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student work professional workPendulum GardenPlaza Rodea
Promenade at 12th Street
La Promesa: Civic Plaza
Margins on the Motorway
Aldea El Paso
Albuquerque Great Streets
UNM E.D.G.E.S.
Project Management
Ashley Pond ParkLily Lane
Las Cruces Dam
Farmington Botanic Gardens
Sandia Science Academy
Art & Design
portfolio of workVICTOR R. [email protected]
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As an emerging professional in the field of landscape architecture, I am both an advocatefor the creation of vibrant urban spaces and a believer in the ability of place-making to
engage, connect, and nourish. Recognizing the significance of site and of context, I holdlandscape architecture to be the synthesis of environmental processes and human activityas a means to engage with and transform the places we inhabit; it is an optimistic practice
that negotiates the extant and celebrates the possible.
The artful integration of natural and infrastructural systems as a tactic for social,ecological, and economic sustainability is essential to laying a successful groundwork forthe well-being of our communities and the stewardship of our resources. This integration
has been a sustained personal goal throughout my academic and professional work, fromsmall streetscapes to institutional master plans. I remain energized and excited by holistic
design practices that identify thoughtful, germane and creative responses to social,political and material realities within the urban realm.
design philosophy
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The Promenade, located inAlbuquerques historic Sawmill district,
is a new chapter in the history of the
area, one of densification and smart,
sensitive development; it is a bridge
linking two neighborhoods split by a
decaying industrial infrastructure.
Central to the design is an
examination of the processes of plant
succession in an urban and highlydisturbed environment, with the
inclusion of provisions for windborne
seed to colonize and grow. Minimal
human intervention is prescribed
to dictate plant species, growth
habit and aesthetic. The disrupted
landscape is here a deliberate
design gesture, at the same time re-
establishing those human connections
lost to an industrial wasteland.
Design issues:
The role of land reclamation and
land planning in the urban setting
Site design in the regional, local &
neighborhood context
Fall 2009
Typologies: Brownfield, Adaptive Reuse
promenade at 12th street
gabion check dams
seating secondary pathspublic art element
observation platform
entrance fountain and signage
existing rail line
seating
playground
sidewalk addition
traffic median / roundabout
recreation field
promenade walkway
site plan
view to west
year five year twentysite patterning:
nodes of disruption
ruderal plant succession:
year one
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Design issues:
Revitalizing the rural town core
Transit-oriented development
The under-used Downtown Bernalillocommuter train station is in close
proximity to the town Main St. and
the aging civic core; this design
for an open public space aims to
revitalize the area by balancing civic,
commercial and residential uses.
This civic space will rely equally
upon public and private investment
to develop, in phases, a successful
public space that maximizes thevisibility of town from within, along
Main St., and from without, from the
train station. A civic plaza, a market
plaza, and a mixed-use pedestrian
alameda allow the town to preserve
its rural character, revive its core, and
establish a sustainable model for new
growth.
A collaborative proejct with 4 fellowarchitecture & landscape architecture
students.
la promesa: civic plaza
Spring 2010
Typology: Transit-Oriented Development
perspective to east from civic plaza
aerial view to east from civic plaza
analysis sections
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margins on the motorway
Design issues:
Consequences of the urban void
Creating and applying a typological
model for urban remediation
Mobility is a key characteristic ofmodern life; yet, the infrastructures
of mobility divide and fragment our
cities even as they connect them. In
doing so they leave behind neglected
and underused spaces that ultimately
detract from both urban vitality and
social / cultural linkages.
This thesis project establishes a
typology of the freeway void, and
offers a methodology for revitalizinginterstitial spaces as integral and
meaningful elements of the city.
These spaces, created in and around
overpasses, on-ramps, and rights-of-
way, have the potential to strengthen
and seam a fractured landscape.
The void, traditionally an undesirable
and unproductive urban form, here
becomes the site of latent social and
environmental remediation practices.
Spring 2011 - MLA Thesis Work
Typology: Design Analysis & Methodology
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the emplacement
spatial typologies (axonometric)
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pedestrian circulation
water diversion from channel
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schematic site plan
potential uses along slope
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professional work*All graphic exhibits are my own work unless otherwise noted
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unm e.d.g.e.s.
Summer 2010
"Envisioning Design Guidelines & Engendering Sustainability"
The University of New Mexico isactively interested in strengthening
the relationships it has with the
neighborhoods, businesses and
residents that provide the context for
university life. The UNM E.D.G.E.S.
Strategic Plan addresses the ways in
which the physical environment at the
campus edges affects perceptions of
and connections to the University.
An analysis and design studyperformed over 9 weeks with two
fellow MLA candidates outlines
a methodology for initiating
development where campus facilities
are juxtaposed with non-university
property and roadways.
http://iss.unm.edu/PCD/university-
architect/design-guidelines.html
Design issues:
Effecting institutional planning
practice
Understanding, communicating and
addressing stakeholder interests
site plan (1 of 3): enhanced transit
sections to north
diagram relating users, placemaking elements
process output
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Design issues:
Envisioning a vibrant, attractive,
context-aware urban development
Collaboration & Idea iteration
among urban design professionals
Sites Southwest
Charrette - El Paso, TX
aldea el paso
A three-day design charrette for a200 acre site in northern El Paso led
to the generation of a cohehesive
site plan which blended a walkable
commercial district, a multitude
of housing types, an emphasis on
pedestrian and bicycle transportation,
and recreational open space.
Illustrated are three of many diagrams
for which I was responsible, and
which depict ideas I developedin concert with team members: a
commercial plaza and ramblas,
and a parking grove. Both elements
feature flexible space available either
for parking or events, and feature
shade trees in symbiotic relationship
to the corridors of the site, fed by
harvesting stormwater runoff.
Work done while employed at:
plan view: plaza & ramblas
plan view: parking grove
section: parking grove
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Design issues:
Managing water quality via non-
traditional soft infrastructure
Providing accessible design within
an historically-sensitive context
Sites Southwest
Site Plan - Los Alamos, NM
ashley pond park
This park restoration project updatesan historically significant yet degraded
pond surrounded on all sides by
grassy slopes. Three goals guided
the design process: to provide long-
term treatment solutions for water
quality; to allow ADA access from the
perimeter sidewalk down to the pond
edge; and to repair a crumbling and
hazardous bulkhead promenade.
A series of planters around the pondcatches the nitrogen-laden irrigation
runoff, which is then directed into a
series of wetlands before it re-enters
the pond. I worked closely with the
client during design development,
coordinated design decisions with
civil and structural engineers, and
produced all construction documents.
Work done while employed at:
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conceptual ADA access path
conceptual sections bioswale planter & seat wall detail
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farmington botanic gardens
Sites Southwest
Master Plan - Farmington, NM
Design issues:
Strategizing both short- & long-term
landscape goals and priorities
Negotiating multiple and varied
stakeholder needs, concerns
The planned botanic gardens at theconfluence of the Animas and San
Juan Rivers is currently an open
flood plain lined by Cottonwood and
Russian Olive trees. Landowner
concerns, environmental issues,
FEMA restrictions and local planning
requirements all guided the project.
The site is tied into a larger trail
network and is accessible primarily
by foot; amenities include a series ofponds designed to alleviate flooding, a
large event lawn, xeric and naturalized
gardens, streambank restoration
along the Animas, and an elevated
boardwalk over the confluence.
I collaborated on site layout and
design, and was responsible for plan
graphics and conceptual grading.
Work done while employed at:
programmatic diagramconcept diagram
conceptual grading plan
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site master planexisting site
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sandia science academy
Sites Southwest
Site Plan - Albuquerque, NM
The construction of a new scienceacademy at Sandia High School
provided the opportunity to create
an outdoor learning lab, centered on
a wetland showcasing the plant life
of local ecosystems via a conceptual
progression from foothills to valley.
Material from the demolition of
outdated facilities provides new
hardscaping and an outer gabion
wall. Stormwater flows off theroof into cisterns that supply both
irrigation and wetland needs. Raised
garden beds and a greenhouse
allow students to get hands-on. My
role was in collaboration on design
concepts, helping to develop the plant
pallette, and creating both conceptual
graphics and construction drawings.
Work done while employed at:
Design issues:
Designing a landscape for use as a
teaching tool
Utilizing sustainable methods and
materials for site construction
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landscape plan
valley ecosystem shrubland ecosystem foothill ecosystem
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watercolor and ink
watercolor and ink
art & design
mixed media (chalk, paper, ink) acrylic on canvas
watercolor and ink
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art installation
braille earthwork art installation
architectural sketches >
watercolor and ink
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A Walk
My eyes already touch the sunny hill.
going far ahead of the road I have begun.
So we are grasped by what we cannot grasp;it has inner light, even from a distance-
and charges us, even if we do not reach it,
into something else, which, hardly sensing it,
we already are; a gesture waves us on
answering our own wave...
but what we feel is the wind in our faces.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
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VICTOR R. [email protected]