Portfolio - Eliana M Ramirez

Eliana M. Ramirez MLA Candidate, USC 2023 Portfolio 2017-2022 Email: eliana114@msn.com Phone: +1.310.903.2439

Table of Contents Projects

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Elementary School | Child Mental Developement

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Homeless Refuge | Homless Assistance

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USC Crocker Plaza | The Pressures of Oil

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Mac Arthur Park | Fishing in the City Fire Station | Resources and Rejuvenation

Other Work

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Joshua Tree | The Case House - Wayside Information

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Residential Landscape | Hand-drawn Plan

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Elysian Park | Mixed Media Models

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Structural Models | Wood Box and Wood Bridge

Itterations | Mixed Media Models

Elementary School Oh the Places You Will Go

Project Location: Downtown LA, California Course: Studio 5: Architectural Studio, BFA Year: 2018 Project Description: Designing an elementray school in the middle of Downtown LA. Keeping mental development, safty, and education at the forfront of the design. Using nature as a way to create a sense of joy, energy, and invigoration in the children was priority. Increasing the amount of green space for children increases the impacts of education as well as strengthens the developing minds.

Project Address: Downtown LA Type of Project: Architectural Programs used: Photoshop, Illustrator, Rhino, Vray, AutoCad, and InDesign.

Programs: Auditorium Parents Lounge Administration Classrooms Common Spaces Play Area

Third Floor at 24’

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Sixth Floor at 60’ and 72’

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Second Floor at 12’

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Fifth Floor at 48’

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Fourth Floor at 36’

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Bathrooms

Section of Elementary School

First Floor at 0’

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Sixth Floor Playground

Fifth Floor Vegetable Garden

Outdoor Classroom

First Floor Entrance

Homeless Refuge Haven

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Project Location: Venice, California Course: Studio 4: Interior Studio, BFA Year: 2017 Project Description: Designing a prefab building for homeless people to access resources, have a safe space, and relax during the day. The desing encourages a sense of community, as well as mimicing the warmth of home. Materials are natural warm tones, while light bathes the space, inviting people inside. The garden accessible by all, encourages the consumption of the harvest, while also inviting people inside to cook warm meals.

Project Address: Venice, California Type of Project: Architectural, Interior, and Landscape Programs used: Photoshop, Illustrator, Rhino, Vray, AutoCad, and InDesign.

Second Floor Landing

First Floor Open Entrance

Garden and Main Entrance

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Second Floor

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First Floor

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Plan SecondFloor

Plan First Floor

View of Garden from Stairs

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USC Crocker Plaza The Presssures of Oil

Project Location: Crocker Plaza, USC Course: Arch 541a: Studio, MLA Year: 2020 Project Description: Redesigning Crocker Plaza at USC, transforming the space to challenge the way we use and think about oil. The goal is to challenging the mindset of how much oil we use, along with all the products that are made from oil. Mimicing the mounds created from trucks compressing the soil, as well as installing perpetual motion pump-jacks showing the constant activity.

Project Address: Crocker Plaza, 3616 Trousdale Parkway,AHF B55, Los Angeles, CA 90089 Type of Project: Landscape Programs used: Photoshop, Illustrator, Rhino, Vray, AutoCad, and InDesign.

Model: Mixed Media Models

Section A

Section B

Entering “Oil Field”

Draft Oil Field Model

Center “Oil Field”

Entering “Oil Field”

Model

Draft Crocker Plaza Oil Field

Oil Field in Inglewood

Mac Arthur Park Fishing in the City

Project Location: Mac Arthur Park Course: Arch 541b: Studio, MLA Year: 2020 Project Description: Interpreting weakland tenure as well as strongland tenure to enhance urban fishing culture. Mac Arthur Park has a long history embeded within it, one of which is the urban fishing culture that is not well known or advertized. Transforming the park to encourage fishing culture as well as community building were key elements to the project.

Project Address: 2230 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90057 Type of Project: Landscape Programs used: Photoshop, Illustrator, Rhino, Vray, AutoCad, and InDesign.

Model: Lazer Cut

Fish Calendar

South Side of the Park

North Side of the Park

Site Plan

Water Feature Detail

Section A

Section B

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Section C

Water Filtration Detail

Concept

Draft 1

Vegetation and Phasing

Circulation and Programing

Planting Key

Program Key Showers Picnic and Louange BBQ and Picnic Herb garden Fish Cleaning and Compost Bath and Reel Shop

North Half (non-native) Weeping Willow Our Lord’s Candle Yucca Mexican Fan Palm Arizona Cypress Palo Brea (Palo Verde)

Pathways Main Secondary Scenic

South Half (native)

Draft 2

Red Willow Soap Weed Yucca California Palm Desert Museum Palo Verde Water Thyme

Weakland Tenure Schools - nursury

Connectional Bermuda Black Jack Grass Kurapia Water Lilies Water Iris Taro

Materials Material Key North “Swimming Pool”

Proposed Lakes

South Rubber Wood Decking Sand Fishing Lake

Both Kurapia Bermuda Black Jack Grass Concrete

Existing and Mirror

Water Key: Water Flow Lake “Swimming Pool” Water Canal Note: The water in the pool side is filtered by the lake through fish and vegetation. There are connection points 10’ deep pushing water to the lake to be cleaned. The clean water then flows throught the water canals to the pool getting filtered once more as it flows to the pool.

Grading

Grading

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Water Regime and Flow

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Lazer Cut Contour Model

Fire Station

Resources and Rejuvenation Project Location: Cornell, California Course: Studio 6: Architectural, BFA Year: 2019 Project Description: After the Woolsey Fire it left the are of Cornell devistated, especially with the lack of firestations. Designing a fire station to capture runoff, soil, water, and seed to help promote regrowth and rejuvenation to this region was important.

While encouraging growth it was also important to create safe quarters for the fire men and women as well as the community. With buildings submerged for stability as well as cooling, it transforms the way fire stations are conceptualized.

Project Address: 30354 Mulholland Hwy, Cornell, CA 91301 Type of Project: Architecturual and Landscape Programs used: Photoshop, Illustrator, Rhino, Vray, AutoCad, and InDesign.

Other Work

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Joshua Tree | The Case House - Wayside Information

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Residential Landscape | Hand-drawn Plan

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Elysian Park | Mixed Media Models

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Structural Models | Wood Box and Wood Bridge

Itterations | Mixed Media Models

ay from home...

Joshua Tree

The Case House - Wayside activities people have partaken in Joshua Tree. A wonderful rchased in 1954 by Arthur Case, a factory worker, and Annie Project Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California ng economy Course: gave Joshuamiddle Tree, BFAclass families the opportunity Year: 2018 Many people had started to visit National Monuments to

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Project Description: A collaboration between cross-disciplinary students and Joshua Tree National Park. Students worked together to bring life back to 50s era locations throughout the Working collaboratively allowed for different perspectives ation park. home in Joshua Tree, the Cases’ built their home from to flourish. The inspiration was to tell a story about the Case milarlyfamily to their nearby neighbors, the Cases enjoyed cool and their handmade vacation home.

Allowing for people to experiece the home without beingwinter able to go visit. gathered ts on their sleeping porch.

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Living

Fire Place Living

of local stone. The Case house was originally a privately Joshua Tree National Park, California ment, Project whichAddress: was later gifted to the park in 1976. Today, there Type of Project: Architecturual out Joshua Tree National Park.

Programs used: Photoshop, Illustrator, AutoCad, and InDesign.

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Fire Place

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The Case House

National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior

Joshua Tree National Park

Home away from home...

Camping and ranching are not the only activities people have partaken in Joshua Tree. A wonderful example is the Case house which was purchased in 1954 by Arthur Case, a factory worker, and Annie Case, a teacher. After WWII, the booming economy gave middle class families the opportunity to expand to places outside of the city. Many people had started to visit National Monuments to reconnect to nature.

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Going from Alhambra to their scenic vacation home in Joshua Tree, the Cases’ built their home from the ground up, adding to it over time. Similarly to their nearby neighbors, the Cases enjoyed cool days on their back porch and warm nights on their sleeping porch. In the winter the family gathered around the fireplace that Mr. Case built of local stone. The Case house was originally a privately owned property within a national monument, which was later gifted to the park in 1976. Today, there are still many private inholdings throughout Joshua Tree National Park.

Living

Fire Place Living

Fire Place

The Case House

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Sleeping Porch

Fire Place Living

Residential Landscape

Acer Macrophyllum

Aloe Vera

Archontophoenix alexandrae

Bauhinia Blakeana

Carex Pansa

Hand-drawn Plan

Project Location: Santa Monica, California Course: Media: Landscape, BFA Year: 2017 Project Description: A planting plan is developed through methods that consider the environmental conditions, your desires, and the elements and principles of design. The goal is to organize the natural and man-made features in your yard into an aesthetic, functional, and environmentally sustainable landscape.

The site is a single family residential home in Santa Monica. The design includes an area for kids to play, an outdoor area to entertain, and a garden that attracts butterflies and animals.

Project Address: Santa Monica, California Type of Project: Landscape Programs used: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.

Model: Hand drawn plan Symbol Symbol

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Scientific Name Scientific Name

Common Name Common Name

PG Symbol Symbol PG

Punica granatum Number# Scientific N Number# 1 Name ame 1 Scientific Punica granatum

Pomegranate Common N Common Name ame Pomegranate

PG PG Symbol MI MI PG MI MI LC LC AA AA MI LC LC BB AA AA BB

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Punica Punica ggranatum ranatum Scientific Niame Mangifera ndica Mangifera indica Punica granatum Mangifera Mangifera iindica ndica Lacandula Canariensis Lacandula C anariensis Archontophoenix alecandrea Archontophoenix alecandrea Mangifera i ndica Lacandula C Canariensis anariensis Lacandula Bauhinia Blakeanaaalecandrea Archontophoenix lecandrea Archontophoenix Bauhinia Blakeana

Pomegranate Pomegranate Common Mango Name Mango Pomegranate Mango Mango Lavender Lavender Palm Trees Palm Trees Mango Lavender Lavender Orchid Tree Palm rees Palm TTrees Orchid Tree

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Lacandula Canariensis Bauhinia Bauhinia B Blakeana lakeana Archontophoenix alecandrea Aloe Vera Aloe Vera

Lavender Orchid Orchid TTree ree Palm rees Aloe VTera Aloe Vera

BB AV AV

4 Bauhinia Blakeana 13 Aloe 13 Aloe V Vera era

Orchid Tree Aloe Aloe V Vera era

AV FS FS

13 Vera 1 Aloe Feijoa sellowiana 1 Feijoa sellowiana

Aloe Vera Guava Pineapple Pineapple Guava

HRS FS FS HRS

Hibiscus 2 rosa-­‐sinesis 1 Feijoa Feijoa ssellowiana ellowiana 1 2 Hibiscus rosa-­‐sinesis

Hibiscus G Pineapple Guava uava Pineapple Hibiscus

HRS HRS FS RO RO HRS

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Hibiscus Hibiscus rrosa-­‐sinesis osa-­‐sinesis Feijoa sellowiana Rosmarinus officinalis Rosmarinus officinalis Hibiscus rosa-­‐sinesis

Hibiscus Hibiscus Pineapple Guava Rosemary Rosemary Hibiscus

RO RO TC TC

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Rosmarinus Rosmarinus o officinalis fficinalis Thymus citriodorus Thymus citriodorus

Rosemary Rosemary Thyme Thyme

RO TC TC PC PC

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Rosmarinus officinalis Thymus Thymus ccitriodorus itriodorus Prunus campanulata Prunus campanulata

Rosemary Thyme Thyme Cherry Tree Cherry Tree

TC CP PC PC CP CE CE CP CP PC AM CE CE AM

seeds seeds seeds seeds

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Thymus itriodorus Carex pansa Prunus cccampanulata Prunus ampanulata Carex pansa Colocasia esculenta Colocasia esculenta Carex p pansa ansa Carex 2 Prunus campanulata 1 Acer macrophyllum 3 Colocasia sculenta 3 eesculenta 1 Colocasia Acer macrophyllum

Thyme California Medow Sedge Cherry TTree Cherry ree California M edow Sedge Elephant's ear (Taro) Elephant's ear (Taro) California M Medow edow SSedge edge California Cherry ree Big Leaf TM aple Elephant's ar ((Taro) Taro) Elephant's eear Big Leaf Maple

CP EC AM AM EC CE

seeds 120 Carex mpacrophyllum ansa Californica 1 Acer 1 Eschscholzia Acer macrophyllum 120 Californica 3 Eschscholzia Colocasia esculenta

California MPedow Californica oppy Sedge Big LLeaf Big eaf M Maple aple Californica oppy Elephant's ePar (Taro)

EC EC AM

120 120 Eschscholzia Eschscholzia C Californica alifornica 1 Acer macrophyllum

Californica Californica P Poppy oppy Big Leaf Maple

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120 Eschscholzia Californica

Californica Poppy

Colocasia esculenta Eschscholzia Californica Feijoa sellowiana

Mangifera indica

Prunus Campanulata

Heuchera hybrid Hibiscus rosa-sinesis green spice

Punica granatum

Rosmarinus officinalis

Lavandula Canariensis

Thymus Citriodorus

Itterations

Mixed Media Models Project Location: Culver City, California Course: Arch 542b: Studio, MLA Year: 2020 Project Description: Creating 5 different models based off of the word Half and Half led to a variation of design concepts. Starting with creative multi-media models, then transforming them into contour models with a transformative aspect from the original models.

Project Address: Culver City, California Type of Project: Model Programs used: Rhino and InDesign.

Model: Mixed Media models and hand cut contour models

Elysian Park

Mixed Media Models Project Location: Elysian Park, California Course: Arch 542a: Studio, MLA Year: 2020 Project Description: Creating 2 different models of Elysian Park, the first being a miniture model to understand the slope and existing conditions with the parameters of intervention. The second a large scale model including the details of observation platforms and new vegetation creating screens of privacy.

Project Address: 14374 Elysian Park Trail, Los Angeles, CA 90026 Type of Project: Model Programs used: Illustrator, Photoshop, Rhino, Vray, and InDesign.

Model: Mixed Media models with hand cut contour models

Structure Models Wood Box and Wood Bridge

Project Location: Los Angeles, California Course: BFA Year: 2018, 2019 Project Description: The wood box was created to be a playful toy box for children, with plenty of storage, added seat cushion, and mirror beneath the lid. The bridge was a test on structural practices, testing the strength of points of weakness, and weight compression.

Project Address: Otis College of Art and Design Type of Project: Models Programs used: Illustrator, Rhino, and InDesign.

Model: Wood, Table Saw, Drill, Wood Glue, Sanders, and Wood Stain

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