Monica Goshorn-Maroney

School Project Portfolio

2008-2013

Monica Goshorn-Maroney ADDRESS:6836 South Ladoga Rd Ladoga, IN 47954PHONE: 765-267-0800EMAIL: mgoshornmaro@gmail.com

RESUME

Objective: Dedicated student intending to obtain an internship beneath a registered Landscape Architect, bringing computer skills, drawing skills, and attention to detail to contribute to a firm and gain experience in the field.ExperienceChild Care Assistant Landscaping Assistant • Plant selection• Plant care and lawn/woodland maintenance• Assisted in design propositions and drawingsTraveled to Egypt and Ireland • Toured gardens • Witnessed another world view Farm Worker • Extensive gardening experience• Livestock care (chickens, horses,ect.)• Designed and constructed horse barnVolunteer Experience• ASLA Treasurer• Ladoga Library’s lunch for under-privileged children • 4-H Highway cleanup crew EducationBachelor of Arts in Landscape Architecture Ball State University, Muncie Indiana Current GPA: 3.89Minor in Sustainability Educational AchievementsDeans list ASLA Involvement 2nd Year Landscape Architecture Design Honors Award Pokorny Scholarship Winner Presentation at Faculty Symposium

2004-2007May 10, 2009-present

July 13-20 2008

Sept 27 1995-August 22 2008

May 9, 2013

May 9, 2013

Fall 2008-PresentSpring 2009-presentFall 2009Spring 2009 Spring 2011

Spring 2012Spring 2008 Spring 2003

Regional Planning• Alternative Agriculture Pages 9-10

Transit Oriented Development• Revitalizing 30th Street Pages 7-8

Engineering Page 11

Planting and Site Design• Barefoot Garden Pages 1-2

Contents

Projects

Resume Previous Page

Residential Design• Heurtley Residence Pages 3-4

Urban Design• Annie Street, San Francisco Pages 5

Memorial Design• U.S.S. Indianapolis Pages 6

Other Skills Page 12-13

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GARDEN

Planting Design

Project:Moonville wishes to construct a destination garden to draw visitors to their town.

Goals:• Use varying plant textures • Limit color palette to focus on textures• Provide multiple path choices

Concept:Explore nature through the different textures of plants and materials creating a memorable and extraordinary experience. With its unorthodox shoe ban the garden will create a liberating and carefree experience reminiscent of the days of childhood.

Foot Bath

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Picnic AreaThe Sunny Walk

(Sun-warmed sandstone slabs)

Woodland Trail

(Tree cross-section pavers)

Massaging Pavers

Shoe Cubbies

Yellowwood Grove

Barefoot Garden Master Plan

BAREFOOT

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PLANT SELECTION

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Key Qty Botanical Name Common Name

Shade Trees

BET-NI 5 Betula nigra River Birch

CLA-KE 8 Cladrastis kentukea American Yellowwood

LAR-DE 5 Larix decidua Common Larch

MAG-V 2 Magnolia virginiana Sweet Bay Magnolia

Deciduous Shrubs

CEP-O 12 Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush

COT-C 18 Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ Royal Purple Smokebush

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Plants are chosen for their ability to withstand foot traffic as well as their unique tactile qualities. All shrubs, grasses, and perennials bloom a maroon color to minimize distraction from these textures. White blooming Magnolias mark crossroads where visitors are met with the choice; which unique path to follow and which unique qualities to experience.

Bird’s Eye View of Accompanying Model

Southern Entrance to Garden

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HEURTLEY Residential Design

Project:Design the landscape for a Frank Lloyd Wright house in Oak Park, Chicago.

Goals:• Create a landscape similar to Frank Lloyd Wright’ style Obj. Use native plants Obj. Limit foundation plantings Obj. Create strong views from interior spaces

• Retain privacy in the backyard while maintaing the historical value of the house front

Concept:Recreate in the landscape the triangular and half-circle geometries that are prevalent in the architecture.

RESIDENCE

Existing Facade http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oak_Park_Il_Heurtley_House2.jpg

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Wright designed the house around a half-cirle fireplace which he called the “sunrise hearth”. A reflecting pool re-emphasizes this shape with plantings radiating off of it in a ‘sunrise’ pattern.

The front of the house is often the object of many tourist’s attention. Thus, it is left open for photography, while the vertical form of White Spruce stabilizes the horizontal tendencies of the structure.

As requested by the client the side yard becomes a functional, yet aesthetic, salad garden for the house residents. It exhibits a multitude of vegetables laid out in pleasing fashion accented by a Montmorency Cherry tree.

SUNRISE HEARTH

FRONT YARD

SALAD GARDEN

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ANNIE STREET Urban Design

Project:A forgotten alley in San Francisco’s downtown, Annie Street is surrounded by a variety of cultures.

Goals:• Cater to all cultures• Increase Walkability• Enhance adjacent famous hotels• Create opportunities for people watching• Replace vitality and life to street level

Concept:Many infamous acts of hatred have occured when two cultures clash due to ignorance and misunderstanding. Reflective Crystals symbolize the light of understanding while also providing an interactive fountain and light between the buildings.

SAN FRANCISCO

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U.S.S. Memorial Design

Project: The demise of the U.S.S. Indianapolis was the last naval loss in World War II. After delivering the atomic bomb the ship was struck by two Japanese torpedoes. It sank in twelve minutes, only 316 men of a crew of 1,196 survived to be rescued several days later.

Goals:• Create a catalyst for grief for those who lost

their lives as well as remembrance of those who survived the tragic event

• Establish a sacred space which inspires reflection and solemn contemplation

• Give special remembrance to Captain McVay who suffered unfair prosecution for the events

• Create experiences reminding the viewers of the hardships wartime sailors endured

Concept:The memorial is displayed in a zig-zag plaza reminiscent of the course of a ship avoiding enemy fire. The plaza is shaded by twelve magnolia trees to represent the twelve minutes of the ships sinking. Four centered Golden Rain trees emphasize the four days the surviving sailors waited to be rescued.

INDIANAPOLIS

McV

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Wall

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Wall of the Living

Rescur

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Ruins F

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USS India

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Plaza

Meridian Street

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REVITALIZING T.O.D design

Project:Indianapolis’s 30th street becomes a new stop on the Nickelplate light rail track as well as a destination point for Monan Trail users.

Goals:• Increase jobs in the area• Obj. Create destinations for both Monan Trail users and

light rail travelers

• Increase housing density to sustain a light rail network

• Obj. Provide housing on upper stories

• Obj. Propose infill housing on abandoned lots

• Minimize gentrification • Restore brownfields through phytoremediation

Concept:Buildings are laid out in a radial pattern reminiscent of Indianapolis’s initial city core design. Storm water is managed throughout site and brownfields are rejuvinated viaphytoremediation.

Live/Work Plaza

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Office Plaza

Grocery

30th Street

Community Gardens

Tow

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Cottage Clusters

30th Street Master Plan

30th street

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The stop becomes a lively destination catering to shoppers, office workers, and residents. It is divided into three, mixed-use plazas with offices, retail, and a live/work craftsmen community. Alleys between buildings are lined with birch trees, planters, and store windows to enhance the overall pedestrian experience.

Dynamic fountains draw people from 30th street to the plaza. Retail occupies the lower floors with offices and housing on the upper levels. The small shops on the ground level bring a sense of vitality to the plaza while a small office park offers natural relief and treats storm-water runoff. The offices and apartments on the upper levels ensure the continued use of the plaza.

Outdoor cafes, fountains, and other street furnishings create an interesting, stimulating pedestrian experience. While pedestrian islands and boulevards provide safe crossing for visitors coming from the train station.

30TH STREET ATTRACTION

OFFICE PLAZA

30TH STREET

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Regional Design

ALTERNATIVE

Project:For generations farming in the midwest has sculpted the regional landscape. However, with current practices, vast monocultures have developed to produce food that is then shipped away for processing as livestock feed, ethanol production, corn syrup, or exportation. Meanwhile, local residents are often left with little access to fresh foods and ecological problems such as soil loss and degradation, water pollution, habitat fragmentation, and urban sprawl deteriorate some of the most productive land on earth.

Goals:• Establish sustainable, dynamic agricultural economic system Obj. Develop connections at multiple scales between markets, transit, and production areas

Agriculture

-- Develop community-supported agriculture throughout the region--Implement “Farm on Wheels” program, providing fresh, local food ensuring service to all income classes--Improve road conditions along routes that will be used for food distribution

Obj. Protect and improve healthy ecologic systems-- Develop wildlife corridors and habitats by protecting, connecting and buffering rivers, streams, wetlands and managed lands--Encourage Alley Cropping practice to prevent erosion and contaminated runoff

• Implement agricultural educational system Obj. Provide hands-on experiences with alternative farming techniques within school curriculums and through urban gardens

• Establish and maintain sustainable agricultural practices Obj. Promote diversified agriculture

--Providing alternative crop production through crop rotation

-- Increase yields by combining crops wth most appropriate soils Obj. Decrease agricultural chemical use

--Utilize compost systems within farms to remove the need for synthetic fertilizers--Substitute pesticides with biological pest control

Legend Legend

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Analysis of Food Desserts in Delaware County

On the right, agricultural land is divided into sections suitable for herbaceous vegetable production or grass and legume production based on their soil types and drainage capabilities. Wildlife corridors connect existing habitats and buffer impaired streams to filter pollution and allow gene flow between animal communities. Below, schools are shown located over 1.5 miles from a fresh food market. These locations were chosen as potential food distribution outlets due to their centralized location within under serviced communities.

COMMUNITY SCALE

Proposed pedestrian pathwaysGroceries

Schools

Proposed Community Gardens

Grain Elevator

Developed Land

Herbaceous VegetablesGrasses, Legumes, and Grains

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Legend

Grocery Stores

Grain Elevator

Schools in Food Dessert

Residential

Within Easy Walking Distance

Within Walking Distance

Within Biking Distance

Within Walking/Biking Distance

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Aster

Root CropLegume

SolanaceousGrain

Crop Rotation Example

A technique commonly used in South America to prevent soil erosion from both wind and water is depicted on the right. This still allows the use of machinery while also creating the potential for other crops within the buffer areas such as nuts, fruits, or biomass. These buffers serve to break up monocultures providing havens for wildlife.

The drawing on the right illustrates the transfor-mation of what a common farm dwelling and its surroundings could be in the future. Studies show that planned annual crop rotations will not only rejuvenate soils but also act as a natural pesticide and decrease the need for fertilizers. This practice has the potential to increase crop yields as well as help ensure the future of midwestern agriculture by promoting healthy ecological processes.

ALLEY CROPPING

PRODUCTION

Crop Rotation Exampled

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Construction Drawings

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GOLF COURSEclub house

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Sketchup, GIS, Autocad

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OTHERSKILLS

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Porous Asphalt PavementOriginally drawn at 1-1/2”=1’ currently not to scale21 Pocket Bioretention

Originally drawn at 1”=1’ currently not to scale1

Seattle, WA

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Map Legend

Weighted Housing Development Suitability Map

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Drawing, horse-back riding

OTHERSKILLS

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