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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 [email protected] [email protected] 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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