Linck p portfolio 2014

DESIGN PORTFOLIOPreston Linck

Bachelor of Landscape ArchitectureThe Pennsylvania State University

Works referenced from 2010 - 2013

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Info

Name: Preston Linck

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 724.986.9653

Date of Birth: January 9, 1990

Address: 1450 Flagler Ave.

Jacksonville, Florida

32207

The work included in this portfolio has been completed between the Fall of 2010 and the Spring of 2013 (3rd year to 5th year) of my academic career at The Pennsylvania State University’s undergraduate program of Landscape Architecture.

The past several years has allowed my work focus to graviate towards an integration of community design/planning with urban design. Added interest and appreciation additionally falls within categories of research, analysis, and planning.

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Elmira Workforce Development Centerpg. 11-12

Messdorfer Feld21-24

Troy Hill Citizen’s Park pg. 9-10

Kane Ross Parking Lot27-30

Hill House Campuspg. 25-26

Logan Triangle13-20

Spring Creek Canyonpg. 37-40

Brownsville Urban Road Corridorpg. 5-8

Jersey Shore Sustainable Development pg. 3-4

4 Mile Run Interpretive Sign pg. 41-42

Photography pg. 43-44

Marcellus Shale Land Conversionpg. 33-36

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Examining Sustainable Development Options: A Community Engaged Process Semester: Fall 2012

Instructor: Mallika Bose, PhD

Type: Community Design/Planning

Purpose: Academic_Seminar

Location: Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania

* 2013 PA/DE ASLA Student Award

Description: This project initiated a community engaged process to help the Borough of Jersey Shore adopt Green Infrastructure strategies as part of the community revitalization through sustainable planning/design practices. The project was conceptualized as a community engaged exercise with contributions from non-profit, regional government, local government sectors and community members.

Objective:The objective was twofold 1) to serve as the facilitator of a community engaged planning process focusing on green infrastructure strategies, and 2) to bring disciplinary knowledge and skills to help community members visualize the possibilities for their community through sustainable development practices.

West Branch Susquehanna River

Allegheny Street

Borough of Jersey Shore

US 22/PA 44

Appalachian Throughway

Lock Haven

Pine Creek Rail Trail

Williamsport

State Forest

Jersey Shore Context Map

Jersey Shore Community Visioning Exercise

4Seminary Street Design Plan Seminary Street Design Elements

Seminary Street Design

Seminary Street Existing Condition

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Brownsville Urban Road Corridor

Semester: Fall 2011

Instructor: Ken Tamminga

Type: Urban Design

Purpose: Academic

Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Description:Historically, Brownsville Road served as the life of Carrick, PA, with local taverns, churches and shops. Post industrial life has left the business district neglected and degraded, full of vacancies and unproductive storefronts.

The project focus centered on proposing design solutions that promote an enhanced quality of life that incorporates equity and resilience. Efforts were concentrated on a several block, mixed-use area as a demonstration for possible design interventions, including renewed streetscapes, possible infill solutions and a renovation and reuse plan of building stock, facades, and civic spaces.

Objective:The objective was to create a reconnection of the community to the downtown area through improving the environmental quality of the streetscape by focusing on community safety, walkability, resilience, and appearance. The end result would be an increase in the business district’s economic opportunities to provide community amenities and encourage a more livable environment.

Focus Area

Birmingham Cemetery

Corridor Study Area

Site Context Map

Community Design Charrette

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LEGEND

Bar

Recreation

Shopping

Cafe

Business

Restaurant

Vacant

Existing and Proposed Block Sections

Building Typologies Proposed Plan

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Proposed Renovations

Existing Site

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Concrete Wall Restoration

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Troy Hill Citizen’s Community Park

Semester: Summer 2012

Company: The Penn State Center

Advisor: Lisa Kunst Vavro, RLA

Type: Urban Design

Purpose: Internship


Description: Troy Hill Citizen’s Park is a 0.5-acre property located in the Troy Hill Neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Theboundaries are defined by Claim Street,Hattaras Street, and Lager Street. The park is leased by Troy Hill Citizen’s Council since 1999 from The City ofPittsburgh and has been maintained by volunteers.

Objective:Working with the neighborhood Citizen’s Council, the objective was to brain storm local needs for the community and then to follow up with a visualization of these ideas.

The visualization came in parallel to a phasing plan, beginning with simple objectives including basic clean up to more advanced implementation like the Black Locust boardwalk.

Proposed Plan

Existing Site

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Proposed Redesign

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Elmira Workforce Development Center

Semester: Spring 2011

Instructors: Peter Aeschbacher & Sean Burkholder

Type: Campus Design

Purpose: Academic

Location: Elmira, New York

Description: This project explored the reuse options available for an underused lawn space adjacent to the main educational building on the campus Elmira’s Academic & Workforce Development Center.

Objective:The objective was to demonstrate sustainable design methods for students and instructors to engage through active educational and social experiences. These practices led to the design of a small semi-public community garden comprised of raised garden beds, manipulated landform, and social spaces. Additionally, the project demonstrates methods of organic gardening, small scale rainwater harvesting, and compost production.

Existing Site Images

12Proposed Site Plan Fabricated Container Design

Design Section

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Logan Triangle


Instructor: Karen Lutsky

Type: Urban Design

Purpose: Academic

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Description: Located in North Philadelphia is a 40 acre vacant swath of land. Subsurface coal ash has claimed the once standing development, which has now been collapsed into basements and buried below a shallow layer of soil. Remaining is a vast, barren, and windswept landscape of micro topography in the middle of a working class neighborhood.

Objective:Through research of existing Philadelphia plans that demand for healthy living in the city, the objective has taken form in just that, to increase the quality of life and health of the immediately surrounding community. By discovering what the community is missing through research and analysis, program will take form by filling in the gaps that allow for the people of this community to live in a healthy body.

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site analysis

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coal ash locations

1992 1997 2002 2012

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topography concept

concept modeling

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rubble movement strategy

18soil movement strategy

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corridor phase 1 corridor phase 2 corridor phase 3

plan

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corridor option 1 corridor option 2 corridor option 3

view from community center roof

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Messdorfer Feld


Instructor: Johannes Böttger & Thomas Knüvener

Type: Urban Design

Purpose: Academic

Location: Bonn, Germany

Description: A city operated farm rests on the fringe of the inner city of Bonn, bounded by residential neighborhoods. Currently, this property models a typical agrarian character while providing a passive circulation system.

Objective:The goal was to maintain the functionality and productiveness of this landscape as a farm, while developing upon the existing skeletal path system to better represent a public landscape. Productive planting systems, terminal zones, and a revised circulation system layer upon the landscape in order to highlight the beauty of the functioning agrarian landscape.

Existing Site Conditions

22Messdorfer Feld Proposed Plan

Site Form

Site Circulation

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Existing Neighborhood

Existing Allotment Gardens Restored Forest Edge Trail Open Lawn Space Path Farm Land

Restored Forest Edge & Riparian Buffer

Trail Poplar Farm Path Farm Land

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Path Farm Land

Poplar Farm Path & Lookout

Biomass Terminal, Edge Path, Open Lawn Space

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Hill House Campus

Year: Summer 2012



Type: Planning

Purpose: Internship


Description: Located in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, the Hill House campus serves as the home to several community resource centers. A newly implemented outdoor amphitheater has fueled continued design and planning efforts for a better connected, ecologically sensitive, and educational campus.

Objective:Through visible and educational demonstrations, the objective is to retain 95% of stormwater on site, which equates to rain events up to 1.2”. Ultimately, the goal is to serve as a future model for the City of Pittsburgh. Green Space

Green Space Design

Asphalt

Biofiltration

Buildings

Impervious Surface

Playgrounds

Concrete

Amphitheater

*Numbers are in sq. feet

*Numbers are in sq. ft.

120,000 Gallonsof Impervious Surface Runoff

90,000 Gallonsof Impervious Surface Runoff

Proposed Site Design

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Terraced Bioswale

Plaza Retention

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Kane Ross Hospital Parking Lot

Semester: Summer 2012



Type: Planning

Purpose: Internship


Description: As the parking lot was set to be repaved, the city was looking for alternatives to traditional blacktop.

Objective:Working at the request of the city’s sustainability manager, the objective was to visualize an alternative design for the parking lot in order to present to members of Pittsburgh Public Works. Through proposed bioswales and restructuring the parking stalls, the design seeks to retain 100% of stormwater at events at or less than 1”.

Existing Site Images

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Parking Spaces= 209

Impervious Surface= 98,594 sf.

Stormwater Retention= 0 sf.

Goal= 16,366 sf. of Bioswales

Parking Spaces= 219

Impervious Surface= 93,534 sf.

Stormwater Retention= 15,742 sf.

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Parking Lot Redesign

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9” Curb Cut

Grade Towards Swale

• Assume a 6” depth below grade for 24 hour infiltration with engineered soils & subbase (determined by soil tests)

•Based on 1” rainfall (covering 90% of all annual rain storms)

Parking Bioswale Scenario

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Projecting a Future Post Marcellus Shale

Semester: Fall 2012

Instructors: Brian Orland & Dr. Tim Murtha

Type: Research & Analysis

Purpose: Academic

Location: Sullivan County, Pennsylvania

*EDRA Poster Selection 2013

Description: The discovery of Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania and its lucrative nature has led to unprecedented natural gas drilling activity. As a result land is being leased expeditiously, ultimately leading to landscape conversions. This project explored the future of possible social and environmental impacts of Marcellus Shale drilling on rural communities.

Objective:Research was conducted in order to project future land scenarios with and without Marcellus Shale activity. By analyzing existing trends, it was possible to visually demonstrate alternative and more productive land scenarios that could be communicated to land owners. Land owners could be made aware that they have power to influence the future of the landscape and ultimately the local community through more informed decision. The research most significantly offers insight into utilizing Marcellus accelerated land conversion as an opportunity to better improve the community for a more positively resilient future.

Sullivan County History

Dairy Farms Since 1925

Farm Comparisons

Farms Since 1925

195919391925 2007

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Land Use Comparisons

1925 1939 1959 2007

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Farms since 1925 - 2010

Farms since 1925 - 2059

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Trending Land Conversion without Marcellus Activity

1959 2010 2039 2059

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2010 without Marcellus

Farmland Progressions

1939 Farmland 1959 Farmland 2010 Farmland 2039 Farmland 2059 Farmland

2059 without Marcellus2010 with Marcellus 2059 with Marcellus

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Current Farm Practice

Alternative Practice With Drilling - Managed Forest

Alternative Practice With Drilling - Energy Farm

Trending Scenario of Abandoned Farmland

Alternative Farm Practice Post Drilling - Managed Forest

Alternative Practice Post Drilling - Energy Farm

Trending Scenario for Future

Alternative Scenario for Future - Managed Forest

Alternative Scenario for Future - Energy Farm

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Spring Creek Canyon

Semester: Fall 2010

Instructor: Dr. Larry Gorenflo, Neil Korostoff, & Dr. Timothy Murtha

Type: Planning

Purpose: Academic

Location: Centre County, Pennsylvania

Description: The Spring Creek Canyon is an 1800 acre parcel of land centrally located within the Spring Creek Watershed. Currently owned by the Rockview State Correctional Institute, this land is recognized globally as a rarity for its unique communities of plants and animals, superb water quality, and geological phenomena. Currently, unsustainable agricultural practices and sprawl continue to fragment the landscape, jeopardizing the future of this cultural and ecological amenity.

Objective:The objective was to restore the fragments of the landscape in order to revitalize biodiversity. Additionally, retaining this cultural amenity became a priority by introducing new hunting grounds, restoring stream banks, maintaining the class A fishing stream quality, and adding passive recreational biking and walking trails.

Existing Site Conditions

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Suitability Analysis Matrix for Forest Restoration Suitability Analysis Composite

Mixed Hardwood Riparian Buffer Maple & BasswoodExistingPhase 1: Phase 2: Phase 3:Site Conditions:

39Full Site Section

40Site Sections

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4 Mile Run Demonstration Project:Interpretive Signage

Year: Summer 2012



Type: Research/Graphic Design

Purpose: Internship


Description: Due to Pittsburgh’s combined sewer and stormwater system, the City has serious issues with flooding during rainstorms. As a response, the first bioswale in Pittsburgh was implemented in the Summer of 2012.

Objective:This sign was designed and placed at the site in order to serve as an informative and educational sign to the ecological service that the site is doing.

A. Bioswale Planting Palette

B. Ponding & Infiltration

C. Bioswale Planting Mix

D. Gravel Subbase

E . Pervious Concrete

Trees

Soil is graded to create a swale where water is able to be retained until it is able to infiltrate and recharge the ground water supply.

Along with native plants, the amended soil helps to facilitate water infiltration while reducing erosion and runoff.

The gravel helps to reduce long term detention, filtering and assisting in the process of infiltration.

The pervious sidewalk allows for direct stormwater infiltration back into the ground. Excess runoff is directed into the bioswale.

Shrubs

Grasses

Ferns

Daylilies & Perennials

Amelanchier laevis/Allegheny ServiceberryMagnolia virginiana/Sweetbay Magnolia

Clethra alnifolia/’Hummingbird’ SummersweetIlex glabra ‘Shamrock’/’Shamrock’ Inkberry

Calamagrostis acutiflora/Karl FoersterCarex amphibola/Creek Sedge

Adiantum pedatum/Northern Maidenhair FernDryopteris erythrosora/Autumn Fern

Hemerocallis ‘Double Gold’/’Double Gold’ DaylilyHemerocallis ‘Ruby Spider’/’Ruby Spider’ DaylilyLiatris spicata/Marsh Blazing StarMonarda fistulosa/Wild BergamotRudbeckia ‘Goldsturm’/’Goldsturm’ Black-Eyed Susan

On-Site Section Detail

This landscape is designed to make stormwater runoff an environmental and aesthetic resource. Rather than allowing all stormwater to enter storm drains, water is conveyed into the bioswale. Water is then filtered, removing silt and pollutants until it infiltrates back into the groundwater system.

A Special Thanks to:

The section above shows how water is conveyed into the bioswale, filtered of pollutants such as solids, nitrogen, and heavy metals by vegetation uptake or soil binding, and then recharged back into the ground. To the left side of the section, water is collected from the road and directed through curb channels. To the right side, water is infiltrated through the pervious concrete, where excess is channeled into the bioswale.

Luke Ravenstahl, Mayor of Pittsburgh • Robert Kaczorowski, Director Department of Public Works, City of Pittsburgh • DPW Construction Division • Corey O’ Connor, Pittsburgh City Councilman • Bryan Materials Group • TreeVitalize • International Union of Operation Engineers, Local 95

• Working with local partners for the Pittsburgh region •

A Cleaner & Greener City The 4 Mile Run BioswalePittsburgh,PA

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A. Bioswale Planting Palette

B. Ponding & Infiltration

C. Bioswale Planting Mix

D. Gravel Subbase

E . Pervious Concrete

Trees

Soil is graded to create a swale where water is able to be retained until it is able to infiltrate and recharge the ground water supply.

Along with native plants, the amended soil helps to facilitate water infiltration while reducing erosion and runoff.

The gravel helps to reduce long term detention, filtering and assisting in the process of infiltration.

The pervious sidewalk allows for direct stormwater infiltration back into the ground. Excess runoff is directed into the bioswale.

Shrubs

Grasses

Ferns

Daylilies & Perennials

Amelanchier laevis/Allegheny ServiceberryMagnolia virginiana/Sweetbay Magnolia

Clethra alnifolia/’Hummingbird’ SummersweetIlex glabra ‘Shamrock’/’Shamrock’ Inkberry

Calamagrostis acutiflora/Karl FoersterCarex amphibola/Creek Sedge

Adiantum pedatum/Northern Maidenhair FernDryopteris erythrosora/Autumn Fern

Hemerocallis ‘Double Gold’/’Double Gold’ DaylilyHemerocallis ‘Ruby Spider’/’Ruby Spider’ DaylilyLiatris spicata/Marsh Blazing StarMonarda fistulosa/Wild BergamotRudbeckia ‘Goldsturm’/’Goldsturm’ Black-Eyed Susan

On-Site Section Detail

This landscape is designed to make stormwater runoff an environmental and aesthetic resource. Rather than allowing all stormwater to enter storm drains, water is conveyed into the bioswale. Water is then filtered, removing silt and pollutants until it infiltrates back into the groundwater system.

A Special Thanks to:

The section above shows how water is conveyed into the bioswale, filtered of pollutants such as solids, nitrogen, and heavy metals by vegetation uptake or soil binding, and then recharged back into the ground. To the left side of the section, water is collected from the road and directed through curb channels. To the right side, water is infiltrated through the pervious concrete, where excess is channeled into the bioswale.

Luke Ravenstahl, Mayor of Pittsburgh • Robert Kaczorowski, Director Department of Public Works, City of Pittsburgh • DPW Construction Division • Corey O’ Connor, Pittsburgh City Councilman • Bryan Materials Group • TreeVitalize • International Union of Operation Engineers, Local 95


A Cleaner & Greener City The 4 Mile Run BioswalePittsburgh,PA


Hardiness: Zones 4 - 9 (-20 °F to -30 °F)

Sun Exposure: Full sun to part shade

Size: 15 to 40’ high and 15 to 35’ wide

Allegheny ServiceberryAmelanchier laevis

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Photography

Years: 2011 - 2013

Locations: Taken throughout my travels of Europe, the United States, and Mexico

Description: A recent passion has become photography, and more specifically the photography of landscapes.

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