The Fall 2012 Poetic Image studio investigated underutilized sites on the Kansas State University campus in Manhattan, Kansas. Individual projects examined how different fine art media could shape design investigation and representation. My chosen media for the semester were primarily large-format pastel and charcoal drawings. Design frameworks mediated between immediate conceptual installations to full-scale site designs that emphasized certain qualities of the site.

A Treetop Walkway would offer potential for visitors to witness the hidden life of trees.

Incising a drainage channel through the site will showcase the ephemeral effects of weather

Incisions in the sidewalk will allow rainwater to flow through without obstructing pedestrian traffic.

Stepping stones across the channel will serve as benches when the channel has no water in it.

Displaying degrees of landscape opacity, the differing edge conditions provide a wide array of inhabitable spaces.

When it rains, the low-lying floodplane of the field out front of Weber will transform into a watery wonderland.

At the edge between the naturalistic and heavily developed areas of campus, this proposal for the field out front of Weber mediates between organic and geometric shapes.

The incised bench, with its strong angles, will provide a strong contrast to marsh and meadow grasses.

Lighting installations will include husk features based on seed pods and pine cones.