Karla Mendoza Portfolio 2018 by Karla Mendoza Damken

KARLA MENDOZA DAMKEN Landscape Architecture, Urban Design & Architecture Portfolio 2018

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 01 FLOOD-ABLE NEIGHBORHOODS 02 RENOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S WATERWAYS 03 PRODUCTIVE LANDSCAPES 04 TATAMI GARDEN 05 OPEN GROUND

PLANNING & URBAN DESIGN 06 UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA 07 SAFE MOBILITY

ARCHITECTURE 08 FURNITURE FACTORY 09 IMMIGRANT SHELTER

FLOOD-ABLE NEIGHBORHOODS

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Project: Flood Control, Housing Master Plan Studio: Ecological Urban Design · Professor Kristina Hill & Nate Kauffman · UC Berkeley Collaborator: Sayali Lokare Date: Fall 2016

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development includes flood-able spaces in buildings, rain gardens and bioswales. 2. Bring back the creek by daylighting the canal; prevent erosion by slowing down the stream, and restore riparian vegetation to create a healthy habitat.

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What works

Location

This project increases the water storage capacity of the site and proposes new ways to rise and inland floodingDelft in new Berkeley tackle sea level Guadalajara developments. Permeability

Permeability Main Goals: Walkability

Access Community space

1. To use the Estudillo canal neighborhood as flood control infrastructure that can withstand a 100-year storm event. The

3. To redensify the site from 5 units per acre to 25 units per acre. The land use includes housing, commercial, and mixed-use offices.

The site will be eventually be flooded by the canal’s downstream flow, the storm-water runoff, the tidal water from the coastal side, and the groundwater that fluctuates throughout a given year.

Case study

FEMA maps indicate that 246 acft of water would flood the site during a 100-year storm event; the flood hazard is further aggravated by projected sea level rise.

4. To treat the water runoff with a bioremediation process comprised of Montreal a network Seattle of bioswales, rain gardens, ponds, and wetlands. Mixed typology

Mixed typology

spaceby the Estudillo Canal 5. The Creating site is public located near the Bay shoreline. Therefore, the project envisions a space for riparian habitat.

Block design The blocks are designed sunken raingardens that can store up to 4 Using key insights from theas block precedents, the design ft of water. As a result, parking lots are located on the uses the raingardens and the bioswales to enhance thebase floor of each building, with a of: closed concrete surface that quality of constructed the block in terms walkability, permeability andseals the water out. safety

Bio- Streets

Community Raingardens

Floodable neighborhood

Bioswales and raingarden system.

Open green space created by raingardens can be used by the block residents as community space.

Base floors of type 1 and 2 buildings contain parking, whereas type 3 buildings contain shared resources like: laundry rooms and community kitchen spaces etc that can be flooded.

Block 1 Block A

Block 2 Block B

Barcelona Access Creating public space

Sedimentation Ponds

Daylighted Creek Estudillo Canal

Phytoremediation ponds

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How do we live differently in a floodable neighborhood ?

BA block, the With the design built to attract water rather than repel it, the urban design of the streets and the various public spaces use these various water elements to create a distinct urban language. BB buildings, bioswales The main water elements that create this visual language are: floodable and raingardens. BA BB C Floodable Buildings

TYPE 1 Buildings TYPE 2 Buildings TYPE 3 Buildings

33 Buildings 495 Units 7 Units per storey 3 Storeys

San Lorenzo Creek

Landscape Architecture

Each block contains a raingarden that stores water up to 4 feet deep in the event of a flood. This implies that the buildings inside the block are resilient to this inundation. This is done by allocating parking or shared space on the base floors of each building. Buildings that contain parking have a closed concrete surface that seals the water out , while buildings with shared spaces such as laundry rooms , community kitchens etc allow the floor to be partially flooded.

17 Buildings 680 Units 10 Units per storey 4 Storeys

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TYPE 1 Buildings

TYPE 2 Buildings

5 9 Buildings 600 Units

12 Units per storey 5 Storeys

TYPE 3 Buildings

Densifying the neighborhood

How do we live differently in a floodable neighborhood ?

ACTIVITY

Besides the private realm of blocks and housing the site creates a rich public space that gives the neighborhood an opportunity to interact with the changing ecology of the site. The site is zoned to create spaces that have a flexible program as per season and changing on site. Downstream creek waterlevels water

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The dry season sees the raingardens being used as community spaces by the block residents, the plazas as outdoor seating by shops and cafes, and the pond park vegetation taking on a golden hue with the grasses allowing full usage of the trails due to Estudillo canal low levels of water.

Tidal water

Ground water

The swales might see wild flowers in bloom like the blue flag and Tidal water the trees creating shady streets with their canopies.

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Water flows from four different sources: downstream on the creek, tidal waters from the Public Art coastal side, groundwater, and storm water runoff.

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width To encourage riparian growth and restore Increased width natural channel purification techniques within creek Bank stabilization To encourage riparian channel and Regulating bank slopes growth anderosion restore natural createtechniques habitat purification vegetation andtrack edge Jogging Bank stabilization within creek channel treatment to prevent Regulating bank slopes erosionand andedge create vegetation treatment habitat to prevent erosion Daylighting the creek

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THE WET SEASON

Ponds and wetlands

During months that see rainfall, the ponds will catch more water and there will be a heavier downstream flow in the creek making some parts of the trail inaccessible. These inaccessible areas can serve as habitat for seasonal species as refuge habitats. Activities like bird watching can be promoted in the pond park during this period.

Stormwater runoff

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The pond park: a series of created for purification of water and as a public spacedownstream for the neighborhood. creek water

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Buildings with floodable base floors containing parking

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The movement and activity through the raingardens would be on the designated pathways and under semi-covered areas. The plaza can be used to enjoy the rainwater being collected in water features that flows towards the larger pond.

Ponds rainrain gardens Pondsand and accommodate increased gardens accommodate volume of downstream wetlands and ponds increased creek water volume of

and runoff.

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ECOLOGY

Water purification

A series of ponds facilitates the removal of contaminants from stormwater runoff that enters the site from the surrounding areas.

Sedimentation

Allowing downstream sediment and heavy particulate contaminants to settle

Phytoremeadiation

Removal of pollutants from stormwater runoff. Major pollutants for California creeks include heavy metals, pesticides and petrol and hydrocarbons from vehicles.

Aeraetion

Introducing oxgen into purified water before draining it into the stream

THE DRY

Bank Stabilization

Strengthening the banks with natural materials and vegetation to prevent erosion

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Vegetation

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Trail

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Bank Slopes

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Leather leaf sedge Water startworth

Common Rush

Giant Cape Rush

Eualia

Water Purslane

Atlas Fescue

BioDiversity

Great Horned American Owl Crow Canopy habitats

Mourning Dove

Spotted Towhee

California Quail Common Yellowthroat

Spotted Sandpiper

Understory and wetland habitats

Barn Swallow

Belted Kingfisher

Black Phoebe

Creek side habitat

Daylighted Creek Planting Design

Class: Landscape Plants, Identification and Use

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Landscape Architecture

The planting design for the creek is to stabilize the slope and filtrate runoff water, trees are planted in rows along a river walk. In order to create a sense of place and enclosure in the rest of the pond park, grass and sheep meadows are framed by trees planted in groves or rows, in addition to trees that are use as focal elements.

02 RENO’S WATERWAYS Reno, Nevada

Project: Conceptual City Strategy Development Studio: Drawing the Desert · Professor Danika Cooper · UC Berkeley Date: Spring 2017 Collaborator: Mark Wessels

Every day, Reno’s inhabitants enjoy a livable and pleasant river walk in Downtown Reno. However, the community neglects the rest of the waterways in the city (e.g, ditches and creeks). This project proposes a transformation of the existing and neglected waterways and parks of the city to a green infrastructure network. The network connects Downtown Reno, the river walk, residential neighborhoods, and natural areas that surround the city.

Main goals:

1. Open network: Transform the city waterways to parkways for more enjoyable and safer pedestrian and bike routes through the city. These parkways will become a space to interact with water and nature as they change throughout different seasons.

2. Stormwater infrastructure: Replace some of Reno’s aging and inadequate stormwater infrastructure with open waterways, which increase infiltration and groundwater recharge, reduce peak flows, and improve water quality. 3. Ecosystem services: Increase the urban tree canopy cover and vegetation diversity. Moreover, the project adds recreational and aesthetic values to residential neighborhoods. 4. A new way to explore Reno: Make visitors and residents fall in love with the city by providing new ways to explore and live in Reno. This will lead to a greater sense of ownership and stewardship.

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Extend the River Walk

Connect to Parks

Connect home and work

Extend the experience of the Connect to Reno’s surrounding 1/4 mile from home & work and River Walk to the rest of the city. parks and recreational trails. 1/2 mile in the neighborhoods.

THE WATERWAYS CATALOG OF INTERVENTIONS DITCH:

CONDITION: HISTORIC IRRIGATION DITCHES CARVED THROUGH VARYING CONTEXTS. STRATEGY: RESHAPE BANKS TO SUPPORT VEGETATION AND ALLOW OR DENY ACCESS.

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CREEK:

CONDITION: CREEK BEDS FOLLOWING ORIGINAL TOPOGRAPHY FROM FOOTHILLS TO THE TRUCKEE RIVER. STRATEGY: PRESERVE THE SHAPE OF THE GROUND AND INSERT INTERVENTIONS THAT INVITE INTERACTION.

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CONDITION: WIDE AUTOMOBILE ORIENTED ROADS WITH STORMWATER PIPED BELOW GRADE. STRATEGY: CUT INTO SURFACE TO CREATE OPEN CHANNELS, SHOWING AND UTILIZING WATER.

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ELEVATED PATH + NARROW CHANNEL

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DEPRESSED PATH + NARROW CHANNEL

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PRIVATE SPACE

WATERWAYS

PATHWAYS PATWAYS

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WATERWAYS

PUBLIC SPACE

PLANTED AREAS

EMERALD NECKLACE - 1886 PROPOSAL:

PROPOSAL:

THE HIGH LINE - 2014

TRUCKEE RIVER WALK - 1990

THE WATERWAYS - A NEW WAY TO EXPLORE RENO THE WATERWAYS - A NEW WAY TO EXPLORE RENO

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Barbara Bennett Park

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CORRIDOR A DITCH AND BUFFER

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PRODUCTIVE LANDSCAPES

Smyth-Fernwald Site, Berkeley

Project: UC Berkeley Student Housing, Master Plan Studio: Residual Landscapes · Professor Karl Kullmann· UC Berkeley Date: Fall 2017

Productive Landscapes Student Housing is conceived as a community where students can work, live and study. The housing program is developed for students to live in a private single bedroom with shared common spaces, such as the kitchen area, the dining room and restrooms. The housing development is divided in 3 hubs, each one with a wetland system that stores and treats 540 gallons of graywater per building. A 22,485.81 sq ft urban farm is located in the northern part of the site, and takes advantage of the steep slope and the contouring to enable cross-slope farming.

Working in collaboration with UC Berkeley Food Institute, students have an active role in the maintenance, harvest, and marketing of the farm, hen houses and beehives. The currently abandoned historic house Smyth House and two new buildings will be adapted as student facilities, a library, a laundry site, a café, and a convenience store. This area is connected to a garden staircase plaza that provides an open space for the students to gather and a farmers market to sell the produce.

Housing hub 3

Urban farm/ park

Housing hub 2 Garden staircase plaza Housing hub 1

14 Master Plan Legend 1. Housing Hub 1: 7 H.Buildings 5,670 sq ft of wetlands 2. Housing Hub 2: 7 H.Buildings 5,670 sq ft of wetlands

3. Housing Hub 3: 4 H. Buildings, 3.240 sq ft of wetlands 4. Urban Farm / Park 22485.81 sq ft for food production 5. Warehouse, hen house, beehives

6. Creekwalk 7. Student facilities, farmer market 8. Garden Staircase / Plaza 9. 5,670 sq ft of wetlands per Housing Hub.

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Landscape Architecture

Productive Landscapes Student Housing Â· Birdeye Housing Building Program

Housing Building with 2 units

Groud Floor Wet Area Cooking / Eating

Floor 2-4 Option 1 3 Rooms per unit Common space

Unit A Unit B

Floor 2-4 Rooms Common space Circulation

Floor 2-4 Option 2 2 Rooms per unit Common space Flexible space

Groud Floor Cooking / eating space Wet Room: 4 showers / 4 WC Deck space: bicycle rack / services

wetland wetland

Housing building section

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8. Garden Staircase / Plaza

4. Urban Farm / Park

Tatami Garden

Symantec, Mountain View

Project: Symantec’s Office Patio Studio: Advanced Project Design · Professor David Meyer · UC Berkeley Date: Spring 2018

This was a one-week project in which we were challenged to design a business patio for Symantec HQ in Mountain View, CA. The program’s requirements were: an open bar, a dining area, a private dining space for the CEO, and space for occasional car demonstrations.

The program is divided in three terraces, divided by a lower-level garden, connected by wooden bridges. The selected plant materials are bamboo as a screen for the private dining area; maple trees, ferns, and rhododendrons for the lower garden.

Ten partis with different concepts were initially designed, and TATAMI GARDEN was the developed out of these. The design of the project is strongly inspired by Japanese gardens and tatami mats.

1” = 10’

Scheme 02. 2 L garden

Scheme 03. Pool + Wall

Scheme 04. Amoeba

Scheme 05. Hill planters

Scheme 06. Hidden garden

Scheme 07. Japanese biombo

Scheme 08. Japanese biombo

Scheme 09. Serraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s curtain

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Scheme 01. Biombo garden

Scheme 10. Tatami garden

Section 2 1/4”=1’

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Section 02

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OPEN GROUND

Horseshoe Cove, Sausalito

Project: Conceptual Site Design Studio: Residual Landscapes · Professor Karl Kullmann · UC Berkeley Date: Fall 2017

Horseshoe Cove is located north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Throughout history it has seen many different uses, from a Miwok indigenous hunting and fishing ground, a Spanish conquistador encampment, to a US Army fort and battery. Today, it is home to the Bay Discovery Museum and the Cavallo Point Resort. The goal of this project is to create a program for the Bay Discovery Museum by breaking the filled land and recreating a natural coastal landscape transition from the museum to the ocean: ocean, salt marsh, upper grassland, and woodland.

This kind of transition has almost disappeared from the Bay’s landscape. Therefore, it is important to expose this ecosystem that once prevailed in the Bay. This landscape will become a place where people can experience, explore and learn about the Bay’s plants and wildlife. This open re-creation project is framed by three piers designed with different materials, heights, steps and slopes. The piers and the natural coastal landscape restoration provides an enhanced way to explore and understand the Bay.

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06 UNIVERSITY CULTURAL DISTRICT Zapopan, Mexico

Project: Conceptual Master Plan · Primary Zoning Firm: DGU Consulting Client: Centro Cultural Universitario, University of Guadalajara Role: Job Captain Date: 2014 - 2016 The University Cultural District (DCU) is a project promoted by the University of Guadalajara (UDG) on 456 ha in Zapopan, Mexico. The project aims to benefit the student community and its inhabitants by providing cultural infrastructure, affordable housing and jobs. The site is well known in the city as it hosts two university campuses, a regional public library, an auditorium, and a technological center. In addition, a Science Museum is projected to open in 2020. All of the above are owned by UDG. In addition, UDG owns 100 ha that hasn’t developed yet. In order to get federal funds for the development, UDG had to provide

25% of affordable housing and certify the project as a sustainable development. DGU consulting was hired to acquire a federal certification required to get federal funds for the project. The project as a whole was comprised of multiple studies: marketing, traffic and mobility, water and sewage systems, and business strategy. The studies provided enough information to design a Preliminary Master Plan that included vision, territorial strategy, zoning, land use, housing location, and vehicular, pedestrian and public transportation systems. As a result, federal government awarded certification to the project in 2016.

DCU goals for 2030 are the following: Housing EDUCATION

• Build 7,860 houses and create 1,240 housing improvements • from 18,476 inhabitants to 52,186 inhabitants • Increase density from 37 houses per hectare to 93 houses per hectare • Reach 12 m2 of green areas per capita • from 35,000 students to 60,000 students

ENTERTAINMENT • from 541,310 yearly visitors to 1’500,000 yearly visitors JOBs

• from 15,829 jobs to 100,000 indirect and direct jobs

DCU

dcu 456 ha

Regenerate 283 ha

Develop 173 ha

The urban analysis was conducted at regional, city, district and site scales. Furthermore, each scale required economic, social, environmental, mobility, institutional services, infrastructure and urban sub-analyses.

Infrastructure

· All the institutional public services (schools, hospitals, green areas, public markets, cultural services, etc) · Deficit in all of the institutional services, except of the cultural services.

· Consolidated zone with endowment of all infrastructures. · Lack of sustainable strategies

Planning & Urban Design

· Regional connectivity and public transportation · Disjointed circulation patterns ·High vehicle traffic

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Social

· Sufficient green areas for the current population · Without land usage restrictions ·Low vulnerability

Institutional Services

· High index of human development · 2km away from a zone of high marginalization

Environmental

· 15,829 current direct employments in the 456 hectares · High percentage of economically active population in the district.

Mobility

Economic

Urban analysis

urban

25 · Within the two fist polygons of urban containment. · Intra-urban in the metropolitan area · Compatible land use with the proposal

Territorial strategy

The Master Planâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goals were to have a policentric development while avoiding concentration of services in one point only. The result is a compact, integrated and well-connected plan that allows people to easily move through the site without automobiles. Housing and Mixed Uses

Promotes the co-existence of mixed uses and a diversity of housing typologies for people with different incomes.

Poly-centric

Pedestrian and bike pathways connect with public transportation and primary destinations of the Cultural District. Housing is located within 500 m to public transportation.

Compact

Integrated

Connected

Ordered

Sustainable

Infrastructure and Urban Services

The energy, water supply, solid waste and telecommunications network. All of these systems comply with sustainable models.

Mobility

Education, Culture and Entertainment

DCU is already relevant on these topics, but it aims to become a place of international relevance.

Public Services and Open Space

Public services will be accessible by a network of parkways, plazas, gardens and bioswales.

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Housing

Mixed uses

Tourism/hotel

Industrial

Green areas

Housing with service to industry

Commercial use

Services

Light Industrial

Urban infrastructure

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Housing Strategy A crucial requirement for the certification is to provide at least 25% affordable housing. Given that the price of the land is already high, the housing strategy was divided in affordable units for sale, affordable units for rent, and housing improvements in the neighborhood. The units for rent are to remain property of the University and will be used by students and professors. The market analysis showed that the units for sale had to be targeted at four different income classes. The diagrammatic models below helped to distribute the units throughout the site. The federal certification required having diverse income class units and particular densities on each block. The final analysis helps private developers comply with these requirements.

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N16

3R+E

N15

N14 N13

1 R 1 R+ 2 RE N10

1 R 1 R+ E

2 RE 1 R 1 R+

1 R 1 R+ E

2 RE 1 R 1 R+

1 R 1 R+ E

2 RE 1 R 1 R+

118 m2

Tower 4 502 m2 10 storeys N1-N10: 2R+ E +3R+3R +E

Sección esquemática.

Familia 2 Torre 5 Planta esquemática. 246 m2 Familia 2 6 Niveles Torre 5 N2-N6: 2R+E + 3R+E 246 m2

Tower 5 246 m2 76 N2-N6: 2R+E+3R+E

N3 N4

N2 2R + E

2R + E

2R + E 2R + E

3R + E

Familia 3 Torre 4 502 m2

10 Niveles

155 m2

N10 N9 N8

1 R 1 R+ E

2 RE 1 R 1 R+

1 R 1 R+ E

2 RE 1 R 1 R+

1 R 1 R+ E

2 RE 1 R 1 R+

1 R 1 R+ E

2 RE 1 R 1 R+

1 R 1 R+ E

2 RE 1 R 1 R+

1 R 1 R+ E

2 RE 1 R 1 R+

177 m2 177 m2

155 m2

23RR+ E 23RR+ E 23RR+ E 23RR+ E

3 R + E 3 N10 R 3 R + E 3 RN9 3 R + E 3 RN8 3 R + E 3 RN7

3R+E 3R+E 3R+E 3R+E

17 Niveles N1-N15:2R+E/3R/3R+E

3R+E

N9 N8 N7

23RR+ E

3 R + E 3 RN5

3R+E

2R+E

23RR+ E

3 R + E 3 RN4

3R+E

2R+E

23RR+ E

3 R + E 3 RN3

3R+E

N10

2R+E

3 R + E 3 RN1

3R+E

N16-N17:2R+E/3R+E

23RR+ E

Sección esquemática.

Planta esquemática N16-N17.

1,280 m2

3R+E

N3 155 m2

155 m2

Planta esquemática N1-N15. Familia 4 Torre 2

3 R + E 3 RN6

3 R + E 3 RN2

Tower 2 1,280 m2 17 storeys N1-N15: 2R+E/3R N16-N17: 2R+E/3R+E

23RR+ E

155 m2

2R+E

207 m2

155 m2

135 m2

207 m2

N2 N1

135 m2

Sección esquemática. Sección esquemática.

Tower 3 630 m2 19 storeys N1-N16: 2R Planta esquemática N1-N16. Familia 4 Torre 3 630 m2

135 m2

207 m2

Planta esquemática N17-N19.

3R + E

2R + E

0 1

6 Niveles

N2-N6: 2R+E + 3R+E

0 1

Speed limit controlled

0 1

N18

N17 N16 N15

N14

N13

N12

N11

N10

Sección esquemática.

N17-19: 2R+3RE

Sección esquemática.

2R 2R

0 1 N2

N19

N1-N16: 2R

N1 2R + E

19 Niveles

3R + E

Linear parks and green corridors with rain water collector systems

155 m2

N10

N1-N10: 2R+E N1-N10: 2R+E + 3R + 3R+E + 3R + 3R+E

2R + E 2R + E

3R + E 3R + E

2R + E 2R + E

3R + E 3R + E

116 m2

Planta esquemática.

2R+E

1 R 1 R+ E

2R+E

3R + E

2 R ALTO

2R+E

SUITE

Planta esquemática. Planta esquemática.

2 R MEDIO

2R+E

116 m2

2 R BAJO

2R+E

118 m2

116 m2

2 R ALTO

Sección esquemática.

116 m2

2R+E

SUITE

Sección esquemática.

N2 2 R ALTO

2R+E

Sección esquemática. Sección esquemática.

3R + E

Tower 4 391 m2 6 storeys N1-N6: 1R+3R+E+SUITE

N3 2 R ALTO

2 R + E2 R N3

N13

3R + E

SUITE N4

SUITE

3R + E

Familia 2 Torre 4 391 m2 Planta esquemática.

Sección esquemática.

N4 2 R ALTO

Tower 3 376.6 m2 10 storeys N1-N10: 1R+ 1R+ E +2R

SUITE

3R 3R + E

3R + E

2R+E

207 m2

N1 2R + E

3R + E

SUITE

3R + E

Planta esquemática.m2

2R+E

155 m2

Sección esquemática. Sección esquemática.

N2 2R + E

3R + E

N3 2R + E

3R + E

Familia 3 Torre 2 471.6 m2

81 m2

100 m2

47 m2

145 m2

N1-N10: 2R + 3R N1-N10: 2R + 3R

N4 2R + E

3R + E

N5 2R + E

3R + E 3R + E

N6 2R + E

N1-N6: SUITE + 1R + 3R + 3R+E

2 R ALTO

Familia 1 Torre 5 317 m2 Planta esquemática. Familia 1 7 Niveles Torre 5 N1-N5: 2R-BAJO + 2R-MEDIO + 2R-ALTO 317 m2

2R + E 3R + E

Familia 2 6 Niveles Torre 4+ 1R + 3R + 3R+E N1-N6: SUITE 391 m2 6 Niveles

2 R ALTO

Tower 5 317 m2 7 storeys N1-N5: 2R Bajo+2R Medio+2R Alto

3R + E

3R + E 3R + E

2R + E

3R + E

Sección esquemática.

2 R ALTO

77 m2

103 m2 145 m2

N1-N10: 1R + 1R+E N1-N10: 1R + 1R+E + 2R + 2R

100 m2

2R+E

155 m2

Planta esquemática. Planta esquemática. Familia 3 Familia 3 Torre 3 Torre 3

3 R ALTO

2 R ALTO

60 m2

145 m2

3R + E

63 m2

116 m2

2 R + E2 R N4

N14

2R+E

Sección esquemática. Sección esquemática.

Sección esquemática.

60 m2

3R + E

N1-N5: 2R-ALTO + 3R-ALTO

50 m2

3R + E

7 Niveles

50 m2

3R + E

63 m2

3 R ALTO

2 R ALTO 3 R ALTO

77 m2

3R + E

3 R ALTO

2 R ALTO 3 R ALTO

94 m2

77 m2

3R + E

3 R ALTO 2 R ALTO

3 R ALTO

Tower 4 318 m2 7 storeys N1-N5: 2R Alto+3R Alto

Sección esquemática.

116 m2

3 R ALTO

2 R ALTO 3 R ALTO

N6 3 R ALTO

2 R ALTO 3 R ALTO

3 R ALTO 2 R ALTO

3 R ALTO

21 Departamentos

94 m2

3 R ALTO

2 R ALTO 3 R ALTO

Planta esquemática. Familia 1 Torre 4 318 m2 Planta esquemática. Familia 1 7 Niveles Torre 4 N1-N5: 2R-ALTO + 3R-ALTO 318 m2

N1-N7: 2R+E + 3R+E

3 R ALTO

77 m2

10 Niveles

2R+E

7 Niveles

N1-N5: 2R-MEDIO + 3R-BAJO

94 m2

10 Niveles

Familia 2 7 Niveles Torre 3 N1-N7: 2R+E + 3R+E 524 m2

7 Niveles

77 m2

SUITE

3R + E

Tower 3 524 m2 7 storeys N1-N7: 2R+ E +3R

Sección esquemática.

SUITE

3R + E

Familia 2 Torre 3 Planta esquemática. 524 m2

3R + E

Planta esquemática.

SUITE

Familia 3 Torre 1 406.8m2

2R+E

2R+E 2R+E

N11

89 m2

Familia 1 7 Niveles Torre 3 N1-N5: 2R-MEDIO + 3R-BAJO 317 m2

94 m2

SUITE SUITE

SUITE 3R

3R + E

N1 2 R MEDIO

Familia 3 Torre 1 406.8m2

2R+E

155 m2

N15

3R 3R

N12

116 m2

2 R MEDIO

2 R BAJO

116 m2

118 m2

N1-N10: 2R + 2R+E N1-N10: 2R + 2R+E

1R SUITE

3R + E

116 m2

2 R MEDIO 2 R BAJO

2 R BAJO

2 R MEDIO

SUITE 3R

1R N5

1R SUITE

3R + E

116 m2

2 R MEDIO

2 R BAJO

Sección esquemática.

Familia 1 Torre 3 317 m2 Planta esquemática.

2 R BAJO

N4 2 R MEDIO

2 R MEDIO

2 R BAJO

2 R MEDIO 60 m2

2 R MEDIO 2 R BAJO

2 R BAJO

2 R MEDIO

SUITE SUITE

3R + E

116 m2

2 R MEDIO 2 R BAJO

2 R BAJO

2 R MEDIO

60 m2

2 R BAJO 2 R MEDIO

28 Departamentos

50 m2

2 R MEDIO

116 m2

118 m2

Planta esquemática. Planta esquemática.

24 Departamentos

50 m2

N6 2 R MEDIO

118 m2

Tower 1 406.8 m2 10 storeys N1-N10: 2R+2R+E

Sección esquemática.

12 Departamentos

50 m2

2 R MEDIO 2 R BAJO

N1-N5: 2R + 2R-BAJO

2 R MEDIO

Sección esquemática.

7 Niveles

2 R MEDIO

SUITE

63 m2

Planta esquemática. Familia 2 Torre 2 252 m2 Planta esquemática. Familia 2 7 Niveles Torre 2 N1-N7: SUITE + 1R + 3R 252 m2

7 Niveles

2 R MEDIO

2 R BAJO

Sección esquemática.

2 R MEDIO

SUITE

47 63m2 m2

2 R BAJO

Sección esquemática.

100 m2

47 m2

2 R BAJO

50 m2

Planta esquemática.

Familia 1 Torre 2 Planta esquemática. 442 m2 Familia 1 7 Niveles Torre 2 N1-N5: 2R + 2R-BAJO 442 m2

2 R BAJO

118 m2

103 m2

Planta esquemática. Planta esquemática.

103 m2

Sección esquemática.

100 m2

2 R BAJO

Tower 2 442 m2 7 storeys N1-N5:2R+2R

2 R BAJO

50 m2

2 R BAJO

50 m2

56 Departamentos

42 m2

56 Departamentos

50 m2

2 R BAJO

Sección esquemática.

Tower 1 200 m2 7 storeys N1-N7:2R+2R+E

Sección esquemática.

2R+E

Planning & Urban Design

2R+E

2R+E 2R+E

Karla Mendoza

78 m2

Familia 4

102 Departamentos

89 m2

Family 4. High Income

73 Departamentos

30 Departamentos

14 Departamentos

2R+E 2R

2R+E

30 Departamentos

14 Departamentos

2R+E 2R+E

30 Departamentos

Planta esquemática. Familia 1 Torre 1 408 m2 Planta esquemática. Familia 1 4 Niveles Torre 1 N1-N4: 2R 408 m2

78 m2

30 Departamentos

Tower 1 408 m2 4 storeys N1-N4:2R

42 m2

89 m2

30 Departamentos

42 m2

21 Departamentos

42 m2

21 Departamentos

42 m2

2R+E 2R+E

30 Departamentos

2R+E

28 Departamentos

42 m2

28 Departamentos

42 m2

24 Departamentos

42 m2

12 Departamentos

42 m2

32 Departamentos

42 m2

32 Departamentos

42 m2

30 Departamentos

2R+E 42 m2

Familia Familia 33

Family 3. Medium income to high

90 Departamentos

Family 2. Low income to Familia 2 medium Familia 2

30 Departamentos

Family 1. Affordable housing Familia 1 and low income Familia 1

07 SAFE MOBILITY MIRAVALLE Guadalajara, Mexico

Project: Safe Mobility in Miravalle Firm: DGU Consulting Client: Mobility Department, City of Guadalajara Role: Project Manager Date: 2016 The Miravalle Safe Mobility project was part of a federal effort to increase the safety of pedestrian and drivers, and decrease risk factors that cause injuries, accidents or deaths. The program also aims to reduce potential damage to public transportation and road infrastructure.

the inhabitants of this radius to understand their perception of the neighborhood in terms of safety, mobility and quality of public space. Furthermore, we determined land uses, walking routes to public transportation, quality of the roads, urban mobility and the urban character.

DGU Consulting was hired to work with the city government to select a transect on which to improve sidewalks, bus stops, street signs, crosswalks, and street lighting.

In addition to the urban analysis, project development and construction, the federal government required inhabitants from the area to be involved and participate in the project. As part of this social requirement, workshops and placemaking projects were implemented with the goal to create awareness among neighbors about safe mobility, crime prevention, violence against women and vulnerable groups in the public realm.

The selection of the transect was made as a result of an extensive urban analysis within a 321 ha polygon. The analyzed subjects were: mobility and transportation, demographics, socio-economics, anthropogenic and natural risks, and delinquency rates. After the initial analysis, we picked a smaller 500 meter radius based on population density and access to massive transportation. We surveyed

Selected Transect, Conceptual Project

321 hectares analysis

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Employment

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Institutional services

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Pedestrian Parking spac e Construction of Ear s and guards Parking space Pedestrian ADA Bus StopPedestrian crossing betweenPedestrian crossing ADA Bus Stop Bus stop construction between train stations train stations Turning radius reduction Turning radiusBollards reduction Bollards Island extension

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Karla Mendoza

A safe pathway should be created from the intersection in Av. de la Patria & Gobernador Curiel towards the west, along Av. de la Patria (green path). The pathway will improve safety in this highdelinquency area, and will help with public transportation traffic. The following improvements were made to build a safer street: 1. Definition of crosswalks, lane separation, stop lanes and speed limits.

2. Construction of official bus stops in the transect. 3. Enable the street median for recreational purposes and as a pedestrian walk.

4. Expansion of sidewalks. 5. Close the corner entrance to the gas station and enable pedestrian islands. 6. Installation and restoration of public lighting.

Community workshop

Security and Mobility Workshops. Aimed at public officials, users and operators of

public transportation, kids, women and neighbors of Mira

Focus Groups. The intention was to know the population issues related to physical activity, transportation habits, and safety in the neighborhood.

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Placemaking. The last element of the project was a placemaking activity. This had the intention to recover a open space that was frequented by the n

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Planning & Urban Design

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Karla Mendoza

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Sidewalk extension

Public space recovery placemaking with neighbors

Protection areas

Crossing alert step

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Planning & Urban Design

After

Karla Mendoza

Shelter area

Preventive zone in box bike

35 Bus stops construction

After

Furniture Factory Tlajomulco, Mexico

Project: Furniture Factory Studio: Project Development and Construction Documents · ITESO Date: Spring 2011

In this studio we designed a furniture factory and developed the project from concept to construction documents.

Production area Storage

My concept was to create a flexible open space that allows the staff and machinery to freely flow inside the production plant.

Administrative area First floor Dressing rooms ground floor Terrace – rest area

In order to achieve the free flow, the factory ceiling is supported by a central column of reinforced concrete, and a light glass façade with a cor-ten screen panel.

Site Plan

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09 IMMIGRANT SHELTER La Lechería, Mexico

Project: Arquine Competition Team: Rodrigo Martín del Campo and Gabriela Zarazúa Date: Spring 2012

La Lechería in Estado de Mexico is a waypoint for immigrants from Central and South America. In 2012 Arquine called for proposal design for an immigrant shelter. Our proposed design evokes the feeling of a park, a garden or a backyard. The intention was to provide a space where refugees could rest and relax and overall, feel safe and not at risk.

The common spaces areas are prioritized over individual spaces. One of our goals was to provide places for individuals to gather and bond. In addition, green roofs are adapted with urban orchards for food production.

Circulation Dinning room Kitchen Patio Multiple uses Chapel Warehouse

Ground Floor

R3. Chapel garden

First level

Circulation Reception Dorms Patio Bathrooms Health care

Second level

Circulation Dorms Admin office Legal office Admin office

Circulation Dorms Green roof

Psychological care Dental care

Architecture

Basement

R2. Main Patio

Karla Mendoza

R1. Dorms hallway