Landscape Architecture Portfolio 2017

SARAH LANDSCAPE SAMYNATHAN ARCHITECTURE

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SARAH SAMYNATHAN curriculum vitae

EDUCATION California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA

College of Architecture and Environmental Design – Landscape Archi

College of Liberal Arts – Psychology Minor

Dean’s List: Dean’s List: Fall 2013, Winter ‘14, Spring ‘14, Fall ‘15, Win Santa Chiara Study Center, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy

Northwood High School, Irvine, CA

OBJECTIVE Seeking an enriching job opportunity after graduation in March 2018 that would utilize and enhance my education and experience within landscape architecture to prepare me for the future.

STRENGTHS - Goal-oriented: Ability to personally formulate goals and focus efforts on achieving them - Leadership: Ability to spearhead projects and to lead individuals in a positive and effective manner - Team player: Ability to quickly establish and maintain a strong working rapport with others, focusing on a common goal SKILLS Computer: Windows and Mac (Microsoft Office, Adobe CS, Rhino 3D, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Land F/X)

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE EXPERIENCE LandDesign, San Francisco, CA

Landscape Architecture Intern - Utilized Lumion, SketchUp, and Land F/X to create renderings and planting - Spearheaded design efforts for a waterfront project in Cancun, Mexico whic

BrightView Design Group, Irvine, CA

Landscape Architecture Intern - Constructed graphics to strengthen design proposal packages to clients for City of Newport Beach.

- Worked alongside professionals to prepare and assist in leading client mee

Danielian Associates – Architecture and Planning, Irvine, CA

Master Planning and Landscape Architecture Intern - Created image boards of possible design ideas for a project in Yixing, Chin - Developed case study examples for a large community health center projec

CLUBS LABASH 2015 Sponsorship Committee San Luis Obispo, CA - Coordinated with local businesses to sponsor LABASH, a conference uniting held at Cal Poly in March 2015.

2014 Week of Welcome Leader, Orientation Team 2015 San Luis Obispo, CA - Participated in training to become a Week of Welcome leader for Cal Poly i - Led new Cal Poly students around to help them become accustomed to the - Trained and evaluated students interested in becoming Week of Welcome L - Helped plan and organize the Week of Welcome, which took place in Septe

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2013 - Present

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Spring 2014 - September 2015

table of contents

1 // antecedent Morro Bay Power Plant, Morro Bay, CA

2 // MisĂŠ en scene Sixth Street Viaduct, Los Angeles, CA

3 // the waffle

Cal Poly SLO, San Luis Obispo, CA

4 // study abroad Castiglion Fiorentino, Arezzo, Italy

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Coastal Scrub Boardwalk

antecedent SPRING 2016 The Morro Bay Power Plant, while controversial, is an iconic landmark of the Central Coast. The history of Morro Bay is a blend between the indigenous populations that first settled here and the industrial boom of the power plant. Because of these two polarizing pieces of history, I wanted to create a cultural center that celebrated both of these aspects.

In addition to creating areas to celebrate both the power plant and the Native American history, part of my design was to also clean up the brownfield site with bioremediation.

This project truly has been one of my favorites as it has allowed me to blend my passion for history with my love for design. This is also one of the few projects that have been of our choosing within the San Luis Obispo County area.

native plant walk

vegetated berm

coastal scrub boardwalk

chumash mock village

section

bioremediation pond

vegetated berm

performance space

Perspectives

plan smokestack skywalk

chumash mock village

coastal scrub boardwalk

meadow

garden space walk

Misé en scene sixth street bridge redesign winter 2016 The impact of film in Hollywood is known across the world.

The idea of putting film artists in the same location as an iconic Los Angeles landmark like the Sixth Street Viaduct only seemed fitting. The bridge has been displayed in many iconic shots in film such as in Grease, Anchorman, and music videos by the Foo Fighters and Bruno Mars.

The focus of the project was to work in teams of an architect and landscape architects to design an artists village of a specific art form in the space around the Sixth Street Viaduct. “Misé en scene” is an term referring to design elements of film; meaning “visual theme” or “telling a story”, which we felt we were doing in this project.

While the architect worked on the built forms and landscape architects worked with the outdoor area, the experience allowed both groups to collaborate in an interdisciplinary setting. Along with design, we were tasked to create construction documents to understand how designs make it to reality.

ped. bridge to boyle heights

history of film walk

screening area

gallery

residences garden space

promenade

pedestrian bridge

train station

details

layout plan

planting plan

the waffle winter 2016 The inspiration for this project came from D.H Lawrence’s poem, “The Third Thing”. He proposes that the synergistic act of molecules coming together results in an unexplainable phenomenon much greater than either hydrogen or oxygen acting as separate elements.

Each member of our team was given a term, either tectonic or stereotomic, and were tasked to manipulate form to hybridize these operations as design drivers. The project goal was to design and make an object that is capable of accepting the human form in a rest position.

With the words fracture, waffle, and slump, our team designed and built movable stools with a waffle construction that fit to the human form in a casual rest position.

fracture

AutoCAD drafting done by Maria Plascencia

waffle

slump

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study abroad fall 2016 Cinque Terre. Munich. Rome. Florence. Lake Garda. Verona. Naples. Pompeii. Capri.

Perugia. Venice. Paris. Barcelona. Berlin. Pisa. Zurich. Prague. London. Edinburgh. Dublin.

Located in Castiglion Fiorentino, a small hilltop town in pictureque Tuscany, I was able to live the greatest three months of my life. From making new friends, to brand new experiences, to travel difficulties, I was able to learn about myself and my Cal Poly peers.

The sense of independence and the problem solving skills I gained from this experience are incredibly valuable, but even more so, what I was able to learn about landscape architecture has also impacted me. It has revived my love for this career and shown me all the possibilities that are out there and have been out there for designers for hundreds of years.

Living under the Tuscan sun gave me the greatest memories and experiences I could ask for, and I am more than certain that I will carry those around with me wherever I go.

thank you

sarah samynathan 32 Middleton, irvine, Ca 92620 sarah.samynathan@gmail.com (949) 584-8808