LIVE LOVE POTENTIAL
The Live Love project, El Oasis, aims to convert a deserted urban lot into a vibrant social, educational, and residential center in Chandler, AZ. The most prominent POTENTIAL of the site is its ability to satisfy these purposes simultaneously, to the multigenerational participants of the organization’s activities. The best ways to achieve this POTENTIAL through the landscape is to offer unique experiences within the landscape for play and exploration to community children and to
PERSPECTIVE A
connect visitors to a sense of place created by the use of native Sonoran and edible plantings. Visitors will have immersive experiences with the plantings of the site, whether taking a stroll through the Sonoran Desert Rain Garden, foraging in the Perennial Food Forest, or harvesting fruit from the Citrus Orchard. These experiences will serve recreational, educational, and restorative purposes to visitors and residents who will find areas for rest and conversation throughout the site.
SITE CONTEXT REGIONAL
LOCAL
CITY
8” DROP IN PATH FOR RAIN OVERFLOW
LEVELED PLATFORM EAST OF EVENT PATIO FOR DESERT PHOTOS
0
CREOSOTE - EXPERIENCE SMELL OF DESERT RAIN
8’
4’
2’
SECTION A GRADE OF PAVEMENT: NTS
SITE PLAN KEY 1. PERRENIAL FOOD FOREST 2. SMALL POND 3. CITRUS ORCHARD 4. CHILDREN’S GARDEN 5. COMPOST RESOURCE BAYS 6. CHICKEN COOP 7. RIGHT OF WAY PARKING ENTRANCE 8. SPLASH PAD 9. WILLOW ACACIA PATIO PLANTINGS 10. SONORAN DESERT RAIN GARDEN 11. OUTDOOR CLASSROOM 12. TIMBER CLIMBLING STRUCTURE
DECOMPOSED GRANITE DRIVE
CONCRETE RESIDENTIAL PATIO
PERRENIAL FOOD FOREST
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
CARPORT SHADE STRUCTURE
FIG TREE EDIBLE FRUITS
MULBERRY EDIBLE FRUITS
MORINGA EDIBLE LEAVES & PODS
POMOGRANATE EDIBLE FRUITS
DESERT HACKBERRY EDIBLE FRUITS
GUAVA EDIBLE FRUITS
RASPBERRY EDIBLE FRUITS
WOLFBERRY EDIBLE FRUITS
1. 2. 3.
5. 4.
SONORAN RAIN GARDEN
COMMUNAL GARDEN
GRASS MULTI USE AREA
MULCHED PATHWAYS
6. GRADED CONCRETE PATH
EDUCATION BUILDING ROCK & ORGANIC MULCH
7. SECTION A & DETAILED PLAN
DECOMPOSED GRANITE
GRASS MULTIUSE AREA
3FT BLOCK MURAL WALL
9.
8.
CONCRETE EVENT PATIO
10. CONCRETE EVENT PATIO
MULCH PLAYGROUND
PERSPECTIVE B
11.
DETAIL PLAN
COMMUNITY CENTER
PERSPECTIVE A
0
4’
8’
16’
12.
SHADED ENTRY PATIO
0
10’ 20’
CREOSOTE
PRICKLY PEAR
SAGUARO
SPOON YUCCA
DESERT LAVENDER
TOTEM POLE
DEER GRASS
WEBER’S AGAVE
40’
PERSPECTIVE B
SHADE PROVIDED BY STRUCTURE AND PLANTINGS OUTDOOR CLASSROOM: NATURAL MATERIALS
LDE 590: Fall 2018 Core Landscape Architecture Studio I
TIMBER CLIMBING STRUCTURE
MULCHED PLAY AREA FOR SAFETY AND PERMEABILITY
Student: Amanda Trakas Instructor: Kristian Kelley