ARTURO HERNANDEZ
SANGREGORIO landscape architecture portfolio | 2015
I was born and raised in Colombia, and have resided in the United States for over 10 years. This opportunity has provided me with a versatile personality, capable of adapting to different environments and situations, as well as a broader perspective into some of the issues our society faces and how to approach them. This portfolio contains a selection of works that represent my capabilities as a designer, and my strong interest for creating resiliency-oriented solutions conscious of context and culture for our rapidly changing world.
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HER NANDEZ SANGREGORIO
EDUCATION.
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture, Cum Laude
2015
Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany Studio Abroad
2013
Bergen Community College Associate of Arts, Fine and Performing Arts
2012
EXPERIENCE.
Rutgers, Department of Landscape Architecture Teaching Assistant - Visualization II Responsible for offering course and lab support, and assisting with software tutoring including AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
Spring 2015
Rutgers, Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability Community Surveyor and Liaison Worked in conjunction with Isles Inc. in collaboration with the Trenton Neighborhood Restoration Campaign in conducting the first comprehensive field survey of Trenton, New Jersey. Additionally served as a community liaison for outreach purposes, and provided Spanish language translations.
July 2014
Rutgers, Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability Designer, Community Outreach, Translator Participated in several community outreach events in the city of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, which informed the design of a new municipal park in a previously abandoned brownfield site. Additionally, worked on the conceptual design stages and created an identity for the up-and-coming project.
May/June 2014
HONORS & AWARDS.
- Dean’s List/Cum Laude Honors: 3.65 GPA - Sigma Lambda Alpha Landscape Architecture Honor Society - Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, State of NJ - NAIOP Student Design Competition 1st Place - Roy H. DeBoer International Travel Grant (Colombia 2014) - SEBS Summer International Studies Scholarship (Germany 2013) - Adler International Scholarship (Germany 2013)
ACTIVITIES.
asla, NJ Student Chapter Vice President (2014-2015) Junior Representative (2013 2014)
*References upon request
SKILLS.
SOFTWARE. - AutoCad - Adobe Illustrator - Adobe InDesign - Adobe Photoshop - ArcGIS - Rhinoceros 3D - VRay other. - Model Building - Public Speaking - Hand Rendering - Spanish: Fluent - Italian: Basic 2
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DINOSAURS TO DIAMONDS COMPETITION
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THE BERM: LITTLE FERRY’S LAST RESORT?
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MONMOUTH VERSUS CLIMATE CHANGE
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THIS PLACE USED TO BE A PARKING LOT!
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DESIGN WORKSHOP: GESUNDBRUNNEN
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TRANSFORMING AN EMPTY PARCEL INTO AN URBAN OASIS
INTEGRATING OPEN SPACES WITH FLOOD PROTECTION
AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO REGIONAL RESILIENCY
RE-ENVISIONING A RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PARKING AREA
CONSIDERING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SITE & CONTEXT
ADDITIONAL WORKS AND PROJECTS TECHNICAL DRAWINGS MODEL BUILDING PHOTOGRAPHY
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DINOSAURS TO DIAMONDS COMPETITION
TRANSFORMING AN EMPTY PARCEL INTO AN URBAN OASIS For the first annual NAIOPNJ Student Real Estate Competition in 2015, proposals were being accepted for an office development project located in the Iselin portion of Woodbridge Township. The Township is interested in creating a sustainable office building and surrounding landscape which will bring both economic and health benefits to both the surrounding corporate areas and local community. In our proposal we have incorporated a series of Landscape elements which, working alongside the contemporary architecture, provide various spaces which will encourage interaction and serve as a stage where business relationships can be forged across professions.
Collaboration with Newcome Edwards and Mark Bauer
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SITE ANALySIS
EXISTING conditions + oBserVations
The Metropark Train Station which brings in thousands of commuters into the corporate office park daily is located in close proximity to the site.
Traffic along the Middlesex Essex Turnpike is a problem, especially during rush hour. The intersection at South Wood ave. is also problematic, and the access points into the site only worsen the situation.
FIGURE Ground diaGraM Open Space & Green Surfaces
BASF has expressed interest in leasing a considerable amount of office space in new development. About 75,000 sq.ft. out of the 295,000 sq.ft. proposed for the overall proposed development.
Paved & Hard Surfaces
Currently a big area of the parcel is made up of surface parking that serves the employees of the BASF corporate park.
Buildings & Structures
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01 MATERIAL iMpacts BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES
The existing structures and buildings adjacent to the site are of office related purposes, and their aesthetics do not add a positive or inviting character to this location.
TREES/vEGETATION
The trees and vegetation located southeast of the parcel along the south branch river serve as a screen of sorts, but they also provide a pleasant backdrop to the site.
SOFT SURFACES
The green surfaces not only enhance the aesthetic appeal of the site and its surroundings, but also add permeable surfaces to the location thus decreasing surface water runoff.
HARD SURFACES
The majority of the parcel allocated for re-development is comprised of surface parkings, roads, and connecting paths. These surfaces contribute to higher levels of surface water runoff and possible site floodings.
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DESIGN DEvELOPMENT
CONCEPT: separation of office BuildinG froM parKinG
Building located closest to street to ease access to users who arrive at the Metropark train station.
Parking structure located towards the back of the site. Uses existing roads/ paths for access.
CONCEPT: iMpleMentation of ‘GreenWaY’ connection
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Greenway to serve as both connection between building and parking deck, and as a place of relaxation for users.
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01 SPATIAL laYout diaGraM
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Surface Parking
Building Site
1 Site access from street
Pedestrian Greenway
2 Loading dock for proposed building
Parking structure 3 Proposed parking deck access
GREENWAy circulation + relaXation
Building & Parking Deck
Rest + Relax
Greenway Circulation
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DESIGN DEvELOPMENT MASTER plan
EXECUTIvE PARKING
Even though surface parking areas increase surface water runoff, a non sustainable practice, this design recognizes the necessity to include a small amount of it to accommodate executive and handicapped users, as well as other miscellaneous services such as package/post deliveries.
PROPOSED BUILDING
The new office building is to integrate a variety of mixed uses to increase revenue and provide users with amenities such as small cafes, restaurants, and other services. All this while incorporating the latest sustainable technologies like green roofs for storm water capture and reuse.
PEDESTRIAN GREENWAy
The existing surface parking is to be replaced with a green, parklike connection at the core of the site to link the parking deck and the new building. This design intervention is envisioned as a place for users to relax away from their desks, and enjoy pleasant green settings in an otherwise gray environment.
GENERAL PARKING DECK
Plenty of parking is required to accommodate all the users within the new development. The existing surface parking will be relocated towards the back of the site. The distance is only a short walk away for the target users. Parking decks are more sustainable than surface parking.
PROPOSED BuildinG shape + MassinG
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01 PERSPECTIvES
View of proposed building from Greenway
View of proposed parking deck from Greenway
Picnic/meadow area
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THE BERM: LITTLE FERRY’S LAST RESORT?
INTEGRATING OPEN SPACES WITH FLOOD PROTECTION Little Ferry’s need for extensive protection along the Hackensack riverfront calls for the implementation of strategies to protect the town from future flood events. A 15 feet berm would meet the height requirement to protect the township against such issues, however it would also intensify the disconnection between the town’s inhabitants and the water’s edge. The purpose of this design is to increase the berm’s functionality instead of having it be simply a wall to protect the town against the tides. This resiliency mechanism would then fold as parkland along the Hackensack river by maximizing open space on the berm, as well as around it. The berm would then fulfill not only the purpose of protecting Little Ferry against future flood events, but also aid in reconnecting the people back to the waterfront.
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THE BERM MASTERPLAN
Multiuse field
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oVerlooK
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hideouts
MeadoW
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aMphitheater
ferris Wheel shops
pier
fishinG decK
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SECTION a - a’ SCALE: 1” = 10’
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SECTION B - B’ SCALE: 1” = 10’
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EXPERIENCE THE BERM BERM spatial proGraMMinG
RELAX
ENGAGE
EXPLORE
WALK
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THE BERM
02 BERM eleMents
SEATING
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FOOD/vENDORS LIGHTING
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GRILLS GARBAGE DISPOSAL
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TEMPORARy INSTALLATIONS
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RESTROOMS
SIGNAGE
TABLES BIKE ACCESS
SEATING
FOOD + VENDORS
LIGHTING
GRILLS
GARBAGE DISPOSAL
BIKE ACCESS
TEMP. INSTALLATIONS
SIGNAGE
RESTROOMS
TABLES
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THE OvERLOOOK
View of the pier from the overlook with its most prominent feature, the Little Ferry’s Ferris wheel, imposing its presence in the Meadowlands.
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Little Ferry residents and outsiders enjoying the many amenities found at the pier.
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THE PIER
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MONMOUTH VERSUS CLIMATE CHANGE AN ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO REGIONAL RESILIENCY
The process of making a more resilient Monmouth County begins by identifying towns that can be re-zoned while allowing residents to remain within their communities. Frequency of flooding and space limitations within municipalities restrict the areas that are considered at risk. Opportunity areas are defined as those that can be re-densified, such as commercial and residential zones, and recreational fields that can be moved into new floodable park zones. These changes will be implemented through new and modified zoning, persuading residents to relocate from at-risk areas through the use of offgrid power or alternative power incentives, and encouraging redevelopment in areas of less imminent danger. These zoning strategies can be applied to municipalities that are adjacent to lakes, rivers, bay, and ocean. On a municipality basis, areas can be assessed to evaluate possibilities of relocating households within risk areas to opportunity areas. In the new developed areas, back up emergency power will be encouraged and incentivized, providing a more stable power source to the communities in the near future. This plan takes into account a slow change through zoning codes, providing a gradual transition into safer coastal living. Floodable parkland provides new opportunities for community engagement while protecting residents from flooding.
Collaboration with James Cocorles, Ellen Gallagher, and Scott Miller
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HURRICANE SANDY’S IMPACT MONMOUTH : URBAN DEVELOPMENT FABRIC
KEANSBURG
RED BANK
ASBURY PARK
LEGEND
Residential | High Density Residential | Medium Density Residential | Low Density Residential | Rural | Single Unit
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Commercial | Services Industrial Other Urban Mixed Urban
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The three townships selected for this regional flood assessment - Keansburg, Red Bank, and Asbury Park- were carefully selected for analysis because of their different geography within the region, and individual municipal zoning. Keansburg is on the Raritan Bay, while Red Bank is located more inland on the Navesink River. Lastly, Asbury Park sits on the Atlantic Coast. Each one of these analyzed communities faced different levels of inundation during Super-storm Sandy, and will continue to face different levels of future risk as shown on the FEMA preliminary flood maps.
Overlaying FEMA preliminary data, flood zone data, and sea level rise predictions (6 feet) with the systems defined by the urban development, proved to be a great tool for identifying poor zoning and areas where development should not have happened at all. While changes to the other systems can be made, there is ample room for improvement and change within new or existing development to increase county-wide resiliency. Analyzing what areas lie on risk zones can help with future strategies against future flooding and storm events.
SANDY’S FLOODINGS
PROJECTED SEA LVL RISE
FEMA PRELIM. FLOOD ZONE
Keansburg
Red Bank
N Asbury Park
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FLOOD TyPOLOGIES + RESILIENCy REGIONAL flood diaGraM
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River or Lake
Bay
Infrastructure
Coastal
Not Analyzed
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RESILIENCy strateGies
Coastal Flooding
Redevelopment + Rezoning
Lake Flooding
Floodable Parkland
River Flooding
Protective Infrastructure
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CASE STUDy : BELMAR FLOODING tYpes
COASTAL floodinG
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L A K E floodinG
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R I v E R floodinG
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P O WER options incentiVe
RESILIENCy strateGies
REDEvELOP
reZ o ne
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FLOODABLE
Z o nes
REDEvELOPMENT + reZoninG
Existing
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Low Density Residential High Density Residential
Proposed
Mixed Use Commercial
Public Open Space Industrial
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Current condition coastal Belmar
Residential
Bathing Beach
SHORT BEACH
Applies to beaches between 160 feet to 260 feet
Commercial
Single Dune 130 ft.
Natural Beach
MEDIUM BEACH
Applies to beaches between 260 feet to 400 feet
Mixed Use
Single Dune 130 ft.
Bathing Beach
LONG BEACH
Applies where beach length is greater than 400 feet
Residential
Double Dune 270 ft.
Bathing Beach
EXISTING RIvER/LAKE
Current condition of inland Belmar
Residential
Park
PROPOSED RIvER/LAKE
Applies to any area vulnerable to frequent river or lake flooding
Residential
Floodable Parkland
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THIS PLACE USED TO BE A PARKING LOT!
RE-ENVISIONING A RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PARKING AREA
Blake Hall is the home of the Landscape Architecture Department at Rutgers University. Even though the building enjoys of a great location within one of the university’s most beautiful campuses, Cook, the back entrance of the building consists of a rather unsightly and uninviting parking surface with all sorts of drainage problems. This design re-envisions the paved area as a place where student, professors, and other Rutgers university users can continue to enjoy the beauty of the surrounding campus by reclaiming the impervious surface, and turning it back into its rightful state. It is only right for Landscape Architecture solutions to be proposed, after all, it is our backyard!
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RE-ENVISIONED PARKING LOT MASTERPLAN
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B’ METEOROLOGY
OLD BLAKE HALL
NEW BLAKE HALL
A The university re-envisions the parking lot that services the Meteorology building, as well as Old and New Blake Hall in Cook Campus as a green core in the new Rutgers University physical masterplan. The ever increasing need for parking spots on a university level calls for improvements on the parking issue somewhere else within campus. Re-locating faculty and staff parking to a more centralized area nearby would free up the space for the creation of a green ‘back-yard’ setting. This much needed improvement would provide all users, students and staff alike, with an area to gather and enjoy small lunch breaks, or serve as a secluded outside classroom whenever the weather allows it.
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SECTION B - B’
SCALE: 1” = 8’
SCALE: 1” = 8’
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PLANTING DESIGN PLANTING PLAN & SCHEDULE
SYMBOL 9 QA 2500 sq ft VI
400 sq ft CE
7 QA
600 sq ft CE
25 RC
20 RC
200 LI 5000 sq ft SOD
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TREES BN
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OTHER
1500 sq ft VI
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1000 sq ft CE
25 RC
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SYMBOL
BOTANIC NAME
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PLANT LIST
COMMON NAME
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SIZE
Betula Nigra
River Birch
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Quercus Alba
White Oak
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Carex Elata Ilex Glabra Liriope Rhododendron Catawbiense Vinca Minor Festuca Arundinacea
Tufted Sedge Inkberry Holly Lily Turf Catawba Rhododendron Vinca Tall Fescue
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1 gal. 1 gal. 1 gal. 1 gal. 1 gal. 5000 sq ft.
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Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
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DESIGN WORKSHOP: GESUNDBRUNNEN CONSIDERING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SITE & CONTEXT
The primary objective for this design workshop was to focus on the spatial relationships between past and present, and also those between the site, its surroundings, and context. By taking into consideration not only the site, but also the neighborhood it exists in, we were able to follow methodological design guidelines more openly. We analyzed situations and atmospheric and spatial phenomena leading up to, and away from the site; which would then be used to create a connection between the Gesundbrunnen train station, and everything that surrounds it. Drawing design inspirations from these atmospheric and spatial experiences was a great theme for the workshop, however also a bit challenging to work with as a basis as every person underwent different experiences throughout the walk.
Collaboration with Jana Grochowski and Svenja Schindler
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UNDERSTANDING CONTEXT CONTEXT eXploration: a WalK throuGh Berlin
S-TRAIN TRACKS NEARBY SCHÖNHAUSER ALLEE HUMBOLDTHAIN PARK AND S-TRAINSTATION PARKING DECK GESUNDBRUNNEN - CENTER BUNKER AT GESUNDBRUNNEN STATION PARK AT THE FORMER NORDBAHNHOF PANKSTRASSE TO BÖTTGERSTRASSE RAILWAYBRIDGE GARTENSTRASSE PARKSTRIP ALONG THE PANKE FLAK TOWER HUMBOLDTHAIN BORNHOLMER BRÜCKE BERNAUER STRASSE NORWEGERSTRASSE SCHWEDTER STEG MEYERS HÖFE GLEIMTUNNEL UFERHALLEN MAUERPARK
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© ERIC FISCHER
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Gesundbrunnen Station Plaza undergoing remodeling (Summer 2013)
Shopping Mall adjacent to Gesundbrunnen Station Plaza (Summer 2013)
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SPATIAL PHENOMENA
GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF SPATIAL PHENOMENA
Sheltered
Industrial
Overwhelming
Cross-section abstraction of walk The 3 spatial and atmospheric phenomena that guided our design were “Industrial”, “sheltered”, and “overwhelming”. A way to incorporate all 3 of the phenomena in the final design was to marry them all right in the center, which is where Gesundbrunnen train station and plaza are located in relationship to their neighborhood.
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05 MODEL EXPLORATION OF PHENOMENA
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FINAL DESIGN MASTERPLAN
Industrial Hill would create a barrier from the street for the people in the plaza, but to those on top of it, it would create a view of the Humboldhain park across the street.
The hill would feature a seating area that would also serve as steps to those interested in resting or meandering on top of it.
The most prominent feature would be a large pavilion-like structure that would serve as shelter from the sun and other elements in an otherwise bare plaza. This feature would be overwhelming in size, and have the same language as Industrial Hill.
SEATING / STAGE PAVILION
INDUSTRIAL HILL
SEATING
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ADDITIONAL WORKS AND PROJECTS TECHNICAL DRAWINGS
MODEL BUILDING PHOTOGRAPHY
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TECHNICAL DRAWINGS ARTURO HERNANDEZ
LAYOUT PLAN
11/18/2014 1” = 20’ - 0”
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ARTURO HERNANDEZ
DEMOLITION & REMOVALS PLAN 11/18/2014 1” = 20’ - 0”
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MODEL BUILDING
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PHOTOGRAPHY
*Nikon FM2 + Professional Film 51
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Thank you.
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