CURRENT WORK

SPECIAL-STATUS PLANTS 01

HORKELIA CUNEATA VAR. SERICEA KELLOG’S HORKELIA

ASTRAGALUS NUTTALLII VAR. NUTTALLII NUTTALL’S MILKVETCH

THE PROJECT:

USING LAND RESTORATION IN A WAY

TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION INDIGENOUS

THE DESIGN:

BY USING PLANTS ALREADY IN THE ENVIRONMENT, LAYERING ON THE HILLSIDES. STRATEGICALLY WILDLIFE AND PROMOTE

MUCRONEA CALIFORNICA CALIFORNIA SPINE FLOWER

MALACOTHRIX SAXATILIS VAR. SAXATILIS CLIFF ASTER

WAY THAT BENEFITS THE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE THAT INDIGENOUS VALUES AND THE NEEDS OF SPECIFIC SPECIES.

ENVIRONMENT, WE ARE CREATING FLOOD CONTROL THROUGH TIERED STRATEGICALLY PLACING ROCKS AS WELL, WILL PROVIDE MORE HABITAT FOR PROMOTE BUILD UP OF LEAF LITTER, WHICH WILL BENEFIT THE GROWTH OF MYCELIUM- A BIG HELPER WITH BREAKING DOWN TOXINS. TREES WILL ALSO BE STRATEGICALLY USED FOR SHOCK ABSORPTION OF RAINFALL. BIOSWALES WILL GUIDE WATER FLOW

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS PURISSIMA LA PURISIMA MANZANITA

LILIUM HUMBOLDTII SSP. OCELLATUM OCELLATED HUMBOLDT LILY

ERIYODICTYON CAPITATUM LOMPOC YERBA SANTA

INTO SPACES THAT CAN SERVE AS TEMPORARY HABITATS FOR SPECIES THAT REQUIRE SEASONAL RIPARIAN HABITATS SUCH AS THE SOUTHWESTERN WILLOW FLYCATCHER.

DEINANDRA INCRESCENS SSP. VILLOSA GAVIOTA TAR PLANT

FALL WINTER

BURROWING OWL

PURPLE NEEDLE GRASS

CREEPING

OCELLATED HUMBOLDT LILY

WILD RYE

SOUTHWESTERN WILLOW FLYCATCHER

LOMPOC YERBA

SANTA

QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA

TREES WITH BROAD BRANCHING STRUCTURE PROVIDE SHOCK ABSORPTION OF RAINFALL WHICH HELPS SLOW WATER FLOW.

WATER FLOW

BACCHARIS PULARIS

TERRACED

WATER FLOW CREATE HABITATS

ELYMUS CONDENSATUS

WATER FLOW

SOUTHWESTERN WILLOW FLYCATCHER

BIOSWALES CREATE

TERRACED BOULDERS ON THE HILLSIDES MITIGATE FLOW AND PREVENT EROSION. THEY ALSO HABITATS FOR INSECTS AND SMALL ANIMALS.

THE BOULDERS ALSO HELP WITH BUILD UP OF LEAF LITTER, WHICH WILL PROMOTE THE GROWTH OF MYCELIUM.

WATER FLOW

CONDENSATUS

WATER FLOW

BURROWING OWL

BIOSWALES ARE IN PLACE TO CAPTURE RUNOFF AND CREATE TEMPORARY MICRO-BIOMES FOR SPECIES SUCH THE SOUTHWESTERN WILLOW FLYCATCHER WHO RELY SEASONAL RIPARIAN HABITATS.

THE PROJECT

IN-DEPTH SITE ANALYSIS OF THE CITY OF MALIBU WITH EMPHASIS ON INDIGENOUS VALUES AND OUR IMPACT ON WILDLIFE.

FINDINGS AND OBSERVATIONS

FOCUSING ON TWO IMPORTANT ECOLOGICAL AREAS- THE MALIBU LAGOON AND MALIBU CREEK HAS MADE ME LOOK AT THE AREA IN TERMS OF HOW WE HAVE IMPACTED NATURE. TWO ISSUES POINTED OUT IN THE LAGOON AREA ARE ENCROACHMENT ON ENDANGERED BIRD NESTING AREAS, AS WELL AS SPECIES INTRODUCED BY US THAT THREATEN NATIVE SPECIES TO ADD ON TO THE NESTING AND MIGRATING GROUNDS, A CRITICALLY ENDANGERED STEELHEAD TROUT HAS A FRACTURED SPAWNING JOURNEY BECAUSE OF THE RINDGE DAM THAT SEPARATES THE ROUTE FROM THE LAGOON UP THROUGH MALIBU CREEK. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TOWARDS REMOVAL OF THE DAM, ENCROACHMENT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS WELL IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THESE CRITICAL LINKAGES.

SHOVELNOSE

SHARK BARRED SURFPERCH

COMMON DOLPHIN

CALIFORNIA

SEA LION

GRAY WHALE

MANILA CLAM

RAZOR

CLAM

CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN LION

CALIFORNIA

MULE DEER

COYOTE CALIFORNIA BOBCAT

RACCOON

WESTERN DIAMOND BACK RATTLESNAKE

STRIPED SKUNK

MEXICAN FREE-TAILED BAT

GROUND BEETLE EARTH WORM

COYOTE

MANZANITA ARCTOSTAPHYLOS

COAST LIVE OAK QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA

CALIFORNIA BUCKWHEAT

ERIGONIUM FASCICULATUM

MEXICAN FREE-TAILED BAT

THE INTRODUCED PREYS AMPHIBIANS, TO TEM

THROUGH, MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR THE STEELHEAD TROUT TO GET TO SPAWNING GROUNDS.

CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN LION

THE COMMON CRAYFISH INTRODUCED BY PEOPLE, PREYS ON NATIVE FISH AND AMPHIBIANS, CONTRIBUTING TO THE DECLINE OF ECOSYSTEM HEALTH.

ENCROACHMENT IS INCREASING WITH POPULATION GROWTH TOWARDS THE FORESTS AND MOUNTAINS IN THE AREA, MAKING THIS ECOSYSTEM AT RISK FOR DEVELOPMENT CONSEQUENCES

KILLIFISH

A SALT WATER MARSH IS A SENSITIVE HABITAT, WHERE CONDITIONS CAN CHANGE EVEN BY THE HOUR DUE TO FACTORS SUCH AS TIDES AND WIND. HUMAN IMPACT IS ESPECIALLY DETRIMENTAL TO THESE AREAS WHERE ONE SMALL DISTRUPTION CAN THROW OFF A WHOLE ECOSYSTEM.

CALIFORNIA LEAST TERN

DISTURBING NESTING AND MIGRATING HABITATS

BIRDS SUCH AS THE WESTERN SNOWY PLOVER AND CALIFORNIA LEAST TERN NEST HERE AND ARE THREATENED BY CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT

WESTERN SNOWY

MULLET

THE STEELHEAD TROUT PASSES THROUGH THIS AREA FROM THE OCEAN TO TRAVEL UP MALIBU CREEK TO SPAWN WESTERN SNOWY PLOVER

LARGEMOUTH BASS

SPECIES SUCH AS THE LARGEMOUTH BASS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED TO THE LAGOON BY PEOPLE AND THREATEN THE NATIVE SPECIES

SHOVELNOSE SHARK

THE PROJECT

ANALYSIS AND PROPOSAL FOR BAIR ISLAND IN REDWOOD CITY, CA WITH EMPHASIS ON INDIGENOUS VALUES AND OUR IMPACT ON WILDLIFE.

THE DESIGN

THE MARSH LAND WORKS NEXT TO THE RESIDENTIAL AD INDUSTRIAL AREAS AS A POLLUTION FILTRATION AREA, BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON IS HOW BENEFICIAL THIS MODEL IS, AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE IT. SOME ISSUES WE SEE ARE NON-NATIVE GRASSES

TAKING OVER, MINIMAL WILDLIFE BECAUSE OF POLLUTION, AND ENCROACHMENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS NEXT TO IT. TO TACKLE SOME OF THESE ISSUES, WE WANT TO RESTRICT HIGH LEVELS OF RUNOFF WHEN THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN HIGH VOLUMES THROUGH THE BAY .ANOTHER SOLUTION INVOLVES SALT GRASS, WHICH IS USED FREQUENTLY IN MARSHES FOR PHYTOREMEDIATION PROPERTIES.

TIDALMARSH

ANOTHER PLANT TO INCORPORATE WOULD BE PICKLEWEED. BOTH OF THESE SPECIES ARE ALREADY FOUND IN THE ENVIRONMENT.

LOWLANDMARSH

RESIDENTIAL

SALT GRASS

DISTICHLIS SPICATA

PRIVATE TRAIL

ALONG PERIMETER

TOXIN FILTRATION

INDUSTRIAL

NON-NATIVE ANNUAL GRASSES TAKE OVER HIGH

MARSH

HAVING A PROTECTED WETLAND JUXTAPOSED AGAINST INDUSTRIAL POLLUTERS AIMS TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT IS IT GREAT FOR THE WILDLIFE?

CANADA GOOSE RIDGEWAYS RAIL

ANNUAL OVER

PICKLEWEED SALICORNIA VIRGINCA

RESIDENTIAL RUNOFF

SOLUTIONS TO THE TROUT BEING EXPOSED TO TOXINS MAY BE RESTRICTING HIGH LEVELS OF RUNOFF WHEN THE SPECIES PASS THROUGH THE BAY.

SF

INDUSTRIAL RUNOFF

! CRITICALLY ENDANGERED !

THE STEELHEAD TROUT’S MAIN THREAT IS HABITAT CHANGE AND LOSS. EVEN SMALL DISRUPTIONS FROM POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE CAN BE THREATENING TO THEIR LIFE CYCLE.

BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS

THE FUTURE OF A CLEANER BAY

MONARCH BUTTERFLY

SNOWY PLOVER

SALT MARSH HARVEST

OF BAIR ISLAND

INCREASED BIODIVERSITY HEALTHIER SOILS

HARVEST MOUSE

RIDGEWAYS RAIL

COYOTE

THE PROJECT:

NETLEAF HACKBERRY CELTIS RETICULATA PACIFIC MIST MANZANITA ARCTOSTAPHYLOS “PACIFIC MIST”

LAGUNA MANZANITA ARCTOSTAPHYLOS GLANDULOSA

PERMEABLE PAVING

IN-DEPTH SITE ANALYSIS AND MODIFICATION PRESERVE IN NEWPORT BEACH, CA.

THE DESIGN:

SCALE:1/8”=1’ 612

A PLANT FORWARD APPROACH THAT USES BIOSWALES AND ADDS TREES TO DID NOT WANT TO COMPROMISE THE VIEWS OF THE RESIDENTIALS ACROSS TO ADD THE SHADE. ALL THE PLANTS CHOSEN ARE ALSO DROUGHT TOLERANT CURRENTLY RUNNING THROUGH THIS PART OF THE BAY IN DRIP LINES. THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT- A LOWLAND FOREST FULL OF DIVERSE SPECIES.

RED PUSH PISTACHE PISTACIA CHINENSIS

DESERT MALLOW SPHAERALCEA AMBIGUA

MAVERICK MESQUITE PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA

RED PUSH PISTACHE PISTACIA CHINENSIS

NETLEAF CELTIS

DESERT MALLOW SPHAERALCEA AMBIGUA

MATILIJA POPPY ROMNEYA COULTERI

MATILIJA ROMNEYA

GROUNDCOVER

TO THE SITE. THE TREES ARE DECIDUOUS BECAUSE WE ACROSS THE STREET FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR BUT ALSO WANTED TOLERANT TO MINIMIZE RELIANCE ON IRRIGATION WHICH IS IDEA IS TO NURTURE THE LAND BACK TO HOW IT WAS

NETLEAF HACKBERRY CELTIS RETICULATA

MAVERICK MESQUITE PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA

PACIFIC MIST MANZANITA ARCTOSTAPHYLOS

LAGUNA MANZANITA ARCTOSTAPHYLOS GLANDULOSA

WOODY SHRUBS DECIDUOUS TREES

MATILIJA POPPY

ROMNEYA COULTERI

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FT

N PROPOSAL OF THE BACK BAY NATURE

CALIFORNIA BUCKWHEAT ERIGONIUM FESTICULATUM EMORY’S BACCHARIS BACCHARIS EMORYI

GOLDENBUSH ISOCOA MENZIESII LEMONADE BERRY RHUS INTEGRIFOLIA

SAGEBRUSH ARTEMISIA CALIFORNICA

CALLEGUAS CLAY LOAM

CIENEBA SANDY LOAM

PEAKS DEPRESSIONS

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE CORRIDORS 05

THE PROJECT

CREATING PUBLIC SPACE WITH AWARENESS OF LOCAL ZONING CODE REGULATIONS

40:16-3

Buffer Areas

Any vegetated buffer must include multi-layered infiltration systems to clean stormwater and recharge aquifer.

-systems must be no less than 5’ in width to accommodate flooding

-systems must be angled so maximum runoff can be collected in buffer areas

By using this approach, runoff can be significantly decreased, and infiltration can be increased. This also decreases nonpoint pollution by filtering through the systems. Less pollution increases safety and more green infrastructure creates efficiency with water sources.

Green Infrastructure Coridoors

vegetation variety to promote wayfinding through the senses

multi-layered system to clean and manage stormwater

MULTI-SENSORY WAYFINDING

40:16-2 Landscaping for Buildings and Yards

Landscaping shall be provided in overall site design architectural, engineering, and aesthetic use with emphasis multi-sensory vegetation.

-Overall site design must address building arrangements, topography, parking, and screening requirements in terms enhancing wayfinding

-Vegetation must integrate more than 1 species in a increase sensory contrast

-Vegetation must be placed strategically to create landmarks context to different parts of the city·

Engaging with all the senses makes streets more memorable when walking them. Wayfinding can be easier if one with the street in uniquely sensory experiences. Implementing vegetation with high contrast textures, sounds, and smells increase the user’s sense of direction. This can serve type of landmark- with different streets contributing a experience.

Coridoors

FLEXIBLE URBAN SPACES

a. 4:16-2 Landscaping for Buildings and Yards

-Setbacks of no less than 6’ shall be provided along the street frontage of community, neighborhood, and mixed use M-1 commercial zones for approved flexible economic and social uses such as popup booths, farmers markets, community events, and more. A list of approved uses shall be included in each zoning sub-section.

WAYFINDING

Yards to reflect emphasis on arrangements, terms of site to landmarks and memorable is engaged Implementing smells can serve as a signature

FLEXIBLE (Urban Spaces)

maximize space to encourage multi-use

SETBACKS MINIMUM 6’

-Permitting and uses to be issued and approved by the Newark Recreation and Community Services Department.

With gentrification on the rise, increasing rents and business costs bar lower income residents from economic empowerment.

Flexible spaces will not only promote local and neighborhood commerce, uplifting the lowest citizens, but will diversify the goods and services available to the neighborhood.

THE PROJECT

AIDING THE CITY OF NEWARK, DE IN CREATING AN EDUCATIONAL RECREATION SPACE TO CONNECT TO THE CITY’S ROOTS

THE DESIGN

Black Spruce

Picea mariana

Diablo Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius

THE CURRENTLY RUN-DOWN TIDEWATER SITE OFF OF FERRY AND ST. CHARLES STREET IN NEWARK, NJ HAS POTENTIAL TO EDUCATE AND CONNECT THE COMMUNITY TO ITS NATIVE ENVIRONMENT. BEING ACROSS FROM A SCHOOL, CHILDREN AS WELL AS ADULTS CAN GET ENGAGED AND DEVELOP PRIDE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD BY LEARNING ABOUT LOCAL FLORA AND HAVING A SPACE TO INSPIRE. A NATIVE BOTANICAL PARK WITH A RECREATION CENTER AND FARM STORE ON SITE CAN GIVE THE AREA OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND PARTICIPATE IN THE GOALS OF DOWN BOTTOM FARM ADJACENT TO THE SITE.

Cinnamon Fern

Osmundastrum

Seating

White Swan Coneflower Echinacea purpurea

Northern Bayberry Myrica pensylvanica

Sweet Birch Betula lenta