Rosendo Cervantes |Cal Poly Pomona| Urban Design| Portfolio
Hello I’m Rosendo Cervantes and this is my portfolio
The portfolio includes four urban design projects, a live model, and 6 personal drawings demonstrating my journey as a young Chicano going against adversity. My mission is to improve social mobility in underserved neighborhoods by creating thoughtfully designed communities. While also diversifying the planning and architectural professions as a Chicano. I want to lessen the financial and emotional struggles that at-risk adolescents in underprivileged neighborhoods experience. Moreover, provide the example that achievement is possible regardless of socioeconomic standing. This is the reason why I am becoming an urban planner and the reason why I will become an architect. I want to inspire people to give back to their community and loved ones by creating environments that invest in our youth and provide opportunities for low-income families and individuals to break down generational barriers. For me, becoming a planner and architect is more than a professional goal; it is a driving force in my efforts to build a better community.
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Senate Bill 330 (SB 330) already requires cities to permit whatever housing density is permitted by their General Plan. As a result, the City of Pomona has no power to prevent the construction of houses in this region. All three maps—the TIMS map, SB 535, and CalEnviroScreen—depict alarming indicators of heightened safety, environmental health, and social need. However, I want to use Form and Street to address these issues and figure out how to make accommodations for high-quality homes in this severely cumulatively impacted region on Reservoir St. In the images that follow, I’ll show how I apply quantifiable form requirements and suggest new street conditions. Which considers the overall effects of pollution, truck traffic, noise, dust, debris, nuisance, and transportation injury, enabling the coexistence of higher dwelling densities and minor industrial facilities.
Property Type: Commercial/ Industrial Parcel Size: 7.3 Acres
2420 S RESERVOIR ST POMONA CA 91766
URP 4850: City of Pomona Objective Design Standards | Spring 2022 | Photoshop
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URP4850: City of Pomona Objective Design Standards
PropertyAssessor’sInformationIDNo:8330-012-023Address:
5 Streets URP 4850: City of Pomona Objective Design Standards | Spring 2022 | AutoCad -> Revit -> SketchUp -> Lumion-> Photoshop
6 Form Objective Design URP 4850: City of Pomona Objective Design Standards | Spring 2022 | AutoCad -> Revit -> SketchUp -> Lumion-> Photoshop
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Design Standards
URP 4850: City of Pomona Objective Design Standards | Spring 2022 | AutoCad -> Revit -> SketchUp -> Lumion-> Photoshop
URP 4040: Wilmington Placemaking | Fall 2021 | Photoshop
URP 4040: Wilmington Placemaking
The site is situated at critical crossroads between E Pacific Coast Highway and N Avalon Boulevard. It is unique because of its diversified zoning which includes single-family and multi-family dwellings, commercial space, open space, and public uses like Banning High School neighbors across N. Avalon Blvd. The location will be a community center with a variety of activities, in cluding a fresh vegetable market, a computer lab, free tutoring, a leisure space, and a cooking demonstration program for healthy meals on the first floor. The second floor will serve as a meeting area, daycare facility, and community garden. The initiative also seeks to decrease the negative effects on the environment of traffic, exposure to PM 2.5, diesel particulates, and toxic facili ties. More individuals will be motivated to walk or bike instead of drive if the air quality is better. This can be accomplished by increasing landscaping to decrease the heat island effect, increase precipitation absorption, and lower GHG emissions. Bus stops that are attractive to the eye, road diets, gorgeously landscaped street medians, protected bike lanes, the installation of a cross walk light guard system, and fewer street parking are all examples of human-scale enhancement. This will all contribute to converting the dangerous pedestrian E Pacific Coast Highway into a complete street with fewer pedestrian motor conflicts, reducing adverse environmental effects while boosting Wilmington’s pedestrian footprint.
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111 W PACIFIC COAST HWY LOS ANGELES CA 90744
PropertyAssessor’sInformationIDNo:7421-022-036Address:
Property Type: Commercial / Industrial Parcel Size .4 Acres
9URP 4040: Wilmington Placemaking | Fall 2021 | Cadmapper-> SketchUp -> Photoshop
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Park Ave & University Ave Riverside CA, 92507
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PropertyAssessor’sInformationIDNo: 211131031, 211131026, 211131032, 211131024, 211131023, 211131023, 211131022, 211131021, 211131020, 211131019, 211131018, 211131017, Location:211131012
The site which consists of 13 lots totaling 3.69 acres and is located at a busy intersection of Park Avenue and University Ave nue in Riverside, California. The location will transform into a public/commercial area with a range of uses. The main structure will have two stories, with the first floor serving as both public seating, a place for street sellers and small enterprises to set up shop between the columns and make use of the shade, public facilities, and regular client base. This concept aims to establish a location with facilities where street cart merchants may feel safe and at ease while also defending them against robbery, bigotry, and harassment. There will be 8 units totaling 20448.8392 square feet of commercial space on the second floor including outdoor dining areas for restaurants and shops. Other features include an open lawn in the middle of the property that can be used for community activities including art walks, farmers markets, recreational events, small concerts, outdoor movie evenings, and leisure space. There will also be an operations and maintenance facility, which will be responsible for site upkeep and helping street sellers obtain their business licenses, food handler licenses, and permits in order to avoid fines, jail time, and having their possessions seized. Finally, there will be a security structure providing on-site 24-hour surveillance.
URP 2020A: Riverside Neigborhood Building
URP Riverside Neigborhood Building
| Spring 2021 | AutoCad -> Sketchup-> Google Earth -> Photoshop
2020A:
Property Type: Commercial/ Residential Site Size: 3.69 Acres
15URP 2020A: Riverside Neigborhood Building | Spring 2021 | AutoCad -> Sketchup-> Google Earth-> Photoshop
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URP 4030: Pasadena 710 Fwy & 210 Program
The location of the site is on a section of the excavation for the now-cancelled 710 Fwy extension between the Sequoia School on the south and roughly reaching up to the 210 Fwy on the north. The goal is to determine how to reconcile the gap that divides the site’s west and east ends. There are four sections to the project. First, there will be a community center that offers educational possibilities as well as athletic areas like three tennis courts, a soccer field, a baseball field, and a basketball court, from the Sequoia School to W Del Mar Blvd. Second, there will be mixed-use areas where you can live and shop from W Green St. to W Del Mar Blvd. Third, there will be a parking garage from W Green St to W Colorado Blvd that will let tenants and guests park within the building after departing from the 710 and 210. They can either depart the parking complex from the base floor which will take them to W del Mar Blvd, or from the level above W Green St. This parking building is also special because it has a playground, outdoor gym, community garden, and public restrooms on the roof. There will be open space, a pedestrian bridge that leads more west of the side, and a pedestrian/bike route that leads more east of the site from W Colorado Blvd to about the 210 Fwy. This design, in my opinion, contains a varied setting that can accommodate everyone and cover the points in what is most required to establish a 15 minute neighborhood. There will be a network of open spaces for pedestrians to travel through the four sections of the proposed site. The fact that you may live, work, play, learn, adventure, and shop all in one well-connected space is what distinguishes this idea from others.
Development210710 URP 4030: Pasadena 710 Fwy & 210 Program Development | Spring 2022 | Google Earth-> Photoshop
18 Property 34°08’15.1”NAssessor’sInformationIDNo:N/ALocation:118°09’16.7”WPropertyType:Public,Semi-PublicSiteSize:50.94Acres
Amienities
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URP 4030: Pasadena 710 Fwy & 210 Program Development| Spring 2022 | ArcGis
20 Proposed URP 4030: Pasadena 710 Fwy & 210 Program Development | Spring 2022 | AutoCad -> Sketchup-> Google Earth-> Lumion-> Photoshop
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22 Section URP 4030: Pasadena 710 Fwy & 210 Program Development| Spring 2022 | AutoCad -> Photoshop
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Section Key
24Design Process Still Life to Architectural Sketch Live Model Day Time NightMultimeda:timeWatercolor, chalk, pencil Demensions: 8.5” X 11”
Material: White foam board
25 Personal DrawingsChicanismoMultimedia: Pencil, charcoal, chalk Dimensions: 59” X 48” Path of Confusion Media: Dimensions:Pencil18” X 12” Side View MVC SAS Building Multimedia: Watercolor, pencil, chalk, charcoal Dimensions: 11” X 12” MVC SAS Building Media: Dimension:Pencil18” X 24” El Dimensions:Media:PachucoPencil18” X 12” Multimedia:Unido Pencil, charcoal Demensions: 18” X 24”
• Zoning and Development
• Utilize Laserfiche, department project file cabinets, or T: drive to research for projects or find needed documents: resolutions and ordinances.
• Perform excellent customer service and provide accurate information.
City of Eastvale - Building and Safety 12363 Limonite Avenue Suite 910 Eastvale, CA 91752 • 01/2021 - 06/2021
My mission is to improve social mobility in underserved neighborhoods by creating thoughtfully designed communities. I want to inspire people to give back to their community and loved ones by creating environments that provide opportunities to break down generational barriers.
3801 W Temple Ave, Pomona, Ca 91768
Bilingual - English / Spanish Languages
• Volunteer and lead note taker.
• Assist planners with Plan Checks, (ZVL) Zoning Verification Letters, route projects, organize, update, create project folders, and digitize files. Create comments, correction letters, and follow-up emails.
• Completing clerical duties, scheduling appointments into their SARS program, and create textile graphics and brail.
Raincross Boxing Academy (RBA)
Moreno Valley College (MVC)
Associate of Arts: Social & Behavioral
• Review formal applications: Occupancy Permit & Partial Occupancy Permit, and Sign Permits.
• Urban Planning
• Creating tags/labels for plans/permits.
• Multitasking with office equipment and software applications, using Adobe acrobat, Accela, Laserfiche, and Excel.
• Assisting students with disabilities by scribing and proctoring.
• Provide public information and services at the public counter, Phone, or via email.•UseCanva to create community event flyers and utilize Spring brook to create clients’ receipts.
• Umoja - Member
Bachelor of Science: Urban & Regional
• Assisted planers to review Discretionary / Entitlement Applications: (SP & DR) Site Plan and Design Review, (CUP) Conditional Use Permit, Modifications, and Zone Variance.
• Marking plans, routing, preparing, and organizing existing permits/plans to appropriate locations.
Volunteer & Leadership
CervantesRosendo
• Trainer, tutor, volunteer, and public speaker.
• Using adobe acrobat and Microsoft word to edit documents and convert pdf's so that its accessible for online programs.
Processing•PublicSpeaking•MicrosoftProficiency•Lumion•Sketchup•AutoCad•ArcGis•AdobePhotoshop,Indesign, andIllustratorSkillsEducation
Moreno Valley College 16130 Lasselle St, Moreno Valley, CA 92551
Building and Saftey Intern
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• 06/2020
• Expected in 05/2023
(951)Rosendoc@cpp.edu323-9329MorenoValley,CAwww.linkedin.com/in/rosendo-cervantes-7828a8215
Mission Statement
•StudiesSoftware Engineering Club - Member
• Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) - Member
• Permit Applications and Plan Check
• American Planning Student Association (APSA) - Member
Professional Experience Community Development Intern
City of Irwindale - Community Development Department 16102 Arrow Hwy Irwindale, CA 91706 • 07/21 - 01/2022
• Working at the front desk checking
Cal Poly Pomona
•PlanningPresident's Honor List 2020-2021 & 2021-2022 academic year
Student Aid I
• Site Analysis
Moreno Valley College Disability Support Services 16130 Lasselle St, Moreno Valley, CA 92551 • 09/2019 - 06/2020