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student work professional workPendulum GardenPlaza Rodea

Promenade at 12th Street

La Promesa: Civic Plaza

Margins on the Motorway

Aldea El Paso

Albuquerque Great Streets

UNM E.D.G.E.S.

Project Management

Ashley Pond ParkLily Lane

Las Cruces Dam

Farmington Botanic Gardens

Sandia Science Academy

Art & Design

portfolio of workVICTOR R. [email protected]


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As an emerging professional in the field of landscape architecture, I am both an advocatefor the creation of vibrant urban spaces and a believer in the ability of place-making to

engage, connect, and nourish. Recognizing the significance of site and of context, I holdlandscape architecture to be the synthesis of environmental processes and human activityas a means to engage with and transform the places we inhabit; it is an optimistic practice

that negotiates the extant and celebrates the possible.

The artful integration of natural and infrastructural systems as a tactic for social,ecological, and economic sustainability is essential to laying a successful groundwork forthe well-being of our communities and the stewardship of our resources. This integration

has been a sustained personal goal throughout my academic and professional work, fromsmall streetscapes to institutional master plans. I remain energized and excited by holistic

design practices that identify thoughtful, germane and creative responses to social,political and material realities within the urban realm.

design philosophy


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student work


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The Promenade, located inAlbuquerques historic Sawmill district,

is a new chapter in the history of the

area, one of densification and smart,

sensitive development; it is a bridge

linking two neighborhoods split by a

decaying industrial infrastructure.

Central to the design is an

examination of the processes of plant

succession in an urban and highlydisturbed environment, with the

inclusion of provisions for windborne

seed to colonize and grow. Minimal

human intervention is prescribed

to dictate plant species, growth

habit and aesthetic. The disrupted

landscape is here a deliberate

design gesture, at the same time re-

establishing those human connections

lost to an industrial wasteland.

Design issues:

The role of land reclamation and

land planning in the urban setting

Site design in the regional, local &

neighborhood context

Fall 2009

Typologies: Brownfield, Adaptive Reuse

promenade at 12th street

gabion check dams

seating secondary pathspublic art element

observation platform

entrance fountain and signage

existing rail line

seating

playground

sidewalk addition

traffic median / roundabout

recreation field

promenade walkway

site plan

view to west

year five year twentysite patterning:

nodes of disruption

ruderal plant succession:

year one


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Design issues:

Revitalizing the rural town core

Transit-oriented development

The under-used Downtown Bernalillocommuter train station is in close

proximity to the town Main St. and

the aging civic core; this design

for an open public space aims to

revitalize the area by balancing civic,

commercial and residential uses.

This civic space will rely equally

upon public and private investment

to develop, in phases, a successful

public space that maximizes thevisibility of town from within, along

Main St., and from without, from the

train station. A civic plaza, a market

plaza, and a mixed-use pedestrian

alameda allow the town to preserve

its rural character, revive its core, and

establish a sustainable model for new

growth.

A collaborative proejct with 4 fellowarchitecture & landscape architecture

students.

la promesa: civic plaza

Spring 2010

Typology: Transit-Oriented Development

perspective to east from civic plaza

aerial view to east from civic plaza

analysis sections


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margins on the motorway

Design issues:

Consequences of the urban void

Creating and applying a typological

model for urban remediation

Mobility is a key characteristic ofmodern life; yet, the infrastructures

of mobility divide and fragment our

cities even as they connect them. In

doing so they leave behind neglected

and underused spaces that ultimately

detract from both urban vitality and

social / cultural linkages.

This thesis project establishes a

typology of the freeway void, and

offers a methodology for revitalizinginterstitial spaces as integral and

meaningful elements of the city.

These spaces, created in and around

overpasses, on-ramps, and rights-of-

way, have the potential to strengthen

and seam a fractured landscape.

The void, traditionally an undesirable

and unproductive urban form, here

becomes the site of latent social and

environmental remediation practices.

Spring 2011 - MLA Thesis Work

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spatial typologies (axonometric)


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professional work*All graphic exhibits are my own work unless otherwise noted


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unm e.d.g.e.s.

Summer 2010

"Envisioning Design Guidelines & Engendering Sustainability"

The University of New Mexico isactively interested in strengthening

the relationships it has with the

neighborhoods, businesses and

residents that provide the context for

university life. The UNM E.D.G.E.S.

Strategic Plan addresses the ways in

which the physical environment at the

campus edges affects perceptions of

and connections to the University.

An analysis and design studyperformed over 9 weeks with two

fellow MLA candidates outlines

a methodology for initiating

development where campus facilities

are juxtaposed with non-university

property and roadways.

http://iss.unm.edu/PCD/university-

architect/design-guidelines.html

Design issues:

Effecting institutional planning

practice

Understanding, communicating and

addressing stakeholder interests

site plan (1 of 3): enhanced transit

sections to north

diagram relating users, placemaking elements

process output


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Design issues:

Envisioning a vibrant, attractive,

context-aware urban development

Collaboration & Idea iteration

among urban design professionals

Sites Southwest

Charrette - El Paso, TX

aldea el paso

A three-day design charrette for a200 acre site in northern El Paso led

to the generation of a cohehesive

site plan which blended a walkable

commercial district, a multitude

of housing types, an emphasis on

pedestrian and bicycle transportation,

and recreational open space.

Illustrated are three of many diagrams

for which I was responsible, and

which depict ideas I developedin concert with team members: a

commercial plaza and ramblas,

and a parking grove. Both elements

feature flexible space available either

for parking or events, and feature

shade trees in symbiotic relationship

to the corridors of the site, fed by

harvesting stormwater runoff.

Work done while employed at:

plan view: plaza & ramblas

plan view: parking grove

section: parking grove


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Design issues:

Managing water quality via non-

traditional soft infrastructure

Providing accessible design within

an historically-sensitive context

Sites Southwest

Site Plan - Los Alamos, NM

ashley pond park

This park restoration project updatesan historically significant yet degraded

pond surrounded on all sides by

grassy slopes. Three goals guided

the design process: to provide long-

term treatment solutions for water

quality; to allow ADA access from the

perimeter sidewalk down to the pond

edge; and to repair a crumbling and

hazardous bulkhead promenade.

A series of planters around the pondcatches the nitrogen-laden irrigation

runoff, which is then directed into a

series of wetlands before it re-enters

the pond. I worked closely with the

client during design development,

coordinated design decisions with

civil and structural engineers, and

produced all construction documents.



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conceptual ADA access path

conceptual sections bioswale planter & seat wall detail


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farmington botanic gardens

Sites Southwest

Master Plan - Farmington, NM

Design issues:

Strategizing both short- & long-term

landscape goals and priorities

Negotiating multiple and varied

stakeholder needs, concerns

The planned botanic gardens at theconfluence of the Animas and San

Juan Rivers is currently an open

flood plain lined by Cottonwood and

Russian Olive trees. Landowner

concerns, environmental issues,

FEMA restrictions and local planning

requirements all guided the project.

The site is tied into a larger trail

network and is accessible primarily

by foot; amenities include a series ofponds designed to alleviate flooding, a

large event lawn, xeric and naturalized

gardens, streambank restoration

along the Animas, and an elevated

boardwalk over the confluence.

I collaborated on site layout and

design, and was responsible for plan

graphics and conceptual grading.


programmatic diagramconcept diagram

conceptual grading plan


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site master planexisting site


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sandia science academy

Sites Southwest

Site Plan - Albuquerque, NM

The construction of a new scienceacademy at Sandia High School

provided the opportunity to create

an outdoor learning lab, centered on

a wetland showcasing the plant life

of local ecosystems via a conceptual

progression from foothills to valley.

Material from the demolition of

outdated facilities provides new

hardscaping and an outer gabion

wall. Stormwater flows off theroof into cisterns that supply both

irrigation and wetland needs. Raised

garden beds and a greenhouse

allow students to get hands-on. My

role was in collaboration on design

concepts, helping to develop the plant

pallette, and creating both conceptual

graphics and construction drawings.


Design issues:

Designing a landscape for use as a

teaching tool

Utilizing sustainable methods and

materials for site construction


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landscape plan

valley ecosystem shrubland ecosystem foothill ecosystem


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watercolor and ink

watercolor and ink

art & design

mixed media (chalk, paper, ink) acrylic on canvas

watercolor and ink


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art installation

braille earthwork art installation

architectural sketches >

watercolor and ink


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A Walk

My eyes already touch the sunny hill.

going far ahead of the road I have begun.

So we are grasped by what we cannot grasp;it has inner light, even from a distance-

and charges us, even if we do not reach it,

into something else, which, hardly sensing it,

we already are; a gesture waves us on

answering our own wave...

but what we feel is the wind in our faces.

-Rainer Maria Rilke


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