2. Table of Contents
Landscape Architect Projects
Edinburgh Plaza
AutoCADTechnicalDrawings
Photoshop
Innovation in Agriculture
Guelph Innovation District
Site Analysis Maps
Hand Drawings
Photography
Wildlife
Action
Engagement
Landscape
4. EDINBURGH PLAZA – GUELPH, ONTARIO
The following drawings illustrate the re-design of the Edinburgh Plaza parking lot in Guelph, Ontario. The
minimum requirements for the re-design were to include five hundred parking spaces while maintaining
25% greenspace. The project included creating a layout plan, planting plan. grading plan; as well as
include ten technical drawing for smaller details in the design. I have displayed here the layout plan, as
well as five technical drawings that were submitted as part of the overall project.
CATCH BASIN
TRASH CAN RECEPTICAL
ENTRANCE SIGN
LAYOUT PLAN
PAVEMENT DETAIL
FIRE HYDRANT
5. AUTOCAD TECHNICAL DRAWINGS
Retaining Wall
(Winter 2010)
B&B Tree Planting
(Winter 2010)
House Design – Front View
(Grade 12)
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While completing my bachelors degree I
had the opportunity to learn to use
Photoshop during the project design
stage. A few basic skills I learned were
using the brush tool and adjusting the
size and hardness, working in layers,
blending external picture together,
adjusting images by working with hue,
saturation, and colour balances; as well
as importing pictures and removing
backgrounds. As my skills improved I
began rendering finished design plans
using Photoshop which improved
overall presentation look and saved on
labour hours.
7. INNOVATION IN AGRICULTURE – A JUMP INTO A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY
Background Information
Physical: The Waynco gravel pit is located in Cambridge, Ontario close to the township of North
Dumfries. The Waynco site is comprised of about 350 acres and extracts approximately 650,000 tonnes
of materials annually. The water tables range from ± 265m to 269m. The pit has a life expectancy of
20-25 years before the resources are completely exhausted. Its products are composed of granular
A&B, landscape boulders, round stones, dry screened sand, and sand fill. However, its efforts are
concentrated on the natural round stones, ranging from 25mm to 600mm, which are considered a
specialty product.
Ecological: This site is home to Ontario’s largest tallgrass prairie remnants. Waynco Gravel, works to
increase the size and quality of this site. Controlled burns, have been used to maintain the Waynco
Prairie, as it is often the case with prairies and meadows. Today, with the help of concerned partners,
prescribed fires are used to maintain this prairie area, and four such fires have been used since 2006.
This is also an important site for seed collection, which a variety of groups have used to restore,
enhance and create new tallgrass prairie sites in the region.
Design Plan:
Expand Tallgrass Prairie: Due to the significance of this site being the largest tallgrass prairies in
Ontario, it is extremely important to maintain it’s growth and expansion, and allow for additional land
for this. "
Expanded Forest Area: To expanded the existing forested area to cover a larger portion of the site. This
provides a greater habitat space for birds and other wildlife.
Christmas Tree Farm: The existing tree farm will be maintained on the site as a means for income for
the members of the proposed CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm. The current structure will
be replaced to a more appealing modern barn.
Welcome Area: The entrance space will be used as a welcome area for CSA farm members as well as a
staging area for farm maintenance and research. A “market” style structure will be constructed from
which members can select and retrieve their produce as well as sell goods. An additional barn will be
constructed for the storage of farming equipment.
Green Corridors: Between agricultural fields will be small traffic laneways. These lanes will be used by
site visitors as well as regular farm traffic. In order to take advantage of these corridors, their edges will
be planted with pollinators as well as hearty trees to act as shelterbelts. These corridors will provide
excellent habitat linkages for any wildlife living on the site.
Phase 1 (5-6 years)
Gathering seeds from the tall grass prairie, planting
seeds in extended prairie area on the west side of the
site, planting large growth trees in the extended forest
area on the east side of the site. During phase one, the
water table will remain untouched, and the location of
aggregate stockpiles will be unchanged. This phase does
not infringe on the current use and maintenance of the
gravel pit.
Phase 2 (5-6 years)
Expand the existing Christmas tree farm, planting an
orchard on the south side of the site, preparing and
planting agricultural fields, as well as constructing the
associated infrastructure.
Phase 3 (6-8 years)
Phase three will commence upon completion of both
phases one and two. This phase shall not commence
until extraction from the gravel pit is complete.
This phase will involve the filling of the extraction pit
with the existing overburden. The slope will direct
water flow to the southwest side of the site. Proposed
structures will be built, windbreak will be planted,
roads will be constructed, entrance will be landscaped.
The entrance roads and parking lots will be paved
8. Project Background:
This project was completed in two parts. The first part was working with a group of three to analyze and
come up with an overall design concept for the entre site. Our focus for the Guelph Innovation was to
establish a friendly and diverse community that could be integrated both with innovative measures and
the surrounding natural environment. The community features an array of commercial, mixed-use, and
residential areas; with emphasis on innovation-based employment and mixed-income neighbourhoods.
Goals included providing lots of green space, while limiting the amount of undesirable views to the
industrial area There are two main green spaces featured on site: the riparian habitat which runs
alongside the Eramosa River, which also provides a buffer between the community and the industrial
area; and a special greenway within the community which will be hosted by the Turfgrass Institute,
providing both research and aesthetic quality. The community needed to reflect Guelph’s historical
qualities. The organic flow of the major avenues pays homage to the river running through the site.
Along the major avenues, traffic circles have been strategically placed to provide a smoother traffic flow,
which also reduces the amount of carbon emissions that would otherwise be emitted if vehicles were
idling at busy traffic lights. Within the site itself, a hierarchy of roadways, bike lanes, and pedestrian
streets provide easy access for residents to move through the space.
The second part of this project was to individually choose a smaller space within the district and
elaborate on the already planned design concept. My focus was to continue to establish a friendly and
diverse community space, as well as adding greenspace and pedestrian pathways. Buffers were placed
between the major four lane roadway, between bike lanes and sidewalks. A long parkway was created to
give the community a place to relax and enjoy the outdoors, as well as a small pocket courtyard. The
main focus was on the main streetscape, and creating a connectivity between commercial opportunities
and residential apartments above.
Design Principles
1. Maintain the majority of the riparian habitat along river
2. Maintain sight lines
3. To fit in with Guelph's historical qualities
4. Create a mixed income, friendly, diverse community
5. Limit the amount of above ground parking
6. Provide more than the minimum amount of green space
7. Allow connectivity throughout the area
8. Buffer the industrial area
GUELPH INNOVATION DISRICT
Part 1: Large Design Concept
Part 2: Detailed Design
Site Map
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Google Sketch Up 3D Concept
9. HAND GRAPHICS
Garden (Winter 2010)
Train Station (Fall 2010)
Bus Loop ( Winter 2009)
2005 Ford Mustang (Grade 9)
Figure Ground 2
Figure Ground 1.
Traffic Movement
Word Association
Vegetation Map
SITE ANALYSIS MAPS
