Andrè Valdez Landscape Architecture Portfolio Spring 2018
Andre Valdez
Irvine CA, 92603
(949) 892 - 7849
mavaldez@cpp.edu
Experience Tree Inventory Collector City of Pasadena - Public Works • Pasadena, Ca • 2017 - Present • Identified species, measured diameter and mapped hundreds of trees in the parks, libraries and civic center and medians. • Managed data to create maintenance schedules. Rideshare Driver Uber Technologies Inc./Lyft Inc. • Orange County, LA • 2016 - Present • Responded to trip requests. • 254 five star trips. Sales Associate / Cashier Armstrong Garden Center • Irvine, CA • 2015 • Advised customers with pests, cultivation techniques, plant identification, and landscaping services. • Maintained and ordered indoor house plants. • Installed and maintained monthly/seasonal displays.
Internships
Tree Inventory Collector City of Pasadena - Public Works • Pasadena, Ca • Summer 2017 • Identified species, measured diameter and mapped hundreds of trees in city parks.
Education
Bachelor - Landscape Architecture (In Progress)
California Polytechnic University 2015 - 2019 • Pomona, CA Associate Degree - Natural Science Orange Coast College 2011 - 2014 • Costa Mesa, CA
Key Skills
• Hand drafting • Planting design • Digital rendering • 3D printing • Plant ID
• Video editing • Web design
Other Achievements
• Honors National Society of Leadership and Success • Horticulture Minor • ENV Council Member (school club)
Volunteer Work Responder and Transporter SoCal Parrot • Wild Bird Rescue • Jamul, CA • 2017 - Present • Transport injured parrots to the shelter for recovery and release. General Volunteer Lily Sanctuary • Parrot Rescue • Westminster, CA • 2011 - 2016 • Maintained outdoor aviaries of many exotic birds that have been given up by their owners. • Planted and maintained the landscape. • Taming and socialized some of the parrots.
Software Proficiency • Adobe Creative Suite • MS Office • Autocad • ArcGIS • Sketchup
• Rhinoceros 3D • Vray • Lumion • LandFX
References
Jason Vega • Parks Program Coordinator • City of Pasadena - Public Works
jvega@cityofpasadena.net • (626) 744-7358
sarah@socalparrot.org • 855-737-4953
Sarah Mansfield • Operations Manager • SoCal Parrot 3
Table of Contents
Resume
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Tongva Learning Center
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Ephemeral Island
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Excarvernous
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Red Rock Canyon Visitor Center
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Private Residence Planting Plan
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Tongva Learning Center
Torojoatngna
“Place under the snowy mountains� was the meaning of the original name given by the Tongva to what is present day Claremont city. The Tongva tribe were the original people of southern California. Their range expanded from Malibu, down to the area around Laguna Beach, Palms springs, and most of Los Angeles. Their population plummeted due to disease and genocide. Many people who identify as Tongvan live among us today, mostly in Southern California.
Concept
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The design was inspired by the creation myth of the 7 turtles that was passed down to children. It is a tale that reflects their core beliefs. The tale starts with the great spirit who gathers up the 7 turtles and tells them they will have the great honor of carrying all of the land of the planet. At one point, the turtles started to bicker and started to move away from each other, created the continents we see today. They were not able to get very far from each
other and so they simply settled but every once in a while they will bicker again causing California’s earthquakes. We looked at the anatomy of a turtle and outlined major organs and associated them with major parts of a typical Tongva village. The heart corresponds to the religious structure at the center of the village. The stomach corresponds to the foraging garden and the liver to the medicinal garden.
Garden Zones Woodland
Medicinal
Pine Forest
Rock Garden
Grassland
Foraging Garden
Riparian Coastal Islands
N NTS*
Their lives depended on the health of the local wildlife and flora. There was not a single species of plant native to the region they did not have knowledge of. They also tended to gardens them like gardeners. Much of their food also came from the ocean, streams and rivers. Garden zones are based on some of the most important plants the Tongva used for everyday life, from food, to rope, building materials, poisons for fishing, and medicinal plants. One of the gardens includes plants only found on Catalina or San Clemente island.
Site Plan
B F A C
D
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J
H
I Legend
K
A
Chief Ki-ish
B
Ki-ishes
C
Yoovar (Religious structure)
D Dry Stream
G
E
Canoe Experience
F
Rite of Passage Playground
G
Stone House
H Kiiy (Ramada, Shade Structure) I
Gallery + Bathrooms
J
Bus Parking
K Sculpture
Materials
E
0 N
Scale 1” = 40’
10
20
40
Asphalt
Decomposed Granite
General Planting
Native Soil
80
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Ephemeral Island
This site takes place on a picturesque site-less island. We had to make up a situation of a picture perfect landscape and make a story that challenges the idea what we think of pristine landscapes are false and have been in fact been manipulated by people. This island has a volcano that recently erupted, wiping out all life on the island. The story is that an rubber and oil company called Exxon bought the island and is in the process of transforming it into an ecological preservation for critically endangered species around the world. This narrative plays with the irony of Exxon and the historical oil spills that devastated the Gulf Coast.
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RED TRANSLUCENT RUBBER PANEL
STEEL FRAME
CONCRETE FOOTING
Concept
The process involved finding 2 object and someone making a third hybrid object using clay. The two objects used here was a blue rubber hand exercise tool. The other object is a glass spiral taken from a candle holder. The clay object was then 3D scanned and brought into Rhino to further manipulate it into a better version, eliminating the limitations of sculpting clay. It was then rendered with Vray using photographs we had taken of ourselves earlier.
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Excarvernous
This project is focused on the process of repetition. We started by taking measurements of the alley and the buildings and making plaster castings of the volume. We then made 6 iterations of the alley with different ways of creating porosity. Porosity is not something you think of when you think of LA. The goal is to re-purpose the alleys to activate spaces not only for the local community but also to have permeable pavement that gives rainwater a chance to peculate through the pavement, the soil and eventually helping to replenish the groundwater. The idea of porosity was taken further into the design by making voids to create spaces creating the porosity of sound through the openings of the materials.
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Arts District, Downtown LA. Project Area
A2 Space Study
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14
0 N
Scale 1/16” = 1’
4
8
16
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Red Rock Canyon Visitor Center
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These construction documents are based on Red Rock Canyon located in Las Vegas, NV. Our task was to design an amphitheater with 3 tiers, a detention basin, a wooden deck, an ADA accessible ramp and a walkway.
N
Scale 1” = 40’
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Amphitheater 7
63
647.43 FS
642.54 FS
64
642.43 FS 643.21 BS 645.92 TS
8
63
642.49 FS
64 4 64 .74 5. 4 9 BS 64 TS 6 64 .24 6. 99 TS TS
64 3. 24 3. 99 BS TS
645.51 TW 642.51 BW
2%
646.99 FS
645.92 TW 642.92 BW 643.67 BS 644.42 645.17 TS 645.92 TS
9
63
0
642.41 DRAIN
2%
2.9% 642.92 FS
643.30 FS
64
642.80 FS 642.64 FS 643.14 FS 642.74 FS 643.24 FS
EQUIPMENT ROOM
2%
642.73 FS 644.23 BS
2%
647.23 FS
643.98 TS 644.73 BS 645.48 TS
643.24 FS 642.74 FS
647.75 FS
645.73 FS
642.48 FS 643.23 BS
2%
647.23 FS
646.23 BS 647.98 TS
7.16%
647.75 FS
646.98 FS 2%
2%
645.89 FS 646.39 FS
641
645.99 FS 646.39 FS 645.89 FS
642 646.55 FS 647.05 FS
643
647.33 FS 647.43 FS 2%
8.3%
647.75 FS
2%
647.43 FS
8.3%
2%
646.77 FS 647.27 FS
646.65 FS 646.67 FS
647.75 FS 644
645
646
Scale 1” = 10’
18
634' LPS
Walkway & ADA Ramp
635 636 637
3:1
638 639
640
641
638.2
639
640
641
642
642
638.24 FS
638.34 FS
643
644
645
2.0% 4.96%
RETAINING GABION WALL
646 646.42 FS
HPS 646.32 FS
646.42 FS 1.5% 5.0%
646.57 FS
646.23 FS 646.48 FS 646.98 FS 646.48 FS 1.5%
646.48 FS
5.23% 646.98 FS
640.99 FS 640.49 FS
645.62 FS 645.12 FS
645.62 FS 645.12 FS 2.0%
645.02 FS 645.52 FS
640.49 FS 640.99 FS 2%
8.3%
645.02 FS 645.52 FS
640.39 FS 640.89 FS
6" Curve
640.49 FS 640.49 FS
8.3%
639.62 FS
639.62 FS 1.5%
639.52 FS 645.52 FS 645.52 FS
639
639.04 TC
639
646.98 FS
639.37 TC
94'-1"
.48 FG
2.0% 638
3.0% 638.00 FS
638.02 TC 638
PARKING AREA W/ ADA -COMPLIANT
Scale 1” = 20’
19
Deck 6'-6"
6'
6'-6"
HANDRAIL D LS-03 PICKET/BALUSTER 8' OVERHEAD SHADE E LS-03 STRUCTURE A'
A
LS-02
1
DECKING PLAN SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"
6'-6"
POST FOOTING A LS-03 TO POST B POST TO BEAM LS-03 & JOIST
6'-8"
4X8 BEAMS 4" x 8" Beams 2'
2" x 4" Joists
2'
2X8 JOISTS
2' 2' 2' 1'-11"
F Boardwalk Post to LS-03 Beam
2 20
6'-6"
FRAMING PLAN SCALE: 3/8" = 1'-0"
Deck Details 6X6 POST GALVANIZED POST ANCHOR GALVANIZED BOLT/NUT/WASHER
POST CAP BEAM BASE CONNECTOR
CONCRETE POST FOOTING / PIER
GALVANIZED NUT/BOLT/WASHER
A
B
POST TO POST FOOTING SCALE: 1" = 1'-0"
POST TO BEAM & JOIST SCALE: 1 1/2" = 1'-0"
2X8 JOIST 4X4 BEAM
2X6 DECKING
2X8 JOIST
C
JOIST TO DECKING SCALE: 1" = 1'-0"
E
OVERHEAD STRUCTURE TO BEAM
D
RAILING
SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"
DECKING BEAM METAL BRACKET
2X4 TOP RAIL 2X4 BALUSTER 6X6 POST
4X4 POST
F
CONCRETE FOOTING TO POST TO BEAM TO DECKING SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"
SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"
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Smoke Tree
Planting Plan Mission Viejo, CA
Vine on Wall Pink Ball Tree
Trellis Phc
Pcc
Pcc Dw Pl
Pcc
Pd
Rh Cv
Lc
Cca
Gl
Pf
Pd
Pf Sg
Milkweed Plant (Monarch Caterpillars eat this)
Bd Ac
La Rh
Kid Friendly Flower Garden
Gl Cv
Sb
Ll
Lambs Ear (Touch)
Sb
Lavender (Scent)
Lawn
Cv
La
Sb
Rh
Gl
Butterfly Bush (Butterfly Nectar)
Bd Ac Sg Rh
Lc
Pf
Existing Japanese Pittosporum
Ac La Sg
Pd
Pd Rh
Pg
Pf Phc
Pomegranate Tree This planting plan was designed over the summer for a private residence in Mission Viejo, CA. The family had 2 toddlers. They wanted to make sure they had plants that were safe and plants that do not attract much honey bees. In the front they wanted a more wildflower or Mediterranean sort of look with plants that were more drought tolerant. This was their final planting plan. 22
Scale: 1/8" = 1'
0'
2'
4'
8'
16'
North
Vine on Wall
Silver Sheen Phc Fg
Fg
PtSp Sp
Fg Fg
Fg
Sp
Kt
Fg Fg
Fg
Pt
Fg Fg
Ph
Fg Fg Fg
Sp
Fg
Fg
Fg
Sc
Ad
Sg
Pf Sf
Ab
Au
Au
Re
Lawn
Re
Re
Pa Sc
Ph
Ip
Lc
Re
Sg
Au Au
Au
Pa
Pd
Pcp
Ad
Sm
Gl
Sf
Ad
Pcp
Fg
Sf
Ph
Window
Fg
Ph Sc
Existing Crape Myrtle
Cv
Sm
Ad
Window
Ec
Fg
Au
Existing Japanese Maple
Naked Coral Tree
As Sm Au
Ip
Pc
Pa
Pf Ph
Ad
Au
Pd
Ll
Cl
Pa
Pa
Pa
Cl Pa Sg
Ph
Front Door Ad
Ad Ad
Ad
Ad
Cco Ad
Cl
Gl
Lc
Lc
Ll Aa
Cl
Ad
Oklahoma Redbud
Driveway
Cl
Sc
Am Pf
Sg
Marina Strawberry
27745 Sinsonte
23 N
Scale 1/8” = 1’
Ground Cover Au Fg Ip Sb Sp Sm Rw
Blue Festuca grass Purple Sweet potato Lamb’s ear Purple heart Medium Redwood Mulch / Bark
Botanic Name
Quantity
Size
Aeonium urbicum Festuca glauca Ipomea batatas Stachys byzantina Setcreasea pallida Senecio mandraliscae
8 19 2 3 4 7 1
1 gal 1 gal or 2 flats 4” 4” 1 gal 1 gal 3.5 cu ft
Asclepias curassavica ‘Silky Gold’ Asparagus densiflorus ‘Myers’ Aeonium ‘sunburst’ Buddleia davidii Kalanchoe thyrsiflora Lavandula Angustifolia Leonotis leonurus Prunus caroliniana ‘compacta’ Phormium cookianum ‘Flamingo’ Phormium cookianum
3
1 gal
12 1 2 1 3 3 3 1
1 gal 1 gal 5 gal 1 gal 1 gal 1 gal 5 gal 1 gal
1
1 gal
Pelargonium x domesticum Polygala fruticosa 'Petite Butterflies' Pelargonium x hortorum Pittosporum tenuifolium Rusellia equisetiformis Senecio cylindricus Sedum adolphii ‘Firestorm’
6 6
4” 1 gal
9 2 4 4 3
1 gal 5 gal 1 gal 4” 4” / 1 gal
Medium Shrubs Ac
Gold Milkweed
Ad As Bd Kt La Ll Pcc Pcf
Foxtail Fern
Pcp
New Zealand Flax (pink/Purple Variety) Martha Washington Geraniums Sweet pea bush
Pd Pf Ph Pt Re Sc Sf
(Magenta/Pink) Butterfly Bush Flapjack Plant English Lavender Lions Tail Carolina Cherry New Zealand Flax
Variegated Zonal Geraniums Silver Sheen Fire cracker plant
Wildflowers Cl Cv Gl Pa Rh Sg Lc
Tickseed Firecracker Cuphea (Vermillionaire) White Gaura Russian Sage Black Eyed Susan Scarlet Sage Lantana camara (Pink/Orange)
Coreopsis lanceolate Cuphea hybrid Gaura lindheimeri Perovskia atriplicifolia Rudbeckia hirta Salvia Splendens Lantana camara
6 4 5 8 5 7 4
4” 4” 4” 1 gal 4” 1 gal 4” / 1 gal
Dr. Seus aloe Marina Strawberry tree Oklahoma Redbud
Aloe bainesii Arbutus x ‘Marina’ Cercicis canadensis ‘Oklahoma’
1 1 1
15 gal 24” box 5 gal / 15 gal
Trees 24
Ab Am Cco
Trees Ab Am Cco Ec Pg Pv Cca Dw
Dr. Seus aloe Marina Strawberry tree Oklahoma Redbud Naked Coral Tree Pomegranate Palo Verde Purple Smoke tree Pink Ball Tree
Aloe bainesii Arbutus x ‘Marina’ Cercicis canadensis ‘Oklahoma’ Erythrina coralloides Punica granatum Parkinsonia x ‘Desert Museum’ Cotinus coggygria atropurpurea Dombeya wallichii
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
15 gal 24” box 5 gal / 15 gal 24” box 5 gal 15 gal / 24” box 15 gal 15 / 24” box
3
1 gal
1
1 gal
Existing European White Birch – Betula pendula Japanese Maple – Acer palmatum Crape Myrtle – Lagerstroemia indica Brush Cherry – Syzygium paniculatum Japanese Pittosporum – Pittosporum tobira Weeping Fig – Ficus benjamina (Aa) - Agave americana Oklahoma Redbud
Vines Phc
Hacienda Creeper
Pi
Maypop, Passion Flower
Parthenocissus ‘Hacienda creeper’ Passiflora incarnata
Hacienda Creeper
Firecracker Plant
Blue Chalk Sticks
Dr. Sues Aloe
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