Landscape Design Portfolio
Tristan Fields cell (503) 201-3076 l email tristan.fields@gmail.com
CLIENT & SITE:
Brodson Construction, Developer Miami Beach, Florida
ROLE ON PROJECT:
Designer and Project Manager
PROJECT:
Brodson Construction developed a multi-million dollar house with the most technologically advanced natural swimming pool. I designed the system, produced all AutoCAD drawings, and provided construction oversight along with on-site visits.
TOOLS:
路路 AutoCAD 路路 Illustrator
Rendering source: Pinetreenorth.com
Construction oversight through completion.
BIOTOP NATURAL POOLS, INC.
CLIENT & SITE:
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San Diego Zoo, Africa Rocks Expansion
ROLE ON PROJECT: Designer
PROJECT:
Ervin Lovett Miller and Chris Overdorf’s team are revamping the African area of the San Diego Zoo, African Rocks. My focus was the penguin/ shark area and overall construction document support. This page is an example of my work: CAD work, hand-work, and graphic work.
TOOLS:
·· AutoCAD ·· Illustrator ·· Photoshop ·· Pen & Paper
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CUT CONCRETE SLAB
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POURED CONCRETE WALLS
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Preserve the appealing framework of the historic saw-tooth building for a botanical garden, create a stage, restaurant, campus park, and mixed-use housing on site to attract users, add connectivity access from downtown, plus, daylight and revitalize the stream corridor.
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PROJECT:
MATERIAL DETAIL
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DIAGRAMS: BEFORE/AFTER
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City of Springfield, Booth Kelly Industrial Site Revitalization
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CLIENT & SITE:
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·· Revit ·· Illustrator ·· Photoshop
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RENDERING OF EASTERN PORTION OF SITE SHOWING BOTANICAL GARDEN, RESTAURANT & PARK. TOOLS: REVIT, ILLUSTRATOR, PHOTOSHOP
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CLIENT & SITE:
Washington Square Too, Plaza Enhancement Portland, Oregon
ROLE ON PROJECT: Designer
PROJECT:
EXAMPLES FROM THE PLANT PALETTE (all plant image are borrowed)
Heuchera ‘Palace Purple’
Nassella tenuissima
Muhlenbergia capillaris ‘Lenca’
Actaea racemosa ‘Black Negligee’
Cistus argenteus ‘Silver Pink’
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WH Pacific was tasked with updating the surroundings of a section of the Washington Square Mall. I had complete control and freedom with the planting plan. I chose soft plants, to soften the concrete buildings. The colors were pinks and purples to appeal to the female shopper. The plants were modernized, giving the space a post-modern feel against the brutalist architecture.
TOOLS:
·· AutoCAD ·· Plant Knowledge
CLIENT:
State of Oregon
ROLE ON PROJECT: Student Designer
PROJECT:
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Future scenario planning for the sustainable growth of the Eugene area. The phasing plan includes creating an intuitive entrance, stream rehabilitation, EST LE FOR integration of day and night use, plus long-term land acquirement. F The F graphics demonstrate future economic options and its integration RU into T current economic trade.
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TOOLS:
·· Illustrator ·· InDesign ·· Photoshop
THE FOREST AT 70 YEARS 1] TRUFFLE HARVESTING REACHES MAXIMUM PRODUCTION Firebreak & Transportation Corridor Firebreak & Transportation Corridor
THE FOREST AT 35 YEARS 1] TRUFFLE HARVESTING HAS BECOME PROFITABLE 2] INTER-CROPPING IS SHADED OUT
TIME
THE FOREST BEFORE TRADITIONAL HARVEST
THE FOREST AFTER HARVEST 1] TRUFFLE INOCULATION OF NEW TREES 2] INTER-CROPPING WITH WHITE MEADOWFOAM 3] PLANTING OF BIOMASS FOREST
SUCCESSIONAL PLAN FOR THE LANDSCAPE
3] SUSTAINABLE HARVEST OF BIOMASS & LUMBER TREES
2] THE FOREST HAS TRANSITIONED INTO A WILDLAND FOREST & BECOMES A SOURCE FOR NATIVE FORAGING
CLIENT & SITE: J.A. Brennan
ROLE ON PROJECT:
Contract Designer
PROJECT:
Private project, showing options in a concept design section, while following an established graphic style. The renderings to the right are Photoshop renderings of the Mukilteo Waterfront and a Campground on the San Juan Islands. The illustrations and renderings were created using Brennan’s design styling.
TOOLS:
·· Pen & Paper ·· Markers ·· Illustrator ·· Photoshop ·· AutoCAD
OPTION A: STAGGERED PLANTING BLOCKS - A STAGED APPROACH THE PROFILE IS LOWER ALLOWING FOR MORE TIDAL INTERACTION
OPTION B: GRADUAL SLOPE WITH COBBLED TOP PLANTING - A GRADUATED APPROACH THE PROFILE IS HIGHER ALLOWING FOR MORE SPECIES INTERACTION
PARKING LOT TO BUILDING CIRCULATION WITH WATER INTEREST STUDY
MARCH 21, 2016
CLIENT:
US Forest Service
ROLE ON PROJECT: Designer
PROJECT:
The Visitor Center in Eastern Oregon required a fire-resistant landscape. I researched the landscape plants, created the palette, placed the plants and assembled a fire-resistant planting demonstration garden that went through the zones of fire-resistance in the planting palette.
TOOLS:
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CLIENT & SITE:
Big Rock Park, City of Sammamish
ROLE ON PROJECT: Designer
PROJECT:
These are a series of interview boards I put together for the Big Rock Park Master Plan interview. We won the job. They loved our clear, yet fun, presentation.
TOOLS:
·· Illustrator ·· InDesign ·· Photoshop ·· AutoCAD
sensory & cognitive connections
design connections
rough flexible aromatic
damp
vibrating
safe natural
inclusive
work plan
intrinsic connections Appendix B
Request for Qualifications Big Rock Park Phase I: Park Access and Natural Playscape
COMMUNICATION:
stimulating
WEEKLY WEB MEETING - DAILY AVAILABILITY
MANAGEMENT TOOLS: DESIGN CRITERIA MANUAL & BUDGET
ISSUE ACTION PLAN
WORK PLAN SCHEDULE
gritty PROCESS:
SCHEMATIC
60%
90%
BID / CONSTRUCTION
design Credit: Frantz Landscaping
Credit: happy hooligans
Credit: ELM
Credit: Nature art forum
• Assets
Credit: Fun Cheap
Credit: ELM
• Criteria
• Landscape Enhancement
• Construction Documents
• Environmental Engagement Workshop
• Prototype
• Permitting
• Design Review Workshop
• Risk Management
• Learning Curriculum
• Risk/Reward Review
• Bidding • Construction
• Play Program
Credit: Infinite Playgrounds
Credit: group tour
Credit: Learning Landscape Design
Credit: gold petals
whisper
Credit: the nature day camp
buzzing
rich
immersion Credit: Slate.com Imagination Grove
feathered gurgling
Credit: ELM
Credit: Play Anarchy
moving
access learning
hydrology vegetation Credit: Chris Overdorf
elm environments
CITY OF SAMMAMISH PARKS & RECREATION | BIG
ROCK PARK | PHASE 1 DESIGN SERVICES
• Potential Partners
• Curriculum
• Nature Play Workshop
• Build Support
• Identify Funding » Foundations » Volunteers
• Coordinate Design
• Build Excitement
• Outreach to Sources & Volunteers
• Bidding / Construction Strategy
• Recognition!
• Budget
• Volunteers Coordination
• Publish & Promote
• Prototype
funding
Credit: Chris Overdorf
Credit: Chris Overdorf
geology
» Grants
• Baseline Budget
• Recognition
• Phase 2 Strategy
• Operational Costs
Credit: Chris Overdorf
ROCK PARK | PHASE 1 DESIGN SERVICES
partnership
education
craggy glittering CITY OF SAMMAMISH PARKS & RECREATION | BIG
topograph
• Nature Play Workshop
elm environments
CITY OF SAMMAMISH PARKS & RECREATION | BIG
Credit: Chris Overdorf
ROCK PARK | PHASE 1 DESIGN SERVICES
elm environments
CITY OF SAMMAMISH PARKS & RECREATION | BIG
ROCK PARK | PHASE 1 DESIGN SERVICES
elm environments
PROJECT: MASTER’S THESIS
·· Created a primer for building natural swimming pools in the United States. ·· This project demonstrates interest in biomimicry in urban solutions. ·· The image below is an excerpt from the thesis and demonstrates the evolution of swimming pools
TOOLS:
·· InDesign ·· Illustrator ·· Written & Research
EXCERPTS FROM THESIS “SWIMMING LIKE A EUROPEAN: A PRIMER FOR DESIGNING NATURAL SWIMMING POOLS IN THE U.S.” Swimming pools, like lakes, are stagnant bodies of water with a variety of similar influences like circulation, different depths, and water chemistry. In its absolute simplest form, the lake is a depression in the geologic plate that collects water. A few of the influences on this depression are weather, climate, wind, water inputs, water outputs, geology, and surrounding vegetation. Lakes evolve over time, slowly filling with debris, becoming ponds, marshes and final the forest. Or the lake may be flushed out by a violent storm, ripped into a new expanded existence. The lake is a wild place, full of mystery, natural forces and dark nature. The lake signifies the beginning of all life, the well spring of all forces, where man begins. ... The early 1900s were times of cities without indoor plumbing. Man harnessed the forces of nature by building the pool on the side of the river. Before these types of pools, men simply used the river. When walking by the river, one would see men and boys in full nudity frolicking on the river edge. ...
The controlled version of the pool is where we are today. This version is most resistant to nature, most contrary, the most conflicting. The Chlorine Pool evolved from a time of exploration into plastics, technology, pumps, injectors, and a manufactured understanding of chemistry. ... Like the Chlorine Pool, the natural swimming pool (NSP) uses pumps and circulation to mimic the hydrologic process. Unlike the Chlorine Pool, the NSP mimics the lake by integrating the hydrologic and trophic processes. The NSP destroys bacteria, protozoa, viruses, and algae by percolating the water through a planted zone (the regeneration zone) and by maintaining the health of the microscopic trophic organisms in the main area of the pool (the swimming zone). Zooplankton are the work horses of the trophic organisms in the swimming zone, consuming many of the microbial contaminants. Phytoplankton produce oxygen and absorb excess nutrients, while fungi and bacteria close the loop by consuming detritus and producing C02 for the phytoplankton.
THE LAKE THE RIVER POOL
TIME
THE CHLORINE POOL WILD
origins
ARTISTIC EVOLUTION OF THE SWIMMING POOL
HARNESSED
early 1900s
CONTROLLED
today
EVOLVED
the future
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