Carl Valdez Portfolio (2016-2017)

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CARL VALDEZ ARCHITECTURE_PORTFOLIO 2016-2017

Contents [ARCHITECTURE_PORTFOLIO] 2016-2017

Faculty of Architecture_Environmental Design (Landscape + Urbanism) [Project_01]

CONVERGENCE - the revitalization of Weston Shops + Dufferin Industrial

Design Studio (Fall 2016)

[Project_02]

CULTURE - shopping promenade & public market for a proposed multicultural neighborhood

Design Studio (Fall 2016)

[Project_03]

MODEL - site model of University of Manitoba’s Science Courtyard / materiality exploration

Site Morphology (Winter 2017)

[Project_04]

DAYCARE - living prairie daycare design / site planning and design

Site Planning (Winter 2017)

[Project_05]

NEIGHBORHOOD - revitalization of the Union Stockyards / urban planning and design

Principles of Urban Design (Winter 2017)

[Project_06]

REBIRTH - volcano dwelling and garden design / site planning and design

Site Planning (Winter 2017)

[Project_07]

THE TRAIL OF MEMORY - a trail and museum / community centre within a healing lodge

Design Studio (Winter 2017)

[Other works_Photography]

Photographs taken from iPhone / Sony NEX-7

[Other works_Sketches]

Sketches from Europe trip and design studio ideas

[Project_01] CULTURAL

ECOLOGICAL Our vision for the site is imagined on two fronts. One is our mission to provide a center for the north end which is separated from the rest of the city and lacks a large social landmark. This will provide a place for long time north-enders and newcomers to mingle and learn about each other through a variety of functions including: sports and recreation, foods services, multicultural markets, affordable residential and educational centers. The other is to reconnect the north end both to its surrounding neighborhoods on the other side of the site and to the rest of the city via the new light rail system, bike paths, and rapid transit that will flow from downtown making it easier to visit the area. It is our hope that this multicultural, exciting and vibrant north end hub becomes another destination for Winnipeggers from all areas of the city where they can find great food and commercial experiences as well as a place to learn relax and play while slowly removing the segregation our city currently displays.

RECREATIONAL / INDUSTRIAL

CONVERGENCE GROUP: CARL VALDEZ, MATTHEW PETERS, DANIEL TROJILLO. WESLEY KWONG

SOCIAL

EDUCATIONAL

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On the outskirts of the site away from the taller buildings of the center is this forested swampy marshland that serves as both a barrier to the heavier industrial area to the west and as a drainage and filtration and remediation zone. The edge of the ecological zone would be welcome to dog walkers and others seeking the seclusion of nature, while the core would be more for wild growth and a more marshy forest floor.

This area has two important functions. One is to provide safe and spacious fields for soccer and other sports intended to bring different groups of people together through common sporting knowledge and enjoyment of physical activity. The other is to keep the industrial sector alive in the area by providing a space for developers to move into and create a green and safe industrial zone as well as providing a wide education required variety of jobs for the surrounding community and recent immigrants to the area. Overall this area is made to build up the idea of the northern hub by having important infrastructure for the area.

A cultural hub in the form of a shopping centre and a public market aims to bring people into the site, encourage social cohesion and celebrate the city’s diverse cultures hrough various reasons such as arts & music, commerce, food, recreation, and various events. The remnants of the old railyard will be greatly preserved through the form of the public market, which will be housed by an old railyard shop, through the different spaces and shops housed in abandoned shipping containers, and through the form of the water feature and pedestrian paths which will be defined by the patterns of the old railroad tracks. The central station is located adjacent to the area in order to pull people in not just from the nearby residential areas, but from the rest of the city.

A plaza in the middle of the residential zone on site. Its main function is to be the community’s social center while being an attractive neighborhood to be and live in such as Osborne Village. As you move away from the plaza the buildings become more ordered and rigid unlike the immediate buildings surrounding it, creating a cozy atmosphere as you walk through the area. The plaza itself is to be a place of gathering both socially and for transportation. Bus stops and a light rail station border the plaza on the south side helping immediate dwellers and visitors go to and from the site.

The current railyard layout of the site is something we wanted to keep as an educational feature as well as a green space for the community. This section of the site would be seeded with prairie grasses and native trees and overgrown as a natural park space. Some train cars and locomotives would be left on the rails and outfitted for people to explore and learn as they journey through the park. The new light rail transit would be elevated and run overhead of the park showing the older system of freight train use on site beside the new passenger urban transportation service system. Overall, a space to be enjoyed by the entire community but a place the immediate community can claim as their own.

[Project_02]

Concert Stage

Museum

Event Sp

Active Trail

The project is a cultural hub, not only for the whole site, but also for the rest of the city. Remnants of the old railyard shops will be preserved through the form of shipping containers converted into shops that will house local businesses, parklets that can be used by shoppers to relax, and other functions, along a promenade as well as “art boxes” that would showcase art from diverse cultures, reflecting the city’s diversity. A water drainage feature, which will slowly drain stormwater from the ecological feature on the north western edge of the site into the river, will serve as an attraction on the site, pulling people in from nearby residential areas as well as people from all over the city. A public market, which becomes indoor or outdoor depending on the season, will be housed in an old railyard shop. An ‘active trail’ will also be present on the site. It will use the patterns of the tracks to define the trails and will become a connecting / transition space from the nearby forested area, industrial area, and sports fields. The vision is to have these spaces successfully work together in order to encourage social cohesion and the celebration of Winnipeg’s diverse culture.

CULTURAL INDIVIDUAL

Indoor Public Market

RECREATION Parking

Outdoor Public Market

pace

SHOPPING

ARTS & CULTURE Community Garden

FOOD Learning Sports / Events

Recreational

ICE SKATING

Active Trail

Promenade

This will serve as a connecting point between the plaza-like condition and the surrounding green spaces including the adjacent soccer fields, the forested area separating the industries from the cultural hub, and the recreational area.

The patterns of the old tracks define the formation of the pathways. This zone will reflect the condition of the promenade, but in an opposite environment and will attract ‘active’ people such as joggers and dog walkers

DAY RENDERING

Water Attraction / Drainage

This will serve 2 functions. This will serve as a passageway for stormwater collected from a nearby retention pond, which will then be filtered through the ecological zone on the north west edge of the site, and eventually be slowly drained into the river. This will also serve as an attraction for people visiting the site, with steps / seating surrounding the water feature.

During warmer seasons, children can play on the shallow waters. In the winter, it will serve as an ice trail which is divided into 3 parts: ice trail for learning, for events / sports, and for recreational skating.

Promenade Promenades surrounded by shipping containers converted into shops and other functions such as small performance spaces for local artists, restaurants, and parklets for people to relax, will be located on both sides of the water feature.

Stacked on top of these shops will be “art boxes� that will showcase art from different cultures. As people walk through the promenade, a series of different art would be visible from the art boxes, reflecting the diverse culture of the city.

Public Market

A public market will be present on the site in order to bring the convergence of cultures on the site through crafts and cuisine. An old railyard shop would be converted into an indoor public market that would house food stalls and shops for both local and international cuisine. Depending on the season, the stalls ,which are housed in shipping containers, can be pushed outdoors, and pushed back indoors in the winter. Community garden boxes will also be built around the tracks for vegetable and crop planting for market stall owners to use.

WINTER RENDERING

[Project_03]

Students were to explore materials and create a topographic of the University of Manitoba’s Science courtyard. Our group explored natural materials and ended up using twigs which was used for every element of the model. Using 3D modeling and the CNC machine, we were able to capture the feel and the ssence of being on the site with the use of twigs.

MODEL

GROUP: CARL VALDEZ, MATTHEW PETERS, DANIEL TROJILLO. WESLEY KWONG, CARL SOTOMIL

Representation of Elements Water and Topography

Trees

Road

Building

[Project_04] Berm

Play Area Vegetable Garden

Outdoor Seating Drop-off Area

Wetland Berm

Learning Area

Parking

The newly developed daycare will sit on the north-northeast side of the Living Prairie field for better access points for the communities surrounding it. This is the best location because it will have fewer disturbances on the landscape and it sits directly parallel to an existing street (Thompson Drive) so that new access routes would not be necessary for development. It is also perfectly situated beside the sporting field of Sturgeon Heights high school so that both the school and the daycare can benefit from each other’s resources.

DAYCARE

GROUP: CARL VALDEZ, MATTHEW PETERS, ABDUSELAM YUSSUF, HAIM CHERNYAKOV

To improve the longevity of the preserved prairie the group decided to eliminate certain pathways which doesn’t reduce efficiency of circulation. Most of the paths lead to important exit points on site, and to ensure people need not cut across the fields continuously. The site is also strategically placed so the existing bike path nearby can be easily accessed.

Existing parking on site exist for the use of either residents, the highschool or the church. To facilitate parking for the daycare a small parking lot is located east of the building. Existing facilities on the highschool grounds nearby could also be used for the use of the daycare children.

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Water drains to the southeast edge of the site and then onwards to the Assiniboine river as groundwater. As an additional way to aid learning at the daycare a wetland is planned to add another type of ecosystem to the surrounding, which is also where water collected from the daycare grounds drains to.

There are over 150 species of plants and trees on the site and the city of Winnipeg gives it a grade of an A in terms of ecological diversity. To minimize the impact on the landscape, grasses will be replanted on the site wherever possible as well as a small grove of native tree’s to distinguish the threshold between the prairie and the daycare.

excavation

water drainage

pathways

PROPOSED

buildings & parking

EXISTING

When construction begins, excavation will be necessary for the building footprint, small wetland and paved areas. a total of 700 m3 of top soil will be removed and reused elsewhere on site.

These areas include multiple berms and the green roofs. Also, the building will be set on a 0.3 m elevated platform in order to keep water away from the building.

[Project_05] Site Analysis The old Union Stockyards is a 400-acre area located within the neighborhood of St. Boniface in the eastern part of the city. The site is surrounded by medium to heavy industry to the north and east, and commercial and residential zones in the west and south. It is located just east of the city core — about a 10-minute drive, 20-minute bike, or 30-minute bus ride.1 Its proximity to downtown and its central location within St. Boniface makes it an ideal site for future development that will act as a catalyst for a more pedestrian-friendly connection of the neighborhood to the rest of the city.

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NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP: CARL VALDEZ & ABDUSELAM YUSSUF

PUBLIC

RAILROADS

BUILDINGS

RESIDENTIAL

RIVER

PARKS AND OPEN SPACES

ROADS PRO PO SE D SIT E

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We envision the site to be come a medium-low density and pedestrian-friendly neighborhood to encourage a vibrant and walkable connection between the core of the city and the eastern part of the city. This would be achieved through different elements including green corridors that would connect several green spaces between downtown and the site which would also accommodate pedestrian and bike paths to encourage a more active neighborhood. Commercial spaces would line the main roads and medium-low density housing will be placed in order to follow the current fabric of the neighborhood. However, as demand for housing rise due its proximity to downtown and employment opportunities, the remaining areas of the site would be able to accommodate higher density residential establishments.

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Commercial

Green Corridor

Med-Density Residential

1:500 Low-Density Residential

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DESIGN SUMMARY R E SID E NT IAL

T RANSPORTATION

C O M ME RCIAL

PARKS AN D OPEN SPACES

I N D U ST RIAL

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Fa m i ly

Fo li a ge

Bus Stop

Tec h Indus try

B a c h e lo r

Cycli ng

Retail

Agric ulture

S o c i al Spa ce s

Pe de st ri an

Groc ery

B a c kya rd Ac t i v i t i e s

No Ve hi cul ar Acce ss Ve hi cula r Acce ss

Wet l a nd

Res taurants Parking Av ail abl e

[Project_06]

Grass Cicadas

Themeda gigantea

Manila Tamarind

Pithecellobium dulce

Cogon Grass

Imperata cylindric

The volcanic contemplation garden is a place of journey, contemplation and rebirth. The garden is set into mountainous slope adjacent to the volcano and just outside a small village. A priest or missionary would occupy the building and provide a space for locals to gather, pray and contemplate. The garden has a cycle of rebirth which happens every few years which is beneficial to a few plants to be planted, while the others don’t really hurt from the act.

Most of the garden is to be a terraced public space with a grotto set into the hillside. This space would be surrounded by a variety of plants which enhance the space visually as well as a stream from the grotto ending in a pond. In the Private contemplation space for the resident, a small pond surrounded by planting beds for either flora or legumes depending on the residents choice. The space is covered by a canopy from tree’s which make the place more private, safe and tranquil. Overall the space is to be a destination of beauty, spirituality and pride for the resident and local visitors.

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REBIRTH

GROUP: CARL VALDEZ & MATTHEW PETERS

Barbary Fig

Ficus indica

Drumstick Tree Moringa oleifera

Wild Sugarcane

Saccharum spontaneum

MANILA

TAAL VOLCANO

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COURTYARD

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GROTTO

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Imperata cylindrica

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Wild Sugarcane

Saccharum spontaneum

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Barbary Fig

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Ficus Indica

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Manila Tamarind 5

Pithecellobium dulce

Grass Cicadas

Themeda gigantea

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CHURCH COURTYARD GROTTO VIEWING PLATFORMS

5 WATER / DRAINAGE The site is set into the side of a hill which makes the use of water runoff and interesting resource. The garden harnesses the water and funnels it into a moat around the grotto which then allows it to flow throughout the garden, which both provides irrigation to the planting beds and is a pleasing aesthetic feature. As it gows through the site, it will envoke a feeling of relaxation and solitude, enhancing the experience of going through the contemplation garden.

PLANTING PLAN

POND

The planting zones in this diagram represent a balance of shelter, privacy, aesthetics and function. Taller grass such as Themeda gigantean border the grotto and edges of the garden to provide privacy, trees are planted in the private garden to add an extra layer of both privacy and shelter. Ficus indica, a cactus plant, is mostly planted in areas which may have less water accumulation, this provides vegetation in hard to populate spots. Finally strips of Saccharum spontaneum indicum are placed as stages throughout the terraces in order to provide separation and beauty along the path to the grotto.

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BURN PHASES These zones are where the burning is to be done controllably.

Although all the plants are capable of returning to the garden these spots harbor the ones that will return the fastest.

The burning will be done in phases and will represent the regeneration of plants that often occur on the site due to the destruction by volcanic eruptions, as well as a symbolism of new life or rebirth when the plants start to grow back.

navalia

navalia lineata

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umstick Tree

ringa oleifera

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[Project_06] Entrance

confusion

hope

Event Space

Museum Ramp

Ceremonial Circ Lookout Point

Memorial Wall

control freedom Agony, darkness, and a feeling of being abandoned. This is what the survivors and victims of the Brandon Industrial Residential School felt as they lose connection from their families and their self-identity within the walls of the building. For almost 80 years, Aboriginal children experienced harsh treatment from the school officials, all within a harsher environment with lack of consideration to the children’s health and safety. Up to this day, survivors remember the nightmares of the site. The Trail of Memory, a conceptual idea of an interpretive path that subtly represents the history of the site using landscape design and vegetation through a journey, aims to serve as part of the survivors’ healing process towards hope and release from all the scars left by the residential schools. A dome building with an open hole in

the ceiling, will serve as the heart of the healing lodge. Along the walls of the building, names of the victims will be engraved and will serve as a memorial space for them. The space between the wall and the path will serve as a space for prayer and commemoration of the residential school victims. The design of the building aims to be a simple and subtle representation of hope and looking into the future by taking in the beauty of the surrounding landscape, looking away from the place where the school used to stand. Located inside the building is a museum where visitors can learn about the history of the Brandon Industrial Residential School, and a community centre for people, both survivors and visitors, can come together and help each other through the process of healing and reconciliation.

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THE TRAIL OF MEMORY

INDIVIDUAL

freedom OPENNESS / PRAIRIE

control TIGHT / NARROW / LOW CANOPY / DARK

confusion WINDING PATHS/ HIGH CANOPY / DENSE FOREST

hope HIGHER ELEVATION/ VANTAGE POINT / OPENNESS

This area is the entry point of the This section of the path will serve The path transitions from a dark and The final point of the interpretive path interpretive path. The vast landscape as a representation of when the rough path to a wider, yet confusing is located up on the slope of the site. and spread out trees will envoke Europeans came in contact with the and misleading path. This section This aims to represent the hope and a feeling of openness and being Indigenous peoples. The path starts aims to represent the repercussions healing that victims and their families free. Tall prairie grass landscape will of on the lighter side with trees and of the residential schools, which have are longing for. A path which opens symbolize the freedom that the people vegetation spread apart. But the caused survivors to be disconnected up into the vast landscape and the enjoyed before the European contact. darkness, roughness, and narrowness with their cultures, causing them memorial space (museum / community Users of the path will experience this of the path increases as the user to become confused and having a centre). As users go down the slope freedom before transitioning into a goes through the space. The low feeling of nowhere to go due to broken to get to the building, they are able to rough, controlled, and dark path. canopies and big bushes will touch connections with their families. The view the names of the victims of the the users of the path. This space will winding path branches out to loops, Brandon Industrial Residential School envoke a feeling of being constricted, which is surrounded by a dense aspen along the white walls of the building, uncomfortable, and exhausted caused forest with high canopies. The trunks and the space between the path by the rough path, similar to what the of Aspen trees obscures vision which and the wall will serve as a space for Aboriginal children experienced within causes users to experience confusion commemorating the victims. The list of the residential schools. and being lost. names will continue along the walls of the museum ramp.

Brandon Industrial Residential School

BRANDON

Youth Centre

Memorial Roundabout (former site of BIRS) Treatment Centre Proposed site for museum and community centre

concrete shell

steel framework

concrete structure

paving stone path and road

existing and added trees

site topography

layers / structure

Entrance

Library / Rooms

Event Space

museum

Ceremonial Spac Memorial Wall Interpretive Path

community centre

Ceremonial Space

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Memorial Wall Interpretive Path

Entrance Lookout Point Museum Ramp

[Other Works]

Photography

[Other Works]

Sketches