Portfolio Kristen Fritz by Kristen Winslow Fritz

Portfolio

KRISTEN WINSLOW FRITZ LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + ART

KRISTEN WINSLOW FRITZ 2

SELECTED WORKS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + ART P.O.V.

Point of View

Resume

Egalitarian Awakening

CIty of the Future_Broadway District, Los Angeles Walt Disney Imagineering Interdisciplinary Studio

Food for Thought: Growing Industry

The Metabolism of Vernon & the Los Angeles River In collaboration with SWA Laguna Beach

The Medella Collaborative

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Interdisciplinary Exploration of Urban Design Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles

Recowenyo

Aquaduct Futures_Owens Valley, CA

Creative Work

Exploration of Ideas Through A Variety of Media

P.O.V. We talk a lot about Point of View when it comes to problem solving and design. What does it really mean to change one’s point of view? Is it really a matter of just looking at things in a different way, or is really about asking the right questions? I think that the latter precedes the former. Deciding to be bravely curious, deeply disquisitive, immersed and interested stems from the asking of questions—what if….? Assume that you don’t know what you know. Enter a state of not knowing—what Buddhists call the beginner’s mind. Move from the self-authorizing mind to the self-transforming mind. Distrust yourself. Question with vigor. I believe that strong leaders engage in this practice by asking perspective, evaluative, action and knowledge questions, and genuinely assuming that the answers are unknown at the time of the asking, just waiting to be revealed. Through rigorous investigation, collaboratian, dialogue and, ultimately, questioning of everything, we open ourselves up to new ways of seeing, thinking, and acting in the world.

CONTACT KRISTEN WINSLOW FRITZ 4

kwinslowfritz@gmail.com 310-654-8131 577 1/2 Washington Blvd., Marina del Rey, CA 90292

KRISTEN WINSLOW FRITZ PROFILE

ACCOMPLISHMENTS + ACCOLADES

I desire to work in a creative, innovative and collaborative environment where my passion for design, ability to learn quickly, leadership skills and desire to take on new design challenges can be fulfilled.

-ASLA Honor Award, 2014 -Bobby Brooks Memorial Interdisciplinary Design Studio Cal Poly Pomona + Walt Disney Imagineering Imagineer’s Choice Award Verbal Presentation Award Jennifer Brooks Team Award -Artworks selected for inclusion in Intimate Oddities art show. 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, 2009 -Dean’s & President’s lists entire academic career

EDUCATION

WORK EXPERIENCE

I am passionate about the field of landscape architecture and approach design problems with rigor, excitement and deep curiosity. I revel in the myriad things revealed through this investigation and the design process, as well as the way it opens us up to new ways of seeing, thinking, and acting in the world.

2010-present California Polytechnic State University , Pomona, CA Bachelor of Science, Landscape Architecture expected June 2014. Recognized for outstanding achievement in core design course-work and leadership skills. Regenerative Studies Minor. 2006-2010 Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA Selected for Fine Art Mentor Program. Work was selected for student art shows as well as group showings off-campus.

KNOWLEDGE Software Illustrator Photoshop InDesign AutoCAD Sketchup ArcGIS

Other Skills Hand Graphics Hand Rendering Photography Mixed Media Leadership Presentation Collaboration

Basic Spanish & Italian Strong Writing

COMMUNITY + COLLABORATION

-ASLA Student Chapter Member -ASLA Student Chapter Class Representative, 2012-13 -Golden Key Honor Society -Vernon Project Design Team-2014 International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, Cal Poly Pomona & East Los Angeles College -Organizing Member & Presenter, Los Angeles Biodiesel Community Conference, 2007

INTERESTS

Design, building, writing, drawing, cooking, gardening, knitting, jewelry design and most everything hands on and creative.

Landscape Design Consultant SQLA Landscape Architects, Brea, CA Landscape Designer Design competition graphic design, project narrative development and presentation packaging; residential design development and construction oversight; and large scale exterior improvement projects. Downtown Santa Monica, Inc., Santa Monica, CA Pilot Project Landscape Designer Pilot project to improve way-finding and modernize public amenities along the 3rd Street Promenade. Goal is to redesign with drought tolerant planting palette that evokes the feel of a modern beachside community, complement new color palette, and replace/ redesign moveable planters. Locanda del Lago, Santa Monica, CA Server 2008-2013 Lead server trainer. Consistently ranked top three in sales at this Northern Italian fine dining restaurant. Routinely assigned to restaurant reviewers’ tables due to presentation skills. Frequently handled off-site catering events. GeoGreen Biofuels Sales and Marketing Manager 2007-2008 Collaborated directly with CEO of this biodiesel production company. Secured accounts to recycle waste cooking oil into biodiesel, organized collection routes, and managed collection team, including protocol development, payroll and field support. PZ Associates, Los Angeles, CA Assistant Canvass Director 2004-2007 Hired, trained, and managed teams for grassroots political organizations. Primary focus: develop team communication skills; fund-raising; voter registration and education. In addition: planning of field logistics, accounting, and coordination with political candidates and Director. Held multiple fundraising records.

What is the City of the Future?

EGALITARIAN AWAKENING

LIFE AFTER THE HAVOC_ACCESS THROUGH SUBVERSIVE ACTION The Egalitarian Awakening takes place about 75 years into the future. We are now living in a time of post-peak oil, and serious oil shortages have led to panic and near social collapse on a global scale. The wealthy and the powerful have begun to hoard resources, further exacerbating longstanding issues of social inequality and stratification. Skyrocketing oil prices have led people to flee the exurbs and the suburbs to urban centers, no longer able to fuel their vehicles, heat and cool their homes, and access affordable food. This population shift puts ever-greater strain on cities to provide for even basic services, and any quality of life. Frustration, and a lack of confidence in the government to solve the problems of the times mounts, and when the last oil reserves are exhausted,

culminates in an event known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Havoc,â&#x20AC;? a period of brief but intense social unrest. The nexus of this civil strife is the Broadway Corridor in downtown Los Angeles, a community with deep embedded social inequality issues. In the aftermath of the Havoc, a group of like-minded individuals band together, realizing that the old ways of doing things can no longer continue: There must be a change. United by shared values, they devise a radical new system for urban living based on access through subversive action. The Egalitarian Awakening embraces the values of Production, Communal Sustenance, Interdependence, Opportunistic Adaptation, and Incremental Growth, and looks to natural

systems as a model for the new urban society. Currency no longer exists as we know it, and land ownership is abolished. In this new urban society, the city becomes a producer, not a user; the fabric of society is knit together through communal sustenance and a fierce interdependence; incremental growth is driven by need, not profit; and the development of new systems is informed by natural systems and opportunistic adaptation. In this new urban society, every member of the community has equal access to Life Chances, and every member is valued.

URBAN FOOD REVOLUTION

COMMUNITY + FOOD PROSPERITY + BIODIVERSITY The Urban Food Revolution is informed by the overall themes of Production, Communal Sustenance, Interdependence, Opportunistic Adaptation, and Incremental Growth, and is centered around a communal Food Hubâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;A Food Revolution for Growing Community, Food Prosperity, Empowerment and Cultural Exchange, that supports Wildlife and promotes Urban Pollinator Diversity through a vibrant, Living Food Forest System.

The way we farm reďŹ&#x201A;ects our worldview: the ultimate goal of a food forest therefore, is not merely the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of a new way of seeing, thinking, and acting in the world. This is the Urban Food Revolution.

Food Hub: Greenhouse, Marketplace & Trading Center Bat Housing & Guano Farming

Food Forest Network

Crops

Aquaponics & Vertical Farming Community Kitchens Canning & Processing Cultural Food Exchange

Fish

Forest Foraging Chickens

Pest Control

And Pollinate Bats Will Forage Over Several Miles

Edible Insects

Reservior

Seed Bank

Fungiculture

Soil Biota

Healthy Soil Horizon Structure

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Urban Food Forest: Structure & function mimic forest ecosystem--diverse products--largely self-maintaining Canopy Layer

Bee Keeping & Bee Forage

Vertical Layer Shrub Layer Herbaceous Layer Groundcover

Low Tree Layer

Food Forest Layers “Lumpy Texture”

Food Forest Network

Rhizosphere

Beneficial Avian Wildlife Perenial Plant Cover

Beneficial Riparian Wildlife

Comfry as “Dynamic Accumulator” Beneficial Aquatic Wildlife

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lants & lizes Soil

to Wa ter Im po rta nt Fo rB ats &

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Deep Roots of Myrtle & Acacia Trees Loosen Soil & Add Nutriets

Adds High Levels of Nutrients to Topsoil

Retention Pond Collects Rainwater & Runoff

Infiltration

FOOD HUB & FOOD FOREST NETWORK A Bio-Network Linking the Broadway Alignment

Los Angeles River

Irrigation Canal from Los Angeles River

Elysian Park

Central Food Hub Footprint

Food Forest Network Food Forest Hub Food Forest Nodes

Food Hub Central Greenhouses Local Greenhouses

Abandoned Underground Tunnels for Fungiculture Underutilized Parking Infrastructure & Alignment for Auto Removal Greenhouse Infrastructure Freeway Cap Over 101 Freeway Trench Road, Highway & River Infrastructure

Elysian Forest

OPPORTUNISTIC ADAPTATION 101 Freeway Trench Adapted for Underground Seed Bank, Fungiculture and Reservior Freeway Cap Becomes Base for Spreading Greenhouse Network

Fungiculture

Reservior

Seed Bank

Fungiculture

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INCREMENTAL GROWTH OF GREENHOUSE NETWORK

Limestone Skeleton

Area of Limestone Growth

Hexacoral Geometry

6 Tentacles 6 Septae

Hexacoral Polyp Alive, Withdrawn & Empty Coral Cup

Hexacoral Geometry

Coral Polyps

Limestone Skeleton

Beginning of New Branch

Rock Base

Growth of a Coral Reef

MODELING THE URBAN FOOD FOREST The architecture of a Food Forest consists of vegetation layers, soil horizon structure, vegetation patterning, vegetation density, and community diversity, all of which produces a â&#x20AC;&#x153;lumpy texture,â&#x20AC;? increasing bird and insect population diversity. The Broadway Urban Food Forest is knit into the existing urban fabric, and is both supportive of, and supported by the surrounding community.

COMMUNAL SUSTENANCE

Could an Industrial City become a leader in Local Food Production?

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: GROWING INDUSTRY THE METABOLISM OF VERNON AND THE LOS ANGELES RIVER

The “Exclusively Industrial” City of Vernon, just south of downtown Los Angeles, has a history of heavy and prolonged industrial use dating back to 1903. In terms of scale, no other city in Southern California has a similar building footprint density as Vernon. The City of Vernon also has a deep and strong industrial memory, and a strong desire to remain industrial, to remain relevant and to continue as an economic driver of the region. In terms of the food industry, Vernon’s impact on the region is clear: Vernon is the center of food processing, packaging, storage and distribution for the Southern California region. Circumstances and future events, including drought and a rise in transportation costs, could make it more difficult and more expensive to get food to Vernon in the future. Why couldn’t Vernon make a shift, and become the source of local food production for the Southern California region? The exclusively industrial City of Vernon has everything is needs to transition from chemicals, plastics and processing, to nourishment and health. It is ideally poised to be both a leader in local food production for the Los Angeles region, and a driver for change in the industrial arena. The scale, location and industrial knowledge of this unique city make it the ideal location for large scale, low-input,

high-output industrial urban agriculture. The contaminated soils make outdoor cultivation impossible, but the city’s massive building footprints are ideal for indoor agriculture, especially for methods that favor a highly controlled environment, such as aquaponics, entofarming (insect farming) and fungi farming (mycoculture). The Los Angeles River, traditionally an ephemeral river, has year round flows due to discharge by wastewater treatment plants, and could provide ample water for a well-controlled urban agricultural system. The city is also located far from the largest population centers in Los Angeles, making it an ideal location for disruptive large-scale agriculture. Furthermore, Vernon has critical industrial knowledge: Vernon knows industry and it knows how to maximize efficiency. No other city or community in Southern California, certainly not the Los Angeles region, has these unique and ideal qualities. Due to the environmental and heavily industrial condition of Vernon, the outside atmosphere of Vernon is not suitable for the production of consumable goods in the traditional sense. In perfect juxtaposition, because of Vernon’s industrial scale it is a prime location for industrial scale urban agriculture. These systems are located within existing building typologies that provide ideal interior conditions that facilitate low-input and high-output agricultural farming, with a minimum of retrofits.

The very nature of these low input high output systems speak volumes about this idea of extraordinary efficiency. Both these agricultural systems and the urban industrial nature create a large niche of opportunity to implement these efficiencies at an industrial scale. These efficiencies are further manifested at nested scales in terms of water infrastructure, regional circulation, and integrated systems circulation. A hyper efficient Vernon thus emerges: A Vernon that manages its resources in a different way, and that has adapted its industrial values to a different era of technology through the implementation of nested scales and systems integration. Vernon can now position itself as the most appropriate, and best-equipped place for low-input high-output industrial urban agriculture, gain social, economic, and ecological capital, and emerge as the leader in regional food production. As we become denser by the day with fewer natural resources to depend on, Vernon can serve as a precedent for efficient and environmentally responsible urban food production and distribution.

MAPPING OWNERSHIP

OWNERSHIP City of Vernon Parcels City of Vernon Rail Private Industry Parcels City of Vernon Right-of-Ways Other Rail Army Corps LEVELS OF CONTROL EPA & Cal EPA Cleanup Sites State Regulated HighlyToxic Substance Sites Social Control LA River Chanel & Bike Path Sidewalks Along Bus Routes Faunal Control LA River Recycling Facilities Stormwater System 16

[avian-above]

200+ species of birds

45,000+ workers [human-ground]

[terrestrial fauna-below]

population unknown rats

coyote

feral cats opposum

raccoon

EXISTING VERNON CONDITIONS Vernon has everything it needs to transform from packaging, processing and chemicals to growth and production: the scale, location and industrial knowledge of this industrial city make it the ideal location for large scale, low-input, high-output industrial urban agricultural.

Industrial-Scale Building Footprints Available Water from the Los Angeles River

Industrial Memory

THE NEW FOOD OVERLAY Water delivery is informed by an extensive existing railroad infrastructure, and thus informs the shape of the new food overlay zone. An Industrial relationship is created, where the river forms a critical symbiosis with the urban industrial agriculture, withdrawing 28 million gallons a year, and then cleaning, circulating and returning it to the river.

INTEGRATED GROWING SYSTEMS LINKED BY WATER algae farming

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Composting aquaculture & hydroponics

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Fertilizer

Insect feedstock

Fish

Mushroom Substrate

Mycoprotein

Flour

Animal feed

Medicine

Entoprotein

Mycotecture

Insect frass

Mycoculture fungi farming

Entofarming edible insect farming

Crickets & Mealworms

Water diverted Flour from river

Medicine

Entoprotein

Mycotecture

Insect frass

Aquaponics

aquaculture & hydroponics

Vermiculture worm farming

Fertilizer

aquaculture & hydroponics

Worms

Animal feed

Spent Substrate

Mycoculture fungi farming

Waste

Entofarming edible insect farming

Fertilizer

Fish

Mushroom Substrate

Mycoprotein

Flour

Animal feed

Medicine

Entoprotein

Mycotecture

Insect frass

edible insect farming

Truck Fleet Vermiculture worm farming

Mycotextiles

Entoprotein Insect frass

Composting aquaculture & hydroponics

fungi farming

Entofarming edible insect farming

Vermiculture worm farming

Gourmet Mushrooms

Crickets & Mealworms

Fertilizer

Mushroom Substrate

Mycoprotein

Flour

Animal feed

Medicine

Entoprotein

Mycotecture

Insect frass

Vermiculture worm farming

Animal feed

Mycoculture

Fertilizer

worm farming

Crickets & Mealworms

Animal feed

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Vermiculture

Gourmet Mushrooms

Flour

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Compost

Fertilizer

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Spent Substrate

Produce

Entofarming

Mycotextiles

Value-Added Products

Mycotextiles

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Composting

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Crickets & Mealworms

Vermiculture

Gourmet Mushrooms

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fungi farming

Biofuel feedstock

Gourmet Mushrooms

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Water returned to river Algae

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Aquaponics

aquaculture & hydroponics

Algae

Algaculture

THE SEED

The Seed functions as a community supported agriculture and is the outward expression of the warehoused agricultural programming. It grows enough food to support the residential population of Vernon, as well as a surplus that provides additional income through workershare. As the outward expression of the warehoused agricultural programming, all parts of the food system, aquaponics, entofarming, vermiculture, mycoculture, composting and algaculture, are represented on this site. It is strategically located adjacent to Farmer John’s as a response to the industrial food system, and enforces the presence of a new protein movement, as well as highlighting the importance of food as a critical industry of Vernon. The Seed efficiently houses agricultural workers and supported farm systems in reused cargo shipping containers. These

modular containers, ubiquitous symbols of the old food system and its extensive foodprint, can be efficiently stacked and massed to serve as a kit of parts that can easily be reconfigured to address future City and industrial needs. The containers are dispersed as a field that is informed by force lines from the surrounding buildings. As the site currently functions as a surface parking lot for Farmer John’s, the parking has been stacked into a highly functional parking structure. Algaetubes cover the south and west-facing exteriors, and the rooftop houses a system of greenhouses. Shipping container-housing spills out of the east-facing side and any additional façade space is used for growing. Mycoculture and water storage occur in below-ground levels of the structure. The working structure responds to the

institutional food system by quite literally “raising the visibility” of challenges posed by the existing system. As a communal landscape, the Seed is also a venue for fostering collaborative solutions to challenges of the current food system as a city-supported, communityinvested site. It provides for a flexible space for gathering both people and food products. As a social landscape, it provides a venue for introduction to new proteins.

SITE SELECTION & SITE PLAN

The Seed is located on the border of the New Food Overlay & the existing Slautherhouse overlay. It is directly across from Farmer John’s meat packing and processing, and is located on its existing parking lot.

Vernon Supported Agriculture / The Seed Economic Impact Zone New Food Overlay

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Parking Structure & Rooftop Greenhouse I Flexible Open Storage Viewing Platform J Aquaponics Greenhouses Cargo Housing K Tram Station with Bike Storage Vernon Farm Eatery L Flexible Open Work Space CSA & Marketplace M On-Site Skeleton Flat Car Line Container Forest Gathering Container Farming & Insect Housing

180 page magazine, ‘Growing Industry’

Can Collaborative, Community-Based Healthcare become part of an Urban Design Strategy?

THE MEDELLA COLLABORATIVE BARNSDALL PARK, LOS ANGELES Hospitals and healthcare facilities can be some of the most stressful and difficult places for people to be. Patients may be experiencing physical and emotional pain, and often must relinquish much of their control over their daily lives; visiting family and friends often feel stress associated with concern and fear for loved ones; and medical professionals work long, tiring hours and often deal with death and disease on a daily basis. For centuries, designers have intuitively understood that our built environment can be designed to both positively and negatively impact our emotional responses and wellness. Salutogenic design uses neurological theory to explain why certain design produces health-promoting environments and is similar to evidence-based design, which uses documented credible evidence to influence design. In terms of healthcare facilities, both terms refer to design that is meant to improve both the quality of care and outcomes for patients, visitors and healthcare providers.

The increase in salutogenic design is largely associated with an overall

shift in Western medicine to an era of more personalized care with a health infrastructure that is more collaborative, community-based and focused on preventative care. Greater emphasis is now placed on holistic care, where the needs of the whole personâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the body, mind and spiritâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; are addressed rather than just the disease. The Medella Collaborative is a community based mixed-use medical campus designed to promote health and healing. The Medella Collaborative is designed to provide for the needs of patients, staff and visiting families of the adjacent Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center and nearby Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital Los Angeles, including long-term patient care, as well as a growing and active senior population, while also encouraging community interaction and social engagement. The Medella Collaborative physically links the

community and residents of the site to Barnsdall Park, and is designed as a healing and health-promoting environment through evidence-based salutogenic design. Housing is designed to provide abundant light, green views and access to both private and public outdoor space and activities, and the landscape provides a nearly seamless multitude of sensory experience that includes therapeutic gardens, play and social spaces. While the Medella Collaborative is primarily designed to improve the quality of care and outcomes for patients, residents, hospital staff and seniors, it also reaches out to the community through a series of open and welcoming gestures that encourages walking and exercise, contact with nature, and social interaction, essentially functioning as an oasis in a high density urban setting.

EXISTING BARNSDALL CONDITIONS

ENHANCED COMMUNITY CONNECTION

Skylight Theater

School

Local Retail & Eateries

Art Gallery

Barnsdall Art Center

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Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center

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Kaiser Permane manen mane nte Hospital

Sunset Blvd.

Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center

Sunset Blvd Bl d.

THE KAISER MODEL The addition of salutonegic design and programming could increase revenue, attract talent, and make Kaiser more integrated into the community

Physicians

Better Patient Outcomes

Specialists

Integrated Care

Hospitals Laboratories

Improved Communications

Hotel

Improved Efficiencies

Supportive Programming

An Environment of Care Better Patient Outcomes

Salutogenic Design

Other

Evidence-Based Care

Housing for Seniors Long Term Care

Encourages Social Interaction Community Based Collaborative

Evidence-Based Design

Reduced Costs

Preventative Care

Reduction in chronic disease

Better Patient Outcomes

Increased Revenue

Housing for Medical Professionals

Attract Talent

Seniors [Community] [Interaction] [Social]

Long-Term Care [Collaborative] [Healing]

[Therapeutic]

Medical Professionals Visiting Families [Subsidized Housing] [Community] [Inclusive] [Proximity]

R KAISE The Community [Interaction]

[Collaborative]

N Vermont Ave.

MEDELLA COLLABORATIVE SITE PLAN

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NORTH SITE PLAN

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Gymnasium

Pool

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Landscape Plan Diagram Landscape Plan Plan Diagram Landscape Diagram

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Gallery

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Retail

Care

Ground Level

Underground Parking Level

Ground Level

Underground Parking Level Underground Parking Level Scale: 1” = 100’

Ground Level

Housing Level

Scale: 1” = 100’

Landscape Patterning

Housing Level

Scale: 1” = 100’

buildings buildings buildings buildings

Retail

informal programming sealed garden informal programming sealed gardengarden informal programming sealed informal programming sealed garden

Gymnasium

playplay garden garden play garden play garden

Retail Retail housing Gymnasium

animal therapy animal therapytherapy animal animal therapy

Recreation : Basketball Courts, Racquetball, Spa

meditation meditation meditation meditation

Recreation : Basketball Courts, Recreation : Basketball Racquetball, Spa Courts, Racquetball, Spa

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Housing is separated from the retail level to allow for privacy. The community is connected to the park via the grand staircase, which becomes the public/private interface of the site.

Scale: 1” = 100’

grove

horticulture therapy

grove sensory garden

horticulture therapy

animal therapy meditation

meditation horticulture therapy

playanimal gardentherapy informal programming

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informal programming meditation

sealed playgarden garden animal therapy sealed garden play garden

buildings sensory garden rooftop programming

informal programming

rooftoprooftop programming programming

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buildings

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Retail

Basketball courts, Racquetball, Spa

Recreation : Basketball Courts, Recreation : Basketball Racquetball, Spa Courts, Racquetball, Spa

Retail

Gymnasium

Recreation : Basketball Courts, Racquetball, Spa

Retail

Retail Gymnasium

Gymnasium Gymnasium

Pool

Gallery

Gallery Retail

Retail

Supporting Program Commercial (Shops, Gallery, Offices )

Gallery

Gallery Retail

Retail

Seniors/ Long Term Care Professionals Hotel Families

Ground Level

Underground Parking Level Underground Parking Level Underground Parking Level Scale: 1” = 100’

Ground Level

Scale: 1” = 100’

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LANDSCAPE TYPOLOGIES

Meditation

Animal Therapy

Sensory

Horticulture Therapy

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SEALED ROOFTOP GARDEN

Can Owens Valley Thrive with conditions of Infrastructural Ruralism?

RECOWENYO OWENS VALLEY, CA

On November 5, 1913, the Los Angeles Aqueduct began bringing water to Los Angeles. The extensive hydroengineering was made possible by LADWP land ownership in Owens Valley, and has resulted in conditions of infrastructural ruralism that has prevented both suburban sprawl and economic development in the region. Paradoxically, it is this same infrastructural ruralism that has maintained Owens Valley as a (largely) pristine ‘natural’ landscape, enjoyed by outdoor enthusiasts and naturalists, and populated with endemic flora and fauna. For 100 years, this water conveyance system has moved the pristine waters of the Eastern Sierra 233 miles away, and across a mountain range to its destination in Los Angeles, and has

CURRENT LAND USE

Current Land Use

been the impetus for the explosive growth of the region. Were economic development to occur, how could the region best be positioned so as to preserve the ‘wild’ open nature of this unique place, while at the same time creating economic and social opportunities for both residents and tourists? The town of Owenyo is located just north of the city Lone Pine: it is a ‘ghost town’ that was finally abandoned in the 1960s after years of decline. Little remains of the town other than an abandoned gold mine and the remnants of a canal system, the Eclipse Ditch, which at one time supported a vibrant agricultural

Proposed Land Use

Manzana

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Manzanar Airport

community. The name ‘Owenyo’ is a portmanteau of Owens and Inyo, Inyo being the name of the county in which it is located. It is only fitting that a new development honor that history of portmanteau: Recowenyo is the rediscovery of the community of Owenyo. The mission of Recowenyo is to maintain both the living natural and cultural histories of the Owenyo/Lone Pine region, while enhancing the current natural and built environments for both present and future generations. The comprehensive General Plan features a mixed use village, sustainable agriculture, the Lone Pine Ecovillage, a riparian corridor, youth recreation center and equstrian center.

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LONE PINE ECOVILLAGE SITEPLAN PLAN RECREATION SITE INTRODUCTION

Vehicular circulation is largely confined to the perimeter of the ecovillage, and entirely restricted in the community center. The community center ammenities are designed to offer activities for all age levels. C A

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Ring Road Stores Cluster Housing Open Space--Existing Vegetation Public Parking and RideShare Hut Community Center

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Community Center Ammenities

Main Roads Driveways Pedestrian Pathways Solar Panels Cisterns

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Zoom of Play Space

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A Community Building B Rock Climbing Wall -Business center with mailroom C Community Pool D Basketball Court -Daycare & playrooms E Outdoor Play Area -Excercise facilities -Offices for rent -Rec center/game room -Community kitchen and dining area 34

A Earthen Berms for Play B School-age Play: Climbing Structure & “Lookout” C Circular Seating Area D Butterfly Garden E Tree Planter Boxes F Preschool Play: Balance & Activity Area G Shade Structure & Seating H Miniature Play Field

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I Decomposed Granite -Ball Bouncing -Riding Toys J Misting Stones K Sand & Hills L Seating Area

CLUSTER HOUSING

In order to encourage economic diversity within the community, residents are given several housing options. Furthermore, all housing options are located within each housing cluster, rather than segregated by housing typolgy, in order to maximize diversity of residents in each cluster.

Cluster Housing Section

RIPARIAN CORRIDOR

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Trailheads with Restrooms A Perennial Lake Loop to Research Center (5.5 mile loop)

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B Floodplain Trail (5 mile loop)

C Wetland Loop (2.5 mile loop)

D Meadow Loop (1.25 mile or 3.5 mile loop) F

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F Highway Trail (1 mile) Research and Nature Center Parking Hiking Trails--for use by pedestrians, bicycles and horses Bicycle Trails--for use by bicycles only

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Protect threatened species Protect refuge areas Permeable buffers Invasive Species Removal Program Minimal paving in trail areas Plant pallate to attract native fauna Viewing areas/bird blinds in sensitive places Trails to protect sensitive areas Adaptive Management Approach

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The Research & Nature Center features a covered picnic area and interperetive signage that communicates the history and ecology of the region, as well as current habitat restoration information. The building is constructed with rammed earth walls using earth excavated from the site, a highly appropriate building material for the hot and arid climate of Owens Valley. The layered effect of the rammed earth walls also emphasizes the unique geology of the valley.

CREATIVE WORK

etched intaglio print

watercolor pencil

etched intaglio aquatint with sugar lift and soft varnish techniques

embroidery, linen, wood, acrylic paint and palm frond

embroidery on linen

THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WINSLOW FRITZ LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + ART