2. Crocker Plaza

USC: Fall 2020

Alexander Robinson

Crocker Park is a plaza located withing the main campus at USC.

The project is focused on re-designing the plaza using already existing landscapes from completely natural, to designed, to industrial.

The inspiration of the project comes from the Baldwin Hills Oil Pump jack Field. Given the organic mounds and vegetation that have formed through trucks compressing the ground, as well as the connection USC has to oil, I found it intriguing.

Creating an artistic representation of the pump jacks, as well as the mounds, and tire tracks allows for visitors to be curious about the oil industry as well as USC’s connection to it.

Fire Station was a project located on Mulhuland Rd, to design a fire station for the surrounding community which was severly impacted by the Woolsy Fire.

The focus of the project was to create a fire station that allowed for it to be a train station, community refuge, and quarters for fire fighters to stay.

The inspiration came from cross shaped wave breakers, as they can be rooted deep into the ground for stability. The shape also grants the ability for restabilization and reintegration of habitat.

Render of Vegetation Growth Diagrams Levels of Fire Station Through Plans and Section