Teaching Portfolio Cal Poly Pomona | Landscape Architecture: 2014-2021 by Ray Senes

I N T R O D U C T O R Y

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I developed a teaching methodology for design studios to ini ally start a dialog with students. Studio begins with an introductory exploraƟon that examines an aspect on the design ques on in a form-making, experien al way. The projects I choose for studios center around challenged or disadvantaged popula ons in urban environments and these ini al inves ga ons seek to put the students into the mind of the user - their experiences, their emoƟons and to understand their voices. Deep thinking ques ons were posed to each student - not to solely be answered, but to urge students to think about the concepts presented. The introductory inves ga ons also allow myself, as an instructor, to get to know how each student thinks, what they love about design and how to best tailor to their individual process of learning and making. “Unlike a drop of water which loses its idenƟty when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man’s life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.” “Let us make future generaƟons remember us as proud ancestors just as, today, we remember our forefathers.”

B.R. Ambedkar “Trash has given us an appeƟte for art.” Pauline Kael

Roh Moo-hyun

mural arts as cultural emergence

personal connecƟons to the river

landscape as living remnants

“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is a success.” Henry Ford

interwoven personal exchange

urban collecƟon of moments.....

and faces

Introductory ExploraƟon | Designing Healthy Neighborhoods: Mantua/Belmont - Philadelphia, PA Students were to construct a physical study model that illuminates best the evalua on/perspec ve of the “advantages and disadvantages” of living and working in the Mantua/Belmont Urban Neighborhood. Each model was cra ed as a reflecƟon of an interpretaƟon of a meaning of the place – An experience from the point of view of a resident. The pieces sought to generate an understanding of the qualita ve and quan ta ve aspects of living, working and playing within their urban and regional circumstances. Each was encouraged, in this process, to invoke a “feeling/emoƟon” of the place and of a reading that iden fies and represents a feature or condi on in the urban neighborhood that would make it dis nc ve and/or unique.

Introductory ExploraƟon | What is Landscape? - Santa Fe, New Mexico “Landscape is a noun…so here find a li le book about some words cri cal in [exploring] the essence of landscape. Neither dic onary or field guide, it is only an invita on to walk, to no ce, to ask, some mes to look up and around.” from “What is Landscape?” by John SƟlgoe This is a quesƟon for exploraƟon. It is a vastly broad quesƟon embodying many meanings, categories, manifestaƟons, nuances, processes and values. Landscape is a living medium of systems – everchanging and evolving. New yet Ɵmeless. Made, but inherent or revealed. We are stewards to it. What is landscape to you?

landscape is memory

landscape is personal

landscape is journey

landscape is connecƟon

Explore | What is Community? I asked the 3rd year undergraduate design studio prior to designing a community core in Santa Fe, New Mexico the quesƟon - “What is Community?”. I gave them each two sƟcky notes. The words that emerged were: family, social, interac on, connec on, cultural, gathering, whole, support, diverse, memory. Of note no descripƟon noted a physical thing. The words were solely experienƟal.

landscape is Ɵme

landscape is systems

hope

intelligence

curiosity

reflec on

Introductory ExploraƟon | NaƟonal NaƟve American Veterans Memorial CompeƟƟon - Washington D.C... Prior to designing a memorial, the studio was inspired to deeply think about how designers seek to represent meaning as experience. The studio was assigned a list of collec ve values. This, compiled, should emerge as a physical language for developing meaning. Each student represented this value by crea ng a piece that defines and reveals its meaning, without literally represen ng it. This inves ga on was less about the “it” and more about the experience and explored how one’s values and experiences manifest in the work. The explora on lead to insights and connec ons that became crucial in the studio inves ga on /process of the Na ve American Veterans Memorial Design Compe on sponsored by the Na onal Smithsonian Museums.

convic on

honesty

inspira on

honor

joy

empathy

pride

courage

wisdom

strength

sorrow

success

perseverance

culture | place

culture | seen

detail | place

detail | seen

occupy | place

occupy | seen

culture | layers

light| place

light | seen

detail | layers

framing | place

framing | seen

occupy | layers

passage | place

passage | seen

light | layers

framing | layers

passage | layers

Introductory ExploraƟon | PlanƟng Design: Experiencing + Composing paƩerns/layers with planƟng Photographs capture composi ons and pa erns in the landscape that represent moods, feelings and experiences. Using photography as a medium to reveal these quali es of place, each student analyzed their photograph and developed a sketch, using pastels as a medium. Further exploring the pa erns and layers of landscape graphically, the graphic piece was developed into a three-dimensional diagram, as each chose how to represent layers of landscape. These layers were pulled apart and reassembled into an inten oned, ar s c representa on.

Introductory ExploraƟon | PosiƟve + NegaƟve SpaƟal ComposiƟon: Ink Medium

Each student developed a design vocabulary + language using ink as a medium. On a sheet of white paper (12” x 12” in size) each student applied a series of dots as drips of India ink in an arrangement/paƩern to envision a formed/enclosed space. The work was considered as propor oned but scaleless. The dots formed posi ve + nega ve spaces on the paper but did not represent a par cular object or directly relate to a known spa al type or form. The work was meant to be purposeful and evolve. The ul mate composi on was developed using the dots as a design language. Each student created one (1) drawing to represent the following six (6) aspects: 1. Density, 2. Opacity, 3. Formality, 4. Permeability, 5. Layering, 6. AcƟvaƟng.

Analog/Ink Medium

density

formality

ac va ng

opacity

permeability

Physical/Modeling

Digital/Typology

layering | stacking/surface

layering

Create six (6) India ink dot two-dimensional composi ons on (12” x 12”) white Canson© paper. The work will represent posiƟve and negaƟve space – black on white.

formality | arrangement/form

PLAN Scale 1” = 10’ - 0”

GARDEN PLAN Ink dot composi ons are digitally scanned, drawn, overlaid and manipulated to adapt to each scaled typology: GARDEN PLAN • Garden: in mate and/or personal. • Plaza: communal and/or public. • Street: system and/or a set of rela onships.

SECTION

density | concentraƟon/massing

acƟvaƟng | staƟc/dynamic

PHOTO

PROCESS

PHOTO

PROCESS

core

peel

surface

stack

whirl

control

fo o fold

curve

Introductory ExploraƟon | SubtracƟon + IntegraƟon as SpaƟal ComposiƟon: Aspects of Human Scale Space is created in the void. The edges of the void ac vate space. The form, scale and ar cula on of a space and its edges within a context will create an experience. SubtracƟve design removes extraneous parts in order to strengthen core elements. Students would re-think design as solely something you build up, construct and let grow, but rather as carving away the excess to give form a sense of simplicity, elegance, and power. This project explored the process of subtrac on per scale, experience and context toward the development of human-scaled spaces.

Introductory ExploraƟon | Paper Modeling: CreaƟng an EmoƟonal Human-Scaled Experience The spaƟal manipulaƟon of paper explores the process of deconstrucƟng<>reconstrucƟng a basic form, evolving a space that emphasizes human scale + narraƟve and connecƟon + integraƟon to an emoƟonal experience. The modeling explores the intenƟonal development of form and space: DISRUPT<>RECONSTRUCT: making through individual discovery, brainstorming, disrupƟng and reiteraƟon, breaking down a form and reconstrucƟng it, evolving it based upon a big idea. SCALE<>NARRATIVE: communicaƟng the size of a space in relaƟonship to another form within a physical space.

D E S I G N

C O L L A B O R A T I O N S

S T U D I O

Studio ExploraƟon | Designing Healthy Neighborhoods: Mantua/Belmont - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Resourceful Water B View of Wetland Area

A Outlook View looking towards Philadelphia

Master Plan

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LEGEND 1 Forest Area 2 Resting Area 3 Wetland 4 Bike Path 5 Outlook 6 Plaza 7 Shared Walkway

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Blow Up of Centralized Park Scale 1"=150' 150'

450'

400'

Master Plan

1200'

1600'

LEGEND 1 Forest Area 8 Pedestrian Bridge 3 Wetland 9 Rain Garden 5 Outlook 6 Plaza 7 Shared Walkway + Bioswales

Scale 1"=400'

600’

Semi-Wet Vegetation 5

Submerged Vegetation

Tall Trees

Clean access to water and maintaining water sources free of contaminants is the purpose of our design proposal. Water quality is essential to the development of healthy viable spaces for human dwelling. By allowing water to seep into the ground a natural form of filtration occurs as well as encourage wetlands to arise. Spaces that allow water to accumulate and slowly infiltrate help filter and reduce storm water pollution that flows into the Schuylkill River. By visually highlighting the three physical properties of water within the site, the hope is that it will help develop a connection between residents of Belmont and Mantua and their association with water.

Medium Shrubs Transition Zone Medium sized Trees Accumulation Zones

Mounds

Health Benefits: - By preventing runoff pollutants from getting into the Schuylkill river, the residents of Mantua and Belmont will have a clean local source of freshwater. - Fresh water will help them lead better lives by allowing them to continue to use water in their daily lives. - The re-purposed use of open space in West Philadelphia will better manage rainwater to be used in providing local food in the form of cultivated crops. - By providing a centralized area the residents have greater options in using it for physical activities.

Snow

Map - Street Type

Map - Elevation

Map - Phase

Key Map - Philadelphia

Monthly in Inches

Rain Garden Typology Freeze

Condense Inner reflection Intimate First signs of Winter Slopes for Sleds

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Freeze Infiltration Active Wildlife Ponds Streams

Heated Snow Prepare for spring Ice on trees

Edible Plants Gardening Learning

4.33 3.78

Rain

3.54

3.78

3.7 3.43

3.54

3.5 3.19

3.03

2.99

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Passive Area Little Schuylkill River Tulpehocken Creek Maiden Creek Allegheny Creek Monocacy Creek Hay Creek Manaraway Creek French Creek

Infiltration Area Winter

Tuscarora Springs

Passive Area

Infiltration Area Summer

Active Area Winter

Active Area Summer Neighborhood Street Secondary Access Main Access

Over 1.5 million people use the river as a source of drinking water.

Pickering Creek

0% Impervious

10-20% Impervious

30-60% Impervious

70-100% Impervious

Perkiomen Creek Valley Creek Wissahickon Creek

30% is traced to agricultural operations

Schuylkill River Delaware River Delaware River 130 miles from Tuscarora Springs Delaware River in Philadelphia

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3,500 regulated sources of pollution in the watershed

1/12th of Pennsylvania Population

Over half of the streams are considered polluted

78 large sewage treatment plants are along the River

37% of the land in the watershed is used for agricultural purposes

Evaporation Runoff Infiltration

40% 10% 50%

Shallow 25% Deep 25%

38% 20% 42%

Shallow 21% Deep 21%

30% 55% 15%

Shallow 10% Deep 5%

35% 30% 35%

Shallow 20% Deep 15%

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2,000 square miles of water shed

Rainwater from the streets is the leading source of pollution

Philadelphia is a city of Neighborhoods. Mantua/Belmont in West Philadelphia was a neighborhood where gunshots and crime had become almost normal. In 2016, the area chosen as one of President Obama’s first “Promise Zones” for economic development. Mantua is bordered by some of Philadelphia’s largest insƟtuƟons (the University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University, the Philadelphia Zoo, and Fairmount Park), as well as by large industrial sites (most notably the AMTRAK rail yards). The 4th year Urban Design Studio posed the quesƟon: what physical design intervenƟons could encourage healthy and acƟve lifestyles, thereby improving public health among residents? Students invesƟgated the site’s social, cultural, ecological, economic and physical background to develop important design consideraƟons for re-imagining a healthier place for people. The students traveled to Philadelphia and parƟcipated in tours/workshops with Drexel University, The Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia Community Gardens AssociaƟon and the Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships. The student designs came together and re-visioned the neighborhood through a physical, collabora ve model.

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:ඉකඕ ඉඖඌ එඖඞඑගඑඖඏ උඉඖ ඊඍ ඊ඗ඔඌ ඉඛ ඟඍඔඔ ඉඛ ඛ඗ඎග ග +ඉකඕ඗ඖඑජඍඛ ඟඍඔඔ ඟඑගඐ ඗ගඐඍක උ඗ඔ඗කඛ 5ඍඛගඎඝඔ ඍඎඎඍඋග ඍඛ඘ඍඋඑඉඔඔඡ ඟඐඍඖ ඘ඉඑකඍඌ ඟඑගඐ ඏකඍඡ &඗ඔ඗ක කඍගඉඑඖඛ එඖග඗ ගඐඍ ඍඞඍඖඑඖඏ /඗ඞඍ ඎකඑඍඖඌඛඐඑ඘ ඘ඉඛඛඑඞඍඖඍඛඛ

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WEST PHILADELPHIA | MANTUA-BELMONT NEIGHBORHOOD

WEST PHILADELPHIA | MURAL ARTS

PHILADELPHIA | MURAL ARTS TOUR + WORKSHOP

WEST PHILADELPHIA | COMMUNITY GARDEN TOUR

WEST PHILADELPHIA | COMMUNITY GARDEN RESIDENT MEETING

WEST PHILADELPHIA | COMMUNITY LOT TOUR

WEST PHILADELPHIA | DORNSIFE CENTER RESIDENT VISITS

WEST PHILADELPHIA | COMMUNITY URBAN DESIGN TOUR

WEST PHILADELPHIA | RESIDENT CONVERSATIONS

Designing Healthy Neighborhoods: Mantua/Belmont - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The West Philadelphia Promise Zone aims to reduce poverty and bring greater opportunity to people living and working in West Philadelphia. The ini a ve helps organiza ons work together to connect residents to high quality educa on, well-paying jobs, aﬀordable housing, health services, and safe, economically healthy places to live. The area of the West Philadelphia Promise Zone is roughly two square miles – bounded by the Schuylkill River to the east, Girard Avenue to the north, 48th Street to the west, and Sansom Street to the south.

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Studio Exploration | Re-imagining the Core of Community: Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe is the capital of the state of New Mexico. This area was occupied for at least several hundred years by indigenous peoples who built villages. The City of Santa Fe, founded by Spanish colonists in 1610, is known as the oldest state capital city in the United States (407 years old). Santa Fe (meaning “holy faith” in Spanish) had a population of 69,204 in 2012. Its nickname is “The City Different” because it does everything a bit differently - appears physically different and is one of the most distinctive urban capitals in the United States. Santa Fe relies on tourism as a major source for its economy and years ago, developed a plan to initiate a “Santa Fe Style” – a way of life and aesthetic look/brand to ensure its livelihood. Santa Fe is the third largest concentrated art center in the world, outside of New York City and Los Angeles. Its strict zoning and building codes provide for no building to rise in height over two stories, except for religious or important institutional/public buildings in the city. All buildings must also conform to the Santa Fe Style, possessing earth tone colors, approved/proportioned architectural blocked/stacked forms with smooth, rounded edges and vernacular inspired detailing and materials. Local Santa Feans also hold their history sacred and treat water, in a high-desert (7,000 feet + elev.) climate, as a precious resource. The 3rd-year Studio Project explored how to create a contemporary 21st century core community space within a recently built village located in the high-desert environment of Santa Fe. The 21,000-acre community (Rancho Viejo) central space design challenged the studio to create a new neighborhood core, taking into account Santa Fe’s complex regionally-specific economic, ecological, multi-cultural, aesthetic and sociological issues. The investigation was to distill and connect these complexities to a place-making process that could re-envision new life, health and soul for the community.

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Studio ExploraƟon | Re-imagining the Core of Community: Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe is loca on of several community organiz ons and think-tanks of arts and Ecology. Synergia Ranch is a Center for Innova on provides the environment that supports crea ve individuals in the fields of ecology, biospherics, engineering, architecture, wastewater gardens, sustainable forestry, and orchardry. The City of Santa Fe also conducted and urban design tour and of Acequia’s, a Spanish word meaning “the water conduit.” These engineered canals carry river water and snow runoﬀ to distant fields and have operated eﬀec vely in New Mexico for 300 years.

Studio ExploraƟon | NaƟonal NaƟve American Veterans Memorial CompeƟƟon: Washington, D.C. Past na onal memorials have been envisioned to remind us of an idea, an event, a notable person or people that impacted our world in a unique way. They celebrate, tug at our hearts, inspire, reflect and allow us to experience the past so that we might learn for our future. Memorials also tell stories. The NaƟonal Museum of the American Indian will honor Na ve American servicemen and women as a symbol of the country’s respect for Na ve Americans’ sacrifice and patrio sm by sponsoring a compe on that seeks to tell this important story and allow for “a place for reflecƟon where generaƟons of Americans can honor the proud and courageous legacy of NaƟve Americans in the military, and look forward to the future”. Students in the 3rd year studio inves gated Na ve American stories. They researched, inquired, documented and experienced the site and context through traveling to the museum and Washington D.C..... They sought insights, drew connecƟons and developed designs through a process of mapping, modeling, deep understanding and ulƟmately melding meaning, creaƟve place making and empathy to graphically communicate the memorial’s design.

Memorial TOUR | Washington, D.C.

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sensory study: touch Established in 1856 as an orphanage for neglected and abandoned children in Los Angeles, Maryvale is the longest-operaƟng non-profit child welfare agency in Los Angeles. Their mission is to heal, empower and educate children and families to ins ll hope for a more fulfilling future. The Rosemead Maryvale loca on oﬀers early educa on services including two preschool programs and a before-and-a er-school program that services over 300 children daily and subsidized preschool for our community’s lower income families. The goal of creaƟng a school garden will also allow for early teachings in science and the process of providing care to living things. The students, prior to designing the garden, diagrammed revealing the pa erns, layers, textures and rela onships of their emerging plan ng design’s ideas/concepts. Other studies were diagrams represen ng plants as healing/sensory studies, play/movement, educaƟonal/creaƟvity, food producƟon and plants as habitat/ecology.

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Bringing green space to the Heart of Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

Olivia Miethke

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HYDROLOGY

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TOPOGRAPHY/ WATER MOVEMENT

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Plant massing strategies were then applied to the site of the HOLA Arts and Recreation Center to visualize potential opportunities for planting strategies to provide interesting and meaningful moment within the landscape.

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SYAGRUS ROMANZOFFIANA

“I was so emo onally blown away by the amazing eﬀort and the many crea ve ideas put forth by all the Cal Poly the students for HOLA. I am so exited to see where this goes and I am looking forward to the final designs. Every child deserves an equal chance to be successful . Thank you!” Tony Brown, ExecuƟve Director - Heart of Los Angeles | HOLA

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CONCEPT 2: Independent concept layered on site without proposed design plans. Works with existing trees.

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Los Angeles, California

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HOLA serves more than 2,300 kids each year, ages 6-24. HOLA presently provides undeserved youth a chance to be successful, through excep onal free a er school programs (academic, arts and athle c programs) within a nurturing environment, empowering them to develop their poten al, pursue their educa on and ul mately college while strengthening their communi es. The 2ndyear studio is designing an entry sequence to the HOLA Campus’ new 25,000 square foot Arts and RecreaƟon Center. The new center will consist of modular structures built from single-use shipping containers. There will be a large performance space that opens up into the landscape. The building is also equipped with green roofs, solar and several stacked roof decks for students.

Studio ExploraƟon | Heart of Los Angeles Arts + RecreaƟon Center Entry (HOLA): Los Angeles, CA

STUDIO SITE CONSTRUCTION VISIT + SHIPPING CONTAINER CLASSROOMS

COMPLETED ARTS + RECREATION SCHOOL | HOLA

STUDIO FINAL REVIEW AT HOLA WITH CLIENTS, STUDENTS + COMMUNITY

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Studio ExploraƟon | Visioning Georgetown’s Waterfront: a resilient strategy: Washington DC A fouth-year Capstone urban design inves ga on and collabora ve eﬀort with DC Planning and swa group, developing a vision exploring resilient design strategies to integrate public space, an established layered architectural framework and historic complex hydrologic systems in Georgetown, Washington D.C. The Georgetown Waterfront Vision sought to reveal a place where ecology and public life coexist. It rethinks Georgetown’s Potomac River Edge to create shared prosperity and proac vely protect against the dual threat of sea level rise and flooding.

C P P L A C O M M U N I T Y PA R T N E R S H I P S

URBAN DESIGN STUDIO WORKSHOP WITH SWA

MVVA BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK | ON-SITE DESIGN TOUR

URBAN DESIGN STUDIO CRITIQUE WITH SWA

SURVEYING RESTORATION AT THE 200 YEAR-OLD C&O CANAL IN GEORGETOWN WASHINGTON DC

WASHINGTON DC RIVERFRONT | CLIMATE CHANGE TOUR

SITE VISIT | POTOMAC RIVER GEORGETOWN - FLOODING AS A RESULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

MID-TERM PRESENTATION AT SWA LAGUNA BEACH

CAPSTONE STUDIO DESIGN TEAM COLLABORATION

URBAN DESIGN RESILIENT DESIGN PROCESS

EXPLORING SEA LEVEL RISE | URBAN FRAMEWORK

REVIEWING SKETCHES AND SITE OBSERVATIONS WITH DC PLANNING AND GEORGETOWN BID

Studio ExploraƟon | Visioning Georgetown’s Waterfront: a resilient strategy: Washington DC Preserving America’s early transporta on history, the C&O Canal began as a dream of passage to Western wealth. Opera ng for nearly 100 years the canal was a lifeline for communi es along the Potomac River as coal, lumber, and agricultural products floated down the waterway to market. Today it endures as a pathway for discovering historical, natural, and recrea onal treasures. The canal is part of a larger urban waterway system and was inves gated as part of the studio considering Georgetown’s Waterfront Park, which is flooding due to sea-level rise.

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Over TIME

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Walk along Potomac River

Studio ExploraƟon | Visioning Georgetown’s Waterfront: a resilient strategy: Washington DC The studio developed urban design strategies and an inten oned argument that ul mately created design solu ons at a contextual and site scale level - developing real-world applica ons that li ed the Georgetown Waterfront to new eleva ons and purposes. These big ideas allowed for ecology to persist, evolve, reconnect and expand for future genera ons to come. The Georgetown Waterfront Vision informed a framework for the project, grounded with layers of research and analysis, u lizing process driven, socially equitable design solu ons.

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REVIEW WITH A+D MUSEUM AND COMOTION LA

COMOTION LA EVENT VOLUNTEERING + CONFERENCE

PORTLAND OREGON PARNERSHIP LECTURE | STREET TRUST

EXPLORING THE PORTLAND TRAM WITH D.O.T.

Studio ExploraƟon | Interlacing LA: Exploring Future Transport – ConnecƟng Mobility to Place A second-year studio partnered with the Architecture and Design Museum of Los Angeles (A+D) and CoMoƟon LA, a global laboratory of future mobility bringing together the leaders of the mobility revolu on every November in the City of Angeles. CoMoƟon is a global pla orm where the most innova ve transporta on and technology companies, as well as civic and business leaders from across the mobility ecosystem explore, collaborate, and interact to share ideas. The CPPLA students’ urban design ideas and ini a ves would become part of an eventual museum exhibi on, tackling new and innova ve, visionary modes of future sustainable mobilty in the City of Los Angeles.

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Oscar Flores & Brian Park + FALL 2020

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Like a tree, the seed planted inside a child can grow to wither or flourish which will then determine what the world will see tomorrow.

Food Feeds Our Resilience What is a Resilient Community?

A community that can Support itself and its Culture through Different Community driven Organizations And programs that will Benefit the people.

LA County 1 in 5 people do not know where their next meal will be from

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of fruits and vegetables per day

About 25% of households are food insecure

South LA

There are only 91 grocery stores. 1 Grocery Store per every 9,025 People There are 119 liquor

Culture

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Most citizens of South LA are of Latin American decent so the farm can provide space to express their culture through plants and community events.

Food

Cultural foods like avocados, tomatillos, chiles, and squash can be grown on the farm.

Dishes

“To witness cultural food being prepared and made is very empowering and a ritual.” -Alberto

Studio ExploraƟon | Aqui’ Estamos: The South-Central Farm Revisited I - Los Angeles, California The LA 2111L Studio will be a two-semester iniƟaƟve: Fall 2020 (I) and Spring 2021 (II). Fall 2020 explored spaƟal/contextual modelling, case study research, site historical analysis/mapping, site evaluaƟon, community engagement + field study (as virtual sessions), and conceptual design strategies/visioning. The farmers, with the help of the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust are in posiƟon to purchase the South-Central Farm site in the future. Since the evicƟon, groups of residents have formed the South-Central Farm Non-Profit.

PRINCIPLES

From Farm to Trash

PRINCIPLES

“It Starts with a Seed” - A Visual Narrative

Studio ExploraƟon | Aqui’ Estamos: The South-Central Farm Revisited II - Los Angeles, California The South-Central Farmers are comprised of approximately 350 families that live in the community surrounding the former project site at 41st and Alameda. From 1994 to 2006, the South-Central Farmers operated the 14-acre project site as the South-Central Community Garden. The studio will design a new garden for the South-Central Farmers in a new site locaƟon as their community core. Part II Spring Semester 2021 addressed planƟng, ecology and the design and programing of the new 1/8th-acre site. The design ideas will become catylysts for the future weaving of an urban farming network throughout South-Central Los Angeles, addressing food insecurity and food deserts prevelent in the community.

TYPOLOGY ALLEY+ NARRATIVE/MEMORY + PROGRAM

PATCH+ TYPOLOGY CLEANSING/FILTERING + PROGRAM

P l a n t i n g S t r at e gy

Pieces + Parts + Planting + Program

Samantha Madrigal + Spring 2021

Plant List continued

Eragrostis spectabilis- Purple Love Grass Pseudogynoxus chenopodioides- Mexican Flame Vine Rosmarinus offcinalis Rosemary

Soil Notes

Plant List

Soil Notes

Plants chosen for the alley are all tolerant of the harsh sunlight, dry soil, and little water.

Armeria maritima -Sea Pink Thrift Noccaea montana - Alpine Pennycress Brassica juncea - Indian Mustard Medicago sativa- Alfalfa

All of the plants chosen for the patch work for phytoremediation of the soil.

LA 2121L: Aqui’ Estamos: The South Central Farm Revisited

Pieces + Parts + Planting + Program FENCE/WALL+ FOOD/SUSTAIN

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Achillea millefolium- Yarrow Helianthus bolanderi Sunflower Festuca glauca - Blue Fescue Grass Juniperus squamata - Blue Star

Samantha Madrigal + Spring 2021

Plant List

Soil Notes

Plant List

Soil Notes

Physalis philadelphicaTomatillo Sechium edule - Chayote Cucurbitaceae- Cucumber Rosmarinus offcinalis Rosemary

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Plant List

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Soil Notes

Chiopsis linearis - Desert Willow Gailardia x grandiflora - ‘Arizona Sun’ (Blanket Flower) Salvia rosmarinus - Rosemary

The tree and the plants in the tree well can tolerant poor sandy soil, sun, and are drought tolerant.

Aloe Vera Salvia apiana - White Sage Mentha spicata - Yerba Buena Anthemis nobilis - Roman Chamomile Taraxacum - Dandelion Aloe striata x saponaria

The plants for the sidewalk median can survive with little water and lots of sun.

LA 2121L: Aqui’ Estamos: The South Central Farm Revisited

Our vision for the farm is to create a space that will be used, planted and maintained by the people in the neighborhood of South Central, Los Angeles. The farm will become the neighborhood base for community organized events such as cookouts, social gatherings, and public events.This will give the residents more opportunities to connect with each other through community centered social events and activities on and around the site. The urban farm will also make available opportunities for residents to grow their own food, and allow people to share information and related stories and experiences with each other. The farm will also extend outwards into the street medians of the neighborhood through the planting of citrus trees. This will turn the street into an orchard that will provide food for the residents and also help combat the urban heat island effect.

SITE VISUALIZATION

Studio ExploraƟon | ConnecƟng the Spaces In-Between: South Los Angeles Alleys: Los Angeles, CA

C P P L A C O M M U N I T Y PA R T N E R S H I P S

There are 900 linear miles of alleys in Los Angeles, which combined would make up about 3 square miles—about half the size of Griﬃth Park and twice the size of New York’s Central Park. Sca ered throughout the city in neighborhoods, commercial zones, downtown, and L.A.’s industrial areas, the alleys, for the most part, are ignored. South Los Angeles alone contains about 300 linear miles of alleys, or approximately 30% of all the alleys in the city of Los Angeles” . Many alleys in South Los Angeles, however, are currently misused as unsanc oned dumping grounds for trash, and are in a degraded state with the second highest flood complaint density in the city due to the aging stormwater infrastructure and lack of permeable surfaces.

LA CITY COASTAL COMMISSION | ALLEY TOUR

COMMUNITY COALITION | COMMUNITY MEETING

STREETPLANS’ MIKE LYDON | TACTICAL URBANISM NYC

SWA GROUP LAGUNA BEACH | DESIGN CHARRETTE

TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND | URBAN SCHOOLYARDS TOUR

PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES NYC | PUBLIC LIFE LECTURE

GEHL NYC | SITE MAPPING FIELD WORKSHOP

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS | HIGHLINE LECTURE

Studio ExploraƟon | ConnecƟng the Spaces In-Between: South Los Angeles Alleys: Los Angeles, CA Alleys exist as a finer grained, layered spaƟal framework – a living system that provides connecƟons to all of the spaces in-between that are worthy of intenƟoned micro and macro mobility, ecological process, human interacƟon and equitable use. Cal Poly Pomona’s Capstone Studio invesƟgated and re envisioned a series of spaƟal typologies in-between buildings throughout several districts in South Los Angeles. The studio ulƟmately created a comprehensive field guide/design manual, with the guidance of several professional partners, from the iniƟaƟve.

Studio ExploraƟon | Resilience Hubs in the Public Realm: Los Angeles, California LA 4621L.02 main iniƟaƟve was an urban design invesƟgaƟon on Resilience Hubs - equitable, community-serving faciliƟes that support and empower residents during natural disasters as a result of climate change; serve as faciliƟes to miƟgate civil unrest and public health crises; organize the distribuƟon of food and services to communiƟes in need; and also double as supporƟve, educaƟonal cores that inform, build and strengthen communiƟes. UlƟmately the students compiled a comprehensive typological design handbook from the iniƟaƟve.

Studio ExploraƟon | Resilience Hubs in the Public Realm: Los Angeles, California Resilience Hubs as urban places are o en loosely defined - expanding into the public realm and accessible to all during COVID-19, and would become focal points for neighborhood revitaliza on and provide resources residents need to enhance their own individual capacity, suppor ng and strengthening their neighborhood and neighbors. To date, most community resilience work focuses on iden fying and managing vulnerability and risk through top-down approaches. The students addressed the complex roots and causes of climate change, and engaged community members of local neighborhoods, The City of Los Angeles, Mayor Garce ’s Oﬃce of Resilience, and The Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory, in the process of planning and ac ng to enhance resilience.

P R O F E S S I O N A L

P R A C T I C E

The church campus form was envisioned by mapping the wind blowing meadow grass and by re-purposing structures to re-imagine housing a youth camp for disadvantaged children. The church is permeable to the meadow, proposing a visual and social exchange with the landscape.

CROSSWINDS CHURCH | Dublin, California a spiritual campus design inspired through physical, social, cultural and ecological moments.

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ARTISTIC MOVEMENT PERSONAL MOVEMENT

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HARRAH’S RINCON | Valley Center, California

VERTICAL LAYERING

a series of ac ve gestural experiences expressed as movement, layering + flow. Harrah’s Rincon involved work with the Rincon Na ve American Tribal Leaders to represent an experien al oasis through flow and movement. The original gestural sketch was developed into a lazy river for the resort - incorpora ng a series of layered experien al moments through the flow of water, the ver cal and horizontal layering of plant material, the growth of food for guests and members of the tribe and through the emergence of a local public mural arts program.

HORIZONTAL LAYERING

GEOLOGIC LAYERING

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Site LocaƟon Envisioning a new river town East of Wuhan, China provoked an inten on to build upon ideas of tradiƟonal courtyard housing and re-purpose exis ng structures within an new entry park - situated between the new high speed rail sta on and the new community. Ques ons were posed: what community meant to the resident farmers, fisherman and arƟsans, and choices were iniƟated to build upon the people’s sense of tradi on and home and add value to their lives.

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EAST WUHAN COMMUNITY | Wuhan, China revealing the tradi on and experience of home to a river farming town.

what makes a community?

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R E V E A L

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Studio + Lecture Partnerships | Ray Senes - 2014-2021