Landscape Architecture Portfolio 2019-2023

DESIGN PORTFOLIO

Haya Abboodi | 2019-2023

“Design is not just what it looks like and feels. Design is how it works”

Steve Jobs

living history

4th year collaborative project with 4th year architecture students hosted by Walt Disney Imagineers. Showcasing my work in this group project, the Sacred Garden. Community project // p.1-6

Event coordinating // p.7-10

An event space designed in the abandoned land of Niland Marina. A group project showcasing my part of the work.

Airscape Featuring Stellar Park // p.11-22

Capstone Studio final project (senior project), inspired by Pacoima Beautiful.

lovecraft Science fiction collages // p.23-24

A collection of digital collages revealing the storyline of HP Lovecraft’s poem, Nyarlathotep with my personal twist.

identity portraits

Self portrait collages // p. 25-26

Digital collages painting a picture of myself through the “white gaze” and through my gaze.

Bonus work // p. 27-32

featuring the landscape architecture projects from my undergraduate years at Cal Poly Pomona.

Third year AutoCAD work. Includes but not limited to designs such as pavements, stairs, etc. done in construction class.

vignettes hybrid vignettes // p. 33-34

As the first year studio TA, LA 1121L, I was required to demonstrate a few tutorials such as how to make a hybrid vignette.

Planting Plan // p. 35-40

Detailed planting plan for second semester plant ecology class. Plants were precisely picked and placed in AutoCAD then designed in photoshop.

LA 4111L | FALL 2022

As a tribute to a local entrepreneur, Olivia Chumacero, we aim to restore the lost history of medicinal and herbal plants in Boyle Heights. These plants were part of rituals, traditions, ceremonies, communities, and much more for many years. As an agricultural activist, Olivia ventures to spread knowledge through plant classes, a self-made blog, and public events.

LIVING HISTORY 01

MATERIALS +FEATURES

6 7 8 Ivory Concrete

Eggshell Concrete

Water Fountain

Pathways

SACRED GARDEN

Inspired by Olivia Chumacero

As designers, we strive to reconnect the community with their plant history. Hence the circles. A circle represents sacredness, wholeness, and community in Hispanic culture. To honor the history of these sacred plants, we designed a unique space where people are surrounded by

centuries of remedies and traditions, we call it the Sacred Garden. The purpose is to be embraced by the plants, find shelter and comfort underneath their shade, be a part of nature. We want the community to gain perspective towards their ancestral landscape, revive the remedies, and to live among the history.

PLANT PALETTE

Medicinal + Herbal

Red Frangipani

Plumeria rubra

Boat Lily Tradescantia spathacea

Arizona Poppy Kallstroemia grandiflora

Watercress Nasturtium officinale

Sweet-scented Marigold Tagetes lucida

Mexican Marigold Tagetes erecta

Mexican Arnica Heterotheca inuloides Cass

Peyote Lophophora williamsii

Agave Agave americana

Jacaranda Jacaranda mimosifolia Pink Trumpet Tabebuia rosea

Sweetbay Magnolia Magnolia virginiana

Indian Laurel Fig Ficus microcarpa

ISOLA LA 3121L | SPRING 2022

Location: Niland Marina, Niland, CA 92257

What was once one of California’s main attractions has become deserted docking area occupied by abandoned buildings and sediments. Over the years, the Niland Marina water slowly evaporated, drying the docking area. Since then, different textures have been exposed to the public on the Niland Marina.

SITE PICTURES

LEGEND

Entrances/Exits

Shuttle Resting Stop Acres: 10

Pop-up Compound Acres: 7

Extra Compound Acres: 7

Public Safety WxH: 100'x200'

Staff/Performers Parking Lot

Acres: 56

Parking: 8,100 spots

Stage #2 Loading Dock

Trash Disposal (Dumpsters)

Stage #1 Loading Dock

Shipping & Receiving

ABOUT

Camping Grounds

Acres: 45

Tents: 6,000

Event Space

Acres: 90

Everything has the potential to be beautiful. A deserted land can be transformed into a space wanted and desired by people. Welcome to Isola! A place for people to visit for various activities, whether it’s a festival, convention, etc. the site is not limited to certain events, but was made to hold various occasions. Isola is derived from the Spanish word meaning isolation. The Niland Marina was an abandoned area filled with emptiness and silence. What better way to revive the space than with creating an event space.

General Admission Parking Lot

Acres: 49

Parking: 7,000 spots

VIP Parking Lot

Acres: 11

Parking: 1,600

VIP Housing Area

Police Parking Lot

Extra Parking Lot

Acres: 9

Parking: 1,300 spots

Solar Panels

Stage #1 Loading Dock

AIR

scape

LA 4621L | CAPSTONE STUDIO | SPRING 2023

Introducing: Stellar Park

The Capstone studio – The Designing Beautiful Justice in Pacoima – encourages students to create a design solution that targets environmental injustices, climate change, and social injustices in the city of Pacoima. This community project involves a lot of site analysis, site precedents, rationale, programs, community engagement, landscape planning, and a thorough concept design. Through a fixed set of strategies, we were able to generate a unique design that aims to eliminate or reduce dire issues in Pacoima.

DESIGN PROCESS

Problem Statement + Solution Concept

Pacoima’s community is rich in its culture and its ability to portray its history through art. The residents are strong, brave, and ever so united. However, the community and its residents have been facing extreme challenges that inevitably affect their health and safety; environmental injustices.

The Whiteman Airport has been a safety hazard and health risk since day one. Many attempts to shut it down have failed, but the community still fights for it to this day. Namely, Pacoima Beautiful has set up an organization with the Shutdown Whiteman Airport Coalition to, hopefully one day,

shutdown the main source emitter of several deadly toxins and deadly crashes to ensure the safety of the residents. Airscape aims to replace the danger zone with a healthy and secure multi-purpose, green park that acts as a platform for the community to celebrate, connect, and enjoy the purified air.

PARTI DIAGRAM

Design Solution Concept + Hubs

The Hub typology was the perfect solution to the environmental injustices caused by Whiteman Airport. These injustices include poor air quality and park inequity. The most important concept is to

create a green space that drastically improves air quality for the residents of Pacoima. Dividing the site into “hubs” was the perfect way to create a positive and secure space that purifies the air.

Ecological Hubs

Physical Hubs

Social Hubs

Cultural Hubs

Design Idea

Main Hubs

Sub Hubs (programs)

Shared Connections

Existing

existing parking lot

CONCEPTUAL SITE DESIGN

Whiteman Airport | Stellar Park

Bringing the hub typology to life. A green space that belongs to all of Pacoima, promoting safety, health, and sense of belonging.

Proposed Green Hub

Proposed

Proposed water feature

Proposed art/mural hub

Proposed museum

Proposed green hub

Proposed picnic hub

Proposed physical hubs

Proposed sports field

Proposed food hub

Proposed hub pathway

Proposed main walkway

Proposed plaza

Proposed Aqua-Mural Museum

Parking Entrance

Pierce Street Osborne Street San Fernando Road \ Train De Foe Avenue

1. Adult Gym

2. Children’s Playground

3. Aqua-Mural Museum

4. Picnic Grounds

5. Food Court

6. Art Space

7. Arboretum

8. Multi-Purpose Plaza

9. Green Space

User Scenarios

PROGRAM PLAN

Picnic Hub + Event Examples

Exhibition

Community Festival

Family Gatherings / Picnics

Local Market

SITE SECTIONS

Close-Ups

PLANT DIAGRAM Plants Effect + Affect + Design Solution

toxins

Each plant targets a toxin and breaks it down in their own way. These three processes eliminate toxins, particle matters, etc. purifying the air resulting in better air quality and a cleaner healthy lifestyle.

There are three main groups that benefit after the toxins are broken down. Asthma and cancder risks are drastically reduced, due to the toxins’ elimination, allowing people, animals, and plantlife to enjoy the outdoors fearlesssly.

Flamingo Lily Anthurium andraeanum Gerbera Daisy Gerbera jamesonii

Peace Lily Spathiphyllum

Snake Plant Dracaena trifasciata Pothos Epipremnum pinnatum cv. Foothill Pine Pinus sabiniana

California Oak Quercus agrifolia

Bishop Pine Pinus muricata

Black Sage Salvia mellifera

Aloe Vera Aloe barbadensis miller

Chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum

Fall+ Winter Plant Growth Perspective

Human versus site interaction during fall and winter seasons. Only a few plants such as the Flamingo Lily, Aloe Vera, and Snake Plant bloom and flourish during the unpredictable weather patterns.

Spring + Summer Plant Growth Perspective

Human versus site interaction during spring and summer seasons. Most of the plants from the plant list bloom and beautifully flourish during these seasons, but mostly during spring. These plants attract many wildlife such as birds and butterflies and are animal friendly.

PERSPECTIVE 1

Picnic Hub

PERSPECTIVE 2

Aqua-Mural Museum

IGE3300 | FALL 2022

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft

Nyarlathotep, a prose poem written by an odd writer, Howard Philips, HP Lovecraft. Nyarlathotep is an extremely stark description of people succumbing to a failing society. However, I had the chance to alter the storyline. Through digital collages, I replaced the sad plot of the poem into a brighter version where the society thrives into a better version of itself instead of dying.

IDENTITY PORTRAITS

LA 4990 | FALL 2022

JUSTICEscape was a mind altering class and through this assignment, my eyes were opened. People are extremely opinionated towards everything, especially other people. The identity portraits were designed to reveal the “white gaze” (left collage), and “integrated identity” (right collage). The “white gaze” refers to people’s assumptions towards me such as terrorist, child bride, illiterate, etc. because I am a middle eastern woman studying abroad. Integrated identity is how I present myself to society, which is the truth; I am a creative landscape architecture student who loves to devour ridiculous amounts of sushi, drown in art, and be consumed by a really good book.

OUTDOOR CAFE

LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION PLAN

SCALE: 1"=10'-0"

Sheet: L-01

Name: Haya Abboodi

SCALE: 1"=10'-0"

HYBRID VIGNETTES

LA 5782 | SPRING 2023

I had the opportunity to be a TA for Cal Poly Pomona’s first-year landscape architecture studio, LA 1121L, during my senior year. As part of my TA duties, I had to create demos, or tutorials, for the students explaining different skills, techniques, design approaches, etc. One of my demos included hybrid vignettes.

Pacoima Alley

Atlanta BeltLine

2451 | SPRING 2020 | Plant Ecology Planting Plan

PLANT LEGEND

WATER USE SYMBOL BOTANICAL NAME

COMMON NAME H X W

L AEU Aeonium urbanicum 'Salad Bowl' Salad Bowl aeonium 1-2' x clumping

L ALO Aloe vanbalenii Aloe 1-2' x 3-4'

L ARB Arbutus Marina Strawberry tree 25'-50' x 25'x50'

L AST Asteriscus maritimus Gold coin daisy <1' x 3-4'

L BAU Bauhinia lunariodes Anacacho orchid tree 12' x 10'

L BUL Bulbine frutescens Bulbine 1-2' x 4'

L CAR Carex tumulicola Berkeley sedge 1-2' x 1-2'

L CEA Ceanothus 'Concha' California lilac 6-8' x spreads

L EPI Epilobium canum spp canum California fuchsia <1' x 3-4'

M IRI Iris douglasiana Douglas iris 2' x 3'

L LEU Leucophyllum frutescens 'Compacta' Compact Texas ranger 4-6' x 5'

FRONT YARD 1/4”=1’-0”

“Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art”