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ALEXANDRIA DONATI
L a n d s c a p e A r c h i t e c t u r e T e c h n i c a l D r a w i n gF a b r i c a t i o n
ThEsIs sTuDIOVibrant Ruins: Reclaiming Industrial InfrastructureGIS, Historical and Geographic Research, AutoCad, Sketchup, Adobe Suite
DEsIgN/BuILDVegetated gabion WallMaterials Research, Community Engagement, Systems Exploration, AutoCad, Welding,
COmpETITION100 Year houseCollaboration, Physical Modeling, Materials Research,Adobe Suite
JEWELRY DEsIgN AND FABRICATIONFine Jewelry Design, Fashion Jewelry Design and Production, Metal Fabrication, Casting, Soldering, Wax Carving, Stone setting Beading, Wire Wrapping, Material Sourcing, Purchasing
TEChNICAL DRAWINg sETsaif Corp. headquarters plazaSite Analysis, AutoCad, Site Engineering
pLANNINgmt. Talbert high speed Rail stationGIS, Suitability Mapping and Analysis, Adobe Suite
LANDmARk INTERVENTIONpast Time present place, mendocino WoodlandsHistorical Research and Assessment, Hand RenderingAutoCad, Adobe Suite
CONTENTs
Willamette Falls
Completed during my capstone studio course, this project seeks to understand the memory and identity affiliated with post-industrial sites. The project proposal recommends ways in which design interventions and infrastructural re-use can turn an economic, social and environmental ruin into a landscape of continued evolution and symbolism. This project responds to historic preservation and design development for the 21st century.
The project
ThEsIs sTuDIOVibrant Ruins: Reclaiming Industrial Infrastructure
sullivan hydro Electric plantWillamette River West Linn Blue heron paper mill
Industrial ruins such as rail beds, polluted soils and engineered waterways speckle the country as evidence of a lost past.
These post-industrial sites are often viewed as inconveniences to be eradicated or camouflaged.
My design offers a different perspective, one in which these sites are places of rich cultural significance filled with hidden potentials.
Intro
digital panorama | Oregon City, OR.
Willamette Valley
Clackamas County
The Blue heron paper mill/ / / / / / / / 45.35239 N 122.6176 W
A 23 acre site that has supported industrial production since the mid 1830s. This abandoned industrial landscape is located on the east bank of the Willamette river, in Oregon City. The rivers horseshoe falls accompanied by 250 foot basalt bluffs define the sites character and support its history.
Oregon City
pre-European settlement
European settlement
Industrialization
historical Context
A dynamic land/ water threshold is formed in the Willamette valley.
pioneer migration, power generation, logging and farming speckle this fertile and dynamic landscape.
City grids are laid out, population increases, the union pacific Railroad carves through the earth, native oak savanna diminishes and large scale industrial practices inhabit the shores of the Willamette River.
Industrial sites are private facilities that provide goods and services for economic gain through functions such as processing, fabrication and technology.
On the other hand, Parks are reserved for the public and provide pleasure and enjoyment through their scenic experiences, contemplative refuge and open space.
What does a park look like to you?
An area of land set aside for public use with few or no buildings
park
What does industry look like to you?
A standardized tradition of production, manufacturing and/or sale of goods
Industry
scenic
public
opentechnology
production
processing
In response to these precedents, this project’s design concept redefines the relationship between these two programmed landscapes and finds opportunities of overlap to blend them into an integrated and co-supportive environment.
What does a park look like within industry? What does industry look like within a park?
Concept An overlap of pRODuCTION and puBLIC AmENITIEs.
This mixed program adopts infrastructures of the past, reclaiming them to facilitate proposed activities.
The evolution of three infrastructures: containers, buildings and supports become the skeleton for structuring major uses of processing, experiencing and generating.
The organization of hybrid functions are explicitly presented spatially, visually, temporally and programmatically.
Industrial cisterns become vessels to capture rain water, atmospheres for viewing the scenic qualities of the site and systems to filter water.
Relic walls create circulation and link open space areas. Structural supports become decks and platforms for gathering.
The underground railroad corridor becomes the main channel for a micro hydro power system and old building foundations clean and store stormwater.
process Experience generate
Containers filter view collect
supports clean powergather
Buildings trade walk farm
Exis
ting
Infra
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ctur
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method: Turning Infrastructures into program
The site plan uses historic buildings and infrastructure for a variety of public amenities and is organized to perform as a stormwater treatment facility capturing 141,000 gallons of runoff annually from the nearby urban watershed.
Treated water is released into a system of canals that fill the void of a historic grid.
The main canal —an underground corridor of an old freight track—brings the river into the site. The canals contribute to micro-hydro power generation, encouraging a self sustaining site.
historic street grid micro-hydro canal placementInspires
Artist
studios
marketplace
plant farms
site maintenance
Industrial museum
Alder grove
park
Deck
Bio-
filtration
micro-hydro head works
Overlooks
gallery
plaza
micro-hydro wheels
Overlook
Entrance
Entrance
meadow and open space
Rain collection
Viewing cistern
Willamett
e Rive
r
Retail
The falls
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proposed site plan
Buildings/walls
Access
Open spaces/nurseries/gathering areas
Water circulation/stormwater catchment
Built
Roof
paths
park
plazas
Overlooks
Nurseries
stormwater Facilities and Canals
Buildings and walls will be used to support artist residencies, farmer’s markets and cultural events.
Entrances are added in two locations and pathways provide both active and passive opportunities.
Trees are planted for shade and refuge and large open space areas encourage gathering and play.
Stormwater facilities and water canals link, separate, intersect and reside within other programmed spaces, structuring the site.
proposed Layers
Existing cisterns are retrofitted into vertical systems of rain water processing to supply the site with potable water. The cleansing process in revealed through window cut outs and horizontal screens to educate visitors. Other cisterns capture rain water, passively irrigating landscape plantings.
A Walk Through the park
filter collect
programs:
Relic support walls are used to create spaces for commerce, seasonal events, regular art shows and community art jams. They direct circulation and frame views while paying homage to their existing footprint.
Art show in the park
trade walk
programs:
Containers throughout the site tower over the heights of buildings allowing for great opportunities to view the river, falls and surrounding built environment from above. Containers are retrofitted into panoramic viewing stations from which scenic qualities of the site are visible.
Viewing the River from Above
view farm
programs:
Pillars that once held up facilities for the mills production efforts are reclaimed as supports for gathering decks and viewing platforms. The existing dam becomes a catwalk to a large overlook that allows visitors to intimately view the falls. Other building supports and foundations become unprogrammed plazas.
Overlooking the Falls
gather
programs:
The design of a micro hydro system allows visitors to interact with the power of the river and witness its seasonal fluctuations.
This intervention creates an educational atmosphere and is sensitive to river ecology
Experiencing the power of Water
cleanpower
programs:
“A ruin exist in a state of continual transition...”- paul Zucker
Vibrant Ruins is a model for how post-industrial landscapes can once again become multi- faceted arenas of human experience and productive processes while remaining sensitive to natural and cultural heritage. It allows the Blue Heron Paper Mill to become a triumph of human works over of time and enables this place to gain new relevance in people’s lives.
Vegetated garden Wall
The following project was completed during a summer design-build studio called horticultural buildings systems. Too many innovative and creative ideas remain on paper, never to be tested or experienced at full scale. This studio focused on bridging the gap between design drawings and materialization.
I acted as co-designer and fabricator at all levels of the project: welding, soil engineering, plant irrigation and signage.
DEsIgN/BuILD
The project
My studio partner and I centered our design process around the relationship between vegetation and architectonic structures. The vegetated garden enclosure we created integrates innovative design and historical research into the entry sequence for a community garden in Eugene, Oregon.
Wi l lamet te R ive r
Downtown Eugene
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1/4 mile
Vegetated garden Wall
1/8 mile
The Intro
Federal Courthouse
Community garden
This project was inspired by Stanley White (professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois (1922-1959)). He is coined with inventing the first vertical garden with patents dating back to 1937. His detailed drawings of early green wall technologies were extremely influential in the making of this installation.
historical patent Researchg: welded steel strapping and applied steel patina (vinegar and water) h: I-shaped incision (1/4 mesh) for easy plant plug insertioni: galvanized steel footing detail j: custom engineered soil composition: 70% mineral (perlite- greater than 1/4 minus, red cinder), 30% organic (coconut fiber, coarse compost)
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plant palette Details
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a: Mossy Stonecrop (Sedum lydium)b: Dusty Miller (Senecio cineraria)c: English Stonecrop (Sedum anglicum ‘Hartland’)d: Hens and Chicks (Sempervivum)e: Woolly Thyme (Thymus praecox ‘Pseudolanuginosus’)f: Hebe (Helichrysum petiolare)
The 100 Year houseCOmpETITION
This was a collaborative competition hosted by the Architecture Foundation of British Columbia. The challenge was to design a house where all materials were sourced within 100 miles of a project site.
Our proposal, THE 100 YEAR HOUSE, imagines how a single lot can produce the materials required for the construction and renovation of a dwelling. This first set of diagrams map the growth and decomposition of four main building components over 100 years. The proposal implies that maybe it is not an issue of proximity but rather an issue of patience, time and personal interaction that is paramount in the future of conscientious building practices.
The project
10 Years
80 Years
40 Years
60 Years
new house volumerelic house structure
The individuals, couples, families,
communities
80
1
2
3
4
5
people
10
4060
The structural elements and foundations
Framing
10
15
20
25
30
10
40
80
60
The framing and flooring lumber
Infill
1
2
3
4
5
10
40
80
60
The infill materials, insulation and wall
coverings
structure
1
2
3
4
5
10
40
80
60
Native indigenous tribes of the Pacific Northwest and their building practices have influenced the material choices. Birch bark sewn together creates shingle-like facades and woven hemp wood forms screening
materiality
Years
Qty. Qty. Qty. Qty.
Years Years Years
and semi-enclosure. The vernacular of the indigenous people’s homesteads are a valuable precedent for envisioning the longevity and evolution of this self-sustaining housing type.
10 Years 40 Years
bath
2ba
th 1
hemp/r
ye gra
ss/oa
t gras
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popla
rs/bir
ch/ba
mboo
woven b
irch w
alls
bed 3
bed 2
bed 1
kitch
en
live/d
ine
relic
spac
e
hemp/r
ye gra
ss/oa
t gras
s
popla
rs/bir
ch/ba
mboo
woven b
irch w
alls
live/d
ine
kitch
en
bed 1
bath
1
Over TimeThrough a cycle of generation/degeneration/regeneration the house grows and shrinks with the needs of its inhabitants as it shifts linearly on the site. Existing structures can be cannibalized and paired with materials grown on site to build new structures while remnants slowly transition into outdoor entrance and exit foyers.
60 Years 80 Years
bed 3
bed
4ba
th 1
kitch
en
live/d
ine
hemp/r
ye gra
ss/oa
t gras
s
popla
rs/bir
ch/ba
mboo
woven b
irch w
alls
relic
spac
e
bed 5
bath
3liv
e/dine
/kitch
en
relic
spac
e
popla
rs/bir
ch/ba
mboo
woven b
irch w
alls
TEChNICAL DRAWINgsaif Corporation
The projectThese are samples from a comprehensive construction drawing set for the Saif Corporation courtyard in Salem, Oregon. This was a technical studio that focused on grading and drainage, layout dimensioning, detailed planting design and construction details for site amenities such as stairs, walls, coverings, paths and plazas.
My professional work as a jewelry designer and fabricator encompasses both wearable and art jewelry. Many of these pieces begin as a quest: an experimentation of the relationship between varying materials, contrasting forms and diverse aesthetics.
JEWELRY DEsIgN AND FABRICATION
The philosophyThis form of art does not lend certainty. Working with metals and natural stones means that at any time the plan must change and the mode in which the design was intended to be achieved may change dramatically. This is what is so exciting to me about designing and fabricating jewelry.
cast
set
carve
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This piece was inspired by colorful salt flats that speckle miles of ocean front landscape in Africa. These naturally occurring salt basins provide vital industrial revenue and are being threatened by climate change. This necklace mimics the forms of this vibrant landscape. Over time the deepest part of each individual brass and copper cup will patina from oxygen exposure creating puddle-like splashes of color.
salt and BasinWorka: 14k white gold, green diamonds, pearlsb: sterling silver with sulfur oxide patina, 14k yellow gold, rubiesc: sterling silver, 14k yellow gold, labradorite, indicolite tourmalined: sterling silver, garnete: sterling silver sulphur oxide patina, 14k yellow gold, green peridotf: 18k yellow gold, platinum, 2 ct. yellow sapphire, diamonds
pLANNINgmt. Talbert high speed Rail station
This project was a planning and design studio. The first half of the ten week quarter consisted of a collaborative regional analysis to locate suitable sites for a high speed rail station along the Union Pacific railroad between southern Oregon and British Columbia. The second half of the term was an individual station area design project. The design focused on station area development, program and context integration.
The project
mixed use
Industrial campus
Residential
Building Configuration Typologiesstormwater catchment area and public park
mixed-use development
Community gardens and storm water catchment
medium density residential
stormwater treatment area and public park
Industrial Campus (Research, development,
manufacturing)
mt. Talbert outdoor recreation area and
research environment
mt. Talbert visitor centerhigh density transit development
second story station lounge
medium density residential
A
B
section A
section B
proposed site plan
North Clackamas
Johnson City
Linn Wood
Sunnyside
Clackamas
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTCOMMERCIAL DISTRICT
NEIGHBORHOODS
PARKS AND OPEN SPACE CREEKSNATURAL OPEN SPACE
STORMWATER CATCHMENTPLAZA OPEN SPACENATURAL OPEN SPACE
STORMWATER CATCHMENTPLAZA OPEN SPACE
INDUSTRIAL CAMPUS DISTRICT
MIXED USE DISTRICT
MT. TALBERT STATION DISTRICT
MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
DISTRICT CONNECTIONS
Existing
Existing proposed
proposed
Open space
Districts
82ND AVE.
HWY 224
TRIMET BUS STOP
URBAN COLLECTORMAJOR ARTERIAL MINOR ARTERIAL OTHER MINOR TRANIST
OTHER MAJOR TRANIST
TRIMET BUS LINE
MINOR TRANSIT
ON STREET BIKE LANE SEPARATED BIKE LANE AT GRADE PARKING LOTS
Access to Mt. Talbert trailheads
PUBLIC PLAZA
Access to nature park
MAX/BUS STATION
PUBLIC PLAZA MAX/BUS STATION PROPOSED BUS STOPS
MAX/BUS LINEMAJOR CIRCULATION
MINOR CIRCULATION
1 MILE RADIUS
Shuttle to hospital
UNDERGROUND PARKING
MAJOR ARTERIAL
LONG-TERM/SHORT-TERM STATION
MINOR ARTERIAL
OUTDOOR TRAILS
BIKE PATHS
MAX/BUS STATION
MAX/BUS LINE
Existing
Existing proposed
proposed
Transportation
Circulation
past Time, present place: Discovering histories
“Natural processes may transform an ancient landscape, or social shifts cause bizarre dislocations. In the midst of these events people remember the past and imagine the future.”
-The Lexicon for Landscape Architecture
This studio began as a collaboration between students, MIG Inc. and The Mendocino Woodlands Camp Association (MWCA). Together we created a Cultural Landscape Inventory (CLI) for the MWCA national historic landmark. The following design interventions draw inspiration from the CLI document and the sites period of historical significance. They imagine how this 1930s recreational camp, surrounded by 700 acres of redwood forest can provide for 21st century users.
LANDmARk INTERVENTION
The project
The significanceThere is a need for a visible presence of elements and traces from our past and our daily environment in order to create and sustain historical continuity. Contemporary landscape interventions that communicate these seven revealing histories will provide for the uses of future generations while preserving historical integrity.
The Concept
mendocino Woodlands - Camp 2
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LITTLE NORTH FORK OF BIG RIVER
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DINING HALL
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PLAY AREA
REDWOOD GROVE
GRAVEL BAR
ENTRANCE
NORTH
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The physical construction of the camp remains a vestige of the post-depression era WPA. Along with this, traces of natural processes and artifacts of human interventions characterize the landscape.
The design proposal showcases the complex memory preserved in this landscape and reveals seven significant histories:
1 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), 2 Logging Era, 3 Railroad Construction, 4 Natural History of the River, 5 Rock Quarry Mining, 6 Relic Tent Platform, 7 Fairy-Rings
proposed site plan
Thresholds
Active gathering
50 100 250150
kEY
Under president Roosevelt’s “New Deal” the Civilian Conservation Corps set up camp to build the Mendocino Woodlands. This intervention communicates the CCC’s occupation at the woodlands. Rows of core-10 steel cubes mimic the military style tent formation of the CCC camp and provide seating for summer events.
This landscape intervention communicates the history of the railroad as an accessory to logging activities. The wood boardwalk, flush with the existing path, is coupled with inlaid steel seams resembling the railroad tracks that once ran through the site. This intervention provides a more accessible path for visitors year-round.
The Mendocino Woodlands were dramatically impacted by the logging era. This design highlights those events and provides performance space for visitors. The back drop of the stage is a carefully constructed pile of logs retained by a core-10 steel framing system. The seating is arranged somewhat formally giving the space a ceremonial feel.
Railroad
Logging
CCC
These interventions are in themselves art. They are of industrial composition and contemporary form to contrast the woodlands.
They act to facilitate the revealing and discovering of history.
This is a modern-day layer that provides for the future while experiencing the past.
The DesignThis layer does not compromise its own excellence. It is a foil to the woodlands not a backdrop.
They enrich future history by becoming a part of history.
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digital photograph | Roden Crater, AZ.
