Los Angeles - Las Vegas 2057

making the desert bloom prepared by:

Ken McCown School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Arizona State University prepared for:

IFLA 2008 World Congress, Appledoorn, Netherlands presentation graphics assistance: Samantha Sears, Arizona State University

los angeles - las vegas 2057

Los Angeles

Interstate 15

Las Vegas

regional orientation

Central Valley Sierra Nevada Mountains Owens Valley

Las Vegas Barstow Victorville Los Angeles

Baker

High Desert Transverse Ranges Ontario Los Angeles Basin

Colorado River

a t e r

limate change effect

2 0 5 Snowfall in Sierra Mountains will decrease, replaced by high-intensity rainfall events speeding runoff rates Owens Valley River Mojave River The rising sea levels will pollute vital coastal aquifers with salt water, damaging freshwater supplies.

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Global Climate Change will increase sea levels, moving coastline into land

water resource analysis

Owens Valley storage capacity: 300,000 acre-feet

State Water Project High desert aquifers storage capacity 632,000 acre-feet Los Angeles metropolitan area

re-align the water system Aqueduct Water: Desalinated Water:

2000 kWh/acre-foot - $700/ac-ft 2250 kWh/acre-foot - $850/ac-ft

(Reclaimed Water:

500 kWh/acre-foot)

Grow interstate 15 corridor!

Divert water from Owens Valley for storage in Mojave aquifers Replace water diverted from Los Angeles basin area through installation of desalinization of polluted water in coastal aquifers

image by:

Patrick Johnston

o w e r

24,796 GWh 10,812 GWh 4,861 GWh 4,446 GWh 1,000 GWh

Residential Use: Commercial Use: Agricultural Use:

21 - 31% of total 18 - 35% of total 8% of total

can reduce energy use 47 - 74% by removing these uses from the power grid

xisting power structure

Coal: Natural Gas: Nuclear: Wind: Hydro:

2 0 5

Southern California Capacity:

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California Power Use: 288,000 GWh/yr Southern California Systems Use: 42,000 GWh/yr

roposed power structur

2 0 5 7 24,796 GWh 10,812 GWh 4,861 GWh remains 4,446 GWh expands 1,000 GWh

l a s

Coal: Natural Gas: Nuclear: Wind: Hydro:

6.5 kWh/m2/day

7 kWh/m2/day

a n g e l e s

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6 kWh/m2/day

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Remaining Power to be from renewable sources:

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Removal of Agriculture, Commercial, Residential (est. 50% of 42,000 GWh/yr)

20,000GWh/yr Solar Potential of I-15 Corridor: 10,000GWh/yr

9,000 - 15,000 kWh/yr 28,000 - 70,000GWh/yr suburban homes, office parks and commercial buildings are selfsustaining and have potential to contribute surplus energy to grid.

Typical Residential Use: Photovoltaic System for typical suburban house:

policy:

-no new water meters

-no new power meters

pollution

image by:

Matt Kizu

Domes are used both in mining and farming. Mining relies on it to keep all airborne dust contained. Farming rely on them to keep out unwanted GMO pollen.

Advancements in solar power have led to the development of transparent solar gathering cells. With vertical expansion, this opens up our spatial real estate to allow the gathering of energy through windows.

image by:

Matt Kizu

making the desert bloom prepared by:

Ken McCown with Patrick Johnston, Gil del Rosario, Gordon Haines, Kai Craig, Samantha Sears, Sam Jenniches, Mary Leverance and Matt Kizu