The Portfolio of

April Lipatan

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Research and Analysis. . . . . . . 1

Urban Design (Design Innovation) . . . 2-4

Presentation Graphics . . . . . . 5

AutoCAD Detailing . . . . . . . 6

Construction Materials . . . . . . 7

Thesis (Design Innovation &Adobe CS6 Suite) . . . . . . . 7-10

Renderings by Hand . . . . . . . 11

Photography . . . . . . . . . 12

Personal Info. . . . . . . . . 13

Denver Performing Arts Complex /

Colorado Convention Center

Johns Manville Plaza

16th Street Pedestrian Mall

Skyline Park (3 city blocks)

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Bus and Light Rail Pedestrian and Bicycle Car Routes Directional Flow of Traffic

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Research/Analysis

Business DistrictDenver, Colorado

In this Urban Design project I dealt with large-scale street

networks, building arrangements and land

use patterns. Studies and exploration into

historical/recent Urban Design theories and

practices from around the world in relation to Landscape Architecture were required to devise a proper plan for down-town Denver, Colorado. Because of the diversity and scale (regional, city, neighborhood) of this undertaking, I am now

well positioned to apply my skills and knowledge of the natural sciences to the study of Urban

Design.

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16th Street Pedestrian Mall Zoning

Streetscape Study

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Street Furnishings maintain pedestrian

scale

Permeable store front activities keep active and

interesting streets

Playful bollards produce safer pedestrian environments

A designated zone for street buskers connects

to the annual street busk-er event on 16th Street

Architectural windows, doors, overheads, and signage play a major role in maintaining a

pedestrian oriented environment

Unique sustainable paver patterns will

unify a large context

GoalThe aim for this design was to focus on urban studies and site planning to obtain a comprehensive and successful design . Students had free reign for design options, but must have maintained roots in the preceding Urban Design research and theories. There was a twist given to each project to create a challenge within the design. I had to incorporate a Target.

Urban DesignDesign Innovation

Business DistrictDenver, Colorado

Design Solutions

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Urban DesignDesign Innovation

Business DistrictDenver, Colorado

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street furnishings such as garbage cans can help

promote cleaner environments while

maintaining the pedestrian scale

playful paver designconnects the PerformingArts Center to 16th Street

overhead planes, large shopping windows, and entrances are elements

that have special attentionpaid to them to enhance the

pedestrian oriented space

allowing indoor elements to penetrate

the exterior help to create a pedestrian

oriented space

In my Urban Design solution I contributed to the pedestrian activities that connect to econ-mic activities. Items such as transportation and pedestrian open spaces unite the area through pedestrian navigation and activities. The unique experience I brought through design innovation was the buskering zone. Denverites are proud of their street entertaining and can feel that strong connection.

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Sensory Design|Vision

Playful Target bollards help create a safe barrier between

pedestrians and vehicles while linking with Performing Arts Center

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Lighting helps create a sense of space

while making for a flexible environment

Bike lanes creates alternative transportation to the car

Flush street grade used in combination with

permeable pavers to promote sustainable design

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Creating alternative transportation options for the downtown area opens more access to the area boosting the vitality of a sustainable space.

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harmony peacebalance abundance+ +

inspiration restorewater storage useequestrian circulationpedestrian circulation vendor, educational space

buffalo grass

little blue-stem

sideoats

ponderosa pineeastern red cedarbur oak

average rainfall/year: roughly 13.2 inches Xroof square footage (north side): 59,500 sq. ft.

= potentially 489,600 gallons of water/year

1 horse: avg. water consumption 10-20 gallons/day20 X 365 days =7,300 gallons/year

X 9 = 49,275 gallons/year

community garden: utilize grey water

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The Fort Yates project was an insight into a rich yet dying culture. The Lakota tribe values the horse as a symbol of their civilization and as a means of

healing through a type of animal therapy. In this proposal, the shape of the plan takes after the native american medicine wheel and combines the function of an equine center with community unity. Bringing a society together through

strongly rooted activities is vital in a culture as rich as the Lakota.

The Lakota culture holds that all things come from the four

directions of the medicine wheel. Many mysteries of the universe

have been explained through this wheel.

The horse is a very strong symbol within the Lakota tribe. The elder

of Fort Yates hopes to heal those of their troubled youth through

different possible horse therapies. Simply riding alone can be viewed as an alternative to other activities.

Presentation Graphics Fort Yates Reservation

North Dakota

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The Oakgrove Lutheran School required solutions to begin unifying their campus, since visitors often came to the campus for events. The school lies in a circular shape with individual buildings and no obvious main entrance. In the center of the complex there is a worn down grassy area with a few

trees. What I presented to the school was a very realistic solution; punctuated entrances accompanied with signage and designated pathways to guide visitors and students. Plantings helped

to keep from straying off the paved sidewalks while signage helped to orient and direct visitors.

Understanding the construction of individual

pieces which create a complete landscape

is a key part if the process. In this project, I expanded

my knowledge of brick pavers, retaining walls,

bio swales, and city infrastructures.

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12”x9” wave pattern permeable pavers

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Scent Coffee Hut

Gate section and plan view reveal spatial placement and specific measurements. A special fractal design was incorporated to play on the sense of vision.

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Gate Construction Detail

Permeable pavers were placed to begin to bring sustainable design into the space.

The main material on site is concrete creating excess runoff for the area.

Construction

MaterialsFreeway Park

Seattle Washington

Freeway Park is located in the downtown business district of Seattle, Washington. It is designed and built by Halprin and Associates. The giant rooftop garden over the I-5 freeway incorporates local geological formations and local

natural elements as inspirations for form. I utilized Freeway Park as a canvas to express my thesis on utilizing the human senses to communicate and enhance meaning. Conceptualizing gate and paver designs requires a firm

understanding of how these items are constructed. Gained valuable insights on materials and systems needed to accomplish unique designs.

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Cascade Fountain

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Visual Wavy Paver Pattern

Art Movement Path Program

Audible Vegetation

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VisualPublic Entrance

Scent Coffee Hut

Masterplan

Thesis ProjectDesign Innovation &

Adobe CS6 SuiteSensory WalkFreeway Park

Seattle Washington

Lawrence Halprin and Angela D. valued incorporating the surrounding environment within many of their landscapes. An element not included at Freeway Park was the nearby Puget Sound, which is the home of a diverse population of sea life. Local artists will be invited to utilize the walkway as a gallery for all art types. The art must be related to the natural environment and include a sensory experience. The proposal of a

an art walk will help maintain an ephemeral and sensory design while connecting to local art and environment.

This pathway is an example of how the walk might be used artistically. Unique sea life from the local Puget Sound and the sense of balance has been incorporated to touch on environment and sensory experience. Users will be brought into the conscious awareness of their space by

feeling a new surface beneath them.

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Downspout built into the center column of the kiosk and trenched to the existing infrastructure.

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This coffee kiosk design innovation is fashioned to create inviting sounds when rain collides with the metal. This design produces an almost complete multi-sensory experience touching on the sense of smell and taste through coffee, sound through rain chimes, and visual stimulation through selected sensual colors and textures. With the kiosk, I learned to maintain a flexible de-sign to transcend the seasons and weather. Seattlites are very proud of their local art and coffee culture and will immediately connect with this unique combination of both.

Materials

Masterplan

plan view of kiosk

detail of rain bowls

design inspiration: rain chimes

Thesis ProjectDesign Innovation &

Adobe CS6 SuiteSensory Coffee Kiosk “The Melodic Mocha Stand”

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Cascade Fountain

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Visual Wavy Paver Pattern

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Audible Vegetation

Scented Vegetation

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Scent Coffee Hut

2/3 Fine Sand 1/3 Peat Moss

Dwarf Miscanthus to mimic ocean sounds activated by

wind

Fragrant Lavender to connect scent with space and visually mock

ocean colors

Light weight soil mixture

Freeway Park is a large scale rooftop garden. It requires an engineered soil mixture just as

any rooftop garden would.

In Central Plaza at Freeway Park, there is a major disconnect from the high rise office tower that sits directly adjacent to the park. This pathway innovation links the Park Place building to Central Plaza. An sensory interaction has been planned for this pathway for the children from the first floor daycare to be integrated into the park. Children can hear, smell, and touch their space while

visitors enjoy the sound of children playing.

Plantings

Masterplan

Thesis ProjectDesign Innovation & Adobe

CS6 SuiteChildren’s Sensory Walk

Freeway Park Seattle, Washington

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Parks & Open Spaces

Hand RenderingsFine Arts Club

Fargo, ND

Outdoor patio section showing relationship from architecture to

outdoor seating.

Hand Drawn Site Inventory and Analysis

This project’s goal was to give the architecture a sense of identity. To address easy access for the elderly clients, the main entrance was punctu-ated with pink blooming crabapple trees and a service lift was implement-

ed. To connect the Fine Arts Club to one of the city’s most loved parks, our group created outdoor activities and spaces including a large deck, outdoor

seating/social area, and a new space for gardening opportunities.

Main entrance framed by beautifully flowering crabapples.

Photography by

April Lipatan

It is important to me that people understand how I perceive the world. Inspiration can be found in every moment if we open our minds to see it. By exposing the details in this world, I can capture my view of this life and share it with

others. This life is truly what you make of it. Do not get caught in the grind of life, or you will miss life in its entirety. These images are from my travels which have inspired and impacted me as an artist and designer.

Original Surrealist Pieces

Travel + Photography

These compositions are made of the places I have come and gone from. They are my imagination born into photographs.

This series of images are places, cultures, and styles revealed to me in one unique moment of wisdom and understanding.

Barcelona, Amboise Nantes, Dortmund Barcelona, Nantes, Elvas Dortmund, Elvas, Ouguela

Chaumont Sur Loire La Corbusier’s Villa Savoye Castelo de Ouguela Luxembourg Palace

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Personal Info

April Lipatan The Beginning | ”The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.” -Alan Watts

Drive | I am a freshly primed college student armed with a fresh education. I have never felt more prepared to do a job than I am now. I am in the field of landscape architecture because it is something that I genuinely care about. I do everything in my daily life to help take care of my environment; I recyle, reuse, reduce, and repair, but I have this burning apetite within me that craves to do more. I know I was meant for bigger things in life. So this is what I have to offer you: I am hardworking, trustworthy, and passionate. My passion lies within real solutions that makes an impact in my field.

Email | aprillipatan@gmail.com Phone | (701) 240-7357 Address | P.O. Box 202, Glenburn, ND 58740 LinkedIn | http://www.linkedin.com/in/aprillipatan

Future |After all is said and done, I have found the courage to trust myself in whatever I do. Throughout my college career, I experieced a time in my life where I met unforgettable friends, discovered the world and its cultures, and most of all was prepared to do what I am most passionate about, do everything in my power to create sustainable solutions to help the world’s current climate condition. And I would do it all over again.