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This portfolio was created to illustrate my projects as a Graduate Student at University of Califor-nia Berkeley in the Master of Landscape Architecture program and projects as a freelance Land-scape Designer. The work illustrated within this portfolio changes in scale to show the progression of the process applied in creating a landscape design.

My passion in creating Landscape Architectural design is to blur the lines between Landscape Architecture and Architecture. I have seen in many instances where Landscape Architecture and Architecture on the same projects lacked a cohesive and clear design language. My goal is to create a design language between Landscape Architecture and Architecture to create a complete composition.

Clifton E. Sorrell Jr.4935 San Pablo Dam RoadApartment #510El Sobrante, California 94803

(510) 758-4662sorr7676@msn.com

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BACKYARD REVITALIZATION 3

GALILEE HARBOR 7

POMO INDIAN RESERVATION DESIGN 11

RESUME 20

A freelance landscape design project for a client in Livermore, California. A client wanted to redesign his backyard to a place of leisure to resemble an Italian Mediterranean Garden. The deliv-erable was a schematic design planting plan and a plant data chart.

A studio design project at University of California Berkeley, were the goal is to program an open space area that is vacant next to a boat house community in Sausalito, California.

A studio design project at University of California Berkeley, were the goal was to develop an Indian Reservation to incorporate a private trail system for the Native Americans and public trail sys-tem for visitors to learn about the Native American History of the Pomo Indian in Ukiah, California.

I have ten years experience in design and project coordination. Skilled at building effec-tive working relationships with clients, consultants, team members and vendors. Suc-cessfully lead projects with junior staff to produce, design development, construction documents, construction administration and specifications. Proficient in AutoCAD and Microstation in creating construction documents. Efficient in hand sketching conceptual drawings and details. Extensive experience with; Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator and 3dmax for creating 3D model illustrations. Efficient in Micro Soft Office Suite to create documents and spreadsheets. Seeking a challenging Landscape Architectural position in a team oriented firm that strives for excellence.

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A freelance landscape design project for a client in Livermore, California. The goal is to redesign the backyard as a place of leisure to resemble an Italian Mediterranean Garden.

Existing House footprint

Textured Concrete Barbecue Area

Gray Stone Paver walkway

Textured Concrete Pool Courtyard

Tempered Pool w/ non-slip edge

Drought Tolerant Lawn

Arbor Fence w/ vegetation

Round Lawn Pavers

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Backyard Revitalization@ SATURN WAY, LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA

The client expressed that he/she loves the laven-der plant and mediterranean gardens. This insight drove the design process of the project.

The lavender plant used within the design is called Lavandula stoechas - French Lavender.

French lavender is heavily used within mediterra-nean gardens for its great aroma, medicinal use and great color. These attributes of French La-vander will be the drive force behind the design.

The plant arrangement plan - scheme 1 and scheme 2 tries to take two different approaches to the mediterranean garden for the client.

The goal was to spread the lavender plants throughout the plan but not to make it over power-ing. The thought to spread them out would allow the client to enjoy the aroma of the plant any-where within his/her backyard.

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Dietes iridioides- Fortnight Lily

Teucrium fruiticans ‘Azurium’- Bush Germander

Limonium perezii- Sea Lavender Statice

Grevillea lanigera- Woolly Grevillea

Euryops pectinatus- Golden Shrub Daisy

Trillium chloropetalum- Wake Robin

Hebe ‘Veronica Lake’- Hebe

Salvia clevelandii- Cleveland Sage

Tagetes lemmonii- Copper Canyon Daisy

Salvia greggii- Autumne Sage

Strelitzia reginae- Bird of Paradise

Cupressus sempervirens ‘Stricta’- Columnar Italian Cypress

Fremontodendron Californicum- California Flannel Bush

Cercis occidentalis- Western Redbud

Olea europaea- Olive Tree

Hardenbergia violacea- Happy Wanderer

Lavendula stoechas- French Lavender

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Planting Legend

NO. PHOTOS SYMBOLS BOTANICAL/COMMON NAME QTY. SIZE COMMENTS

15 5 GA, Location byEngineer

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Existing House Footprint

Lawn Area

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Galilee Harbor

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Mixed-Use Building

Boardwalk at Galilee Harbor beach

Historical sunken ship on the Island

Rose Garden

Sculpture Garden

Water Fountain

Restored Tidal Marsh

Community Center

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@ NAPA STREET, SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA

The Napa Street Galilee Harbor is an eclectic boat residential harbor com-munity adjacent to open space in the City of Sausalito. The proposed design for the open space will connect the boat community to Bridgeman Street by developing the open space as a destination with amenities.

The design goal was to create a sense of place for the residence of Galilee Harbor to have a connection to their community. The proposed design to the open space will create a sense of movement for bicyclist to move through the site away from heavy traffic on Bridgeman Street. Also, the proposed design will establish a series of bicycle and pedestrian paths with a series of events for viewing enjoyment.

In creating the community as a place of destination, there are key additions within the design:

• Mixed-use building with work studios, restaurants and condos• Boardwalk at the Galilee Harbor Beach• Historical sunken ship on the island for viewing• Rose garden with an array of different rose species• Public Sculpture Garden• Water fountain node• Restored existing tidal marsh• Community Center

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BICYCLE PATH

BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PATH

The pedestrian paths are walkways that allow persons on foot to move through the site. The pedestrian path-ways are a network of paths that connect the commu-nity center, mixed-use building, boardwalk, beach and Galilee Harbor boat community to Bridgeman Street. These pathways vary in width and material.

The bicycle paths are corridors which will allow bicyclist to move quickly through the site. These bicycle paths will connect to the City of Sausalito’s bicycle paths out-side of the designed area. The material of the bicycle paths will be concrete mixed with brick pavers or de-composed granite.

The bicycle and pedestrian paths are corridors which will allow bicyclist and pedestrians to move quickly through the site together. These pathways will be 12’-0” wide to allow both circulation types to use the same pathway. Also, these paths will be used in the event of an emergency for emergency vehicles. The material of the bicycle paths will be concrete mixed with brick pav-ers or decomposed granite.

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Melaleuca stypheliodes- Black Tea Tree

Sequoia semperverias- Coastal Redwood

Phoenix canariensis- Canary Island Date Palm

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana - Port Orford Cedar

Quercus virginiana - Southern Live Oak

Cotinus coggygria - Smoke Tree

Agapanthus orientalis - Lily of the Nile

Dietes iridioides - Fortnight Lily

Rosa spp.- Rose

Sarcococca hookeriana var. - Sweetbox

Juncus inflexus - Rush

Phyllostachys aureosulcata ‘Aureocaulis’- Golden Crookstem Bamboo

Cornus florida “rubia” - Pink flowering dogwood

Buxus microphylla japonica - Japanese Boxwood

Leptospermum scoparium- New Zealand Tea Tree

Aeonium arboreum ‘Atropur-pureum - Purple Aeonium

Berberis thunbergii ‘Atropurpurea’- Red-leaf Japanese Barberry

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Galilee Harbor@ NAPA STREET, SAUSALITO, CALIFORNIA

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Black Locus hardwood- boardwalk material

Pervious Concrete - concrete pathways

Decomposed Granite- granite pathways

Brick Pavers- brick pathways

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Pomo Indians History Plaza

Pomo Indians Village Replica

Native Raingarden

Outdoor Fitness Station

Private Community Park

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Pomo Indian Reservation Design @ LOW GAP ROAD, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA

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Deconstructing the basket weaving ma-terials to it’s natural state

Deconstructing the basket weaving tech-nique to extract a design pattern

The design pat-tern translated from the basket weaving process are simple forms used within the site diagramming process

Native Pomo Indian cooking utensils and basket weaving materials.

Housing 3 Public entrances1 Private entrance

2 Public entrances3 Private entrance

2 Public entrances2 Private entrance

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Trial system

Outdoor fitness station

Open space

Pomo village replica

Pomo native garden

Site-1 community

Site-2 community

Site-3 community

Sedge Perennial Grass - Carex spp.

Bullrush Perennial Grass - Scirpus spp.

The Bullrush and Sedge grasses are used in the coiling method and spiral-ing method in constructing a basket

The design patterns (left to right); nodes, coils (trail system), spirals

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Tree Clumping

The tree clumping map illustrates where the high volume of tree cover is located on the site

Built Structures

The built structures map illustrates where the buildings are lo-cated on the site

Pomo History Plaza

The Pomo History Plaza is an open air court-yard that tiers down the mountain side. This exhibits the cultural history of the Pomo Indians on transparent sheets of glass, which erects from a copper base. The historical content is etched within the sheets of glass and illuminat-ed at night. This allows for the History Plaza to serve as an educational feature for the nearby schools and visitors to the site.

Open Spaces

The built structures map illustrates where the buildings are lo-cated on the site

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Pedestrian Circulation

The pedestrian circula-tion illustrates how and where individuals move through the site

Private Circulation

The private circula-tion illustrates where the private trails are located among all the other trails to allow private movement between each indian community. There will be a lockable gate were the private trail and the public trail cross paths.

Public Circulation

The public circula-tion illustrates where the public trails are located amongst the rest of the trails to al-low movement to all the public events and extracurricular activity on the site.

Bicycle Circulation

The bicycle circulation illustrates which trail can be used for bik-ing. This trail path will be built to accommo-date for harsh circula-tion from cycling.

Automobile Circulation

The automobile circula-tion illustrates where and how the cars will ap-proach the site.

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Pomo Indian Reservation Design @ LOW GAP ROAD, UKIAH, CALIFORNIA

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Carex spp. - Sedge perennial grass

Scirpus spp - Bulrush perennial grass

Quercus douglasii - Blue Oak tree

Decomposed Granite- Imperial Gray

Grass spp.- lawn

Baccharis pilularis- Coyote Bush

Aesculus californica - California Buckeye

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Qualification Profile

I have ten years experience in design and project coordination. Skilled at building effective working relationships with clients, consultants, team members and vendors. Successfully lead projects with junior staff to produce, design development, construction documents, construction administration and specifications. Proficient in AutoCAD and Microstation in creating construction documents. Ef-ficient in hand sketching conceptual drawings and details. Extensive experience with; Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator and 3dmax for creating 3D model illustrations. Efficient in Micro Soft Office Suite to create documents and spreadsheets. Seeking a challenging Landscape Architectural position in a team oriented firm that strives for excellence.

Experience

2004 – 2008 Senior Job CaptainMBH Architects Alameda, California

Perform as a project manager on major projects, attend project meetings, coordinate and delegate work to staff and consultants; assist in training and developing of junior staff, review contracts from clients, submitted request for payment and receive request for payment from consultants.

Coordinate and lead project team in the development of construction documents under the supervi-sion of Studio Director. Issue documents for bid and permits and revise drawings as necessary per Bulletins, RFI’s, Addendums and plan check comments. Participate in the development of and as-sure compliance with “in-house” technical and production standards

Perform construction administration by creating logs and processing all documents in a timely man-ner and in accordance with the Client/Architect Agreement. Review shop drawings, submittals, RFI’s, change orders, and application for payment for general conformance with the construction docu-ments. Perform job site visits to review progress of construction, prepare and issues field reports. Assess challenges and recommend solutions to the Studio Director for implementation

Project types ranged from commercial buildings, large retail buildings and retail developments with construction types from II to V

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1997 – 2004 Architectural DesignerTarget Corporation Minneapolis, Minnesota

Perform as architectural designer to lead construction document process for a minimum of eight commercial retail stores per year, with emphasis on quality assurance and timeliness

Contributed to design development and construction documentation of over 35 Unique stores, new stores, remodel stores, prototype stores and special projects in various geographic loca-tions, including the analysis of state code and site requirements for implementation into build-ing designs

Initiated design strategy solutions to significantly reduce costs associated with field order modi-fications and other design revisions

Coordinated project development by collaborating with engineers, consultants and vendors to address any necessary information regarding commercial design projects. Coordinated with store planner to arrange interior spaces within the building shell to be productive for store op-erations.

Special Projects & Freelance

Nov 2009 – Present Founder/DesignerArchiscape El Sobrante, California

Currently created a freelance company doing Architectural Landscape design and Architectur-al building design, creating preliminary to schematic design work for clients with design-build requests. • Private Residential Landscape Design – Livermore, California• Latham Square Office high-rise tenant improvement – Oakland, California

Feb – April 2009 Landscape Architect InternBionic Landscapes San Francisco, California

Perform as a Landscape Architectural Intern constructing title block for construction docu-ments and site plan analysis under the supervision of the Owner/Landscape Architect. • Shield-Ried Park site analysis – Richmond, California

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April – Aug 2008 Senior Job CaptainLowney Architects Oakland, California

Perform as a Senior Job Captain under contract to complete construction document and construc-tion administration phase of architectural project. Participated in a design competition for the City of Oakland to qualify the firm in being the project designers. • Whole Foods Grocery Store – San Jose, California• African American Community Center – Oakland, California

2001-2002 Freelance DrafterSD Sorrell Drafting Minneapolis, Minnesota

Perform as a freelance draftsman in creating construction documents to implement a three season-al porch and wooden deck on a private residential home for a contractor as design-build.

• Private Residential home addition – Savage, Minnesota

Education and Certifications

Master Landscape Architecture – Graduate SchoolUniversity of California - Berkeley, 2009

B.S. Architecture; Minor in Art and Landscape ArchitectureUniversity of Minnesota, 2004

Certified Advanced Architecture-Structural –Civil Design DraftingMinnesota School of Drafting (Now Herzing College), 1996

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