Ryan JudgeU n d e r g r a d u a t e P o r t f o l i o

Connelley Center |2A brief research + design charrette for an installation at the Pittsburgh Green Innovators Center. Lower Don Lands |4 A large scale development on renaturalized land on Lake Ontario in Toronto. Via dei Coronari |10 A contemporary plaza design in an ancient Italian city. Spring Creek Canyon |12 A regional planning + conservation project in central Pennsylvania. Homewood South |14 A community service design project in an underpopulated neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Agriculture Commons |18 A technical planting project focusing on native plants + ecosystems. Campus Courtyard |20 A detailed look at material use and construction methods.

address: 150 Morton Road Springfield, PA 19064

phone: 610.613.2141

email: Ryan.T.Judge@gmail.com

Ryan JudgeUndergraduate Landscape Architecture PortfolioFall 2009 - Fall 2011

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This urban design charrette was a two-week long opportunity to work with the Pittsburgh Green Innovators Center to establish an intervention on their new site. The result of this charrette is a research based living wall that includes air filtration techniques developed by NASA.

The living wall utilizes negative air pressure to pull return air from the building HVAC system through the growing medium that includes activated carbon. The activated carbon and growing medium trap the air pollutants and particulates, allowing the root microbes to break down the compounds. This design concept combines necessary research and experimentation opportunities while still providing the aesthetic appeal desired from the intervention.

Connelley CenterPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaFall 2011 | Fifth Year | Professor Ken Tamminga

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dirty air intake

clean air

Polycarbonate Vegetation Growing Medium Geotextile Fabric SupportsContainer

Phytofiltration Process1. Return air from the building is pulled through the filter.

2. Activated carbon absorbs the pollutants.

3. Root microbes break down chemical compounds.

4. Clean air is produced and transferred back into the building.

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This Urban Design Studio grouped students of both Architecture and Landscape Architecture at Penn State for a semester long design collaboration.

The Lower Don Lands project site, located on the Canadian shores of Lake Ontario, required the amalgamation of multiple urban and ecological factors to support over 20,000 residents in roughly 200 acres.

The project focused on creating natural protection from the 1000-year flood while including both public and private transportation systems among the urban setting. The following graphics represent some of my contributions to the group effort.

Lower Don LandsToronto, OntarioFall 2010 | Fourth Year | Professor Madis Pihlak

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A physical model of the entire site was built to better understand and portray the spatial relationships that exists between built forms, streetscape and open spaces. This model utilized a computer-aided digital model as the base.

6 | Toronto, Ontario

Green FrogSnapping TurtleMeadow Vole

Great Blue HeronSwamp Sparrow

Garter SnakeSwallowtails

American ToadBobolinks

Eastern ChipmunkGrey Squirrel

RaccoonCoyote

Eastern Cottontail RabbitEastern Meadowlark

GrasshoppersRed Fox

White-tailed DeerGreat Horned Owl

Black-capped ChickadeeRed-backed Salamander

Landscape Typologies

The individual component of this studio focused on an environmental reclamation effort adjacent to the river. Since the Lower Don Lands development replaced a brownfield at the mouth of the Don River, renaturalization was the driving force of the project. This offered a unique prospect to rejuvenate the habitat through diverse landscape typologies and ecosystems. By integrating these ecological frameworks with humanistic needs, the riverfront becomes a recreational destination for greater Toronto.

Wetland Seasonal Wetland Meadow Prairie Woodland

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Ecological Stimulation

Urban Connection Corridor

Active Use

Wetland

Meadow

Woodland

Passive Use

Prairie

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Via dei CoronariRoma, ItalySpring 2011 | Fourth Year | Professor Luca Peralta

This project was undertaken during a semester spent studying abroad in Rome. This project encompassed the majority of the semester, working from initial analysis phases focusing on a section of Rome, through to the design of three distinct urban piazze.

The analysis phase focused primarily on the issues that currently afflict these spaces, mainly the dominance of the car. In order to address this issue, the designs were to evoke typical standards of the Roman piazza, such as the fountain and seating, in contemporary design methods to control vehicular access. The designs of the urban piazze work individually within the larger concept of a gradient between the urban fabric and the adjacent Tiber River.

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Piazza Sant’Agostino is a space ostracized due to overwhelming parking and lack of identity. The proposed design implements a fountain that mimics the façade of the church and creates a focal point of the space.

Piazza Cinque Lune sits at the curve of a major Roman thoroughfare and suffers from noise pollution and lack of identity. The proposed design implements trees to rebuild the gateway that was created by previously existing buildings.

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Spring Creek CanyonBenner Township, PennsylvaniaFall 2009 | Third Year | Professor Tim Murtha

The Regional Planning Studio introduced GIS and large-scale planning and conservation efforts through a 15-week project. The project phased from initial analysis, including hydrologic and geologic features, through to conceptual designs.

In an ever-increasing urban environment, the Spring Creek Canyon parcel offers an extremely rare opportunity to conserve and preserve exceptional habitats for future generations. These 1,800 acres of contiguous land, situated between Bellefonte and State College, tender an infrequent chance to capture prime real estate useful as a cultural connection, while publicly inspiring value in the regional ecosystem.

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Various ArcGIS tools were used to create a comprehensive understanding of the Spring Creek Canyon and watershed. To the right, an exaggerated section locates the Canyon within the surrounding ridge and valley context.

Riparian Transition

Forested Parklet

Old Field

Riparian Transition

Primary Core

Agricultural Transition

Spring Creek

Hatcheries

Agricultural Research

Benner Cemetery

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Homewood SouthPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaFall 2011 | Fifth Year | Professor Ken Tamminga

This Urban Design Studio offered a unique opportunity for the students to interact directly with a community inundated with growing vacancy issues. Throughout the length of the semester, the students were in touch with community members, holding community charrettes and meetings to understand their needs and culture.

To address these needs, a long stretch of vacant land was the emphasis of community efforts to refocus their strengths and infrastructure. The culture is highlighted in the design, focusing on the ability for the arts to be brought into Homewood South through a variety of media. The spaces created are adaptable, creating the opportunity for the design to grow and change as the community does.

15Refocus: Homewood South in the 21st Century |

16 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

With a rising population of artists in Homewood South, many community members expressed a desire for an art market. Through the use of modular shipping containers as the base for a market, the space can be adapted for a variety of uses and scales. The containers can be moved anywhere on site and rotated 360O, allowing the users to adapt and create their own space.

With flash flooding a concern in this neighborhood, the streetscape was redesigned to capture the stormwater to be used at a proposed arboriculture center adjacent to the busway.

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Agriculture CommonsUniversity Park, PennsylvaniaSpring 2010 | Third Year | Professor Ken Tamminga

The Planting Studio combined the knowledge of native flora and spatial composition in a technical manner.

The site is located in a newly redeveloped portion of Penn State’s University Park Campus and was chosen for it’s didactic, research, and experiential potentials. The goal of this project was to exhibit sustainable and inspired planting design and adaptive management techniques to both academic and broader communities through the use of ecosystem-based plant communities.

The final result of this studio included a technical planting plan, planting and seeding schedules, planting, soils and seeding notes, as well an urban tree detail.

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Campus CourtyardUniversity Park, PennsylvaniaFall 2011 | Fifth Year | Professor Barry Kew

This Design Implementation Studio focused on the use of various materials in the landscape. The semester culminated in the design of a small gathering space on the University Park campus of Penn State University. The final design incorporated various paving and design elements to create a unique space that was identifiable, yet contextually related.

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22 | University Park, Pennsylvania

address: 150 Morton Road Springfield, PA 19064

phone: 610.613.2141

email: Ryan.T.Judge@gmail.com

Ryan JudgeUndergraduate Landscape Architecture PortfolioFall 2009 - Fall 2011