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Wellsville City Trails Master Plan, Lindy Bankhead

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Wellsville City is a small, rural community seeking to provide a high quality of life for its citizens. A valuable amenity to accomplish this goal is a trail system, as part of a regional greenway network. Greenways are interconnected linkages between community hubs or open spaces, destinations, parks, neighborhoods and public lands. Trails are a part of greenways, allowing recreational access through the corridors connecting these community hubs. The citizens of Wellsville desire the benefits that are provided by a trails or greenway system.

This document is the Wellsville City Trails Master Plan. Its purpose is to provide information on …

Master Trails System For Leeds, Utah, Bart Benjamin Wolthuis

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Many distinctively unique small towns in Southern Utah are facing the challenge of rapid growth rates and dealing with the difficulties an increasing population brings. The Town of Leeds, with its exceptional history and picturesque landscape, is no exception. As land development increases, the town of Leeds and the surrounding area is faced with significant change.

Art Landforms A Study Of How Designers Are Using The Landscape, Rachelle Jones

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

By examining the past and present forms of landscape designs, this report will establish a basis to understand one of the core elements of the Landscape Architecture profession. Using the land as a medium for expressing ones art and passions has been used for centuries. Fletcher Steele, Robert Smithson, Alan Sonfist, and George Hargreaves are all designers which have used land as a vital part for the creation of their designs and/or environmental art pieces. They all, in their own way, have been instrumental in how contemporary designers use and understanding of the land has changed and evolved over time. …

Contemporary Landscape Architecture Designing With The Fine Arts, Matthew Kerby Durkovich

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

lt is the year 2006. We live in a time where advances in technology and processes surround us at every tum of our lives, and in almost every profession that exists. The medical world, for example, now benefits from such advanced practices that could have only been imagined a half century ago. The computer industry has grasped only a fraction of what is possible in this day and age, and yet their products still seem so futuristic that we wonder what will come the next day. The automotive industry, construction trade, science fields, and many other disciplines are experiencing breakthroughs …

Native Landscape Design In Alaska, Larinda Peterson

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

As the frontiers of Alaska are developed in the coming years, there is a progressive need for landscape design that appropriately embraces the native wilderness, while creating livable environments for the people who cohabitate with nature at its fullest. This insight and real life application present an interesting understanding of the possibilities for landscape design in Alaska. With a rich history and diverse habitat, the constraints upon land transformation reflect an inert need for preservation of wilderness and the native landscape, protection of viable resources (peat bogs, wetlands, fresh water, vegetation and wildlife), and restoration of disturbed lands.

Jamie Hyatt Memorials, Jamie Lea Hyatt

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

In the words of Carlo Scarpa, "remembering is like constructing and then traveling again through a space" (Scarpa 2000). It is my desire to illustrate the importance of using a collective memory and emotion when designing a space. To demonstrate my findings I will relate the importance of memory and emotion, as tools designers can use in conveying meaning through design, with four different memorial spaces. These memorials include the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C.; the Meditation Space in Paris, France; the Oklahoma City Memorial in Oklahoma City; and the East Side Gallery in Berlin, Germany. It is my hope …

Design Recommendations Guide For Built Elements Within The Santa Clara River Reserve, Jordan W. Smith

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

MISSION...

To preserve the cultural heritage, open space, recreational opportunities, and resource values of the Santa Clara River Reserve for our communities through a Recreation and Open Space management Plan that provides for resource protection, interpretative education, traditional use, and planned recreation.

GOAL...

To foster a sense of place that balances the need for resource protection with the need for recreational opportunities that offer a range of experience outcomes. The Plan will identify educational opportunities that inform the public about sensitive resources and cultural heritage, and be responsive to changing community needs through adaptive management strategies.

Southern Hills, Pocatello, Idaho: Wildlife Conservation/Development Study, Justin Kmetzsch

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

The sagebrush grassland landscape has shaped aspects of southeastern Idaho culture and enhanced its rural economy. Sharptail grouse, sage grouse and mule deer hunting are deeply rooted in family traditions. Each fall thousands of residents head out into the field to hunt, camp and enjoy the autumn outdoors. Deer hunting and associated activities generate an estimated 240 million dollars annually, in the Idaho economy. More recently, watching and photographing mule deer and other sagebrush grassland species is increasing in popularity and economic significance. But, trends in land conversion and development threaten sagebrush grassland landscapes, the wildlife they sustain, and cultural …

Personal Restoration Garden Design: In Search Of Balance, Don Burger

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Life in today's society dictates that all of us need healing from time to time. Maladies and illnesses take ever higher tolls on our bodies, while work and life-related stress tax our willpower, mental health, and even our souls. The incidence of stress-related illness and fatigue is reaching almost epidemic proportions. The National Institute on Mental Health estimates that one in four Americans is affected by mental illness of some sort. That equates to over 57 million people in the United States alone (NIMH 2006).

Therapy Gardens Healing Environments For Children, Suzanne L. Kohlmeyer

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Valley Mental Health is located in Salt Lake City, UT and is a metropolitan Community Mental Health Center serving Salt Lake, Summit, and Tooele counties. They serve about 6,000 children with mental health problems per year, most of whom are at or below poverty level. Ann Foster the Director of the Children's Services at Valley Mental Health, approached the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at Utah State University for the aid in developing an inner courtyard into a therapeutic garden for their Children's Outpatient Clinic. The inner courtyard would be available to children who are receiving therapy at …

Fundamentals Of Mountain Resort Base Village Design: A Critical Review Of Existing Resort Developments With Recommendations For Future Development Practices, Bryan P. Harding

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The North American ski industry has grown over the past century from a small, family-owned and -operated industry, to a multi-billion dollar industry dominated by corporate management organizations. The rise of corporate resort ownership has led to the trend of the construction base village developments at ski resorts around the country to attract guests, and therefore revenue, to their resorts. Though many base villages have been very successful in attracting skiers, examples of poor landscape architectural design practices abound in the industry. This study examines several design elements considered to be the "fundamental elements of designed space," applies these elements …

Insites, 2006, Utah State University

inSites

The Annual Newsletter of The Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

Site Context And History Of The Orson B. Adams Homestead And Surrounding Area For The Historic American Landscapes Survey, Paul Drake

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

In 1862, Orson B. Adams settled in Harrisburg, Utah. He and his family were part of a movement by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, also known as the Mormons, to create a self-sufficient colony in the west. The Mormon settlers were "called" to establish agricultural towns throughout southern Utah and west to the Pacific and grow crops such as grapes and cotton.

Community United Methodist Church: United Methodist Regional Ministry Campus Master Plan, Saori Endo

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

The United Methodist Church has sought for the place that members can worship, learn, social and recreate. The purchase of 24 acres of land in South Weber, Utah made its opening to the place, and they are looking for their identity that they can be proud of ultimately. The intention of this project is generating ideas to help them to find out what they are looking for, yet guide the ideas properly.

Orson B. Adams Farmstead Existing Conditions Survey, Mandie Zollinger

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

The project study area is on the site of the former Harrisburg Settlement, in Central Washington County, Utah between the towns of Leeds and St. George, Utah, and west of Interstate 15. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has recently (2001) acquired a 200 acre parcel of the project site. The landscape contains thousands of years of history in a small area, including features from the prehistoric cultures of the Virgin Anasazi and Southern Paiute, settlement of the Mormon pioneers, mining industry, and remnants of a 1950's Hollywood movie set. All of this lies at the southeastern tip of the …

Benefits Of Greenroofs, Mark Adam Goble

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

For many years, greenroofs have been utilized by European architects and developers, who have realized their many benefits. The United States has, to date, been slow to embrace the concept. The intent of this report is to reveal the benefits of greenroofs in hopes of stimulating their use in this country.

Analysis Of Significance & Integrity Orson B. Adams Farmstead Historic American Landscape Survey, Ladd Schiess

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

In 1862, Orson B. Adams settled in Harrisburg, Utah, a small Mormon settlement in Southern Utah that had been started the previous year. Orson acquired land on the southwest side of town and began to cultivate it. Being on the edge of the Mojave Desert, irrigation was necessary. Orson diverted water from smaller Quail Creek rather than Leeds Creek, which the rest of the town used.

United Methodist Church Campus Plan, Jason Val Betts

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

The United Methodist Church Campus project site is located at 1200 E. South Weber Drive in Ogden Utah. The planning for this project started in 1998 and will continue for several years to come (Appendix A). I was asked as a student of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at Utah State University to prepare an illustrative schematic master plan for the project site. The following document will provide my findings upon doing a site inventory and analysis as well as a master plan for the Community United Methodist Church (CUMC).

Martyr's Square & The Grand Axis Of Beirut, Greg Boudrero

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

From Beirut to Mostar, from London to the center of Berlin, from Warsaw to Jerusalem, from the cities in Europe to the cities of Africa, from Vietnam to Cambodia, everywhere, after the ravages of war comes the necessity for reconstruction. Such is the present case of Beirut, Lebanon. As the city recovers from years of civil war it strives to create a new identity, re-establishing the city's presence in the region.

A Study Of Social Carrying Capacity In Motorized Recreation Settings, Rachel Lyn Turk

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

In the summer of 2004, I served as a recreation planning intern with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), at the Ely Nevada Field Office. I was responsible for the preparation of the "Recreation Project Plan for the Chief Mountain Motorized Trailheads" (Appendix 1), which was a tremendous learning opportunity for me, since I had little experience with planning and designing for motorized use. The project piqued my interest into learning more about motorized recreation on public lands, which in turn led to this thesis on social carrying capacity of motorized users. This is a new area of research that …

Creating Identity Within A Residential Community Using Open Space, Jason W. Harr

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Popularity of suburban developments is not new to most communities of today. Many have come to the understanding that suburbia is the only way to go, and the only place to live and raise a family. What suburbanites don't understand and choose to avoid are the demanding requirements suburbia requires of our natural resources and open space.

In recent years, many have come to the understanding that our natural resources and open space are very valuable and must be preserved now and in the future. People have also noticed that implementation of basic design principles of residential communities are advantageous …

Insites, 2005, Utah State University

inSites

Magazine of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

European Urban Spaces: A Travel Journal, Mark Robert Morris

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

During Spring Semester 2003 I had the great fortune to spend a few months studying and traveling through Europe, seeing many of its cities. This paper is an outgrowth of those travels. I found that many of the principles that I learned about urban design in my classes at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, as well as at my home university, Utah State, helped me to better appreciate the urban form of the cities that I saw.

Insites, 2004, Utah State University

inSites

Magazine of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

Lipica, Slovenia, Michael Girard

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

From September 25^th until December 21^st of 2002 I was afforded the opportunity to study abroad at the University of Ljubljana in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Here was an opportunity to be immersed in another culture, observe their ideals, aspirations and participate in their routines. The academic experience was a benefit to my scholastic career witnessing different approaches to problem solving and how the professors guided the students to innovative solutions.

Understanding Utah's Native Plant Market: Coordinating Public And Private Interest, Virginia Harding Hooper

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Changes in Lone Peak Conservation Nursery customer profiles cause state nursery leaders to question what their products are being used for and how trends in native plant use are changing the market for Utah native plants. The Utah native plant market is changing as interest in native plants is expanding to meet new conservation objectives, oftentimes in urban settings. This newer demand for native plants appears to be motivated by current changes in urban conservation behavior, continued population growth in the arid West, scarcity of water resources, the increasing appreciation for indigenous plant aesthetics, and concern for bio-diversity. A survey …

How The Winter Olympics Enrich Community Legacies For Recreational Open Space: A Case Study Of Selected European And American Olympic Sites, Jennifer A. Brown

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The Olympics have been a catalyst through the last century for community alteration including both the renovation of existing areas and building of new sites. This study focuses on the post-Olympic use of active and passive recreational open space infrastructure developed by Winter Olympic host cities.

This study examines four Winter Olympics. The observation of a variety of Olympic venues has provided an opportunity to compare the differences in planning due to historical, cultural, and social variables. The comparison of these Olympic sites contributes to understanding of the probability of success or failure of post game expectations for recreational open …

Insites, 2003, Utah State University

inSites

Magazine of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

Bear River City: Future Studies For Urban Growth And Land Use Planning, Joshua Alexander Runhaar

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

The purpose of this project is to provide Bear River City and the surrounding communities with viable options and development strategies for future growth. Studies have been developed for Bear River City and the surrounding area, focusing primarily on the riparian areas of the Bear River and Malad Creek. Studies have also been completed to show possible greenway corridors, trail systems, incentives for agricultural land protection, regional context planning, and various implementation strategies.

Future Focus Project: Honeyville City "A Greenways And Open Space Plan", Laura Bohn

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

The residents of Honeyville, Utah have a long standing and historical commitment to the welfare of their city. Their commitment to Honeyville is seen most poignantly in the City's newly adopted General Plan. The following is a selection from the Honeyville General Plan 2001; Executive Summary:

"Our overriding vision for Honeyville City is to accommodate growth in a fashion that will preserve our sense of community and protect and enhance our quality of life. Priorities include protecting our natural environment, preserving cultural heritage, and maintaining quality of life. We believe the recognition and enhancement of these characteristics are critical to …