Izzy Ospina Portfolio

IZZY OSPINA’S

(805) 320-6232 ospinaisabela@gmail.com

bio

Izzy is a landscape designer and artist passionate about bringing cultures and histories to life. Their design work at the University of Oregon has been centered around spatial justice, empowering communities through collaborative design processes. She is interested in playful designs of all scales that engage our senses and imagination of time and space.

In making her designs feel welcome and inclusive to a diverse range of people, she also acknowledges the history of violence and displacement many landscapes are associated with. In her free time, she likes going to the movies, draws with her feet, and cooks experimental foods.

Izzy Ospina who? she/they

Three words to describe Izzy: attentive, resourceful, open-hearted

what?

They aspire to be a landscape architect that collaborates on multi-scalar and multi-disciplinary projects. They value respect, work-life balance, and relationships.

where?

She is originally from Quindio, Colombia and lived most of her life in So-Cal. Home to her is when she’s around people she loves and her cat.

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ECO PARQUE QUINDIO

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GROUND TRUTH SUMMER 2020 LANDSCAPE LAB STUDIO

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ROOTED IN PLACE FALL 2020 PLANNING STUDIO

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DECAYED EDGE SPRING 2020 EXPERIMENTAL OVERLOOK SEMINAR

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SANTA CLARA METRO VILLAGE WINTER 2020 SITE DESIGN STUD IO

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VANCE PIT REIMAGINED FALL 2019 ART OF LANDFORM STUD IO

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TAKING BACK KESEY SQUARE SPRING 2019 TOP CRITICAL FIELDWORK PRACTICE

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CHICANED STREETS SUMMER 2017 URBAN DESIGN IN BARCELONA

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FLUX GARDER @ OVE WINTER 2019 FOOD SYSTEMS

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DESIGNER’S HUT FOR EERO ARNIO

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LIVING WALL

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WINTER 2021 FINAL COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT

WINTER 2017 INTRO ARCH STUDIO

SPRING 2017 INTRO ARCH STUDIO GROUP PROJECT

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ECO PARQUE QUINDIO : RE-ENVISIONING TOURISM IN COLOMBIA WINTER 2021 FINAL COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT SALENTO, QUINDIO, COLOMBIA

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My project proposes to transform La Posada Alemana, which has been abandoned and stigmatized for the last 34 years, into an aerial cable car station that reaches nearby touristic sites. This will alleviate the stress of cars on the outdated infrastructure while also preserving this beautiful endemic landscape. In le n t doing so, it will also function as a destination in itself, unifying regional collective memories and broadening transnational cultural understanding and sympathy. My design strategies are to rework the ruins at the core of the site in order to engage and anchor visitors to the collective consciousness of place, with a whimsical take that offers healing and comfort.

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La Posada Alemana had lions in cages in the middle of the main courtyard and many exotic birds among condors and eagles that added to the hotel’s strange beauty. In my transformation I am proposing an aviary conservatory, educating and inviting visitors into their surrounding ecology...

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Groundtruth is an installation that unearths the subterrain-landscape by mirroring it onto the surface with cylinder rammed-earth sculptures, located in the north-campus riverfront upland prairie. Here, a history of industrial dredging, GROUNDTRUTH mining, dumping, and filling has occurred within the last century. Currently belonging to UO, this area has been used for recreation by students and residents of the Eugene-Springfield area, with winding paths and trails. These earthworks GROUNDTRUTH IS AN INSTALLATION THAT UNEARTHS THE SUBTERRAIN-LANDSCAPE BY MIRRORING IT ON TO THE SURFACE WITH CYLINDER PILLARS, LOCATED WITHIN THE are located precisely where soil borings been recorded and HAS where they’re the mostLAST visible to the public.

NORTH CAMPUS RIVERFRONT UPLAND PRAIRIE. HERE, A HISTROY OF INDUSTRIAL DREDGING, MINING,have DUMPING, AND FILLING HAPPENED IN THE CENTURY. NOW Their broken forms and sequence refl ects disturbances thatEUEGENE-SPRINGFIELD the site has and continues endure.

The PATHS furtherAND you move BELONGING THE UNIVERSITY, THIS AREA HAS BEEN USED FOR RECREATION

BY STUDENTS AND RESIDENTS OF THE AREA, to WITH WINDING TRAILS THAT CUT ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE. THESE LARGE-SCALE SCULPTURES COME BE FROMbecome.

THE CURIOSITY OF in REVEALING SUBTARRAIN ANDand HISTORY THIS east, the more fractured theTO sculptures Imbedded the strata THE of the rammed earth in the OF voids are small SITE TO THE PUBLIC. WITH EVERY MATERIAL LAYER COMES A GROUND TRUTHING OF HISTORY OF LAND-USE AND RESOURCES. THE SCALE OF THESE SCULPTURES NOT ONLY objects symbolic to the controlled habitation of people over time. Groundtruth operates by revealing not only the ATTRACTS PEOPLE TO IT TO LEARN ABOUT BENEATH THE GROUND THEY ARE ON, BUT TO INTIMATELY INTERACT WITH EACH ONE AND THE SYMBOLIC CONTENTS WITHIN IT. physical layers of the site, but also their relationship to historical, environmental, and social fluctuation.

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GROUND TRUTH SUMMER 2020 LANDSCAPE LAB STUDIO EUGENE, OR

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LA 489 Landscape Lab

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ROOTED IN PLACE FALL 2020 PLANNING STUDIO PORTLAND, OR

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On the eastern and western edges of the Rose Quarter, I am infilling both the i-5 freeway and interstate ave, respectively. Using Albina Vision Trust’s goals, I am designing a capped neighborhood park with mixed income and mixed use development with the proposed Greenloop going through. I am orienting buildings, circulation and spaces along the grid of the historical neighborhood that was severed by the construction of these highways. I am also creating a civic park along the riverfront with pollinator habitat throughout, views of downtown and the Willamette river, and a place for people to have public performances and events honoring the historic jazz atmosphere of albina.

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» Portland’s Black Community » Jazz Artists » Families » Local businesses

» Rose Quarter event visitors » Commuters » Office workers

ASPIRATIONAL USERS » Portland’s Black Community » Everyday users » Local businesses » All ages » Artists

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IN MY EXPERIMENT I WANT TO CREATE A PALETTE OF EXISTING URBAN EDGE TYPES THAT REVEAL HOSTILITIES TOWARDS CERTAIN GROUPS SUCH AS SKATEBOARDERS AND THE HOUSELESS. THROUGH MY FINDINGS, I WILL PROPOSE A NEW PALLETE OF EDGES THAT EMBRACE AND OPTIMIZE FOR COMFORT AND INCLUSION. I WILL THEN FOCUS ON ONE OF THESE SIX EDGES , WHICH PROPOSES LAYERED MATERIALITIES THAT WILL SURFACE AMD BE EXPOSED THROUGHOUT THE EVOLUTION OF THE EDGE AND ITS USE. AS LAYERS ERODE FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE EDGE, IT WILL INFORM THE WAY PEOPLE HAVE USED THE EDGE OVER TIME .

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IN THESE APPROACHES I SEEK TO NOT ONLY TEST BEHAVIORIAL AND DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR EDGE TYPES, BUT BRING NEW CONSTRUCTS OF DECAY AND MATERIAL EVOLUTION, AND ITS EXTENSION INTO THE DESIGN PROCESS.

DECAYED EDGES SPRING 2020 EXPERIMENTAL OVERLOOK SEMINAR

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SANTA CLARA METRO VILLAGE WINTER 2020 SITE DESIGN STUDIO

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EUGENE, OR

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FENCED SKATE PARK

IN AN EFFORT TO UNITE THE SANTA CLARA COMMUNITY AND THE SURROUNDING EUGENE AREA, WE DESIGNED A MULTI-USE, LOW-INCOME RESIDENTIAL HOUSING COMPLEX AND PLAZA, ADJACENT TO AN LTD STATION. AT OUR DESIGN’S CORE, ARE A MULTITUDE OF SPACES RADIATING TO AND FROM CENTRALIZED AREAS, ALLOWING FOR FLUID MOVEMENT AND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN COMMUNITIES.

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DESIGN QUESTION: HOW CAN I RESPOND TO HOSTILE DESIGN THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATORY MODEL MAKING TO INFORM MY DESIGN INTERVENTIONS OF KESEY SQUARE, IN ORDER TO CREATE AN INCLUSIVE SPACE?

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TAKING BACK KESEY SQUARE SPRING 2019 TOP CRITICAL FIELDWORK PRACTICE EUGENE, OR

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Site Specs: -30 tiny home units (50 square feet) -Industrial Zone -70% of site have impermeable surfaces.

-Village houses up to 35 people at a time -It has helped about 90 houseless people transition -One communal space (Yurt)

WHAT IS FOOD SOVEREIGNTY?

FOOD SOVEREIGNTY @ OVE

Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to define their own food and agriculture; to protect and regulate domestic agricultural production and trade in order to achieve sustainable development objectives; to determine the extent to which they want to be self reliant; to restrict the dumping of products in their markets; and to provide local fisheries-based communities the priority in managing the use of and the rights to aquatic resources.

The goal of Flux Gardens is to bring food sovereignty to Opportunity Village through the use of adaptive, mobile container planters that can be tailored to the changing needs of the residents.

Shade screens, fruit trees and potted bamboo will help regulate heat and provide shade that will allow residents the opportunity to grow, cook and enjoy their food in more comfortable and private way. The ability to grow fresh produce will give the community the chance to take control of their food intake as well as learn a set of new, valuable skills. I hope that this garden format will evoke a sense of independence, self reliance and an appreciation for the stability and upward mobility that Opportunity Village provides.

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-Constant influx of people -Trust -Limited water sources -Very hot and dry in Summer -Only one communal space -Planting in soill is not allowed

Possible Vegetables and fruit: Salad: lettuce, arugula, chard, mustard greens, broccoli, leeks, kale, peas Soup: squash, tomato, carrots, potatoes, onion Herb: mint, rosemary, thyme, chives, oregano, cilantro, basil, parsely Fruit: apples, pears, plums, figs, strawberries, grapes

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FLUX GARDER @ OVE WINTER 2019 FOOD SYSTEMS FINAL EUGENE, OR

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DESIGNER’S HUT FOR EERO ARNIO WINTER 2017 INTRO ARCH STUDIO EUGENE, OR

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LIVING WALL SPRING 2017 INTRO ARCH STUDIO GROUP PROJECT

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IZZY OSPINA

CONTACT

she/they

iospina@uoregon.edu

landscape designer artist

EXPERIENCE landscape intern -2021 brad stangeland & associates eugene, or landscape intern - december 2020 agency landscape + planning cambridge, ma (remote) archivist and translator - 2020-2021 research assistantship for prof. zannah matson eugene, or

RESUME

drone and photogrammetry assistant - summer 2020 fuller center research assistantship eugene, or graphic designer 2018 - 2019 nulia information technology + services eugene, or summer volunteer 2018 incan bio-construction cusco, peru radio DJ 2016-present kwva eugene 88.1 fm eugene, or

(805) 320-6232

Portfolio Link

ACADEMIC 2016 - 2021 university of oregon, bachelor of landscape architecture eugene, or 2020 - 2021 BLA outreach coordinator ASLA - university of oregon student chapter eugene, or 2020 winter solo art exhibition in washburn gallery eugene, or 2018-2019 director of social media/website design HOPES - university of oregon eugene, or 2016 summer study-abroad urban design in barcelona program barcelona, spain 2012 -2016 ventura high school ventura, ca

SKILLS adobe indesign, illustrator, photoshop

RECOGNITION 2021 LAF olmsted scholar 2019 PGE illumination scholarship 2018 cameron + mccarthy scholarship for landscape architecture 2016 AIA ventura county aspiring architect scholarship

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