Nathan Liu
4th Year BSLA, Cal Poly Pomona, College of Environmental Design
Bio:
I am a Landscape Architecture student at Cal Poly Pomona, graduaang in May, 2024. I have an affinity for narraave design and visualizaaon. With a variety of work experience, I pride myself in my adaptability to new environments. I’m currently seeking full--me work or internship to connnue developing skills and growing as a designer.
nathan.mic.liu@gmail.com nmliu@cpp.edu 805.620.2838 tragic._.sans
Education: California State Polytechnic University Pomona August 2020 - Current Study: Landscape Architecture Cuesta College 2013 - 2014 Study: Sculpture; Bronze Foundry
Work Experience: EPT Design (June, 2023-August 2023)
Current Software:
Adobe CC, Procreate, Blender, Twinmooon, Rhino, Autocad
234 N El Molino Ave # 100, Pasadena, CA 91101 Phone: (626)795-2008 Posiion: Studio Intern Descrippon: I developed a graphic standard template for residennal plan rendering. I performed tasks including plannng plans, seccon diagrams, 3d modeling, street view renders, and plan draaing/rendering.
Studio MLA (November, 2021-December, 2022)
251 S Mission Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90033 Phone: (213) 384-3844
Immediate Goals:
Posiion: Studio Intern Descrippon: Assist with a variety of studio tasks including cleaning/repair/produccon of physical models, preparing cad files, ordering and pickup of materials, etc.
Unreal Engine, Revit
Other Skills and Qualifications:
CA T2 and D2 Water Treatment and Distribuuon Cerrficaaons (valid to September, 2025), heavy equipment operaaon, construccon experience
Work Samples: Porrolio
United Water Conservaaon District (November, 2014-July, 2020) 3561 N Rose Ave, Oxnard, CA 93036 Phone: (805) 485-5114
Posiion: O&M Recharge Worker Descrippon: Operated an 83,000 acre// storage reservoir with recreaaon, a transient water treatment plant, and a hydro-electric plant. Beyond maintenence, I led tours and inspeccons and coordinated with our environmental deptartment to esure operaaons adhered to regulaaons.
Thank You! I’d like to extend my personal graatude to you for taking the me to review my work and credennals. As a student, I have limited professional experience and it means a lot that you would consider me as a candidate. Please reach out at any me if you have quessons or would like to see more work! :]
BSLA Coursework North Pasadena Apartment Archipelago
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Analog Drafting & Rendering
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Digital Drafting & Rendering
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Long Beach Civic Center
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GSOC, Camp Scherman
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Wellness Center at JFG San Diego
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National Museum of the Latino American
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Personal Work Morning Mapcrunch
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Digital Paintings
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Sespe Creek Park
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Landscape Installation
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North Pasadena Apartment RS 3010, Instructor: Douglas Kent A quick site study of my apartment in Pasadena. Modeled and rendered in Blender; the diagram details basic site info such as geographic orientation, scale, and solar pathing. More specific site details were drawn from observation.
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Archipelago
LA 1121, Instructor: Kevin Finch This project was an intro to Rhino 3D. We started with a uniform design modeled to exact specs. We then rearranged and transformed pieces of the model into our own design, informed by a short phrase. The phrase for this design was, “to meet an archipelago.”
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Analog Drafting & Rendering LA 1581, Instructor: Kevin Finch My first year graphics class began with analog drafting and rendering techniques, converting an old plan drawing of a garden into several types of drawings. Rendered with Copic marker.
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Digital Drafting & Rendering LA 1581, Instructor: Kevin Finch In the next module we modeled the garden in Rhino and pulled the linework to render drawings using digital methods. These were created in PS and Illustrator.
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Long Beach Civic Center CPPLA 2nd Year Studio Project Document LA 2111L, Instructor: Phil Pregil For second year studio, we designed part of the Long Beach Civic Center. We were specifically responsible for the spaces between buildings and around the renovated Lincoln Park, designed by GGN Mages. My partner and I focused on integrating form and technology to create a space that teaches the history of the Tongva Natives in Long Beach through self exploration, creating a seamless pedestrian experience.
Prepared by Nathan Liu and Grace Morton 12/03/2021, with revisions by Nathan Liu 03/13/2022
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Long Beach Civic Center Site Plan + Strategies Some important goals of this design deal with stormwater capture and filtration, wildlife habitat improvement, urban forraging opprotunities, educational programming, and improving pedestrian circulation within the site and throught the Downtown Long Beach area.
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Unique sculptural elements reach out to the surrounding geography to bring more context to the historical narrative and prompt pedestrian interaction. Around the periphery of the site, “Urban Trail-heads” improve the walkability of DTLB and connect to nearby points of interest.
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Long Beach City Hall
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Long Beach Port Authority
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Civic Center Parking Structure
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North Multi-use Building
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South Multi-use Building
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Billie Jean King Library
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Lincoln Park (GGN)
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LBCC Metro Station (A-Line)
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GSOC Camp Scherman LA 2121L, Instructor: Andrew Wilcox | vPartners: Alex Lopez, Jade Polvani Studio Partners: Girl Scouts of Orange County; Camp Scherman Location: San Jacinto Mountains. Design Components and Uses: Amphitheater, Stargazing, Moon Garden, Water Feature
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HZ 1. Moon Garden - 1,455 sqft - 30,683 gal/year HZ 2. Outter Garden -9,468 sqft - 79,863 gal/year Estimated Total Water Use: 110,546 gal/year Max Annual Water Allowance: 205,233 gal/year Annual Water Allowance Surplus: 94,688 gal/year
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Nathan Liu - 05/09/2022 - LA2121L - Instr: A. Wilcox
Telescope Pad
North Stardust Grove
Arctostaphylos pringlei
Achillea millefolium
Artemisia tridentata
Asclepias californica
Ceanothus cuneatus
Ceanothus greggii
Eriogonum fasciculatum
Pringle Manzanita
Common Yarrow
Big Sagebrush
Califronia Milkweed
Buckbrush
Desert Ceanothus
California Buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum
Eriophyllum confertiflorum
Hesperoyucca whipplei
Muhlenbergia rigens
Nolina parryi
Ribes indecorum
Sulfurflower Buckwheat
Golden Yarrow
Chaparral Yucca
Deer Grass
Salvia apiana
Artemisia ludoviciana
White Sage
White Sagebrush
Parry Beargrass
Gilia capitata Blue Thimble Flower
In Cahuilla mythology, Menily is the Godess of the Moon. She is a significant figure in the Cahuilla origin story, being a favorite of the original humans, and teaching them most of what they knew about living in a society and in harmony with the earth. The Menily Garden uses native planting to highlight the beauty of the San Jacinto Mountains at night. A series of 4 interconnected loops meander through the garden, representing the visible moon phases: Crescent, Quarter, Gibbous, and Full. The Crescent Loop surrounds a Moon Garden, an area of densley planted flora with reflective values of white, blue, silver, and yellow. When walking the paths, the plantings become less dense as you move deeper into space. There are two “Stardust Groves” within the garden where users can string hammocks to stargaze while enjoying the sounds and scents of the garden.
White Flowered Currant
Nemophila menziesii Baby Blue Eyes
Amphitheater
Menily Garden
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Nathan Liu - 05/09/2022 - LA2121L - Instr: A. Wilcox
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A Japanese Wellness Center in Southern California Vision Statement: To provide welcoming, therapeutic, and active spaces for the community of San Diego. The Wellness Center will use plants with medicinal, culinary, and native ecological value to create an environment that promotes healing, learning, and creativity while blending resources from Southern California, with a traditional Japanese approach to wellness. Objectives: -Utilize regional resources wisely. -Provide space for different levels of accessibility, activity and privacy. -Make strong use of Japanese design principles. -Preserve Southern California Identity within Japanese garden aesthetic Japanese Design Principles: Mono No Aware -Temporary water feature activated by rainfall In-Yo -Garden layout that uses natural terrain; mountains situated to North, water flowing North to South through site. -Atrium in Wellness Center creates contrast between rigid and soft. Wabi Sabi - Materials chosen for function as well as aesthetic, Yakisugi fencing and Metal fixtures which will naturally patina. Ma - Entrance to site creates brief transitioning period for spiritual adjustment. - Building has an open, simple layout.
Secluded Entrance from Cultural Center
Japanese and California Symbolism designed into water feature
Solar Collection Water Heaters for “Onsen Experience”
Small Meditation Atrium Featuring Rainwater Collection
Scale 1”=20’
N Scale 1”=10’
Scale 1”=8’
Yōkō no niwa
Garden of Sunlight | JFG San Diego
Nathan Liu | 3rd Year BSLA Student
LA 3111L - Fall 2022 - Instructor: Keiji Uesugi Department of Landscape Architecture Cal Poly Pomona University | Nov. 4, 2022
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Decomposed Granite: SOUTHWEST BOULDER Color: CA Gold
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Concrete Slab Paving : TRADEMARK/SOUTHWEST BOULDER Color: Steely Slate , 2” gaps, porous bound aggregate fill
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Cobble : SOUTHWEST BOULDER Color: Mexican Beach Pebble , 3-5”
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Cobble : SOUTHWEST BOULDER Color: Santa Fe Cobble , 1-2”
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Crushed Basalt : SOUTHWEST BOULDER Color: Indigo , 3/4”
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2x3” Ipe Wood Slats : CO Color: Natural, 3” spacing on center
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Focal Boulders : SOUTHWEST BOULDER Color: Red Mountain , hand placement Nathan Liu
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NMLA Washington D.C. LA 4111, Instructor: Ernesto Perez | Partner: Abraham Martinez Bobby Brooks Studio, interdisciplinary project with CPP architecture. Project: National Museum of the Latino American | Museum and Gardens
Shape, Texture, and Iconography Exploration
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cultivo de raíces latinoamericanas
Team
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Abraham Martinez Architecture
4th Year BSLA
Nathan liu Landscape 4th year Bsla
National Museum of the Latino American | ARCLA4011A-LA4111L-F23-2023
Nathan Liu LANDSCAPE
Abraham Martinez Architecture 5Th Year BSA
Themes | Rhythm, Cultivation, Enlightenment The modern Latino identity is layered and complex. It is composed of indigenous roots, European colonialism, and a blending of diverse cultures. Our design seeks to reflect that identity, both perceptually through experiential representations of history and culture, and conceptually through introspective reflection on the constituent themes that are part of the modern Latino identity. The design focuses on a symbiotic relationship with nature emblematic of indigenous peoples, cultural adaptations that arose from their encounters with Africans and Europeans, and the theme of unearthing history to understand how each layer of identity contributes to the whole. We aim to introduce a current representation of the Latino identity to the National Mall, while acknowledging the history that founds that identity. Goals Represent Latino Culture on the National Mall Promote exploration and interaction Focus on Celebration of Latino Achievement
The form of the building was Inspired by these ideas that gives a ideas of the latino american story of of the indegenious past, the rise of the spanish missions, and modern identity now.
Museum grounds National Mall Entrance
Kiosco Folklorico:
Form: RHYTHM, Movement, Baila Folklorico Function: Performance, Festival, Wayfinding
NORTH SITE Dancing Trees:
Form: RHYTHM, CULTIVATION, Drums, Ollas, Trees Function: Wayfinding, Shade
Paseo Mercado:
Form: RHYTHM, Tianguis (Outdoor Market), Terminal Axis Function: Economic Opportunity, Vitality, Site Grounding
Exit Plaza
Plaza Portal
Plaza Portal
Underground Parking
Paving and streetscaping inverventions Traffic Light schedule to be changed to all direction, creating a pulse between sites
North Entrance
Manatial Eterna (Eternal Well Spring)
Form: Ancient Ruins, European Conquest Function: ENLIGHTENMENT, Memorial, Reflection, Movement Through time ACTIVATION: Water trickles from walls representing passive movement through time, when stone wheel is turned, water cascades from the wall. This represents human progress, which requires action.
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Singing Jars
Restroom
Ocarina Plaza
Mist Pad
Kiosco Folklorico
Dancing Trees
Singing Jars
Form: RHYTHM, Peruvian Whistling Jars, Music, Harmony Function: Auditory Wayfinding, Vibrance Paseo Mercado
ACTIVATION: Sculptures that use water to displace air, creating a tone. These would fill slowly until a float valve allows a rush of water into the main chamber. Placed throughout the site, they promote movement and discovery. They add an element of unpradictability to enrich the site with life.
Stormwater Swale
Aqueducts
The museums physical mass works with the form of the stilts inspired by willow stakes to physically ground the site The axis of the Mercado aligns with the Washington Monument to solidify national presence Cherry trees planted along the Overlook blend the site with the existing landscape and help establish connection with the Tidal Basin
South Entrance
Manatial Eterna
Bus Stop
Water is held and cleaned in a Swale before channeling through the sites water features, An overflow leads from the Manatial Eterna to allow excess storm drainage into the Tidal Basin
Repetition of stilts and embedded light elements connect the spaces across a streetscaped pedestrian crossing Sculptural architectural features draw interest from the nearby National Mall and Tidal Basin Singing Jars create auditory interest throuought the site
Basin Overlook
Form - Rhythm is displayed In architecture through balance and patterns. Using the materials, style of spanish missions, Museum Mural and dedicating an open terrace with exhibit space on the interior celebrates the festive nature of the Latino American Culture.
Form - Culivation is the growing in size as the large foundation and the stilts support the upper levels, while creating a sense of discovery as it leads away towards the museum grounds.
Form - Enlightenment is achieved through the education one gains while they learn bout the Latin American history.
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Morning Mapcrunch From a selection of work painted daily from 12.26.20 - 01.15.2021 This is an exercise I undertook over Winter Break to improve in sketching and watercolor rendering.
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Compositions were found using random street view locations generated on Mapcrunch.com
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Digital Painting A Selection of digital studies from the past few years. Painted on Procreate for iPad. These studies range in time from 7 min to around 4 hours, give or take.
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Sespe Creek Park 2020, Personal Project Sespe Creek Park is practice project I created for a vacant lot in my hometown, Fillmore CA. I drew a basic plan and used it to model the design in Blender The concept is a skate friendly pedestrian plaza in Downtown Fillmore. The design draws inspiration from Sespe Creek and the F&W Railway, two major features that were instrumental in the town’s founding and continue to play an important role today.
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Landscape Installation 2014, Edna Valley Residence with Kilcoyne Landscapes I worked on this property with a small design-build practice from May to November of 2014 while living in San Luis Obispo. The landscape was barren an undeveloped when we started the project and this is the result. I worked first hand with the owner of the company and learned a lot about installation in my short time there. It was extremely rewarding to watch the transformation take place. I personally picked, cut, laid, and leveled each stone in this pathway and landing. The work was grueling but satisfying; it gave me immense respect for the people who work to bring design to reality.
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