JAMES MOORE CANDIDATE FOR MLA 2013, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

MUP 2010, HARVARD GSD

BA 2007, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

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How can we create spaces that enrich communities, strengthen ecological resilience and provoke wonder, curiosity or contemplation? I aspire to be an advocate in design and planning for a rigorous and joyful engagement with people, spaces and systems on all scales. I want to create great places in the public and private realm; redesign aging infrastructure by hybridizing urban and natural systems; recover regional and local identity and culture; and rethink rural and suburban cultural landscapes through an ecological lens. As leaders in design and planning, we must ask how our work can not only repair environmental problems but how we can develop new hybrid conditions of constructed and natural systems. Design offers a method of creating and testing visions for nature and the city, instead of maintaining a false separation of the two. I hope to continue my interests in these subjects through my research on public space and green infrastructure.

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Studio Work 2009-2012

Design Explorations

Resume

Pollock’s Branch Market: CharlottesvilleB.R.I.D.G.E Minneapolis

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The Yard: Nashville 15Sand Engine: Hampton Roads 21

Controlled Inundation: Atchafalaya Basin 25Campus Edge: Observatory Hill 29

Superterp: Dordrecht. The Netherlands.Reclaiming the River: Concord

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POLLOCK’S BRANCH MARKET: CHARLOTTESVILLE3rd Year Studio. Fall 2012. Instructors: Elizabeth K. Meyer. Leena Cho.

What are the possibilities for the city when green infrastructure meets the public realm? This studio explored the design of a new market district in Charlottesville, Virginia which would reimagine public space. Our project proposes establishing a market district on the site of the Friendship Court housing project that marks a trailhead connecting to a larger stream and recreational network. The district will introduce a new hydrologic identity within the proposed mixed-income community, creating “cells” of water absorption alongside the daylit Pollock’s Branch stream. Within this vision, the market becomes a place where citizens can interact, embrace local food and begin to understand their place within the region.

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Left: The site of the new market district is within an urbanized watershed that offers an opportunity to create a trail connection south to Moore’s Creek. Above Right: Proposal establishes new, mixed income housing on the west and eastern edges. The market straddles the intersection of 4th street with Garrett to the north. The daylit stream creates a series of zones to absorb fl ood waters. Below Right: Reading the topography of the site allowed us to imagine “cells” of hydrologic treatment where water would be captured, treated and infi ltrated.

Friendship Court

Pollock’s Branch

Moore’s Creek

Downtown Charlottesville

New Market

Mixed Income Housing

Daylit Pollock’s Run

Ecological Corridor

to Moore’s Creek

Proposal showing water fl ow and storage.

Hydrologic Cell ConceptExisting Pollock’s Branch Watershed

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The axonometric section and accompanying material palette describing the transition from housing and market terraces, to the daylit river and back to housing. Varying levels of permeability shape the material and native plant palette along the terraces. Throughout the section, the selection of plants and design of green infrastructure absorbs stormwater, provides microclimate and enriches biodiversity.

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Axonometric Section A and Material Palette

Market Plaza

Market Grove

Stream Terraces

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Above: The market is divided into three zones which can all be activated during large market days and events. It activates the street and creates a gateway to a network of paths along the daylit Pollock’s Branch.

Market Plaza

Market Street (Closed on Market Days)

Market Grove (Tents on Market Days)

Mixed Income Housing

Daylit Pollock’s Branch

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Section B: Wooden open air structures offer shade and relief from rain for market vendors. Water collection and infi ltration offer opportunities to create a rich public space as in the case of the gabion seat benches lining the bioswales in the market street detail.

Section C: Daylighting the stream, allows the creation of a series of dammed pools which not only slow peak stormwater runoff, but create a dramatic riparian landscape that marks the beginning of what could be a trailhead south to the larger regional trails.

Section B

Section C

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BRIDGE: BRINGING RESIDENTS & INNOVATION TO DOWNTOWN’S GROWING EASTJanuary 2013. Gerald D. Hines CompetitionPartners: Dani Alexander, Harriett Jameson, Nicholas Knodt, Owen Larkin

The BRIDGE proposes a vibrant, diverse, and sustainable neighborhood in Downtown East that will stitch existing urban fabric and catalyze future development in Minneapolis. This innovative, human scaled district is characterized by a variety of dynamic public spaces—distinct in characteryet calibrated to their use & context—for the daily resident and fun-seeking visitor exploring Minneapolis’ “last frontier.”

Downtown East has long resisted development, sagging under an over-proliferation of surface parking and challenging land uses. With existing proximity to the riverfront and the Guthrie Theatre and the proposed new Vikings stadium, Minneapolis has created a unique opportunity for a downtown neighborhood. Completion of the Central Line LRT will place our site a stop away from the University of Minneapolis.

The BRIDGE imagines a Downtown East that achieves 3 main goals: a high level of performance in the landscape and built environments; innovation through diverse offi ce, retail, and educational programs; and a vibrant urban neighborhood with a range of activities—day or night, spring through winter.

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7. Bars & Retail

1. Live / Work Courts

5. Hotel

9. Community Garden8. Downtown East Tech Magnet

3. Cinema & Gym4. Green Roof

10. Hiawatha Rail Trail trailhead11. Armory Park

6. TV Studios

12. Cafe & Affordable Retail13. Pedestrian-Only 5th Street14. Star Tribune Office15. Hiawatha / Central LRT Station16. The Armory

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Site Plan Above: The new Armory District would be formed around a series of mid-block spaces that provide public spaces designed for microclimate protection and stormwater absorption.

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ESTABLISH circulation hierarchy for multi-modal transportation.

ALIGN Portland Ave with the Armory for pedestrian boulevard.

PERFORATE grid for human scale connections.

STITCH neighborhood with vibrant public & green spaces.

CONCEPTUAL MOVES

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NEIGHBORHOOD AS NEXUS

connecting greater regionconnecting within the neighborhood connecting Minneapolis

University

Twins Stadium

Mississippi River

NicolletMall

North Loop

Downtown

Guthrie Theatre

Elliot Park

Marcy-Holmes

Central Line LRT

Central Line LRT

Stone Arch Bridge

Bike Parking

2-Way Bike Lanes River ParkwayBike Trail

Hiawatha Line LRT00

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NS Section Looking East 1”=50’Building Orientation Protects Against NW Winter Winds

Intimate Public Spaces to Encourage Walkability in All Seasons

Integrated Residential, Retail, & Flex Office to Support a Live/Work Environment

Arcade Cutouts in New Buildings to Protect Pedestrians from Climate

S 3rd St.

Retail Retail/ Flex Office

Parking

For Sale For Rent

S 4th St.

Office

Retail

Courtyards with Permeable Paving & Bioswale Accent Plantings

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Portland Street looking South towards 5th Street and the Armory

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Exposed Southern Plazas to SunGreen Roof Systems & Rainwater Collection into Cisterns

Replace 3rd Car Lane with 2-Way Bike Lanes, Separated with Bioswale Buffer All New Offices LEED Silver Certified

S 5th St.

THE ARMORY

S 6th St. S 7 th St.

Diverse Activity in Public Plaza Increasing Connections

Street Closed to Car Traffic, Open to Light Rail, Pedestrian, & Bike Passage

LEED Silver Redevelopment of the Armory into a Mixed-Used Structure Supporting a Diversity of Events and Uses

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THE YARD: NASHVILLESummer 2012. Awarded 2nd place by jury. www.designing-action.comPartners: Kareeshma Ali and Jeffrey Goodman.

In 2012, the Nashville Civic Design Center hosted a design competition for a large scrap yard on the river in downtown Nashville. Teams were asked to imagine how the site might improve public health through recreation and sport program.

Our proposal, awarded 2nd place, creates spaces for healing, growth, and change by embracing a multifaceted view of health that extends beyond the physical body to the mind, city, and landscape. By combining physical, natural, and programmatic systems, The Yard nurtures the well-being of Nashville.

The organizing feature of The Yard is a new waterway for stormwater bounded by a lushly planted fl oodway. Currently, stormwater outlets periodically discharge into the Cumberland River because outfl ow pipes cannot handle large volumes of rainwater.

The Yard would create two large mounds to cap and contain contaminated earth, adding a functional and signifi cant element of topography to the site.

The Yard creates spaces for healing, growth, and change by embracing a multifaceted view of health that extends beyond the physical body to the mind, city, and landscape. By combining physical, natural, and programmatic systems, The Yard nurtures the well-being of Nashville. From waterways, forests, and gardens to active sports fi elds to community-based class- es and art, different approaches to health converge in The Yard.

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Forebay For Incoming

Titans Parking Stormwater

Basketball Courts

Nashville GreenBikes

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Sustainability-Focused

Charter School

Converted Fuel Tank

Adventure Playground

Existing Building

Renovated for Events

Stormwater

OutletIncreased Ped / Bike

Lanes on Gateway Bridge

Overlook / Stairs to

The Cumberland

“ScrapYard Shop”

Fabrication Co-op

Community /

Exposition Grounds

Therapeutic / Botanical

Gardens

Viewing Mound Made

From Contained Soil

Multi-Sport Fields

Mixed Income Housing

Forebay for Benedict &

Crutcher Sub-watershed

East Bank Greenway

“Cayce Landing”

Boat Put-In

Davidson St / Music City Bikeway

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“The Yard” creates spaces for healing, growth, and change by embracing a multifaceted view of health that extends beyond the physical body to the mind, city, and landscape. From waterways, forests, and gardens to active sports fi elds, to community-based classes, and art, different approaches to health converge in The Yard.

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STORMWATER FROM

BENEDICT & CRUTCHER

STORMWATER FROM

STADIUM PARKING

SETTLING PONDS

RESTORED FLOODPLAIN

NEW OUTFLOW

1909 Map of Nashville showing “Shelby Pond”

where the PSC Metal yard stands today.

Projects such as “The Dell” at University of

Virginia, demonstrate how stormwater reten-

tion can create vital public space.

Currently, the Benedict & Crutcher basin is

piped through the site, offering an opportunity

for retention and treatment.

Basin Area 277 acres

Impervious 117 ac, 42.2%

STORMWATER TREATING RUNOFF CONTAMINATED SOIL

Industrial development on the Cumberland has

left us with a toxic legacy

Gasworks Park in Seattle embraced industrial

legacy and used capped, polluted soil to build

large earthworks.

Contaminated soil can remain on site and be

used safely when capped with an engineered

lining.

Clay capsolvents

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Vegetation Filters

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A signifi cant portion of our site was once covered by “Shelby Pond,” trapped behind the Cumberland’s natural levee. Eight combined sewer overfl ows remain Davidson County. The outlet for the Benedict & Crutcher watershed is piped through our site to the river. This Combined Sewer Overfl ow (CSO) is responsible for 40-50 overfl ow events per year or a total of 90 hours (Metro Stormwater Presentation). The Yard would make the treatment of this stormwater the very spine of the design. Polluted soil is inevitable on a postindustrial site. The Yard would again, make use of this “waste” material to shape the site’s topography.

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“Scrapyard”

Workshop Art

“Nashville Green

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BoardwalkaRiverside

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Mesic

Woodland

Flow Control

Structure

Multi-use

Playing FieldSeating / Viewing

Mound

The Yard is a place where social and ecological health combine. Playing fi elds and stormwater stream corridors lie in close proximity, pressing into one another. Urban life often presents us simultaneously with beauty and pollution. In The Yard, contaminated soil and polluted stormwater runoff are foundations to a beautiful place. This tension creates more interesting and instructive landscapes.

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Sycamore

Platanus occidentalisYellowwood

Cladrastis luteaShumard Oak

Quercus shumardii

Virginia Sweetspire

Itea virginicaSmooth Alder

Alnus serrulata

Common Rush

Juncus effusus

Blackhaw Viburnum

Viburnum prunifolium

Rough-leaved Goldenrod

Solidago rugosaPurple Coneflower

Echinacea purpureaBlack-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Native Sumac

Rhus sp.

Little Bluestem

Rhus sp.Sideoats Grama

Bouteloua curtipendulaCordgrass

Spartina bakeri

SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER

WWETWETT DRYDRY

The Yard will be a place where the dynamic fl ows of time will be expressed through the water,vegetation, and fauna. Four main vegetation zones--Wetland, Riparian, Temperate, and Warm Season Meadow--refl ect the frequency of inundation. In the background lies The Mound, which both screens I-24 as well as provides a unique point of panoramic prospect.

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A proposal to register change and shifting dynamics on the shore of Hampton Roads, VA. In this studio, we explored how designers might intervene in a dramatically changing environment. We were asked to design a sand source, or a process in which large amounts of sand would be deposited to erode and nourish the nearby beach. We were also asked to design a sand catcher that would register the shifting tides and material on site. During this process, we explored the effect on time and weather on communities, structures, and materials.

SAND ENGINE: HAMPTON ROADSSpring 2011. Instructor: Kristina Hill

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Above: To register change over time, I proposed distributing concrete culverts in dense clusters along the surf. These would create shade and enclosure as well as a unique aural environment. Over time, they would shift in the sand as well as degrade themselves.

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Island Plan

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Bottom Right: The sand source would be a series of rip rap ribs with sand dunes piled over top. As the sand erodes, and the riprap ribs emerge. Also, the boardwalk pathways would close, leaving their pylons for kayakers and swimmers to explore.

Perspective. Sand island after construction. Perspective. Sand island after ten years. Perspective. Sand Island after construction

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For over a century, humans have shaped the land to control the river. The Atchafalaya Basin where land was altered, rivers straightened, defensive measures erected by the Army Corps of Engineers in the name of fl ood control and navigation. In the basin, this has led to the degradation of the river AND the land. It has raised the stakes of fl ooding so that anything past the designed capacity is a catastrophic failure. In the recent 2011 fl ood, the infrastructure was at 85% capacity.

Can we propose an alternative that restores the dynamic fl ow of water to a starved landscape?

Our project explores the possibility of controlled, seasonal inundation of the Pointe Coupee polder as an alternative to the “all-or-nothing” fl ood control systems present today. Doing so would provide a unique, hybrid landscape that would increase the health and diversity of the land and the adjacent community.

CONTROLLED INUNDATION: ATCHAFALAYA BASINFall 2011. Instructor: Jorg SiewekePartner: Chris Woods

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Our proposal imagines how landscape change might occur if control structures were inserted to introduce seasonal inundation to parts of the Pointe Coupee polder. This would store fl oodwaters as well as create new land uses and patterns of living.

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Landscape Change

ACOE

PrivateHunting Clubs

USFW

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CAJUNS

Environmentalists

LSU

Oil Companies“New techniques are making us more profitable than ever”

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Tourists

“Navigation and Flood Control”

“Restore the original state of the basin!”

“Let us live our livesthe way we always have”

The Nature Conservancy

Company Town Workers

Regimes / Agents

Phasing

aquaculture

carbon storage

recreation

floraproduction

Dam it

Channel It

Mound it

Contour itWood it

Store It

Grow it

Flood it

Preparing for Change

Welcoming the Water

Enriching Land, Enriching Life

Construction of Diversion Structures

First Inundation

Users Change Land

Second Inundation

Community Engagement / Consultation Revise Flooding Schedule / LevelsRelocation to Higher Ground

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Rice Field

Catfish Farms

Corn Fields

Crawfish Ponds

Sustainable Timbering

RecreationPaths

Stream Corridor

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Pastureland

Cypress Farm

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PossibilitiesAgent Actions

Changing LandThe Citizen’s Role

Creating the control structures is the beginning of a long process of landscape change. A complex network of agents operate within the confi nes of a variety of regimes. These interactions are expressed physically in the landscape. The above diagram imagines how these changes might occur.

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HARD AND SOFT ARMATURES: O-HILLFall 2010. Instructor: Nancy Takahashi

Observatory Hill has been relegated to role of The University’s “back lot.” Storage of buildings, educational programs, materials, infrastructural logistics are all deposited haphazardly in its steeply curved topography. The University has done little to create any interaction or awareness between the hill and the developmentat its base. Our site, the between McCormick and Alderman roads, exemplifi es this lack of dialog as buildings turn their backs to the hill and ignore potential for a threshold between the peace of the hill and the electric vitality of the life at the base.I envision an opportunity to increase connections between the hill and the base by a two-pronged extension-- bringing the forest down into Alderman south of the treatment center and extending a constructed series of spaces along the northernslope of the treatment center. These larger moves open up the opportunity for North-South connections including McCormick and Alderman roads, the treatment center, and a restored path through the forest. Overlaid and interacting with these human circulation elements are the paths of the greywater produced at the treatment center. These water paths create formal and programmatic opportunities at the points of intersection as it fl ows down towards the gardens, educational center, and student dormitories, with different character and opportunities at each point of intersection. The overlay of these water routes and human circulation create a complex, but legible landscape that invites the public to inhabit,as well as traverse this formerly signifi cant barrier while retaining some of the elements of the original landscape that made it worth investigating in the fi rst place.

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Above Left: Two armatures connect places of retreat and gathering.Above Right: Study for the “Hard” armature Below Left: Section showing terracing in front of proposed dormitories. Below Right: Plan of “Hard” armature showing new dormitories and water path.

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Above Left: Perspective of a water crossing in the woods of the “soft” armatureAbove Right: Model of the “hard” armature showing massing, ground plane, and major canopy patches.

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This studio examined the future of urbanism in the Dutch delta city of Dordrecht. With climate change threatening higher sea levels and severe river fl oods, the nation is reexamining their relationship with water. Our project proposed the introduction of dynamic water processes such as tides, fl oods, and sedimentation as a challenge to the static nature of current water management practice. We proposed the use of dredge as a material to build up land. We then imagined how these new forms might introduce a gradient urbanism and, fi nally, how that gradient urbanism might interact with existing urbanism in Dordrecht.

SUPERTERP: DORDRECHT. THE NETHERLANDS.Spring 2010. Instructor: Pierre BelangerPartner: Eamonn Hutton

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Dordrecht is increasingly marginalized by Rotterdam’s growth, enabling them to experiment with new possibilities. Dordrecht also lies at the confl uence of ocean and river forces, making it critical that it confronts the problematic tradition of dike raising and think of alternatives to the behind the dike / outside the dike relationship with water.

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Above: This perspective imagines the excavation, preparation and construction of the terps using river dredge. A new economy would develop as the terps expand, calibrated to the rise and fall of the water.Below: Certain opportunities and constraints arise from both the gradient on fl ooding and the “layering” process of the mound’s construction

I work at the short rotational forest. We cut and grind the willows for use as biofuel. We also sell cuttings for propagation in new plots or as bundles for reed establishment.

Many native, floodplain species can be utilized as for slope stabilization. Betula pendula is a prime example. Others include: Alnus glutinosa, Carpinus betulus, Crataegus monogyna, Lonicera xylosteum, Populus nigra, Prunus padus, Salix caprea, Sambucus nigra, Sorbus aucuparia, and Viburnum opulus

I operate a dredger for Boskalis. I transport con-taminated dredge from the Biesbosch to Dordrecht for remediation. I like it because it is nearby and accessible.

They’ve offered me a fair price for my farm, or a plot on the terp. Still, it’s hard to imagine flooding this land; I’ve worked for a long time to keep it dry. But they say it’s for the best, and maybe my children will want to stay if we have land in the new town.

A gradual, vegetated littoral zone will promote biological soil cohesion, effectively reduc-ing soil erosion without the use of engineered surfaces and slopes. Agents in this process include: bio-membranes, mollusc armouring, roots, and exopolymers

I own the first business to buy land on the terp. We specialize in aggregate broker-ing. We receive, sort and stockpile materi-als from numerous sources. Our products in-clude: sand, gravel, clay, dewatered dredge, crushed concrete, compost and topsoil.

I operate a shipping company in Dusseldorf. We often use construc-tion waste as ballast on our way to Rotterdam. We can sell the material to a broker Dordrecht before collecting our cargo from the port.

I’m a student from TU Delft. For my thesis I am studying the survival rates and efficacy of various species of reeds. I hope my study will posi-tion me as an expert for future reed planting projects.

I operate an earthworks company in Dordrecht. We won the contract to prepare the polders for inundation. They say that there are going to be more super-terps. We are hoping that our performance here will get us future contracts building terps.

Hybrid poplars and other plantings will stabilize the cell surface, aid in dewatering and perform phyto-remediation.

reed houses

depoldered fields as intertidal zone average winter high water line existing dikestorm floodplain (1-10 yr flood gradient)

reed harvest

willow harvest

dredge containment cell upper elevation+4.0m NAP

lower elevation+2.8m NAP = 1000 yr flood

depoldering process channel construction10m x 66m channels excavated prior to opening the dikes. This will produce 33.3 m3 of soil, clay and sand per linear meter of channel. The channel profile is determined by the angle of repose of the building material.

empty cell

filling

settling pond for dredge effluent

unbroken dike

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planting reeds

digging channel

bundles of willows used to create protected cells for reed establishment

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aggregate broker

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Building the TerpThe process of gradient urbanism begins with site preparation to enable inundation of strategically selected polders. Because most polders are situated above low-tide water level the first step will be to excavate channels to create passages for water during low-flow periods. Next, the excavated material will be used to create a network of dredge storage cells along a selected dike. This will serve as the foundation for terps. During this time, and immediately prior to inundation, the remaining polder plain will be planted with reeds that will ultimately increase sedimentation for harvest as a building material. Next, the dikes perpendicular to the river will be removed allowing water to enter the polder. Gradually, dredge from nearby waterways will be added to the dikes and remediated incrementally to expand the mound horizontally and vertically. The foreseeable dredge input will be 820,000 m3/year, which is enough to create approximately 20 hectares of elevated land per year. The dimensions of the initial terp are based on basic spatial requirements of the infrastructures that will colonize it at first. The rate and form of expansion thereafter will be flexible; however, “vertical zoning” will provide the basic guidelines for appropriate land-covers. Terp construction will create several specialized industries such as research and monitoring of vegetal systems, aggregate brokers and transporter, and bio-fuel cultivation, harvest, and processing. It will also draw on current sectors such as earthwork contractors and dredgers. This economy would expand with the terps and eventually migrate to develop more landforms throughout the delta.

Vegetation

Infrastructure

Sunken RoadwayUtility Conduits Stormwater Retention

Architectural

Multi-LevelOlder StructuresPartially Buried, Vertically Extended

Floodable First Floor Stilts Floating House Boat

Highland Zone Flood Resiliant Zone Lowland and Intertidal Zone

PolicyBuilding Regulations Consistent with typical urban standards.

Maintain view corridors out to water / wetland.

1st floor materials must be flood proof / resistant. Second floor access / egress. No obstructions to prevent boat access in high water.

Housing should not only be flood adapted in its materials and constructions, but shouldalso be constructed of recoverable materials and in a manner that is easy to deconstructin anticipation of raising the land.

Minimal Permanent Structures. No flood vulnerable structures.

Recreational access will be provided through strategic path network.

Designated recreational areas can accomodate a certain number of permitted occupants in the canals and at certainhardened utility provision points.

Planning Concepts

shelf at 1000 yr flood elevationback to the idea of 3 tiers.+2.92 NAP

Keep critical infrastructure high and dry.

Transportation routeis left in place and built up on the edges.

Elevated walkwayto minimize impact.

Canal network dug into lowlands.Utility clusters confinedwellers.

Tidal WindmillsAgricultural Production

Sectional Strategies: Certain opportunities and constraints arise from both the gradient on flooding and the “layering” process of the mound’s construction. To guide the market, a framework of policy and regulations should match these sectional realities

reed swampScirpus maritimusGlyceria maximaIris pseudacorusCalvstegia sepiumPhallaris arudlinaceaCalvstegia sepilunTYPHA SPP

coppicingSalix viminalis

slopeBetula pendulaAcer campestre Alnus glutinosaBerberis vulgarisBetula pendula Carpinus betulus Clematis vitalbaCornus masCornus sanguineaCrataegus monogyna Fraxinus excelsiorIlex aquifolium

2% slope dredge fill to +4.0 NAP existing dike/groundfirst shelf ends at 10 yr flood elevation +2.30 NAP

2% slope high tide low tide

15% slopetopographic depressions in the intertidal and oodplain zones trap water after water receeds

dredge remediationHybrid poplars

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flood-dependentsafe to flood

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How does one plan for density in an area hostile to growth? My proposal postulated that density could offer something tangible other than increased population and strain on infrastructure. Concord’s river system is beautiful, but largely inaccessible to those who are not wealthy enough to be adjacent property owners. By methodically assessing the desirability and susceptibility-to-change of each parcel, I identifi ed strategic access points. A new zoning overlay would offer density bonuses to developers in exchange for public improvements and access easements to the river.

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The rivers in Concord, Massachusetts are bordered largely by privately owned land. This condition creates a barrier of access to recreational and natural areas on the borders of these amenities. Future development on the rivers could be given density bonuses in exchange for creating public points of access, creating a network of public spaces along the rivers

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In order to determine the private parcels which would be targeted for the density bonus program, I employed a ranking methodology for each parcel along the river. The result was the above abstracted representation of the riverside parcels along a gradient of possible change and quality of potential access.

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DETAIL DESIGN: BOARDWALK TRANSITIONSSpring 2011. Instructor: Zaneta Hong

I began my detail to design transformation by examining the BP Waverton park designed by McGregor Coxall in Sydney, Australia. I was similarly inspired by the wooden beach boardwalks of our studio site at Norfolk, VA (see page 15). These wooden structures seemed to dissolve into the sand while creating their own unique feel and sound as one traveled over them.

I envisioned a larger path that could, depending on the program, expand or contract in plan, close or open sectionally to invite or discourage access, provide places for rest or only space for movement.

Having done two separate studies--one of a path narrowing to a fenced condition, the other a vertical path separation to provide seating-- I decided to combine the two. In this prototype, the fenced condition becomes occupiable. This would be appropriate for moments where access to the adjoining land is discouraged, but there is little personal danger to individuals if they leave the boardwalk.

Using a standard plank board size of 2”x6”x8’, I hoped to minimize waste through trimming.

After researching the types of wood that might be used in a sea-salt, beach environment, Ipe and Greenheart seemed the best choices. Greenheart is especially desirable because of its strength and aesthetics. There are sustainable forestry practices for both Ipe and Greenheart. All lumber would be sourced from these.

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What is the essence of place? How can an outsider step into a landscape and discern the crucial elements? And how does one then communicate his or her discoveries creatively? In Anne Spirn’s course, Sensing Place, we chose a site to research, investigate, and photograph throughout the semester. In our conversations, we studied photographers, poets, novelists, who were able to capture a sense of place. Our primary text by Spirn, “The Language of Landscape,” provided a link between written and visual vocabulary which we could use to explore and describe our sites. For our fi nal project, we developed an evocative web essay that communicated our fi ndings. My site was a place I called “The Borderlands.” Situated between the industry of the Seaport and the strong residential fabric of South Boston, the Borderlands is a corridor along 1st street that is forgotten, yet contested. Relics from past owners are strewn about, but small industry and new residential conversions silently compete for space. For my fi nal essay, I wrote and recorded a soundtrack to accompany a fl ash movie of photos. They form a short piece that encapsulates my experiences in the site

SENSING PLACEFall 2009. Instructor: Anne Spirn.

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Opposite: The Dell. Charcoal on Arches PaperAbove: The Dell. Graphite, Charcoal, and White Chalk on newsprintBottom Left: Carpenter Center. Charcoal on newsprint.Bottom Center: Figure. Charcoal on sketch.Bottom Right: Figure. Charcoal and pastel on toned paper

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University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 2010-2013Candidate for Master in Landscape Architecture

Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA 2008-2010Masters in Urban Planning Career Discovery program; concentration in Urban Planning Summer 2007 University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2003-2007BA in Public Policy (Urban Studies) MajorUniversity Scholar (academic scholarship); GPA 3.75Study abroad in Pune, India Fall 2006

Education

James Moore: Resume e-mail: moorejh84@gmail.com

OrganizationsSocial Agency Lab (socialagencylab.org) Summer 2012 - present

Student Association of Landscape Architects - Offi cer Fall 2011 / Spring 2012 Assisted in organizing symposium on blogging and design Organized night to share student summer experiences Began a relationship with ASLA’s The Dirt blog to post student articles on UVA lectures. Edited articles.

LUNCH. (UVA Architecture School Journal) - Assistant Copy Editor Spring 2012

Harvard Urban Planning Organization 2009-2010Community Outreach Chair.

Member of Planner’s Network 2008-11

Member of APA 2008-present

Research Papers / Publications / AwardsAwarded 2nd place in international design competition, “Designing Action.” Fall 2012(www.designing-action.org) Team: Jeffrey Goodman, Kareeshma Ali

Essay “Diversifying the Discourse” published in LUNCH journal. Spring 2012Studio work selected for publication in Harvard GSD “Studioworks”: The Reserve District: Neighborhood Plan for Boston Seaport Fall 2012 The Superterp: Strategies for Adaptive Spring 2010 Climate Change in the Rhine Delta

“EcoUrbanism vs. Oblivion” Coeditor. A student-created zine to accompany the GSD’s Ecological Urbanism conference. http://72.167.142.101/article.php?article_id=144 (2009)

“Global Pasts, Local Futures: Urban Megadevelopments and Economic Competitiveness in the Detroit-Windsor Transnational Metropolitan Area” Research Assistant for Harvard GSD professor Brent Ryan’s paper (2008)

“At What Cost? Negotiation of Spatial Control in Chicago’s 4th Police District” Undergraduate Senior Thesis: an ethnographic exploration of power structures in local community meetings (2007)

InterestsLifelong musician. Singer / songwriter. Can play guitar, keyboard and sing. Also enjoy running on roads and trails, hiking, cooking, writing and reading.

SoftwareProfi cient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), GIS, Autocad, and RhinoBasic knowledge of Vectorworks and Adobe Flash and Premiere. Hand Drawing. Hand Modeling.

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Relevant Work Experience Reed Hilderbrand January 2013 1 Week Externship Tasks: Graphic Design. Diagrams. Preparation of ASLA award packet. peter@reedhilderbrand.com

University of Virginia Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013 Teaching Assistant. Course: Landscape Theory (Spring) and 7010/8010 Studio (Fall) Tasks: Grading Student Papers (Theory). Discussion leader. Administrative. Graphic design. Beth Meyer: ekm7a@virginia.edu

University of Virginia. Offi ce of the Architect. Summer 2012, Spring 2011 Paid Intern. Tasks: Updated Master Plan for Blandy Experimental Farm. Developed material for interpretive signs at The Dell. Mary Hughes. mvh2t@eservices.virginia.edu

Nelson Byrd Woltz Summer 2011 Paid Intern. Tasks: Research for Proposals and Projects. Autocad Drafting. Photoshop Rendering. Thomas Woltz: twoltz@nbwla.com

University of Virginia Fall 2010 Teaching Assistant. Course: “Global Sustainability” Tasks: Led discussion. Developed lesson plans. Managed multiple student projects. Phoebe Crissman. crisman@virginia.edu

Harvard Graduate School of Design Fall 2009, Spring 2010 Head Teaching Assistant (2009). Teaching Assistant (2010). First year urban planning studio. Aided Prof. Long in organizing and overseeing six other teaching assistants. Developed curriculum and taught sessions on diagramming, layout, and software. Participated in weekly desk critiques and organized a practice mid-review. Judith Grant Long. jglong@gsd.harvard.edu

Nashville Planning Department. Design Studio. Summer 2009 Intern Assisted with the editing of a Form Based Code for Downtown Nashville. Researched Open Space Conservation Overlay Jennifer Carlat: jennifer.carlat@nashville.gov

Hawkins Partners Landscape Architects, Nashville, TN Winter – Fall 2008 Paid Intern Handled research and site analysis for various projects including: a campus master plan, a streetscape redesign, and a small park redesign. Prepared presentations of analysis and research for public meetings and meetings with clients. Worked on Vectorworks CAD drawings for designers and associates. Principle: Kim Hawkins. k.hawkins@hawkinspartners.com