As several of you may know, the fifth year of the Cal Poly landscape architecture program is dedicated to a thesis project. This project is one of student origin. As a student, you get to take a look at what you've been doing the past four years and where you think you want to go in the vast field of landscape architecture. Once you've figured that out [good luck], the idea is that you create your own design project centered around your desires and interests. Some students chose very real projects they could design and build themselves, others opted for more theoretical research-based projects. Others felt leading a community in a process that would recognize that community's desires and needs was more up their alley. I went with the more traditional urban design route. My site is the largely industrial and historical neighborhood of the Central Waterfront District in San Francisco, CA. The video below was part of the first step of identifying and analyzing the key issues the site is facing. The video focuses more on identifying the visual identity of the site. Over the next several weeks I will be posting on the design and process I underwent to finish my thesis project. This will be the beginning of a series of posts relevant to some of my past projects...enjoy!
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