Matthew Kessler Landscape Architecture Portfolio

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Spring 2012

Fall 2011

followwater

duwamish

Tiered Center Treatment Gully22’ Wide

St. Croix River

Evening Allee Lighting

Overflow Funnel

Active Aqua Channel20’ Clearance

Pedestrian Boardwalk15’ Wide

Waterproofing Liner

Extensive Growing MediumExtensive Green Roof Vegetation

Textured Concrete Sediment Detention

Metal Bridge Cladding

Stone Wall Channel

Drainage & Capillary LayerRoot Permeable Filter Layer

Protection & Storage Layer

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500’250’0’N

Turning Basin #3 Master Restoration

Hamm Creek Tidal Estuary

Market & Estuary ParkingKayak Berth

Power Transfer Station

Mooring Market

Turning Basin #3 Restoration Project(Expanded Mud Flats)

Longhouse Development & Parking

Fruit Tree Orchard

1/4 Acre Urban Agriculture Plots

Spring 2012

Fall 2012

r e f e r e n c e s

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Professor of Studio Spring/ Fall 2012Matthew TuckerAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Minnesota College of DesignDepartment of Landscape [email protected]

Professor of Planting Design / Details / StudioJohn KoepkeProfessor of Landscape ArchitectureUniversity of Minnesota College of DesignDepartment of Landscape [email protected]

Professor of Studio 2011 / Landform / DetailsJoseph FavourAssociate Professor of Landscape ArchitectureUniversity of Minnesota College of DesignDepartment of Landscape [email protected]

o b j e c t i v e To provide creative design in tandem with sustainable innovation to further evolve the art and functionality of landscape architecture

e d u c a t i o n Unive rs i t y o f Minneso ta College of Design Master of Landscape Architecture Candidate (MLA) Expected Graduation: May 2014Unive rs i t y o f Minneso ta College of Design Bachelor of Environmental Design (BED) Minor: Urban Studies Major GPA:3.7 Awards Accepted to Accelerated BED-MLA Program, Fall 2012 Lake Minnetonka Garden Club Scholarship WinnerMcNal ly Smi th Co l lege o f Mus ic Song Writing / Music Production

e x p e r i e n c e Heid i ’ s L i fes ty le Gardens May - August 2011 Intern Residential garden installation and maintenance Provide professional and meticulous garden services to high profile clientele Selected to travel to annual Ball Seed horticulture event in Chicago July 2011Cons tab le-S tee le Garden Des ign May 2010 - October 2010 Intern Planted, developed, and maintained residential horticulture gardensUnive rs i t y o f Minneso ta Depar tment o f Landcare September 2009 - 2010 Maintain University grounds by providing exterior maintenance and waste managementAmer iCorps 2006 - 2007 Instruct and engage with youth (ages 6-16) through challenge course and team building activities while instilling the YMCA values

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Wags & Whiske rs An imal Rescue September 2012-PresentAEON May - August 2011Tree Trus t , LLC October 2010Unive rs i t y o f Minneso ta June, October 2010

Dig i ta l Adobe Su i te (Pho toshop & I l lus t ra to r Ex tens ive) , Google Ske tchUp, Au toCAD, ArcGISManua l P lan t Knowledge , Pho tography, Hand Dra f t ing , Mus ic , Cr i t ique

o r g a n i z a t i o n s Minneso ta S tuden t Chap te r o f the Amer ican Soc ie ty o f Landscape Arch i tec ts Participating Member September 2009 - PresentDes ign S tuden t & A lumni Board Landscape Architecture Student Representative May 2010 - Present

matthew.a.kessler@

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The decomissioned ISLAND STATION coal power plant in st. paul, minnesota sits along the post industrial banks of the MISSISSIPPI river. anticipated as the possible new regional headquarters of the national park service, the site called for a program based on the needs of both an office and educational facility while maintaining sensitivity to the fragile ECOLOGICAL regimes which have evolved over the course of the stations existence. site analysis considered the regional biome, national park system, and river corridor contexts as well as FLORA and FAUNA who’ve made the decrepit and degrading site home.

section diagram :: existing vegetation + flood levels

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With a program of education and urban habitat augmentation, URBITAT became an exercise in innovative design. from the bottom up, polluted soils were cut, burned, and engineered into a vital LANDBRIDGE connecting the former peninsula with a regional bike trail and forming a storm water BIOCISTERN designed to collect and treat run off from the large industrial complexes adjacent to the site. a network of POLLENATOR attracting rain gardens surround the building promoting the necessities for successful avian habitat. pairing ACTIVE and passive educational opportunites such as a climbing tower, zip line, canoe club and rocket based planting restorations URBITAT re-imagines outdoor learning to respond to the modern child. the defunct power plant is repurposed to house a restaurant, museum, and office space while feeding grey water into an integrated LIVING MACHINE adjacent the building.

Retained Floodplain ForestLiving Machine

Protected Wetland

Retained Floodplain Forest

Forested Filtration

Augmented Cottonwood Stand

Tiered Bioswale

Emergent Wetland

Pollenator Gardens

Augmented ShrublandEmergent Wetland

Protected Wetland

Climbing Tower / Avian Inquiry

Living Machine / Soil Remediation

Watersport / River StudiesWetland Reflection

Launch Pad / Vegetation Research

Zip Line / Urban Runoff Exercise

Pollenator Contemplation

300’ Zip LineExplore Movement of Water

Re-Purposed Power PlantCafeMuseumNPS OfficeMaintenanceConcession

Pervious Asphalt Parking LotBus LoopBioswale100+ Auto CapacityFrontage Road Extended into Bus Loop

Tiered BioswaleOff-Site Industrial Storm WaterEmergent Wetland

Bike Trail ConnectionTo Downtown St. PaulAnd Beyond

Experiential BridgesExplore WetlandsEnjoy the Mississippi River

Canoe ClubNon-motorized craft safe harborSwimming BeachOverpass Bridge

Climbing TowerPersonal ChallengeAvian Inquiry

Augmented ShrublandVital Migratory Bird Habitat

Protected WetlandVital Habitat ProvisionEducational Opportunity

Launch PadRocket-based Temporal Seeding Solution

Retained Rail LinePivoting Bridge ArmatureDanger to On-Foot PedestriansNecessary for Barge Traffic

Augmented Cottonwood StandExisting Large-Growth ForestPollenator Attracting Biota Added

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Pollenator GardensWildlife MagnetHuman Magnet

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Retained Floodplain ForestVital HabitatImportant Role in Flood Regime

Land BridgeConnect the PeninsulaIncrease Access

Bluffland ExperienceBike Trail Cut Into BluffExposed Geomorphology

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sculpture sketches

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Used as creative ARTISTS studios at present and formerly a functioning soap FACTORY, this large vacant industrial site propped atop the bluffs of downtown minneapolis required large volume access, cross site movement, and LANDFORM solutions to navigate large grade changes across its width. PROPOSAL Q was developed with these criteria in mind and sought to ENERGIZE this gritty landscape with green. featuring a large plaza gathering space near the rear studio entrance for outdoor gallery display, the plantings and landform radiate outwards from a central point in an ever expanding spiral. a ‘WARP WALL’ follows the curling path morphing from vertical to horizontal from street to plaza.

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concept :: site planconcept :: sketches

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concept development

site plan :: mixed media

landform section :: mixed media

physical experimentation

visual exploration

This three phase design began in teams, creating a guiding VISION for a 30 mile section of the mississippi river between St. Paul, Minnesota and Prescott, Wisconsin at the confluence with the St. Croix River. This CONFLUENCE became the focus of my personal phase 2 and 3 designs, challenging the idea that an existing park space was the best celebration of such an important hydrologic merge. By repurposing the existing rail and highway INFRASTRUCTURE into pedestrian experiences, the new PEDECO bridge becomes a natural extension of an inward focused downtown and an innovative RAINWATER treatment train.

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Existing Conditions Proposed Conditions

Transportation

Industry

Urban Form

Green Space

Agriculture & Undeveloped

Lakes & Streams

Mississippi River

Landform & Watersheds

Composite

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Existing Conditions Proposed Conditions

Transportation

Industry

Urban Form

Green Space

Agriculture & Undeveloped

Lakes & Streams

Mississippi River

Landform & Watersheds

Composite

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pedestrianecological bridge

perspective :: existing

perspective :: proposed


St. Croix River


Overflow Funnel



Waterproofing Liner




Stone Wall Channel



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St. Croix River


Overflow Funnel

Active Channel20’ Clearance


Waterproof Liner

Medium

Vegetation


Metal Cladding

Stone Wall Channel

Capillary Layer

Filter Layer

Protection Layer

Pedeco BridgePrescott, WI


St. Croix River


Overflow Funnel



Waterproofing Liner




Stone Wall Channel



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St. Croix River


Overflow Funnel



Waterproof Liner

Medium

Vegetation


Metal Cladding

Stone Wall Channel

Capillary Layer

Filter Layer

Protection Layer



St. Croix River


Overflow Funnel



Waterproofing Liner




Stone Wall Channel



From

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St. Croix River


Overflow Funnel



Waterproof Liner

Medium

Vegetation


Metal Cladding

Stone Wall Channel

Capillary Layer

Filter Layer

Protection Layer



St. Croix River


Overflow Funnel



Waterproofing Liner




Stone Wall Channel



From

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St. Croix River


Overflow Funnel



Waterproof Liner

Medium

Vegetation


Metal Cladding

Stone Wall Channel

Capillary Layer

Filter Layer

Protection Layer


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Mississippi River


Sediment Deposition

Migratory Birds

Eddy Wetland

Gabion Walkway

Mature Floodplain Forest Vegetation

Pedestrian Boardwalk

30th Anniversary

Wet Meadow Vegetation

Rip Rap Erosion Control

St. Croix River

Mississippi River


Sediment Deposition

Migratory Birds

Eddy Wetland

Gabion Walkway



30th Anniversary



St. Croix River

Mississippi River


Sediment Deposition

Migratory Birds

Eddy Wetland

Gabion Walkway



30th Anniversary


Rip Rap Erosion Control rock weir park

Standard Corridor Redundant Corridor

Economic Development Focusof St. Paul Bedroom Communities

1926-Present Vision

Mississippi River

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St. Croix River

Mississippi River


Sediment Deposition

Migratory Birds

Eddy Wetland

Gabion Walkway



30th Anniversary



Standard Corridor Redundant Corridor

Economic Development Focusof St. Paul Bedroom Communities

1926-Present Vision

Mississippi River

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rock weir park

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Over the past 100 years, the DUWAMISH River Valley of Seattle has been violently altered from a meandering river/estuary into an industrial monoculture. POLLUTION levels throughout the waterway have reached TOXIC levels making the fish, crabs, and shellfish inedible, the banks unnatural, and vital habitat non-existent. The vision of the behold: project seeks to re-invest communities in the LIFE of the river, creating homes, opportunities for work and trade, and a vital healthy ecosystem for all. Additionally, this project assumes a paradigm shift to a post-capitalist model, wherein stores begin to move to customers. Providing cities with MOBILE markets designed for shop-boats (think house-boat, but for goods) begins a new paradigm of RESILIENT and sustainable business which can move according to the EBBS & FLOWS of tides and commerce. The New Urbanist paradigm of localized “live/work” in mixed use residential/commercial hubs suffers from a fatal flaw wherein the residents of the buildings rarely are the employees of the service sector businesses over which they are perched. As such, in the post-capitalist city the very concept of “LIVE/WORK” will have to be re-evaluated, and the definition of “work” re-defined. The concept of ‘longhouse local’ builds on the communal dwelling history of the tribes of the Pacific Northwest, providing small group residence buildings, INFRASTRUCTURE to house trade and a new CULTURAL structure known as the Orchard House, which can be used as a hub for communities to come together to work.

aerial :: duwamish river valley aerial :: network connections

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Hamm Creek Restoration Project

Basin Property


Turning Basin #3 Restoration Project

Transport Storage

Boeing Parking

Duwamish Waterway

500’250’0’N


Hamm Creek Tidal Estuary

Market & Estuary ParkingKayak Berth


Mooring MarketTurning Basin #3 Restoration Project(Expanded Mud Flats)

Longhouse Development & ParkingFruit Tree Orchard

1/4 Acre Urban Agriculture Plots

500’250’

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program :: existing turning basin

program :: proposed turning basin

topography :: existing turning basin

topography :: proposed turning basin

Wingdam Extension

Kayak Berth

Hamm Creek Inflow

Estuary Pool

8’ Tidal Land Bridge

Outlook Point

Wingdam Extension

Property Edge

Duwamish River

Parking AreaCirculation to MarketPower SubstationBoat Parking

Wingdam Extension

Kayak Berth

Hamm Creek Inflow

Estuary Pool

8’ Tidal Land Bridge

Outlook Point

Wingdam Extension

Property Edge

Duwamish River

Parking AreaCirculation to MarketPower SubstationBoat Parking

Integrating established dock-style architecture and the same vegetated wingdam structures found across the river along the shore of the Boeing plant and newly in the JOHN BEAL TIDAL ESTUARY, this is a space and place truly unique and tailored to life in Seattle.

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estuary

Orchard HouseCirculation Access

Longhouse Development

Stormwater StumperyTrade House

Swale to RiverExisting Honey Locust AlleeOrchard SpaceRiver Bluff

Duwamish River

Parking AreaLonghouse Development

1/4 Acre Agriculture Plots

Orchard HouseCirculation Access

Longhouse Development

Stormwater StumperyTrade House

Swale to RiverExisting Honey Locust AlleeOrchard SpaceRiver Bluff

Duwamish River

Parking AreaLonghouse Development

1/4 Acre Agriculture Plots

longhouselocal

orchardhouse

The LONGHOUSE LOCAL incorporates 3 acres of orchard space to provide seasonal fruits or nuts to residents, & over 4 acres of urban agriculture lands. This production forms the backbone of a self-sustaining community on space currenly used to park cars.

Gangplank Access

Boat Parking

Circulation Access

Vegetated PilingsOpen Market Space

High Tension Power Lines

Power Substation

Utilizing the hardest edge in the Turning Basin site as a structural anchor and its utilitarian backdrop as a visual beacon, the MOBILE MOORING MARKET can become a place for people, ideas, goods, and cultures to mix on a flexible and ever-changing stage.

Gangplank Access

Boat Parking

Circulation Access

Vegetated PilingsOpen Market Space

High Tension Power Lines

Power Substation

mobilemooring

market

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