By jtsherkHS 272 Fall, Kilgore Hall Raingardens class consists of the development of design and construction projects, which incorporate the entire design process culminating with a complete set of construction documents, cost predictions, and built projects. Students met with University leaders to identify guiding principles form Campus Capacity and Assessment Study. |NC State, Teaching
By jtsherkHS 401, Spring 2015, Mary Yarborough Court Holliday Hall Landscape Improvements. At the macro scale, the benefits of the urban forest include; 1- improvement of air and water quality, 2- reduction of heat island effect (caused by pavement without shade to be 50-90 degrees hotter than the air), 3- Reduction in stormwater runoff and pollution, 4- capture and long term storage of atmospheric carbon dioxide CO2, (which helps to mitigate and/or defer global warming) 5- increase in aesthetic value, 6- provides human recovery from stress. |Teaching
By jtsherkHS357, Fall 2014 - The Peele and Leazar Halls Path Improvements Project was done in collaboration with the office of the NC State University Architect’s Facilities Division as the designer to develop the ‘Path’ for the existing roadbed between Leazar and Tompkins Halls. |Teaching
By jtsherkHS357, Fall 2013 - Connections and an artful design for incorporating people spaces and the improvement of stormwater management for steps between Dail Field and Weisinger–Brown Athletic Facility which adjoins the Rocky Branch Creek stream restoration at NC State were done in collaboration with Dr. Barbara Doll, a civil engineer and Water Quality Specialist with NC Sea Grant, and the Design/Build team at the NC State Grounds Management and Landscape Construction Services (GMLCS) office in the Facilities division. |Teaching
By jtsherkHS357, Fall 2009 - Wiley Elementary Piedmont Savannah Raingardens, Raleigh, NC was done in collaboration with Sarah Palmer, Academically/Intellectually Gifted Resource Teacher, Wake County, and NC DNER, the raingarden and landscape improvements were designed to promote elementary student engagement with nature as a learning modality.
