carson cooper
PORTFOLIO
2015
01 RESTORATION: COVALENT BONDING • Rocky Point Park: An Adventure Playscape • A Mountain Temple: Restoring Hetch Hetchy • Sharp Park: The “Fair Way” to Play • Precedent
02 INTEGRATION: ThE WILDERNESS • Central Falls Greenway • Solar Corridor • Putah Creek Greenway • Counterflow
03 EXPRESSION: ThE WALL • Sight Glide Park • The River Wall • Re-Centering the Western Addition • The Wall
04 REPRESENTATION: humILITy • Model Making • Graphic Representation: Academic • Graphic Representation: Professional
05 CONSTRuCTION: ARChITECTS OF EDEN • Construction Documentation • Dragon’s Kiss • Professional Work: Design • Professional Work: Built
The Elements
CARSON COOPER
PORTFOLIO
2015
C OVALENT BONDING Water is known as the element of intuition. The primordial living blood of an ancient creation, A deepening vault of knowledge and imagination; A spring of life, a goddess, a thing worthy of adoration. For me it has defined the elements of my ambition. In my heart at a molecular level — a bonding tension that has wrought within my soul a powerful inclination; one of stewardship, of leadership, and of dedication. I have seen the evils surrounding its deformation. Clearly emulated with analogous interpretation: That we, beasts of oxygen, dwell for our habitation, On a water world that suffers from dehydration. An incorruptible earth plagued with contamination. A blue planet muddled with browning sedimentation. A healthy sphere poisoned by toxic eutrophication. A beautiful ball that typifies our ugly integration. I was organized from water, in the womb of procreation. And I will die from water, in the tomb of inundation. But as I live my mind will design its full restoration Because it is our saving grace, and I, its salvation.
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PARk: R OCkyanPOINT Adventure playscape Reveal Viewing Corridors Visual Barriers Anticipation + Mystery
Viewscape
Unfold
Wayfinding Canopy Manipulation Gateways + Markers
Sentinels
Upheave
Cracked Paving Habitat Revitalization Risk + Danger + Lost
Islands
RhODE ISLAND SChOOL OF DESIGN
Advanced Studio: Rocky Point 2014
Rocky Point Park
As part of an Advanced Studio, the task was to build a framework that would bring forth a new identity for Rocky Point Park - one that satisfied loyal locals, cherished the existing character, and improved economic viability. Historically, Rocky Point was renowned for its awesome food, amusement, and family fun. This project suggests that the future Rocky Point can still satisfy its historical identity through new types of opportunities because it is an inherently natural playscape. Using definitions of a natural playground and playscape, a new lexicon emerges - an adventure playscape.
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An adventure playscape is one that re-purposes industrial parts or relics for new and innovative uses while allowing all forms of recreation within a natural setting. From this definition, rules of operation were used to inform design decisions. The dominant conceptual themes for the playscape were to “reveal” through visual choreography, to “upheave” the normal hardscape infrastructure that creates a new aesthetic of obsolescence, and to “unfold” visual corridors using the natural limb structure of native tree species.
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The final framework of the design features a new and revitalized entry location and sequence, primary and overflow parking, new vehicular and pedestrian circulation, a restored tidal marsh, and beach, and new amenities like a restaurant, W.E.T.lab, picnic areas, a performance area, and an observatory.
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1. Rocky Point Entry 2. Overflow Parking 3. The Cove 4. Primary Parking 5. Island Maze 6. Restaurant 7. Rocky Ridge 8. Sentinel Valley 9. Rocky Point Museum
10. Observatory + Slide 11. Pier + Water Entrance 12. Performance Venue 13. Picnic Oases 14. W.E.T.lab 15. Restored Tidal Marsh 16. Public Beach 17. Protected Wildlife Beach Feet
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Picnic and BBQ Area Performance Venue Primary Parking Promenade Island Maze Restaurant Restrooms The Swing Fire Pits Skyliner The Arch
Program Diagram
Rocky Point Sanctuary Viewing Platforms Rocky Point Museum Boardwalk Beach
Picnic Pavilion Viewing Platforms Water Tower Rocky Beach Slides Pier
Asphalt Pervious Asphalt Narrow Dirt Path
Native Stone Boardwalk Metalwalk
1. Main Entrance 2. Parking Loop 3. Primary Parking Lot 4. Esplanade + Crosswalks 5. Island Maze
6. Large Event Area 7. Fire Pits 8. Restaurant + Restroom 9. Sentinel Valley 10. The Swing
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Parking Master Plan
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Food + Fun on the Esplanade and through the Island Maze.
1. Park Access 2. Oasis Picnic Area 3. Jumping Stones 4. Bio-Retention Wetland 5. W.E.T.lab Main Entrance
6. Existing Woodland 7. Raised Metal Walk 8. Restored Tidal Marsh 9. Public Beach
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9 W.E.T.lab Master Plan (Wetland Education and Training Lab) - W.E.T.lab strategically uses the old swimming pool infrastructure and location.
Section: W.E.T.lab provides habitat and fun educational experiences
W.E.T.lab Pavilion provides a fun environment for all ages
Refurbishing the Zipliner Infrastructure for new types of recreation.
Re-envisioning the Park Entry at the Arch Plaza.
Re-vitalizing the old swing Tower to its original purpose.
The old tower foundation is still a place of exploration and observation.
TEmPLE: A mOuNTAIN RESTORING hETCh hETChy
O’Shaughnessy Dam Recreational Area Photo-Rendered Master Plan
Water Elevation Diagram
uNIVERSITy OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
Undergraduate thesis project 2013
John Muir described the Hetch Hetchy Valley as “one of nature’s rarest and most precious mountain temples”. It also was considered one of the most unique and diverse ecosystems in the world. Sculpted by glaciers and the Toulumne River, the nine mile long valley was located in the northwest corner of the Yosemite National Park. Hetch Hetchy was considered to be a twin sister of the infamous Yosemite Valley. In 1913, the Raker Act allowed the construction of the O’Shaughnessy dam to create a reservoir in the Hetch Hetchy Valley that is part of a complex aqueduct system that provides glacial water for residents in the San Francisco Bay area. A Mountain Temple: Restoring Hetch Hetchy develops a master plan, through intensive analysis, for a newly exposed Hetch Hetchy Valley once the O’Shaughnessy Dam is obsolete and breached. It investigates the processes involved in restoring a newly drained reservoir through theoretical approaches, case studies, and precedents. The most important restoration effort is to re-establish the river corridor along with native vegetation through natural succession. In order to minimize invasive colonization, an intricate phasing plan is recommended.
Site Context Map
Site Analysis
Analyzing sight lines from prominent locations along with a suitability model identified areas that are safe from episodic flooding, extreme slopes, and long walks from site attractions. These locations will foster appropriate programs that will highlight the beauty of the historical landscape while offering new and exciting recreational opportunities; all the while maintaining the integrity of the National Park and the serenity that should exist within a mountain temple. Then
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Hetch Hetchy Valley*
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir
Wapama and Tueeulala Falls* Hetch Hetchy Reservoir *sierraclub.org, 2013
Site Lines From Prominent Locations
Hetch Hetchy Program Map
Program Suitability Analysis
Zip lining into Hetch Hetchy Valley
PARk: S hARP ThE “FAIRWAy” TO PLAy Context Map: Sharp Park
Concept 1: Playability
Concept 2: Hydrology
Final Conceptual Plan Concept 3: Ecology
1. Main Entrance/Exit to Site 2. Hole 3 Tee: Par 4 3. No Mow Area: Holistic, habitat restoration 4. Multi-Use Concrete Path: Golf Use Only 5. Raised Boardwalks: Golf Use Only 6. Hole 4 Tee: Par 3 7. Pocket Ponds: Seasonal water detention basins and habitat for endangered species 8. Hole 5 Tee: Par 4 9. Small Retention Pond: .57 acre-ft. 10. Trails: Accommodate all visitors 11. Seasonal Bioswales: Extra outflow location 12. Sanchez Creek: Main water source 13. Medium Retention Pond: .86 acre-ft. 14. Hole 6: Par 5 15. Large Retention Pond: 1.7 acre-ft. 16. Check Dam: Engineered for maximum water holding capacity 17. Restored Riparian Forest w/ pocket ponds 18. Seasonal Wetlands: Capture run-off
Illustrative Master Plan
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uNIVERSITy OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
Advanced Studio: High Performance Landscapes 2013 Sharp Park:The Fairway to Play illustrates how an iconic golf course designed by Alister MacKenzie can be finely altered to appease the financial, economic, environmental and activity strains of a large, public park. The project aims to create beneficial habitat for native flora and fauna while allowing for an enjoyable, challenging, and pleasant golfing experience. It is imperative that these fairways have elements that seamlessly blend the environmental benefits and habitat with successful aspects of golf course utility. Many of the program elements compliment the park gestures and resilient design strategies. Prominent programmatic elements include:
Boardwalk Path Trail
Site Circulation
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• Pocket Ponds: A series of pocket ponds serve to create shoreline for breeding grounds for the endangered Red legged Frog and increases the water storage capacity. • Native riparian forest: The shoreline of the proposed waterways will have native vegetation. • Island Driving Golf Play: The player must drive the ball from one location to a designated “island” green that is a maintained and mowed lawn of native fescue. • No Mow Areas: In between each “island” green are no mow areas. The no mow areas will be naturalized meadows of grasses, flowers, and forbs. • Retention Ponds: Designated in no mow areas and will capture run-off from the fairways. The retention ponds will use bio-remediation practices. • Logical Site Connectivity: To maintain ecological corridors and connectivity through a series of raised boardwalks. Golf courses are an iconic landscape of the American culture. Through innovative design solutions and resilient practices, a golf course can become a wonderful working landscape that is hugely beneficial to the environment while remaining a challenging, beautiful fairway. Let’s play fair.
Driving from Hole 3 Tee
P RECEDENT
uNIVERSITy OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Advanced Studio: Designing Vegitecture 2012
In an upper division studio called “Designing Vegitecture”, we focused on the design and implications of green roofs, living walls, and urban farming. I was given the task of choosing a built project that had either a green roof or living wall as a vital component of its design. The built project chosen was the John Deere Works Facility in Mannheim Germany that produces Deere’s 6000 series tractor. Atop the facility is a hydroponic/plant based wastewater treatment system (constructed wetland) that was designed by Hartmut Bauer. The treatment system was scientifically complex and the processes were very intensive; therefore, the project Precedent intended to simplify it by giving emphasis to the steps within the system and to highlight the beneficial aspects that it enables in graphic collage. The constructed wetland provided viable habitat while reducing the costs of air conditioning. The treated water could be allocated for reuse in restrooms, gray water, and irrigation. This type of roof “greening” can last much longer than other forms of green roofs because water has a low thermal conductivity. Thus, the waterproof lining and other synthetic materials do not expand and contract as severely in extreme weather conditions.
ThE WILDERNESS If only too the noise thou can block my friend This would be a delightful end From my beginning’s sojourn amongst the passions of men. I thank thee, Oh tree, for thy unyielding desire To grow and to show and to inspire. That what man cuts down, thou grows two more even higher. “My friend, my friend, I don’t speak but extend These branches out to Thee, in growth ascend. I intend to do so evermore, for that is my purpose in the End. Don’t worry, they cut and chop and burn with fire And snip and snap, yet my only desire Is to grow on, grow on, go on ever higher. Listen carefully: look, observe, then see; I am Here for my purpose and that is for thee. Thou art the master. I only can serve reverently.” Oh tree, how humble and full of faithfulness. I’ll honor thee from tips to buttress And exclaim that man first came out from the wilderness.
INTEGRATION
C ENTRAL FALLS GREENWAy
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Civic Center Park Master Plan
Model: Drainage Analysis
RhODE ISLAND SChOOL OF DESIGN
Advanced Studio: Urban Systems 2014
The Urban Systems studio developed a comprehensive strategy for Central Falls, RI. The studio aimed to create a new identity, improve economic growth, and invigorate the communities there. The Central Falls Greenway is part of the 30 year strategy. The first phase introduces The Central Park, strategically located in a community vulnerable to flooding. The proposal will implement a greenstreets initiative named “Greening the Gray.� These green corridors will eventually connect the two proposed economic centers, Osram Sylvania Complex and Coats and Clark Industrial Park. The park is seven acres and will be surrounded by high density development with institutional anchors- the high school to the south, middle school to the north, and the civic center to the east. The objectives of the park are to celebrate water, industry, and community. It will accommodate active and passive recreation through trails, playgrounds, walkways, sloped lawns, and seating. The park will host gatherings of different types such as outdoor markets, concerts, and picnics. Not only will the park act as a collector of people, identity, and community, it will literally collect water and clean it through a system of detention basins and dry wells. The depth of the ponds will support flooding of a hundred year event. The Sculpture Garden
Project Team: Carson Cooper + Tida Osotsapa (M.Arch)
Green Street Plan - One Way
Green Street Section - One-Way
Green Street Plan - Two Way
Green Street Section - Two-Ways
Section of the James Diossa Pond. Accommodates a 100-year flood event.
Section: North to South
A view onto The Falls, which symbolically celebrates the city’s History.
S OLAR CORRIDOR
Solar Corridor Illustrative Master Plan
Site Model @ 1”=500’
Terrace Model @ 1”=100’
RhODE ISLAND SChOOL OF DESIGN
Constructed Landscapes 2013
INTERVENTION GRADING PLAN
Domaine de Boisbuchet, located in Lessac, France, hosts passionate artist during a summer residency program. In coordination with the Solar Decathlon of 2014 in Versailles, France, the Domaine de Boisbuchet will be the final destination for the entrant structure of the Rhode Island School of Design named Techstyle Haus. The original Techstyle Haus will be the first installation of eight replicas that will serve as living quarters for art residents. Through comprehensive analysis of the site, the most adequately suited locations for the Techstyle Haus(es) is in the upper crescent half. There they would be an adequate distant from a sensitive riparian corridor and capture the most solar energy. At the end of each housing terrace is a long crescent path called the Solar Corridor. This path will connect all of the future terraces so the residents can visit one another. The very bottom terrace will have a platform that extends off of the Solar Corridor as a main social gathering space. There will be a fire pit along with ample seating and viewing options. The fire pit can also be a pedestal for temporary fire art installations.
10 Grading Plan for the 1st Terrace and active lawn area
Section: North End to South End
The site program also intends to create different spaces for improving the resident’s stay. There will be spaces for private contemplation and art development, sleeping and relaxing; and spaces for art installations and gatherings; all the while upholding the tranquility and unique atmosphere at Boisbouchet.
Each Techstyle Haus will provide outdoor eating areas and vegetable gardens.
The front yard is a perfect place for art installations.
The fire pit is a major social space at the end of the Solar Corridor.
P uTAh CREEk GREENWAy DAVIS
LAKE BERRYESSA
YOLO BYPASS
WEST SACRAMENTO
Site Analysis
Mule Deer Habitat Suitability
American Beaver Habitat Suitability
Giant Garter Snake Habitat Suitability
Osprey Habitat Suitability
Chinook Salmon Habitat Suitability
Ground Squirrel Snake Habitat Suitability
uNIVERSITy OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
Advanced Studio: Ecological Design 2012
The Putah Creek Greenway intends to connect, with wildlife corridors and nodes, the western mountain ranges near Lake Berryessa to the Yolo Bypass in the Central Valley of California. The connection between the mountain ranges and Yolo Bypass might facilitate wildlife migration throughout all of Central Valley. The greenway will follow most intensively the natural water corridor of Putah Creek which winds its way through a network of farming communities, especially that of Davis California. Phase 1: Minimal
Phase 2: Superior
Phase 3: Putah Creek Greenway Illustrative Master Plan
The greenway needed to accommodate the needs of six focal species: Mule Deer, American Beaver, California Ground Squirrel, Chinook Salmon, Giant Garter Snake, and Osprey. The design solutions presented intends to improve habitat suitability, node allocation, and native range for each species in a comprehensive manner. Through the use of a species analysis matrix and correspondent maps of habitat suitability, nodes were discovered that could foster habitat for all the focal species. These nodes founded the framework for the entire greenway.
Glide Ranch Park Putah Creek Campground Putah Creek Reserve Master Plan
WCR Hub
To better illustrate key features along the greenway, greater emphasis was placed on a wildlife reserve that would protect environmentally sensitive ecosystems like vernal pools and swales, oak woodlands, and riparian zones. The reserve also provided necessary habitats for the focal species, and to become the central node for both ecological and human uses. The design addressed the integration of human use and recreational opportunities without compromising the suitability and viability of a reserve. Three site specific developments were introduced, namely: The Putah Creek Campground, Glide Ranch Park, and the Willow Canal Recreational Hub (WCR Hub).
Glide Ranch Park is to be the cultural hub for the reserve due to its location in the middle of the greenway and easy access from a main road. The park will consist of a restaurant, community gardens, pedestrian paths, and botanical gardens.Viewing platforms, benches, playgrounds, seating areas, artwork, and appropriate signage would be included to emphasize hydrological systems like the vernal swale, seasonal wetlands, and bioswales. Willow Canal Recreational Hub (WCR Hub) is located on the old Davis landfill at the east end of the reserve. It is to be an exemplar of how to develop practices of landfill remediation while being a family recreational hub geared for everyday use.
The Putah Creek Campground is located on the west side of the reserve and is intended to attract a variety of users for camping, boating, fishing, etc. The location ensured that Project Team: Carson Cooper, Micheline Chagniot, Gabriel Munoz, Brooks Taylor,Ying Ying Zhong, Hoang-Lan Nyungen visitors would have access to Putah Creek and enjoy the creek’s hydrological features.
Fruit Tree Orchard
Produce Garden
Restaurant
Botanical Garden
Desert Garden
Oak Woodland Community Garden
Native Garden Nut Tree Orchard
Glide Ranch Park
Rose Garden
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Spafford Lake
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Zoomed-In Section of the South End
uNIVERSITy OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
Advanced Studio: Ecological Design 2012
UC Davis students in fields of landscape architecture, engineering, architecture, and digital media were chosen to compete in the 2012 EPA RainWorks competition. The project location was a heavily used site between Shields Library, the main library on campus, and the Arboretum’s Putah Creek at Lake Spafford. The main goal of the project was to re-direct all the stormwater from the surrounding areas into a high-performance landscape in order to clean all contaminants within the water before entering into the already polluted creek. The project identified three sources of stormwater to manage: 1. Sub-surface pipes, 2. Surface runoff and 3. Roof runoff. All three sources differ in volume and contaminant load. Ultimately, a variety of stormwater technologies such as vegetated swales, rain gardens, green roofs, and wetlands have been designed for each typology of runoff with the intent to monitor the stormwater performance and pollutant removal effectiveness of each condition. The aim is to reduce contaminant load by 80% to 100% and improve the dissolved oxygen and pH levels in the water. Additionally, design features were selected to enhance the overall theme of education, integration, water management, and reflect the philosophy of the University of California, Davis. The overall design will strengthen and exemplify the University’s ongoing commitment towards innovative research, planning, and development. Site features like a Stormwater Wheel that defies gravity and brings sub-surface water to the bio-swales, human-powered bicycle pump system, education and outreach amphitheaters/plazas, monitoring checkpoints, and appropriate interpretative signage support these ideas. Observation rooms, green infrastructure, and a LEED certified proposed buildings illustrates how the built and natural environment can be seamlessly integrated. The landscaped-based stormwater system and seasonal wetlands promote the use of native vegetation, and frequent interactive art installments inspire the integration of creative expression, science, and education throughout the campus. In addition, enhanced pedestrian and bicycle circulation encourages wayfinding and discovery for all visitors. Landscape Architecture Team: Carson Cooper, Jana Schwartz, Brodie Hegg, and Keith Scott. Faculty Advisor: Kevin Perry
Illustrative Master Plan. Rendered by Keith Scott.
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Longitudinal Section Through the Site illustrating the subtle design that improves water quality, habitat, and research opportunities.
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ThE WALL This is the divider that manifests the long history Between nature and man, and their gluttony. Nature, although well fed, continues to hungrily Invade its entire bed, unsustainably. And man, if left for dead, still would not eat His last piece of bread, sparingly. This is the severer that illustrates the difference Between empowerment and power, and their governance. Empowerment, although divine, places a burdensome Responsibility and in time, accountableness. Power, no matter how sublime, becomes greed’s sin And then against your own kind shows dominance. This is the barrier that teaches the cardinal laws Between stewardship and dominion, and their flaws. Stewardship, a privilege earned, brings sight to the Blind who, once learned to look, saw. Dominion, a poise stern, the fatted life subjected And for meat it yearns, but on a bone now gnaws. Oh man, so empowered, if rightly does well will be Showered, not with rain but blessings will fall. And nature, ever so powerful, desires to grow New flowers, yet can never grow over this—the wall.
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S IGhT GLIDE PARk 1. Performance Stage 2. Concession Pavilion 3. Pavilion Courtyard and Eating Area 4.Vehicular Access 5. Washington St. Plaza
6. Sheet Wall Water Feature 7. Sight Glide Pavers (Purple) 8. Monumental Pavers (Light Pink) 9. Granite Seating Stones 10. The Grassy Hill
Illustrative Master Plan.
RhODE ISLAND SChOOL OF DESIGN
Constructed Landscapes 2013
Sight Glide Park is an urban park that aims to create a new public space that accommodates performances, adds identity, and enhances the character in a historic Boston neighborhood. After analyzing sun/shade patterns, wind movement, noise pollution, and sun exposure of the site, the performance stage was located in the northwest corner of the site. Sight lines from each of the neighboring businesses and entrances onto the stage indicated possible land use and program. To create a more unique aspect to the viewing corridors and to enliven the ground plane with topographic shifts, granite retaining walls would ray out from specified origin points. The retaining walls would double as seating for various types of events throughout the park. The walls and vegetation were designed to never allow a full view of the stage from the perimeter or entrances of the site. As one continues in the trajectory towards the stage, more of the landscape becomes visible and clear. A long, sloped hill would supply ample seating for an audience. There are several different types of pavements throughout the park that will help frame the viewing corridors and inform what types of activities might be appropriate based on their design. On the east side of the park is an open plaza area that run parallel to a very busy Washington Street. To create both a visual and audio barrier, a long linear water feature will make a sheeting wall along the plaza. This will also aid in creating entrances and enforcing the visual power of the existing viewing corridors. Photo Montage of Preliminary Ideas
Monumental Pavers
Granite Retaining Stones
Granite Seating Stones
Granite Sight Glide Pavers
Granite + Material Palette
Section A-A’- The Grassy Hill allows for a more comfortable and casual performance viewing.
Section B-B’- The Water Feature provides a visual and audio barrier into the park.
Section Perspective - The granite terraces create a variety of spaces for sitting, relaxing, and entertaining.
Interpretive Model @ 1”=8’
1:1 Scaled Model of Seat Wall Ray
View towards the Stage
RIVER WALL
Front Wall Plan
Plant List
uNIVERSITy OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Advanced Studio: Designing Vegitecture 2012
The River Wall draws on the scenic landscapes of California as a living mural utilizing drought-tolerant, native plant species. The mural depicts a paradox about water as a resource and as an aesthetic element in California. The mural depicts a river running through a picturesque California valley of wildflowers and Oak woodlands. As an analogy, the river will be made of four different cultivars of Sedum. Each species is renowned for its blue or gray hued foliage and will interweave through “meadows” of California wildflowers. Along its banks will be native riparian species. As a living mural, every visible piece of the wall to be constructed of living and/or naturally occurring-inorganic materials. Whether it is a sky of succulents with clouds of Dusty Miller or an oak tree made up of a variety of Coral Bells, the plants themselves illustrates the color, form, and feel of a mural, while adding dimensions of protrusion and growth. The most practical way for implementation is to have a metal framework of posts and joists that brace both modular panels, boulder fascias, and sections of felt blankets. The framework would have a four inch gap that would be filled with growth media and act as a Gabion wall, thus allow for root penetration. In result, the plant selection would not be limited to plant size nor a plant’s necessity for deep rooting zones.
Back Wall Plan
Ground Level Plan
Model of Back Wall
Wall Framework Section Detail
Model of Front Wall
The Water spills from the back wall onto the ground with a fountain of fescue in the middle.
RE-CENTERING: ThE WESTERN ADDITION 1. Urban Plazas 2. Housing Entrance 3. Interior Courtyard 4. Wester Promenade 5. Exterior Courtyard 6. Terraced Curb 7. Large Open Lawn 8. Children Playscape
9. Terraced Gardens 10. Terraced Fountain 11. Pedestrian Bridge 12. BBQ and Picnic Area 13. Sloped Hills Toward Stage 14. Performance Venue and Stage 15. Urban Network 16. Skate Park
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uNIVERSITy OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
Advanced Studio: Urban Planning 2013
The Western Addition consists of four re-developed blocks that reside in the heart of San Francisco, CA. In collaboration with the Urban Planning Department of San Francisco, the project needed to create an urban identity, increase population density, improve public space, and lower crime rates. Furthermore, all strategies must adhere to anti-displacement principles that plagued the area in the past. Therefore, a phasing strategy must be coherent and sensible.
Block 3: First Floor and Parking Red indicates commercial use and the Yellow indicates housing. S= Studio, 1= 1 Bedroom, 2= 2 Bedroom, etc.
The projects aimed to re-center the Western Addition around a new urban park and mixed-use, mixed-income development. The new re-centered community would have a viable park for active recreation (Block 2) which has sports fields, playgound, and active community gardens and another urban park (Block 4), Terrace Park, which would have program features like a large water feature, performance/stage area, skate park, playscapes, and long walking corridors indicated by major axes and sight lines. Block 1 would be on a sloped hill and accommodate the majority of low-income residents. To be as equitable as possible, these buildings will have the best views of San Francisco and the housing sizes will dramatically increase. Block 3 would be a mixeduse, mixed-income development were commercial/retail space is on the first floor, office space on the second floor, mixed-income on the third floor, and above-market rate penthouses on the fourth. There will be two levels of sub-surface parking. Each building structure will have interior and exterior courtyards inclusively for the residents.
Block 3: Second - Fourth Floors Dark Green Indicates Public green space and Light green shows private outdoor patios S= Studio, 1= 1 Bedroom, 2= 2 Bedroom, etc.
Section A-A’ - Buildings lie on a slight cross slope
Section B-B’ - The Buildings provide ample open space
Connecting action words with adjectives of a successful urban park gave rise to using wordles to delineate use and programming
Sight lines Diagram
Site Programming + Sight lines Diagram
Terraced Park aims to provide unique and diverse recreational opportunities that might be difficult to achieve in a typical urban environment. To provide context and location, a diagram listed all the types of activities one might encounter in a public park along with adjectives that describe successful parks like Millennium Park in Chicago, IL. Linking the activity with the adjective, interesting networks and natural pairings emerged. Related activities and the amount each word connected positively with an adjective were the data for developing a wordle model. Once created, the wordles, by their size and hierarchy, informed programming types. Combining with a sight line analysis that combines lines from each entry point into the park, an overall park framework came into fruition. Bird’s Eye View onto Terraced Park.
Section B-B’: Mounding help to provide casual seating during performances.
Section A-A’: Terraced Fountain Under Pedestrian Bridge
Project Team: Carson Cooper, Javan Bowsher, Jong-Soo Kim, Micheline Chagniot, Erik Reyes
ThE WALL Natures Lower Terrace
Man’s Lower Terrace
Overgrown Terrace
Eco-Swale Terrace
Natures Lower Terrace
Man’s Upper Courtyard
Art Building 1
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The Wall Master Plan Man’s Upper Courtyard Before
Nature’s Lower Terrace After
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uNIVERSITy OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Field Studio in Landscape Architecture 2011
The Wall was an artistic solution that responded to the many issues the client, Headlands Center for the Arts, had with regard to their location within the historic Fort Barry in the Marin Headlands and the heart of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The client desired a themed landscape that connected the facilities through artistic expression and appropriate wayfinding. The purpose of this project was to produce an innovative site design that exhibits and magnifies, through artistic innovation and a sensitivity to the surrounding landscape, the mission and purpose of the Center for the Arts. The Wall’s conceptual framework elicits further discussion about our relationship with nature and the role of landscape architects as being stewards over this earth.
Section: A-A’ + B-B’ Eco-Swale Terrace
The context of The Wall is to have a wall divide the site directly in half. On the east side of the wall the landscape reflects the symbol of man’s stewardship. The design is intended to be an exemplar of sustainable practices. Working with the natural topography there will be three distinct locations: Man’s upper courtyard, Eco-swale terrace, and Man’s lower terrace. Each location will use recycled material, native vegetation, and capture all storm water into the eco-swales. On the west side of the wall the landscape is to be completely unmanaged, uncared for, and unhindered. This side of the wall is to manifest how nature would respond to a landscape form that is similar in shape, slope, and material as the east side but without man’s intervention. This side of the wall will have three distinct locations as well: Nature’s upper courtyard, Overgrown terrace, and Nature’s lower terrace. The Wall is analogous of this dynamic relationship and provides a foundation for further insight and discussion. It is an art installation. It raises questions such as: Is nature beautiful if left unmanaged? Are the effects of the west side a direct response to man’s failing stewardship? Did man bring about his own fate? Is man or nature out of control? What actions might constitute as a worthy steward? The answers are up for the site user to decide.
h umILITy Look at that stone—so large and firm, how it Stands stoutly on the shore, and will forevermore. Its face is so rigid, so complex and so unique That it cannot bore, surely not an eye sore. Even the wave it tore, and it will — forevermore. Funny though that each visit, while renewed My faith also renewed curiosity, pondering. Whenever I saw the stone it had changed outstandingly. It was not so large, nor firm, stout, and rigid. Smooth and deteriorated, the waves broke over — constantly. Shrugging I left, so low and so cold, that I Mingled with fate. Stupidly the thing I hate Came and spoke, loud and bold, that I must See the lesson of the stone, rapidly before it’s too late. While I, wide eyed, was rocked to the core — I could relate. Superficially relieved, I tried to forget and to reprieve. But when I went back years later to figure out The message that I had received, honestly trying To be stout and firm just like the stone, I looked up and was deceived, for truly I saw nothing, anymore.
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Before + After Perspectives from: Waterford Town Center Vision and Strategic Plan. Working with Elena Pascarella and Saratoga Associates
Entry Plaza for the Rhode Island Veterans Community. Bristol, RI. Working with Elena Pascarella and Brewster Thornton Group Architects
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Rendered Hand Drawing. Original sketch by elena Pascarella.
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Rendering of the future Mezzo Lofts’ Courtyard.
After Construction. Courtesy of Michael Radner
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Principle: Michael Radner Design Consultant 2014
Illustrative Plan for Shopping Center
View onto a new parking Lot
View onto the New Store Entrances
ARChITECTS OF EDEN My Father designs, with vectors and lines, worlds with mountains, valleys, rivers, and clines. A perfect composition that manifests His vision of life, and it abundantly, through cell division.
My Father showed that a paradisiacal abode needed form and function for the waters that flowed in its firm regiment that moves rock and sediment For the rightful allocation of future development.
Illustrative plans drawn from hallowed hands trace the boundary and scale of sacred lands. A place of purity and a space of surety; A built environment that elicits security.
To design for a reason during every season That I too might become an Architect of Eden. Like Father like son, the time has begun. My power, my purpose, to shine bright like the sun.
Landscapes that brilliantly exhibits resiliency and institutes the concepts of sustainability. And the spirit within the souls of men would have no desire to do wrong or to sin.
To be a light on the hill for the valleys and rills And wield the scepter of ingenuity with superior skill I feel an eminent joy from my future employ to burn hot like the Flaming Sword’s alloy
But where they endeavor to be kind to nature And to be stewards, leaders, and its protector.
With rhythm of a hymn and strength of a limb I will protect the trees of life like Cherubim.
I WILL DESIGN FOR A REASON DuRING EVERy SEASON AND I WILL BECOmE AN ARChITECT OF EDEN.
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Layout Plan
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Professional Practice + Construction Drawings 2013
Irrigation Plan
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D RAGON’S kISS
South Side Planting Design
Constructing the Wall
Construction Detail
Modular Wall Framework
uNIVERSITy OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS Advanced Studio: Designing Vegitecture 2012
Dragon’s Kiss was a temporary design/build project for the Arboretum’s Training Nursery at the University of California, Davis that would showcase Arboretum All-Stars and be an attraction for visitors. Due to limited funding, materials, and an exhausted list of options, it was determined that milk crates could function as an ideal modular panel for a temporary installation. They could be cut in half, joined together, and then stacked one on top of the other to create a double sided modular panel.
South Facing Wall
Kissing Ball
North Facing Wall
The wall design features a six by six grid of modules framed by redwood boards. A kissing ball hung directly in the middle of the wall and was covered with Sedum ‘Dragon’s Blood’ to initiate the colored thematic of the planting plan and gave rise to the project’s title. Emanating from the kissing ball, a sunburst pattern of rainbow colors rayed out from the center on the South facing side and then a spiraling patter of the same colors on the North facing side. Each side has a different design to maintain uniqueness and to highlight plants that can tolerate differences in sun exposure. Project team: Carson Cooper, Gabriel Munoz, Erik Reyes, Shahana Aslam, Jong-Soo Kim, and Dominic Stanley.
Project Team at Opening Day. North Facing Wall
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Planting Plan. Itoi Residence. Davis, CA. 2013
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Principal 2012-2014
Bianary Zones Concept Plan
New England Garden Concept Plan
Final Schematic Plan. McGinity Residence. Warwick, RI. 2014
Contemporary Concept Plan
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Boettner Residence. Davis, CA. 2012* *Designed by Gerrie Robinson
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Buelow Residence. Roseville, CA. 2010
Buelow Residence. Roseville, CA. 2010
Goldberg Residence. Davis, CA. 2013
Eshbaugh Residence. Roseville, CA. 2012