Intertwinned landscapes - Japanese Friendship Garden

INTERTWINED LANDSCAPES JAPANESE FRIENDSHIP GARDEN CULTURAL CENTER CAL POLY POMONA| LA 301L

Background & History

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The turning point of the Japanese Friendship Garden’s history was in 1915 when a Tea House was built for the San Diego’s Panama-California Exhibit. The exhibit was meant to celebrate the completion of Panama Canal and the relationship between the new channel and California. The Tea House remained in the same location in the Balboa Park for forty years afters the exhibit finished in 1916. During this time the Tea House was an example of Japanese architecture and culture. Unfortunately in 1955 the structure was destroyed.

Despite the sad ending of the Tea House the relationship between San Diego and the Japanese culture remained. Later San Diego became the sister city of the city of Yokohama in Japan. This connection encouraged San Diego’s people to consider to add a Japanese Garden in the Balboa Park.

As a result of their efforts in 1990 the first phase of the Japanese Friendship Garden open its doors to the public. This phase included a dry garden and a pavilion.

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By 1999 the second phase of the famous Koi Pond was finished.

In 2015, the JFG continued the project and open a 9-acres garden which includes a multipurpose pavilion, water features, bridges, a unique cherry tree grove, and a camellia and azalea garden. The Japanese Friendship Garden is a celebration of the friendly relationship between San Diego and the Japanese Culture.

On the other hand, Intertwined Landscapes design concept was inspired on Japanese traditional rice production. Rice is a staple of Japanese cuisine and culture. Moreover, Japan is the ninth largest rice producer in the world. The small amount of land they have to produce rice inspired them to create intriguing terraced topography to produce rice all year round. As a result, their method of working with the land inspired us to address the site respecting the land by expressing in a different way the curvilinear topography and the changes in elevations. Therefore, Intertwined Landscape is an attempt to address the existing challenging topography to provide an accessible site to all the programmed areas while we celebrate Japanese culture as well.

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Site Analysis & Systems Mapping

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Site Analysis & Systems Mapping

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At the plan project site scale, we evaluated different potentials and opportunities for the Japanese Friendship Garden. We started by mapping the different circulations that would provide us different opportunities for our project site.

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Mapping

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Tram Stop Accesible Parking near Tram Stop Closest Bus Stops (9 min walking) Closest Tram Stop (1 minute walking) Pedestrian Circulation and Access Slow Circulaltion/Tram Route

In the site accessibility analysis we found that JFG have a few accessibility issues. For instance there is only one bus stop nine minutes away from the entrance of the garden and the signage poorly guide visitors. In spite of having a tramp service the tramp stop is far for visitors on wheelchairs. They are not dropped off in the entrance of the garden and as a result they have to go back to get to the entrance of the garden. On the other hand, the garden is very accessible for people in cars. They have access to various parking lots and all the parking lots have ADA designated parking spaces.

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Balboa Park Circulation and Project Site Access

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These mappings overall state the variety of ways to get transportation to the park and garden. In addition to highlighting the nearby schools that can be an influence to the garden.

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This mapping illustrates the overall information that connects to Balboa Park and Japanese Friendship Garden. These digram illustrate the type of weather and sun light exposure that happens yearly in San Diego.

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Issues & Opportunities| Design Recommendations

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Issues & Opportunities

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• Lack of way finding signs jfc not well advertised easily missed

• Steepness of slopes potential land use limited erosion

• Lack of shade creates uncomfortable atmosphere

• South facing slope high sun exposure

• Undesired noise airplane route above garden

• JFG not walking distance not walking distance

• Lack of space/rooms for activities & exhibits limits garden’s program

• Lack of outreach with elementary schools, high schools & local colleges • Circulation issue when wet hard to navigate trail after it rains

• Underutilized trams

OPPORTUNITIES • Train / bus route in close proximity -visitors from orange county, los angeles and mexico can easily use mass transit to navigate to balboa park -locals can utilize mass transit in lieu of vehicles

• Outreach opportunities for local elementary, high schools and colleges -classes ranging from horticulture, landscape architecture to art history -possibility of outdoor lectures, field trips and educational classes/ demonstrations

• Health & Wellness

-yoga classes & meditation

• Therapeutic Garden

-hospital partnership for healing gardens

• Southern parking lot

-direct parking to jfc cultural center -direct access to cultural central

• Shuttle service

-utilize shuttles for easy drop off to japaneses friendship garden from near by neighborhoods

• Diversity

-Mexico boarder within 20 miles

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Design Recommendations DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS • Multi-story cultural center building -provide a large facility with adequate rooms for activities and exhibits -large outdoor spaces for exhibits, demonstrations and lectures

• Minimize grading where possible -stabilize slope with appropriate plant material -maintain a 3:1 slope

• Plant trees with large canopy -large canopy trees will provide much need shade -large canopy trees will reduce aircraft noise

• Re-adjust pathways -maintain ada standards

• Introduce light fixtures -increase evening visitors

• Incorporate healing / therapeutic elements

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Conceptual Master Plan Design Alternatives

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Conceptual Master Plan Design Alternatives Alternative One

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One of our first mapping diagrams that illustrate our potential design for the JFG garden.

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The image below is also a part of our groups first diagramming concepts for JFG.

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Conceptual Master Plan Design Alternatives Alternative Two

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Diagram illustration from our groups second design concept for JFG.

Conceptual Master Plan Design Alternatives Alternative Three

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Conceptual Master Plan Design Alternatives Performance Matrix .

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As part of our process we needed to explore three different alternatives that would satisfy the client’s needs and wants within the area. With the matrix we understood what was our weakness and our potential on each alternative. Which we took into consideration to our start of our first concept design.

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Concept Statement The Intertwined Landscapes of the Japa-

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nese Cultural Center provides a calm atmosphere for relaxing and learning about Japanese culture through the use of terraces inspired in the famous Japanese rice paddies. The large variation of change in elevations creates an experiential walk that facilities and gardens that composed the Japanese cultural center are connects through accessible pedestrian paths and vertical access elements like elevators and ings that acknowledge the importance of the landscape in Japanese culture.

Goals - Cultural Diversity - Attract Locals - ADA Accessible - Large Outdoor Space - Movable Exhibits - Shaded Areas - Attracts Evening Visitors

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The pedestrian access through the landscape and multi-story buildings to connect to the existing garden and increase accessibility to the valley. Furthermore, The Japanese Cultural and Educational Center will accommodate a wide variety of educational and public activities, form intimate walks through bamboo groves, concerts, classes, festivals and other events. All the potential opportunities will be connected to the existing Japanese Garden and Viewing Pavilion which also provide space for public activities.

Objectives: - Large Building for Exhibits & classrooms - Outdoor Spaces for Activities - ADA Pathways - Large Trees and Shade Structures - Implement Lights for Evening Activities - Large Amphitheater for Class/ Lectures - Outdoor Spaces for Additional Festivals

Programs: Building/ Facilities

- Auditorium (6,000SF.) - Classroom (10-15) - Exhibit Spaces (2,000SF.) - Storage (2,000SF.) - Restrooms

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Outdoor Spaces

- Amphitheater - Bonsai Display - Therapeutic Garden - Small Gathering Areas - Personal Seating Areas - ADA Compliant Paths

Environment

- Nursery - Plant Propagation - Composting - Rainwater Harvesting - Energy Conservation

Image Illustrates brief conceptual line work of the overall design.

Concepts, Goals & Objectives

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Rendered Site Plan .

Goals - Cultural Diversity - Attract Locals - ADA Accessible - Large Outdoor Space - Movable Exhibits - Shaded Areas - Attracts Evening Visitors

Objectives: - Large Building for Exhibits & classrooms - Outdoor Spaces for Activities - ADA Pathways - Large Trees and Shade Structures - Implement Lights for Evening Actvities - Large Amphitheater for Class/ Lectures - Outdoor Spaces for Additional Festivals

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- Auditorium (6,000SF.) - Classroom (10-15) - Exhibit Spaces (2,000SF.) - Storage (2,000SF.) - Restrooms

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- Amphitheater - Bonsai Display - Therapeutic Garden - Small Gathering Areas - Personal Seating Areas - ADA Compliant Paths

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- Nursery - Plant Propagation - Composting - Rainwater Harvesting - Energy Conservation

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Diagrammatic Colored Site Plan

This plan view illustrates the process of our design concept while challenging the change in elevation from the main entrance to the lower parking lot entrance while intertwining these terraces to the Amphitheater, Edible Garden and Bonsai Building.

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Site Plan Grading Design Process

Conceptual Images .

Our main conceptual images drived us into our design concept with the lead of our inspiration of the famous Japanese Rice Paddies. We took this design feature and led it take the lead into designing our project for the purpose to have accessible pathways exposing the dramatic change in elevation of the overall site.

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Concept Images

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Section-Perspectives .

Section B-B Cutting through the Bonsai Exhibit/ Building 42

Overall Section-Elevations

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Section-Perspectives Section G-G .

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Cutting through the Edible Garden

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Section-Perspectives Section F-F .

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Cutting through the Healing Garden

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Cutting through the Bonsai and Amphitheater

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Site Section-Elevation .

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Cutting through the entire site

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Study Model .

The significance of this study model expressed to us the opportunities we could use with this existing form. It made us realize what areas would specifically make as excellent spot to locate buildings, activities and other programs. The model expressed a dramatic change in elevation which was the main concern of this project as to how to design with all this grade change when designing certain buildings as the auditorium building and amphitheater.

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This model not only made us realize the issues, but the opportunities as well. The opportunity the model expressed of working with the existing form got the team to a head start to achieve a usable area within that grade change , which created the - terrac es in our design inspired by the famous Japanese rice paddies.

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Study Model of Terraces .

The purpose of this View is to illustrate the purpose and overall figure of the terraces on the steepest side of the site. We created the terraces in purpose to express the dramatic grade change and allow people to walk through it and experience it.

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A few more of our study models expressed the amount of changes we had to make to achieve our goals for each of our programs and design concepts.

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Final Model . These images overall illustrate the final model

outlook expressing the way the team took into consideration the grade change and how we designed it in a usable way for the public.

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Circulation Diagram .

Working with some existing parts of this The orange curvilinear lines express the garden, we designed the garden to be circulation. entered and to be exit from the same spots it already has for the purpose of the opportunity we saw to work with some of the existing forms, features and landscape that already exists.

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Gathering Areas Diagram

The diagram illustrates the most consistent amount of spots that will tend to have the most attraction for people to gather around.

These areas include the amphitheater, auditorium building, Bonsai exhibit and nursery building.

In addition, this diagram expresses a sense of water. Instead of a water feature we used the Pyrus Calleryana tree to show this sense of movement just like water illustrates.

This specific movement starts from the top hill next to the Bonsai building and main entrance, then it moves through the landscape passing the amphitheater, the auditorium building and ending into the Healing garden and plaza that is right next to the lower parking lot entrance.

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Nodes & Entrances Diagram .

Nodes Entrances

Since one of our main purposes is to work with the existing pathway, landscape and other features we wanted to leave the main entrance on the top of the site to still exist and opening up another opportunity on the lower side of the site as another entrance to the site which is what the yellow figures express, the two kinds of entrances we will have into the garden. On the other hand, the gray circles illustrate the nodes existing within the designed area.

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Renewable, Re-use & Recycle Opportunities

Solar Window Composting Solar Pathways Rainwater Harvesting

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The diagram on the top, shows the potential for different types of renewable, re-use and recycle opportunities that can be incorporated to the JFG to create a more ecological place. Some of the opportunities includes solar windows, composting, solar pathways and rainwater harvesting.

The Diagram shows the advantages of having solar pathways throughout the garden.

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Energy Harvesting System .

Green Roof Living Wall

In order to harvest energy sustainable solutions like green roofs and living walls have been considered. The green roofs in the two proposed buildings will help to cool them and reduce energy use. The living wall in the Bonsai building works like a shell pro viding shade for the south facing faรงade of the building. As a result the building is cool down and energy is saved.

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Water Harvesting & Conservation

Water Resource Irrigation Purpose Rainwater Catching System Water Feature Use

The images illustrates the water harvesting system proposed. This consist in catching rain water from the green roofs on the main two buildings. The water cached will be used for irrigation purposes. It will be also used in some water features. Likewise the diagram shows the intent to conserve water.

Water will be collected from buildings grey water system and then will be treated to use to irrigate the gardens.

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Bonsai Exhibit Building .

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Bonsai Exhibit Concept Sketches The exhibits hall will house exhibits and, classroom and will work as access to the amphitheaterand lower areas of the community center. At the rooftop level which is at the same elevation of the existing plaza it will have the bonsai exhibit, an arbor from where people can enjoy the view down the canyon or to the bonsais and the small roof garden. It will provide access to the lower levels through the use of staircases and elevators. The first and second floors have the same spacial distribution meaning space for multipurpose activities, restrooms, and viewing areas.

Buildings Floor Plans

Bonsai Building

The building will have a extra floor specifically for the elevator that provides a transition to the lower level of the amphitheater and the rest of the community center.

The living wall that encloses the glass facade of the building will help to reduce the use of energy by cooling the building in a natural way. The curvilinear shape of the building and the living wall is to connect architecture to the landscape by following the same curvilinear shape of the terraces that define our concept design.

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Edible Garden Edible Garden Plan View .

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Edible Garden Rendering

Concept Sketches The Edible gardens design purpose is to encourage interaction between edible plants and the public for cultural, and educational purposes. The Edible Garden at the Japanese Friendship Garden will create an awareness of how edible trees are important in the landscape and are part of different cultures. Our driving force to design our project were the rice field terraces, which are around different areas of the world and are used for agricultural purposes.

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Section F-F

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Section E-E Concept Image The proximity to the Naval Medical Center provided the perfect opportunity to design a healing garden. The healing garden provides an intertwined landscape of trees, mounds and terraces were water flows quietly. At the north side is enclosed by a bamboo grove to provide privacy and isolate it from the noise from the edible garden and nursery. The ADA accessible paths provides a good opportunity to relax while enjoying the quietness of the garden.

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Plaza Plaza Section-Perspective

The Plaza has the purpose to encourage people to come into the garden and have a sense of the overall purpose of the entire design without having to pay yet. It welcome them into the area by having a seating area around a fountain near the auditorium restaurant.

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Terraces Terraces Plan View Flowering Tree Planters

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Terraces Rendering

The terraces specifically show the enhancement of the famous Japanese rice paddies brought into the site as a way to express the dramatic change in elevation and get the sense of the overall site inter-twinning with the original landscape of the

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Performance Matrix .

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Matrix Summary After our groups overall process into this design concept, we understood according to our first matrix what ideas we had similar and different in creating our concept. We use our similarities and difference to intertwine them into making our design. It helped us understand our ideas and lead us to the direction we needed in order to take our steps into our design.

This matrix now overall illustrates what we achieved based on our goals, programs and objectives we had in plan for this site.

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Appendix

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History & Uses

Las Vegas Spring Preserve .

The garden is locate in Las Vegas near The Vegas strip and airport. It was first opened in June 8, 2007 covering 180 acres for the whole site and the Botanical garden having 8 acres. With an annual budget of $7.5 million and 250,000 visitors a year. The garden gives an overlook of Las Vegas history and environment. It gives a learning of what people can do sustainably in the desert climate. It gives an overlook of Las Vegas birth in 1905. And also focuses on making people learn about native and desert adapted plants.

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Preservation

Spanish Trail and Pioneers

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School Tours with hands-on activities Education classes and activities Bird walk Nature exchange for collectors

Arts

Art display within gardens

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Cooking workshops using fresh ingredients within garden

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Grapes & Hops (wine and beer tasting Green Living Expo Spring Plant Sale Butterfly Habitat

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Programs Spring Preserve Botanical Garden, .

Nevada PALM OASIS GAZEBO ROCK GARDEN

WATERING CAN THEATER

NATURAL GARDENS

WILDLIFE GARDEN CACTUS ALLEY

DISPLAY GARDENS

MESQUITE BOSQUE, WETLANDS HABITAT AND

VEGETABLE AND HERB GARDENS BUTTERFLY HABITAT

DESERTSOL SOLAR HOUSE GARDENS CENTER ACTIVITY CENTER GARDENS AMPHITHEATER

ROSE GARDEN, FRAME HOUSE AND WEDDING ENABLING GARDEN

GARDENS WETLANDS MOJAVE CACTUS AND SUCCULENT COLLECTION

The Botanical gardens of the Spring Preserve cover approximately 80 acres. It showcases display gardens where people can learn about plants and encourage them to learn about Nevada. Furthermore, most of its area is programed area. The hiking trails exists are close to craven wildlife to get a sense of what the area overall has to offer to the public.

Architect: Lucchesi Galati Architects Desert living center: Creating a unique sense of Place 5 Buildings: Each building showcasing different sustainable design principles Inspiration: Desert tortoise’s ability to create it’s habitat by burrowing into the earth for cooling Creosote bush’s ability to drop its leaf during a drought and sprout new growth after a rain shower Underground spaces, utilizing the earth as thermal isolation Thicken wall / deep openings for protection of heat loss and gain Long roof over-hang to shield off summer heat while allowing low sun of winter to warm interior Rammed earth, straw bail construction, recycled materials, solar panels and reclaim water systems for sustainable practice

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Landscape Architect: Designer: Deneen Powell Atelier Promoting sustainable practices within the Mojave Desert Landscape areas highlighting conservation and protection of natural resources Focus on water for the future Demonstrate how beautiful a natural landscape can without using large amounts of water.

Desert appropriate plants with how to areas for irrigation and planting with hands on exhibits Wetland features treatment of gray and black water. Water then is used for toilets and landscape irrigation Biofiltration ponds, drip irrigation, reclaimed glass for mulch

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Learning Features & Flow Diagrams Spring Preserve Botanical Garden, .

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Some of the learning features of the Spring Preserve Botani cal Garden in Nevada is showing the public how we can re-use energy, what opportunities we have to work with items that will not waste energy, and other resources. Some of their learning features aim towards children to get them a head start of understanding how to grow plants, how certain things work and how to make landscapes more efficient.

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This specific map above maps out the movement, flow and use of the overall site illustrating from nodes, activitiy spaces to architecture programs on the site.

Overall this site is an area well know to educate the public of how to make the world better by illustrating them the opportunities they have and how they can make things more efficient and workable in a suitable way.

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Portland Field Trip Photo & Sketch Journal .

Visiting Portland helped our group understand the important concepts of designing while taking into consideration how the public level. Our images overall illustrate upon in the city that were most meaningful and educational to us

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These first two images illustrate the concept of move ment and area uses. The first image was taken in Pioneer Courthouse Square showing the different kind of movement. The second image on the right- illus trates the kinds of uses made on an area to make an area have a deliberate purpose for the public.

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Portland Field Trip Photo & Sketch Journal 02 .

These two specific sketches illustrate the water movement coming down the structure and being collected into the system in Tanner Springs Park by GreenWork and Atelier Dreiseitl.

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Portland Field Trip Photo & Sketch Journal 03 .

This image illustrates the design made in Portland called Lovejoy Fountain Park. What our group understood from the public moves through space.

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Portland Field Trip Photo & Sketch Journal 04 .

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The image above was take to show the amazing exposure of green in Portland unlike California. We took this as a way to compare and contrast the vegetation in Portland and California as an idea for our design concept. Seeing this greenary made us realize we weren’t in California anymore.

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Portland Field Trip Photo & Sketch Journal 05 .

The beauty of Seattle, Washington at night has a different feeling than the busy and noisy city in the morning. The lights of the skyscrapers, stars and moon makes the city be framed in a night paint.

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The Multnomah Falls show the beauty of nature with its beautiful waterfall combined with the colors of the fall trees.

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Portland Field Trip Photo & Sketch Journal 08 .

The combination of trees and design gave the Tanner Spring Park a very unique feeling as walking through it.

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The Ira Keller Fountain has different sense of scale depending on the angle you are which creates a unique design.

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Portland Field Trip Photo & Sketch Journal 07 .

These two images were part of our discovery along our journey in Portland as a way of illustrating the amazing vegetation in Portland and outstanding Japanese garden design.

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During the field trip to Portland we learned a lot about Japanese Garden and how their work with land.

We learn that it is important to understand the site in order to create a sensible design that respect the land. It was really important for us to understand how they approach circulation in spaces with challenging slopes.

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Buxus microphylla var japonica Japanese Boxwood

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Nandina domestica Heavenly Bamboo

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Ophiopogon japonicus Mondo Grass

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Team Members .

LEO M. RIOS Leo is a Cal Poly transfer student from Orange Cost College. His main passion is creating outdoor spaces and experiences that are both unique and memorable. His philosophy is each site presents a unique opportunity to create something special. His plans after graduating is working as an independent Landscape Architect with a desire of starting his own design firm.

Rosa M. Mendoza Transfer from Cypress College as a Math Major in 2012. In 2014, decided to switch majors to Landscape Architecture. Currently is a 3rd year in the Landscape Architecture program in Pomona. Her main ambitions is to graduate next year and continue her education by doing a Masters in Architecture

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Grisol L. Ramirez Grisol is a third year Landscape Architect Student in Cal Poly Pomona. She graduated high school in 2014 and has focused on her passion for designing and learning about Landscape Architecture and skills in computer and hand graphics. She was inspired into making a career out of Landscape Architecture since her inspiration came from visiting certain famous landscape design sites. She plans to pursue her dreams by taking the licensing exam and continuing her education in the major by going to a Master school and working for a firm.

Bessy Barahona She transferred from Rio Hondo College in 2015. Since her first course in the architecture program she felt a profound admiration for Japanese architecture, aesthetics and culture. She’s has being inspired since then to create spaces where people can connect back to nature. Currently she is planning to continue her education and learn more about the close relation between architecture, landscape architecture, and sustainability.

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