ZEINEB GRAIOUIDLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

The site is located in theBussey Brook Meadow, nearthe Harvard Arboretum in Boston,MA. It features a meadow, a brook and a dense forest canopy that are scattered over the site. The concept of the design was to redistribute the courant of the brook in order to create a new topography that would stitch the existing landscape together and form a diversed megalithic garden.

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BUSSEY BROOKCREATION OF A BENIGN GARDEN

Rock Geology Soil Vegetation

BROOKLINE MEMBER

SQUANTUM MEMBER

Conglomerate

Siltstone

Sandstone

Argillite

Diamictite

Woody Plants

Shade Tree

Deciduous Tree

Herbaceous Vegetation

Rhododendron

Sugar Maple River Birch Red Oak Horse Chestnut Privet

Hemlock Weeping Willow

Princess Tree Red Oak

Orchard Grass

Swamp Begger-ticks Reed Canary Grass Jewelweed Yellow Flag Iris Bittersweet Nightshade Creeping buttercup

Sweet Vernal Grass

Burms

Basins

Bench Burms

Hexagones

pH<6.8

pH 5.5-7.3

pH<6.8

pH<6.5

pH 4.2-5.7

ph 5.2 -7.2

ph 5.5-8

ph 6.4-7.4

ph 6.5-8

ph 5.6-7.2

ph 5.7-7.4

pH 5-7.5

pH 5.7-7.4

pH 5.2-7.8

pH 6-8

pH<6.8

Landscape

pH 4.5-7.5

pH 4.5-7.8

RESTITCHING THE LANDSCAPE THROUGH PATCHES AND SEAMS

DORCHESTER MEMBER [Contains lesser amountsof sandstone and conglomerate]

{INTERVENTION CONCEPT MATRIX}

MEMORY PERSPECTIVE{CHARCOAL DRAWING}

REDISTRIBUTION OF THE BUSSEY BROOK {BENIGN GARDEN SITE PLAN}

{2D PATTERN OF THE DESIGN CONCEPT}

{2D AERIAL VIEW OF THE DESIGN CONCEPT}

Hexagones

Basins

Burms

RECONSTRUCTED SITE TRANSECT{3D SEQUENTIAL SECTIONS}

TRANSECT SECTION {GRAPHITE DRAWING}

BENIGN GARDEN DESIGN{LASER-CUT MODEL}

{BUSSEY BROOK PLANT COLLAGE}

The idea behind this design isto use an industrial site andsustainably transform it intoa new landscape that wouldhost the Jamaica Bay refuge,which is threatened by maritime submergion as a result of an alarming sea level rise. The design is also intended to achieve many environmental objectives likeprovide flood control andcoastal protection, along with cleaning the soil and water of the Gowanus Bay.

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SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION INTO A WILDLIFE REFUGEGOWANUS CANAL

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1000

ft0

Programming/Operation Flows

Vegetation Type/Density Patterns

THICK WOODLAND

SALT MARSH

LARGE MIGRATORY ROUTES

SMALL MIGRATORY ROUTES

PROMENADE PATHS

GOWANUS BAY DESIGN{SITE PLAN}

{3D MODEL}

ASSEMBLED PROTOTYPE

AQUATIC PATCHES(Wetlands, Salt Marshes...)

TERRESTRIAL/AQUATIC CORRIDORS

TERRESTRIAL PATCHES (Woodlands, Meadows...)

HIGH VEGETATION DENSITY

LOW VEGETATION DENSITY

FLOOD CONTROL

POLLUTIONINTERCEPTION

COASTAL PROTECTION

HABITAT

VEGETATION NURSERY

MIGRATION SITES

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GOWANUS BAY DESIGN INDEX OPERATION{EXPLODED AXON}

ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES OF DESIGN{SEQUENTIAL SECTION}

The site is the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway in Boston. Our project was to design and transform three parcels of the greenway that arecurrently unused. My design consists of transforming the parcels into small gardensthat merge both gardens andurban agriculture that can beopen and used by the public. Harvests can also be soldin a small Farmer’s Market that can be located on the parcels.

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BOSTON GREENWAYSUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION OF VACANT PARCELS

GREENWAY DESIGN INTERVENTION{SITE MASTERPLAN}

{DESIGN SECTION}

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GREENWAY DESIGN INTERVENTION{PARCEL PLANS}

PARCEL 1

PARCEL 2

PARCEL 3

Gingko Biloba ‘Autumn Gold’

Akebono Yoshiro Cherry Tree

Meadows- Perennials/Shrubs

Urban Agriculture Zone10

The concept of this designis to sustainably transformclosed landfills that are currently margined lands into botanical parks that would be functional for thepublic while simultaneously protect the IcelandicEnvironmental heritage. Thisdesign also aims to overcome the severe deforestation situation thatIceland suffers from by also using these botanical parksas nurseries or forests where native Icelandic trees can be planted.

ICELANDIC LANDFILL SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATIONCREATION OF A BENIGN GARDEN

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BOTANICAL PARK DESIGN{SITE PLAN} {DETAIL OF THE SITE’S PARTERRES}

FORESTSGARDEN PARTERRESGARDEN MAIN CIRCULATION

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{PLANT COLLAGE}

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{PERSPECTIVE VIEW}