1. patrick j a n i a k ’ s
4957 Timbercrest Dr
Cedarburg, WI 53012
patjaniak@greenretentiongroup.com
262.388.1745

2. Preface
While these work samples are not the entire body of work I have accumulated in my
formal education or in my professional experiences, they do demonstrate the breadth
of project types that I have experienced.
Community Garden Development
Ecotourism Design Guidelines
Garden Design
GIS Analysis and Mapping
Green Roof Design
Illustrative Renderings
Interpretive Landscape Design
Stormwater Management
Streetscape Design for Bikeability and Walkability
Visual Analysis
2009 - present: Principal Designer & Owner of
Green Retention Group
2008 Graduate of University of Minnesota–Twin Cities
B.E.D. Landscape Architecture and Planning
Architecture Minor
Business Management Minor

3. Spring Floods:
Noninvasive Stormwater Mgmt
Site & Context inveStigation
These residential properties
share a topographically
low point in their backyards.
Throughout the soil profile
there are various qualities
creating difficulties for infil-
tration for water. There is a
lack of vegetation on the
problem flood area, only
creating more problems for
infiltration. Neighbors up-
slope have much impervi-
ous surface and are on a
Site ConditionS
slope: difficult to infiltrate
much water and snow melt.
Finally, the solar orienta-
Flood Area
tion is such that the dense
overhead tree canopy is al-
most completely shading the
site, making evaporation and
plant growth difficult.
Corrugated plastic exten-
sion tubing off downspouts,
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up slope from problem flood
area.

4. Spring Floods:
Noninvasive Stormwater Mgmt
Topographical Low Point Vegetation Soil Conditions
O horizon is heavily covered in
a thick silty seditment from the
upslope sedimentation. This has
created difficult conditions for
vegetation to grow, which make
for an almost nonexistent A hori-
zon. Also, the soils are heavy clay
with low infiltraion rates. These
soils need more organic content
and sore space to increase infil-
tration rates.
Lack of vegetation in the problem flood
area not only decreases evapotranspi-
ration but decreases insect and micro-
organisims in the soil, which leads to
denser soils.
Upslope berm creates collects water and Recommendation: After double spading
slope of neighbors yard creates an increased and organic material amendments, plant
degree of difficulty for water infiltration and rain gardens. They will aid in the water
infiltration process and will help develop
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more sedimentation.
a healthier soil profile.

5. Spring Floods:
Noninvasive Stormwater Mgmt
Materials and Method for Revitalization:
Along with organic soil amendments and the installation of rain gar-
dens, we need to start at the source of water.
Flood Area
Rain barrels need to be placed at the downspouts on both properties.
More sunlight needs to penetrate to the problem area, so pruning at InfiltrationTrench
various levels needs to occur.
Seep Bed
For all water that cannot infiltrate the soil at the surface, it will be chan-
neled through an infiltration trench to a seep bed (see above detail)
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where it will infiltrate at a lower depth in the soil away from flood area.

6. Geographic Information Systems
for Natural Resources
Using NWI (National Wetlands ArcGIS spatial analysis displaying Ideal Grouse Habit Measurement considering
Inventory) data, the information was acceptable camping areas considering age, species, and edge conditions of vegetation
translated onto a UTM 15 (NAD 27) various parameters given. Using these, present amongst the various patches and
coordinate system. The various buffers and overlays were developed corridors in the matrix.
wetland types were then classified to calculate areas of public and private
using data-table analysis. lands that contain acceptable camping
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areas.

7. Stroebel Gardens
ProjeCt Statement
A public plaza and community garden development aimed to serve as a precident for open space development in suburban
landscapes. In the wealthiest county in Wisconsin, there is a need for smarter development of open space for the denser and
and transient neighborhoods. Not only does this development create a quality green space with progressive landscape design
techniques that people are proud of, but through the design program and process, there is a quality of community activism
that develops, strengthening community relationships.
Old Fenced
Old BaskeTBall
Tennis cOurTs
HalF-cOurT
Site Context and inveStigation
On the edge of the Woodmere Apartment property (in red), adjacent to Kemps Dairy (no color), Cedar Springs Retirement
Community (NW corner), McKinley Condos, and a duplex and single family neighborhood (SW corner). In an affluent suburb
of Milwaukee, a vast majority of Cedarburg residents live in single family homes. This is the largest neighborhood of multi-
family unit housing in the county. About half of the almost one acre site is asphalt remnants from an old playground.
Idealized vistas on property Additional vistas on property
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8. Stroebel Gardens
deSign Program, deSign intent
A green space designed for neighborhood public gathering with the intent of reducing environmental impacts on the site and water-
shed, increasing property value, while developing and instilling a sense of pride and community in the neighborhood and city. Prima-
ry users are neighborhood residents in apartments, condos, and duplexes as a through space and a relaxing destination. The com-
munity garden aspect of the development creates more possibilities for using the park as a gathering space. Through cooperative
gardening there is an ideology seen in dense urban environments that is almost non-existent in suburbia. This park will set a precid-
ent for community gardens and green space development while demonstrating proper design of stormwater management landscape
features.
environmental imPaCt
-Reduces stormwater discharge from the site through grading so that a greater
amount of rain water is absorbed through bioswales and rain gardens
-Significantly increase and diversify habitat on site with increased and
diversified vegetative species
-Increased soil quality to support better plant (and tree) growth
-Zero soil transport off site. Will strive to reclamate all soil, gravel, and
asphalt to be used on site
Infiltration
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Bioswale Bioswale
Plaza Basin

9. Bell Museum:
Urban to Rural
Urban minneaPoliS TO rUral St. PaUl
A relocation of the University of Minnesota’s Natural History museum from a dense urban landscape (in Minneapolis) to an open
agricultural landscape (in St. Paul). New site is a neglected open space with haphazard vegetation, two abandoned buildings,
adjacent to farm fields.
Prairie-sTyle arcHiTecTure wiTH landscaPe design
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Watercolor to set a vision for the Bell Museum as the gateway to the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul Campus.

10. Bell Museum:
Urban to Rural
Five biome deSign ConCePt
Design Program and
Intent: the landscape is
meant to be an outdoor
classroom for University
students and younger alike.
The various biomes of
Minnesota are all
represented on site to
explain the significance
of Minnesota the natural
biomes. This translates to
the importance of the Twin
Cities, also. The subtle,
yet modern prairie fore-
ground, to the museum,
serves as an entry point to
the Univeristy of
Minnesota St. Paul
Campus.
After various site-analysis studies, including hydrology, topography,
geology, micro climates, vegetation, visual characteristics, and circula-
tion patterns in proximity, this master plan was conceived.
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11. Light and Rendering
“Bathe of Light” 7" X 9" Watercolor on 140 lb paper - above
“Midday Mosque Vacancy” 8" X 10" Watercolor on 140 lb paper - top
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“Front Porch” 7" X 11" Watercolor on 140 lb paper - bottom

12. Drawings for
Report and Analysis
Top:Drawing of furniture lay-
outs to facilitate the move in
process in the Hearst Tower
on the Oprah Editorial Floor.
Drawn in AutoCAD 2005 in
the summer of 2006.
Bottom Two:One of the six
floors I researched, with a
report to explain what
needed to be done to bring
various Hearst Corporation
office spaces up to code for
the 2010 code requirements.
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13. Green Space as
Pedagogical Tool
Context
Minneapolis
Site inveStigation
Lake Calhoun
Park Site
Major landscape fea-
tures: topography, exist-
ing vegetation,
and circulation patterns.
West River Pkwy
(All drawings done with
marker on
24" X 36" vellum.)
Park Site
Mississippi River
Along the Mississippi River, south of downtown Min-
neapolis, this park site is set in a residential neigh-
borhood. Topography changes along both sides of the Photo courtesy of Jerry McInnis
river give the site dramatic viewsheds, one being of
the St. Paul Seminary across the river. Vista from the Mississippi in
Winter
Section drawings showing the variation in
the ground plane elevations. These
reinforce the viewshed’s dynamic
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14. Green Space as
Pedagogical Tool
deSign ConCePt
Showing various “rooms” and their unique
spatial identities. Text describes the metaphor-
ical reasoning behind the design concepts. The
metaphors revolve around the idea of peace
and unity between the two tribes.
An exploration of how all of the landscape elements are integrated for a co-
hesive master plan design. Begins to metaphorically describe the bloody past
relationship between the Dakota and Ojibway tribes and eventually the
peaceful harmony in which they live now.
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15. Prairie Landscape
Creates Property Distiction
Site Context
A residential property resulting from the 90’s housing boom. As a topographi-
cally unchanging neighborhood, the backyards all blend together, only to be
interrupted by the occasional play set and a few trees near the houses. Backyard
is spotted with various trees, but lacks cohesion of all vertical elements.
deSign Program, deSign intent
For a couple “empty-nesters” in Mequon, Wisconsin, that would like to create
more usable backyard space. The design intent is to create differentiation be-
tween adjacent backyard, but also to create spaces that are functional for vari-
ous outdoor gatherings and activities. With a large family, they need to meet the
needs of people aged 1 through 94 years old.
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16. Prairie Landscape
Creates Property Distiction
deSign ConCePt
The design concept is to create an intimate entry point into the
backyard, with raised planter walls and many vertical elements to
create a sense of security. Past the entry patio, the vista created is
onto a a prairie of native grasses and flowering dogwoods, beneath
a light prairie canopy. These grassy strips act as a vertical element
buffer to define a central open space and create soft property lines.
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17. Prairie Landscape
Creates Property Distiction
garden deSign Plant liStS
A perrenial garden design
that keeps your eye mov- Red Maple • Acer rubrum
ing at various depths of the Sugar Maple • Acer saccharum
viewsheds with complimen- Paper Birch • Betula papyrifera
tary colors throughout the Norway Spruce • Picea abios
seasons. Winter landscape Scotch Pine • Pinus
even keeps your eyes mov-
ing with the spotted and Redtwig dogwood • Cornus cericea
clumped redtwig dogwood’s Prairie Larkspur • Delphinium virescens
complimenting the Sedum Variegated Hostas • Hosta (variegated)
stefco dormant crimson Siberian Iris • Iris siberia
color, at entry. The perrenial Black-eyed Susan • Rhdbeckia flugida
garden is chosen for its pas- Pink Lights Azalea • Rhodadendron ‘pink lights’
toral qualities and its ease of Poa sandbergii • Sandberg bluegrass
maintenance. Sedum Stefo • Sedum stefco
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18. Cedarburg’s
Bikeability and Walkability Strategies
ProjeCt Statement
The aim of these projects be-
gins with focusing on putting Bike Loop
a priority on bikeability and
walkability in the suburban
landscape. This begins with
the creation of traffic calming
elements -like curb extensions
and raised intersections- to
control traffic enough so bike
lanes are safe. Many existing
street widths as pleanty wide
as is (see photos on left).
All schools in the city, parks,
and other cultural amenities
can be connected with every
major neighborhood without
major construction. This bike
loop would then be connected
to the interurban trail, which
runs throughout Ozaukee
County.
Walkability of Washington Avenue Corridor: Curb Extension and Raised Intersection Recommendations
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19. Real Fitness Green Roof Studio
Site & Context inveStigation
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Western Ave.
In the heart of Cedarburg, Wisconsin, The Wirth Building was constructed in 1856, with two
significant additions. On the back half of the second addition there is a black rubber (built
up) roof over over a single story. The total square footage of flat roof is aproximately 4,000
sq ft, with half proposed to be green roof and the other half paved for a fitness studio and
seating space.
deSign Program, deSign intent
Roof space is designed primarily to make use of unused space
and create a unique amenity for the gym in warm weather: an
outdoor fitness studio and vegetables garden. This development
would create free publicity and reduce stormwater peak flow on a
city block, which is almost entirely impervious (see above aerial).
Also, the row of planters along the north wall are sponsored by a
local restaurant to grow fresh vegetables, herbs, and spices. This
project is to be announced with the city of Cedarburg’s Sustain-
ability Initiative, to create more hype and support for the entire
movement.
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20. Real Fitness Green Roof Studio
Materials and Installation Method
Once the roof decking and live loads have been deemed suit-
able, a series of polystyrene support pedistals will be set in
place for the pavers. A series of stability footings are also
needed for vertical elements, like railings and the cantilevered before
terellis along the south wall. All planters will be installed next on
the pedistals, too. The easiest green roof system to install and
remove for maintenance would be a extensive modular system
(see photo). There is almost double the cost per square foot for
a prevegetated modular system, so costs can be cut here . This
is only to be installed on the flat roof.
after
before Photo Courtesy of LiveRoof
Looking Forward
By using this green roof project to gain community in-
terest and pride in Cedarburg’s Sustainability Initiative,
we hope to gain more community activism and a greater
sense of environmental awareness. There will hopefully
be a ripple down effect, with more businesses wanting
to join this movement, causing more economic develop-
ment and stimulation. Secondarily, this sends a message
to the community about the priority the city’s citizens
have on fitness and a healthy lifestyle.
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after

21. Ecotourism Design Guidelines
ProjeCt Statement
Robin’s Bay, Jamaica, High Gate Organic Farm future ecotourism signiFicanT landscaPes
Site. Our team performed environmental assessments throughout
the watershed to report suggestions for developing an ecotourism
site. After assessing significant landscapes, land uses, and per-
forming environmental assessments throughout the watershed,
we reported our findings and gave rec-
ommendations as to best develop an
ecotourism site. Our multidisciplined
Village of Robin’s Bay teams from the University of Minne-
Llanrumney sota and University of West Indies, not
Proposed Ecotourism only recommended the most appropri-
Reservior Site Property Lines ate locations for the developments, but
where improvements are needed and
how to ensure longevity of the project
by working with all the villages in the
watershed.
develoPment reCommendationS
environmental aSSeSSment
Water quality and land use Martin
Llanrumney
assessments were per-
formed throughout the Farm’s Irrigation
Reservior
watershed. BMP’s in pasture
landscapes, stream revital- Organic Orchid
Houses High Gate Estate
ization techniques, as well
Wind Mill Remains
as community education of
environmental quality and Recommended Land Blue Hole Cove
for Development
maintenance were the criti- High Gate Bay
cal conclusions to begin an
High Gate Beach
ecotourism development.
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22. “As a lover of wildress, I am convinced that the
solution to its preservation on land, on sea, and in the
air is the design and planning of the city...If our
cities were designed carefully to provide the kind of
environment which we need, then we could, in our
daily rounds, lead creative lives without quite the
urgency to relate to the wilderness, except for the very
special and unique qualities which only wilderness can
bring.”
-Lawrence Halprin in Tomorrow’s Wildreness, edited by Francois Leyet and
published by the Sierra Club 1963