Landscape Architecture Portfolio
Selenne Yescas
Master of Landscape Architecture
2021 - 2024
EDUCATION
MLA | May 2024
Landscape Architecture, University of Arizona
B.S. in SLHS | December 2018 Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona
B.A. in SL | December 2018 Spanish Linguistics, University of Arizona
Design Intern | July 2023 - current Steve Martino & Associates
Designer | December 2023 - current Favor Celestial, non-profit
Design Intern | April 2023 - September 2023 Creative Machines
Designer Consulting | December 2022 - current Freelance
Community Ambassador | August 2022 - December 2022 Storm to Shade
Administrative Student | August 2022 - December 2022 College of Landscape Architecture
Summer Intern | June 2022 - August 2022 Norris Design
Graduate Research Assistant | January 2022 - June 2022 Geography Department
EXTRACURRICULAR
Selenne Yescas (928) 366-7723 syescas1@arizona.edu
President, American Society of Landscape Architects, (ASLA). August 2023-May 2024
Vice President, Women in Architecture Society, (WIAS). August 2022-May 2023
President, American Society of Landscape Architects, (ASLA). August 2022-May 2023
Conference Volunteer, American Society for Landscape Architects Conference (ASLA) , November 2022
Panel Speaker/UA Green Infrastructure Tour guide, GI-100k Project, March 2022
Project volunteer/assistant, Green Infrastructure in Hot Dry Climates: An Educational Endeavor in Urban Spaces Facing Vulnerability; The 100k Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund, January 2022-May 2022
Events Coordinator, Women in Architecture Society (WIAS). August 2021-May 2022
Conference Volunteer, American Society for Landscape Architects Conference (ASLA) , November 2021
BURNS PARK Streets
Academic project in Tucson, Arizona
Reinterpreting Neighborhood Streets, shifting traditional street design for living spaces
With the increasing temperatures from climate change and urbanism, spaces for people and living organisms in neighborhoods have declined. As a result, this design aims to reconcile the issues reflected on neighborhood design by reinterpreting the connection between people, place, and streets.
Implement rainwater management techniques for year round use
+ by merging bioswales and raingardens with streets and sidewalks
+ with plants that thrive under flooding and drought circumstances
+ for traffic calming
Connect people with place
+ by implementing street pocket gathering areas and expanded living streets
+ through shared spaces open for neighbordhood block parties, reflection areas, and interpretive experiences.
+ for community rapport and support
Provide shared spaces at a neighborhood scale,
+ by rethinking street and sidewalk traditional use
+ to share with neighbors and other living organisms
+ for outdoor living experiences
MODEL CONCEPT //
1 materials & textures / exploring landscape design at neighborhood scale
2 model expoloration of landscape connection between people, bird habitat, and climate change
3 conceptual model reflects the relationship between colors, textures, and materials for the land
4 spatially merging forms
Existing 9th Street dimensions
Existing E Burns road dimensions
Proposed 9th Street dimensions
Proposed E Burns road dimensions
RESPECTING 9th STREET
1 slowing down for lived human experiences
2 addressing stormwater runoff with bioswales or raingardens that are preserved year round for street aesthetics
3 street reduction for increasing walkability, vegetation density, water runoff strategies
4 spatially distributed for human interaction and cars
SHARING E 10TH ST //
1 merging the neighborhood with living streets
2 identity spaces that come together for respect, experience, and protection
3 invitation extended for anyone and everyone to diversify streets and spaces
4 design component: gathering shared pockets, open seating,
1 intentionally expanding spaces to share with the essence of the place and with oneself
2 non linear paths to connect with, reflect, and explore
3 detaining water through basins, bioswales, and permeable surfaces
4 design component: one non linear path, interpretive views, intimate seating, experience sound
