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LUIS JIMENEZ GRADUATE PORTFOLIO

STUDIO PROJECTS URBAN DEFRAGMENTATION - GRADUATE DESIGN STUDIO 4

SINGAPORE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE - GRADUATE DESIGN STUDIO 6

BARCELONA PLACE NOVA - GRADUATE DESIGN STUDIO 5

RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS ENEA GARDEN DESIGN - BEL AIR RESIDENCE - STAR ISLAND RESIDENCE EQUILIBRIO GARDEN DESIGN - RODRIGUEZ RESIDENCE - CANTO RESIDENCE

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS DAVID O DESIGN - REID RESIDENCE - CORRAL RESIDENCE - BURGESS ROSS RESIDENCE - GISSEN RESIDENCE - FOXMAN RESIDENCE ENEA GARDEN DESIGN - BRICKELL PARK - SOLA RESIDENCE - TERESITA RESIDENCE

INFOGRAPHICS THAMES WATERSHED REGIONAL ANALYSIS - ANALYSES METHODS PANAMA CITY URBAN ANALYSIS - ANALYSES METHODS AZIMUTH STUDIO - ECOATLAS MATRIX

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Perspective | Urban Farming + Agricultural Fields

URBAN DEFRAGMENTATIONORGANIC SUBSTRATUMMIAMI FL 2010

Situated amongst industrial and agricultural land uses, the quarry is in close proximity to a major highway and a busy industrial road. The site itself is bordered by a quarry lake the industrial road to its north, the quarry manufacturing facility to its south, a quarry lake and everglades to its east, and the major highway along with the city of Miami to its west. The site is nearly a mile long, and currently stores industrial materials from the quarry; Jersey barriers, mounds of asphalt, and concrete pipes are some examples. A cattle pasture is located on the south-eastern edge of the site, along with non-native Australian pine.

Through years of geomorphology, our limestone has been morphed into sequences of layers composed of skeletal fragments of marine organism. Upon studies on the limestone, the sedimentary structure of the rock acts both as a sponge, filtering elements and retaining water within voids; and as an aquaculture network, creating some-thing out of absence through its trajectory voids.

The application of the limestone terminology and conceptual studies becomes imperative when understanding the site and its edge condi-tions. Sharing the bounding edge of an industrial site, the landscape starts to act as form of urban defragmentation. Its form starts to de-composed the water edge and create agricultural fields where inhabit-ants learn about the sustainability and the importance of agriculture and farmlands.

North of the agricultural fields, the land continues to defragment into community gardens and eventually into a restoration area composed of pinelands, hammocks, and swamplands. With the proper way of treating the landscape while inhabiting an urban framework. Struc-tures within the landscape will consist of mainly Quarry Machinery and building structures, depicting the industrial aspect of the location. Hard-scape materials will consist of quarry materials, taking advan-tage of the resources nearby. Soft-scape materials will be composed of sustainable materials to demonstrate ecologically sound design.

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Site Composition

Circulation

Bounding Forces

Water Analogy

Regional Local Macro

Substratum

Micro tectonics

Decomposition

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Section 5 Urban Farming + Collection

Section 4 Educational Infrastructure

Section 3 Lake Edge Conditions

Section 2 Canopy Walkways

Section 1 Pineland Restoration

Section 10 FEC Quarry Fields

Section 9 Industrial Park + Storage FEC Site

Section 8 Industrial Park

Section 7 Agricultural Fields

Section 6 Solar Decathlon

Perspective | Cypress Swamp + Water Walkways

Perspective | FEC Quarry Fields + Industrial Park

Perspective | Community Gardens

Perspective | Pineland Restoration Area

Perspective | Native + Exotic Plant Collection Gardens

COILING INFRASTRUCTUREPLACA NOVABARCELONA, SPAIN 2010

Located in front of Cathedral of Santa Eulalia, Placa Nova was the catalist for the old city of Barcelino. It was also used as a hay market for Roman Forum due to its spatial qualities. Today the spaces are used as a multi used event plaza, where locals and tourist come as one to celebrate festivals and dance Sardanas, Barcelona’s biggest cultural dance. The Cathedral of Santa Eulalia establishes the cen-tral node of the space, while the surrounding context composed of dinners and commercial stores play supplementary roles in the daily multi-used activities the site.

The conceptual design focuses on action of coiling and braiding, generating from the notion of how civilians activate the space in no fixed patterns. As a civilian, you experience an elastic and indiscipline characteristics of a dynamic system, which is constantly activating the void within the Gothic Corridors . The dynamic spaces are capable of favoring topological actions based on density of the crowd and performer.

The below ground surface, although being used for primarily park-ing spaces, the edge conditions of these spaces are expanded to the underground facades of the surrounding, subterranean context, cre-ating not only a horizontal interaction on the above surface, but also activating the layers of history the site contains.

These spaces are connected through the slivers of glass, the translu-cent element within the hardscape of the place, creating an unspoken language between both levels. During daytime, the thresholds of glass activate the lower level with natural light and during evening hours, the lower level illuminates the plaza’s translucent pavement, creating ribbons of light from one end to the other.

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Perspective | Placa Nova Daytime Public Space

Perspective | Placa Nova Nighttime Public Space

DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURETHESIS RESEARCH PROJECTSINGAPORE 2011

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STUDIO PROJECTS URBAN DEFRAGMENTATION - GRADUATE DESIGN STUDIO 4 SINGAPORE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE - GRADUATE DESIGN STUDIO 6 BARCELONA PLACE NOVA - GRADUATE DESIGN STUDIO 5

RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS ENEA GARDEN DESIGN - BEL AIR RESIDENCE - STAR ISLAND RESIDENCE

EQUILIBRIO GARDEN DESIGN - RODRIGUEZ RESIDENCE - CANTO RESIDENCE



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Sun Deck Pool

Garden 1

Entry Courtyard

Hillside Planting

Japanese Waterfall

Woodland Groundcover

Evergreen Wave

Grass Wave

Sage Cushions

Succulent Wave

Olive Grove

Lower Terrace

Japanese Terrace

Upper Terrace

Entry Courtyard

Kitchen Garden

Succulent Green Roof Mix Hillside Planting 2

Upper Terrace Hillside Planting 1

Japanese BlueberryElaeocarpus decipiens

8’ Ht.

Japanese BlueberryElaeocarpus decipiens

8’ Ht.

Small Leaf ClusiaClusia guttifera

4’ Ht.

PittosporumPittosporum tobira

2’ Ht.

Dwarf Fakahatchee GrassTripsacum floridana

18” Ht.

(4) Gumbo Limbo TreeBursera simaruba20’ Ht. 20’ Spread

(3) Cardboard PalmZamia furfurecea

3’ Ht. in Enea Vaso Africa 31.50 Ø

(2) Paola Lenti Sand ChairsColor: Corallo

Re-located clusters of Alexandria Palms SUN DECK LAWN

LAWN POOL

(2) Paola Lenti Sand Chair Color: Corallo

Bougainvillea inEnea Vaso AfricaPot 31.50 Ø

Pittosporum(Pittosporum tobira)2’ Ht.

Dwarf Fakahatchee Grass(Tripsacum floridana)18” Ht.

Date Palm(Phoenix dactylifera20’ Ht.Clusia gutifera ‘nana’ as ground cover 12” Ht.

(2) Paola Lenti Sand Chair Color: Corallo

3’ X 3’ Light Beige Stone Tiles

GRAVEL PATH

DECK

Baby Rubber Plant(Peperomia obtusifolia)18” Ht.

(3) Lady Palm (Raphis excelsa) 5’ Ht. In Vaso Africa Pots 25.5 Ø

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EQUILIBRIOGARDEN DESIGNRodriguez Residence - Concept Design

Bromeliad - OrangeAechmea blanchetiana

4’ Ht.

Japanese Blueberry Podocarpus macrophyllus

6’ Ht. - Existing

Crinum ‘Queen Emma’Crinum augustum

5’ Ht

Bromeliad - RedAechmea blanchetiana

4’ Ht.

Mondo GrassOphiopogon japonicus

1’ Ht.

Garden StoneExisting - Relocated

Giant AlocasiaAlocasia macrorrhiza

6’ Ht

24” Stepping StonesExisting - To Remain

White GateExisting-To Remain

Boston FernNephrolepis exaltata

3’ Ht.

Concrete WalkwayExisting-To Remain


Licuala PalmLicuala grandis8’ Ht.

Existing DrivewayOrange Tan Paving

Boston FernNephrolepis exaltata3’ Ht.

Bromeliad - RedAechmea blanchetiana4’ Ht.

Philodendron Burle MarxPhilodendron ‘Burle Marx’18” Ht.

Japanese Blueberry Podocarpus macrophyllus 6’ Ht. - Existing


Heliconia Parrots BeakHeliconia psittacorum ‘Andromeda’4’ Ht

White/Tan River Rock1” - 1 1/2”

Bamboo in Garden PotsBambusa glaucophylla10’ Ht

Garden StoneProposed, Typ.

Lobster ClawHeliconia rostrata8’ Ht.

RESIDENCE

EQUILIBRIOGARDEN DESIGNRodriguez Residence - Concept Design


4’ Ht.

Japanese Blueberry Podocarpus macrophyllus

6’ Ht. - Existing

Crinum ‘Queen Emma’Crinum augustum

5’ Ht


4’ Ht.


1’ Ht.

Garden StoneExisting - Relocated


6’ Ht

24” Stepping StonesExisting - To Remain



3’ Ht.

Concrete WalkwayExisting-To Remain



Existing DrivewayOrange Tan Paving




Japanese Blueberry Podocarpus macrophyllus 6’ Ht. - Existing


Heliconia Parrots BeakHeliconia psittacorum ‘Andromeda’4’ Ht

White/Tan River Rock1” - 1 1/2”

Bamboo in Garden PotsBambusa glaucophylla10’ Ht


Lobster ClawHeliconia rostrata8’ Ht.

Crinum ‘Queen Emma’Crinum augustum5’ HtBromeliad - Red

Aechmea blanchetiana4’ Ht. Garden Stone

Proposed, Typ.Boston Fern

Nephrolepis exaltata3’ Ht.

Mondo GrassOphiopogon japonicus1’ Ht.


1’ Ht.

Giant AlocasiaAlocasia macrorrhiza6’ HtGiant Alocasia

Alocasia macrorrhiza6’ Ht


Heliconia Parrots BeakHeliconia psittacorum

4’ Ht


3’ Ht.

Philodendron Burle MarxPhilodendron ‘Burle Marx’

18” Ht.



Existing WalkwayOrange Tan Paving



Crinum ‘Queen Emma’Crinum augustum5’ HtBromeliad - Red

Aechmea blanchetiana4’ Ht. Garden Stone

Proposed, Typ.Boston Fern

Nephrolepis exaltata3’ Ht.

Mondo GrassOphiopogon japonicus1’ Ht.


1’ Ht.

Giant AlocasiaAlocasia macrorrhiza6’ HtGiant Alocasia

Alocasia macrorrhiza6’ Ht


Heliconia Parrots BeakHeliconia psittacorum

4’ Ht


3’ Ht.


18” Ht.



Existing WalkwayOrange Tan Paving




3’ Ht.


18” Ht.


Heliconia Parrots BeakHeliconia psittacorum 4’ Ht




4’ Ht.


4’ Ht.

Bamboo in Garden PotsBambusa glaucophylla

10’ Ht

Licuala PalmLicuala grandis

8’ Ht. Licuala PalmLicuala grandis8’ Ht.

Lobster ClawHeliconia rostrata

8’ Ht.


4’ Ht.


3’ Ht.



18” Ht.








BambooBambusa glaucophylla



Heliconia Parrots BeakHeliconia psittacorum ‘Andromeda’


HardscapeRiver Rocks, Garden Rocks, Pots

Crinum ‘Queen Emma’Crinum augustum ‘Queen Emma’


Crinum ‘Queen Emma’Crinum aug.‘Queen E.’



Heliconia Parrots BeakHeliconia p. ‘Andromeda”


HardscapeRiver&Garden R, Pots

BambooBambusa glaucophylla





Crinum TreeCrinum asiaticum

5’ Ht.

PhilodendronPhilodendron xanadu

4’ Ht.

Blanket FlowerGraillardia pulchella

2’ Ht.

Kimberly QueenNephrolepis obliterata

3’ Ht.

Fakahatchee GrassTripsacum floridana

2’ Ht.

Mondo Grass Ophiopogon japonicus

4” Ht.

Bird of ParadiseStrelitzia reginae

3’ Ht.

Mondo Grass Ophiopogon japonicus4” Ht.

20” x 20” White Stepping Stones on Gravel Path

Existing Tree withMondo Grass as Groundcover 4” Ht.

Edible Garden Pots on2” x 6” Wood Frame

Fakahatchee GrassTripsacum floridana2’ Ht.

Bird of ParadiseStrelitzia reginae3’ Ht.

Kimberly QueenNephrolepis obliterata3’ Ht.

Blanket FlowerGraillardia pulchella2’ Ht.

Red GingerAlpinia purpurata6’ Ht.

ResidenceRESIDENCE


5’ Ht.


4’ Ht.

Blanket FlowerGraillardia pulchella

2’ Ht.


3’ Ht.

Fakahatchee GrassTripsacum floridana

2’ Ht.

Mondo Grass Ophiopogon japonicus

4” Ht.


3’ Ht.


20” x 20” White Stepping Stones on Gravel Path

Existing Tree withMondo Grass as Groundcover 4” Ht.

Edible Garden Pots on2” x 6” Wood Frame

Fakahatchee GrassTripsacum floridana2’ Ht.





Residence

Red GingerAlpinia purpurata



Blanket FlowerGaillardia pulchella




TomatoSolanum lycopersicum

CucumberCucumis sativus

Materials + TexturesWalkway and Planters

Red PepperCapsicum annuum


Crinum TreeCrinum asiaticum5’ Ht.

PhilodendronPhilodendron xanadu4’ Ht.


D. Fakahatchee GrassTripsacum floridana2’ Ht.





D. Fakahatchee GrassTripsacum floridana2’ Ht.











Materials + TexturesWalkway and Planters




D. Fakahatchee GrassTripsacum floridana









Kiimberly QueenNephrolepis obliterata

HardscapeWalkway & Planters



CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS DAVID O DESIGN - REID RESIDENCE - CORRAL RESIDENCE - BURGESS ROSS RESIDENCE - GISSEN RESIDENCE - FOXMAN RESIDENCE

ENEA GARDEN DESIGN - BRICKELL PARK - SOLA RESIDENCE - TERESITA RESIDENCE


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INFOGRAPHICS

THAMES WATERSHED REGIONAL ANALYSIS - ANALYSES METHODS

PANAMA CITY URBAN ANALYSIS - ANALYSES METHODS

AZIMUTH STUDIO - ECOATLAS MATRIX

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