1. A L E X A N D E R Z ATA R A I N
MLA PORTFOLIO OF SELECTED WORKS
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3. University of Oregon
Master of Landscape Architecture
2014
The Evergreen State College
Bachelor of Fine Art
2009
Kyoto, Japan
2013
Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan
2009
Merit Award, ASLA Oregon Chapter
2014
Betty Marie Laudahl Johnson Memorial
Traveling Scholarship
2013
Dorothy Martone Scholarship
2012
Experience
Skills
Education
Study Abroad
Honors + Awards
Designer
Sustainable Cities Initiative
2014
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Oregon
2012
Intern
Rick Mather Architects
2005
AutoCAD
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Google Sketchup
Microsoft Suite
Hand Drafting
Sketching
Model building
MLA Portfolio of Selected Works
2011 - 2014
ALEXANDER ZATARAIN
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5. The concept is to revitalize the Sanjo-Keihan multi-modal station
and to provide an exceptional public greenspace in the heart of
Kyoto. This gateway to Japan’s “Garden City” is a place to gather,
grab a bite to eat, enjoy a beverage or just watch people going to
and from transit lines.
The present station’s inward-looking shopping center is replaced
with a new building at the eastern edge of the site. Its structure
recalls the shape of an Ogi,or Japanese fan.The building overlooks
a large reflecting pool whose waters cascade into an amphitheater
below. The sound of the falls masks the busy traffic of the nearby
boulevard. Japanese hydrangea softens the amphitheater’s
hardscape. Cryptomeria and Japanese maples serve as vertical
accents to the horizontal pathways that pass over the amphitheater
and reflecting pond to the building.
To create the station’s pathway, lines are drawn from the
center of the site to surrounding areas of interest. In this way
the paths act as way-finding guides for travelers emerging
from underground station, directing them toward notable
sights and districts.The gently curving road serves as a transit
center for several bus lines and is a unique feature in a city
otherwise dominated by an unrelenting orthogonal grid.
Garden Gateway
KYOTO, JAPAN
Sanjo Keihan StationSanjo Keihan Station
Garden Gateway
Sanjo Keihan Station
Garden Gateway
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Sanjo Keihan Station
KYOTO, JAPAN
Sanjo Keihan Station
YOTO, JAPAN
Sanjo Keihan Station
6. shrine
shopping district
Kamo River
Gion district
CURVED BUS LANE
The gently curving road behind the
site serves as bus lane and is a unique
feature in a city otherwise organized in
an orthogonal grid.
ICONIC STRUCTURE
The building recalls the shape of an
Ogi, or Japanese fan and captures the
activity and energy from the nearby
intersection
VERTICAL CONNECTION
A sunken amphitheater creates
a vertical connection and active
communication with the existing
underground mall and subway.
WAYFINDING PATHWAYS
The main circulation paths radiate
outward, leading travelers emerging
The main circulation paths radiate
outward, leading travelers emerging
The main circulation paths radiate
from the subway towards surrounding
outward, leading travelers emerging
from the subway towards surrounding
outward, leading travelers emerging
areas of interest.
from the subway towards surrounding
areas of interest.
from the subway towards surrounding
10. Booth Kelly District
On the Edge
Booth Kelly District
On the Edge
Booth Kelly DistrictS
Booth Kelly DistrictS
Booth Kelly DistrictPRINGFIELD, OR
Booth Kelly DistrictPRINGFIELD, OR
Booth Kelly District
Located at the nexus of the Booth Kelly Natural
Area and a proposed mixed-use development,
Springfield’s back porch overlooks a vernal pool
in the Natural Area. One of the primary design
goals is to soften the edge between the built
and natural environments, thereby increasing
urban residents’ access to nature. A large wooden
deck overlooks the vernal pool while wooden
boardwalks link the natural and urban areas.
This design is a civic place for the public to relax,
take lunch, or spend a quiet moment and move
through.
The form of the deck is configured to reflect
the historic circulation patterns and building
footprints of the sawmill that used to occupy
the site. The vernal pool references the historic
log pond and is located where logs were pulled
from the water into the debarker and sawmill.
Plantings of Douglas fir around the pool’s shore
imagine a new function for the site while paying
homage to the timber industry that helped
Springfield flourish.
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1936
1951
2012
1907
1936
1951
2012
12. GROVEALLÉE
CULTURAL
URBAN
NATURALISTIC
NATURAL
ECOLOGICAL
MATERIALS AND PLANTING
The site is located at the confluence of Springfield’s
downtown, millrace, and nature park. This is
reflected in weaving of disparaate materials and
planting styles.
The planting and site materials work together to
both honor the site’s past and eork to empahsize
the site’s new function as a trasition and gateway
from the cultural to the natural realm. Moving
west to east, tree plantings transition from an
allée to groves of trees and finally to natural
clumps and groupings. The path transitions from
concrete paving to wood to dirt trails, reflecting the
movement from the urban to natural environment.
13. DOUGLAS FIR
Reflects the site’s past as a
sawmill.‘Natural’ material
signals entry to the conservation
area.
CULTURAL
URBAN
NATURAL
ECOLOGICAL
CONCRETE PAVERS
Signify the urban realm. Dark
colored adds visual interest.
CONCRETE PLANK PAVERS
Long plank pavers reminiscent
of the doug fir planks, serve as
a transition between the urban
and ecological realms.
STACKED LUMBER BENCHES
Rising seamlessly from the boardwalk, these benches constructed of
stacked 3x6 lumber evoke memories of the site’s past use.
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17. Kimball Avenue Park is one of five parks
along the Bloomingdale Trail, an abandoned
elevated railway that is being transformed
into a 2.7-mile linear park. The challenge:
to provide ramp access to the Bloomingdale
trail while also creating a welcoming street
level park for the surrounding neighborhood.
Rather than merely providing an access
point,the ramp is designed to be a procession
-- a series of choreographed experiences.
First, the ramp gently curves around the
park boundary, embracing a lower courtyard
and fountain. Finally, a small earthen mound
at the top obscures the view until the path
wraps around it to reveal a unique, elevated
perspective of the neighborhood.
The shape of the ramp informs the site’s
cross-section. The change in elevation is
exaggerated by pushing a segment of the
courtyard down to form a small pool with
a fountain and by raising the upper lawn to
form a grassy rise.
Park
Kimball Ave.
CHICAGO, IL
18. This temporary parklet was designed for the City’s South Willamette
ArtWalk in partnership with the City of Eugene and the bicycle shop
Arriving By Bike. The parklet was sited in front of the popular bicycle
shop. The shop owner requested a pleasing space for activities, such
as bicycle repair, and small workshops, but one that did not obscure
the storefront. The design-build team identified the need not only for
a functional gathering place, but a more welcoming pedestrian space
protected from the noisy traffic and summer sun.
Built entirely from donated materials, the final design “pulls” the
storefront out to the sidewalk, providing a refuge that also serves as
display space. It is a unique landmark on an otherwise bland and auto-
centric street.
Pop-up Parklet
Eugene ArtWalk
Pop-up Parklet
Eugene ArtWalk
Pop-up Parklet
EUGENE, OR
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20. strong vertical element serves as landmark
on treeless street
concept drawing
awning provides shade
display space “pulls” storefront out to the
street
plants soften the
extensive hardscape
25. The visualization of landscape – how landscapes are seen,
imagined, and drawn – underlies all of design and planning.
Through traditional research, as well as the creation of
several art pieces, this project explores the assumptions and
limitations of the visualization and representational modes
of idealized landscape images that designers have inherited.
It is an attempt to see around and behind the singular
romanticized landscape image in order to uncover the ideals
and beliefs at the root of our landscape understanding.
Revealing a Trashed Landscape
Master’s Thesis
Awarded the Oregon ASLA
2014 Merit Award
