanyardCreek Watershed that surrounds the community garden. The contour lineswere then cut out of chipboard, glued into a three-dimensional model, andcast into sand mold into which molten iron was poured. The basin was thenplaced in wet concrete. Buried in the earth underneath the wet concretewere a number of found objects that were gripped by the wet concrete.When cured, the concrete table top was pulled out of the earth along withthe buried objects and placed on cinderblocks, borrowing the imagery ofthe propped up houses surrounding the garden.11

ASLA Award RecognitionSTATIONING OPPORTUNITIES: ESTABLIShING ECOLOGICAL AWARENESSRegionalSTATIONING OPPORTUNITIES: ESTABLIShING ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS 33We s R ya l s + Wo r m s l o eBy VeraEve Giampietro, MLA 2013Wes Ryals completed UGA’s undergraduate landscape architecture programin May of 2010. During his senior year he created a terminal project, submittedit for two ASLA awards, and won both. The project explores historicpreservation at the Wormsloe site in Savannah. The owners of this historicplantation have a longstanding relationship with the University of Georgia,offering it as a case study site for students from an array of disciplines, includinghistory, ecology, sociology, anthropology, and geography, in addition tolandscape architecture. Wes was attracted to the site on an initial visit duringa fall 2009 design charrette with Professor David Spooner. Wes came to UGAhaving already completed a bachelor’s degree in history, and the plantation’slegacy appealed to him greatly. He took up the challenge of creating a newmaster plan for Wormsloe, incorporatingits rich historic fabric. In craftinghis approach, Wes sought to “take thevaried pieces of landscape narratives,weave them together and make more ofa comprehensive story for the site.” Hiswork was awarded both the state andnational ASLA Student Honor awards inthe General Design Category.E c o l o g i c a l R e s t o r a t i o nTop BarDigital renderings portrayingproposed ecologicalawareness activitiesat Wormsloe.LeftGraphical representationof restoration methods atWormsloe.BelowSection rendering of ecotones.Graphics and illustrations byWes Ryals, BLA 2010.12

wormsloe: wormsloe: Reenvisioning Reenvisioning a Cultural a Cultural Landscape Landscape34C u r r e n t L a n d U s e + C o n t e x tBy Wes Ryals, BLA 2010The Wormsloe property encompasses822 acres and lies approximately elevenmiles southeast of the city of Savannah,Georgia. The property is flanked bythe Moon River to the west; the Isle ofHope River to the east; the DiamondCauseway to the south; and the historicDupon subdivision to the north.Ownership of the property is subdividedamongst the private estate, TheWormsloe Foundation, and the GeorgiaDepartment of Natural Resources. Theproperty remained largely privatedomain until 1927, when the family, spurred by financial difficulties, openedthe old plantation grounds to a paying public. Today, the focal features ofthe property continue to be the 1.5 mile-long Live Oak allee entrance driveas well as the colonial era remnants of Noble Jones’ fortified house. A visitorcenter and living history demonstration area provide some context toa visiting public. However, interpretation of the landscape remains largelyfragmented, and in some cases, ignored completely.STATIONING OPPORTUNITIES: ESTABLIShING ECOLOGICAL AWARENESSThe initial program for the site called for infrastructure improvements necessaryto accommodate an annual visitation increase of 50,000 to 150,000people. A new visitor center has been proposed along with complementaryresearch and dormitory buildings. Wormsloe has the potential of being aleading model in the field of environmental history by affording researchand educational opportunities.STATIONING OPPORTUNITIES: ESTABLIShING ECOLOGICAL AWARENESS3434Two events feature prominently in theenvironmental degradation of the site.The first occurred in 1972 with the constructionof the Diamond Causeway,an important connection linkingSavannah to Skidaway Island. Theconnection effectively bisected importantsalt marsh communities, chokingoff tidal flow north of the causeway.Additionally, excess fill was depositedE n v i r o n m e n t a l D e g r a d a t i o nnorth of the causeway, resulting in thinly vegetated areas of high marsh aswell as upland hammock. Furthermore, increased salinity levels have led tothe formation of extensive salt flats devoid of vegetation. Recent soil samplingof the site area suggests the buried marsh to be under approximatelythree feet of fill. Recent plans to widen the causeway place additional strainon the functionality of the delicate estuarine environment.A second disruption occurred in 1974 with an infestation of Southern PineBeetle on the Isle of Hope. Subsequently, a large tract of old-growth foresthad to be clear-cut to avoid further contamination.13

Cultural LandscapePioneering concepts for cultural landscapeBy Tim Barrett, MHP 2012RegionalAboveThe Spanish VeilEtching & Inkon Paper.Stephanie Bryan,MLA 2011This etching wasinspired by the iconicWormsloe Plantationalleé of live oaks.Since the early 1980s, the College of Environment and Design has playedan instrumental role in the evolving discipline of cultural landscape management.CED professors pioneered concepts for the field and educatedmany graduates who became leaders and advocates for cultural landscapesin both the governmental and private sectors. The College is now buildingupon this legacy by establishing a research laboratory that will providelearning and research opportunities for students, faculty, and professionalpractitioners in the area of cultural landscape management.The CED Cultural Landscape Lab is structured around long-term partnershipswith organizations and people who steward nationally-significant culturallandscapes. With a research focus on heritage conservation and sustainability,work is currently underway at three sites: Wormsloe Plantation, Isle ofHope, Georgia (in partnership with the Wormsloe Institute for EnvironmentalHistory and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources); Stratford HallPlantation, Westmoreland County, Virginia (in partnership with the RobertE. Lee Memorial Association), and HydeFarm, a historic farmstead in Marietta,Georgia (an emerging partnership withthe U.S. National Park Service (NPS) andCobb County Parks and Recreation).In each situation, CED is collaboratingwith multiple partners to carefullyinvestigate, design, and implementa bold and exciting vision to ensuresustained stewardship of these remarkablehistoric and ecological resources.The Lab’s work builds upon NPS professionalprocedures for cultural landscape14

Labmanagementmanagement, while also exploring newpossibilities for research, innovation,and education.Researching a cultural landscape entailsa great deal of detective work. Archivalrecords, old photographs, personalrecollections — not to mention thelandscape itself — contain mysteriesthat the Lab is exploring. For example,faculty and students are using geospatialand remote sensing technologiesto analyze each site’s historical evolutionand reveal vestiges of past humanactivity that may be undetectable tothe human eye. Findings from this andother research techniques will guidefuture management and interpretivestrategies.The Lab’s sites also are serving as “fieldlabs” for the next generation of culturallandscape professionals, offering CEDgraduate students opportunities tofurther their education with fieldworkand immersion experiences. Duringfall semester 2010, students in threegraduate-level classes investigatedmanagement issues at Hyde Farm andStratford Hall.The Lab anticipates some exciting discoveriesover the next year. Indeed, theWormsloe, Stratford, and Hyde Farmlandscapes hold many intriguing cluesto their important histories, which theCultural Landscape Lab is working touncover. Each of these stories will offercommunities and visitors new waysto understand and experience theseextraordinary historic sites.Photo by Katie CrostaPhoto by Eric MacDonaldTopSaltwater marshesat dusk at WormsloePlantation on Isle ofHope, Georgia.BottomStratford HallPlantation comprisesseveral hundredacres of pristineagricultural andforested landscape.Faculty involved in Cultural LandscapeLab projects include CED Dean DanielNadenicek and professors Cassity, Cramer,Harrison, MacDonald, Spooner, Tufts, andVick. Other partners include faculty in theUGA Department of Geography’s Center forRemote Sensing and Mapping Science; TheJaeger Company, a landscape architectureand planning firm based in Gainesville,Georgia; and Don Moore, CEO and founderof Produce, Inc., a strategic planning andmarketing consultant based in Atlanta. Formore information, contact Eric MacDonald(eamacdon@uga.edu). 15

Planning with DesignM a s t e r o f E n v i r o n m e n t a l P l a n n i n g a n dBy Collin Koonce, MEPD 2011RegionalSite Overlayed on Google Maps ImageAbove LeftThe site is a 95-acre tract of land along adeveloping corridor bordered by residentialsubdivisions and agricultural lands.GIS map courtesy of Fall 2010 MEPD Studio III ClassAbove RightConceptual land use plan.The second year fall 2010 Master of Environmental Planning and Design studio,directed by Dr. Umit Yilmaz, engaged in a service-learning project inNewton County, Georgia. Goals of the project included the students gainingan understanding of related planning, design, development, and regulatoryissues while conceptualizing a pattern language for future integrated farmand residential land use. The service goal was to provide alternative visionsfor future land use and their contextual relations in Newton County by usinga 95 acre study property. Each student worked independently to interpretthe client’s project statement, develop visions, make future land use predictions,and conceptualize patterns for the property. In the end, a genericconcept was synthesized from the students’ ideas. Planning and developmentpolicies were then generated from the physical design decisionspreviously made in the conceptual design phase. Writing policies derivedfrom good design principles not only helped the students become moreaware of the physical implications of written policies; it helped them furtherunderstand policies that need to be written in order to facilitate responsibledesign.Collaboration with stake-holdersexposed the students to commonissues that planners are faced with on adaily basis. The class partnered with TheCenter for Community Preservation andPlanning, a local non-profit organizationthat facilitates a collaborative atmospherewhere growth and planningdiscussions occur efficiently among allstakeholders in Newton County. TheCenter hosted a final presentation atwhich community members, local planningofficials, county commissioners,and developers provided feedback onthe designs. The semester-long studioprovided the students an opportunityto gain valuable real-world experiencewhile benefitting the community.Historic aerial photo of study area c. 1950Courtesy of UGA Map Library.Historic aerial photo of study area c. 2000Courtesy of UGA Map Library.16

D e s i g n s t u d e n t s s e r v e i n N e w t o n C o u n t y , G e o r g i aComputer rendering courtesy of Fall 2010 MEPD Studio III ClassCurrent land use 2010GIS maps courtesy of Fall 2010 MEPD Studio III Class.Projected land use 2028.AboveThe proposed designwas a synthesiscombining the mostcommon elementsof student work suchas phased planning,commercial space,and a variety ofhousing types and lotsizes.17

P r o j e c t R i v e r w a yC E D s t u d e n t s c r e a t e a v i s i o n f o r t h eBy Melissa Gogo, MHP 2011RegionalOver the course of the past five years, the Project Riverway internship teamhas worked with multiple communities in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River corridor to provide them with realistic and implementabledesign recommendations. The summer 2010 team focused on the City ofDonalsonville and Seminole County, Georgia, and was led by alumni DannyBivins (MHP) and Leigh Askew Elkins (MLA) of The University of Georgia’sFanning Institute. Five current historic preservation and landscape architecturestudents from the College of Environment and Design also participatedon the project.The internship began with a community immersion visit, where the teamspent several days in the community gathering information, interviewingresidents, and developing an understanding of the space. The group hadthe opportunity to speak with the mayor, city council members, countycommissioners, business owners and many others. It was the team’s goal tohelp the city and county realize the full potential of the resources they possessedand to allow both visitors and locals to take advantage of them.The two months following this visit were used for vision and plan development,compiling resources, and creating illustrative designs and explanatorytext based on community input. The goal was to turn hundreds of ideasand opinions into one focused vision. Major project foci included: landscapeplanning for the county courthouse; proposed trails and pavilionsat Reynolds Landing in Seminole State Park; connections between the lakeand downtown; signage on Route 39;and gateways and highway integrationon Route 84. The historic heart ofDowntown Donalsonville was also akey area, with efforts focused on greeningstreets and alleyways; effectivelyutilizing vacant storefronts; programmingfor youth activities; a 1st StreetTrail to address water drainage issues;and a proposed public space calledPonder’s Corner.The opportunity to work on a “realworld” project with clients was a wonderfulstudent experience. “Workingwith Project Riverway will be aninvaluable experience for the future,and working with the community ofDonalsonville was a privilege,” said ToriSimmons. Each participant brought differentskills and ideas to the table tocreate a truly great proposal that willbenefit Donalsonville and Seminole18

c o m m u n i t y o f D o n a l s o n v i l l e , G e o r g i aCounty. Kaitlin McShea said aboutthe program: “This is my second yearparticipating in Project Riverway,and I have enjoyed being able to usemy creativity while assisting Georgiacommunities.” The internship was anextremely valuable hands-on experiencefor the team members, as it wasup to the students to prove the valueof their suggestions through examplesand demonstrations.The final products were presentedto the community of Donalsonville,Georgia, on October 23, 2010. Theproposed changes and improvementswere well received. It is the hope of theteam that over the course of the nextseveral years the City of Donalsonvilleand Seminole County will be able toimplement many of the designs proposedin the final report.Top BarDowntown greening in threephases.Project Riverway Team, 2010.Above and LeftReynolds Landing alternativetrail head signage options.Project Riverway Team, 2010.Above[Add captions]OppositeFinal phase of masterplan for US 84 corridordemonstrating street treeplantings.Project Riverway Team, 2010.19

Archway PartnershipA d d r e s s i n g c o m m u n i t y a n d e c o n o m i cBy Leah Graham Stewart, MEPD 2011RegionalFor the past five years, the Archway Partnership and the College ofEnvironment and Design have collaborated to provide expertise to countiesin Georgia that face significant economic and community developmentissues. This summer, the Archway Partnership along with twenty-threeCED graduate and undergraduate students joined forces with civic leaders,communities’ members, and governmental agencies from various Georgiacounties to provide community enhancement strategies and tools throughdesign.Projects included, but were not limited to: landscape plans, gateway andentrance designs, riparian buffer restoration, historic preservation guidelines,and neighborhood and regional revitalization plans.The Archway communities include:Sandersville/Tennille/WashingtonCounty, Moultrie/Colquitt County,Brunswick/Glynn County, ClaytonCounty, Hartwell/Hart County, Dalton/Whitfield County, Sumter County andPulaski County.AboveProposed park promenadeaccommodating cycle, pedestrian andvehicular traffic (before and after).Graphics and illustrations byMario Cambardella, MEPD 2011.20

d e v e l o p m e n t i n G e o r g i aAboveProposed Cycle TrackBike Trail, ForestPark, GA, Starr ParkImprovement Plan.LeftProposed ParkPromenade, ForestPark, GA, Starr ParkImprovement Plan.21

S T U D E N TThe Essential CycleBy Mario Cambardella, MEPD 2011…sky beauty aloftcool offslow downstay real highall aboundbind togetherhold strongfall to earthmake a songrun offriver wildebb and flowbless the childgathertogetherbendslicecarve like kniferun lifequench mefall with gracebless the seacrawl deeppast blueto the darkcleanse anewUntitledAcrylic on canvasBy Judson Abbott, MLA 2012Where I grew up in Savannah, an open salt marsh was my backyard. This has always been my favorite type of landscape, and whenmy sister offered me a painting lesson with a marsh theme for mybirthday, I gladly accepted. This painting is the result of that lesson.- Judson Abbotthold, hidemother’s chesttill seasonedescape when pressedrise againshape withinclosecondensesky beauty aloftcool off…22

W O R KBodega BayGouache on mat boardBy Carrie Landers, MLA 2012.This view is Bodega Bay, in Northern California, where I visited my sisterthis December. I am incorporating the painting into a studio project asthe view seen from my ideal place of my own. - Carrie Landers23

T H E S I SC i t i z e n s c a l e :F a c i l i t a t i n gd e m o c r a c y i n t h eg o v e r n m e n tBy Brady Richards, MLA 2010The American government operateswithin structures and landscapes thatimpede democracy rather than facilitateit. This dysfunctional built environmentopposes the ideals and inhibitsthe goals of democracy to the detrimentof American citizens. Through anexamination of historic governmenttypologies and their built environments,this thesis asserts that politicalwill manifests itself through built formand indicates government intentionand ideology. Applied to the UnitedStates, this concept yields a critique ofboth the American democracy and itsbuilt environment, exposing an inconsistencybetween the two. The issuesrevolving around a modern redesign ofthe government built environment arecontemporized through an explorationof political transparency, governmentsecurity, digital media, and peak oil. Inthe end, design principles and applicationsare offered that seek to providea method of realigning governmentideals and built form to facilitate theAmerican democracy.TopSurmountability diagram.BottomTransparency interactivity diagram.24

S P O T L I G H TF a l l o w F i e l d s :D e s i g n i n g aR e s t o r a t i v e ,Tr a n s i t i o n a lS t a t e f o r Va c a n tL a n d i n D e t r o i t ,M i c h i g a nBy Jessica Hyde, MLA 2010Detroit, Michigan is one of manypostindustrial cities plagued by a cycleof depopulation, disinvestment, andincreasing land vacancy. Negative perceptionsof vacant land exacerbatethis problem because they hinder thepublic’s ability to see such land as apotential resource. This thesis examineswhether landscape architecturecould counteract this perceptual obstacle,by devising a fallow state for vacanturban land. This fallow condition wouldbe long-term, restorative, transitional,adaptable, interactive, and true to asense of place. A study of scholarly literature,periodicals, and case studies,along with personal interviews and theauthor’s own explorations of Detroit,indicated that the proposed fallowstate does hold promise as a catalystfor positive perceptual and physicalchange. The results also suggested itwould be possible to develop a frameworkfor systematic implementation offallow urban land design on a citywidescale, although further research wouldbe required first.Top:Clearing smaller existingtrees and shrubs toopen view of earthenmound.BottomSubdiving spaces intosmaller, humane scaleareas.25

T H E S I ST h e r a p e u t i cG a r d e n D e s i g nP r i n c i p l e s f o rM a t e r n i t y C a r ePa t i e n t sBy Lara Browning, MLA 2010Research and design guidelines fortherapeutic gardens target patientpopulations such as acute care, psychiatric,pediatric, geriatric, andAlzheimer’s patients. A significantpatient population that has not beenaddressed is maternity care patients.This research concentrates on ways inwhich the designed environment canhelp to alleviate stress through theprovision of therapeutic gardens formaternity patients, thereby protectingfetuses from adverse effects. Qualitiesof the home environment may assistin stress reduction and are thus usedto develop guidelines for therapeuticgarden design specific to maternitycare patients. The design guidelines areapplied to develop a rooftop gardenfor a maternity care center in Atlanta,Georgia.TopSite plan.BottomPerspective view of theentrance to the space.re 6.11 Plan detail: entry perspectiveEntry Perspective:Upon entering the garden, the visitor’s eye 100 is drawn to a statue of26

S P O T L I G H TF o r m , F u n c t i o na n d P r e s e r va t i o n :T h e E v o l u t i o no f t h eD e n o m i n a t i o n a lC o l l e g e C a m p u si n G e o r g i aBy Sean Michael Ziegler, MHP 2010This thesis looks at three colleges inGeorgia which were founded by differentdenominations in the nineteenthcentury: Emory University, OglethorpeUniversity, and Mercer University. Thehistory of the colleges and the planningtraditions are examined to understandhow the colleges have evolved up tothe present and how they have evolvedwith the rest of the country; the currentcollege designs focus on traditionalquadrangles. The future plans for thequadrangles are examined and howthe colleges have addressed their historicbuildings in the evolving campus.D e f e r r e d M a i n t e n a n c e i n t h eN a t i o n a l Pa r k S e r v i c e a n dP r e s e r va t i o n G o a l s f o r t h e 2 0 1 6C e n t e n n i a l a n d B e y o n dBy Lauren Michelle Clementino, MHP 2010A tremendous multi-billion dollar backlog of deferred maintenance plaguesNational Service historic resources and infrastructure. This thesis examinesthe nature of the deferred maintenance, its effect on historic structures, andrecent federal government attempts to address the backlog. In light of theupcoming 2016 National Park Service centennial, recommendations areoffered for higher quality historic preservation and cultural resource stewardshipin the park service.Photo courtesy of Breanne Robbins27

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W O R KAh Ah Ah AwakeDigital Mediaby Joanna Schwevens, MLA 2012Exploration of experiencing spacethrough a sequence of visual frames,finalized as an animated music video.29

N a n j i n g F o r e s t r yGlobalT h i r d Y e a r M L A s i n a u g u r a t e a n e w p a r t n e r s h i pBy Neenah Hoppe, MLA 2011Photo by Lindsey HutchisonLast spring the CED announced that as part of their final studio, the thirdyearMLA class would travel to China to participate in a pioneering exchangeprogram with Nanjing Forestry University. On par with the frenetic pace ofthe Chinese economy, our trip was a whirlwind of activity. Upon our latenight arrival into Shanghai, we were treated to the first of many elaboratemeals, with as many as forty dishes served on a giant lazy-susan. During thisformal welcome dinner, we learned that Gambé means cheers, bottoms upand lights out. Early the next morning, professors Li Zhiming and Lui Yuanshepherded us through the Shanghai World Expo – an extravagant showof global architecture represented by the omnipresent mascot Haibo. Inthe evening we explored the Bund, a promenade along the Huangpu Rivershowcasing classical architecture and modern marvels such as the ‘Pearl ofthe Orient’ on opposing shores.Day two included Shanghai’s Urban Planning Museum, which featured amind-blowing 1:5000 scale model of the city, and Bridge 8, an industrialwarehouse district retrofitted for a variety of design firms. Lunch in the leafyFrench Concession was followed by a hair-raising elevator ride to the topof the Shanghai World Financial Center, which at 1,614.2 ft is the highestobservation deck in the world.Awoken in the dark after a long bus ride, we were greeted by the cobblestonestreets and narrow, vendor-lined alleys of Xitang. After a dinner ofwhole frogs, duck’s blood soup, and cow stomach, we retired to hotelscomplete with roll-back wooden doors,straw bales on the lower floors, and‘ancient-style’ bamboo beds, all in aquaint and charming river town, softlylit by red lanterns and floating luminaries.Live musicians and fishermanpoling along the canals helped to completethe scene.Traveling north through the countryside,we stopped in Wuzhen, a paler,more sanitized version of an ancientriver town, where the government isrecreating lost building arts. We endedthe day in Suzhou, the classic “gardencity” of six million people. Here wevisited contemporary parks by EDAW(AECOM), juxtaposed with UNESCOworld heritage sites such as The Masterof the Nets, Humble Administrator’s,Lingering, and Lion Grove gardens, aswell as I.M. Pei’s Suzhou Museum. Inaddition to the rockeries and stonework30

w i t h N a n j i n g F o r e s t r y U n i v e r s i t yTop BarMoon lake in Hongcun, byNeenah Hoppe; 2010 WorldExpo Sculpture, by AllisonDublinski; mist shrouded pinesin the Yellow Mountains, byAllison Dublinski; 2010 WorldExpo Sculpture, by AndrewWhite; group photograph,courtesy of Douglas Pardue.Opposite PageAgricultural lands and a stonebridge create a picturesquesetting for the YellowMountains.RightA man hangs lanterns in thequiet canal town of Xitang.for which this area is famous, we discoveredjien bing, a delicious crepe-liketreat sold by street vendors. The drivenorthwest to Nanjing highlighted thealarming rate of building and industrializationunderway.Professor Pardue gave an amazing lectureon Synthetic Urban Nature, afterwhich we began our task: a master planfor a 135-acre second phase of NFU’sHuai’an campus. We divided into threemixed teams, working to blend Westernfoci on site analysis, agricultural heritage,and human scale, with our NFUcounterparts’ push for solar orientation,high density and monumentalscale. Despite the challenges of projectscope, limited time, and language barrier,we presented three plans to theDean, Dr. Hao Wang, Associate Dean,Dr. Zhang Qing Ping, Professor Yan Jun,faculty and students.We were not entirely confinedto the studio – in theafternoons we took in spectacularviews from Dr. SunYat-Sen’s Mausoleum andMing Tomb and Temple onthe Zhongshan (Purple)Mountain. We also visitedthe somber Nanjing MassacreMuseum, wandered the markets along the Quin Huai river, and climbed theNanjing-Zonghuamen gate. At the end of the week, we ventured to Huangshan, where we marveled at the staff hauling people and supplies up the‘Yellow Mountains’ - beautiful even when shrouded in mist and ponchocladtourists. On our last day, we stopped in Hongcun, a picturesque watervillage dating back to the Ming and Qing dynasties, and concluded at thePrince Bay Park and Gardens in Hangzhou.The sites, smells, tastes, and customs we encountered abroad are inimitable,creating a unique and powerful experience. This journey continued whenUGA hosted NFU students two months later for another fast-paced weekof design and cultural immersion. All involved learned much about eachother’s cultures and themselves by venturing outside of customary realms.Photo by Tabb Ormsby31

S T U D E N TA Maymester along the Trail of Tears andAboveUntiitled. pen and ink. Sosebee’s Cove, GAfrom the Trail of Tears Maymester.Laura Sommet, MLA 2012.LeftUntitled. colored pencil. Guabya Tree fromfall semester in Costa Rica.Carson Hale, BLA 2012.32

T R A V E LFall semester in Costa RicaLeftUntitled.pen and ink.Thunbergiamysorensis journalsketch from fallsemester in CostaRica. Carson Hale,BLA 2012.RightUntitled.watercolor.Blood Mountain,GA and Kentuckylandscape fromthe Trail of TearsMaymester.Kelly Holdbrooks,MLA 2012.BelowFicus Treepen and ink.Fall semester in CostaRica. Carson Hale,BLA 2012.33

C u l t u r a l H e r i t a g eA c a s e s t u d y i n I r a q i c u l t u r a l h e r i t a g e p r o t e c t i o nBy Benjamin A. Roberts, MHP 2010GlobalThe United States came under harsh international scrutiny in the wake ofthe 2003 invasion of Iraq and ensuing looting of the Iraq Museum. Thesecriticisms were not unfounded, and highlighted a growing need for cooperationbetween the U.S. military and the international community in thearea of cultural heritage protection during armed conflict and its immediateaftermath.My original investigation into this topic started in Professor James Reap’sInternational Heritage Preservation class, which included an entire sectiondevoted to the protection of cultural resources during war. Based onProfessor Reap’s thorough knowledge of the subject and previous workwith the United Nation’s International Council on Monuments and Sites(ICOMOS), the classroom discussions allowed me to have a more informedexperience while serving in Iraq.In 2008, I embarked on an involuntary hiatus from UGA’s Master of HistoricPreservation program to deploy to Iraq with the Georgia National Guard’s848th Engineer Company (Sapper). Although I spent much of my time in Iraqas a Combat Engineer Platoon Leader conducting route clearance missions(hunting IEDs) throughout Baghdad, I did get to take part in some interestingrebuilding efforts there as well. It was during these brief assignmentsthat my military mission and civilianeducation seemed to come togetherfor the first time, most noticeably duringmy time as Task Force Engineer withTask Force Iron Gimlet (TFIG). The TaskForce was formed in December 2008 toencourage community improvementefforts in the Abu Ghraib and NassarWa Salaam communities and surroundingareas west of Baghdad, Iraq.TFIG was formed as a partnershipbetween the local Qada (county) andcommunity leadership, business owners,U.S. Army forces of the 1st Battalionof the 21st Infantry Regiment, and elementsof 926th Engineer Brigade. Theintention was to empower Iraqis toconduct many necessary communitydevelopment projects themselves,with substantial funding providedthrough the Commander’s EmergencyResponse Program (CERP).Our goal was to scope, bid, and conductquality assurance for the communitydevelopment projects carried out bylocal contractors and businessmen. Themajority of the contracts awarded tolocal Iraqis allowed for school improvements,local market development, andmicro-loans for small business owners.One of these contracts was for the revitalizationof tourism infrastructure inand around the 4,500-year-old Zigguratat Aqar Quf, just west of Baghdad. Theonce-popular tourist destination hadincluded a café, visitors’ center, and asmall museum, all of which had beenlooted and laid in various states ofdisrepair.Photo courtesy of Benjamin RobertsLeft and oppositeZiggurat of Aqar Quf, Iraq.34

P r o t e c t i o ni n a t i m e o f wa rPhoto courtesy of Benjamin RobertsThe project at Aqar Quf highlights thepotential for cooperation betweenmilitary forces and local populations insafeguarding and preventing damageto cultural heritage sites. It also demonstrates the success of the CERP programas it provides opportunities for the local populace to obtain steadyemployment while simultaneously encouraging shared cultural heritageidentity among various ethnic groups in a classic win-win scenario.35

C E L A Awa r d sC E D P r o f e s s o r s F e r g u s o n a n d V e r m aGlobalBelowProfessor BruceFerguson andProfessor JuliusFabos with the cityof Maastrict in thebackground.Bruce K. Ferguson is Franklin Professor of Landscape Architecture and formerDirector of the School of Environmental Design at the University of Georgia.He has served as a visiting professor at the University of Texas in Austin andat Tsinghua University in Beijing.He is a landscape architect whose research, teaching, and practice havefocused on environmental and technical dimensions of urban design forthree decades. He is the top expert in the U.S. on porous pavements, stormwaterinfiltration and their integration with urban design. On these subjectshe has authored approximately 200 scientific and professional articles andthe books Stormwater Infiltration (1994), Introduction to Stormwater (1998),and Porous Pavements (2005). He is invited to speak approximately 20 timesper year at universities, professional groups, and urban affairs associations inthe U.S. and overseas on new environmental technologies and their importancein urban design.Photo courtsey of Bruce FergusonFerguson has conveyed the results ofresearch into international practice,where he continues to be invigoratedby the needs and opportunities ofurban development and redevelopment.He has twice served as ‘Faculty inResidence’ at Design Workshop, whichwas the winner of the ASLA’s 2009 Firmof the Year award, and continues towork with Design Workshop as a consultanton individual projects. He hasacted on interdisciplinary teams toguide new development in the metropolitanregions of Atlanta, Los Angeles,San Francisco, and Pittsburgh. Heguided stormwater quality protectionat the Goddard Space Flight Center,and the ‘greening’ of new communitiesin Georgia, Florida, Puerto Rico, andAlaska.At the University of Georgia, Ferguson’steaching is top-ranked. In 2008, DesignIntelligence named him one of theUSA’s 25 ‘Most Admired Professors’ inall design fields.Professor Ferguson earned his ABdegree at Dartmouth College andhis MLA degree at the Universityof Pennsylvania. He is a Fellow ofthe American Society of LandscapeArchitects, a Past President of theCouncil of Educators in LandscapeArchitecture (CELA), and a recipientof the Council’s Outstanding EducatorAward, North America’s highest awardfor career contributions to landscapearchitectural education.Something that made this recognition strikingly valuable to me was that I was asked togiven the same type of recognition at the same time. I had been following his workwent to, long ago; it was at Utah State University; after I presented my paper, FabosFabos — he came right up to me — he shook my hand!” At last summer’s ceremony,That CELA had me stand up alongside him told me of the significance of the honor.36

a r e r e c o g n i z e d g l o b a l l yAmitabh Verma, Assistant Professor,received the 2010 CELA Award forExcellence in Research and CreativeWorks (Jr. Faculty), which recognizestruly outstanding, innovative and noteworthyresearch and/or creative worksrelated to the landscape architecturediscipline. The Council of Educators inLandscape Architecture is the premierinternational organization for academicsin landscape architecture, and iscomposed of virtually all the programsof higher learning in landscape architecturein the United States, Canada,Australia and New Zealand. The award,is given annually to one faculty memberout of all submitted entries, wasgiven at the annual conference whichwas held in Maastricht, The Netherlands,in May 2010.A few years ago, while studying thework of Le Corbusier in India, ProfessorVerma came to understand the inadequacyof that god’s-eye view to today’scities. Consequently, his research anddissemination products reach muchdeeper in recognizing the complexityof urban environments and thevast problems that must be solved toimprove living conditions in places.He exhibits dedicated study andexploration in those complex urbanissues through in-depth research onrapidly changing cities in India, his multifacetedresearch extending beyondspace, form, and order to the studyof conservation, preservation, sacredlandscapes, public health, social justice,water and water pollutionand religion, whichcombine to reflect therealities and difficultiesof the contemporaryurban condition.Professor Verma alsodisseminates hisresearch in the internationalarena. In2009 he received theBest Paper Award atthe second UNESCOICCROMAsiaAcademy of HeritageM a n a g e m e n tConference in Macau,China for his papertitled “Safeguardingthe Sacred Ghats ofVaranasi: Preservationand ConservationStrategies.” He is alsowell-published on thetopic, including a bookchapter in Water in theTownscape, significantproceedings such asPhoto courtesy of Amitabh VermaUNESCO-ICCROM andAbovethe International Federation of Landscape Architects, and important bulletinsand reports.ProfessorAmitabh Verma.He has recently written a paper titled “Planning for Health Amelioration:Analyzing Mumbai’s Urbanization Patterns” for the RealCorp Conference heldin Vienna, Austria. In addition, he was an invited presenter at the Universityof Georgia’s Global Education Forum, where he spoke about the complexnature of Indian cities. His work casts a new light on perceiving the role ofwater in defining the identity of cities in times of globalization.receive it alongside the great Julius Fabos of the University of Massachusetts, who wassince before I ever got a faculty position. I remember the first CELA conference I everencouraged my work. As I told it to my Georgia colleagues when I came back, “Julesalmost 30 years later, I thanked him for the biggest encouragement I had ever gotten.-Bruce Ferguson37

Faculty SpotlightR e n e S h o e m a k e rBy Myles Maland, MLA 2012After 17 years of dedicated service to the College of Environment & Design,René Shoemaker retired as Director of Owens Library & Circle Gallery inSeptember 2010. Since graduating with a Master of Library and InformationScience from the University of South Carolina in 1993, René has been fundamentalin disseminating information and providing resources to UGA’sstudents of historic preservation, landscape architecture, and most recently,environmental planning.Rene’s career with the University of Georgia dates even before she joinedCED; prior to attending graduate school, René worked as Library Assistantin two departments within University of Georgia Libraries from 1981 – 1992.When she joined CED a year later as a Librarian in the Hubert Owens ReadingRoom, she also began oversight of the newly created Circle Gallery. Havingreceived a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Georgia, and as anartist familiar with the local Athens community, these dual responsibilitieswere immediately a natural fit and provided her with the balance necessaryto be successful in both roles.In fact, when looking back on her legacy at CED, René is most proud of,“watching the Owens Library blossom into a special library serving ourCollege, the University, and the community we live in…and of participatingin the maturing of the Circle Gallery as it became an important and wellrespectedgallery for sharing with the world what we do and what inspiresus here [at the college].”After recently spending a month in France, she and her husband, Harvey,hope to continue to travel as frequently as possible. René will also use hertime to work more on her art, focusing on the hand painted silks that she hasbecome so well known for in Athens. And, as many students and faculty canalready attest, René will alsocontinue to support CED –whether it’s lending a helpinghand to Interim Owen LibraryDirector, Melissa Tufts, orhanging exhibits in the CircleGallery, René will continue bea source of inspiration for students,faculty, and staff at theUniversity of Georgia.All images on this pageHand-painted silks by Rene Shoemaker.38

E v e n t s C a l e n d a rThe University of GeorgiaCollege of Environment & Design presents:2010-2011Lecture SeriesSeptember 15October 12November 11February 3March 9Vladimir DjurovicGustavo F. AraozWitold RybczynskiDean HillMartin Kagel & Sarah HemmingsCircle Gallery ExhibitionsAugust 16 - September 24Mapping Athens: Environmental & ExperientialAspects of CommunityOctober 4 - November 19counterSPACE: Possibilities for Civic Agriculture in Athens, GADecember 6 - 21How it Never Ends: Emeriti Faculty WorksJanuary 10 - February 17Our Expanding Oceans: Batiks by Mary Edna FraserFebruary 24 - March 25Brave New Worlds:Students at Work in China and Costa RicaApril 1 - April 29Windows into Charlie’s World:Charles Godfrey, Landscape Architect39

W e e n c o u r a g e y o u r s u p p o r t !In support of College development, Georgia Landscape Magazine is by far themost highly anticipated annual publication of the College of Environment &Design. As many of you know, this feature magazine is created, researched,authored and edited entirely by students of the College, and is a tremendouseffort pursued on top of their course work, studio time… and socialsin the Founders Memorial Garden. The magazine is also entirely fundedby private contributions made through the Arch Foundation’s CED Dean’sDiscretionary Fund for the College.This year’s work is being produced by a team of driven individuals who planto submit the piece for award consideration, both locally and nationally.They are guided by assistant professor Amitabh Verma, a MLA graduate ofours from 1994, who in 1993 worked with his own classmates to produceGeorgia Landscape as an ASLA award-winning publication. We have highaspirations for this dedicated team of students and will keep you posted ontheir success.Toward a sustainable means of support for the magazine, we are also lookingfor continued private funding from alumni, friends and faculty. In fact, itwould be an amazing gift if a corporation would wish to sponsor the magazineentirely each year. If you are interested in making a gift toward seeingthis publication be perennial in showcasing our talented students, facultyand endeavors, please contact Stephanie Crockatt, Director of Developmentat the College (706)542-4727, or by email at crockatt@uga.edu In the meantimewe hope you will continue to find this magazine both an inspirationand celebration of the College’s work, reputation, and future. Cheers!AboveCortona Streetby David Tully, MLA 2012.BelowLumpkin Roadby Amanda St. Denis,MLA 2011.Oppositesketches by David Tully,MLA 2012, Amanda St.Denis, MLA 2011, andChristopher Worrell,BLA 2011.-Stephanie Crockatt40

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