BALDWIN HILLS FRAMEWORK- LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Fall 2008 Landscape Architecture Options Studio
Instructors: Mia Lehrer, Matt Gordy, and Byron Stigge
This project was completed in conjunction with Dorothy Tang MLA II, Kenichiro Suzuki March II, and Chris Sherwin MLA II
The studio critics nominated this project for the Harvard GSD Studio Works publication.

landscape architecture
punta cana
baldwin hills
baldwin hills framework
fields point
downtown concord
selections

photographs
i’ve dreamed of this house
irish rubbish
hip shots
irish countryside
suburban splendor

drawings
indexing movement
lichen drawings
nude drawings

installations
wax tent
cones
wallets for stealing
thank you shoes
teabag sketches
rain catcher

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This project devises a macro scale public park master plan and framework strategy for the currently active Baldwin Hills Oil field in the heart Los Angeles, CA. The total site is over 14,000 Acres or two by two miles - in other words it is huge for an urban park. As a group, we devised an overlapping strategy of identity specific islands with unique and juxtaposing program that defines the essence of Los Angeles. This strategy takes advantage of the reality that the park may have to be phased in over decades in an ad-hoc manner. Since the park needs to finance itself, we also proposed a branding of the park as 100% Los Angeles. Specifically grouped into categories such as, Made in L. A., Eat in L. A., As seen in L. A., Stay in L. A. and Play in L. A. to define areas of program and enhance the marketability and image of the park. The studio critics nominated this project for the Harvard GSD Studio Works publication.