COMMUNITY AS A GARDEN Creating a new development paradigm that reinforces our connection to each other as well as the environment.

1. The Big Idea Creating a new development paradigm that reinforces our connection to each
other as well as the environment using urban agriculture as a unifying concept.
Precedents
New Construction / Master Planned Southern California Edison Built-Out Infrastructure
Community Right-of-Way / Remnant Space NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT
POCKET NEIGHBORHOODS MANZANARES PARK—Madrid, Spain
Guiding Design Principles
People/ User Experience Nature Design & Programming
Design spaces that will create opportunities for face- Design solutions will provide a variety of
Incorporate planting solutions that will emphasize native
to-face interaction and encourage strong and positive experiences for different uses and users while
species to improve biodiversity and provide support to the
relations between people from different backgrounds also encouraging high levels of pedestrian/bicycle
pollinator birds and insects.
and neighborhoods. activity; Design solutions will attempt to minimize
Context excessive maintenance requirements and will not
Safety Design spaces that are compatible in scale with the commu- increase refuse accumulation .
Provide/Create safe and secure environments within nity’s existing scale and character; Establish small-scale
the community and its adjacent areas through land use retail uses that will serve the surrounding neighborhoods and
and design. bring value to existing and new development.
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Tammy Martin Thesis Advisor:
UCLA Extension COMMUNITY AS A GARDEN Jim Smith, AIA
Landscape Architecture Thesis 2012 Designing Healthy Spaces & Places

2. Project Statement Program Requirements
Our lives have become  Allow for Community Participation
extremely fast-paced
 Connected Open Space
 Socially, we have become slaves to new technologies that  Connected Neighborhoods
claim to be able to increase our connectivity to each other.
 Create Connected Open Space Venues for
 Rather than being connected, we have, instead, become more Community Programming
isolated and less capable of relating to each other in the real
world on a day-to-day basis.  Promote Historical Aspects of the City
 Overall, we have become more of a society of spectators  Outdoor, Experiential Learning Opportunities
rather than participants and, in doing so, we’re missing out  Organic Farming and Horticultural Education
on the rich relationships that can develop with face-to-face
interaction and the communality of shared experiences and  Promote a Local, Healthy Food System
the intimacy of authentic friendships.
 Culinary Education Opportunities
 What we gain in technological advances seems to result in
 Recreational Opportunities
the sacrificing of our ability to build and maintain
relationships.  Promote Environmental Sustainability
including Permaculture Practices
 Community gardens have long been important parts of
American and International culture. These spaces and their  Promote Heirloom Crop Preservation
associated activities meet economic, social, psychological and
environmental needs and have earned a reputation as a vital  Enhance Pedestrian Circulation and
amenity of the urban fabric. Experience
 Using food and community agriculture as the common thread for
relationship building, I will examine, through design, various
ways to create more opportunities for social interaction.
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Tammy Martin Thesis Advisor:
UCLA Extension COMMUNITY AS A GARDEN Jim Smith, AIA
Landscape Architecture Thesis 2012 Designing Healthy Spaces & Places

3. CONCEPT 1
Master Planned Community with
Focus On Shared, Common Open
Space
Orange Park Acres—Master Plan: Inward Applied to Site as Concept
Orientation; Shared Commons
Project Goal: Fellowship, Creating a
local support network
CONCEPT 2
Built-Out Infrastructure / Web
Old Towne Orange—Catalyst Center; Core
site reaching out into community
Project Goal: Increase passive Applied to Site as Concept
recreation space within the City of Orange
CONCEPT 3
Datum / Active, Linear Hub
Irvine—Main Activity Hub informs satellite
sites throughout the community
Project Goal: Reinforcing strength of Applied to Site as Concept
community
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Tammy Martin Thesis Advisor:
UCLA Extension COMMUNITY AS A GARDEN Jim Smith, AIA
Landscape Architecture Thesis 2012 Designing Healthy Spaces & Places

4. Functional Master Plan
Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4
“The Lounge” Ag Playscape Ag Demonstration Gardens and “Chef’s Garden”
Educational Center (Small-Scale Retail & Restaurant)
 Farm Stand / Info Kiosk  Community Kitchen and Cantina  Community Kitchen and Education  Meadow with seating areas
 Pavilion Orchard / Farmer’s  Restroom Facility Center  Chef’s Garden and Demonstration Area
Market Area  Interpretive Trail  Restroom Facilities  Heirloom Orchard
 Restroom Facility  Children’s Gardens  Walk Bridges to Connect Adjacent  Promenade
 Flexible and Built-In Seating  Miniature Maze Neighborhoods  Walk Bridge to Connect Adjacent
Areas  Amphitheater  Demonstration Gardens Neighborhoods
 Bike / Pedestrian Trail  Bike / Pedestrian Trail  Flexible Gathering Space  Restaurant that includes Small-Scale
 Pavilion Orchard Retail
Elements
Gathering Place Eat Place Play Place Education Place Culinary Place Garden Place
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Tammy Martin Thesis Advisor:
UCLA Extension COMMUNITY AS A GARDEN Jim Smith, AIA
Landscape Architecture Thesis 2012 Designing Healthy Spaces & Places

5. Key Map
Conceptual Site Plan: Sections 1 & 2
Section 1 — “The Lounge”
Residential
San Diego Creek
Harvard Ave Overpass
Entrance Pavilion from San
Diego Creek Bicycle Trail
Farm Stand Flexible 120’ SCE
Pedestrian & Pavilion Restroom Pavilion
& Info Kiosk Seating Electrical Tower Seating Seating
Bike Trail Orchard Orchard N
405 / San Diego Freeway Transition to
Section 2
Key Map
Earthworm Tunnel along
Interpretive Trail
Section 2 — Ag Playscape
Residential
“The Hive”
Pollinator Garden Exit to Culver
Community 405 / San Diego Freeway
Children’s Keyhole Ave & Cross-
Pedestrian & Earthworm Earthworm 120’ SCE Children’s Kitchen Donation Flexible Gathering walk to
Bike Trail Interpretive Trail Tunnel Electrical Tower Garden Space
Gardens N
& Cantina Section 3
Garden
Bean/Vine Quiet Retreat Maze Scale:
Teepees Gathering Area Amphitheater
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Tammy Martin Thesis Advisor:
UCLA Extension COMMUNITY AS A GARDEN Jim Smith, AIA
Landscape Architecture Thesis 2012 Designing Healthy Spaces & Places

6. Conceptual Site Plan: Section 3 Key Map
Section 3 — Ag Demonstration Gardens and Educational Center
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Electrical Tower, Typ Gathering Space Demonstration
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Demonstration & Pavilion Education Center
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Shrubs &
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Kitchen &
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Fruit Trees Utility Tower
Walk Bridge Garden, Typ 120’ SCE
Demonstration
Garden Bike Trail Electrical Tower, N
& Pavilion
Scale:
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Tammy Martin Thesis Advisor:
UCLA Extension COMMUNITY AS A GARDEN Jim Smith, AIA
Landscape Architecture Thesis 2012 Designing Healthy Spaces & Places

7. Key Map
Conceptual Site Plan: Section 4
Section 4 — “Chef’s Garden” (Small-Scale Retail & Restaurant)
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Pedestrian Trail Heirloom Chef’s Garden &
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Orchard
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405 / San Diego Freeway
Water feature
Small-scale Retail
N
with Sculpture 120’ SCE
And Restaurant
Electrical Tower
Scale:
Way-finding Signage Throughout Park along with Demonstration Gardens to Include Variety of “Farm to Fork” Professional Chef Programming to Include
QNR codes for Park Information Agriculture Uses and Not Limited to Food Demonstrations and Fundraising Events Communal Dinner Events
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Tammy Martin Thesis Advisor:
UCLA Extension COMMUNITY AS A GARDEN Jim Smith, AIA
Landscape Architecture Thesis 2012 Designing Healthy Spaces & Places

8. Satellite Spaces Additional Satellite Vignettes
Existing School Yard & Park Streetscape
Storytelling Circle
Pizza Oven
Mixed Planting in Stormwater
Retention Planter
Modular Classrooms with Courtyard View
of Nature and Powered by Solar Energy
Intersection Pocket Parks
Mixed Planting along Dining Patio
Design Intention to Mix Agriculture with
Common Planting Schemes
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Tammy Martin Thesis Advisor:
UCLA Extension COMMUNITY AS A GARDEN Jim Smith, AIA
Landscape Architecture Thesis 2012 Designing Healthy Spaces & Places