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  • JINYI WANG_THESIS PROJECT BOOK_SPRING 2024

    Student Work thumbnail: JINYI WANG_THESIS PROJECT BOOK_SPRING 2024
    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    This is a project thesis about exploring how can vacant lots, open spaces, streetscapes and building surfaces use green design to provide gathering spaces, healthy green spaces and street safety for lower price hill neighborhood.
    Creator/Author:
    Wang, Jinyi
    Submitter:
    Jinyi Wang
    Date Uploaded:
    04/15/2024
    Date Modified:
    04/15/2024
    Date Created:
    2024-04-08
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International

  • (re)defined

    Document thumbnail: (re)defined
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    Over 400,000 quarries have been left abandoned and seemingly in a state of disrepair once their resources have been depleted or no longer valued. Before 1977, there were no laws or regulations in place to protect these sites. Owners and contractors were able to leave the site as is with tools, machinery, jagged rocks, slabs of cut stone, trash, and anything in between. This project explores the oldest marble quarry in the country, the Norcross-West marble quarry located in Dorset, Vermont. The design answers the question of how to repurpose this site by combining the site history to create educational opportunities, vegetation implementation to create habitats for at risk species, and sustainable practices such as marble carving and rainwater collection create a space that fulfills needs within the site that have long sense been forgotten. These practices reform the space and set a precedent for the dozens of other nearby abandoned and active quarry sites.
    Creator/Author:
    Askren, Jasmine
    Submitter:
    Jasmine Askren
    Date Uploaded:
    04/12/2024
    Date Modified:
    04/12/2024
    Date Created:
    2024-04
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Thesis Project Board_Spring 2024

    Document thumbnail: Thesis Project Board_Spring 2024
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    This is the board of thesis project spring 2024
    Creator/Author:
    Wang, Jinyi
    Submitter:
    Jinyi Wang
    Date Uploaded:
    04/12/2024
    Date Modified:
    04/12/2024
    Date Created:
    2024-04-11
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International

  • Horticulture inclusivity for BIPOC

    Student Work thumbnail: Horticulture inclusivity for BIPOC
    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    Abstract The current infrastructure of horticulture in the United States of America, lacks BIPOC representation. The purpose of the review and research is to address the effects of white dominance in horticulture and combat the current system to create a more inclusive and welcoming environment for BIPOC in horticulture. By juxtaposing past, present, and future contributions to horticulture from BIPOC individuals to the current concepts exhibited in horticulture we observe 3 things: The contributions of BIPOC ideas to Horticulture, the current representation of BIPOC individuals in horticulture, and the theorized future with solutions applied. This research is based on existing diversity equity and inclusion research seen in other fields, which theoretically will apply in the same context with horticulture. Under this assumption, it can be understood that horticulture is not the sole perpetrator in non-inclusive work environments for BIPOC but is rather a subcategory of the many organizations and communities within the United States that are systemically oppressive to BIPOC. Keywords: [BIPOC, horticulture, diversity in horticulture, inclusion in horticulture, colonization, culture, anti-racism, equity, colonialism]
    Creator/Author:
    Cain, Amiah
    Submitter:
    Amiah Cain
    Date Uploaded:
    04/12/2024
    Date Modified:
    04/12/2024
    Date Created:
    2024-04-11
    License:
    Attribution 4.0 International

  • How Can the Horticulture Field be More Inclusive for BIPOC

    Student Work thumbnail: How Can the Horticulture Field be More Inclusive for BIPOC
    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    Abstract The current infrastructure of horticulture in the United States of America, lacks BIPOC representation. The purpose of the review and research is to address the effects of white dominance in horticulture and combat the current system to create a more inclusive and welcoming environment for BIPOC in horticulture. By juxtaposing past, present, and future contributions to horticulture from BIPOC individuals to the current concepts exhibited in horticulture we observe 3 things: The contributions of BIPOC ideas to Horticulture, the current representation of BIPOC individuals in horticulture, and the theorized future with solutions applied. This research is based on existing diversity equity and inclusion research seen in other fields, which theoretically will apply in the same context with horticulture. Under this assumption, it can be understood that horticulture is not the sole perpetrator in non-inclusive work environments for BIPOC but is rather a subcategory of the many organizations and communities within the United States that are systemically oppressive to BIPOC. Keywords: [BIPOC, horticulture, diversity in horticulture, inclusion in horticulture, colonization, culture, anti-racism, equity, colonialism]
    Creator/Author:
    Cain, Amiah
    Submitter:
    Amiah Cain
    Date Uploaded:
    04/12/2024
    Date Modified:
    04/12/2024
    Date Created:
    2024-04-11
    License:
    Attribution 4.0 International

  • Senior Project, Book

    Document thumbnail: Senior Project, Book
    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    Senior Project, Final Book- Temperate Forests and Therapeutic Value
    Creator/Author:
    Adams, Margaret
    Submitter:
    Margaret Adams
    Date Uploaded:
    04/12/2024
    Date Modified:
    04/12/2024
    Date Created:
    04/4/2024
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Green Roof Design Plan

    Image thumbnail: Green Roof Design Plan
    Type:
    Image
    Description/Abstract:
    The intent of this design is to increase vegetative coverage by at least 50% to capture more rainfall, improve urban heat island effect, and improve aesthetic value. As well as to diversify plant pallet for an increase in biodiversity as well as aesthetic improvement, to ensure that the new bed designs still allow access to equipment that are necessary for daily operation, and to ensure that the bed designs are accessible to all.
    Creator/Author:
    Lewis, Annie
    Submitter:
    Annie Lewis
    Date Uploaded:
    04/12/2024
    Date Modified:
    04/12/2024
    Date Created:
    2024-04
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • Green Roof Educational Signage

    Image thumbnail: Green Roof Educational Signage
    Type:
    Image
    Description/Abstract:
    Four interpretation design signs for educational opportunities for the intended audiences of tour groups ranging from elementary school-aged to adulthood.
    Creator/Author:
    Lewis, Annie
    Submitter:
    Annie Lewis
    Date Uploaded:
    04/12/2024
    Date Modified:
    04/12/2024
    Date Created:
    2024-04
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • The Benefits of Green Roofs on Stormwater Runoff

    Student Work thumbnail: The Benefits of Green Roofs on Stormwater Runoff
    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    Cincinnati has dealt with the effects of combined sewer overflows for decades. Although overflow levels are steadily improving, there is still more to be done. Since 2002, the city has been attempting to renovate their old system to meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Water Act. This has proved extremely costly and difficult to complete with over 3,000 miles of public sewers with the antiquated combined sewer overflow system. Green roofs have become a proven tool in reducing combined sewer overflows. This project aims to explain how a municipal sewer district can promote the reduction of stormwater runoff through native plant landscaping and green roof education. In 2010, the Metropolitan Sewer District, the agency responsible for waste water treatment in the Greater Cincinnati area, installed a green roof on one of their Mill Creek Plant buildings, however, it has been neglected and is not reaching its full potential. Through research on green roof’s effects on combined sewer overflow, an improved green roof design, and educational signage this study aims to create an educational, visually pleasing, native focused, and functional green roof that still allows employees ease of access to necessary equipment. MSD can encourage an increase of green roofs throughout the city and this study creates a comprehensive plan to use green roofs as a promotional tool.
    Creator/Author:
    Lewis, Annie
    Submitter:
    Annie Lewis
    Date Uploaded:
    04/12/2024
    Date Modified:
    04/12/2024
    Date Created:
    2024-04
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

  • How Can Accommodating Curiosity in Garden Design Foster Learning and Play For Children With Disabilities?

    Student Work thumbnail: How Can Accommodating Curiosity in Garden Design Foster Learning and Play For Children With Disabilities?
    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    This research investigates the effects of gardening and interaction with plants in the development of children's intellectual and developmental skills, specifically inclusive of children with cognitive and/or physical disabilities. The project dives further into the inclusivity of accessible features for children in playground and naturescape design. Drawing inspiration from Ballam Bumps, Arlitt Children’s Garden, and Els Sensory Art Garden; it is important to understand the value of high-intensity areas and low-intensity areas, as well as design that is versatile to a broad spectrum of ages. Children should form these relationships with plants from an early age, and the proposed design reflects the different learning styles/abilities of children with differing sensory needs. All of the listed elements are incorporated and considered when redesigning the Boone County Arboretum’s Children’s Garden, and shown through a series of designs, inventory & analysis.
    Creator/Author:
    Tobe, Trinity
    Submitter:
    Trinity Tobe
    Date Uploaded:
    04/12/2024
    Date Modified:
    04/12/2024
    License:
    Public Domain Mark 1.0