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christian amaral | selected works
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a tangible resource________________________4
the easy road ___________________________10
the growbook ___________________________14
resume_________________________________18
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A Tangible Resource:BZOC Community Extension Campus
Westlake, Los Angeles, CA
On the Eastside of Los Angeles, remnants of industry and defunct infrastructure create scars, stalling continuity of place and disenfranchise their residents. These patches of unused and under-experienced land are ripe for being the catalyst for safe community engagement and success. My site could be anywhere within this eastern limit, but it happens to be in an area formerly prominent for oil production. This former use left more sequential patches of blank space than average, but also created an opportunity for me to expand on new possibilities of place. Starting with the most prominent local need, access to education, and feathering off into strategies for residential and commercial development, designing a continuing education campus for this block is my exploration of the potential of a place commonly forgotten, imagined as a community asset: a community college extension campus.
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In the context of my design, these areas of activity, are not oil, but classrooms, spilling out knowledge to be consumed by the student, the listener. The curvatures formed from the colored concrete mixes wind and weave, opening up and stretching as they reach communal space. Where they are constricted, they are indicative of pedestrian traffi c fl ow.
The ground itself will recall on the former state of this site, its oil production history. This will be achieved with patterned similarities to the most canonic expression of oil in Los Angeles, The Baldwin Hills Oil fi eld, located a mere mile and some change away. The winds and weaves within this contrast of dirt and vegetation guide through the landscape, with paths winding to form pods that direct to where oil activity occurs.
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07OUTDOOR SPACES:05. The Patio
06. The Backyard
07. The FRONT LAWN
08. THE FRONT DOORSTEP
CAMPUS BUILDINGS:01. NURSING AND RADIOLOGY
02. LEARNING SKILLS CENTER
03. Trade Technology / CAFE
04. ADMISSIONS AND ENROLLMENT
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The Easy Road:Kelly Creek Trail Alignments
Gresham, OR
Team Members: Samantha Gifford, Andrew Louw, Jake Van Zandt, Miles Zaccaglini
Partnering with Portland Metro, City of Gresham and City of Troutdale, our task was to create trail allignments to create a multimodal corridor that connects multimodal trails in Portland Oregon with the City of Gresham as it plans for the future. After our teams successfully identifi ed ideal path collections, based on various forms of recreational integrity we individually took care of the needs and necessary accessory ammendments for the trail within our part of the study area. NEW TREES
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The Upper East Section of the Kelly Creek Trail Link off ers a unique experience that does not occur anywhere else in Kelly Creek. In addition to being out of the Urban Growth Boundary, this particular portion has many areas of slope that exceed 8%. The Path takes on a utalitarian role; it gets the user from SE Troutdale Rd to the SE Lusted Rd crossing, while also creating an access point for a new Trailhead. The Trail creates an opportinuty for managed recreational activity in the Eastern half of the study area.
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GIS PROCESS WORK
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SCENARIO ALIGNMENTS:
Over 35 potential trail paths from Beaver Creek in the north, to Springwater in the South, were created with emphasis on a particular use, such as transit connections. diverse user experience, and recreation.
INITIAL LINK MAPPING:
Using these routes as a starting points, we pinpointed all potential areas of connection to create over 100 diff erent trail links.
LINK REFINEMENTS:
By eliminating unneccessary east/west crossings, and duplicate links we were able to refi ne our map of options from 100 to 38.
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LINK IMPACT 3 5 6 7 8 10 23 24 25 29 35 36 37 38
Safety 8 8 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6
Education 8 8 4 6 6 4 4 6 10 6 2 4 8 10
Universal Access 4 0 2 0 0 5 3 3 5 5 5 4 5 5
Recreational Experience 10 6 6 6 6 10 6 2 10 10 10 10 4 4
Diverse Users 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Connectivity 2 2 2 6 6 4 6 8 10 4 2 6 10 10
Habitat 2 2 2 2 4 8 8 2 4 8 10 8 2 6
Ecological Resotration 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 1
Construction Costs
Stormwater 2 2 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Noise 2 2 2 2 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Zoning and Real Estate
Privacy
Total Score: 45 41 39 41 52 66 62 56 74 66 62 65 63 66
Physical Qualities Impact
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Recreational Experience
Diverse Users
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Construction Costs
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LINK ASSESSMENT:
With 38 manageable links, we used an “impact assessment” created as a class (categories above) to determine what makes for a good piece of a trail. By imputting number values and weights into GIS we were able to visually determine which of our links were the best, dark green being most desirable, and white being adverse.
HIGH QUALITY TRAIL:
As the Kelly Creek team, we later adjusted these weights to give an appropriate sense of the qualities necessary for a high quality trail alignment. We considered Recreational Experience, Saftey, Noise, Diverse Users, and Connectivity the most important features of a quality trail, with additional attention to Universal Access and Ecological Restoration. Imputing these new weights into GIS allowed us to see which of our links would be best suited to achieve a quality trail, pictureed on the right.
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The GrowbookEugene Farmers Market Extension Activities
Eugene, OR
The Growbook is a four block story of urban agriculture and harvest, situated in Downtown Eugene, connecting the fruits of the Willamette River, to the fruits sold at the Eugene Farmers Market, a weekly aff air that operates two blocks away. It serves as the thread between the two, and replaces the four large parking lots, with visual stimuli as well as educational and edible experience.
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CONNECTIONS:downtown to willamette river
PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC:funnel eff ect
ADA boardwalk wildberry terrace
portege community garden plotsexisting beech
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SEASONAL CUES:fall to spring
SPACE ALLOCATION:greenspace to growspace
existing beechpedestrian cafe spaceopen lawn
fruit tree terrace
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SKILLSET
Hand Rendering
Model MakingAdobe Suite
Sketchup AutocadRhino
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REFERENCES: Juli Brode, former professor - [email protected] Robert Ribe, Former Professor - [email protected] Anne Godfrey, Former Professor - [email protected]
Matt Schiebe, Former Employer - [email protected] Brendan Mahaney, Former Employer - (541)915-9166
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CAMERON MCCARTHY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNINGTECHNICAL ASSOCIATE (6/2014-9/2014(:
Summer internship assisting in construction administration.During my time there I assisted in RFIs, RFPs and produced Construction details and Site Furnishings for upcom-ing projects.Additionally I helped produce more streamline systems for office font and layout standards.
As a grant supervisor, I lead the financial team to secure a $10,000 grant to complete the ADA bathroom and indoor finishes for the CASL House located off campus.
Center for the Advancementof Sustainable LivingGRANTS COORDINATOR (2013-2014(:
I trained new staff to fit seamlessly into the dynamic of the workplace.I was also given full creative control of branding for specials, fundraisers and “Belly” affiliated events byh way of custom topography and graphic signage.
BELLYHOST(8/2012-3/2015:
I was a Co-Leader of a full studio effort to provide park service level documentation of Cesar Chavez National Monument. Work included formatting and branding a 100 page Cultura Landscape Overview for use by the Na-tional Park Service. Our work secured a ‘Merit Award’ at the 2014 Oregon ASLA Awards.
NPS: CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OVERVIEWCO-FORMATTER (9/2013-12/2013(:
As a veteran within the University of Oregon Rowing team, I encouraged teamates to hone individual strengths while remaining connected as a group. I also helped to form comic relief, especially during hard workouts en-dured during winter training.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON ROWINGCO-CAPTAIN(8/2011-2013(:
Team experience
