assoc. ASLA

e. garyacummings@gmail.comp. (850) 264-3573

work samplesGary Cummings,

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design philosophy: my intent as a developing design professional is to at all times create places/spaces that will bring people together socially, while

providing a memorable sustainable experience.

I believe that “memorable places can be achieved with minimal impact on the natural and social environment, while honoring and celebrating the

cultural, economical and historic values of those places.”

5 - 7 SUSTAINABLE commUNITy rEdEvELopmENT

Lincoln Park, Hampton, vA.

13 - 15 UrBAN dESIGN / pLAcE mAKING The Strip District, pittsburgh, pA.

20 SKETcHING Analysis and Trail Modelling

North West Florida.

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work samples

HIGH dENSITy mIx-USE dEvELopmENT 09 - 11Great Pond Community

Windsor, cT.

GEoGrApHIc INFormATIoN SySTEm 17 - 19Analysis and Trail Modelling

North West Florida.

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commUNITy rEdEvELopmENT Lincoln park, Hampton, vA.

[Individual design and arrangements.]

Botanizing Communities :- Enhance landscape biodiversity between impervious and pervious surfaces- Solving for impervious surfaces- Utilizing soils as sponge- maximize water infiltration and eliminate run-off with water conservation landscape- Slow spread and soak stormwater- Using plants as filters - a biological approach - Establish and create a walkable community pattern

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LoW ImpAcT SUSTAINABLE modEL: Utilizes soil as sponge, and plants as filter.

Integrating a hard & soft engineering approach to Sustainability

mechanical biological

slow spread Soak

SINGLE FAmILy LoT coNFIGUrATIoN

pervious surfaces [asphalt]

turf pavers modules

gravel systems

turf- facilitate spreading approach

groundcover - facilitates water retention

SUSTAINABLE ApprAocH To commUNITy dESIGNS

pErSpEcTIvE: SINGLE-FAmILy dISTrIcT commUNITy cENTEr ANd oUTdoor roomEco-corrIdor

Slow Spread Soak

evapotranspiration

biological-treatment

infiltration

infiltration

habitat

evaporation

infiltration

use pervious paving for walks and drive

rain garden treat for stormwater

retention ponds for infiltra-tion of runoff

Typical sidewalk layout

mATErIAL pALETTE

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BLocK compoSITIoN - mULTI FAmILy UNITS

GArdEN UNIT TypoLoGy ToWNHomES TypoLoGy ApArTmENT TypoLoGy

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SoFT ENGINEErING coNcEpTS

concave planter (verges)

vegetative paletteBiological filtration

concave planter (verges)Slows stormwater to conven-tional drainage systems.

LINcoLN pArK SEcTIoN ELEvATIoN

SITE AxoNomETrIc vIEW

concave planter (verges)

AxoN SoFT coNcEpT

High density models

Semi-private and private spaces

r.o.W limit

concave verge - Stormwater management system

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“…making places that have meaning to people, enduring patterns of community use and memorable physical qualities.”

“…capturing the soul of a neighborhood space design through the people’s eyes.”

http://www.pps.org/reference/placemakingis/

philosophy : Place making is .......

UrBAN dESIGN / pLAcE mAKING The Strip district, pittsburgh, pA.

[Team collaboration]

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project Intent: - conduct x-ray analysis to utilize pertinent measures or indications of patterns within study areas - synthesizing the different patterns of land-use - overlay appropriate land-use to understand and synthesize the design and guideline processes - create massing typology models of proposed structures within the study area

Figure ground

Block configuration

Neighborhood patterns

major road network

Green spaces

residential patterns

commercial patterns

Industrial patterns

pittsburgh pA. The strip district

residential land-use

Water bodies

commercial [office]

Industrial land-use

Institutional Buildings

commercial [retail]

commercial [mixed-use]

open spaces/ woodland

opportunity Sites [blocks]

Alternate mode of Transportation

Block Typology diagrammulti-family development

commercial [office]

commercial [retail]

LANd-USE x-rAy mApS[1” = 600’]

riverfront prospective development

commercial [office]

commercial [mixed-use]

commercial [retail]

Bicycle boulevard designated bike corridorsproposed streetcar loopriverfront trail systemShared bus/bike corridorIndustrial rail tracts

urban design & place making

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BLocK proGrAmmING ANd modELLING

rIVerFroNT park

eXISTING rIVerFroNT TraIl

INSTITUTIoNal BUIldING

200 Car GaraGe (2 leVelS)

oN-STreeT parkING (oNe SIde)

plaZa

SINGle-FaMIlY reSIdeNCeS

oFFICe BUIldING

50’ pedeSTrIaN proMeNade

oFFIcE TypoLoGy AdJAcENT To rESIdENTIAL[1” = 100’]

rIvErFroNT vIEW TypoLoGy [1” = 100’]

propoSed area For plaY-GroUNd eQUIpMeNT

propoSed waTer FeaTUre

MUlTI-FaMIlY TowNHoMeS

SINGle-FaMIlY reSIdeNCe

BIke, ped. FrIeNdlY CorrIdorS

CoMMUNITY reC./GreeN

SINGle FaMIlY reSIdeNCe

lower leVel reTaIl

ToWNHoUSE & ApArTmENT TypoLoGy[1” = 100’]

proGraM:0.5 Far.3500SF. reTaIl SpaCe13,000 SF SINGle FaMIlY20,000 - 30,000 SF MUlTI-FaMIlY26,500 SF.- aMeNITY [GreeN SpaCe/reC.]1 pk/UNIT.

proGraM:0.6 Far.24,000SF.- reTaIl SpaCe42,000SF.- oFFICe SpaCe24,000 SF.- aMeNITY [GreeN SpaCe/reC.]200,000SF - MUlTI-FaMIlY420 Car [GaraGe UNIT]

proGraM:0.35 Far.26,000SF.- reTaIl SpaCe140,000SF.- oFFICe SpaCe17,000 SF.- aMeNITY [GreeN SpaCe/reC.]22 UNITS MUlTI-FaMIlY730 Car [GaraGe UNIT]

oFFICe BUIldING

MUlTI-FaMIlY TowNHoMeS

CoMMUNITY reC./GreeN

reTaIl BUIldING

Car GaraGe (3 leVelS)

oFFICe BUIldING

oN-STreeT parkING wITHVeGeTaTIVe VerGeS

oFFICe BUIldING

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HIGH dENSITy, mIxEd USE commUNITy Great pond community, Windsor, cT.

Team collaboration

Design Intent:- design a sense of place based on the New Urbanist philosophies- facilitate and provide a bike and pedestrian friendly community environment- easy -of-access to open spaces and places- create a linked array of pocket parks that serves adjacent districts

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BUILdING INFrASTrUcTUrE

high density mixed-use community

cIrcULATIoN NETWorK

SITE: propoSEd mIxEd-USE

SITE: LoT LAyoUT

commercial district [1.8%]

park & Trail System [3.0%]

right-of-Way [9.5%]

Building footprint/plate [13%]

open space [16.25%]

pervious parking surface [23%]

Semi-private community Green [32.8%]

LANd-USES INFoGrApHIcS

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1. community trail system2. High density apartment buildings3. Town homes with tucked under parking4. community center5. Great pond trail system6. Future proposed phasing7. pocket parks8. Shopping and entertainment district9. Grand entertainment district10. proposed site for recreation center (ymcA)11. Enhanced streetscape12. cottage13. preserved ecosystem14. Enhanced stormwater management system

CoMMUNITY GreeN CoMMUNITY GreeN waY TraIl eNTerTaINMeNT dISTrICT CoMMUNITY poCkeT park

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THE GrEAT poNd coNcEpTUAL mASTEr pLAN

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GEoGrApHIc INFormATIoN SySTEm Analysis and Trail modelling North West Florida.

[Individual project]

Florida

GIS mapping & trail system

Northwestern Florida Water management district

Florida waterfront - land use model

waterfront communitieslow suitability moderate suitability

high suitability

Florida waterfront - physical constraints

waterfront communitieslow suitability moderate suitability

high suitability

Florida waterfront - natural varieties

waterfront communitieslow suitability moderate suitability

high suitability

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project intent: - to develop a unique and visually preferred trail system, connecting users to their designated waterfront regions and the natural ecological communities therein- this investigation employed the overlay of multiple variables [indicated on the proceeding spread] of different opportunities and constraints used in the design process

project goals:- establish a trail system connecting designated waterfront communities- designate trail corridors with highly suitable, visually preferred landscape and environmental experiences- preserve and protect ecologically sensitive regions while preserving experiences within natural communities- employ logical and strict rules of combination for modelling land use suitability and combine with the trail system

APPLICATIon of GeoGrAPhIC InforMATIon SySTeMS In LAnDSCAPe ArChITeCTure AnD PLAnnInG

Florida waterfront - visual preferenceFlorida waterfront - water bodies & bridgesFlorida waterfront - Urban and rural road

waterfront communitieslow suitability moderate suitability

high suitability waterfront communitieslow suitability moderate suitability

high suitability waterfront communitieslow suitability moderate suitability

high suitability

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visual preference precedents

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sketches .....