JOéLCARRASCO
URBAN DESIGN + LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
About me:
JoĂŠl Carrasco has received Concurrent Masters degrees in Urban Design and Landscape Architecture at Arizona State University and a Bachelors of Science in Landscape Architecture at California Polytechnic University, Pomona. He also has had the opportunity to work several internships and teach as a teachers assistant for a diverse range of classes. He is eager to collaborate with creative designers and thinkers on projects that can catalyze change in our urban environments.
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Table of Contents: WATERING THE STREETS: FOR FUTURE GROWTH IN THE CITY OF TEMPE
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(EN)HANCE PARK MASTER PLAN: RETHINKING MARGARET T. HANCE PARK
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THE SONORAN ON CAMELBACK: REPOSITIONING CAMELBACK COLONNADE
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ATRAZINE POSTER: WHAT’S IN YOUR WATER?
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MARYVALE REVITALIZATION: HEALTHY LIVING AND EATING FOR CHILDREN
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HAND GRAPHICS: COLOR PENCIL OVER MARKER
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COMPUTER GRAPHICS: 3D RENDERING AND INFORGRAPHICS
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COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING: AUTO CAD DRAFTING
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AMIGO CENTER - WELDON PARK PERSPECTIVE
WELDON AVENUE - BEFORE
AMIGO COMMUNITY
Once a vacant lot south of a strip mall, Weldon park transforms into a safe route corridor between the commercial area, residential neighborhoods, and schools.
WELDON AVENUE - AFTER
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WATERING THE STREETS: FOR FUTURE GROWTH IN THE CITY OF TEMPE The project was a testing of the applicability of green infrastructure in an arid climate and the affects of water on trees and public space. It has become evident that future green streets in arid climates must work closely with rainwater harvesting and stormwater management strategies to encourage a higher level of quality that positively impacts the public landscape. Also a public private relationship may be established to encourage the facilitation and cooperation to establish higher quality functioning spaces.
How can we get more people who work in Tempe to live in Tempe ?
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Home
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Pedestran Realm
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25% of workers
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through traffic
pedestrian realm
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= Pedestrian Realm
75% of workers
70%
A proposed increase in pedestrian realm along Hardy Drive to
The existing pedestrian realm along Hardy drive is
70% of the total right-of-way
15% of the total right-of-way
Focus on Mobility Green streets and parks
North
n.t.s.
Focus on Water Storm water drainage basins
North
n.t.s.
pedestrian realm
through traffic
Tempe ideal resident population
n.t.s.
unused space
Of all employees working in Tempe chose to live in other metropolitan cities.
pedestrian realm
75%
pedestrian realm
Chair Committee: Catherine Spellman, Joseph Ewan, Gabriel Diaz-Montemayor and Max Underwood Independent Studio Thesis
MORE GROWTH = MORE PEDESTRIAN REALM
unused space
MUD + MLA Thesis
How residential growth SHOULD affect our street experience:
will establish a strong pedestrian realm
North
Focus on Living Neighborhoods and Parks
How can we use thIs resource? 7.63”/ year
How can we use thIs resource?
RAIN WATER
How can we use thIs resource?
How can we use thIs resource?
AC CONDENSATE
7.63”/ year
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How water can shape the urban landscape:
WATER CATCHMENT # = TREES / VEG STORMWATER CATCHMENT
#
= QUALITY OF PUBLIC SPACE
TREES / VEG.
PUBLIC SPACE
RAINWATER CATCHMENT
750 square feet
RAIN WATER
STORMWATER CATCHMENT
RAINWATER CATCHMENT
RAINWATER CATCHMENT
STORMWATER CATCHMENT
TREES / VEG.
VARIES
RAINWATER CATCHMENT
TREES / VEG.
PUBLIC SPACE
TREES / VEG.
PUBLIC SPACE
TREES / VEG.
RAINWATER CATCHMENT
VARIES
750 s.f.
VARIES
VARIES
TREES / VEG.
700 square feet
20’ Canopy Low Water Use Tree
20’ Canopy Low Water Use Tree
VARIES
TREES / VEG.
is nearly a small coffee shop
A roof area of a small coffee shop will yield enough water to support one
An area of 4 parking spaces will yield enough water to support one
GRAY WATER
VARIES
A roof surface catchment area of
is nearly 4 parking spaces
750 s.f.
RAINWATER CATCHMENT
A paved surface catchment area of
TREES / VEG.
RAINWATER CATCHMENT
Soft engineering
750 s.f.
STORMWATER CATCHMENT
Rainwater Harvesting
VARIES
TREES / VEG.
75% of workers
More water demand
750 s.f.
750 s.f.
RAINWATER CATCHMENT
Tempe ideal resident population
=
STORMWATER CATCHMENT
=
STORMWATER CATCHMENT
750 s.f.
VARIES
RAINWATER CATCHMENT
Rain in the drain Hard engineering
PUBLIC SPACE
Low water demand
25% of workers
TREES / VEG. 750 s.f.
TREES / VEG.
750 s.f.
TREES / VEG.
=
STORMWATER CATCHMENT
Tempe existing resident population
=
Quality Public Space STORMWATER CATCHMENT
MORE GROWTH = MORE WATER CONSERVATION
STORMWATER CATCHMENT
How residential growth SHOULD affect our street performance:
Speed Table Larger Sidewalk
Cool Zone
As density and growth occur, both the private and public property owners will be faced with more challenges of fitting “more” in less square footage. This project encompasses these strategies and thrives off the ideas of multifaceted performing spaces while encouraging and strengthening the quality of the street as well as a new way of living for the City of Tempe. The uniqueness of our arid environment should be celebrated in times of drought and in times of flood. Numbers and calculations are important always, but when they equate to quality they are indispensable. Research of this greater relationship between water quantities and public space qualities along our streets will increasingly be an issue worth investigating.
Multi-Use Pedestrian Zone
AC CONDENSATE
One Way Traffic STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
FLOOD IRRIGATION
Dedicated Bus and Bike Shared Lane
Tree Basin fed by Storm Runoff
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aqueduct porous pavement
infiltration
runoff
runoff
ONE habitat WAY
BUS BIKE ONLY
climate regulation
porous pavement
Bocce Ball courts roof catchment
habitat
habitat
climate regulation
runoff
runoff
ONE WAY
BUS BIKE ONLY
infiltration
porous pavement
climate regulation
climate regulation
porous pavement
Bocce Ball courts
aqueduct
porous pavement
habitat
climate regulation
runoff
runoff
ONE WAY
BUS BIKE ONLY
infiltration
roof catchment
habitat
habitat climate regulation
climate regulation
climate regulation
porous pavement
Bocce Ball courts
Section 1
roof catchment
Section 1
aqueduct
transpiration
transpiration
habitat climate regulation transpiration porous pavement
infiltration
infiltration climate regulation
Section 2
roof catchment
climate regulation transpiration
runoff
runoff
ONE WAY
BUS BIKE ONLY
climate regulation
cistern
aqueduct
climate regulation
climate regulation
porous pavement
filtration
ping pong tables
habitat infiltration
climate regulation cistern
porous pavement
infiltration
infiltration
runoff
runoff
ONE WAY
BUS BIKE ONLY
porous pavement
filtration
ping pong tables
infiltration
roof roof catchment catchment aqueduct
transpiration
Section 2
aqueduct
Bougainvillea trellis
habitat
climate regulation
porous pavement
infiltration
climate regulation cistern
runoff runoff
runoff runoff
ONE WAY ONE WAY infiltration climate regulation
BUS BIKE BUS ONLY BIKE ONLY
porous pavement
roof catchment
climate regulation
climate regulation transpiration
filtration filtration
cistern
aqueduct
climate regulation
climate regulation
porous pavement porous pavement chess
aqueduct
infiltration infiltration
Bougainvillea trellis
ping pong tables
infiltration
climate regulation cistern
porous pavement
0
30
60
runoff
ONE WAY
BUS BIKE ONLY
filtration
porous pavement
chess
infiltration roof catchment aqueduct
Section 3
SITE PLAN
runoff
transpiration
aqueduct
90 climate regulation
climate regulation cistern
porous pavement
Hardy Drive
Hardy and 5th Street
CONTEXT MAP
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EXISTING SITE AERIAL
PERSPECTIVE
runoff
runoff
ONE WAY
BUS BIKE ONLY
filtration infiltration
infiltration
infiltration
aqueduct
transpiration transpiration
Section 3
infiltration
infiltration
climate regulation
porous pavement
chess
Bougainvillea trellis
infiltration
roof catchment aqueduct aqueduct
roof catchment
transpiration
transpiration
transpiration
transpiration
habitat
climate regulation climate regulation
cistern
habitat
habitat
habitat
climate regulation
cistern
climate regulation
climate regulation
climate regulation
porous pavement
splash pad
porous pavement
runoff
runoff
porous pavement
porous pavement
porous pavement
splash pad
porous pavement
runoff ONE WAY ONE WAY
runoff BUS BIKE BUS ONLY BIKE ONLY
porous pavement
porous pavement
Section 1
roof catchment aqueduct aqueduct
roof catchment
roof catchment habitat
habitat
habitat
habitat
porous pavement
climate regulation
climate regulation
climate regulation cistern
climate regulation
cistern
porous pavement
roof catchment
climate regulation climate regulation cistern
porous pavement porous pavement
infiltration infiltration
runoff
runoff
runoff ONE WAY ONE WAY
runoff BUS BIKE BUS ONLY BIKE ONLY
porous pavement
porous pavement
porous pavement
porous pavement
cistern
porous pavement porous pavement
Section 2 roof catchment
aqueduct transpiration
transpiration
roof catchment aqueduct habitat
habitat climate regulation cistern
cistern runoff infiltration
infiltration
ONE WAY
runoff BUS BIKE ONLY utilities
filtration
porous pavement
porous pavement
infiltration
underdrain
infiltration
underdrain
infiltration
porous pavement
porous pavement
porous pavement
infiltration
underdrain
SITE PLAN
Hardy Drive
Section 3
habitat
climate regulation
EXISTING SITE AERIAL
PERSPECTIVE
Hardy and University
CONTEXT MAP
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(EN)HANCE PARK MASTER PLAN: RETHINKING MARGARET T. HANCE PARK AzASLA Award of Excellence for Student Collaboration 2012 Studio Instructor: Gabriel Diaz-Montemayor Studio Collaboration The project was a collaboration between the City of Phoenix, a steering committee, and a graduate 6th year architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture studio. The very nature of the project lies on the public character of both studio/project site, the city’s government, and a citizen’s representative committee which was organized in order to make decisions on the park in a concerted manner involving and engaging with all of those with interest in the park. Early in the semester it was decided that a tool with the capacity to be disseminated was a video with the qualities to extend an attractive future for the park, explain complex concepts to those foreign to design, and grab the interest of potential donors while augmenting the numbers of citizens part of the critical mass asking for the recovery of this public space.
Video Screenshots:
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CANYON CONVERT COMFORT CONSTRUCT CONNECT CONVERGE CONSERVE
CONVERTIBLE CANOPY COMPLEMENT COURTYARD CONCERT COLLECTION CONSOLIDATION
CANOPY_COMMUNITY GARDEN
CONVERTIBLE_RECREATION
1
4
EASTBOUND I10_NIGHT
CANOPY_PROMENADE
2
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CONCERT WEST_VIEW TOWER
CANYON_ENTRY
1 1
2
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5 4
2
3
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2 1
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CONVERTIBLE_PLAYGROUND
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CANYON_THEATER
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COMPLEMENT_COMMUNITY HUB
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5
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CONNECTION_1ST ST
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CONCERT EAST_ ARTS SCHOOL
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CANOPY_EAST PARK(ING)
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THE SONORAN ON CAMELBACK: REPOSITIONING CAMELBACK COLONNADE MRED + MUD COLLABORATION Studio Instructor: Micheal Underhill In Collaboration with Adriana Ramos H.
This project was presented to Macerich/ Westcor as a repositioning strategy for Camelback Colonnade. The Colonnade is conveniently located in the Camelback Corridor along Camelback Road. The Colonnade site includes poor circulation, lack of multiple uses, few natural elements, and an inadequate relationship between user and uses. Our vision included a phased approach based on existing tenant rollover that would allow the infill with a mixture of uses including hotel, restaurants, residents and a balance of national chains with local boutiques and specialty stores. As a primary draw to the site we proposed a new 3.5 acre Deck park over Highway 51 to connect adjacent sides of the Camelback Corridor, stimulate economic revitilization, and promote incentive for alternative mobility.
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ATRAZINE POSTER: WHAT’S IN YOUR WATER? URBAN ECOLOGY RESEARCH Research Seminar Instructor: Ken McCown Independent Research Poster
Acres 10,000 - 24,999 25,000 - 49,999 50,000 - 99,999 100,000 - 149,999 150,000+
This project was an in depth research presentation concerning the pollutants found in our water supply. The pollutant Atrazine is used as an herbicide, applied before and after planting to control broad leaf and grassy weeds. Atrazine is heavily used upon corn fields and is one of the most detected contaminants in drinking water. Studies have found that exposure to small amounts of the chemical can turn male frogs into females and might be more harmful to humans than once thought.
CORN CROP LAND
Lbs. per sq. mile 0-30 > 30
AVERAGE ANNUAL ATRAZINE USE PER COUNTY
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MARYVALE REVITALIZATION: HEALTHY LIVING AND EATING FOR CHILDREN COMMUNITY CHARRETTE STUDIO
CES RESOURRESOURCES COMMERCIAL CIRCULATION
CARDINALS STADIUM
RESOURCES CIRCULATION
FSL Pathways Meadowbrook House
DESERT SANDS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
FSL Pathways Meadowbrook House
COMMERCIAL 101
HOLIDAY PARK SCHOOL
HEATHER BRAE SCHOOL
JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA HIGH SCHOOL
RESOURCES OSO STARLIGHT RTATIOELPARK CIRCULATION NSPOPARK ESTRELLA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
FSL Pathways Meadowbrook House
STARLIGHT PARK SCHOOL
A TR
DESERT HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
N
EL OSO PARK
STARLIGHT PARK
DESERT HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HEATHER BRAE SCHOOL
STARLIGHT PARK
DESERT HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DAVIDSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DESERT SAGE LIBRARY PERALTA SCHOOL
Desert West Community Center
DESERT WEST
MARIVUE PARK PARK
PERALTA SCHOOL
TREVOR BROWN HIGH SCHOOL
FRANK BOMAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SCHOOL
BYRON A BARRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ORME PARK
BYRON A BARRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COE SCHOOL
PARK
THOMAS ROAD 45th AVENUE
51st AVENUE
59th AVENUE
GO
L D E N G AT E ESPERANZA SCHOOL
35th AVENUE
45th AVENUE
ESPERANZA SCHOOL
NEIGHBORHOOD LEARNING CENTER
27th AVENUE
NEIGHBORHOOD LEARNING CENTER
35th AVENUE
51st AVENUE
45th AVENUE
59th AVENUE
51st AVENUE
59th AVENUE
ISAAC SCHOOL Golden Gate Community Center
ISAAC SCHOOL
Golden Gate Community Center
I-10
The focus of the project is to create opportunities to revitalize the suburban form and strengthen the sense of community while encouraging healthy living and eating for kids. Three key areas are identified for their potential to become catalysts for transformation and to support the revitilization of Maryvale as a whole.
ABSORPTION
PARK
MITCHELL SCHOOL
IMAGINE SCHOOL
75th AVENUE 67th AVENUE
JOSEPH ZITO SCHOOL
MARYVALE REVITALIZATION
Design Tools
COE SCHOOL
67th AVENUE
PALM LANE SCHOOL
CHARLES W. HARRIS SCHOOL
Parkwood Senior Center
I-10
MITCHELL SCHOOL
Rehobeth Center
COMMERCIAL RESOURCES SUENO
75th AVENUE
83rd AVENUE
PERALTA SCHOOL
75th AVENUE
83rd AVENUE
83rd AVENUE
CRICKET PAVILLION
Phoenix Manor Senior Center
IMAGINE SCHOOL
BYRON A BARRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
67th AVENUE
91st AVENUE
DESERT SAGE LIBRARY
Desert Star Park & Rec
91st AVENUE
DESERT WEST PARK
MCDOWELL ROAD ESPERANZA SCHOOL
NEIGHBORHOOD LEARNING CENTER
SUENO PARK
CARTWRIGHT SCHOOL
Desert West Community Center
DESERT SKY MALL
ISAAC SCHOOL Golden Gate Community Center
JOSEPH ZITO SCHOOL
Chicanos por la Causa
TRANSPORTATION HUB
THOMAS ROAD
Rehobeth Center
MITCHELL SCHOOL
ALHAMBRA SCHOOL
I-10
40 YEAR TIMELINE
Rehobeth Center
COE SCHOOL
Chicanos por la Causa
JOSEPH ZITO SCHOOL
Phoenix Manor Senior Center Parkwood Senior Center
PUEBLO DEL SOL MADRID SCHOOL SCHOOL
IMAGINE JUSTINE SCHOOL SPITALNY SCHOOL
CHARLES W. HARRIS SCHOOL
THOMAS ROAD
Chicanos por la Causa
Phoenix Manor Senior Center
ROAD RESOURCES SUENO
CHARLES W. HARRIS SCHOOL
CIRCULATION
Desert View Pal Center
PALM LANE SCHOOL
ALHAMBRA SCHOOL
ALHAMBRA SCHOOL
Parkwood Senior Center
PALM LANE SCHOOL
ALSTON SCHOOL
ALSTON SCHOOL
Head Start Center
PUEBLO DEL SOL MADRID SCHOOL SCHOOL
JUSTINE SPITALNY SCHOOL
INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD
INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD
PUEBLO DEL SOL MADRID SCHOOL SCHOOL
JUSTINE SPITALNY SCHOOL
CARTWRIGHT SCHOOL DOWNS SCHOOL
MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL
DESERT SAGE LIBRARY
CRICKET PAVILLION
DESERT WEST PARK
ORME PARK
Desert View Pal Center
I-17
I-17
COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL INDIAN SCHOOL RESOURCES I-17
CARTWRIGHT SCHOOL
Desert View Pal Center
Chicanos por la Causa
CRICKET PAVILLION
ALSTON SCHOOL
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SCHOOL
IRCULATION CORME PARK
SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL SCHOOL
Desert West Community Center
SUNSET SCHOOL
Desert Star Park & Rec
MARYVALE
ANDELUCIAHIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL
Early Care & Ed. Center YMCA
Boys & Girls Club
ESTRELLA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
EL OSO PARK
STARLIGHT PARK SCHOOL
FRANK BOMAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
MARIVUE PARK CIELITO PARK
DOWNS SCHOOL
Maryvale Community Center
A MIG O TRANSPORTATION DESERT SKYHUB MALL Family YMCA
PENDERGAST SCHOOL
MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL
CAMELBACK ROAD CIRCULATION DOWNS SCHOOL
Chicanos por la Causa
FRANK BOMAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
DESERT SKY MALL
Desert Star Park & Rec
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R E H O B OT H
AND MARYVALE COMMUNITY CENTER
SUNSET SCHOOL
Head Start Center
Head Start Center
Maryvale Community Center
Chicanos por la Causa
Maryvale Community Center
MARYVALE PHOENIX PALO VERDE MARIVUE PARK BRANCH LIBRARY PARK AND MARYVALE COMMUNITY CENTER
JOHN F. LONG SCHOOL
DAVIDSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MARYVALE GOLF COURSE
TREVOR BROWN HIGH SCHOOL
TREVOR BROWN HIGH SCHOOL
JOHN WESLEY POWELL SCHOOL
SUNSET SCHOOL
BETHANY HOME CIELITO PARK ROAD
ANDELUCIA SCHOOL
Early Care & Ed. Center YMCA
Early Care & Ed. Center YMCA
Boys & Girls Club
DAVIDSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Boys & Girls Club
DESERT SANDS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
HOLIDAY PARK SCHOOL
HUB
JOHN F. LONG SCHOOL
JOHN F. LONG SCHOOL
Family YMCA
ESTRELLA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Family YMCA
PENDERGAST SCHOOL
CAMELBACK ROAD
COMMERCIAL CIRCULATION
JOHN WESLEY POWELL SCHOOL
ANDELUCIA SCHOOL
ROAD
CAMELBACK ROAD
CIELITO MARYVALE PHOENIX PALO VERDE PARK BRANCH LIBRARY PARK MARYVALE AND MARYVALE COMMUNITY CENTER MARYVALE PHOENIX PALO VERDE GOLF COURSE PARK BRANCH LIBRARY
JOHN WESLEY POWELL SCHOOL
MARYVALE GOLF COURSE
STARLIGHT PARK SCHOOL
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DESERT SANDS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
HOLIDAY PARK SCHOOL
HEATHER BRAE SCHOOL
HEART OF MARYVALE
PENDERGAST SCHOOL
BETHANY HOME BETHANY HOME
27th AVENUE
JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA HIGH SCHOOL
JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA HIGH SCHOOL
HEART OF RESOURCES MARYVALE
HEART OF MARYVALE
35th AVENUE
RESOURCES CIRCULATION
CARDINALS STADIUM
1 YEAR TIMELINE
COMMERCIAL ROAD CIRCULATION
COMMERCIAL
MERCIA L COM
91st AVENUE
The focus of the project is to create opportunities to revitalize the suburban form and strengthen the sense of community while encouraging healthy living and eating for kids. Through a series of charrette and walking audits, the experience and understanding of the overall Maryvale project came alive. Talking with the local residents and children enabled stronger communication and understanding of the major concerns of the area. The problems implied at these events grew larger than simply solving the problem of healthy living and eating for children, it required creating a plan to help revitalize the overall Maryvale area to provide for a strong foundation of positive change in all directions. Three key areas are identified for their potential to become catalysts for transformation and to support the revitalization of Maryvale as a whole.
CARDINALS STADIUM
MCDOWELL ROAD
MCDOWELL ROAD
COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES AGRICULTURE PARKS
27th AVENUE
Studio Instructor: Kim Steele In collaboration with Valerie Ahyoung, Ashlee Grubbs and Troy Hansen
BUS ROUTES ALLEYS FUTURE LIGHT RAIL OVERLAPPING PROGRAMS
TIMELINES
Timelines show how future initiatives and physical changes to the built environment progress throughout time.
ZONES
DESIGN TOO
CONCENTRATE
( Resource: Suburban Transformations )
ADDITION
ETCHING
CHOKER
CHICANE
MEDIAN
EXPLOIT
EXCISION
GREEN IN BUILDING
GREEN IN PARKING
POP OUT AT INTERSECTION
POP OUT
ROUNDABOUT
CREATE
INFILL
MORPHING
COMMERCIAL TOOLS
Based on the Suburban Transformation book by Paul Lukez
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The commercial tools are utilized to transform existing commercial conditions into vibrant, active, and accessible spaces. The purpose of these transformation tools are to revive depleting commercial areas by establishing new physical conditions that support healthy living and
REDISTRIBUTE
SPEED TABLE AT INTERSECTION
CIRCULATION TOOLS
SPEED TABLE
The circulation tools are utilized to transform existing street conditions to support multi use and encourage walkability, safety, and traffic control. Use of these tools are appropriate to promote a shared street scenario with pedestrians, bicyclists, and vehicular traffic.
STREET PARKING
TIMESHARE
RESOURCES TOOLS
The resources tools are utilized to exploit existing community resources and to create new ones. The process diagram helped with our understanding of the relationship between existing site conditions and the issues associated in order for us to prescribe the appropriate tools for transformation.
Golden Gate Community Site Plan ABSORPTION
INDIAN SCHOOL ROAD
GREEN PARKING
ADDITION
ROUND ABOUT
COLTER STREET SECTION
NEW LINEAR PARK
PROPOSED ALLEY CORRIDOR
TIME SHARE
POPOUT
INFILL
CREATE
MEDIAN
EXCISION
GREEN IN BUILDING
FUTURE COMMUNITY CENTER & GROCERY STORE
ALMERIA ROAD SECTION
NEW COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING ADDITION
EXISTING PLAYGROUND
WETLAND
MORPHING
CITRUS PLANTING
PROPOSED ALLEY CORRIDOR
CONCENTRATE
ALLEY - BEFORE NEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
POPOUT
MIXED-USE & CREATE RESIDENTIAL
PROPOSED MULTIGREENUSE ROUND SPACE PARK & PARKING ABOUT AMPHITHEATER
INFILL
N
PROPOSED PARK FOR THE ARTS
TIME SHARE
ALLEY - AFTER ABSORPTION
ADDITION
GREEN PARKING
CREATE
SPEED TABLE
STREET PARKING
GREEN IN BUILDING
PROPOSED LIGHT RAIL
CREATE
EXPLOIT
GREEN PARKING
ROUND ABOUT
STREET PARKING
TIME SHARE
CAMELBACK ROAD
TIME SHARE
MEDIAN POLE PARK
WETLAND
EXCISION
ADDITION COLTER STREET
COLTER STREET SECTION
COMMUNITY GARDEN
POLE PARK
PLANNED COMMUNITY GARDEN
REHOBOTH SITE PLAN
ALLEY SECTION
PROPOSED ALLEY CORRIDOR
SPEED TABLE
PROPOSED LIGHT RAIL PROPOSED LIBRARY
GOLDEN GATE COMMUNITY CENTER (GGCC)
MORPHING
WELDON AVE SECTION CONCENTRATE
WELDON AVENUE
N
TIME SHARE
POLE PARK
MCDOWELL ROAD
ABSORPTION
GREEN PARKING
COMMUNITY GARDEN
NEW POOL FACILITY
40TH AVENUE
OUTDOOR COURTYARD SPACE
COLTER STREET
PROPOSED PARK FOR THE ARTS
40TH AVE SECTION
75TH AVENUE
Rehoboth Site Plan REHOBOTH SITE PLAN
GOLDEN GATE COMMUNITY SITE PLAN
29TH AVENUE
Amigo Site Plan
AMIGO SITE PLAN
Beautification of alleys and connection to major resources (new parks and existing schools and centers) enhances the use along the alleyways around the GGCC. “Eyes on the street” increases, AMIGO COMMUNITY creating a safer route for children, while reducing crime and 40TH AVENUE Amigo vandalism. center contains- aBEFORE surplus of deteriorating commercial centers which hint at an opportunity to reestablish identity through design that encourages healthy conditions.
PROPOSED ALLEY CORRIDOR
REHOBOTH COMMUNITY
PROPOSED PARK WITH RAMADAS
POLE PARK
PLANNED COMMUNITY GARDEN
Pole Park Perspective
ALLEY - BEFORE
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This area integrates resource de outreach from nearby Grand Can creating a gateway into west P telephone poles to create a s adventure and exploration.
40TH AVENUE - AFTER
ALLEY - AFTER
CAMELBACK ROAD
PROPOSED LIGHT RAIL PROPOSED LIBRARY
Amigo Center Park Perspective AMIGO COMMUNITY
AMIGO CENTER - WELDON PARK PERSPECTIVE
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Amigo center contains a surplus of deteriorating commercial centers which hint at an opportunity to reestablish identity through design that encourages healthy conditions.
WELDON AVENUE - BEFORE
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Golden Gate Alley Perspective GOLDEN GATE ALLEY PERSPECTIVE
29TH AVENUE
PROPOSED ALLEY CORRIDOR
GOLDEN GATE ALLEY PERSPECTIVE
REHOBOTH COMMUNITY Rehoboth Park for the Arts Perspective This area integrates resource development by encouraging University PROPOSED PARK WITH RAMADAS
GOLDEN GATE COMMUNITY
40th Avenue and the Golden Gate Community area lacks shade, vegetation and corridors for pedestrians and bicyclist. The new design provides a safe buffer for pedestrians from cars, and street parking for the new park adjacent to the street.
ALMERIA ROAD - BEFORE
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outreach from nearby Grand Canyon University while simultaneously creating a gateway into west Phoenix. Pole park utilizes recycled telephone poles to create a small neighborhood park for unique adventure and exploration.
ALMERIA ROAD - AFTER
COLTER STREET- BEFORE
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HAND GRAPHICS: COLOR PENCIL OVER MARKER VARIOUS PROJECTS
Rendering done with Copic Markers and Prisma color Pencils on Bond Paper. These projects represent my earlier years of design study and representation with sketches, marker, hand drafting and renderings. These techniques are useful in presentation graphics for schematic and conceptual design and can be completely quickly without the need to venture into complex design representation software. Color theory and sketching techniques are key to the understanding of light, shadow and visual aesthetics in design as well as presentation. With the increased use of digital representation in design it is important to try to continue the use of these older graphic techniques and complement them with newer means and methods.
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COMPUTER GRAPHICS: 3D RENDERING AND INFOGRAPHICS VARIOUS PROJECTS
Graphics done with Auto Cad, Sketch Up, Podium, and Adobe Creative Suite products. These project examples focus on 3D renderings and infographics as digital representation and presentation tools to describe, inform and visually represent design issues and solutions. Software used for 3D renderings include google sketch Up, podium, Photoshop and google earth. 3D renderings are used to visualize concepts and present design through 3 dimensional form. Infographics are typically developed with Adobe Creative Suite software including Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign. These information graphics are used to visually and creatively inform key information that may impact design decisions.
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DESERT GARDEN MONTESSORI SCHOOL Roof Collection Areas
PHOENIX, AZ Potential Annual Collection
Rain Harvesting Systems
Existing Runoff Flow Diagram
Description of Work This document serves as a starting point for the retrofit for innovative rain water collection and stromwater management for the Desert Garden Montessori School in Tempe, AZ. In a desert climate water is critical to establishing comfort and sustaining environmental conditions that support the designated activities. We must consider the importance of water in every aspect of our lives and give precedence to its ability to create, sustain, and influence our environments on a daily basis. Water infrastructure in our desert climates have been hidden beneath the facade of our environments only to provide an absence of understading and acknowledgement of our complete and utter dependence on this valuable resource. With consideration of water beyond its simple implication of a resource, we choose to celebrate water through education, demonstration, innovation and management on site to give greater performance values to our environments.
Safer solutions for rainwater collection Example Roof Collection
Rainwater Solutions
Brandon Colvin, Joél Carrasco, Ying Xiong
DESERT GARDEN MONTESSORI SCHOOL Sizing the Rain Garden
PHOENIX, AZ
Drainage Area + Rain Garden Area
There are three importatnt questions determining how big the rain garden will be.
Drainage Areas
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• How much area is draining to the rain garden? • How much space is available? • How much water from the drainage area will the rain garden hold? Drainage Area Car port A portion of Commercial building Parking Area
2,341 sq. ft. 8,008 sq. ft. 30,320 sq. ft.
Total drainage area
40,669 sq. ft.
Space Available Center Parking Island
2,900 sq. ft.
Total space available
2,900 sq. ft.
Size of Rain Garden (%) Total Space Available Total Drainage Area
2,900 sq. ft. 40,669 sq. ft.
Size of Rain Garden*
7.1%
* as a percent of impervious area and measured in sq. ft.
Rain Garden Holding Capacity A rain garden with 12 inches of rain garden mix soil mix and a 6 inches ponding depth (18 inches total) that is 10% of the impervious drainage area may hold approximately 70% of annual volume of water. A Rain garden with similar depth at Desert Garden Montessori School is approximately 7% of the impervious drainange area, allowing it to hold a little less than 70% of the annual volume of water.
drainage area (sq. ft.)
available area (sq. ft.)
size of rain garden (%)
(as a percent of impervious area and measured in sq ft.) 2,900 7.1% 40,669 drainage area (sq. ft.) available area (sq. ft.) size of rain garden (%) (as a percent of impervious area and all impervious surfaces rain garden area size of rain garden if 10% of size of rain garden if 20% of size of rain garden if 50% of measured in sq ft.) drainage area (sq. ft.) drainage area (sq. ft.) drainage area (sq. ft.) 2,900 7.1% 40,669 all impervious surfaces
rain garden area
Annual volume of water held in a rain garden with 12 inches of rain garden mix soil mix and a 6 inch ponding depth (18 inches total). 4,067 8,134 20,335 Size of rain garden (as percent Annual volume of water Annual volume of water held in a rain garden with 12 inches of rain garden mix soil mix and a 6 inch Annual volume of water held in rain of impervious area and held in rain garden for poor ponding depth (18 inches total). garden for well‐draining soils measured in sq ft.) draining soils Size of rain garden (as percent Annual volume of water 10% 70% 99% Annual volume of water held in rain of impervious area and held in rain garden for poor 20% 90% 100% garden for well‐draining soils measured in sq ft.) draining soils 50% 99% 100% 80% 100% 100% 10% 70% 99% 20% 90% 100% If the depth of the rain garden is increased to 30 inches* on poor draining soils, then you can reduce 50% 99% 100% the square foot area by 5% and hold the same amount of water. On well‐draining soils depth does 80% 100% 100% not significantly increase how much water the rain garden can hold. If the depth of the rain garden is increased to 30 inches* on poor draining soils, then you can reduce *24 inches of rain garden soil mix and 6 inch ponding depth (30 inches total). the square foot area by 5% and hold the same amount of water. On well‐draining soils depth does not significantly increase how much water the rain garden can hold.
Rain Garden Area Available
*24 inches of rain garden soil mix and 6 inch ponding depth (30 inches total).
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COMPUTER AIDED DRAFTING: AUTO CAD DRAFTING VARIOUS PROJECTS
Drafting and layout done with Auto Cad These projects focus on the use of Auto cad drafting as a major component of design documentation and representation in a 2 dimensional format. Plans, sections, details and dimensional call outs help describe the project from a more detailed perspective. Auto cad drafting can also be used for representation of schematic and conceptual ideas as well as final construction documents for bidding and construction purposes.
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