Design

At Loculi Design we aim to create symbiosis between nature & culture. Our goal is to create spaces that are mutually beneficial to all living beings.

We look at place from a bird's eye view enabling the development of maps from watershed basins to site specific designs that can be implemented on the ground in a variety of ecological environments, agricultural landscapes, urban spaces, or in the soils around your home.

Loculi Design provides site mapping and drafting services for environments that weave together natural and cultural landscapes.
We focus on understanding how to see the land and interpret the existing conditions formed by past use as well as a design a site specific plan that is unique to your projects vision.

Environmental Consulting

Loculi Design specializes in mapping, site design, drafting, and 3d modeling for a diversity of landscapes such as watershed management, ecological regeneration, environmental restoration, and site specific design for agricultural and other types of cultural landscapes. Our services also include architectural drawing and drafting of blue prints from 3d models generated for existing as well as new buildings. playgrounds and parks, community gardens and orchards, and historic preservation of a diversity of cultural landscapes. We also focus on developing maps both in two dimensional format with detailed contours to three dimensional with topographical surfaces showing existing conditions along with modifying the landform for specific purposes. Custom 2d maps and 3d models can also include existing buildings or develop a design for a new building at a specific location.

Residential Design

Our Residential design services weave together ecological & environmental elements to create landscapes integrating both cultural and natural resources. A master plan is essential to creating the ideal landscape for your site and lifestyle. Residential site design is a necessary element for building a home or creating a site specific landscape when thinking about the natural elements of earth, wind, fire, sun, and water. Its important to consider the passive solar design, the catchment of rain and storm water management, creating a protective buffer from fire, and understanding in which direction the wind blows. The proper use of both native and introduced plant species can help create a biodiverse ecological system that benefits not only your own sustainability, but also of the natural ecosystems in which you exist.

Historical Preservation

Historic preservation and the regeneration of life back into a cultural landscape is an important part of celebrating the past, present, and future of a place. The Casas De Cultura project is focused on preserving the cultural landscape from the historic buildings located on the property to the nurturing of the old apricot, apple, and pear trees. The plan is to restore the buildings and plant a community orchard and garden around the existing fruit trees creating a space for farm to table events and an outdoor environmental classroom that also functions as a small amphitheater.

Stormwater Managment

Stormwater Management

Stormwater management is an integral component to water filtration in urban, rural, and natural landscapes. The creation of stormwater plans to reduce runoff from building roofs, urban sidewalks, pavement of roads and parking lots, agricultural fields, and natural topography is essential for water filtration and conservation. The management of stormwater also provides an opportunity to increase biodiversity in urban, rural and natural landscapes. The use of smart use of stormwater to provide can assist in creating s biodiverse ecosystem creating habitat for pollinators, birds, and other species of urban wildlife. The vegetation composed of native plants also helps to filter and allow for infiltration of water into the aquifer rather than in the streams and rivers.

Pollinator Habitat

Regeneration of pollinator habitat within the natural landscape is an integral part of building a sustainable future for all. We specialize in creating plans for restorative landscapes in agricultural, industrial and commercial settings. The Heron Lakes Golf Course was the site of an experimental project to create pollinator habitat with native plants in out of play areas where grass was a dominant species. The introduction of biological diversity in areas where a monocrop exists reducing the potential for pollinator habitat as well as riparian habitat was the main focus of this regenerative project.

Sustainable Food Systems

Loculi Design offers education and community outreach to create local and sustainable food systems in residential homes, public spaces, and schools. Our focus is also on creating localized food systems by integrating productive plants that provide a source of local fruits, vegetables, herbs, and medicine within variety of spaces such as private residences to public land. The Fruits of Diversity Community Orchard was created with help and support from the Portland Fruit Tree Project along with community members to plant fruit trees, shrubs, and vines along with herbs and native plants. Increasing the biodiversity also provides a range of habitat for various pollinators and longer bloom times creating sources of nectar and pollen that ultimately benefit the health and production of fruit for humans.

Land Use Planning

Land use planning is essential for creating functional environments that enable humanity to coexist with natural ecosystems. These maps and images focus on the regeneration of the hydrological landscape of the Columbia River as it flows from the John Day Dam to The Dalles Dam. The vision here is to bring life back to the river that has inundated the historical fishing grounds of the Celilo and Wishram tribes Celilo Falls and The Narrows. A combination of images were created to reveal the impacts of the dams on the underlying geological formations of the Columbia River Gorge that give form to the topographical landscape and historical flow of the river. Considering the relationship between the historical indigenous use of this important cultural landscape along with the present day use of the river and its shoreline for navigational, recreational, agricultural, residential, commercial, and industrial applications can help to plan a vision for the future.

Site Specific Design

Creating site specific elements that respond to the natural and cultural environment is important in creating a sense of place that responds to each unique situation. Both materials and design should be used to create unique works of art and functional structures that has use both local and sustainable resources to reduce the overall carbon footprint. Innovative design can also create opportunities to develop structures, spaces, and works of art that are dynamic in their ability to function in numerous ways as well as providing habitat for non human species. This approach to design can provide a way to increase ecological habitat while enabling for the intersection of humans in environments that also nurture natural ecosystems.