Semiramis Studio, LLC

Chicago River Yesterday

Alexia Landscape Architect — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:54:14 +0000

This was after 5″ of rain.

Interested in some data? Try the USGS RealTime Precipitation Data interactive map.

Chicago Botanic Garden – The Learning Campus

Alexia Landscape Architect — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:21:45 +0000

In the winter of 2009/2010 I worked on the turnaround for the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Learning Campus while at HNTB. Here are a few photos, and please, check out the article here.

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Extreme Build for RIVERS Project – some sketches

Alexia Landscape Architect — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:09:40 +0000

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Please check out the Event page.

The RIVERS Project Extreme Build…. soon!

Alexia Landscape Architect — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 23:27:26 +0000

Leveraging the Landscape to Manage Water

Alexia Landscape Architect — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:27:45 +0000

This is a favorite of mine…
by the way, the lack of rain just makes it ever so much more valuable to get it into the ground when it does fall – don’t just send it down the pipes!

There are so many opportunities for us to save our water! Please take a look.

http://vimeo.com/15225376″>Leveraging the Landscape to Manage Water from http://vimeo.com/landscapearchitects”>ASLA; on http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo;.

http://vimeo.com/15225376
Leveraging the Landscape to Manage Water by American Society of Landscape Architects

Beginning…. to …. well, almost the end………

Alexia Landscape Architect — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:12:35 +0000

We still need to add a tree, and divert the downspout to the rain garden, & also add a rain barrel.

The hard work was done by Let’s Go Chicago’s participants!

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Neighbors, Community, and Green Infrastructure Solutions

Alexia Landscape Architect — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:50:43 +0000

Please check out this video of the Let’s Go Chicago team laying some drainpipe at one of our projects. We had a big rain last week and were absolutely thrilled to receive an email from our client indicating there was no more seepage through her basement wall!

Water week in Chicago

Alexia Landscape Architect — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:47:36 +0000

Reblogged from Solutionaries:

Greetings from Chicago, fellow Solutionaries! The following is cross-posted from LetsGoChicago.org. After Middleton's post below, it seems there is a water conscious trend happening here in the Midwest. We are glad to be a part of it! Read on to learn about our take on water awareness and water conservation.

The week of July 9, which focused on water issues, was so busy we didn't have time for a mid-week blog post, but we have plenty of water-themed stories to tell.

The RIVERS Project… part of FRED Weekend

Alexia Landscape Architect — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:58:28 +0000

Riverside, Illinois is hosting FRED, in honor of Frederick Law Olmsted. The RIVERS Project is a collaboration with among Lupfer Landscaping, Dig Right In Landscaping, Semiramis Studio, and Aquascapes. We are offering to address residents’ flooding problems with installation work culminating in a green infrastructure extreme build and education event August 16-18! Contact the number on the postcard above if you are intersted in attending or addressing your flooding problem. Exciting!

The Studio’s New Rain Garden at TRITON COLLEGE Gets Some “Ink”……!

Alexia Landscape Architect — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 04:58:23 +0000

See full publication here: http://www.igencc.org/Network-News

Please see the earlier post about Triton’s Rain Garden here.