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Harvard Graduate School of DesignMaster in Landscape Architecture Candidate
Daniel Widis
DANIEL WIDIS47 Inman Street, Apt. 41
Cambridge, MA [email protected]
704-526-5107
Master in City and Regional Planning, 2013
Bachelor of Arts, History - Highest Honors and Distinction, 2009
14/15 + 14/15
• Assisted in the drawing of diagrams, illustrations, and renderings, as well as a complete design development submission set for the Pier 4 redevelopment project on the Boston Harbor
• Formulated design development and construction drawings of an anchoring and paving suspension system for a roof terrace as part of the Pier 4 project
the development team, and the preparation of documents for weekly meetings, including presentations for the Boston Redevelopment Authority and the Boston Civic Design Commission
• Constructed concept drawings, design iterations, and material/vegetative palettes for a condominium courtyard project in New York City
• Master’s Thesis published in Ecological Restoration (December 2015, 33:4) • Work from Landscape Architecture IV: Fourth Semester Core Studio published in Kerb Journal: Digital Landscapes (23)
• Work from Landscape Architecture III: Third Semester Core Studio nominated for Platform 8
“Prioritizing Wetland Restoration Sites: A Review and Application to a Large-Scale Coastal Restoration Program”
2016
2015
References available upon request
• Collaborate with instructors to improve course material and lectures, as well as provide general day-to-day administrative support
• Supported instructors in the organization of the studio by managing course documents, room bookings, and correspondences/communications with students
Candidate for Master in Landscape Architecture, 2016
3 AutoCAD, Rhino, Vectorworks, Google Sketchup, Grasshopper
ArcGIS software, QGIS
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, and After Effects
infrastructural ruin: reservoir beach
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urban atolls
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the hanley
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a c a d e m i c w o r k
harvard graduate school of designmaster in landscape architecture
cambridge, ma
Reservoir Beach reclaims the importance of the Fisher Hill site as a public water amenity by introducing a series of inhabitable aquatic pools across the site. From singular, uniform and untouchable to multiple, varied and accessible, the role of the water basin is reinterpreted and expanded. The site is divided between a large, sweeping pool and beach, and a set of smaller, linear,
of the old reservoir – the water – repositions the site while still operating within its original historic framework. Taken as a whole, Reservoir Beach aims to meet the meet the recreational and phenomenological need of the greater city: a full-season,
immersive, total aquatic experience. 02
reservoir as resource
infrastructural ruin
infrastructural ruin: reservoir beach03
site plan
infrastructural ruin: reservoir beach 04
site model
infrastructural ruin: reservoir beach05
seasonal sections
infrastructural ruin: reservoir beach 06
As currently constituted, Franklin Park is an isolated and deteriorating landscape. Franklin Aviary dramatically reimagines the existing landscape, transforming the site into a publicly accessible space while reconnecting the site to the region’s larger
emerges as a critical juncture for migratory birds along the Atlantic coast. Dense plantings of fruit-bearing shrubs move across the now evenly graded site, attracting both wildlife and an eager public desperate for accessible park space. Instead of fences and harrowing ridges, the site’s dramatic regrading allows for the creation of flexible community spaces. Franklin Aviary
reinterprets the former Olmsted park into a valuable, year-round ecological and community resource.07
field + hedges: franklin aviary 08
site plan
field + hedges: franklin aviary09
field + hedges: franklin aviary 10
seasonal vegetation diagram
field + hedges: franklin aviary11
sunflower fields
field + hedges: franklin aviary 12
In a community constrained by severe economic and social pressures, what role can landscape architecture play in reconstituting a fragmented and isolated neighborhood? Does a landscape intervention even make sense? Focused on the neighborhood core of East New York, Pocket Rooms takes a varied approach to creating a more hospitable and socially-rich landscape. The dramatic, sweeping changes to the character and scale of two of East New York’s most inhumane streets reestablishes the primacy of the pedestrian. Afforded by these transformative alterations, the project carves out of the existing urban fabric a multi-block linear network of parks, gardens, and plazas programmatically situated to blur the boundaries between public space
and private domestic life. In turn, creating a new appreciation and potential for an otherwise maligned urban neighborhood.13
program map
pocket rooms 14
concept diagrams
pocket rooms15
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streetscape alterations
pocket rooms
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site plan
pocket rooms
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sections
pocket rooms
P E D E S T R I A N M E D I A N
R E C L A I M E D W O O D P L A Y E Q U I P M E N TC L I M B I N G N E T SR U B B E R P L A Y M O U N D S
R E C L A I M E D W O O D P L A Y E Q U I P M E N TS W I N G S E T
B I O S W A L E
S T R E E T P L A N T I N G
of traditional spatial relationships between work and home, and the rise of an increasingly nomadic creative class, there is a generational tension to live “off-the grid” but not completely disconnected from amenities of modern living; a desire to be
type of urbanism responding to some of these questions. Centered around the creation of new marshland in Jamaica Bay, the project posits a future disconnected from the urban chaos of New York City, yet still undeniably connected to it.19
view from the water
urban atolls 20
landform catalog
urban atolls21
urban catalog
urban atolls 22
working model
urban atolls23
infrastructural sections
urban atolls 24
p r o f e s s i o n a l w o r k
reed hi lderbrandwinter 2014/15
cambridge, ma
Pier 4 is a place unique within Boston’s waterfront. Capitalizing on the phenomenological qualities of the site – dynamic ocean winds, an occasional salt spray, the rhythmic tidal change – Pier 4 presents an entirely new and unique vantage point to engage downtown Boston and the larger harbor. The site’s history is reinterpreted through tectonic vocabulary that re-frames the relationship between land and sea. This approach is expressed in both the material choices of the project – coastal vegetation, granite pavers, wood decking – and the programmatic potentials and experiences capable on site: to be suspended over water, to step down to the water, to ascend to a panoramic overlook. Pier 4 expands traditional notions of the urban waterfront park
without losing its intrinsic sense of place.
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harborwalk vignette
pier 427
harborwalk section
pier 4 28
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13’
10.78’
1.29’
1.5%
pier 429
paving details
pier 4 30
Constrained in space, and subject to challenging environmental conditions, The Hanley is a complete redevelopment of the lower lobby of an existing residential tower in New York City. Blurring the boundaries between interior and exterior, the project reconceptualizes what was originally a spatially, visually, and programmatically fractured space. During schematic design multiple iterations were explored, but two were presented to the clients - each offering their own unique vegetative
and material palette. Option one focused on a dense planting of shade-tolerant bamboo and the installation of a perforated metal grate that would seemingly “float” across both the interior and exterior spaces. The second option centered around the
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r e s e a r c h + c o m p e t i t i o n s
harvard graduate school of designmaster in landscape architecture
cambridge, ma
Drawing inspiration from local New Orleans’ jazz traditions of parading in “main lines” and “second lines”, the Underline aims to transform an economically depressed, spatially disjointed neighborhood into a thriving, dynamic, and healthy community. The project actively engages and embraces Interstate I-10, which runs directly through the site; rather than see the elevated
highway as an impediment, the Underline reconceptualizes and transforms a ubiquitous piece of American infrastructure into a new a new type of “urban canopy.” Energizing the space underneath with retail, community-minded programming, and light
structures The Underline animates and energizes an otherwise inert and cold landscape.34
the underline
B I O - I N N O VAT I O N
D O W N TO W N
G A R D E N D I S T R I C T
T U L A N E
BAYO U S
T . J O H N
F R E N C H Q U A R T E R
M A R I G N Y
H I S TO R I C T R E M E
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night rendering
the underline 36
High seas, is a radical departure from most of the current discourse on sea level rise and threats posed by storm surge. Established practice focuses on the construction of physical, heavy infrastructure: levees, dams, sea walls, etc. High seas
completely rejects this approach by acknowledging the inevitability of land loss; with land retreat comes ocean gain, and set of opportunities and affordances previously absent. High Seas claims the ocean itself and the ocean floor as potential “ground” for landscape architecture. Through the systematic manipulation and deployment of physical “planters,” and the subsequent
strategic planting of giant kelp, a new culture, economy, and ecology can emerge that recognizes sea level rise not as a threat, but an invaluable opportunity.37
kelp planting section
high seas 38
high seas
d i s s i p a t e df o r c e
v a r i a b l e s u r f a c e f o r g r e a t e r h o l d f a s t g r i p
k e l p h o l d f a s t a n c h o r i n g s y s t e m
t i d a le n e r g y
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kelp planter model
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Daniel Widisharvard graduate school of designmla candidate - 2016