Shaun Downs

Making the Design a Reality

R e s i d e n t i a l Alamo Canyon Dr. Banner Mine Dr. La Casita Meditation Backyard

C o m m e r c i a l Canyon Ranch Corona De Tucson Desert Tree First Impressions Sonoroan Desert Inn Tortolita

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The design intention is to counterbalance the landscape with the residence by using the plants to do so. The plant materials were selected to add color to the clients backyard as well as improve the aesthetic quality.

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Alamo Canyon Dr, Oro Valley AZ

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Residence

Tools: Pencils, Photoshop

The design intention is to use native plants, creating a natural habitat. Using this selection of plants will bring a variety of hummingbirds, butterflies and other wildlife to the property.

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LegendA- RosemaryB- Dwarf Bottle BrushC- Mesquite TreeD- LatanaE- BougainvilleaF- Green Cloud Texas RangerG - Agave

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Banner Mine Dr, Tucson AZ

Residence

Patio

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Hybrid bermuda grass

Tools: Hand Drawing, Photoshop

Patio

Foothills Palo Verde

Little leaf ash

Trailing Lantana

Damianita Trailing indigo bush

Blue Sage

Blue sage

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Black Dalea

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Lipstick Red Salvia

Lipstick Red Salvia

Hopbush

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Spotted Emu Bush

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Mexican Honeysuckle

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Mexican Honeysuckle

Lady’s slipper

Lady’s slipper

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Autumn sage

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Mexican Oregano

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Mexican Honeysuckle

Mexican Oregano

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Foothills Palo Verde

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The intention of this design was to create a lush and intimate landscape that the guests can enjoy. The building is a small condo that is apart of a large resort. There is a walking path that goes throughout the resort.

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La Casita

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KEY BOTANICAL COMMON NAMES T-1 Ebenopsis ebano Texas ebony T-2 Acacia pendula Weeping AcaciaS-1 Tecoma stans Yellow bellsS-2 Tecoma X “Orange Jubilee” Orange Jubilee S-3 Dodonaea viscosa Hopbush S-4 Salvia greggii Autumn sageG-1 Lantana species “New Gold” A-1 Agave victoriae-reginae Queen victoria agaveA-2 Echinocactus grusoni Golden barrel cactus A-3 Aloe spieces Aloe X “Blue Elf”A-4 Opunita microdasys Bunny earsA-5 Agave americana Century plantA-6 Fouquieria splendens OcotilloA-7 Pedilanthus macrocarpus Lady’s slipperV-1 Gelsemium sepervirens Carolina Jasmine

The design intention is to create a quiet and relaxing space for the client, while using native plants to blend the garden in the surroundings. The purpose of using weath-ered boulders is to create an ancient and natural effect. The water feature offers a perfect balance of yin-yang energies while giving the garden an essentail meaning for growth and the feature gives a boost in postive chi.

Mexican Honeysuckle

Mexican Honeysuckle

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Meditation Backyard

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La Casita

Canyon Ranch

Canyon Ranch Estates is south of the Canyon Ranch Health Resort. The 6 acres is near the Sabino Creek with 11 homes surrounded by native plants, with walking paths that are etched through the rugged landscape of the Sonoran Desert.

Mass Planting

Tools:Autocad, Photoshop, Prisma Colors

Ranch House

The intention of the design is to create multiple outdoors spaces using native plants. Surrounding the house with trees, by doing so it controls the outside climate as well as using their form of the trees to create views. The gazebo is to create an outdoor entaintment area for the clients.

Tools: Pima GiS, AutoCAD

Tools: Adobe Illustrator

LegendBall FieldsBathroomsFitness StationsFrisbee GolfLarge Dog ParkPavillionsPlaygroundSkate ParkSmall Dog ParkWalking PathWater Splash Pad

The client was a private developer who wanted to redevelop the old Santa Rita golf course. The plan is to have a walking trail and have a varierty of dif-ferent areas for the people of Corona DeTucson to enjoy.

Corona De Tucson Park

The Desert Tree Apartments was a team project where we used all the necessary tools that we learned throughout the program. This project has a real life feel to it with the team asking the residents of the apartment building. The questions and gathering range from where they are originante from to what changes they wanted to see happen in the apartment complex. Their biggest concern is the saftey of the children that live there and having a place for them play.

Desert- Tree Apartments

Tools: Pima GiS, Bing Map

Demolition Plan

Tools: Pima GiS, Bing Map Tools: AutoCad

Prosposed Design Large Courtyard

Tools:Pens, Photoshop

Proposed Design Small Courtyard

Tools:Pens, Photoshop

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Site Plan

Tools: Autocad

Construction Documents

Tired MoundN.T.S

Walking PathN.T.S

BollardN.T.S

Tools: Autocad, Pima Mapguide, Photoshop

First Impressions Center Medians

Tools: Autocad, Pima Mapguide, PhotoshopTools: Autocad, Pima Mapguide, Photoshop

South Tucson Blvd

Site InformationThe Mission of the Arizona Sonora Desert museum: Is to inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciationm and understanding of the Sonoran Desert itself.

The site is located east of the SonoranDesert Museum and approximately 13.5 miles west of downtown Tucson.

The purpose of this project is to design a sustainable boutique hotel that will share the mission of the Arizona- Sonora Desert Museum, the intention is to create a unique experience for the guest to be consumed by the surrounding desert landscape, while build on the site and causing the least amount of disturbance to the existing landscape.

Designers Statement

Tools: Auto Cad, Photoshop, Trace paper, Pima GIS

Tucson Mountain Range

The Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum Sonoran Desert Inn Old Tucson Studios

North Kinney Road

GIS 3D Area Map

Sonoran Desert Inn

Sketch Up Topography Map

Minor Wash

Major Wash

Sonora Dr.

N. Kinney Rd.Drainage

Pima County

Sonoran Desert Musuem

High Point

Steep Area

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Slope Codes:0-5% Flat5-15% Ok 15% and Up Non Developable

Slope analysis

Biological Inventory PlantsCholla CactusFishhook CactusCreostoeJojabaOcotillo SaguaroIronwoodPrickley Pear CactusPalo Verde

AnimalsFerruginous HawkMule DeerCooper’s hawkQuail Mountain LionWhitetail DeerRattlesnakeCoyote JavelinaGila MonsterBobcat

Tools: Auto Cad, Photoshop, Trace paper, Pima GISTools: Auto Cad, Photoshop, Trace paper, Pima GIS

Site Analysis / Slope Analysis

Program ObjectivesPool / Recreation Area- the area is one of the focal points, the recreation area will have different things to entertain the guest from hiking trails to multple horse shoe pits.

Lobby (950sf )- This building will have a southwest theme.

Casita- there are two different types of casita’s Casita 1 is designed as more of a private condo, where as casita 2 are 2 condo’s together.

Conference Building- this building is serparate from the Inn itself, it will be use by the public and the guests.

Restaurant- would serve local dishes.

Entrance to hotel Tools:Autocad,Photoshop,Sketch up, Pima Mapguide

Concept Map

Tools:Autocad,Photoshop,Sketch up, Pima MapguideTools:Autocad,Photoshop,Sketch up, Pima Mapguide

Pool

Walking TrailBridge

Casita 2

Spa

Resturant

Lobby

Confernce Hall

Casita 1

Casita 1

Casita 2

Building Placement

Lobby

Tools: Photoshop

Prosopis veluntina

Aloe hybrid “Blue Elf”

Chilopsis linearis

Dalea capitata “Sierra Gold”

Agave harvardiana

Yucca rigida

Leucophyllum langmaniae

Eupordia antisphilitica

Dasylirion wheeleri

Cordia parvifolia

Calliandra californica

Buddleia marrubifo-

Agave weberi

Dasylirion quadrangula-

Agave geminiflora

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Tortolita Vista Entrance

Tools: Photoshop

LegendAloe Hybrid “Blue Elf”Agave geminifloraDalea capitata “Sierra Gold”Fouquieria splendensYucca faxoniana

Vaquero Entrance

Making the Design a Reality