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The Great River Road holds within it many different possibilities for a designer to follow.  It presents possibilities from a variety of angles, but the elements that I chose to analyze included the systems, history, narrative memories generated through the landscape, hydrology, and geomorphology of the site.

I began [...]

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Historical Data compiled for analysis of Walcheren, Zeeland Providence, The Netherlands

The first week that LSU Landscape Architecture Study Abroad class arrived in Holland, we were able to commence a workshop charette with the Landscape Architecture and Architecture students at the Technical University of Delft and the Professor, Han Meyer.  The main focus throughout this design [...]

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This is a beginning of plant materials that will be incorporated in the water catch constructed elements throughout the Perkins Road Design Proposal.  I would like to be able to incorporate more plant material to that would also be used towards the phytoremediation on the site.  I need to begin compiling those species.  I think [...]

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this link is to a complied plant list for phytoremediation
http://www.superorg.net/archive/proposal/plant%20species%20phyto.pdf

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Smart materials are materials that have one or more properties that can be significantly changed in a controlled fashion by exposure to light,  temperature, electric current, stress, and other external stimuli.

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Site analysis and inventory diagrams of the site.  I created these to allow me to compile the important information to be addressed throughout the design process.  I also generated a program and with it some perspectives to try and see if these idea would work in the surrounding landscape.  I really like the idea of [...]

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Stormwater Management

A Sustainable Approach to Stormwater Management
SW 12th Avenue Green Street Project, Portland, Oregonby Kevin Robert Perry; ASLA Award 2006
NE Siskiyou Green Street, Portland, Oregon by Kevin Robert Perry; ASLA Award 2007
Mt. Tabor Middle School Rain Garden, Portland, Oregonby Kevin Robert Perry; ASLA Award 2007
Stormwater Innovative Design:  The role of the Landscape Architect  there are some more [...]

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