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My design process begins with defining the larger issues within a project. Larger issues conflicting our society such as environmental, cultural, and economic are addressed throughout my architecture. In a way my buildings act as a signpost for my opinions, yet do not stand out as object buildings. I use architecture as a tool to formulate statements about conflicting practices within our culture. My goal as an architect is to evoke a response within a community.

“Life is not about maximizing everything, it’s about giving something back.” -Glenn Murcutt

photography from European Grand Tour 2009

A recycled movable screen works great for Saturday’s Open Air Farmers Market

Neighborhood farms came to sell their produce too!

Everyones invited!

Are those tires?

Washing veggies in a cool shaded place will help keep produce fresh!Early morning

pick up for the Farmers Market

be careful with those tomatoes. Over or under packaging will damage them.

veggie processing equipment stored away for community farmers market

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sProject: May 20101200 sqft vegetable processing barn in rural Chatham County, NCThe design goal of the building was for the shed to be able to adaptive to the many different seasonal and educational uses throughout the year. Designed with operable walls on three sides and flexible counter top workstations the shed operates as a multi-functional building.

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Construction waste, the largest component in Chatham County’s landfill, frames the structure of the long bar floor plan. The processing barn berms into a sloping field using recycled tires to retain the earth. The orientation east-west (against contours rather than with) allows for northern daylight, passive solar heat/shade and cooling breezes and berms the storage room for the earth’s thermal benefit. Utilizing the landscapes ecological cycles provided a simple design solution for a simple shed.

“Looking at larger issues, such as local waste streams and ecological cycles, provide opportunities to connect a simple shed to its extended community.”

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waste cycle: harvest, manufacture, use, dispose

crop cycle: harvest, wash, store, distribute

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rendering: roof garden ramp with interior garden courtyard

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Redesign a 12500 sqft downtown Raleigh, NC parking lot into a community food center. While incorporating the knowledge of the previous project (Irvin Learning Farms) create a mixed used, agricultural center which highlights sustainable urban practices.

The program was split into two parts, educational and commercial (connecting program to designated neighborhoods). The educational program is oriented closer to the city center. The commercial end was designed on the southern border in order to extend to the southern neighborhoods of downtown Raleigh. The interior, terraced garden is bordered by these buildings. The perimeter organization provides protection from the street, theft, and pollution. The terrace garden is oriented along the natural topographic lines of the site. The landform is split off into the sections in order to accommodate for differing seasonal beds. They are patterned into zigzagged sections, draining and filtering water from surrounding buildings.

Designing a building as an extension of its landscape.

DIgIn Event: Exhibit

Two ramps lead up to rooftop parks on either end of the lot to extend sight lines to the southern downtown neighborhoods and the northern city park (connection the programs into designated neighborhoods). The gardens on top the roofs are for edible schoolyards whereas the garden in the interior courtyard are for geared for remediation of toxic soils and filteration of water runoff. A concrete slab construction provided support for rooftop gardens. This efficient building method acts as a simplified extension of form into its landscape.

My project,along with other projects from the same studio was exhibited at DigIn, a community event educating the public on urban farming and food awareness. Collectively we were able to educate the public on how architecture plays into the growing awareness of local agricultural.

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Simplified Blocking DetailDoubled Sloped Roof for rainwater catchment

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PolyGal clerestory

recycled metal screen

Timeline:construction, transport, and completion June 1- August 4

Permitted: Construction Documents

Project: June 2010design/built by: Wendy Morrison, Christoph Konradi, Kelly Lowry, Laura ReadMy teams focus was to design a structure that surpassed the needs of the occupants and to act as signpost for recycling customers. The key objective was to utilize maximum space, 200 sqft, by designing with an acute attention to detail while adhering to shipping restrictions and recycled material requirements. Each teammate design and constructed details that fit into the projects overall theme. I designed a recycled metal screen with custom gutter, polygal clearstory, patchwork wall of floor samples and an insulated bench cooler help to create a space full of stories. Straps of maple flooring samples, concrete paneling, reused hand railing and planed plywood created an interior that exemplifies the idea of using easily accessible and sustainable materials in new ways.

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Lee: Recycling worker

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“The recycling center addresses the waste crisis attached to our consumer culture.”

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Project: August 2009Competition Entry by: Wendy Morrison, Sonny Patel, Derrell Jamison, Kendall DraperDesign competition to recreate Asheville, NC River Arts District.The 13 acre site lies in between the French Broad River and a heavily trafficked railway. The landscape is littered with abandoned warehouses that sit on contaminated soil. This brownfield has become a haven for Asheville’s Arts Community, offering affordable live/work studio spaces. My charrette entry focused on curating cultures through a 20 year plan to remediate landscape, life, and structure. My idea was choosen and then with the help of my design team our idea was clarified. The site was zoned into three areas: riverscapes, playscapes, and lifescapes.

development of local businessrenovation of historic tannery

creation of public plazadevelopment of aordable housing

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development of recreational program

construction of storm water basinsconstruction of stormwater directing mounds

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shaping_3-5 yrs

CUT land away to expose Flood Terraces

FILL in Natural Habitat area to create 3ft incline

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redirecting_2-4 yrs

demolition of buildings on Eastern half of site

redirection of Lyman Street

Phase II: cleansing_1-2 yrs

demolition of buildings on Western half of site

aeration of contaminated soils

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construction of pathsplanting of �oodway vegetation

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terracing of riverbank

20 year remediation plan: cleanse, redirect, shape, curate (1.RiverScapes, 2.PlayScapes, 3.LifeScape)

“Curating cultures through architecture and landscape design”

3. Riverscapes would create an extension of an existing greenway downstream. The terraced landscape were designed according to different flood gradients.

2. Playscapes transform the contaminated brownfield into a lively recreational park. Restoration forest and river gardens play into the long term remediation of the River Arts.

1. Lifescapes illustrates the culture and economic value of the River Arts to the city of Asheville. Renovating the historic and iconic structures, such as the Tannery founded in 1896, into work/live studio space for artist establishes the artistic community while preserve history.

local grocery

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market square

tannery

community garden

sustainable living

art market farmers marketmarket squaretannery

local grocery

pervious surfaces

art marketfarmers marketpassive solargreen wall

solar garden

wind powerwater collection

local grocery

outdoor exposure

market square

tannery

community garden

sustainable living

art market farmers marketmarket squaretannery

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pervious surfaces

art marketfarmers marketpassive solargreen wall

solar garden

wind powerwater collection

tannery rendering

remediation rendering

river connection

river terraces

shaping the riverbank

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recycled materials

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Overall, the project stood as a signpost for recycling, reuse, conservation, and clean energy generation.

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More projects by Wendy Marie Morrison

found at:

www.iamwendy.com