LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE P O R T F O L I O

COKER PLOWDEN

INTRODUCTION

M y n a m e i s C o k e r P l o w d e n , a n d I a m a f o u r t h y e a r L a n d s c a p e A r c h i t e c t u r e m a j o r a t C l e m s o n U n i v e r s i t y . T h e f o l l o w i n g p o r t f o l i o p r o v i d e s a n o v e r v i e w o f m y c u r r e n t w o r k a t t h i s t i m e .

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CONTENTS COMMUNITY 1

SITE 5

URBAN 9

REGIONAL MAPPING 13

TRANSFORMATION 17

ABSTRACTION 21

MODELS & SECTIONS 23

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The community of Taylors is located between Greenville and Spartanburg, South Carolina. The Taylors community was developed around the Southern Bleachery mill. When the mill closed down it greatly hurt the community causing people to leave and many businesses were left closed. Most of the current residents in the community commute to their jobs in Greenville and Spartanburg. The main road that travels from Greenville to Spartanburg is Wade Hampton Boulevard. Wade Hampton travels right through the middle of Taylors. The community has plenty of potential to grow with the abundance of un-developed land. That could connect the Wade Hampton Hub with the historic center of Taylors along the Main Street. Main Street has not had any recent development. Many of the new businesses that have been developed recently have been established on Wade Hampton. In order to get businesses back into Taylors I proposed to develop a transit oriented development. The TOD will be developed around a rapid transit stop. The rapid transit stop will be on either side of the roads allowing the buses to easily stop and pick up passengers. The rapid transit stop is off the road in the retail areas allowing traffic to flow smoothly on Wade Hampton. The rapid transit stop will be sur-rounded by rental shops and housing. The surrounding housing ranging from high density to low density will support the new rental shops. The idea is to have all in one stop. Having the convenience of the shops around the rapid transit stop will encourage people to move around the surrounding houses. The housing will consist of high density apartment complexes, medium density townhouses, and to low density single family homes. The way the roads of the housing community will be connected in village style arrange-ment. Arranging the houses in village style will create a new experience around every curb. To slow traf-fic in the community the roads will be narrowed and create on street parking.

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COMMUNITY

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1 - Rapid Transit Stop Section2 - Townhouse Courtyard Section3 - Proposed Townhouses4 - Proposed Rapid Transit Stop

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In this design for the Seneca American Heritage site I wanted everything in the site to be radial around the central building. The walk around the site will give you sense of ease and peacefulness in every place you go. The Memorial Plaza is meant to be the most relaxing place on the site. It has the sound of the water from the near by fountain to relax your mind. The Gazebo is separated on its own to give you a sense of looking through the woods into the future. The main Plaza is a place for gathering once you enter the site. The Art and History section is divided in sections so you can see the separate galleries.

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SITE

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1 - Garden Section2 - Amphitheater Section3- Parking Lot Perspective 4 -Plaza Perspective

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5 - Site Section A6 - Site Section B7 - Memorial Plaza

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In this design for Muttrah, Oman I wanted to create an urban housing development with a resort feel. I proposed a channel that loops threw the center of the site to give boating access on the ocean front to create beaches to attract the resort feel. The beach front will stimulate the store front shops to bring revenue back to the area.

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URBAN

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1 - Site Layout A2 - Site Layout B3 - Site Layout C4 - Site Layout D

5 - Housing Section6 - Beach Section7 - Channel Section8 - Proposed Beach and Channel

9 - Proposed Beach10 - Proposed Channel

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In regional mapping I used GIS to map potential dive locations on Lake Jocasse, Lake Keowee, and Lake Hartwell. I first mapped the GRACE analysis. GRACE analysis stands for growth, recreation, agriculture, culture, and environment. I compiled the GRACE analysis into one map to make a composite map. The suitability map narrows down the composite map to the most suitable sites.

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REGIONAL MAPPING

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LegendAg Facilities

Forest GroupClass Name

Elm/Ash/Cottonwood Group

Loblolly/Shortleaf Pine Group

Non Forest Lands

Oak/Gum/Cypress Group

Oak/Hickory Group

Oak/Pine Group

Pinyon/Juniper Group

White/Red/Jack Pine Group0 10 205 Miles ±

LegendMajor Drainage

Rivers

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HillshadeValue

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LegendHistorical

Shopping Centers

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Highways0 10 205 Miles ±

LegendCities

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1 - Composite Map2 - Growth Map3 - Recreation Map4 - Agriculture Map

5 - Culture Map6 - Environment Map

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The transformation project began with using a primary shaped 6” x 6” x 6” cube and transforming the cube into three different types of transformations. The transformation consist of subtractions from the interior and exterior of the shape along with including a slope.

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1 - Layout Plan

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TRANSFORMATION

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COLOR STUDY TEXTURE STUDY 1620

1 - Model2 - Color Study3 - Texture Study

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ABSTRACTION

The abstraction project shows landscape design through hand drafting skills and digital composition. The project was based on Kandinsky’s abstract painting, and consisted of making our own abstraction.Then using our abstraction as a way to construct a site plan.

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1 - Line Abstraction2 - Color Study

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1 - Section A2 - Model3 - Section B4 - Plain View

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5 - Proposed Materials

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