Mara Carcamo Portfolio 2024

Mara Carcamo

CURATED WORKS

MLA FALL 2023

B.A. ARCHITECTURE

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03 TABLE OF CONTENTS What if there was a forest in Vernon? Nike missile Ranger Station Collection of Human Emotions Scientist Retreat at Mt. Wilson Martini on aisle 7 4 8 12 16 20 MLA Fall 2023 B.Arch Fall 2017 B.Arch Fall 2019 LA collab. B.Arch Fall 2018 B.Arch Spring 2021

WHAT IF THERE WAS A FOREST IN VERNON?

The concept for this project is the past, present, and future. Taking spaces that were once active train tracks and turning them into green spaces for the working class people of Vernon to use. A series of water features are also incorporated to treat stormwater runoff. Gardens and parks are incorporated into the design for the benefit of the community. Old train tracks peak through the ground to keep a moment in Vernon’s history alive. The land once used by trains will now become green spaces that can be used by the community of Vernon. The placement of the green interstitial spaces was chosen for possible future developments in Vernon such as the West Side Project.

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A STROLL THROUGH VERNON

06 2.28 MILES 12,000 LINEAR FEET GREEN ROOF RETENTION: 3 TONS OF WATER PONDS RETENTION: 176 TONS OF WATER AMPHITHEATER RETENT ON POND P RM B P V NG RE ENT ON POND PARK PARK GREEN ROOF GREEN ROOF BUS TOP BIOSWALES + RA N GARDENS B OSWALES + RA N GARDENS REMAININGTRACKS PUBLIC RESTROOMS PUBLIC RESTROOMS S E L E V T N D 4 H S S O O S S B O L A E 500’ 250’ 125’ 0’ N WHAT IF THERE WAS A FOREST IN VERNON? SKATEPARK S KATEPARK SKATE PARK Mara Carcamo. LA6111. Prof. Lehrman. Fall 2023.

WHO IS THIS FOR?

WHAT’S INCLUDED

SECTION FERROCK AND NATIVE PLANTS

RANGER STATION AT NIKE MISSILE CONTROL SITE LA-96

The Ranger Station is meant to inform on native flora and fauna along with water conservation. It will host information exhibits on the Nike missile control site and its history. Visitors may also engage in the film and celebrity culture of Mulholland.

RANGER SUITE

PRIVATE ACCESS

PUBLIC ACCESS

EVENT HALL

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VISITORS ACCESS

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COLLECTION OF HUMAN EMOTIONS: MUSEUM AND COLUMBARIUMS

The Collection of Human Emotions is intended to be a museum and affordable grave site that parallels the stages of grieving with tumultuous moments of history in Los Angeles. This museum is unique because it welcomes everyone to reflect and understand displacement through local art wok and workshop spaces. The Tongva, Chinese, Italian and Latino cultures were kept in mind while developing this project.

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CHAPEL

DISPLACEMENT HISTORY SCULPTURE GARDEN

ART MEMORIAL

COLUMBARIUM ABOVE LIGHT BELOW

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OFRENDA ALTAR MASS GRAVE

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PRAYER CHAPEL

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COLUMBARIUM BELOW. LIGHT INSTALLATION ABOVE

SCIENTIST RETREAT AT MT. WILSON

A man made object lives in nature. This man made structural element includes observation decks, private quarters for the resident scientists and a common area. It is situated in the Mt. Wilson area and it is a spaced intended for scientists to conduct research.

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STEEL

ZINC PANELS

STRUCTURE DIAGRAM

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GLASS WOODEN

MARTINI ON AISLE 7

This project is a multi-level grocery store with speakeasies as an entertainment element. Co-tenants will work together to allow the grocery store to function by day and the speakeasies to function by night. This project also focuses on the element of time and transformation. Function, materiality, program, facade all transform in the project. Change is inevitable, but one can adapt to it.