A Portfolio of Works in Landscape Architecture
Daniel Jaime Rodriguez
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO A PROFESSION THAT GAVE ME HOPE TO THE MENTORS WHO SHOWED ME A WAY TO THE FRIENDS WHO’VE KEPT ME PRESENT AND FOR THE SHOULDERS OF ALL THESE GIANTS
TABLE OF CONTENT IMPERMANENCE PARK.......................................................................................................6 - 9 HYDROPONIC HAMMOCK GARDEN...................................................................10-13 ART AS PROTEST: LANDSCAPE AS MEDIUM.............................................14-25 URBAN SKETCHES...................................................................................................................26-29 RESUME AND PROJECT EXPERIENCE..............................................................30-31
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A University of Florida Educational Facility, Gainesville, FL
Impermanence Park
Nothing lasts forever; landscapes are impermanent. They can teach us through their natural systems, like continental shifts, seasonal changes and the remediation of soils that life is not static. Life is dynamic and precious. So for my first design assignment at university I was asked to design a (1) Acre park. The location was hypothetical within the city limits of Gainesville, Florida. The only program requirement was a research facility within the park. I chose to bury it. With the language of art, sculpture and landforms the park is a celebration of impermanence.
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Hand Crafted Model Exploration : It is not convenient to go down in order to go up, but life comes with twists and turns we never really asked for. The landscape rises and falls . Exploring these shapes with topographic models and multimedia applications helped develop spaces that were unpredictable and consistently changing. A mosaic facade demarcated the entrance of the research facility Nodes intended for high energy activities are gently sloped while passive zones have steeper inclines. The tree canopy follows the topography: smaller trees are planted more rhythmically where slopes are steeper, larger trees are planted on more flush zones. The trees cradle the landforms. While a dramatic cantilever deck extends over a lower plaza emphasizing solid and void geometries.
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Section A - A’ Experiential Sections: Section A depicts the mosaic wall leading to the entrance of the research facility. One begins their decent at grade 0’, and follows the landscape down towards their destination. Section B explores the cantilevered deck over the sunken plaza while a grove of Palms towards the right terrace back up towards grade 0’.
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D Key: A. Street Trees B. Cantilever Deck C. Movable Chairs/ Tables D. Sunken plaza E. Terrace Grove F. Institute (below)
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Award of Merit - ASLA Florida Planting Design at the Clinical and Translational Research Building, Gainesville, Fl
The Hydroponic Hammock Garden Designed to inspire the user’s curiosity about Florida hammock landscapes this non-conventional therapeutic garden combines contemporary landscape structures and planting design to serve the user’s needs. Outdoor rooms for reading, research and mobility exercises are programed into the design. Texture, smell and sound are emphasized in the garden to help navigation. The spaces are simple and easy to navigate for users with varying levels of cognitive awareness. Although designed for users of all ages, this garden is especially crafted for those of advanced age and differently-abled.
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Design Process: Analogue and Digital Starting with a sketch I explored the idea of a multilevel garden. Below is the hammock with hardy shrubs, palms and ferns. Vines, moss and ferns climb the structure creating green bridge to the meadow landscape above. The landscape structure holds water to irrigate the plants above that are in full sun, while misters along and hydroponics irrigate the plants below.
The First Sketch
A Hardscape + Softscape Diagram
Columns are anchored within landscape nodes planted with Sabal Palmetto, the outline of the structure defines the rooms below. Each room has customized furniture formed in response to the angular geometries throughout and are designed for reading, relaxing or conducting research. Landscape Massing Geometric Study 11
ageratum
galardia
Rhino Model Studies bugleweed
carolina jasamine
confederate jasmine
A. Section A-A’
crinum
lily of the nile
B. Study Garden 12
C. Reading Garden
lily of the nile
autumn fern
bluestem
bluestem
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carpet bugleweed
B castiron
holly fern
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honeysuckle
liriope
Masterplan
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Award of Excellence - ASLA Florida 5th Year BLA Capstone Project, La Perla, Puerto Rico
Art as Protest: Landscape as Medium Interpreting Social Resilience in the Barriada La Perla
La Perla is the last arrabal left outside of the fortified city of San Juan Puerto Rico. This 8.5 acres stretch of land is home to art, anarchy and a people who by merely existing are an act of protest. For this project my goal was to reveal the resilience here by discovering a common language in within the landscapes that occur here and the art that inspires them. The design response, a cultural armature, weaves through the landscape as an interpretation of the social resilience of this resilient place. 14
Puerto Rico, The Common Wealth
San Juan, The Rich Port
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean El Morro
Puerto Rico
La Perla, The Last Arrabal Atlantic Ocean
La Perla
La Perla San Cristobal
Old San Juan Bahia de San Juan
Caribbean Sea
Post Hurricane Maria, I traveled to back to Puerto Rico to interview an artist who has formative roots in La Perla. Interviewing him in his art studio he shared the inner workings of an artists process and we compared that to the design process. He shared with me stories of tragedy as well as stories of triumph.
Bahia de San Juan
After interviewing the artists residents of La Perla and visiting archives that showed historical maps and development of La Perla. A story began to emerge that would inspire this project. The artist gave me one constraint. I could not actually build anywhere within the community because even if a lot seemed abandoned, it was
not. La Perla has a rich history. My goal is to Interpret the art and landscapes in the community, Reveal a new way to look at resilience by learning how this community came to thrive, and create a platform for La Perla’s voice to Resonate beyond the fortified walls of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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La Perla’s Development
1493 Cristobal Colon reaches the island. The area that will become San Juan is ideal for its steep cliffs and strategic military position. 1700s An expanding city now called San Juan attracted criollos from the mountains to serve the high class Spaniards. Racially divided informal settlements emerged to accommodate the lower casts.
1500s Juan Ponce de Leon, the first governor, settles in Caparra. The Spanish begin building the capital city and call it Puerto Rico.
1800s At capacity, the lower casts were completely expelled from the Old City and were forced to settle in arrabales to the north (La Perla) and to the east (Puerta de Tierra).
1600s Under constant threat from the English, Dutch and French, the Spanish begin to fortify the city. The Morro and the first portion of the wall that will enclose the city emerge. 16
Fort La Perla and the Matadero La Perla was the location of Fort La Perla (La Perla’s namesake) and a slaughterhouse that still exists today. The Matadero is now as a community center. In the earliest days there were only small bohio homes that housed the salves who served the aristocrats of the city.
La Perla in the 1980s Before community improvement projects were done in the 80’s there were no major roads going through La Perla and there were so many residents some were forced to build their homes along the water’s edge. Part of the wall was destroyed were the other arrabal, Puerta de Tierra was destroyed to expand the city eastward. Now La Perla is the last arrabal. 17
La Perla Today Fragment A: Beach and Promenade Access With Renovated Homes. No significant topography.
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Fragment B: Largest Fragment with homes up to 4-stories. Community Park and Urban Farm. Iconic Stair case allows for circulation through steep 60’ of grade changes. Location of Fort La Perla Ruins, Community stage , park and library.
Fragment C: Adjacent to fortified wall and plaza spaces. Location of communal trash pick up location of local formal commercial businesses: bar, bakery and restaurants.
Fragment D: Community Center (Old Slaughter House), mail room, Community Butcher Shop, Promenade with decaying seawall, Art District and living sculpture by Chemi-Rosado Seijo “ El Bowl “. Main Focus Area for maximum cultural impact.
Fragment E: Medical Clinics , Youth center, Churches, Access to parks and basketball court. Community garden and newer housing.
Beach Front Property Historic District Commercial Cultural Center Recreation and Community
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Home and Garden
[Re] Framing
Art + Protest
Conceptual Deep Dive: Diagrams, Elevations & Sections 20
Inspired (3) Ideas that were inspired by the goals to Interpret, Reveal and Resonate I dove into concepts that were driven by these ideas. Overlay the history, resilience and identity I began to sketch and model these ideas into articulate geometries. Each idea building upon the next to reveal a cultural armature that would be the platform for La Perla’s voice to resonate beyond the wall.
Cultural Armature Exploration
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Overlook Terrace Auditorium seating Mural surface walk with diving point “El Hoyo” protected diving zone. La Perla is also known as “El Hoyo” (the hole) Here users can physically dive into El Hoyo. A process of cleansing fears and biases of this resilient community.
Protected Beach A Landscaped Overpass + Water level control weir Home + Garden Terraces Protected Beach B
Design Response : Cultural Armature 22
Abstracted Gun Tower Windows. [Re] Framing Views of La Perla.
Home + Garden Terrace ‘A’
Home + Garden Terrace ‘B’ 23
[Re] Framing Views ‘A’
[Re] Framing Views ‘B’ 24
The Old Perspective
The New Perception from “El Hoyo” Diving Point 25
A Collage of Sketches from Travels Around The Globe
URBAN SKETCHES Landscape Architecture has taken me around the globe twice. In every country I have been I took time to sketch the things that inspired me most. Sharing my thoughts with my sketch book through drawing has helped my to better understand the places I have been. Sitting and drawing gives me the clarity of mind to understand and builds my curiosity even more.
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London’s City Hall
Venice, Italy
The Tower of London 27
Princess Diana Fountain
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Prague, Czech Republic
A Church of Coffee Shop
Millennium Bridge and Skyline, London
Concept Story Board, Gainesville, Florida 29
DANIEL RODRIGUEZ Cellphone: 561.396.4258 Email: djrod91@gmail.com
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BLA GRADUATION DATE 05/2018 3.20 GPA NC
ADVOCACY ASLA ADVOCACY DAY STUDENT CHAPTER PRESIDENT 05/18
AWARD OF MERIT, FLORIDA ASLA STUDENT AWARD The Hydroponic Hammock Garden at the Clinical and Translational Research Building
AWARD OF MERIT, ASLA FLORIDA STUDENT AWARD A Weekend in Live Oak: Enlivening Live Oak as a Florida rail destination 07/18
ASLA FLORIDA 2019 Conference Chair 08/18 - Present
GILKEY FIFTH-YEAR STUDENT PROFESSIONAL AWARD Awarded for character and dedication of a fifth-year undergraduate student with love for and commitment to the profession 05/18 WITTERS COMPETITION College Wide Interdisciplinary Academic Competition 10/17
ASLA, COUNCIL OF FELLOWS ASLA ADVOCACY DAY SCHOLARSHIP 2016 STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE 05/17 AWARD OF HONOR, FLORIDA ASLA TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES STUDENT AWARD ADOBE SUITE AUTOCAD UF STUDENT CHAPTER ASLA GIS LAND/FX PARK[ing] DAY RHINO SKETCHUP 07/16 30
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, ASLA FLORIDA STUDENT AWARD Art as Protest-Landscape as Medium : Interpreting Social Resilience in the Barriada La Perla 07/18
FINAL CAPSTONE JURY AWARD Recognizes an undergraduate student for excellence in their Capstone Project 05/18
EDUCATION
PRAGUE INSTITUTE STATE STUDY ABROAD
AWARDS
ORGANIZATIONS
UF ASLA STUDENT CHAPTER PRESIDENT 04/17 - 04/18 ASLA, NATIONAL STUDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE 08/16 - 08/18 UF ASLA STUDENT CHAPTER VICE PRESIDENT 08/15 - 05/16 STUDENTS FOR THE NEW URBANISM CO-DIRECTOR OF TACTICAL URBANISM 08/15 - 05/16 ARCHITECTURE COLLEGE COUNSEL PRESIDENT 08/14 - 01/15 UF ASLA STUDENT CHAPTER SOCIAL CHAIR 08/14 - 05/15 UF ASLA STUDENT CHAPTER CLASS REPRESENTATIVE 08/13 - 05/14
DIX.HITE+PARTNERS DESIGNER ORLANDO, FL 5/18 - Present S&ME INC. INTERN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT ORLANDO, FL 05/16-08/16 EDSA, INC. INTERN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FT. LAUDERDALE, FL 01/15 -08/15 COTLEUR & HEARING INTERN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT JUPITER, FL 05/14-08/14
DESIGN RESEARCH PUERTO RICO RE_START A preparatory workshop University of Florida 11/17-12/17 MASTERPLAN FOR PANGKALPINANG Flood Prevention, Education Awareness and Ecological Recovery Pangkalpinang, Indonesia 02/16-04/16 MASTERPLAN FOR DIGNITY VILLAGE Transitional Housing for Gainesville’s Homeless Community Gainesville, Fl 08/15-12/15
PROJECT EXPERIENCE Crest Lake Park, Clearwater, Fl - Public Park, Hardscape/Landscape Construction Documents - City of Clearwater Starkey Ranch Albritton Park, Tampa, Fl - Public Park, Hardscape/Landscape Construction Documents - Gentry Land Wellington Green ALF, Wellington, FL – Senior Living, Hardscape/Landscape Construction Documentation – ZF Development Flora Ridge, Kissimmee, FL - Multi-family Residential, Senior Living, Hardscape/Landscape Construction Documentation – Epoch Azul Lake Howell, Casselberry, FL - Multi-family Residential, Hardscape/Landscape Construction Documentation - Jefferson Apartment Group Big Sand Lake Vista, Orlando, FL - Multi-family Residential, Hardscape/Landscape Construction Documentation - Jefferson Apartment Group The Pixon, Lake Nona, FL - Multi-family Residential, Hardscape/Landscape Construction Documentation - Tavistock Development Alexan North End, Orlando, FL - Multi-family Residential, Hardscape/Landscape Construction Documentation - Trammel Crow Res. Jacksonville Beach Downtown Action Plan, Jacksonville Beach, FL - Public Realm Design, Renderings - City of Jacksonville Beach JTA Apartments, Jacksonville, FL - Multi-family Residential, Hardscape/Landscape Construction Documentation - PG Investco, LLC Celebration Place, Celebration Fl - Streetscape Design, Site Analysis, Renderings, Concept Package - Celebration Ritz Reserve, Puerto Los Cabos, Mexico - Hospitality , Hand Rendering, Hardscape/Landscape Construction Documentation - Pulso Imobilario Secrets-Cap Cana, Cap Cana, Dominican Republic - Hospitality, Hand Rendered Master Plan, Concept Package - Amresoris Sotileza, Guayaqil, Ecuador - Residential, Schematic Design Package, Hand Rendered Master Plan, Chapala Jalisco, Jalisco, Mexico - Hospitality, Concept Package, Hardscape Construction Documents - Santa Cruz Inmobilaria. Las Mareas Resort, Santa Elena, Costa Rica -Hospitality, Hand Rendering for Concept Design - Pellas Development Group
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