Landscape Architecture Portfolio | Senior Year

Landscape Architecture Portfolio University of Connecticut bgarzon310@gmail.com

| Brian Garzón-Romero Senior at the University of Connecticut obtaining my Bachelors of Landscape Architecture set to graduate May 2023. After graduating, I plan to apply to graduate school to continue my education or apply to Landscape Architecture firms that allows for professional growth. Over the summer, I have had the opportunityv to work with Eric Rains Landscape Architecture where I applied my skills with AutoCAD and Adobe Suite software. I am open to any opportunity to gain more experience in design over this upcoming winter.

Education

University of Connecticut // 2019 - Present West Haven High School // 2015 - 2019

Experience

Eric Rains Landscape Architecture // Summer 2022 UConn Work-Study Research Program // 2021-2022 Yale ITS Intern // Summer 2018

ArcGIS Pro AutoCAD Illustrator

Skills

Photoshop SketchUp Microsoft Word

Languages English // Speaking & Writing Spanish // Speaking & Writing

Microsoft Exel Wordpress Basic

Table of Contents // 3

Reference to the Past // Traditional vs Contemporary

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Construction Documentation // Comercial Project

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Rediscovering Gardens // Whimsical Landscape

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Engaging Student Outdoors // Dedicating Space

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Werth Memorial Garden // In Memory of Andry Evangelista

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Natural Playground // Rethinking Play

| Reference to the Past Long Island Sound

Historic Garden Eolia Mansion

Carriage House Museum

Garden

Goshen Cove

Green House

Farmfields

Farm House Orchard Progression

Farmfields

Services

Enterance

Plan View

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Traditional vs Contemporary // Plans for a new art museum and grounds at Harkness State Memorial Park. Client wants it with a contemporary attitude to contrast the Eolia Mansion.

A modern approach with space and new technologies.

Should be sustainable and resilient.

Trolly

Front of Museum

Side of Museum

Preliminary Design

Opportunities & Constraints

Vegetation

Wetlands & Flooding

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| Construction Documentation

Project focused on creating a landscape for a planned community. The project includes spaces for possible recreational amenities, a trail on the lower end for recreational walks, and retail stores for residents.

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Comercial Project //

A veriety of tree species for the landscape, providing shade and life into the area.

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| Rediscovering Gardens Create an outdoor park setting for general use and promote the profession of landscape architecture. The park needs to accentuate new design trends in the profession. The client has wants for the site: bathrooms, concession stands, shading, and recreational spaces.

The trend for the program is ‘rediscovering gardens’. Not many people have the luxury to be surrounded by beautiful flora. With an isometric grid, planting and human use can be organized separately. On the horizontal grid, human intervention is organized on the main, linear, pathway. On the 30 degree grid, the vegetation is lined up, creating encloses spaces for human interventions. The vine canopy creates the iso-grid, providing shade for people.

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Whimsical Landscape //

Two Centralized Org. No higherachy

Grid Organization Little Shading

Little Organization

Good Organization No Enclosure

Oraganized w/ Enclosed Spaces

Diagrammatic

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| Engaging Student Outdoors The site is located in between the Student Union and the Benton Museum. This area has high traffic.

My proposal is to repurpose spaces of the lawn for activities. One, events are usually held at the lawn and a stage is needed to be set up. A permanent stage would help solidify the area for events. The stage can then be used by student organizations for events year-round. Two, a large tent was set up on the lawn during the pandemic which provided students with shade. The tent was later removed. I propose a small forest garden so students can have a place to work outdoors with the comfort of shade.

Swan Lake

Wilbur Cross Benton Museum

Student Union

Gampel Pavillion

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Dedicating Space //

Mirror Lake

Sculptures

Open Space

Tree Garden

Stage

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| Werth Memorial Garden Andry Evangelista was a sophomore student in the Public Health House Learning Community.

His friends described him as outgoing, creating relationships with other students in the community. The relationships that Andry had with others were special as he helped people within his community.

Common Name Primary

Bloom Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Butterfly Milkweed Canadian Lily False Dragonhead

Scatter

Smooth Blue American-Aster Sweet-Scented Joe-PyeWeed Northern Sea Oats Coral Bells ‘Autumn Bride’ Creepy Thyme

Matrix

Hairy Wood-Rush Little bluestems Spreading Sedge Wintergreens

Tree

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Coral Bark Japanese Maple Flowering Interest

Foliage Intrest

Structural Interest

In Memory of Andry Evangelista // With community in mind, the Matrix planting style has plants that support one another, creating a balance. The planting style has three groups: Primary, the main plant that aims to attract people’s attention. Scattered, perennials that are placed around the planter that adds a surprise and diversity. Matrix, a mix of grasses and ground-cover plants that make up the majority of the space. Matrix planting is “wild” and can look beautiful from many angles. This can help create a memorable sight from any view; seen in front or back, inside or outside.

Sweet-Scented Joe-Pye-Weed Eutrochium purpureum

Butterfly Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa

False Dragonhead Physostegia virginiana

Smooth Blue American-Aster Symphyotrichum laeve

Canadian Lily Lilium canadense

Coral Bark Japanese Maple Acer palmatum ‘Sango-kaku’

KEY TO MATRIX ‘Transparent’ moor grass Molinia caerulea subsp. Arundinacea Northern Se Oats Chasmanthium latifolium Little bluestems Schizachyrium scoparium Coral Bells ‘Autumn Bride’ Heuchera villosa ‘Autumn Bride’ Spreading Sedge Carex laxiculmis Hairy Wood-Rush Luzula acuminata Wintergreens Gaultheria procumbens Creepy Thyme Thymus serpyllum

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| Natural Playground

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Rethinking Play // Mill River Park is home to the historical carosel. The client would like to flesh out this area of the park with a playground. The goal for this project is to create a mix of natural play and sensory play. Music, texture paving, and other elements that stimulate the senses would get children and parents to visit regularly.

Concept Design

Plan View

Concept Sketche Swings

Concept Sketche Mound

Section West to East

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Garzón-Romero Brian

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Bachelor of Landscape Architecture bgarzon310@gmail.com 2019-2023