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C A L I F O R N I A S T A T E P O L Y T E C H N I C U N I V E R S I T Y , P O M O N A

Spring2018

LA203LBasicLandscapeDesign

REVISEDPhaseTHREEofthree03ChoreographedLinkages+Networks+Structures

AlldeliverablesareduefortheInternalReviewon,Wednesday,May30st

Patternshavethiscapacitytoweavetogethersystemsandsigns,therebyfunctioninginbothutilitarianandfigurativeways.Theyofferaframeworkthatcanbelayeredwith‘information’,absorbingthefunctionalmandatesplacedonlandscapes,suchasincreasedattentiontowatercaptureandabsorption,withoutforsakingformalandperceptualcoherency.[8]Patterns,whethernaturallyoccurringordesigned,areindicatorsoftheprocessesthatcreatedthem,buttheyalsoconveyfutureprocesses,whichmakesthemparticularlyrelevantasastrategyfordealingwithdegradedsites.

KarenM’Closkey,pp.19,SyntheticPatterns:FabricatingLandscapesintheageof‘green’

Siteconditioned/determined...Herethesculpturalresponsedrawsallofitscues(reasonsforbeing)fromitssurroundings.Thisrequirestheprocesstobeginwithanintimate,hands-onreadingofthesite.Thismeanssitting,watching,andwalkingthroughthesite,thesurroundingareas(whereyouwillenterfromandexitto),thecityatlargeorthecountryside.Heretherearenumerousthingstoconsider;whatisthesite'srelationtoappliedandimpliedschemesoforganizationandsystemsoforder,relation,architecture,uses,distances,senseofscale?

RobertIrwin,pp.21,BeingandCircumstance;NotesTowardaConditionalArt

ChoreographedLinkages(CriticallyCombinedBiasedapproach)

ThestudiohasinvestigatedandinterrogatedRioHondoSpreadingGrounds.Thisstudiohasdismemberedthesitetobetterunderstandandrevealituniqueandverylocalpotential.ThestudiowillnowusethespreadinggroundstocreateaspeculativeillustrationoftheemergentlandscapeoftheLosAngelesmetropolis.

ProjectDescriptionThisthirdandfinalphaseoftheprojectwillrequirestudentstoindividuallychoreographasetofassignedandderivedprogrammaticpiecesandperformancecriteriaintotheoverallconditionsofportion/bankofthetransecttheyown-theymustassembletheirownmonster.Thisphasewillincludenotionsofbroaderplanting/capturingoropportunisticstrategiesandpatterninginresponsetoassignedprogramperformance.Thisphasewillutilizeprogramsthataresimultaneouslyculturalandecological,formalandinformal,understoodandmisunderstood,indexedandpoised.

Thisfinalprojectphasewillrequireparticipantstolinkthenarrativeexplorationandconceptdevelopmentofotherstudios.Emphasiswillbeplacedonthestructureandorganizationofprojectcomponentsasacompletenarrativeofverbalandvisualexpression.Thisphasewillrequirecombinedandcomplexdrawingsand3Dmodeling.

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TimelineandTeams:• Thisisa3.5weekproject.• Studentswillcontinueworkingin

teamstoexecutethisproject,constructthesectionmodel,andproducethecompiledsheetsofdrawings.

• Individualstudentsareresponsibleforgeneratinga2”x8”3Dprintedinlay/insertsat1/16”=1’-0”fortheteam’ssitemodelorproduceaseparate3DprintedSpecimenModel@1/8”scalethatishighlycrafted.

• Eachstudiosectionwillcollaboratetoproducea1/16”sitecontextmodelwithspacefortheteamstoinserttheirprojects–seethesitemodelbasetemplatepostedtoblackboard.

ProjectDeliverables:Eachteamisresponsibleforallofthefollowingdeliverables:

PhysicalModels:• OnescalemodelofyourentiresitewithaCNCmilledorlasercutterrain(mountedona

lasercut¼”plywoodmodelbaseusingthefileonBlackboard,wherethebottomofthespreadinggroundsistheplywoodbase).Allmodelsarenottobepainted.

• Oneperteammember3Dprintedinlay/inserts(eachmeasuringatleast~2”x8”minimum,thesecanbelargerorbrokenintosmallerpieces,ie4@2”x2)or1/8”3DprintedSpecimenModel(s).

• Modelsmustincludeallproposedstructuralelementsandlandscapefeatures.• Circulationpathsandhardscapesmaybeindicatedbylasercutelements(whicharenot

countedasinserts)oretchedlines/hatches.• Mustincluderepresentationsofallproposedmajorplantmaterial.• Mustinclude1/16”scalefigures(whichcanmaybepaintedaaccentcolor).• ModelsmaybefabricatedfrommaterialsthataresafetoCNCmillorlasercut:solid

wood,woodlaminates,plywood,MDF,chipboard,orclearpolycarbonate–pleaseverifynon-toxicitywiththeENVModelShoporServiceBureau.

• Mustbemonochromaticbasedonthematerial(donotpaint),withtheexceptionofoneaccentcolormatchingthe3Dprintedfilamentcolor.

• Allverticalstructuralelementstobefabricatedfromthesamematerial–suggestusingbasswood,‘pianowire’,orpolycarbonate.

• Allplants/vegetationtoberepresentedbythesamematerial–suggestusinghardwooddowelsorwire–notmodelrailroadmaterials(suchaslichen/moss/grass,orpre-fabricatedmodel‘trees’).

• Othermodelmaterialscanbeusedwithpermissionofthefaculty.

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DrawingSheets• 4@programmaticpositioningdrawings11”x11”(oneperteammember)• Dividedamongtheteammembers:16@11”x11”drawingssheets(allmeasured

drawingsmustbeat1/16”scale).Ifyourteamhaslessthanormorethan4members,yourinstructorwilladjustthedeliverablestokeeptheworkloadthesame.

Allsheetsshouldincludemajortitletextat24-pointandminordescriptivetext/captionsat11-pointfont.Allsheetsshouldincludesomeformofoverlaydiagrammingtohighlight‘userbiasorientations’.

o 4@experiential/enduserviews/perspectives:i.e.:kidseye,hawkseye,fisheye,eucalyptuseye,etc,(nottoscale)renderedvieworphotomontage.

o 1@topographiclinedrawing(existingunderproposed)@1/16”scale.o 1@topographic+plantingstrategydrawing@1/16”scale.o 1@topographic+fixedprogramdrawing@1/16”scale.o 1@topographic+circulationdrawing@1/16”scale.o 2@drawingsoftouch:texturaldrawingsexpressionsthesensorialtactilityofyour

imaginedproject:feeltheprojects.o 2@aerialsections(liketaxonomymodels;onerenderedwithlineworkonlyandone

renderedwithfullentourage).o 1@fullyrenderedsection.o 1@fullyrenderedsiteplan.o 2@Sitediagramsofcriticaldesigndecisions.

RequiredMedia

DrawingsSheets:• Mylarand/orBondpaper,maybelayeredtobestutilizepropertiesofmediaas

informedbyprevioussteps.

Project Process: ThisfinalphaseoftheprojectsrequiresstudentstoproposeaspecificalteringoftheirassignedsectionoftheRioHondoSpreadingGrounds.Theprojectmustfocusonthezone/areasexploredinPhaseOne.

01GeneralProjectrules:• Nometaphorsorrepresentationalfeaturesallowed-no‘thisisthat’

o Makeitwhatyouthinkitwantstobe-nohidingbehindotherideas.• Noprescribedmeaningallowed-no‘thismeansthis’

o Developexperiencesthatallowmeaningtoemergeovertimeandthroughprolongedengagementwiththesite.

• Nohistoricalclichés-nooverusedideasthatbetrayoriginalthoughto Developcurrentsitedeterminedapproachestohowweoccupythesite-nogazebos

andnopromenades.• Norepresentationalfeaturesallowed-no‘thisisa____’–stayabstract

o Allowvisitorstodeveloptheirowninterpretationsandtodefinethemeaningsofthelandformsandfeatures–sono‘arroyos’ofcobblesetceteraandavoidpastiche…

• Useprojectelementstoindexoccupancy-thesiteanditselementsasindicatorsofsomethingwithoutbeingobvious.

• Poisethesiteforoccupancy-itisbigenoughandsmallenoughforparticularusesbyparticularhumanandnon-humanusers.

• Allowtheprojecttorevealitselfovertimeandreveallargelandscapeconnections

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o AsJ.BJacksonsaid:‘alandscapepracticethatremindsuswearenotrootlessindividualscannotbeunderestimated’.

02ProgrammaticDrawingsofPotentialDetermination:Thesecondpartofthisprojectisthedevelopmentaseriesoflinedrawingsthatsetoutaseriesofstrategiesfortheprogrammaticpotentialofyourspecificsitesection.Teamsarerequiredtodevelopfouraxonometricdrawings–thisdrawingisexpectedtoconnectthepotentialbeneficiariestotheareasofopportunitywithspecificprogramsalongthelittoraledge.WheretheseprogramideaswerelistedandconnectedinphaseONE,teamsmustnowconnecttheseprogramstospecificlocations.Teamsshouldattempttouseasimilarvisuallanguage/style.Therearenoprecedentsforthisdrawing.Itwillsetforththetrajectoryofspecificallylocatedsetofpotentialprogramsasalignedwithbeneficiariesandpartners–humanandnon-humanalike.Studentswilldevelopanintenseandcomprehensiveseriesofrulestoguidetheirexplorationoftheattractionofthisriparianedge.Therulesofattractionbetweenthetypicaledgeandthetypicalprogramsmustbegeneratedfromyoursitemapping.Thefantasticresultswillthereforenotbeabstractionsnorreductions,butspectacularintheconditioningoftheirordinariness.Alldrawingsmustbe:

• Gray-scalewithnomorethantwoaccentcolors.• Providea24-hourunderstanding.• WhiletheentiresetofdrawingscanbedoneinRhino,youneedtodeliverpolishedline

weights.• Berenderedashidden-linewithsurfaceshading,refinethelineweights/typesinAdobe

Illustrator.

03SpecificProjectrules(inorderofsuggesteddevelopment):• Projectmustaddressaminimumofthreespecificuser’sbiases(begintheprojectby

identifyingthesefirst):o OneHuman,onePlant,andoneAnimalbias.

• Projectmustperformsomefiltering/purificationtask.• Projectmustenablesomeobservationaltask.• Projectmustnegotiatemovementsacrossandalongtheconcrete‘riparian’edgeoftheRio

Hondo/spreadinggroundbasins.• TheexistingfloodwayoftheRioHondomustnotbeobstructed–butyoucan

contour/sculpttheedgewithinyoursectiontowidenit.Ifyouproposebridgingthechannel,youmayhaveONEpier/supportmid-stream.

• SpreadingGroundsareassumedtoperiodicallyfillwithwaterto+3’-0”ordeeper.Allcirculationelementsmustbeabovethiselevation.

• Projectmustengagethefour-designbiasdiscussedinclass(perinstructor):o Syntactical,Narrative,Phenomenological,andCritical.

• Sitefeaturesmustaccommodateindividualsand/orsmallgroupsof20peoplemaximum.• Projectmusthavethreescalesofcirculation,andmakethreeconnectionstothecirculation

ofadjacentprojects.• Noslopescanexceed1:1,otherwiseuseretainingwalls/structuralcribbingwhichwillbe

3Dprintedelementsinsertedintoyoursitemodel.• Eachteammustmakethreecollaborativegesturestotheprojectsoneachsideofthem.• Alldesignelementsmustbecontainedwithinthespecificsection-unlessthe

elements/featurescanbenegotiatedandaccommodatedamongstadjacentsection

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designers(i.e:abigmoundmuststaywithinthedefinedsectionunlesstheadjacentsectioniswillingtoworkwithit.)

UniqueProgramsofOrdinaryOriginsEachindividualmustdevelopaseriesoffixedprogramelementsthatallowforthefleetingephemeraofthesitetoberevealed.Itisthroughthisprogramthatthismonsterwillhelpuserstoseethesiteinasignificantlyalteredway.ComfortablewithBeingUncomfortableThisprojectdoesnotneedtonecessarilydoanything,itcanjustbe.Eachalignment,eachmaterial,eachmoundordepressionsallowsfornewassociations.Thereisnorightorwrong,onlystrongandweakassociationswherethemoreunlikeanduncomfortablemovestowarddiscoveryandinventiveness.

RubricProjectswillbeevaluatedonthe:

• Rigorofteam’sprocesscombiningtypologies,addressingthebiases,providingthetask.• Qualityoftheconceptsanddegreeofexperimentation.• Sophisticationandrefinementoftheoveralldesign(includingconnectionswith

neighboringteams,circulation,designofindividualelementsworkingwiththewhole,etcetera).

• Craftandqualityconstructingthephysicalmodels.• Aestheticsandrefinementoftheposterlayout,qualityoftheindividualdrawingsand

renderings.

100% designcoverage

50% design coverage

optionalzones

Legend

Section 1/8” = 1’-0”

200’-0”

200’-0”

New Grade

Bottom of Spreading Ground Basin 8 or 9

Existing Grade

Lowest Permitted Elevation/Model Base

Rio Hondo LeveeSpreading Ground Berms

+16.0’+15.0’+14.0’+13.0’+12.0’+11.0’+10.0’

+9.0’+8.0’+7.0’+6.0’+5.0’+4.0’+3.0’+2.0’+1.0’+0.0’-1.0’

50% Design Coverage Zone

Bridges are 0% coverage

Covered0% 0% Covered 0% Covered

100% Design Coverage Zone

Holes may extend down to +0’

All slopes greater than 1:1, bridges/elevated platforms are structures to be 3D printed in your Final Model.Other landforms/surfaces can be laser cut or CNC milled.

+3.0’ Water Level

Not GradedRe-Graded

50% Coverage Strategies/Examples Plan

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