Design Portfolio
Angélica Oteiza
Master of Landscape Architecture l Harvard GSD
Selected Works 2021-2023 Landscape Architecture | Design | Research
This portfolio exhibits my recent work in Landscape Architecture and Design in academic and professional environments.
Ranging from the large, territorial scale to the small unit one, these projects address the relationships between the built environment and natural systems. With a focus on climate adaptation and resiliency strategies.
Ultimately, I seek to foster better relationships between people and nature trough design.
For participatory design, exhibition, research, and adiltional work, please visit aoteiza.com
Angélica Oteiza | aoteiza.com
MLA 2023. Harvard Graduate School of Design. BArch 2017. Tecnológico de Monterrey.
aoteiza@gsd.harvard.edu
oteiza.angelica@gmail.com
(+1) 617 685 9204
year type site team advisor
Recharge + Regional Economic and Water Autonomy Plan
2023
Academic Apan Valley, Mexico
Arty Vartanyan
Lorena Bello
description
Economic and water autonomy plan for the Apan Valley, paired with nature-based restoration strategies for water recharge in the Cuatlaco River Basin.
Recharge+ looks at the water cycle at different scales and altitudes, pondering the impact that industrial activity on the Apan Basin has on it. The actions and consequences at each scale compound and influence the larger scale order.
The project seeks to extend the RAMSAR protection status of the Tlacomulco lagoon to the rest of the hydric, therefore protecting the Cuatlaco river basin and the adjacent forest.
DIAGNOSIS
This cycle is one small part of the larger whole of smaller parts. The actions and implications in each scale compound and influence the larger scale order.
LAKE SHRINKING OVER TIME
WATER EXTRACTION POINTS
DIAGNOSTIC SECTION; TRANSECT RELATIONSHIPS
The project seeks to extend the RAMSAR protection status of theTlacomulco lagoon to the rest of the system that allows it to exist, therefore protecting the Cuatlaco river basin and the adjacent forest.
An additional land use buffer that incentivizes alternatives to monoculture economies on existing agricultural plots trough the introduction of a forestry economy that promotes reforestation and highaltitude crop polyculture.
CUATLACO RIVER MASTER PLAN
PLAN; SITE 01
VISION: 01. AGROFORESTRY 02. FOREST LAB
description
Unveiled City
Neighborhood Resiliency and Rewilding Strategy
Rosalea MonacellaThe project looks at hardscapes, in particular the asphalt coverage in the city as a missed opportunity for healthy ecosystems and climate adaptation.
The proposed system targets sea level rise trough the creation of seasonal sponge-garden wetlands, in the existing urban fabric. The project tackles the risks associated with sea level rise as well as those of land use and cover change for both the human and non-human inhabitants of the neighborhood.
year type site
advisor
Negotiating Resiliency
Street Resiliency Strategy for Climate Adaptation
2023
Academic
Manhattan, New York City
Bas Smets
description
Design of street adaptation system for the mitigation of risks related to sorm surge flooding and cloudburst events. The system negotiates between urban life (zoning) and natural systemsin risk prone areas.
A modular, hybrid streetscape is proposed, bringing a healthier safer and more resilient steet system to the city.
LAND USE + DENSITY ANALYSIS
CONCEPT PROPOSAL
PROPOSED TYPOLOGIES
SESONALITY STUDY
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Wastescapes
Material Exploration on Landscape Formation
year type site advisor
2023
Academic Boston, Ma
Robert Pietrusko
description
Sites of material extraction and accumulation. An exploration of the interaction between land reclamation, landfills and sea level rise in the Boston Metropolitan Area.
The project explores these topics trough our relationship to consumption, waste and the subsequent landscape formation. See full project at aoteiza.com
