Amir MoshfeghiLandscape Architectural Porfolio 2015

0101Master’s Project Thesis statement: Integrating the LDS Environmental Stewardship and Conservation statements, the ASLA Code of Professional and Environmental Ethics, and the Sustainable Sites Initiative 2.0 into the LDS temple landscape design guidelines can lead to a more sustainable Albuquerque,New Mexico temple design and retrofit concepts and model for new LDS developments and landscape design and management guide-lines.

Project Overview: This critical analysis study and design takes the existing Albuquerque New Mexico LDS temple and attempts to reach a more sustainable solution for the sites challenges. This study investigates the problem roots with all phases of design, construction and maintenance. The proposed solutions are given as redesign as well as retrofit.

The tables above are design program and elements resulted of the comparison study of Sustainable Site Initiatives(SITES) and LDStemple landscape design guidelines. This critical design study addresses both the redesign of the projectas well as retrofitting the current state of the site for a more sustain- able landscape solution(number 1 refers to redesign and number 2refers to retrofit.

0102Concept statement:

"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." Thomas JeffersonDuring the dark age of Holocaust, people of good conscious risked their own life to rescue victims. Perhaps one thing that separate rescuers from bystanders was the fact that they did not stay silence and acted upon their feeling. The hope square is designed with the concept of elevate and reconnect.Sculptural metal trees stand in unity at the core of the design. The trees represent the saviors (one for every thousand brave individuals). Anchored to the ground, the trees rise up from dark waters, offering support to the platform (safety) above. The visitor starts the journey of remembrance in a forest of oaks. As the visitor move up the ramp, they are greeted with light and the powerful canopy of sculptural trees. An outlook in the center of the raised platform positions the viewer in front of the carved out space of the museum. From this point the visitor visually connects with history, and may honor and contemplate hope and bravery in one of the darkest times of history.

Existing street & sidewalksADA compatable ramp

Reflecting pool View line Existing sidewalkElevated deck (8' height)

Section view (East- West) looking toward South

Water fall along the pool edge 24 Sculpted metal trees (6 on each side)

Hope Square(Poland-warsaw)

Tree trunk axis

Tree branches with aluminum leaves, create a sound effect with wind

Metal plate around the trunk

Galvanised stainless steel mesh surface

Suppoting load distribution

Horizontal branches - structural

Detail diagram of trees

Museum main entrance facade

Museum West side facade

Observation deck elevated and aligned with museum main corridor.

Observation deck - form is taken from the main entrance opening.

Fabricated metal trees

Elevated deck and access ramp

Form finding and logic

N24 Sculpted metal trees (6 on each side of the square)Existing treesAdditional trees to match existing species

Context map

Water circulation diagram

4' Deep water channel around the reflecting pool

6" Deep reflection pool

water pump

0103Concept statement:

The concept of Sponge is born out of the regional characteristic of the New Orleans landscape formed by the Mississippi river, and also relates to the specific site.People driving over the elevated freeway I-90 and over the site may assume there is a solid space beneath. However this design changes the perception of space: a void both literally and conceptually.Formally, the sponge concept creates filtered spaces that reflect a dynamic bal-ance of both solid and void spaces.Moss was chosen as the main flora for the site, as it thrives in shady, moist environ-ments. The moss also acts as a sponge, absorbing traffic noise and pollution. Moss covered Bio-Baffles are designed to effi-ciently absorb the noise in multiple spacial directions while providing a soft , green ceiling to soften the concrete infrastructure of I-90.The MOSSissipi park is a destination for tourism and locals as well as a habitat for birds and beneficial insect of the region.MOSSissipi park will host musical, art and dance festivals. it provides amenities such as rest room, a coffee shop, market place , skate park and a rock climbing wall.

MOSSissipi Park (US - New Orleans)

Museum main building150' Diameter circular tube

Elevator access

Reflecting poll with fire flames

Placement of bones

15'

One Million BonesPrimary Artists who produced and installed one million bones in various locations in the world bringing home their successful design element: one million bones.This project investigated an appropriate site and design for the bones to retire.Albuquerque Nuclear Museum was selected with concept of the funnel cloud and flames. The existing museum had not anything to do with human and cultural aspect of the nuclear as this would extend the museum concept and philosophy and the outcome of education of public of the nuclear weapon production and unsafe consequences.

0104Museum of nuclear genocide (US - Albuquerque NM)