THE MISSION

HISTORY

AMENITIES

DENSITY

WIND

Our research drove us to focus on four main assets: History, Amenities, Density, and Wind. The data influenced the inspiration of a mission on site, easy access to healthy livability, mass of attraction, and orientation of our amenities.

CIRCULATION SOLAR ARRAY

SITE ZONES FIGURE GROUND

Our design formatted the circulation by Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary paths throughout our programmed site zones. Shade structures were configured and implemented to keep residents cool from the harsh desert sun.

ENLARGED PLAN

A typical courtyard with a Secondary Path going horizontally, and a Tertiary Path going vertically around the housing units. Native plants were used throughout the pathways to create courtyards, cooler spaces, and niches for native wildlife to reside.

The migrant worker’s pilgrimage from home to perceived “opportunity” will be mapped as a progression on site. The site is a woven platform, sewed with elements such as social dynamism, traditions at home, and traditions in the new land.

Sections provide the viewer to understand the ascending motion up towards The Mission with the supporting columns of healthy living following. Native trees and materials are used for low costs and to beautify the space in an indigenous approach.

TERRACE GARDENS LOOKING SOUTHWEST

CHURCH ENTRY LOOKING SOUTHEAST

FRONT ENTRY LOOKING WEST

MARKET SPACE LOOKING EAST

PLANTING PLAN

25ft 75 175

GRADING PLAN

25ft 75 175

PROSOPIS VELUTINA

PARKINSONIA MICROPHYLLA

PARKINSONIA FLORIDA

ACACIA GREGGI

OLNEYA TESOTA

ORGAN CACTUS

LARGE SHRUB

SMALL SHRUB

TERRACE PLANTS

ACACIA CONSTRICTA

HERBACOUS TREES

30’

PARKINSONIA PARKINSONIA FLORIDA PROSOPIS VELUTINA PSOROTHAMNUS SPINOSUS CARNEGIA GIGANTEA OPUNTIA ENGELMANNII FEROCACTUS WISLIZENI PACHYCEREUS SCHOTTI STENOCEREUS THURBERI MEMMILLARIA GRAHAMII SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS

HILARIA RIGIDA CALLIANDRA ERIOPHYLLA ERIOGONUM FASICULATUM KRAMERIA GRAYI LARREA TRIDENTATA PSOROTHAMNUS ARBORESCENS SENNA ARMATA THAMNOSMA MONTANA CHANENACTIS FREMONTII MALACOTHRIX GLABRATA PHACELIA DISTANS ZINNIA ACEROSA

HERBACOUS UNDERSTORY HERBACOUS GROUNDCOVER CACTI GROUNDCOVER

- DROUGHT TOLERANT- ABSORBS HERBICIDES AND

PESTICIDES

- EDIBLES FOR HUMANS AND

WILDLIFE

- ATTRACTS HUMMINGBIRDS,

BIRDS, AND BEES

- AROMATIC

- AROMATIC

- ATTRACTS BIRDS AND BEES

- EDIBLES FOR HUMAN AND

WILDLIFE CONSUMPTION

- CULTURAL INFLUENCE

- ATTRACTS BIRDS AND

MAMMELS

- SPECIAL VALUE TO BEES

- EDIBLES FOR HUMANS

AND WILDLIFE

- ATTRACTS BATS

- EDIBLE FRUITS FOR

HUMANS AND WILDLIFE

- CULTURAL INFLUENCES

CACTIUNDERSTORY CACTI

PLANTING PLAN

25ft 75 175

GRADING PLAN

25ft 75 175

PROSOPIS VELUTINA

PARKINSONIA MICROPHYLLA

PARKINSONIA FLORIDA

ACACIA GREGGI

OLNEYA TESOTA

ORGAN CACTUS

LARGE SHRUB

SMALL SHRUB

TERRACE PLANTS

ACACIA CONSTRICTA

HERBACOUS TREES

30’

PARKINSONIA PARKINSONIA FLORIDA PROSOPIS VELUTINA PSOROTHAMNUS SPINOSUS CARNEGIA GIGANTEA OPUNTIA ENGELMANNII FEROCACTUS WISLIZENI PACHYCEREUS SCHOTTI STENOCEREUS THURBERI MEMMILLARIA GRAHAMII SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS

HILARIA RIGIDA CALLIANDRA ERIOPHYLLA ERIOGONUM FASICULATUM KRAMERIA GRAYI LARREA TRIDENTATA PSOROTHAMNUS ARBORESCENS SENNA ARMATA THAMNOSMA MONTANA CHANENACTIS FREMONTII MALACOTHRIX GLABRATA PHACELIA DISTANS ZINNIA ACEROSA

HERBACOUS UNDERSTORY HERBACOUS GROUNDCOVER CACTI GROUNDCOVER

- DROUGHT TOLERANT- ABSORBS HERBICIDES AND

PESTICIDES

- EDIBLES FOR HUMANS AND

WILDLIFE

- ATTRACTS HUMMINGBIRDS,

BIRDS, AND BEES

- AROMATIC

- AROMATIC

- ATTRACTS BIRDS AND BEES

- EDIBLES FOR HUMAN AND

WILDLIFE CONSUMPTION

- CULTURAL INFLUENCE

- ATTRACTS BIRDS AND

MAMMELS

- SPECIAL VALUE TO BEES

- EDIBLES FOR HUMANS

AND WILDLIFE

- ATTRACTS BATS

- EDIBLE FRUITS FOR

HUMANS AND WILDLIFE

- CULTURAL INFLUENCES

CACTIUNDERSTORY CACTI

Common Name Botanical Name Height Exposure Water Soil Maintenance Leaf Color Flower Color Bud Color Bloom Period Special Characteristics

Trees

Long Flower Catclaw Acacia greggii 25-30ft h 20-30ft w Full Sun Natural rainfall Tolerant Pod cleanup Green Creamy White Mar-May Attracts Butterflies edible/medicinal

Desert Ironwood Olneya tesota 12-36ft h 20-30ft w Full Sun or reflective heat Natural rainfall Tolerant; good drainage Pod and flower cleanup White-Gray Purple Pink Apr/May Attracts Birds

Blue Palo Verde Parkinsonia florida 30ft h 20-30ft w Full Sun Natural rainfall Tolerant Pod and flower cleanup Bluish- Green Yellow Brown Apr Attracts birds, bees

Yello Palo Verde Parkinsonia microphylla 33-39ft h 30-40ft w Full Sun Natural rainfall Tolerant; good drainage Seed and pod cleanup Green Yellow Mar-May Native Americans grounded and ate the beanlike seeds

Velvet Mesquite Prosopis velutina 30-40ft h 30-40ft w Full Sun Natural rainfall Adaptable; deep uniform soil Pod cleanup Green Yellow Late Spring Edible pod

Smokethorn Psorothamnus spinosus 12-20ft h 8-12ft w Full Sun Natural rainfall Loam or Sand Pod and flower cleanup Ash Gray Purple Early summer Filtered Shade

Cacti and Succulants

Saguaro Carnegia gigantea 15-50ft Full Sun Natural rainfall Unimproved None Creamy White May/June edible

Saints Cactus Echinocereus engelmanii 0-1ft Full Sun Low Sandy, rocky, or gravelly Low Green Magenta Pink Mar-Jun

Candy Barrel Cactus Ferocactus wislezenii 3-6ft Full Sun to Part Shade Natural rainfall Tolerant Low Green Red, Orange, Yellow Yellow Jun-Sept Attracts Birds and Mammels

Graham's Nipple Cactus Mammillaria grahamii 0-1ft Full Sun to Part Shade Natural rainfall Tolerant Low Green Pink, Lavender Green Apr-July

Teddy Bear Cholla Opuntia bigelovii 5-9ft Full Sun Natural rainfall Well drained, rocky None Straw color Yellow with lavender Yellow Mar-Aug Special value to bees

Cactus Apple Opuntia engelmannii 3-6ft Full Sun Natural rainfall Adaptable; good drainage Low Green Yellow Red Apr-Jun Edible Fruit, Attracts bees, spreads like a weed

Senita Pachycereus schottii 3-15ft Full Sun Natural rainfall Tolerant Low Green Red, Green Apr-Aug

Organ Pipe Cactus Stenocereus thurberi 9-20ft Full Sun Natural rainfall Adaptable; good drainage None Green Purple Pink May-Aug Attracts Bats

Shrubs

Cattle Spinach Atriplex polycarpa 3-5ft Full Sun Low Tolerant Low Gray-White Yellow Jul/Aug Edible leafs for human consumption, seeds for animals

Fairy Duster Calliandra eriophylla 1-3ft Full Sun Natural rainfall Best in rocky/gravelly Low to None Green White, Pink Apr-Jul Attracts Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Quail

Bladder Pod Spider Flower Cleome isomeris 3-6ft Full Sun Low Alkaline Low to None Green Yellow Jan-Jun, Dec Has an unusual scent, Attracts Honeybees

Eastern Mojave Wild Buckwheat Eriogonum fasiculatum 3-6ft Full Sun Low Adaptable Low Green Pink May-Oct Aromatic, Attracts Birds and Bees

White Ratany Krameria grayi 1-3ft Full Sun Low Adaptable Low Gray-Green Magenta Pink Apr-Sept The bark of the root is used by Mexicans in dyeing leather a reddish-brown. �

Creosote Bush Larrea tridentata 3-5ft Full Sun Natural rainfall Best in deep sandy soils Low Evergreen Yellow White Mar-Sept Aromatic, medicinal, tea

Mojave Smokebush Psorothamnus arborescens 3ft Full Sun to Part Shade Low Adaptable Low Gray Green Purple Apr-May

Bristle Sage Salvia vaseyi 4ft Full Sun to Part Shade Low Tolerant Low Gray Green white Apr-June Hummingbirds and butterfiles for nectar

Desert Wild Sensitive Plant Senna armata 3-4ft Full Sun Low Tolerant Low Gray Green Yellow May-July Attracts Bees

Jojoba Simmondsia 3-4ft Full Sun or reflective heat Natural rainfall Tolerant Low Gray Green Gray green Edible oil from fruit, natural remmedy

Turpentine Broom Thamnosma montana 1ft Full Sun Natural rainfall Tolerant Low greenish yellow Purple Feb-march Aromatic

Grasses

Big Galleta Hilaria rigida 3ft h 4ft w Full Sun Natural rainfall Best in good draining sandy soils Low Tan Green to tan Summer

Groundcover

Morning Bride Chanenactis fremontii 1ft h 2ft w Full Sun or Part Shade Low Tolerant Low green white Mar-June

Goldenhills Encelia farniosa 1-3ft Full Sun or reflective heat Low to Natural rainfall Adaptable Moderate Gray Yellow Mar-May

Smooth Desert Dandelion Malacothrix glabrata 1ft - 2ft Full Sun Low Adaptable Low Green Yellow spring

Distant Scorpion Weed Phacelia distans 1ft-2ft Full Sun to Part Shade Low Adaptable Low Green Purple Spring Partial shade

New Mexico Plumseed Rafinesquia neomexicana 1ft - 2ft Full Sun Low Best in alkaline None Green White with Ping tinge Spring

White Zinnia Zinnia acerosa 1ft-2ft Sun Natural rainfall Well drained, rocky None Green White with Yellow center Summer Absorbs herbicides, pesticides

Succulants

Desert Agave Agave deserti 2ft- 3ft Full Sun Drought tolerant Well drained None Gray Green Yellow May-July Attracts Hummingbirds and Butterflies

Golden Flowered Century Plant Agave chrysantha 5ft Full Sun Drought tolerant Well drained None Gray Green Yellow Summer Attracts Bees and insects when the flower dies

Banana Yucca Yucca baccata 2ft- 3ft Full Sun Drought tolerant Well drained None Gray Green White Apr-July Attracts birds and insects

Vegetables

Zucchini Full Sun Frequent Moist Minimal Green Yellow Summer - Fall Edible, yields 16 fruit per stalk

The plant palete was inspried by the natural beauty of the Sonoran Desert. All plants on site were considered by thier water demand, wildlife value, and cultural, medicinal, and theraputical characteristics.

PLANTING PLAN

25ft 75 175

GRADING PLAN

25ft 75 175

PROSOPIS VELUTINA

PARKINSONIA MICROPHYLLA

PARKINSONIA FLORIDA

ACACIA GREGGI

OLNEYA TESOTA

ORGAN CACTUS

LARGE SHRUB

SMALL SHRUB

TERRACE PLANTS

ACACIA CONSTRICTA

HERBACOUS TREES

30’

PARKINSONIA PARKINSONIA FLORIDA PROSOPIS VELUTINA PSOROTHAMNUS SPINOSUS CARNEGIA GIGANTEA OPUNTIA ENGELMANNII FEROCACTUS WISLIZENI PACHYCEREUS SCHOTTI STENOCEREUS THURBERI MEMMILLARIA GRAHAMII SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS

HILARIA RIGIDA CALLIANDRA ERIOPHYLLA ERIOGONUM FASICULATUM KRAMERIA GRAYI LARREA TRIDENTATA PSOROTHAMNUS ARBORESCENS SENNA ARMATA THAMNOSMA MONTANA CHANENACTIS FREMONTII MALACOTHRIX GLABRATA PHACELIA DISTANS ZINNIA ACEROSA

HERBACOUS UNDERSTORY HERBACOUS GROUNDCOVER CACTI GROUNDCOVER

- DROUGHT TOLERANT- ABSORBS HERBICIDES AND

PESTICIDES

- EDIBLES FOR HUMANS AND

WILDLIFE

- ATTRACTS HUMMINGBIRDS,

BIRDS, AND BEES

- AROMATIC

- AROMATIC

- ATTRACTS BIRDS AND BEES

- EDIBLES FOR HUMAN AND

WILDLIFE CONSUMPTION

- CULTURAL INFLUENCE

- ATTRACTS BIRDS AND

MAMMELS

- SPECIAL VALUE TO BEES

- EDIBLES FOR HUMANS

AND WILDLIFE

- ATTRACTS BATS

- EDIBLE FRUITS FOR

HUMANS AND WILDLIFE

- CULTURAL INFLUENCES

CACTIUNDERSTORY CACTI

The planting plan focuses on native trees, cacti, and shrubs. Trees were considered for their canopy to provide shade and buffer between zones, while the clusters of shrubs indicate the edible gardens within the courtyards.

PLANTING PLAN

25ft 75 175

GRADING PLAN

25ft 75 175

PROSOPIS VELUTINA

PARKINSONIA MICROPHYLLA

PARKINSONIA FLORIDA

ACACIA GREGGI

OLNEYA TESOTA

ORGAN CACTUS

LARGE SHRUB

SMALL SHRUB

TERRACE PLANTS

ACACIA CONSTRICTA

HERBACOUS TREES

30’

PARKINSONIA PARKINSONIA FLORIDA PROSOPIS VELUTINA PSOROTHAMNUS SPINOSUS CARNEGIA GIGANTEA OPUNTIA ENGELMANNII FEROCACTUS WISLIZENI PACHYCEREUS SCHOTTI STENOCEREUS THURBERI MEMMILLARIA GRAHAMII SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS

HILARIA RIGIDA CALLIANDRA ERIOPHYLLA ERIOGONUM FASICULATUM KRAMERIA GRAYI LARREA TRIDENTATA PSOROTHAMNUS ARBORESCENS SENNA ARMATA THAMNOSMA MONTANA CHANENACTIS FREMONTII MALACOTHRIX GLABRATA PHACELIA DISTANS ZINNIA ACEROSA

HERBACOUS UNDERSTORY HERBACOUS GROUNDCOVER CACTI GROUNDCOVER

- DROUGHT TOLERANT- ABSORBS HERBICIDES AND

PESTICIDES

- EDIBLES FOR HUMANS AND

WILDLIFE

- ATTRACTS HUMMINGBIRDS,

BIRDS, AND BEES

- AROMATIC

- AROMATIC

- ATTRACTS BIRDS AND BEES

- EDIBLES FOR HUMAN AND

WILDLIFE CONSUMPTION

- CULTURAL INFLUENCE

- ATTRACTS BIRDS AND

MAMMELS

- SPECIAL VALUE TO BEES

- EDIBLES FOR HUMANS

AND WILDLIFE

- ATTRACTS BATS

- EDIBLE FRUITS FOR

HUMANS AND WILDLIFE

- CULTURAL INFLUENCES

CACTIUNDERSTORY CACTI

The grading plan configuration creates an ascending motion up to the highest point on site, to which The Mission sits and overlooks the landscape. Berms were designed on the right side of the site to buffer the truss farm.