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Designing Green Infrastructure Strategies to Support a Resilient Downtown Miami Corridor

Ada Inman — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:20:33 +0000

The Town of Miami is a historic mining community in the Copper Corridor region of Arizona. Situated in a mountainous region, the community experiences more extreme weather conditions than other areas of the state, including fires, floods, and landslides, with local impacts often exacerbated by the topography of the watershed in relation to commercial, industrial, and residential areas of the community. Most notably, the wash directly adjacent to Miami’s downtown corridor, Sullivan Street, frequently floods after rain events and causes damage to the surrounding area. As the Town is planning for a new era of growth and development as more residents move to the area to support mining operations in the region, Miami is interested in identifying opportunities to implement green infrastructure strategies and design solutions to more effectively manage the movement of water throughout the watershed while also improving the aesthetics of Downtown Miami. Therefore, the Town of Miami will collaborate with Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BSLA) capstone students to map and analyze key characteristics of the watershed, identify and design opportunities for green infrastructure strategies and elements throughout the downtown corridor of Miami.

Designing an integrated and accessible Waupaca River Walk

Ada Inman — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 21:02:43 +0000

This capstone project explores the design of a riverwalk redevelopment in the City of Waupaca, Wisconsin. The City of Waupaca is seeking to implement a riverwalk that reconnects residents with the Waupaca River while attracting new investment to its downtown district. Known for its vibrant outdoor recreation culture, active arts community, and scenic natural surroundings, this small rural town already possesses a strong foundation. This project builds on those strengths to enhance quality of life, support local businesses, and create new opportunities for community gathering and tourism. While the design may not yet represent a final iteration, it serves as a foundation for future development, informed by research, community needs, and sustainable planning principles.

Contact: UniverCityAlliance@wisc.edu

Designing a master plan for Biex-Ramcke Park in Mount Pleasant

Ada Inman — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 20:52:58 +0000

The Village of Mount Pleasant, located in Southeastern Wisconsin, is a rapidly growing community within Racine County. Mount Pleasant prides itself on their location being in close proximity to Lake Michigan and other major metropolitan areas such as Milwaukee and Chicago. The village consists of a mix of residential, commercial, and industrial development with much of the land being agricultural. Mount Pleasant is also known for its commitment to providing recreation activities, inspiration, and maintaining a high quality of life for residents through high-quality programs, facilities, and special community
events.

By researching the effects of nature on health and wellbeing, this report explores ways on how to maintain a higher quality of life at the framework scale through the use of natural resources and various recreational activities.

Contact: UniverCityAlliance@wisc.edu

Salem Parks Equity & Service Area Report

Ada Inman — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 21:31:43 +0000

In response to the City of Salem’s goal of identifying park service area delineation methods that would facilitate a more equitable and accessible park system for residents, Spatial Justice Seminar students analyzed equity and delineated potential park service areas in Salem. Throughout the term, students explored what spatial equity meant, reviewed precedent studies, completed observational-based research or spatial based research on Salem’s Park system, and then provided recommendations based on their findings. The spatial methods observed in the report are Euclidian distance, travel times, street network analysis using Thiessen polygons, and overlaying data. The nonspatial methods observed are surveys, intercept surveys, demographic data, and benchmarking. The most applicable precedent studies include the cities of Los Angeles, California, Fort Collins, Colorado, Eugene, Oregon, and Bellevue, Washington. Precedent studies integrated both spatial and non-spatial methods of data collection to have a comprehensive understanding of disparities in their park system.

Amplifying green space connectivity in Cottage Grove

Ada Inman — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:58:03 +0000

This capstone project explored potential locations for new and accessible trails and a park redesign that will align with Cottage Grove’s 2023 Park and Open Space Plan. Implementing these goals aims to increase community connection, attract visitors, stimulate business opportunities, and enhance the community’s natural environment. UniverCity Contact Info: UniverCityAlliance@wisc.edu [...]

Creating a new “Bark Park” for Cottage Grove

Ada Inman — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:56:24 +0000

Landscape architecture students created concept design plans for a new dog park in Cottage Grove that aims to be a fun destination for residents. UniverCity Contact Info: UniverCityAlliance@wisc.edu [...]

Connecting the City of Marinette via a trail and path system

Ada Inman — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 21:49:47 +0000

This design framework proposes to improve connectivity between outdoor recreational areas and green spaces through pedestrian and cycling paths, connecting Marinette to nearby communities through pedestrian-oriented infrastructure, and increase usability of existing green spaces. UniverCity Contact Info: UniverCityAlliance@wisc.edu [...]

Residential Xeriscape Irrigation Research & Plan Design

Ada Inman — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 20:56:59 +0000

As a sprawling metro region, the City of Phoenix is a desert city with warm temperatures year-round. As an alternative to turf lawns, the City prioritizes the use of xeriscaping as a sustainable alternative to typical residential landscaping. In the interest of conserving water, the City promotes low water-use landscaping, or xeriscaping. After the successful development of residential xeriscape design plans for three standard lot sizes during the spring 2023 semester, the City of Phoenix Water Services Department is continuing the partnership with an honors undergraduate landscape architecture student to gather feedback from residents, experts, and Home Owner’s Associations (HOAs) on irrigation behaviors and xeriscape practices to inform a series of irrigation design plans to supplement the previously created xeriscape plans.

Planning a redevelopment framework for Stoughton’s Depot Hill area

Ada Inman — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 21:34:11 +0000

The final Depot Hill framework plan utilizes historic and cultural preservation strategies that promote historic and cultural tourism, connect new development to historical site uses, and create mixed use spaces which support the existing character. UniverCity Year Contact Info: UniverCityAlliance@wisc.edu [...]

Exploring downtown redesign and preservation of Stoughton’s Depot Hill area

Ada Inman — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 21:28:31 +0000

For a capstone project, this student analyzed and redesigned an area of Stoughton known as Depot Hill, considering elements like green space, murals, and signage to improve the space for residents and make it pedestrian friendly. UniverCity Year Contact Info: UniverCityAlliance@wisc.edu [...]