Courtney Bailey Portfolio 2012

1. ECOLOGICAL
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
COURTNEY A BAILEY; MLA
Courtney A Bailey; MLA, BMS, BSS
LandArchitect.Bailey@gmail.com
www.TwistOfUnique.com

2. 2011 Landscape Ecology 2009 ASU Tempe Campus
Masters Thesis: University Rainwater Havesting and gardens
The Bio(diversity)City - People +City +Wildlife
03 Concept Diagrams 22 Analysis -Urban Stormwater
05 Research as a story 23 Analysis -client use and movement
06 Wildlife ecology research
08 Phenology for wildlife Masters Research
Baseline
10 Riparian Analysis - Soil & Plant and wildlife Other research projects
See Wood Arbor Plan for dimensions
11 Design Sections
24 Rainwater Harvesting Sections
25 Autocad Construction Documents
Residential Courtyard Designs
See Deck Plan for layout and step dimension
26 Analysis - H-VAC Biofiltration systems & Phx
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- Courtyard Zen Garden
20”
1 inch = 40 feet
Baseline
- Backyard Residential
40”
quarters” call out # 24
POB- North east corner of ‘Sleep
15 Two plan views
80”
16 Plant book/ Plant pallette Designed by: Courtney A Bailey
Drawn by: Courtney A Bailey
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DESIGN PHASE
Hand renderings
Design
Philosophy [Concept Development] Designing for experience: human centered design- This style of space making
focuses on the creation of ‘moments of engagement’ or opportunities for the dynamics of life and emotions to
occur. This is done by placing design emphasis on people; designing with culturally relevant solutions and with
the quality of audience experience at the forefront of the design. Human centered design emphasizes the 02
experience of the visitor instead of designing places of functionality and efficiency.

3. 2011 Master’s Design Thesis -
The bio(diversity)City - People +City +Wildlife BioDiversity- The Biocity intends to increase habitat diversity –for both
wildlife and people by designing a biologically diverse land area where there
protecting urban waterways are several species, and human activities with an equal distribution. This is
done so that no one plant or animal species, nor human socio-economic activity
uncharacteristically dominates above all others.
Location-
Pinal County, Casa Grande Arizona Proximity- As wildlife biodiversity diminishes, if wildlife is to be pro-
tected, its habitat must be integrated into locations where people can see it,
Activist Agency- people can interact with it, and people can become familiar with wildlife and its
Pinal County Open Space Initiative habitat can enrich their lives.
Working with the Concepts- Experience - There is no greater teacher then personal experience. If
*Living and Building with Wildlife natural places are to be preserved then it is imperative that people are able to
*Urban Ecology -Riparian in the city walk among the trees, touch the earth, listen to he birds and find kinship with
*Increasing Urban Wildlife biological diversity other living things. For an individual can ever understand what loss is, until
*Providing social-cultural needs for citizens they have experienced what they are loosing.
*Public Buildings in order to protect wildlands
*Ecological Research -Wildlife Corridors Education - The only way the ‘natural look’ is going to be accepted by
*Research - Riparian Geomorphology the public, who see it as messy, is through education. The site incorporates
*Research -Sonoran Desert Wildlife signs, banners, and plant plaques to make information available to the public.
So that they too can realize that nature and natural are designs too.
Project Statment:
Right now, we are living in ‘The sixth Great A BioDiversity Nightmare:
Mass Extinction’ of Earth’s history. Globally, If we dont start now there will be a sunrise, one morning, where there
A Home all Alone?
scientists predict that by the end of this are no songbirds to greet the dawn. There be will an afternoon, when
century, half of this planet’s wild-species will there are no butterflies dancing upon the winds. There will come a
be extinct. The culprit is human habitat midnight with a moon full in the sky, but there will be no coyote songs.
development; as our cities sprawl outward, There will be questions too; young eyes will look towards us, the
the wildlands next to our homes have stewards of their land. What do we say when our children turn to us
decreased in acreage. This project explores and ask, “Why are we so alone? Where did all the butterflies go?”
a solution -the idea that human development
can exist intermingled with the wildlife Will our answer be, “We forgot to build them homes too?”
ecosystems and both can blend together to
become a bio city.
Full project: www.TwistOfUnique.com
[Concept Diagrams ] With public-works it’s important to explain the concept
03 Thesis|Landscape Ecology with simple visuals and non-technical terms. So Citizens understand why this project
is important to them.

4. Plan view of project Plan diagram for project
Thesis|Landscape Ecology
[Development Plan] The plan diagrams for this project include documentation for both Citizens and wildlife.
Labeling the plan diagram was done this way to reveal the complexity of the site in a visual manor. This makes it
easier for the client to see what is going on for people and then for wildlife and where they overlap.
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5. Riparian Conditions Pre 1800
80 percent of Arizona Wildlife lives in this riparian habitat
Dominant Water Use: homestead with small farms
90 percent loss of functional riparian habitat Conditions of River water: perennial river
Channel condition: Semi-natural riparian condition,
perennial river condition.
Vegetation condition:
Water
Cottonwood Willow
Mesquite Bosque
Desert-Scrub
Riparian Conditions 1880- 1912 Dominant Water Use: Large agriculture farms -
Tucson industrialization (1880) removes water
Conditions of River water:1900 - perennial rivers where
the water no longer flowed.
Channel condition: Channelized to the unconfined
aquifer
Vegetation condition:
Mesquite Bosque
Desert-Scrub
Cottonwood Willow
Water
Riparian Conditions 1912 -1940 Dominant Water Use: Industrial farms, Pinal
County Growth
Conditions of River water: No surface water- water
levels at 20’-30’ below the surface in confined aquifer
Channel condition: Widening channels due to increased
stormwater flows
Vegetation condition:
Desert-Scrub
Mesquite Bosque
Cottonwood Willow
Dominant Water Use: Industrial farms, Pinal
Riparian Conditions 1960 -2010 County Growth
Conditions of River water: No surface water- water
levels at 30’- 50’ below the surface in artesian aquifer
Channel condition: Widened, eroded, 90% loss of habitat
space
Vegetation condition:
Desert-Scrub
Mesquite Bosque
Cottonwood Willow
05 Research| [Developing a story] Research is for stories! With visuals a compelling tale unfolds; one allows a viewer to easily
understand the concept and enables them to reach insightful conclusions.

6. The Difference Between Reality and Theory Biodiversity Capability
Displaces 23 of Pinal’s 27 speices listed “in need of protection ”
Wildlife present in Waterway Type
Wildlife NOT present in Waterway Type
Thesis|Landscape Ecology
90 percent loss of functional riparian
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Amphibian (frog) Reality Space mapping
Wildlife Capacity C Rivers:
Amphibian (Toad) 16 of 19 Wildlife Taxa
Reptile –Lizard
Wildlife Capacity D Rivers:
Reptile– Snake
9 of 19 Wildlife Taxa
Turtles
Carnivores
Reality Water loss
Rodents
Riparian Wildlife Orders
Wildlife Capacity C Rivers:
Rabbits 10 of 19 Wildlife Taxa
Common Birds Wildlife Capacity D Rivers:
Owls 2 of 19 Wildlife Taxa
Waterbirds
Reality Plant zone loss
Humming Birds Wildlife Capacity C Rivers:
Ducks 7 of 19Wildlife Taxa
Ground birds Wildlife Capacity D Rivers:
Woodpeckers 6 of 19 Wildlife Taxa
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[Ecological Site analysis] Thesis research on Riparian habitat and how biodiversity of wildlife
species is effected by river geomorphology, water access, land access, proper planting zones and species.
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7. 1930
90 percent loss of functional riparian habitat
as we break up the landscape into a thousand tiny bits
1950 Fragmentation
Edge habitat
1970
Interior habitat
Looking at land fragmentation
In the broadest way, habitat fragmentation is the physical fracturing of once
continuous habitat, often by man-made modifications to the biological land surface
1990 (including water, vegetation, bare soil) into smaller sized habitat lands called patches.
For wildlife these patches are often so small that the land can no longer sustain the
ecological interactions between different wildlife types, thus this land often has little
value for wildlife as habitat.
In addition, fragmentation of land into patches means that as interior space becomes
smaller in size, edge conditions are able to take over; this reduces the populations of
rare interior species and makes room for common generalist and ‘weedy species’.
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As Interior habitat and species Decreases
Edge habitat and species Increases
Santa Cruze River 1930 Santa Cruze River 1970
Research|
Urban growth
07 Agriculture growth [Fragmentation Analysis] An urban history - How housing development, roadways, and land
Santa Cruze River fragmentation has caused wildlife habitat loss.