JOE BIEGGER LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CREATING A RURAL DESTINATIONCOLFAX, IA

AMENITY ORIENTED PARKMAQUOKETA, IA

LARGE SCALE RE-DEVELOPMENTCHICAGO, IL

RESTORING A CREEK ACCESS POINTHARRISBURG, PA

COMBATTING ENCROACHMENTKIGALI, RWANDA

RESUME2016

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2 CREATING A RURAL DESTINATIONCOLFAX, IA

THE CITY OF COLFAX RECENTLY GAINED OWNERSHIP OF AN ABANDONED QUARRY LOCATED JUST OUT-SIDE OF TOWN. THE EXCAVATED PORTION OF THE QUARRY HAS CREATED A LARGE LAKE WITH A CENTRAL ISLAND. COLFAX IS SEEKING TO BRING COMMERCE FROM THE NEARBY DES MOINES METRO. CITY OFFICIALS PLAN TO USE THE QUARRY AS A COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL DESTINATION.

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CREATING A RURAL DESTINATIONCOLFAX, IA

PART OF A LARGER MASTER PLAN, THE MAIN STREET EXTENSION SEEKS TO SERVE AS AN ADDITION TO THE HISTORIC MAIN STREET DISTRICT TO THE SOUTH. THIS NEW DISTRICT CREATES A PEDESTRIAN CEN-TERED COMMERCE CENTER THAT SITS ALONG THE SHORE OF THE CENTRAL ISLAND. THE MAIN STREET EXTENSION SERVES AS A HUB FOR BICYCLISTS AROUND THE STATE. THREE SEPERATE REGIONAL BIKE TRAILS CONVERGE AT THIS LOCATION, PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESTAURANTS, SHOPS, AND SERVICES CATERED TOWARDS THIS QUICKLY GROWING DEMOGRAPHIC. THE MAIN STREET EXTENSION WILL EN-COURAGE TRAVELERS TO CONTINUE DOWN THE ROAD TOWARDS THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND IMPROVE THE VISIBILITY OF THE CITY OF COLFAX AS A WHOLE.

4 AMENITY ORIENTED PARKMAQUOKETA, IA

THE TOWN OF MAQUOKETA RECENTLY SET ASIDE APPROXIMATELY100 ACRES OF LAND ALONG THE MA-QUOKETA RIVER FOR RECREATIONAL USE. THE POPULATION OF MAQUOKETA IS CURRENTLY UNDER SERVED WITH REGARDS TO RECREATION AND COMMUNITY AMENITIES. THE AMENITY ORIENTED PARK AIMS TO CREATE A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT THAT ALSO FULFILLS A NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IN THIS CASE, IS A PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL.

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NATURAL SWIMMING POOLS HAVE GAINED POPULARITY IN RECENT YEARS WITHIN LARGER CITIES WORLD-WIDE. NATURAL SWIMMING POOLS USE NO CHLORINE, AND INSTEAD, RELY ON AQUATIC PLANTS AND NATURAL PROCESSES TO FILTER THE WATER. IN THIS CASE, A NATURAL SWIMMING POOL HAS BEEN DE-SIGNED IN A RURAL ENVIRONMENT IN ORDER TO BLEND SEAMLESSLY WITH THE EXISTING RESERVE. THE POOL IS LOCATED WITHIN AN EXISTING WATER SHED IN WHICH A FILTRATION POND WOULD FEED DI-RECTLY INTO THE POOL ITSELF.

6 LARGE SCALE RE-DEVELOPMENTCHICAGO, IL

JUST SOUTH OF CHICAGO’S CITY CORE, OVER 200 ACRES OF LAKEFRONT LAND SITS UNUSED. U.S. STEEL ONCE OWNED THIS LAND AND OPERATED ONE OF THE NATION’S LARGEST STEEL MILLS UPON IT. POISED FOR REDEVELOPMENT, THE PROPERTY COMES WITH PLENTY OF CHALLENGES AS IT SITS WITHIN THE 7TH AND 10TH WARDS OF CHICAGO. TRADITIONALLY THESE WARDS ARE SOME OF THE POORER NEIGHBOR-HOODS WITHIN CHICAGO’S CITY LIMITS. IOWA STATE STUDENTS WERE CHALLENGED TO CREATE AN UP-SCALE MASTER PLAN FOR THE AREA THAT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE SERVICES AND AMENITIES FOR THE EXIST-ING DEMOGRAPHIC.

7LARGE SCALE RE-DEVELOPMENTCHICAGO, IL

THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVLOPMENT ORIGINATES AROUND A SLIP OR CANAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY USED FOR THE IMPORT AND EXPORT OF STEEL MATERIALS. THE SLIP CREATES A STRONG LIN-EAR AXIS THAT IS LENGTHENED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF A LAND BRIDGE THAT EXTENDS OVER THE BUSY LAKE SHORE DRIVE ADJACENT. THE AXIS AS PICTURED BELOW, TERMINATES AT A TRANSPORTATION HUB THATS SERVES THE EXISTING COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN THE MASTER PLAN. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THIS SITE SEEKS TO CONNECT THE SHORE TO THE EXISTING COMMUNITY THAT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN CUT OFF BY BUSY VEHICULAR THOUROGHFARES AND A LACK OF PEDESTRIAN ACCESSWAYS.

8 RESTORING A CREEK ACCESS POINTHARRISBURG, PA

HARRISBURG PENNSYLVANIA IS A CITY WITH DEEP INDUSTRIAL ROOTS. THE HISTORIC INDUSTRIAL CORRI-DOR SITS LARGELY VACANT IN PRESENT DAY DUE TO THE FREQUENT FLOODING OF THE CENTRAL CREEK. CURRENTLY, MOST OF THE CREEK IS COMPLETELY CHANNELIZED OR COVERED BY HARD INFRASTUC-TURE. THE SITE OF FOCUS HOUSES FIVE HISTORIC BUILDINGS THAT ARE INCORPORATED INTO A DOUBLE FACED RETAIL CONCEPT. SECONDARY ACCESS TO RETAIL CAN BE FOUND ALONG THE INTERNAL CREEK OCRRIDOR. PEDESTRIANS BECOME THE FOCUS OF THE INTERNAL GREENWAY THAT WINDS ADJACENT TO THE UNCOVERED CREEK. PRIVATE PATIOS AND PUBLIC PLAZAS MIX TO CREATE A LIVELY ENVIRONMENT THAT IS REMOVED FROM THE BUSY THOUROUHGWAYS THAT SURROUND.

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BRIDGE TO BRIDGE DISTRICTHARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

THE PLAN FOR THE SITE REVEALS THE CREEK WHICH ARTIFICIALLY MEANDERS THROUGH THE SITE. THE MODERN INTERPRETATION OF THE CURVES COMMONLY FOUND IN A STREAM SPEAKS TO THE INDUSTRI-AL PAST OF THE SITE WHILE ALLOWING THE WATER IN THE AREA TO SLOW DOWN AND BECOME A PROM-INENT FEATURE OF THE DISTRICT. A BIKE PATH WHICH WOULD EXTEND THROUGH THE ENTIRE INDUSTRI-AL ZONE WINDS THROUGH THE SITE CROSSING THE CREEK AT VARIOUS POINTS. NATIVE VEGETATION IS USED TO ALLUDE TO THE ORIGINAL NATURE OF THE CREEK SURROUNDINGS.

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TROPICAL SAVANNA CLIMATE ZONE

KIGALI (RWANDA) TROPICAL SAVANNA CLIMATE

WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA

US PARALLEL:

WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDAANNUAL HIGH TEMPERATURE: 82.9°FANNUAL LOW TEMPERATURE: 67.8°FAVERAGE TEMPERATURE: 75.35°FAVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION: 62.41 INCHES

KIGALI (RWANDA)ANNUAL HIGH TEMPERATURE: 83.1°FANNUAL LOW TEMPERATURE: 62.5°FAVERAGE TEMPERATURE: 72.8°FAVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION: 40.5 INCHES

COMBATTING WETLAND ENCROACHMENTKIGALI, RWANDA

KIGALI, RWANDA IS INFAMOULSY KNOWN WORLDWIDE AS THE CENTER OF VIOLENCE DURING THE 1994 RWANDAN GENOCIDE. 20 YEARS LATER, KIGALI IS TRYING TO REINVENT ITSELF AS THE ECONOMIC CAP-ITAL OF EASTERN AFRICA. AS KIGALI’S POPULATION REACHES AN ALL TIME HIGH, LAND SUITABLE FOR BUILDING ON WITHIN THE MOUNTAINOUS REGION IS BECOMING SCARCE. A STUDY ON WEALTH IN REGARDS TO TOPOGRAPHY AND VEGETATION IN KIGALI LED TO THE CREATION OF A MASTER PLAN FOR THE CITY IN ORDER TO PREVENT ENCROACHMENT UPON NATIVE WETLAND LAND.

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VEGETATION & WEALTH

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EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI:Plant used in low in-come neighborhoods as a fence-row

BANANA TREE:used in lower in-come neighborhoods for food Production

CANDELABRA TREE:grows wildly in dry areas. found in lesser maintained ProPerties

DATE PALM:used ornamentally in Kigali. found in higher income neighborhoods.

NILE TULIP TREE:used decoratvely in higher income neighborhoods. valued for its flow-ers and the shade it Provides.

the diagram below illustrates the strong correlation between relative wealth in Kigali Per ProPerty and the vegetation that is grown there. in general, trends showed that vegeatiion grown in lower income neighborhoods was almost soley for Practical PurPoses (consumPtion, Privacy, etc.) in contrast, vegetation grown in higher income neighbor-hoods tended to be more for aesthetic PurPoses.

PRESENT DAY ECOSYSTEMS: TOPOGRAPHY

HIGH INCOME LOW INCOME AGRICULTURE LOW INCOMETRANSITION ZONE

NATIVE ECOSYSTEMS: TOPOGRAPHY

MOUNTAIN FOREST SAVANNA WOODLAND WETLAND AQUATIC FOREST

VEGETATION & WEALTH

HIGHER INCOME ZONE

TRANSITION ZONE

LOWER INCOME ZONE

COMBATTING WETLAND ENCROACHMENTKIGALI, RWANDA

INFOGRAPHICS ABOVE EXPLORE WEALTH DISTRIBUTION BASED ON TOPOGRAPHY AND VEGETATION WITHIN KIGALI. TRENDS SEEN WITHIN THIS IMAGES WERE FOUND CONSISTENT IN DOZENS OF CASE STUDIES ACROSS KIGALI. LOWER INCOME CITIZENS WERE MOST LIKELY TO BE LIVING IN OR ADJACENT TO THE WETLANDS IN THE LOW VALLEYS. VEGETATION SHIFTED FROM ORNAMENTAL TO AGRICULTURAL FROM PEAK TO VALLEY. INFORMATION FOUND HERE WAS VITAL TO THE CREATION OF THE MASTER PLAN ADRESSING WETLAND ENCROACHMENT.

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AGRICULTURE

LOW IMPACT INFRASTRUCTURE

MAIN VEHICULAR ROADS

NATIVE VEGETATION BUFFER

PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN PATHS

WETLAND & STREAM

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THE MASTER PLAN FOR KIGALI WAS CREATED SPECIFICALLY IN THE GIKONDO WETLAND NEAR THE CITY CENTER TO BE USED AS A MODULE THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE PLAN CREATES A GREEN EDGE CURBING DEVOLOPMENT BY ESTABLISHING A GREENBELT SYSTEM. PEDESTRIAN PATHS SHOWN IN YELLOW WOULD KEEP CITIZENS SEPERATE FROM THE BUSY ACCESS ROADS THAT CROSS THE WETLANDS. AROUND THE CENTRAL STREAM, WETLAND WOULD BE RESTORED TO ACT AS A BUFFER FOR NEIGHBORING AGRICULTURAL LAND. KEY AREAS IN BROWN AND RED ARE IDENTIFIED AS ZONES WHERE LOW IMPACT INFRASTRUCTURE COULD BE UTILIZED. THE AREA CIRCLED WITHIN THE GIKONDO WETLAND IS THE SITE OF A PROPOSED INTERVENTION SHOWN ON PAGE 13.

13COMBATTING WETLAND ENCROACHMENTKIGALI, RWANDA

THE INTERVENTION HERE REVEALS HOW LOW IMPACT HARD INFRASTRUCTURE COULD BE IMPLEMENT-ED BY THE MUNICIPALITY IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOSE LIVING NEAR THE WETLAND. IN THIS CASE, HARD INFRASTRUCTURE IS USED AS BOTH A WATER FILTRATION SITE AS WELL AS RESEARCH SPACE FOR THE NEARBY UNIVERSITY. THE SECTION ABOVE ILLUS-TRATES THE PROCESS OF FILTRATION. RUNOFF FROM THE LARGE ADJACENT WATERSHED IS FIRST FILTERED THROUGH A RECONSTRUCTED WETLAND AND IS THEN STORED IN A SLENDER SIPHON. FILTERED WATER CAN THEN BE PERIODICALLY RELEASED FOR USE IN CLEANING LAUNDRY. THIS PREVENTS CITIZENS FROM DOING THEIR LAUNDRY DIRECTLY IN THE STREAM, WHICH POLLUTES THE DRINKING WATER SOURCE. WA-TER THEN RETURNS TO A SECONDARY LARGER WETLAND WHERE IT CAN INFILTRATE COMPLETELY.

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EducationIowa State University – Class of 2017 Bachelor of Landscape ArchitectureDowling Catholic High School – Class of 2012

ExperienceTimberPine Nursery and Greenhouse - Intern: 2014 - 2015 Assisted with creation of landscape plans and proposals Facilitated prospective customer appointments Managed both residential and commercial job sites Generated comprehensive estimates for clienteleIowa State University - Cyclone Aide: 2013 - 2014 One of 34 students selected (Out of over 250 applicants) as an ambassador for ISU Welcomed and assisted a diverse group of over 6,500 new and transfer students Facilitated 28 consecutive days of orientation Conducted student and family question and answer panels Received 100 hours of public speaking training Organized and spoke at an arena event for over 4,000 students HAILA Architecture Firm - Intern: 2013 Student Liaison for FarmHouse Fraternity expansion Researched and proposed exterior design concepts Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt - Shift Leader: 2011- 2012 Managed all store functions, supervised store associates, performed opening and clos- ing processes Fareway Grocery Stores - Bagger/Customer Service: 2009-2011

Extracurricular ActivitiesFarmHouse Fraternity Active member, Iowa Chapter, 2012 – Current Public Relations Director, 2014- Current Social Chair, 2014- 2015Student Society of Landscape Architects Active club member, 2014 – Current Greek Co-Chair Leader for 3 separate campus wide competitive events Placed 1st, 1st and 3rd out of over 15 pairings per event

Awards/HonorsCollege of Design Ambassador Chosen as 1 of 3 to represent ISU’s College of DesignIowa State University Dean’s List Fall 2013, Fall 2015Dowling Catholic High School Honor Roll, 2008 – 2012 Academic Letter and Academic Excellence Medal, 2012Iowa All State Choir Participant Auditioned and accepted, 2011

SkillsPublic Speaking | Customer Service | Project Bidding Project Management | Graphic Design | Hand Drafting AutoCad | Adobe Suite | Pro Landscape Design

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JOE BIEGGERbiegger@iastate.edu

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