ADDIE SHERMAN URBAN PLANNING PORTFOLIO
Contact & Resume Addie Sherman 937-475-4959 shermaai@mail.uc.edu 2373 Wheeler St. Cincinnati, Ohio 45219 I am looking for a Planning Co-op position in which I can gain real-world experience. I would particularly like to utilize my GIS and creative design skills. I hope to learn a lot from my employer and utilize my ability and talents.
EDUCATION University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH Class of 2018 College of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning: Bachelor of Urban Planning Deans List Recipient 3.36 GPA Centerville High School Dayton, Ohio Class of 2012 College Prepatory Curriculum Student Council Member Cabinet Member (Secretary)
2008-2012 2011-2012
SOFTWARE ArcGIS
SketchUp
Illustator
InDesign
Photoshop Microsoft Office
AutoCAD
SKILLS Presentations
Hand-rendering
Working in groups
Verbal Communication
WORK Jenco Brothers Candy: Cincinnati, OH Summer 2013- Present General customer service, ordering and checking stock, operating cash register, cleaning, making popcorn. Doubledays Bar and Grille: Dayton, OH Winter 2010- Fall 2011 Seating and interacting with guests, attending to their needs, bussing tables, opening and closing the restaurant.
CURRENT RELEVANT COURSEWORK Theories & Practices of Placemaking (Graduate Level)- Understanding and challenging the principles and practices of placemaking, this course is fulfilling an urban design minor course requirement. Site Planning & Design- Investigating two- and three- dimensional design principals, human physiological constraints, analyzing topography, identifying relationships between site planning and design, communicating and presenting the outcome to clients. Software used: GIS, Illustrator, Photoshop. Land Use Controls- focusing on land use controls and planning at the local government level. including zoning and related legal mechanisms. Economic Foundations for Planning Urban Economies- fundamental economic concepts and theory with specific emphasis on the use of economics for planning urban communities My particular interests lie in urban design and urban transportation, specifically in catering urban spaces to the needs of the people, making cities walkable, safe, and sustainable. Living in Cincinnati has opened my eyes to the multiple planning issues that larger cities face. I look forward to making an impact in whatever city I work in.
Table of Contents MT. AIRY FOREST CONTEXT & SITE ANALYSIS
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EAST END NEIGHBORHOOD ANALYSIS 7-14 HAND RENDERINGS 15-16 GIS WORK 17-19
Mount Airy Forest Context & Site Ana FALL 2015 STUDIO Location of Mt. Airy Forest on a map of Cincinnati.
This basemap is the starting point for our analysis of the site. It shows streets, pavement, and parcels.
alysis
This semester we had the opportunity to choose from three sites in Cincinnati to potentially develop for residential use. The sites were all parks, so that we would have to work with changes in topography, their views, and their accessibility. We chose Mt. Airy forest as our project site. Over the course of the semester we have performed detailed context & site analyses, including but not limited to, topographic and soil maps, climatic analysis, vegetation and infrastructure maps, location analysis and traffic patterns, and more.
Mount Airy Forest Context & Site Ana FALL 2015 STUDIO Multiple Ring Buffer Amenities Map
alysis Connectivity Map Entrance points
Utilities Map
Mount Airy Forest Context & Site Ana FALL 2015 STUDIO Topography
Vegetation
alysis Soil Type
We will use all of the information that we gathered in order to “develop� a site, taking in to account the elevation, how much clearing of the land you would have to perform in the dense vegetation, and what kind of soil you can or cannot build on.
East End Neighborhood Analysis SPRING 2015 STUDIO
East End is a neighborhood in Cincinnati stretching seven miles along the Ohio River, once home to Cincinnati’s manufaturing district. There are many vacant buildings and lots, so my group chose this neighborhood to analyze in hopes we would have some creative ideas to improve it.
Current East End CBD Facade
Eli’s Barbeque
East End Neighborhood Analysis SPRING 2015 STUDIO
East End Land Cover Map
As a part of our analysis, we took a look at the land cover of our area. The physical ground is mostly cleared land and woodlands.
East End Zoning Map
In regards to the zoning of East End, you can see it is legally designated to be used for manufacturing and single family. It was intersting to compare a technical, legal analysis of the land to the actual use of the space. There has been a rapid decline in population density in the last forty years, and housing vacancy has gone up significantly.
East End Neighborhood Analysis SPRING 2015 STUDIO Business Type Model of East End Central Business District
These 3-D models are current representations of buildings in East End, the CBD specifically featured above. In order to bring improvement to the area, we chose to utilize the vacant building second from the left, directly next to the popular Eli’s BBQ, and turn it in to an ice cream shop.
Model of Residential buildings in East End
Model of Eli’s BBQ
East End Neighborhood Analysis SPRING 2015 STUDIO
Hand and photoshop rendered improvement model
Our group really wanted to breathe life back in to the neighborhood. Capitalizing on the popularity and close proximity of Eli’s BBQ, We wanted to create not only a private space where people can buy ice cream and stimulate the local economy, but a public recreational space in which people can play and interact.
3-D Sketch- Up Improvement Model for area
This improvement model also includes a public garden, a soccer field, as well as park benches and tables. While we wanted to attract people from other neighborhoods, we also wanted to give back to East End by creating a space in which it’s current residents will benefit.
Hand Renderings
Hand-rendered Site Section
Two-point Perspective Photoshop rendering
Hand-rendered Site Plan
Two-point Perspective hand rendering (watercolor)
GIS Work Map of Colorado Counties
Geoprocessing: for this assignment I built a study area for two rapidly growing counties in Colorado: Denver and Jefferson counties. To make this map, I had to use these geoprocessing features: create new feature classes, select by location, merge, and clip to create the study area features.
Cluster Ananlysis of Larceny Crimes in Pittsburgh
I made a cluster analysis in order to see the patterns of crime in certain areas of Pittsburgh. This is specifically useful in data mining, searching for interesting or useful patterns in large, complicated datasets.
GIS Work Cincinnati Bus Routes & Stops
I made this map in order to have a visual representation of the bus routes and number of bus stops in different neighborhoods throughout Cincinnati. This is specifically helpful in looking at which neighborhoods need more bus stops, and if more routes need to be implemented. In order to get this information I had to locate the shapefiles and download them from the internet, and apply them to the map of Cincinnati. I then created a gradient to display the range of bus stop densities throughout the neighborhoods.
THANK YOU Addie Sherman 937-475-4959 shermaai@mail.uc.edu 2373 Wheeler St. Cincinnati, Ohio 45219