Jennifer Moscato Landscape Architecture Portfolio
Content PROFESSIONAL Metro Verde Park Stormwater Harvesting GRADUATE WORK Oracle Stormwater Park Thrive in the 05 Sunshine Trail MASTER’S THESIS Parcels to Parks
Metro Verde Park
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Metro Verde Park residential street park entry
single- family homes surround pocket park
playground
walking path
stormwater harvesting
ramada + amenities
METRO VERDE POCKET PARK
A landscape design internship in Las Cruces, New Mexico, created an opportunity to see a project through from design to construction. Responsibilities included creating hard scape, planting and irrigation plans for a pocket park to be built in a planned area development.
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Stormwater Harvesting
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WATER HARVESTING DEMONSTRATION
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Oracle Stormwater Park Green infrastructure strategies proposed in a Tucson neighborhood park
This community scale project focuses on highlighting social justice issues surrounding inequitable distribution of green infrastructure and resilient stormwater management practices across Tucson, AZ. This stormwater park proposes passive and active rainwater harvesting strategies and daylighting critical arroyos to create a vibrant park design for the neighborhood.
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Oracle Stormwater Park
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STORM WATER PARK LAYERS
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Active water harvesting off industrial roof for irrigate site vegetation
stone ave.
oracle road
miracle mile
grant road
0-7% urban tree canopy
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industrial zoning existing park to be enhanced proposed green infrastructure parks washes
speedway blvd.
ANALYSIS OF ORACLE NEIGHBORHOOD
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PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK AT TRANSIT HUB
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Thrive in the 05 An urban design and planning project in central Tucson focusing on crime prevention through design
The Oracle neighborhoods face a number of challenges from high lot vacancies to well below-average canopy cover. These issues have contributed to a lack of safe social spaces. The Thrive 05 master plan enhances existing cultural character and restores neighborhood assets to create a variety of opportunities for residents and business owners.
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Thrive in the 05
MIXED-USE AND TRANSPORTATION FOCUSED
Mixed-use development in the Thrive 05 master plan is a vital component of proposed districts. Major corridor are centered around transit and commercial areas that integrate high and medium density housing. Safe pedestrian crosswalks aid walk-ability. 13
Viewing Platforms
Piped/Culverted Wash Highlighted
Bridge Crossings
Wash Trail
PEDESTRIAN AND ‘WASH’ CROSSING
Community Clean-up
WASH ACCESS AND RECREATION
RESIDENTIAL STREET
Street enhancements such as chicanes with curb cuts, traffic-calming roundabouts and vegetated swales create shady and welcoming areas to walk or bike with the added benefit of decreased flooding. Highlighting a critical wash that is channelized and buried at various points throughout the Thrive 05 site boundary would give the neighborhood opportunities for recreation.
COMMERCIAL STREET
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Sunshine Trail A health loop promotes community well-being by encouraging an exposure to nature.
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Sunshine Trail
bus stop
seating circle
walking trail
water harvesting basins
FOCUS ON PARK USERS AND HEALTH
A linear park caters to neighbors, surrounding communities, Sun-Tran riders and Banner Medical Center employees and encourages an exposure to nature which has positive and restorative physical and mental health benefits.
Grant Road
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bus stop
native vegetation
seating circle
water harvesting basins plaza
PLANTING INSPIRED BY TUCSON HISTORY
People used to travel to Tucson, Arizona for the health benefits of heliotherapy (therapeutic use of sunlight). Medicinal plants of the Sonoran Desert such as ocotillo, yucca, prickly pear and beargrass are accented by Palmer’s agave and saguaros.
health loop trail
6� shallow basins
existing alley
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PARK ENTRY PLAZA AND NATIVE PLANT WALK
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Parcels to Park
Proposed park designs for undeveloped parcels in southern Arizona
Rio Rico, Arizona, is an unincorporated, semi-rural community in southern Arizona, lacking adequate access to public parks, but the governing body, Santa Cruz County is striving to improve community health and connectivity for the residents. Through research, GIS, community engagement, and the design process, parcels were identified, and park guidelines and design scenarios were created as a starting point for future park development in the greater Rio Rico area.
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Parcels to Parks
Pocket Park
Neighborhood Park
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Schools
Parcel Size
Zoning
Household Density
Roads
Walking Paths
PRIORITIZING PARCELS FOR PARK DEVELOPMENT
Using GIS, two park types are developed, a small pocket park and a larger neighborhood park in order to serve the diverse needs of this community. The project prioritizes higher household densities and close proximity to existing amenities such as walking paths, schools and commercial centers. Parcel size and adjacency to particularly classified roads is also a consideration. Future Park Parcels Multi-Family Residential Single Family Residential Business Walking Path
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Parcels to Parks
Plexes Lane Entrance
Open Space / Desert Loop Trail
Trail head Splash Pad/Hammocks Dog Park
Private Ramadas Communal Tables
Playground
Native Plant Walk
Walking Track Main Ramada
Main Entrance
Sports Field
Seat wall
RIO RICONNECTED: A COMMUNITY HUB AND RECREATION FOR ALL AGES
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Crosswalk Connection
NATURE TRAIL AND WAYFINDING
RIO RICOnnected offers a splash pad surrounded by hammocks and a bosque with communal tables, plus traditional gathering spaces for families and large social community events. The natural-sided wash that runs along the site is an opportunity for interpretive signage about Rio Rico’s unique hydrology and highlights nearby connections to the Santa Cruz River whose riparian habitat is often negatively impacted by pollution.
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Parcels to Parks
RIO RICO’S POCKET PARK
The adjacent open space and undeveloped hillside serve as a beautiful natural back drop for Rio Rico’s proposed pocket park. A rock garden and bike trail at the back of the park tie into the natural context. The park also blends into the neighborhood context by offering a half-sport court, shaded playground, a small amount of turf to kick a ball and lots of welcoming natural shade. 25
latilla ramada playground
multi-sport court
rock garden
bike skills / pump track
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