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Erika Mueller

This document is Erika Mueller's landscape architecture portfolio. It summarizes her academic and professional experience, including master planning projects like redeveloping a waterfront and revitalizing a neighborhood. It also outlines smaller design projects such as renovating a university courtyard and designing custom benches. Erika's approach focuses on integrating history and culture into ecologically responsible designs that provide public access to nature. Her work highlights her passion for designing landscapes that allow people to experience nature's divergences.

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"Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt." - Anonymous
With our lives in constant motion we have many decisions to make and various paths to choose. If we opt for what is comfortable and familiar we often maintain our status quo. But if we decide to venture toward the unknown, then we open ourselves up to opportunities to truly expand our worlds. For me, designed landscapes have always provide the most beautiful and soulful divergences. It is from these most personal experiences that my desire to become a Landscape Architect arises. I want to design places and spaces for others to experience their own divergences. To feel how a busy mind can be quieted in a shady urban pocket park; how new possibilities arise in a child who first sees the ocean from a waterfront promenade; or how an inspiration for a backyard water feature unexpected comes to a gardener in the Moroccan Desert. In my life in deciding which paths I will chose, I will most likely opt for the dirt ones, for the unlimited possibilities of where they may lead me. ApproachApproach Erika Mueller 8 4 3 . 4 7 8 . 2 9 4 8 e r i k a @ c h a s c p. c o m w w w. l i n k e d i n . c o m / i n / e r i k a e m u e l l e r /
MASTER PLANNING Urban Waterfont Redevelopment: Union Pier Community Revitalization: Sterling Neighborhood UNIVERSITY PLANNING & DESIGN PROJECTS Courtyard Renovation: Student Union Custom Benches: Tiger Band Plaza Clemson University Site Design Guidelines MODELING Form Inspired Landscape Meadow, Forest, Lake LANDSCAPE SKETCHING Academic studio Professional Hand Crafting
Urban Waterfront Redevelopment Masters Thesis To integrate Charleston’s maritime and post-industrial heritage into an ecologically responsible and sustainable redesign of its urban waterfront. Design Goal Charleston, SC With its naturally deep port and ideal location favorable to North Atlantic trade winds, Charleston was settled in 1663 as a British colonial trading port. For over 300 years, Charleston’s waterfront has been the catalyst for its economy. Union Pier, located on Cooper River on the east side of the Charleston peninsula, continues to operate at the center of global commerce and trade, serving as a bulk cargo facility and the city’s cruise ship terminal. The scope of this redevelopment totals 50 acres and encompasses Union Pier, which is managedbytheSouthCarolinaPortsAuthority. Union Pier
Union PierUnion Pier
17801680 Colonial PortColonial Port Historical ResearchHistorical Research
1900 2014 Industrial/Cruise Ship PortIndustrial/Cruise Ship Port Trading WharvesTrading Wharves
Design Strategy & ElementsDesign Strategy & Elements maritime and post-industrial infrastructure and heritage highlights local identity, history, and culture wharves and piers creates a unique sense of place railroad lines Bennett Rice Mill Customs House the greatest asset of any waterfront urban waterfront design principles sustainability views education recreation the water itself ecologically responsible and sustainable design stormwater gardens green roofs pocket green spaces permeable paving marsh restoration and daylighting healthy ecosystems continuous public access to the water connection to the city multimodal transport vegetation and wildlife
Customs House Green Connection Sea Steps Temporary Markets Customs House Green Connection Sea Steps Temporary Markets Re-establish Customs House as Charleston's Front DoorRe-establish Customs House as Charleston's Front Door Integrate Maritime & Post-Industrial HeritageIntegrate Maritime & Post-Industrial Heritage
Connect The City To Its WaterfrontConnect The City To Its Waterfront Create View Corridors & Public AccessCreate View Corridors & Public Access
Visitors Center University Customs House Maritime Museum Public Market Children’s Museum Stormwater Park Splash Pad Retail & Restaurants N Scenic Overlook Pier Pilings Sea Steps Residential Artisans/Galleries Cooper River Bennett Rice Mill Parking Maritime Art / Sculpture Green Roof Market Street EastBaySt. Vendue Street Hassell St. WashingtonSt. ConcordSt. Waterfront Park Master PlanMaster Plan
Community Revitalization Community Studio - Year 2 Designed in partnership with Christine Rollins To revitalize the community by providing residents with pleasant and safe access to spaces and places to recreate, garden, shop, and interact and to link the Sterling Neighborhood to nearby Greenville’s CBD. Design Goal Encourage pedestrian activity by creating passive and active recreation spaces along new neighborhood greenways, a tree-lined retail boulevard, and centrally located town square. Improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety with traffic calming measures, bike lanes, and sidewalk enhancements and streamline vehicular traffic with road realignments that connect to Greenville’s street grid. Design Strategy Once a thriving African American community, the Sterling Neighborhood faces the challenges of a decreasing population, a lack of community cohesiveness, rising crime rates, and abandoned and derelict properties. Sterling Neighborhood Greenville, SC
Land UseLand Use Proposed Land Use Existing Zoning
RoadwaysRoadways Existing Road Hierarchy Proposed Road Realignment
Roadway RedesignRoadway Redesign Sterling Boulevard Narrow vehicular lanes Designated bike path Street trees Raised intersections Landscaped islands Adequate lighting Stormwater management
Town Square St. Francis Community Garden St. Francis Hospital Community Gardens Hwy 123 Greenville High School Montessori School Baseball Field Brushy Creek Greenway Paths Church St. Francis Hospital Friends and Family Co-Op Housing Recreation Pond N Pendleton Road Anderson Road Greenville CBD
Greenspace ConnectionsGreenspace Connections Town Square Brushy Creek Tiger Trail Baseball Field Community Garden Mini Park Mini Park Community Gardens Hope Center Park Mini Park Greenway Path Recreation Pond Hwy 123 Anderson Rd Pendleton Rd Swamp Rabbit Trail (1 mi) Shoeless Joe Jackson Park (1 mi) Downtown Greenville (1 mi) West End (1 mi)
Student Courtyard Renovation Designed in partnership with Marissa DiLoreto for Clemson University Student Affairs A peaceful yet playful oasis for students to lounge in hammocks, to hang out with friends, to surf the interent, or to watch an outdoor evening movie. Design Goal Create a comfortable microclimate with tree canopies, tables with umbrellas, sail shades, and patio heaters. Soften the space with wood decking, bamboo and grasses, green screening, and hammocks. Increase hours of usability at night with lighting and programming. Provide ADA accessibility with ramps incorporated into the decking. Design Strategy Clemson, SC A student union should be designed as a place for people to gather, relax, and interact; as a space to take a break from the hecticness of collegiate life. The enclosed courtyard of Clemson University’s Student Union feels disconnected and uninviting. Visually separated from the campus, the space is dominated by brick hardscaping and lacks adequate ADA accessibility.
Courtyard DesignCourtyard Design
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Tiger Band Plaza Custom Benches Designed for DP3 Architects Design and generate CAD drawings of two custom teak and granite benches to fit the radii of the curves of the pergola. Placed under the vine covered steel structure, the benches create places for visitors to sit and watch the band practice, shaded from the heat of the afternoon sun. Design Project Clemson, SC Clemson’s Tiger Band Practice Field has been recently redesigned as Spirit Point at Tiger Band Plaza and is anchored by an S-curved pergola. The Tiger Band can be heard from the plaza across campus when it practices in the afternoons during the school year.
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      SITE DESIGN GUIDELINES PEDESTRIAN VEHICULAR BICYCLE VEGETATION FURNISHINGS LIGHTING SIGNAGE PAVING SITEWORK PARKING CLEMSON UNIVERSITY Clemson University Site Design Guidelines Project Goal Clemson, SC Clemson University’s Site Design Guidelines describe the procedures, standards, processes, and implementation for the design of campus improvements that reinforce and maintain a unified visual campus character. To edit, revise, reformat, and update the university’s current Site Design Guidelines which were drafted in 2001. New additions included a Bicycle Systems Section and an Appendix with Product Specifications for Campus Standard Products and Materials. With an end goal of creating an accessible resource for those involved in planning for change on the campus, I embedded hyperlinks to further reference detailed information and linked the entire document to Clemson University’s Facilities website. Adopted by President Barker and Clemson’s Administrative Council in June of 2012. www.clemson.edu/facilities/campus-planning/sdg.html Available At Created for Clemson University
A mechanized time punch clock is disassembled and its components analyzed for their shape, form, texture, and volume. They are re-envisioned as elements of an Italian Renaissance landscape. Form Inspired Landscape
A collage inspired and created from the natural elements found in an experimental forest Meadow, Forest, Lake materials: wood, tin, moss, soil, clay, rock, water, vegetation
Sketch ColorSketch Color
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Erika Mueller 8 4 3 . 4 7 8 . 2 9 4 8 e r i k a @ c h a s c p. c o m 1261 Calais Drive, Mount Pleasant, SC L i n k e d i n : w w w. l i n k e d i n . c o m / i n / e r i k a e m u e l l e r /

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  • 2. "Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt." - Anonymous
  • 3. With our lives in constant motion we have many decisions to make and various paths to choose. If we opt for what is comfortable and familiar we often maintain our status quo. But if we decide to venture toward the unknown, then we open ourselves up to opportunities to truly expand our worlds. For me, designed landscapes have always provide the most beautiful and soulful divergences. It is from these most personal experiences that my desire to become a Landscape Architect arises. I want to design places and spaces for others to experience their own divergences. To feel how a busy mind can be quieted in a shady urban pocket park; how new possibilities arise in a child who first sees the ocean from a waterfront promenade; or how an inspiration for a backyard water feature unexpected comes to a gardener in the Moroccan Desert. In my life in deciding which paths I will chose, I will most likely opt for the dirt ones, for the unlimited possibilities of where they may lead me. ApproachApproach Erika Mueller 8 4 3 . 4 7 8 . 2 9 4 8 e r i k a @ c h a s c p. c o m w w w. l i n k e d i n . c o m / i n / e r i k a e m u e l l e r /
  • 4. MASTER PLANNING Urban Waterfont Redevelopment: Union Pier Community Revitalization: Sterling Neighborhood UNIVERSITY PLANNING & DESIGN PROJECTS Courtyard Renovation: Student Union Custom Benches: Tiger Band Plaza Clemson University Site Design Guidelines MODELING Form Inspired Landscape Meadow, Forest, Lake LANDSCAPE SKETCHING Academic studio Professional Hand Crafting
  • 5. Urban Waterfront Redevelopment Masters Thesis To integrate Charleston’s maritime and post-industrial heritage into an ecologically responsible and sustainable redesign of its urban waterfront. Design Goal Charleston, SC With its naturally deep port and ideal location favorable to North Atlantic trade winds, Charleston was settled in 1663 as a British colonial trading port. For over 300 years, Charleston’s waterfront has been the catalyst for its economy. Union Pier, located on Cooper River on the east side of the Charleston peninsula, continues to operate at the center of global commerce and trade, serving as a bulk cargo facility and the city’s cruise ship terminal. The scope of this redevelopment totals 50 acres and encompasses Union Pier, which is managedbytheSouthCarolinaPortsAuthority. Union Pier
  • 8. 1900 2014 Industrial/Cruise Ship PortIndustrial/Cruise Ship Port Trading WharvesTrading Wharves
  • 9. Design Strategy & ElementsDesign Strategy & Elements maritime and post-industrial infrastructure and heritage highlights local identity, history, and culture wharves and piers creates a unique sense of place railroad lines Bennett Rice Mill Customs House the greatest asset of any waterfront urban waterfront design principles sustainability views education recreation the water itself ecologically responsible and sustainable design stormwater gardens green roofs pocket green spaces permeable paving marsh restoration and daylighting healthy ecosystems continuous public access to the water connection to the city multimodal transport vegetation and wildlife
  • 10. Customs House Green Connection Sea Steps Temporary Markets Customs House Green Connection Sea Steps Temporary Markets Re-establish Customs House as Charleston's Front DoorRe-establish Customs House as Charleston's Front Door Integrate Maritime & Post-Industrial HeritageIntegrate Maritime & Post-Industrial Heritage
  • 11. Connect The City To Its WaterfrontConnect The City To Its Waterfront Create View Corridors & Public AccessCreate View Corridors & Public Access
  • 12. Visitors Center University Customs House Maritime Museum Public Market Children’s Museum Stormwater Park Splash Pad Retail & Restaurants N Scenic Overlook Pier Pilings Sea Steps Residential Artisans/Galleries Cooper River Bennett Rice Mill Parking Maritime Art / Sculpture Green Roof Market Street EastBaySt. Vendue Street Hassell St. WashingtonSt. ConcordSt. Waterfront Park Master PlanMaster Plan
  • 13. Community Revitalization Community Studio - Year 2 Designed in partnership with Christine Rollins To revitalize the community by providing residents with pleasant and safe access to spaces and places to recreate, garden, shop, and interact and to link the Sterling Neighborhood to nearby Greenville’s CBD. Design Goal Encourage pedestrian activity by creating passive and active recreation spaces along new neighborhood greenways, a tree-lined retail boulevard, and centrally located town square. Improve pedestrian and bicyclist safety with traffic calming measures, bike lanes, and sidewalk enhancements and streamline vehicular traffic with road realignments that connect to Greenville’s street grid. Design Strategy Once a thriving African American community, the Sterling Neighborhood faces the challenges of a decreasing population, a lack of community cohesiveness, rising crime rates, and abandoned and derelict properties. Sterling Neighborhood Greenville, SC
  • 14. Land UseLand Use Proposed Land Use Existing Zoning
  • 16. Roadway RedesignRoadway Redesign Sterling Boulevard Narrow vehicular lanes Designated bike path Street trees Raised intersections Landscaped islands Adequate lighting Stormwater management
  • 17. Town Square St. Francis Community Garden St. Francis Hospital Community Gardens Hwy 123 Greenville High School Montessori School Baseball Field Brushy Creek Greenway Paths Church St. Francis Hospital Friends and Family Co-Op Housing Recreation Pond N Pendleton Road Anderson Road Greenville CBD
  • 18. Greenspace ConnectionsGreenspace Connections Town Square Brushy Creek Tiger Trail Baseball Field Community Garden Mini Park Mini Park Community Gardens Hope Center Park Mini Park Greenway Path Recreation Pond Hwy 123 Anderson Rd Pendleton Rd Swamp Rabbit Trail (1 mi) Shoeless Joe Jackson Park (1 mi) Downtown Greenville (1 mi) West End (1 mi)
  • 19. Student Courtyard Renovation Designed in partnership with Marissa DiLoreto for Clemson University Student Affairs A peaceful yet playful oasis for students to lounge in hammocks, to hang out with friends, to surf the interent, or to watch an outdoor evening movie. Design Goal Create a comfortable microclimate with tree canopies, tables with umbrellas, sail shades, and patio heaters. Soften the space with wood decking, bamboo and grasses, green screening, and hammocks. Increase hours of usability at night with lighting and programming. Provide ADA accessibility with ramps incorporated into the decking. Design Strategy Clemson, SC A student union should be designed as a place for people to gather, relax, and interact; as a space to take a break from the hecticness of collegiate life. The enclosed courtyard of Clemson University’s Student Union feels disconnected and uninviting. Visually separated from the campus, the space is dominated by brick hardscaping and lacks adequate ADA accessibility.
  • 23. Tiger Band Plaza Custom Benches Designed for DP3 Architects Design and generate CAD drawings of two custom teak and granite benches to fit the radii of the curves of the pergola. Placed under the vine covered steel structure, the benches create places for visitors to sit and watch the band practice, shaded from the heat of the afternoon sun. Design Project Clemson, SC Clemson’s Tiger Band Practice Field has been recently redesigned as Spirit Point at Tiger Band Plaza and is anchored by an S-curved pergola. The Tiger Band can be heard from the plaza across campus when it practices in the afternoons during the school year.
  • 24. 7' Teak and Granite Bench 43'-0" Radius
  • 28.       SITE DESIGN GUIDELINES PEDESTRIAN VEHICULAR BICYCLE VEGETATION FURNISHINGS LIGHTING SIGNAGE PAVING SITEWORK PARKING CLEMSON UNIVERSITY Clemson University Site Design Guidelines Project Goal Clemson, SC Clemson University’s Site Design Guidelines describe the procedures, standards, processes, and implementation for the design of campus improvements that reinforce and maintain a unified visual campus character. To edit, revise, reformat, and update the university’s current Site Design Guidelines which were drafted in 2001. New additions included a Bicycle Systems Section and an Appendix with Product Specifications for Campus Standard Products and Materials. With an end goal of creating an accessible resource for those involved in planning for change on the campus, I embedded hyperlinks to further reference detailed information and linked the entire document to Clemson University’s Facilities website. Adopted by President Barker and Clemson’s Administrative Council in June of 2012. www.clemson.edu/facilities/campus-planning/sdg.html Available At Created for Clemson University
  • 29. A mechanized time punch clock is disassembled and its components analyzed for their shape, form, texture, and volume. They are re-envisioned as elements of an Italian Renaissance landscape. Form Inspired Landscape
  • 30. A collage inspired and created from the natural elements found in an experimental forest Meadow, Forest, Lake materials: wood, tin, moss, soil, clay, rock, water, vegetation
  • 36. Erika Mueller 8 4 3 . 4 7 8 . 2 9 4 8 e r i k a @ c h a s c p. c o m 1261 Calais Drive, Mount Pleasant, SC L i n k e d i n : w w w. l i n k e d i n . c o m / i n / e r i k a e m u e l l e r /