eliza rodrigs design portfolio
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Eliza Rodrigs Bachelor of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning
The Culture-Conscious Landscape
Our world is getting smaller and cultural boundaries are beginning to blur. It is necessary to foster design from a purely
social level. How do we use the earth, plants and the human experience to celebrate and preserve culture?
Amherst Chinese Christian Church, Amherst, MassachusettsBalancing the Christian community with Chinese Cultural Traditions
The Livable City
It is expected that 70% of the worlds population will be urban by 2050. How do we explore the
opportunities of future urban planning? How do we create the ‘Livable City?”
Sluseholmen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hammarby sjöstad, Stockholm, Sweden
Sketching & Analysis
Havana, Cuba
Istanbul, Turkey
The Livable Landscape
How do we merge the landscape and the city to create a model for the future? How do we weave the two together
to create a sustainable hybrid landscape?
øresundskollegiet, Copenhagen, DenmarkFostering Growth, Play, and Education in a unique residential urban context
Understand Community Connections
Activate Recreational Greenspace
Preserve, Develop & Densify
Facilitate Human Movement
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Siljansgade, Copenhagen, DenmarkReinventing a post-industrial site by creating the framework for a residential & mixed-use development with new access to open space
Lawrence, MassachusettsSustainable Greenway Analysis & Development
Context - Life - Infrastructure - Space - Buildings
LAWRENCE
ANDOVER
METHUEN
NORTH ANDOVER
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Commercial Land Use/Zoning
Proposed Agricultural Areas
Proposed Rail Trail Corridor
Commercial Farms Community Farms
Community Gardens Institutional Farms
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Celebrating the Sun
New Neighbors
Community Connections
Lawrence, MAReconceiving Cultural Landscape Heritage Through Urban Agriculture
Compost & Soil Complex Greenhouse Complex
Mixed Use w. Restaurant Community Farm
Riverfront Open Space
Pedestrian Corridor & Community Gardens
Relocated Parking
Proposed Hydroponic Complex
LAWRENCE
ANDOVER
METHUEN
NORTH ANDOVER
0 0.35 0.70.175 Miles
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Relocated Parking Community Farm Riverfront Open SpaceProposed Hydroponic Complex Pedestrian Corridor & Community Gardens
Eliza Rodrigs [email protected]