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CHARSACH
L E SE T T A
SONORAN DESERT NATIONAL MONUMENT
0 .5 1 M
WATERMAN WASH
MULTI-USE PARKS
SENSE OF PLACE
LINKING THE COMMUNITY
UNIQUE VIEW
CLOSE PROXIMITY TONATURAL LANDSCAPES
LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
NATURAL DESERT PARK
PARK
BOTANICAL GARDEN
COMMERCIAL
MIXED USE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL
WASH
TRAIL
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL
COLLECTOR STREET
LOCAL STREET
FREEWAY
MAJOR ARTERIAL
SOLAR FARM
VISITOR CENTER
WIND FARM
WATERMAN BIKE STATION
TRAIL HEAD
EMERGENCY SERVICES
PAVED TRAIL
SONORAN DESERT NATIONAL MONUMENT
WATERMAN ESTATES
10’5’0
VILLAGE CORE
41’ 12’ 12’ 39’
MIXED USEPARKINGSIDEWALK SIDEWALKBIKE LANE
BIKE LANETURNING LANE MIXED USE
RESIDENTIAL
OFFICE
COMMERCIAL
6’
TRAFFIC TRAFFIC
8’ 8’10’ 10’ 6’
PARKING
8’
THIS NET-ZERO ENERGY MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY, WATERMAN ESTATES, PLANS TO PRESERVE THE LAND BY HAVING A LARGE WILDLIFE CORRIDOR AND VAST AMOUNTS OF UNDEVELOPED OPEN SPACE. IT ALSO PROVIDES A SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS WHILE CREATING JOBS THAT WILL STIMULATE THE LOCAL ECONOMY. BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, WATERMAN ESTATES WILL BECOME THE LEADER IN MODERN GREEN-LIVING.
WATERMAN WASH
0 .5 1 M
FALL 2014
WALK TO REMEMBER0 .5 1 M
REFLECTION SPACE
BURIAL SPACE 2
HISTORY CENTER
BURIAL SPACE 1
REFLECTION WALK
TO AVENUE OF FLAGS
TO CEMETERY
REFLECTION TRAIL
SPRING 2014
WALK TO REMEMBER MEMORIAL PLANS TO CONNECT THE RESTING PLACE OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF THE PHOENIX AREA WITH THE CURRENT VIBRANT COMMUNITY THAT PHOENIX IS TODAY. WITH A REFLECTING SPACE, MEMORIAL WALK, AND A MULTI-USE BUILDING HOPES TO PROVIDE THAT PEACEFUL AND WELCOMING PLACE TO MOURN THE LOSS OF LOVED ONES PASSED.
BY CONNECTING THE CHILDREN BURIAL TOMBSTONES FROM YOUNGEST TO OLDEST AGES 0-18, A HIGH TRAFFIC OF CONNECTIVITY IN THE CENTER SET THE PLACE FOR THE STRUCTURES OF THIS MEMORIAL PARK. THE REFLECTION WALK CONNECT THE PUBLIC TO THE REST OF THE CEMETERY FROM THIS SITE AREA. THE LACK OF CONNECTIVITY TRAFFIC SET THE PLACE FOR THE REFLECTION TRAIL.
REDISCOVERY
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THE REDISCOVERY PROJECT, AT MOEUR PARK, PLANS TO EDUCATE VISITORS ON THE BARN OWL, THAT EVEN THOUGH IT IS A BIRD OF PREY AND KNOWN AS THE DEMON OWL, THAT IT IS NOT EVIL AT ALL. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY CREATING MULTIPLE NODES ALONG MY TRANSECT THAT WILL ENCOURAGE THE BARN OWL TO BREED, HUNT, LIVE, AND THRIVE. THE MAIN HABITAT WOULD BE BY THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TRANSECT, WHERE THE ROCK OUTCROP IS. HERE IS WHERE THE NEST BOXES WOULD BE. BY HAVING THE BOXES HIGHER IN ELEVATION, LITTLE TO NO DIRECT HUMAN CONTACT WOULD OCCUR. THERE WILL BE 2 ADDITIONAL NODES TO ATTRACT AND SUPPORT THE ANIMALS THAT THE BARN OWL FEEDS FROM. BY CREATING THESE HABITATS THEY WOULD BE USED AS SECONDARY OBSERVATIONS FOR THE OWL. CREATING AMPLE SEATING AND OBSERVATION PLATFORMS WILL ALLOW VISITORS TO VIEW THE OWLS FROM MANY DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW.
FALL 2013
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FROM DESIGNING A PALO VERDE FARM IN MOEUR PARK AND CREATING AN INTRICATE SPACE FOR VISITORS TO EXPERIENCE WITH SEATING AND PANTERS, DOING MULTIPLE SHADOW STUDIES WITH CHARCOAL AND CONCEPTUAL MODELS. TO DESIGNING DIFFERENT SIZE/USE PAVILIONS ON “A” MOUNTAIN ON ASU TEMPE CAMPUS. DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS ONE AND TWO HELPED START TEACHING THE FIRST BUILDING BLOCKS TO MY KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DESIGN, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, DRIVE AND COMMITMENT.
DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS
FALL +SPRING 2012/13