Skywalk pays homage to Tongva folklore by telling their story of sorcery and spirit animals that inhabited what is now Puente Hills Landfill.
Puente Hills Landfill, City of Industry, CA.
... there was a bear which lived on the mountain above the cienega [marsh] of [Ahwiinga]. The place where the bear lived was called Xarvo. It is derived from aXarvi... meaning “where it (the bear) is or was.”
Roof design inspired by dolphins and their importance to the Tongva.
Playful and interactive ideas for showcasing the “Spirt animals”.
Original concept of elevated circular structure nestled in a canyon surrounded by forest.
Trimmed G.I.S. Contours
3 Component script for natural form Final Topography
Wildlife Sanctuary, Mt. San Antonio College, CA.
Desert Tortoise Botanical Garden
Showcasing the unique flora and fauna of the Mojave & Sonoran Deserts.
The endangered desert tortoise exists in both the sonoran and mojave biomes. Therfore acting as a unifying subject within the design.
Unifying Element
Sonoran Flora.
Study of landscape walls and mounds
Design Process
Initial tortoise concept
Mojave Flora.
0’ 32’ 16” 1/16 =1’-0”
Crossroads of
Amul
This design tells the Cahuilla story of Amul (Agave Deserti) through sculpture, planting design, and structural builds that reflect the site itself. it is a place to experience the desert life of Camp Sherman.
Camp Sherman, Mountain Center, CA
The Crossroads would act as a central space to understand the relation the Cahuilla had with Amul (Agvave Deserti) through interactive sculptures.
16” 1/16 =1’-0”
Camp Sherman plant communities
Suitable for creosote bush scrub & shadscale scrub
Legend
Promise lake Camp Office
Massey Hall
Shadscale scrub
Creoste bush scrub
Redshank Chapparal Mixed Chapparal Camp property line camp
Melic Encelia Farinosa Grape Soda Lupine Interior Buckwheat
A study of Utilitarian and open space, subtraction, memory and texture.
Monitoring
Research Center, Lagoa Das Furnas, Portugal.
Pull points
Identify 3 interior spaces
Apply domestic geometry
Beach House
An exploration of bridging and its relation to circulation.
P.L.
Elevation North
Graffiti Heavens
Graffiti Heavens = A sought out place to paint in peace, or obtain “The Get Up” AKA fame.
Mapping S.G.V. Subculture
Why is this map Important It reckognizes a subteranean culture that is overlooked as mere vandalism and ties it to the fabric of what makes the San Gabriel Valley the S.G.V.
Who paints these walls
The individuals that write graffiti are connected to a larger community. This community is apart of a marginalized people within the S.G.V. They paint because it is rebellious, and gives them a sense of purpose, belonging and voice
Whittier
Long Beach
La Puente
El Monte
Pasadena
Basset
West Covina
L.A.
“ViajarTramp
The Influence of Magonismo
ElMonte La Puente Los Angeles
Kansas Jail
St . LouisJunta
Oaxaca
”a Tijauna Regeneracion Texas Rangers
Spreadthe powder”
Magonismo refers to a philosophy of resistance. It pays homage to the magon brothers Enrique & Ricardo. Mexican Anarchists known for organizing political campaigns against dictator Porfirio Diaz. Exiled from Mexico they continued to influence the working class & marginalized through pen & paper.
Typology of Terminal Island
A study of material & its connection profit
The concept for this map is to document the changes of Los Angeles Bay through time while capturing the communities that thrived and were displaced by industry, military and oil companies. My focus for a design will be based on exploring the traditions and migrations behind these specific communities and developing landscape systems that can be tied to the materials and construction methods for the expansion of terminal island.
pre-european Los angeles bay
island marsh, mudflats & sandbar
The displacement of culture through oil & industry
land use diagrams
Bioremediation Pods
Hydrocarbon Oil
Degrading Fungi & Yeast
Closed pod means it is actively combating pollution
chinampa inspired diagrams
Rainbow Trout Farming
Shallow gravel bed mimicks the trouts prefered spawning habitat.
Opening in the supporting structure allows for trout passage.
Pods can be monitored for soil safety. Once soil inside the pod is no longer contaminated it can be moved.
Once abundant in the L.A. Basins streams, rivers, and estuaries This fish lost its habitat due to the channelizing of our waterways. The Rainbow trout also known as Steelhead Trout is suitable for aaquaculture do to its shallow water depths.
Purpose: Reintroduce land-use traditions & typologies lost to the expansion of terminal island
Bioremediation Pods Section
These pods would act as a greenhouse for two strands of oil degrading fungi. Aspergillus Fumigatus & Penicillium Chrysogenum. contamianted soil would be placed inside along with the fungi spores. Openings at the bottom of the pod will allow the fungi to spread downward into the surrounding land.
Fungi spreading through contaminated soil
Purpose: To utilize traits of an ancient form aquaponics & adapt it to different sites
Marsh Islands: Amphibian Sanctuary
Habitat specifically designed for amphibians. These floating islands is provide habitats within habitats. Target species would be the California Tiger Salamander along with toads & frogs on the endagered species list.
Openings allow for more habitat within the island
Marsh is encapsulated by reed inspired fence. This allows the soil to maintain moist.
