IMPOSE
C O N C E P T, D I A G R A M S, & I T E R A T I O N S The Liberty Wildlife Rehabilitation Center mission is to “nurture the nature of Arizona through wildlife rehabilitation, natural history, education, can conservation service to the community.” Ultimately, they see a time when wildlife is recognize as an integral part of our natural world while being protected and preserved. It is integral for them to instill compassion and stewardship while safe keeping the natural world. With their mission in mind, when thinking about the natural environment and how we see it today, it takes on its own form within the urban environments that surround it. Animals survive and adapt to our urban, “rigid” world as opposed to their “fluid,” natural environment. My concept for Liberty Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is to juxtapose these two environments by imposing the wild, fluid environment on the visitors instead of the opposite way around. By using the natural lines of the new building as well as the Salt River, I was able to merge the human and wildlife environments. Once a visitor enters from the parking lot and courtyard path to the building, they will immediately see the entryway to the wildlife enclosures within a Mesquite Bosque. The can also interact one on one with the animal through the enclosures while meandering through the bosque. Winding all the way around the property, the path meets up with the Multi Use Trail that already exists. This concept is suppose to bring visitors a better understanding of their environment as well as educate them on how they can help protect that environment.
SPRAWL
Human
Wild
+ Human
= Wild
RADIATE
IMPOSE
BREATHE
S IT E P LA N
P E R S P E CT I V E & S E C T I O N S
Walkable pathway by enclosures
Pathway that leads to Mesquite Bosque and Enclosures
Edge of Enclosure
Middle of Enclosure were visitors can go up to birds
Benches by enclosure for peronsal experience with birds
Entry courtyard Pathway that leads to Wildlife building
Signage and benches
Pathway that leads to wildlife building
Bus Drop Off and Fire Lane
LDE 590: Spring 2016 Core Landscape Architecture Studio II
Gabion Walled Outdoor Classroom
Pathway to Rio Salado Multiuse Trail
Mesquite Bosque Section
Entry Courtyard Section 1” = 30’
Student: Catherine Ruggiero Instructor: Kristian Kelley