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SA M UE L PACKE R
Samuel is currently a junior at the Northeastern University Landscape
Architecture program. His dedication, work ethic, and love for
landscape architecture is unparalleled and shows in his portfolio
of work. He can remember when his passion for the landscape
first formed during the travel to and from his grandparents. While
the method of travel and route was consistent, the surrounding
landscape was transforming. His appreciation grew with the symbiotic
relationships formed within nature. His portfolio of work emphasizes
this relationship by comprehensive examination of environmental
impacts and how they are key to a positive and beneficial future of the
built and natural landscape.

LEFT
Aerial View of Moundscape proposal showing
a rendered view of the scale and circulation of
the project as well as a sheep community to help
manage the landscape

RIGHT
Formal Moundscape Plan: Proposal board
showing the proposed PH and location of the
proposed mounds in relationship to existing
site conditions. A matrix at the top of the board
explains the impact of soil PH on potential plant
growth.

FOAD VAHIDI
Originally educated as an architect at the University of Toronto,
Foad recognized early on that landscape has the capacity to ground
architecture and urban form. As a Harvard University MLA 1
candidate, he has used his passion of travelling to inform his design,
“from the large Metropolis to a hiking trip in Alberta I was ever more
conscious about the inner workings of urban life. It all seemed like
a connected network of mutually depended interactions; on the one
hand the urban processes shaping the inner workings of my mind
guided and at times troubled my interactions with the novel systems
around me. On the other hand, the knowledge I acquired enabled me to
de-layer the presumably familiar conditions of my own locale.” These
values are ever more apparent in his portfolio of work that challenges
all systems to work together in a symbiotic relationship.

LEFT
The project utilizes modular waffle construction
in order to achieve highly varied topography
within the span of a small green roof proposal;
as a result the design of each planting area can
be calibrated for specific vegetation relative to
soil depth, shadows and water availability. The
project criticizes monoculture planting within
extensive green roofs.

RIGHT
The project aims to use lighting as an active
component of design beyond its primary
function as illumination; the vertical strips of
light signal a new edge running from Northern
avenue towards the Boston harbour.

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