LA PORTFOLIO / 2016 - 2019
BRANDON ZAMBRANO
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDENT / JUNIOR
PROFESSIONAL STATEMENT
EDUCATION
My passion is to elevate the way I think about the cohabitation between humans and nature. To coexist harmoniously.
2016 - 2018
LOCATION
RESEARCH
OMAHA, NE
2018
BRANDON.ZAMBRANO101@GMAIL.COM +1(402)4524989 issuu.com/brandon.zambrano SOFTWARE SKILLS
WORK EXPERIENCE 2017-2019
REFERENCES
AMERICAN CONCRETE PRODUCTS CO. Production Laborer - Carpenter
Understanding plans to set up molds for pre-cast concrete retaining walls, sound walls, and underground vaults.
CATHERINE DE ALMEIDA
Assistant Professor University of Nebraska Lincoln cdealmeida2@unl.edu
2018 CASE STUDY INVESTIGATION (CSI)
Worked with the Landscape Architecture Foundation, colleague Hannah LoPresto, Professor Catherine De Almeida, and firm liaisons to publish two projects for the Landscape Performance Series: • Tom Hanafan River’s Edge Park by Sasaki • P Street Corridor by Design Workshop More information on the work can be found on: landscapeperformance.org/case-study-briefs /P-street or /Tom-hanafan
CONTACT
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Auto-CAD Rhinoceros GIS V-ray Lumion
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA - LINCOLN Bachelors of Landscape Architecture - Graduate 2020
2014 - 2016
JAY GOULD
CANTINA LAREDO Server Assistant - Host
Communicating with customers, and managing tables.
Plant Manager American Concrete Product Co. +14023315775 LANGUAGES BILINGUAL
ENGLISH AND SPANISH
CONTENT
Avery² University of Nebraska - Lincoln Plaza Project
Rolling Hills Site Systems Engineering
Orchard Hill Omaha, NE Tactical Urbanism Project
AutoSCAPE Gering, NE Corridor Project
ABOUT THE PROJECT
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University of Nebraska - Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska Plaza Project Group Members: Kaitlin Heckman, Jarrett Austin
This project was our first attempt on site design within the context of a college campus. It begins with researching what plaza’s are and what rules and principles their are towards designing this type of landscape. The site’s existing conditions had poor storm management and was incapable of handling large amounts of traffic. Our task was to regrade the site in order to accommodate heavy rain flow, and to capitalize on the heavy traffic and organize foot traffic. Our class discussed American Urbanist, William Whyte who is famous for his research in studying spaces within an urban environment. As well as met with the campus landscape architect to understand the certain restrictions and necessities regarding safety and efficiency. The final result was an increase in stormwater capture by incorporating permeable surfaces, newly planted trees, and an increase in sittable space from landscapeforms.
RESEARCH + ANALYSIS
AVERY PLAZA
STUDENT HOUSING
FRATERNITY ROW
ARTS + SCIENCES
SUITES + HOUSING
CIRCULATION
SURROUNDING CONTEXT
MATH + ENGLISH
LOW POINT 4%
3%
73
2% 7%
6.7% 31.8%
2%
FFE 76.30
2%
74
2% LP 73.68
5%
LP 73.68 74
74
2% 2% TW 79.20 BW 76.90
2% 75
77
3%
78
%
79
HIGH POINT
FFE 78.30
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
75
2% 78
79
9.6
75
76
2% 2%
2%
STORMWATER ISSUES
TW 79.20 BW 76.90
LP 73.68 74
TS 78.15
5%
2%
79
FFE 76.30
INTERPRETATION OF GRID
SUN STUDY ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS + INTERPRETATION
9AM
12PM
3PM
JANUARY
9AM
12PM
3PM
MAY
9AM
12PM
3PM
AUGUST
PERMEABLE PAVING WITHIN PLAZA SEATING SPACES
TYPICAL 9X9’ CONCRETE SCORING PATTERN
RESIZING OF A 9X9’ INTO HALVES FOR A NEW SCORING PATTERN.
PERMEABLE PAVING WITHIN PLAZA SEATING SPACES
METAL EDGING TO KEEP MOISTURE IN AND MAINTAIN LOOK
PROCESS + INTEGRATION
PRE - AVAILABLE SEATING
19 POSSIBLE SEATS
35% INCREASE
ADDED 56 SEATS
60% COVERAGE
INCREASED 295%
POST AVAILABLE SEATING
POST PERMEABLE SURFACES
PRE - PERMEABLE SURFACES
25% COVERAGE
PATTERN + ELEVATIONS
AVERY HALL
1:20
OLD FATHER HALL
BURNETT HALL
2%
TALL HEDGES
SMALL SHRUBS
LAWN/GRASS
PLANTING ASSEMBLY
BOXWOOD
JAPANESE BARBERRY
STAR MAGNOLIA
NATIVE PRAIRIE MIX
SWAMP WHITE OAKS
PERMEABLE PAVERS
AVERY²
GRADING PLAN
1
ZAMBRANO + ASSOCIATES 2 4%
3%
Avery Squared Plaza University of Nebraska Lincoln
3
73
2% 7%
4 FFE 76.30
6.7% 31.8%
2%
5
2%
74
2%
5%
LP 73.68 74
LP 73.68
6
74
LEGEND
2% 2% TW 79.20 BW 76.90
2% 75
FFE 76.30
2%
TS 78.15
EXISTING MAJOR TOPOGRAPHY EXISTING MINOR TOPOGRAPHY PROPOSED MAJOR TOPOGRAPHY PROPOSED MINOR TOPOGRAPHY
FFE 78.30
75
74
8
PROPOSED TREE 2%
2% 2%
70.00
Name: Brandon Zambrano Date: October 14, 2018
SLOPE SPOT ELEVATION
Drawing Set:
79
2%
2%
TW BW
79
77
9
%
3%
TS BS
TOP OF WALL BOTTOM OF WALL TOP OF STEP BOTTOM OF STEP
AVERY PLAZA Sheet Title:
SITE GRADING PLAN
79
9.6
10
Revisions:
EXISTING TREE
75
76
TW 79.20 BW 76.90
LP 73.68
79
74 75
5%
LP 73.68
7
Sheet No.
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CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
1
ZAMBRANO + ASSOCIATES 2
LEAVES TO BE 41" ABOVE FINISH GRADE
PRUNE AND REMOVE DEAD AND BROKEN BRANCHES
SAW CUT CONTROL JOINT, SEE PLAN FOR JOINTING PATTERN
SEALANT
COMPACTED SUBGRADE
CONCRETE
1'-4"
1 " 2
ITHACA BLEND SOIL - SPECIFIED PLANTING MIX
Avery Squared Plaza University of Nebraska Lincoln
UNITE AND ROLL BACK BURLAP FROM 1/3MIN. OF ROOT BALL. CUT AND REMOVE EVERYTHING ACCEPT BURLAP.
1"
1"
AMENDED PLANTING SOIL, TYP SCARIFY BOTTOM & SIDES OF HOLE PRIOR TO PLANTING, TYP
5' RING OF 4' SPECIFIED SHREDDED BARK MULCH
EXP. JOINT
5"
ORGANIC MULCH, TYP
6"
PLANT SHALL BE SET AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE ESTABLISHED FINISH GRADE
MEDIUM BROOM FINISH
3
REMOVE CONTAINER FROM ROOT BALL, SCORE ROOT BALL
FINISHED GRADE
SCARIFY SIDE AND BOTTOM OF TREE PIT TO PREVENT GLAZING OF SUBGRADE.
1 " 2
4
A1 5
A2
TYPICAL CONCRETE JOINT NOT TO SCALE
6
A3
DECIDUOUS TREE PLANTING NOT TO SCALE
SHRUB PLANTING NOT TO SCALE
PRAIRIE PLANTING MIX (SEE PLANTING PLANS)
CUSTOM STEEL BIKE RACK
1 4"
STEEL EDGING, 1" REVEAL ABOVE FINSHED GRADE
81째 C.I.P CONCRETE SHOE
7
PAVERS OR PLANTING AREA
LAWN, TYP
30'
EQ
EQ
EQ
REBAR C.I.P CONCRETE RAMP 3 4"
162째
6"
SUBSOIL
2"
EQ
3 8"
AGGREGATE
COMPACTED SUBGRADE
Name: Brandon Zambrano Date: October 26, 2018
10"
1'
R3"
131째
1 21" DIA STEEL HANDRAILS UNDISTURBED OR COMPACTED SUB GRADE
8
LAG BOLT
110째
10"
PLANTING SOIL
Revisions:
Drawing Set:
A4
9
A5
ALUMINUM EDGING NOT TO SCALE
A6
RAMP WITH STEEL RAILING NOT TO SCALE
AVERY PLAZA
CUSTOM BICYCLE RACK
Sheet Title:
NOT TO SCALE
DETAIL SHEET 10 Sheet No.
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B
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L-501
ABOUT THE PROJECT
ROLLING HILLS Site Systems I Professor Kim Wilson
For this project we were given a proposed parking lot and tennis court that would need to be regraded to fit the site’s existing topography. Our class was taught: Vertical and Horizontal road alignment Hight Points and Low Points Balancing Cut and Fill Interpolating Slope Percentages Locate Culverts Calculating Runoff in cubic feet per sec. In the end, the Rolling Hills Project went through many interpretations from placing new grades to red lines then checked by our very own professor Kim Wilson. Although this project was difficult to tackle, I am glad the project was completed. It has taught me patience and the importance of grading.
806
804 802
800
798
796
794
3.5%
8
798
80
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800
79
790
790
3.5%
804
802
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5.0%
1:3
LP 789.44
804
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810
5.0%
810.45 I.E.
812
5.0%
813.89
814.15
784.79 I.E.
784
LP 811.52
812.60
813.00
4.0%
CMP
811.80
811.80
812.60
806
810.45 I.E. CMP LP 811.52
808
HP 812.40
810.60 I.E.
812 814
810.60 I.E.
786
810
4.0%
HP 811.98
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%
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CMP
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785.09 I.E.
802
816
788
.5%
4.0%
HP 814.02
.5%
804
814.41
814.14
813.34 T.C.
812.84 B.C. 812.68 B.C.
816.18 T.C.
5.0%
2.0%
5.0%
10.0%
792
4.0%
2.0%
806
2.0%
790
814
HP 814.26
4.0%
2.0%
814.40 814.42
LEGEND
814.40
81
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814.68
808
815.08
794
LP 811.46
814.64 B.C. 816.46 T.C.
815.14 T.C.
5.0%
814.64
HP 816.56
815.08 2.0%
816.46 T.C.
5.0%
TC
TOP OF CURB
BC
BOTTOM OF CURB
HP
5.0%
800
798
5.0%
796
810
815.96 B.C. 2.0%
TENNIS COURT, PARKING LOT, ROAD 816.00
SPOT ELEVATION SLOPE
HIGH POINT
EXISTING TOPOGRAPHY 10FT
LP
LOW POINT
IE
INVERT ELEVATION
HP
HIGH POINT
LP
LOW POINT
CMP
CORRUGATED METAL PIPE
EXISTING TOPOGRAPHY 2FT PROPOSED GRADING 10FT PROPOSED GRADING 2FT CENTERLINES SHOULDER CULVERT PROPERTY LINE TREES - REMAIN
PROTECT TREES LISTED AS REMAINING CONTOUR INTERVALS ARE 2FT ROAD HAS A 2% CROWN, 4% SHOULDER GRADE INSIDE PROPERTY LINE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ALL SIDE WALKS HAVE A 2% CROSS SLOPE
TREES- REMOVE
ALL SIDE SLOPES ARE 3:1 MAX
DWG. NO. SITE SYSTEMS II: SITE ENGINEERING
SCALE:
1'0"=30'0" MAY 23, 2018
L1-01
6
COURSE:
DATE:
80
4+50
804
4+00
802
0 80
3+50
796
3+00 798
794
2+50
SCHEMATIC DESIGN FOR ROLLING ORCHARD RECREATION AREA
BRANDON ZAMBRANO
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5+
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792
808
%
3.0
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5.0%
790
810
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812
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LEGEND: TC
812
BOTTOM OF CURB HIGH POINT
LP
LOW POINT
IE
INVERT ELEVATION
HP
HIGH POINT
LP
LOW POINT
CMP
CORRUGATED METAL PIPE
6+00
5+50
HP 5+62.50
PVI 5+25
5+00
4+50
4+00
3+00
3+50
L=150' (VC No 3) LOW POINT ELEV = 810.91 LOW POINT STATION = 5+62.50 PVI = 5+25 PVI ELEV = 809.54
PVI 2+50
LP 2+25
2+00
L=100' (VC No 2) LOW POINT ELEV = 793.65 LOW POINT STATION = 2+25.45 PVI = 2+50 PVI ELEV = 795.38
1+50
1+00
PVI 0+75
814
LP 0+87.50
0+50
0+00
L=100' (VC No 1) LOW POINT ELEV = 789.53 LOW POINT STATION = 1+01.81 PVI = 1+50 PVI ELEV = 790.50
TOP OF CURB
BC HP
TENNIS COURT, PARKING LOT, ROAD 816.00
SPOT ELEVATION SLOPE EXISTING TOPOGRAPHY 10FT EXISTING TOPOGRAPHY 2FT PROPOSED GRADING 10FT PROPOSED GRADING 2FT CENTERLINES SHOULDER CULVERT PROPERTY LINE
-2%
810
TREES - REMAIN
+6%
808
NOTES:
806
804
802
TREES- REMOVE
800
PROTECT TREES LISTED AS REMAINING
798
CONTOUR INTERVALS ARE 2FT
796
+8.2%
ROAD HAS A 2% CROWN, 4% SHOULDER
794
GRADE INSIDE PROPERTY LINE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
-2.8%
792
ALL SIDE WALKS HAVE A 2% CROSS SLOPE
+5.6%
790
ALL SIDE SLOPES ARE 3:1 MAX
+0.1% 788
BRANDON ZAMBRANO
VERTICAL/HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT FOR ROLLING ORCHARD RECREATION AREA
811.65
EVC 811.50
811.23
HP 810.91
PVI 810.16
809.12
BVC 805.76
803.08
798.45
EVC 798.08
PVI 794.00
LP 793.65
EVC 792.61
PVI 789.81
BVC 789.28 LP 789.53
LP 789.66
PVI 789.44
789.44
PVI 789.44
786
DWG. NO. PROFESSOR: KIM WILSON COURSE: SCALE: DATE:
SITE SYSTEMS II: SITE ENGINEERING 1/2"=1'0" JUNE 22, 2018
L1-03
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Omaha Municipal Land Bank Omaha, NE Tactical Urbanism Project Group Members: Katelyn Nimic, Ian Mertlik
Tactical Urbanism is a term used by professionals for activating a temporary space within a built environment, typically they are low-cost and intended to improve the social environment and environmental integrity within a city. What this project aims to do is give a sense of identity and decrease vacancy rates. We worked with the Omaha Municipal Land Bank (OMLB) a local non-profit. The organization works on acquiring properties or vacant lots that have been neglected, misused, or abandoned to renovate them or transfer them to neighborhood driven owners or for future developers. Our studio was assigned the Orchard Hill neighborhood within North Omaha. The site is a low income neighborhood, with a high unemployment rate, and high vacancies. Our group was given a low budget of about $5,000 - $7000 and three sites of different scales to be analyzed and designed into temporary spaces that are activated throughout the year.
SITE 3
SITE 2
SITE 1
ORCHARD HILL NEIGHBORHOOD
CONTEXT
3.4 ACRES
1 ACRE
0.4 ACRES
UNDERSTANDING VACANCIES THROUGH MAPPING
Art Food Supermarkets
25
Schools Parks Sites
100’ 0
Walk-ability Score
0’
50’
VIEWS AND DEFINED SPACE
CIRCULATION
TOPOGRAPHY
ORCHARD HILL NEIGHBORHOOD
INDIVIDUAL DESIGN PROCESS
3.4 ACRES
KIT OF PARTS
STRINGED LIGHTS
PICNIC TABLES
PERFORMANCE STAGE
FOOD INCUBATOR
HANGING PLANTS PAVILION
WOODEN PALLET SEATING
FIREPIT + CHAIRS
KIT OF PARTS ASSEMBLY
STRING LIGHTS $100
WOODEN PALLET SEATING $4000
THE FIREPITS + ADIRONDACK CHAIRS $900
FOOD INCUBATORS $6740
WOODEN SPOOLS + TREE STUMPS $500
HANGING PLANTS PAVILION $2870
REMOVAL OF FENCE $100
SEASONAL CHANGE
WINTER
December Winter Festival Light Show Ice Skating Rink January Winter Festival New Years Festival Black History Month February Winter Festival Lovers Delight
SPRING
March Green Healthy Foods Saint Patrick Day April April Fools Spring Herb Gardening September Veterans Day Picnic
FALL
October Octoberfeast Tricky Treats Locals Potluck Ghost Stories November Octoberfeast May Herb Garden Workshop Cook Workshop Cinco De Mayo June Campfire Local Live Music Taco Tuesdays Fitness with Greens Thirsty Thursdays
SUMMER
July Campfire Local Live Music Taco Tuesdays Fitness with Greens Thirsty Thursdays August Last Day of Summer Picnic Fitness with Fresh Fruit from the
ORCHARD H LL
ABOUT THE PROJECT
SCAPE
Gering, NE Corridor Project Group Members: Katelyn Nimic, Kaitlin Heckman
For our last studio project with Professor Catherine De Almeida we focused on designing a new corridor to help capitalize new development as well as create a pedestrian friendly atmostphere. First, our group went on a site visit to Gering to meet with future stakeholders and the city. It was one of our first times visiting a site outside of our city and had to some investigation on the terrain, weather, and existing infrustructure and built environment. The conditions were rough... from little to no vegetation, to dangerous wide streets that are unfit for people to thrive. Autoscape ties in the pre-existng industrial historical context of Gering, NE with new landscape performance strategies to help improve the quality of life for future city duelers. By combining both the new and the old the landscape then begins to development its own identity through the implementation with native plantings, repurposed auto parts, and gathering spaces for food, beverage, and outdoor activity.
SITE CONTEXT
10TH STREET CORRIDOR - GERING, NE
SCOTTSBLUFF
TERRYTOWN
GERING
I think it’s a much more interesting design problem to take on the question of how you integrate the pedestrian and human scale environments with the car and the automobile scale. How do they coexist? - Peter Calthorpe Principle of Calthorpe Associate and co-founder of Congress for the New Urbanism
ANALYSIS + INTERPRETATION
4 lane road with median. Accommodates heavy traffic.
Each lane is 12’ Total PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS
street Measures about 64’ with 5’ sidewalks
Little to no vegetation along the whole corridor Parking looks open
North Lot
Microbrewery Patio Open Court Paintball Arena
Street Diet
Travel Lanes reduced from 13ft to 10ft Sidewalk increased to 10ft wide Increased stormwater management strategy.
PURPOSED DESIGN
South Lot
Outdoor Cafe Food Truck/Vendor Parking Activity Space Green Space Sound Buffer
STREET SECTION AXON + PLANTING TRANSITION RIGHT TURN ONLY LANE STORMWATER INLET
DECREASE DRIVEWAY PAVEMENT
START OF STREET DIET
RAINGARDEN
UNDERSTORY PLANTING BEDS
STREET TREES
Street Trees
Planting Beds
Raingarden
Box Elder Tree Hackberry Bur Oak Trees
Karl Forester Stiff Goldrod Pineleaf Pinstemmon Blue False Indigo Heath Aster
Switchgrass Plains Oval Sedge Prairie Dropseed
NORTH LOT DESIGN
WINTER
EVENT CALENDAR
BEER
SPRING
KYARD PAINTBALL HA YRID LS JUN TIVA E S E F
NOWBALL FIGHT SLED DING
ALL EASTER EGG D PAINTB HUN KYAR T JUN
FALL
ING S SKAT E C I
ICESKATING RINK EVENT
FESTIVAL CAR SHOW
SUMMER
ANNUAL CAR SHOW
JUNKYARD PAINTBALL ARENA
JUNKYARD SNOWBALL FIGHT
SOUTH LOT DESIGN
DELI PARKING OFF SIDE
Public Space
BAKERY CAFE
SCULPTURES AREA PLAZA AND VENDOR SPACE
HEIGHT TO LOW
Private Space
DENSITY TREE CANOPY (BUFFERS SOUND FROM RAILROAD)
PAINTED STRIP BEFORE RAILROAD CROSSING
AUTOSCAPE (SOUTH LOT)
AUTOSCAPE (NORTH LOT)