Landscape Architecture Portfolio | Daniel Ornelas | Kansas State University 2020

DANIEL ORNELAS | PORTFOLIO LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

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Ways of Life Plaza

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Transitions Park

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Continuing Halprin’s Legacy

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The Reimagined Garden

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Edwards Hall

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Academic Sketches

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Professional Experience

Commemorating Those Who Served | Prudenville, Michigan

A Walk Through History, Towards the Future | Marysville, Kansas

A Walk Through the Surrounding Eco-regions | Denver, Colorado

Imperial/ Traditional Chinese Garden | Manhattan, Kansas

Construction Details | Manhattan, Kansas

Ink & Watercolor | Location varies

Renderings | Wichita, Kansas

Ways of Life Plaza Commemorating Those Who Served Prudenville, Michigan

M 55 Raised Planter

Mid-High Vegetation

Greenspace

Project Length: 2.5 Weeks

Ways of Life Plaza commemorates the hidden hardships veterans endure to ensure our freedom through a sequential memorial that spans across the site. Remembrance quotes are cut through several corten steel elements creating shadows on the groundplane. The distinct forms of the groundplane patterns, planters, and the sequence memorial are inspired by the wave patterns revealed at Houghton Lake; which are strategically designed to visually guide pedestrians through the plaza.

Veterans Path

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Envisioning a brighter future

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Food Trucks Mid-High Shrubs

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Memorial elements reflect the desires of the Prudenville community

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Transitions Park

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A Walk Through History, Towards the Future

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Marysville, Kansas

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Project Length: 4 Weeks

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Transitions Park was a collaborative project in which all renderings where produced as a group unless noted. My partners for this project where Xing Huang and Eliza Seagrist.

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Transitions Park transforms a brownfield site, with a historic train depot, into a vibrant park that allows visitors to learn about the industrial advancements that helped establish Marysville and to visualize a future where clean, sustainable energy revolutionizes technology.

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Existing site conditions: Exposed, Barren, Historic

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In the History Garden the steam feature represents the steam engine.

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1. Entrance Arch 2. Pony Park Allee 3. History Garden 4. Library Garden 5. Event Pavilion 6. Great Lawn 7. Stage and Pavilion 8. Union Pacific Depot 9. Welcome Plaza 10. Gathering Pavilion

11. Cafe and Seating 12. Bike Station 13. Bike Park 14. Renewable Energy Garden 15. Parking - 52 Stalls 16. Children’s Playground 17. Blue River Trail 18. Vegetative Berm 19. Bioswale 20. Motorcoach Dropoff

Pedestrian Vehicular

Existing Circulation

Pedestrian Bicyclist Vehicular Access Points The History Garden incorporates an existing steam train from the 19th century and caboose which will be relocated from Marysville’s City Park.

Proposed Circulation Passive Active

Active & Passive Recreation

BMX Park on the northwest side of the site

The community can hold hold concerts and movie nights in the event pavilion.

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Continuing Halprins Legacy A Walk Through the Surrounding Eco-regions Denver, Colorado

Project Length: 4 Weeks

In the process of revitalizing Skyline Park, maintaining Lawrence Halprins legacy is achieved through emulating natures ecological processes in tangible form while leading visitors through a narrative sequence. The flow of water literally and conceptually works as a visual force that guides movement along the site.

Skyline Park provides visitors opportunities for physical contact with the elements of the natural world that have become distant to our urban environment.

Vehicular transportation and industrialization are part of Denver’s ozone pollution

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Underlaying Narrative

Through smog filters and renewable energy, air pollution can be diminished.

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Grasslands

Event Space

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Water Feature Food Kiosks

In block 1, the Interactive Pavilion displays green LED lights representing that current air quality is safe.

Denver’s air quality is one of the worst in the nation and there is a lack of awareness of this problem. The pavilion in Block 1 is an interactive LED structure that displays the current air quality conditions in the area.

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The Reimagined Garden arden: Imperial/ Traditional Chinese Garden

d itional Chinese Manhattan, Kansas Project Length: 2.5 Weeks

The Reimagined Garden was a partner project with Brian Studer. All renderings where produced as a group unless noted.

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Experiencing the sacred lotus pond from the board walk. (Studer)

Zen egg rocks

Stepping stones

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Limestone

Steel Bamboo Phyllostachys aureosulcata

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Maidenhair Tree Ginkgo biloba

Weeping Willow Salix babylonica

Water Japanese Maple Acer palmatum

Lacebark Elm Ulmus

English Oak robur

parvifolia The Zen Garden hasQuercus rocks that within the Chinese culture represent the mountains or powerful creatures like dragons.

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Danforth Chapel

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Legend

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1.Zen Garden 2.Sacred Lotus Pond 3.Viewing Bridge 4.Gathering Space 5.Seating 6.Cascading Waterfall 7.Transitional Pavilion 8.Bamboo Garden

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Edwards Hall Construction Details

Manhattan, Kansas Project Length: 4 Weeks

Edwards Halls construction details were created for our design implementation course. The entry sign relates to the immediate sorroundings of the Kansas State University materiality palette and signage elements around campus. The wood deck is an addition to the Edwards Hall redesign and allows space for people to congregate outside, an ammenity that is currently not present.

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Academic Sketches Ink & Watercolor

Denver Art Museum. Denver, Colorado

Kauffman Center. Kansas City, Missouri.

BP Pedestrian Bridge. Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Botanic Garden. Chicago, Illinois 14

Kauffman Center. Kansas City, Missouri.

Watercolor and Photoshop were used in rendering the stunning sunsets in the Flint hills.

The process of using watercolor to render the summer skies has become a method for me to unwind.

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Professional Experience Renderings

Wichita, Kansas In the month of January 2020, I had the opportunity to create renderings for a highend residential project under a registered landscape architect. In the process of developing the deliverables for the client, I decided to learn the 3D modeling software, Twinmotion, to create the following graphics. Aside from my academics, I also have multiple years of work experience for my family landscape business in maintaining well manicured landscapes, turf management, and constructing retaining walls and patios.

Outside the back door a sunken fire pit for gathering is alongside the pool.

Both water features are designed to be on axis with the fire pit.

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Contemplative view from the residence living room.

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THANK YOU DANIEL ORNELAS dornela@ksu.edu | 316.347.6094