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Connections and an artful design for incorporating people spaces

HS357, 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.

Polk Hall ‘Heat Mitigation’ Garden

HS401, Spring 2013, Polk Hall ‘Heat Mitigation’ Garden. The ‘Heat Mitigation’ Garden is part of the streetscape at the corner of Polk Hall, named for Leonidas Polk (1837–1892), who was instrumental in establishing Land–Grant colleges under the federal Morrill Act of 1862, and helping to established NC State College in 1889.  The 1926 building, which has cow heads adorning each door, was renovated in 1987 and an additional built-in 2009. It houses the Animal Science and Biochemistry departments.

H2O Flow environmental art sculpture

HS357, Fall 2010 - H2O Flow environmental art sculpture Town of Chapel Hill. In collaboration with the landscape architect and sculptor Dr. Michael Layne, students in Julieta Sherk’s Landscape Design Courses designed and built the artist’s design for an outdoor sculpture that increases awareness of the importance of understanding how man’s actions affect the land.

Wiley Elementary Piedmont Savannah Raingardens

HS357, 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.