JAMES RYAN
Design Portfolio
LuminaHollywoodMixed-UseDevelopment
1532 Gordon St. Los Angeles, California, 90028 | 18,962 sqft
Concept Development
The Lumina Hollywood Community Park has been through a variety of transformations in the decade since it’s been constructed. The existing community park sits atop a subterranean parking structure that serves the Lumina Hollywood mixed-use development. The certificate of occupancy conditioned the park to serve the community so the development could extend beyond existing height allowances. After litigation and tenant turnover in recent years, the park sits in disrepair and yet, locals have rebranded it the Gordon St. Dog Park in the current phase of it’s life. VDLA’s task was to explore the full potential for what the space could become.
This project was the product of a client relationship I personally developed. The proposal included 3 original concepts with a series of renderings per concept through 2 rounds of revisions. The renderings shown are a brief snapshot of the unique designs and ideas explored for this special space.
Hollywood Action Park
Plant Health Evaluation
ExistingPlantPalette
R4 reveal refine remove redevelop
CONCEPT 1
CONCEPT 2
CONCEPT 3
CONCEPT 5
PLAY LUMINA LUMINA 24 HOLLYWOOD ACTION PARK COMMUNITY BARK
SMALL DOG AREA
PICKLEBALL PLAYER
WAITING AREA
PICKLEBALL COURT
DOG PARK SEPARATION FENCE
OFF-LEASH DOG AREA
VESTIBULE FOR DOG RUN AREA ENTRANCE
OPERABLE SLIDING GATE BEHIND CUSTOM PERFORATED STEEL FENCE.
MURAL WALLS DEVELOPED BY LOCAL ARTISTS
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PROTECTION OF EXISTING TREE CANOPY
PRE-FRABRICATED STONE VENEER APPLIED TO EXISTING CMU
OVERHEAD SHADE STRUCTURES
INCORPORATION OF NATIVE STONE ELEMENTS
PROPOSED CORTEN STEEL REINFORCED
PLANTING AREA
MAY 2023
LOCAL ARTIST DEVELOPED MURALS
PICKLEBALL COURT
FIRE HYDRANT SCULPTURE
SHADED
PICKLEBALL COURT
WAITING AREA
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DOG AREA OFF-LEASH DOG AREA OFF-LEASH DOG ENTRY VESTIBULES N
SMALL
AnAdaptiveApproachtoUrbanShrinkage
Asian Institute for Low Carbon Design Less is MOji: REboot The City International Student Design Competition
Moji, Japan | 800 Acres
Concept
This 3 person group project of which I was the official Team Leader and digital model/graphics producer won an Honorable Mention in the AILCD international student design competition. Metropolis Planting is a futuristic model for tackling urban shrinkage in post-industrial cities. By refocusing the dilemma of urban shrinkage into an opportunity for ecological revitalization, Metropolis Planting allows the ability to increase density, socialization, and biodiversity through habitat improvement while mitigating the varied effects of climate change and reduction in sprawl.
Metropolis Planting
The Social Circle Development on the Proposed Japan Railway Line Development
The Future of Moji Ward
Form Study
Data Projections
0 100 200
1 3 4 5 6 7 2
1) Kanmon Bridge
2) Shimonoseki Straits
3) Mekari Park
4) Ecological Circle
5) Social Circle
6) Mojiko Station
Tech. Circle 2000 2100 2200 2300 2400 Population CO2 Emissions Public Transit Green Space
7) Green
Data Projections
464 - Buildings 116 - Hardscape 243 - Greenspace 300 - Buildings 400 - Hardscape 116 - Greenspace 30 - Development 156 - Buildings 85 - Hardscape 520 - Greenspace 60 - Development 670 - Greenspace 92 - Development 45 - Sea level 2020 2050 2100 2400 Condense Elevate Rotate Vegetate
The Social Circle Daily Life in the Social Circle Ecological Circle Social Circle Moji Ward in 2400 TrainConnection Electric Train Green Tech Cricle
Shoreline Typology
Tetrapods
Shoreline Typology Locations
Human Interaction
Oceanic Wetlands
Technological Innovation within the Social Circle
Tidal Energy
Aerofarming
Solar Energy
Sandbars
Rainwater Collection
Habitat Connectivity
Existing Fragmentation Recolonization Habitat Isolation
Above Mekari Park
Optimum Connectivity
Elevated Eco-Train
Restored NaturalAre a Designed Islands
Elevated Park
Enhanced MekariPar k
UrbanLandInstituteStudentCompetition
Urban Land Institute Student Design Competition
Kansas City, Missouri | 800 Acres
Concept
Bridge is a catalytic development strategy establishing a robust east-west axis reconnecting communities in Downtown KCMO to Paseo West. Bridge responds to the needs of the community in East Village by integrating mixed-income housing, transit-oriented development, and economically vital and highly financially feasible solutions. Both metaphorical and literal in its intentions, Bridge addresses the existing gap in the downtown urban fabric and underperforming east-west streets crossing I-70.
Bridge
East Village functioning as a bridge between West Paseo and the North Loop of Downtown Kansas City, Missouri
East Village Master Plan
0 100 200 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 7 2 6 4 8 9 10 11 15 19 13 17 17 21 12 12 16 20 14 18 22 3
1) New Mixed-Income Development
2) Historic Blackstone Redevelopment
3) Blackstone Community Garden
4) Medical Offices
5) New Senior Housing Development
6) Existing Parking Garage
7) East Village Apartments
8) New Food Inc. Restaurant
9) Alvin Brooks Park
10) Della Lamb Elementary Charter
11) Anita Russell Community Center
12) New Townhome Development
13) Historic Wiltshire
Apartment Redevelopment
14) Mahomes Trade School
15) New District Parking Garage
16) Local Art Gallery
17) New Retail Development
18) Lucile H. Bluford Plaza
19) New Hotel
20) Ghost Kitchen and Takeout Restaurant
21) East Village Transit Center
22) New Mixed-Use Development
12th st 11th st 10th st 9th st. 8th St Charlotte St Holmes St Cherry St
Bridging Districts A Community Bridged
Lucile H. Bluford Plaza 12th & Charlotte Intersection of Bridges redevelopment
Bridge Development Scale & Public Space Distribution
Alvin Brooks Park 4th of July Celebration
Lucile H. Bluford Plaza
Alvin Brooks Park
Lot Development
Net Present Value $37,614,081 Loan to Value Ratio 59% Unleveraged IRR Before Taxes 7.5% Leveraged IRR Before Taxes 14.5% Current Site Value (start of Year 0) 30,141,835 $ Projected Site Value (end of year 10) 384,354,164 $
A B G H K L N I J E F C Mix of residential units and townhomes Transportation Retail Office and Hotel Institutional Green Space
MARKET RATE HOUSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING SENIOR HOUSING RETAIL OFFICE STRUCTURED PARKING INSTITUTION COMBINED USES MARKET RATE HOUSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TOWNHOMES-FOR SALE TOWNHOMES- FOR RENT RETAIL STRUCTURED PARKING INSTITUTION COMBINED USES 385,332 SF 207,486 SF 57,600 SF 57,600 SF 81,514 SF 88,284 SF 28,336 SF 906,152 SF OFFICE EXTENDED-STAY HOTEL RETAIL COMBINED USES 250 UNITS 135 UNITS 1125 PARKING STALLS 43 UNITS 304 UNITS 276 STALLS 164 UNITS 32 UNITS 32 UNITS 196 KEYS Opportunity Zone Equity 24,407,900 $ LIHTC Equity 27,607,876 $ Public Grant 39,105,733 $ Debt 81,647,258 $ Total 172,768,768 $ Sources Opportunity Zone Equity 39,648,850 $ LIHTC Equity 18,667,686 $ Public Grant 14,783,451 $ Debt 82,010,130 $ Total 155,110,117 $ Sources Opportunity Zone Equity 42,703,765 $ Public Grant 1,083,000 $ Debt 64,055,647 $ Total 107,842,412 $ Sources Land Costs 19,025,842 $ Hard Costs 111,230,405 $ Soft Costs 22,246,081 $ Construction Interest 4,575,070 $ Reserves 800,000 $ Infastructure Costs 7,037,500 $ Developer Fee 7,853,870 $ Total 172,768,768 $ Uses Land Costs 3,253,836 $ Hard Costs 111,611,990 $ Soft Costs 22,322,398 $ Construction Interest 3,943,554 $ Developer Fee 7,056,589 $ Reserves 1,000,000 $ Infastructure Costs 5,921,750 $ Total 155,110,117 $ Uses Land Costs 1,171,456 $ Hard Costs 74,659,025 $ Soft Costs 14,931,805 $ Developer Fee 4,674,258 $ Reserves 8,600,000 $ Infastructure Costs 1,083,000 $ Construction Interest 2,722,869 $ Total 107,842,412 $ Uses LOT K LOT G LOT A Mix of residential units and townhomes Transportation
A Forever Home
NOMA Multidisciplinary Student Design Competition
Concept
Connexion looks into the future of Flatbush in the year 2050 and how a dynamic and resilient development sill better accommodate the conditions of an uncertain future affected by not only gentrification but climate change as well. By looking through the lenses of sustainability and material ethics while embracing temporality, the site can better adapt to the highly volatile and unpredictable forces of climate change. As residents along the seashores around New York City are pushed out of their homes due to sea level rise they’ll look inland to areas like Flatbush for shelter. Through increased amenities, policy initiatives, cultural celebration, and engaging public spaces, we’ll bind the Flatbush community together and create a forever home. This was a group project between an architecture student and myself.
Connexion
The Connexion Community Alive at Dusk In the Future of Flatbush
Connexion Master Plan
4 2 6 5 1 3 Albemarle Ave.
29th St.
Nostrand Ave. East
1) On-Street Parking
2) Flatbush Timeline
Mural Wall
3) Cultural Amphitheater
4) Urban Journal Courtyard
5) Existing Home on
0 37 75
6) Connexion Bridge Starting Point
Connexion Bridge
Layers of a Community
Re-Vegetation
Mixed Land-Use
Community Deck After School
Looking Over the Urban Journal Courtyard and the Connexion Bridge
BringingtheLesserPrairieChickenIntotheGreaterFold
Manhattan, KS | 1,000’ x 100’
Concept
Booming Bridge is an homage to the ecological significance of the Flint Hills and the Lesser Prairie Chicken. The design is comprised of 120 connected balloon structures that inflate from the significant wind pressure over the Kansas River. These balloons emulate the Unique “Booming” mating ritual of the Prairie Chicken. The collected form of this instillation came from the rolling topography of the region.
Booming Bridge
Concept Development Imagery
The Greater Prairie Chicken “Booming”
1 2 4 5 6 3
1) Flint Hills Discovery Center
2) Blue Earth Plaza
3) Convention Center
4) Old Pacific Train Depot
5) Manhattan Entry Sign
150 300
6) Kansas River
0
East Village Master Plan
Tuf-Tex Latex Wind Aperture Skeleton
Activation Low High Low High Wind Speed
The New Manhattan Gateway
Anatomy
Wind
Booming Bridge Activation Visible from the Flint Hills Discovery Center Terrace
AnArtificialFloatingIslandDiscGolfRetreat
Model For Polynesia | 20 Acres Concept
With disc golf only really requiring signage, a tee pad, and a basket per hole, the affordability of implementing disc golf is quite low. This allows greater opportunity for funds to be allocated elsewhere. In this design, a series of artificial floating islands are created for ecological and recreational revivification. With 27 islands in total, the various layout permutation that the course could be set up in offers unique play opportunities.
Island Chains
Floating Archipelago Model for Ecologically Positive Outdoor Recreation
Polynesian Floating Island Plan
This set up is one of the many design permutations possible with the rearrangeable AFI course. These recovering islands also function as naturalized buffers for waves and storm events.
A B 1 2 3 6 7 8 11 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 4 5
A) Boat Dock Entry
B) Country Club House
C) Programmable Cabin Spaces
1-18) Tee Pad Locations
Green Location Fairways Sandtrap Rough
Artificial Islands recovering from recreational activities
C 0 250 500
Floating Archipelago Model for Ecologically Positive Outdoor Recreation
Disc Golf Green
Salt Resistant Turfgrass
Sand Based Medium Buoyancy Chamber
Desalination Chamber
Bridged Archipelago
Hole 11 Dogleg surrounded by natural out of bounds Host Island Geotextile Layer Irrigation Line & Pump System Hole 11 Dogleg surrounded by natural out of bounds