Brian Spitzig Portfolio 2017 by Brian Spitzig

Brian BrianSpitzig Spitzig

Bachelor of Urban Planning | University of Cincinnati

spitzigb@gmail.com | 513-706-8457

Brian Spitzig

150 Fleming Rd. Cincinnati, Ohio 45215 | spitzigb@gmail.com | 513-706-8457 | brianspitzig.com

Professional Experience Champlin Architecture

720 East Pete Rose Way. Cincinnati, Ohio August 2016- December 2016 Assisted with the design and development of construction documents for floor plans, site plans, interior/exterior elevations, demolition plans, door and window schedules, and furniture plans on an architectural team. Helped write a due diligence report for a proposed operations center and modified an existing site plan to meet the zoning code compliance, land use regulations and the needs of the client. Became familiar with and participated in the site/architectural plan process from initial design concepts to submitting and receiving permit approvals.

City of Salida Community Development Department

448 E. First St. Salida, Colorado January 2016- April 2016 Provided administrative support and served as a liaison between the planning department and public. Assessed the compliance of building permits, proposals, plans. Conducted research on regulations, ordinances and policies on planning related projects. Drafted and presented reports to the Planning Director and Planning Commission on a variety of projects and research.

Town of Buena Vista Planning Department

210 E. Main St. Buena Vista, Colorado April 2015 - Aug. 2015 Assisted the Planning Technician in handling and processing permits, applications and answering general planning questions from the public. Became familiar with understanding and interpreting zoning code for municipal code compliance. Participated in and facilitated public comprehensive plan meetings throughout a comprehensive plan and land use code update process.

Colerain Township: Planning and Zoning Department

4200 Springdale Rd. Colerain Township, Ohio. January 2014- April 2014; August 2014- Dec. 2014 Developed Board of Zoning Appeals and Zoning Commission presentations each month. Created presentation graphics and ma highlighting an inventory of the Townshipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strategic initiatives da Maintained an inventory of and tracked property maintenance, nuisance complaints, zoning code violations. Coordinated with other Township departments on various projects, graphics, maps and reports.

Future Blooms, Keep Cincinnati Beautiful

1408 Main St. Over the Rhine, Cincinnati. May 2013- August 2013 Painted artwork on vacant buildings throughout Cincinnati in order to reduce crime and blight as well as encourage economic development and revitalization.

Product Design Consultant, Easy Way Products

8950 Rossash Rd. Cincinnati, Ohio. March 2015 - December 2016 Photographed cushions, pillows, and drapes for a custom furnitur textile manufacturer then worked in Photoshop to overlay differe colors, fabrics and patterns on to the images. Consistently met deadlines and managed large number of files for use in selling the products online.

UrbanCincy Photographer/Contributer

urbancincy.com online publication. Dec. 2013 - Present Currently providing digital photography content for a major regional online publication on urban topics and issues of Cincinna

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Senior Capstone Project Research & Analysis & Urban Framework Plan Preliminary Design Sketches & Conceptual Frameowork Diagrams Site Conceptual Diagrams Black and White Site Plan & Rendered Site Plan Final Poster Layout

Professional Work Drafting Writing Mapping Research & Inventory

Academic Work Individual | Urban Design Studio & Urban Design Guidelines Individual | Site Renderings Plan View, 3D, Elevations Individual | Graphics Studios Individual | 3D Model Renderings & Elevations Group Project | Urban Design Studio Group Projects | Comprehensive Design Studios Non Profit Work & Creative Work

Photography Published Photography Personal Photography

Senior Capstone Project For my final design studio we were asked to explore the concepts and applications for â&#x20AC;&#x153;intentional communitiesâ&#x20AC;? in the Uptown Cincinnati area. The studio located potential sites for such a community that would allow an integrated connection with key institutions such as the University and Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital in terms of accessibility, programs, and resources. Each proposed Coop location explores a unique urban design opportunity that responds to and integrates the proposed development into the larger scale of the Uptown district as a whole and its abutting urban site context in particular. Our studio collaborated with several civic groups including Impact Innovation and the Uptown Consortium to develop its work and will benefit from the mentorship of several area experts to better understand the challenges behind creating such a community. My proposal seeks to better integrate the proposed renovation of the Avondale Town Center into an inclusive residential community that offers a mix of market rate and affordable units located in close proximity to medical services and other amenities. The following pages will give a detailed look to how I arrived at my proposal, the research that went into it and an explanation of my design work. My final poster layout makes up the next page. This highlights the main aspects of my proposal from the context, framework, existing conditions, vision statement and concept diagrams to the rendered site plan, precedent images and a program diagram.

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The capstone semester began with analysis of the Uptown neighborhoods of Cincinnati, where our intentional community was to be located. The graphics shown here are examples of the maps I created that focus on transportation challenges facing populations in Uptown. The street level images below were created to show the scale and type of development this community could look like in the context of Avondale. The Urban Framework Plan summarizes the analysis that went into looking at the Avondale community and how its development might be envisioned for the future.

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We envision Burnet Avenue and the Avondale Town Center becoming a beacon of innovation in healthy living, inclusive design, and neighborhood business through community-oriented development. Strengthening community input and involvement in the medical campus planning process will help connect stakeholders and ensure that amenities d services for all residents are provided, and opportunities for employment are presented. fying the transient and temporary populations that utilize Avondaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s medical resources and ding adequate resources and housing are also important to improving the quality of life in dale. Eliminating vacancy and improving streetscape will enhance the y, security and wellbeing of residents and visitors.

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Part of the design process included preliminary sketching for how this intentional communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s site plan would look. These designs helped my thought process in coming up with an overall site plan and site conceptual diagrams shown on the following pages. The Conceptual Framework Diagrams show the relationship that my chosen site has with surrounding context and the overall goals that I wish to achieve with my proposal. These include providing access to nearby health care services and commercial/cultural amenities as well as building a new residential community and connecting existing and proposed greenspace.

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After exporting GIS shapefiles into Autocad to draw order to draw new streets, sidewalks, buildings and other elements of my proposal at the correct scale, I set up the document in Autocad as a black and white line drawing to then be put into Photoshop for color. The rendered site plan shows the coloring techniques I added to the line drawing using Photoshop. The following page shows my final poster design for my proposed intentional community called the Avondale Bridge Community. The poster was designed to be printed at 36 x 52 inches.

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Framework Diagrams

Avondale Bridge Community CINCINNATI, OHIO

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Avondale is located in the Uptown area of Cincinnati. Reading Road is one of the major commercial corridors in Uptown. The MLK Interchange project will bring new development to southern Avondale along Reading Road. The Medical campus and Childrens Hospital continued expansion and development plans will transform the Burnet Avenue corridor from MLK to Forest Avenue. At the intersection of Forest Avenue and Reading Road is the Avondale Town Center.

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The Avondale Bridge Community has the potential to partner with the many medical institutions of Avondale. One of which, located adjacent to the site on Van Antwerp Place is Garden Park Health Care. Residents of the community may utilize the services of this nearby facility while living independently in one of the single family homes, townhouses or apartments. These different residential unit types offer residents with varying degrees of mobility, independence and care the access to Garden Park Health Careâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s services and community network.

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By bridging the gap in development and a sense of community with the expansion of the medical campus and redevelopment of the Avondale Town Center, the Avondale Bridge Community will provide residents and visitors with access to the civic, institutional and commercial amenities of Avondale. The redevelopment will serve as a catalyst and symbol to a commitment in connecting residential, institutional and commercial districts to better serve the needs of residents.

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Professional Work As part of my undergraduate degree at the University of Cincinnati, we were given the opportunity to gain valuable professional experience in five co-ops. The coops took place in between semesters of classes to give us the opportunity to apply new skills learned in school to our experiences working in professional settings. The work I have compiled on the following pages vary greatly from writing experience I was able to gain when working in the private sector for an architecture firm to creating high quality graphics, presentations and maps for a small communities planning department.

Professional Experience | Drafting

Programs Used: Autocad

MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 1007 CHARLOTTE, NC 28201

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Examples of computer-aided drafting using AutoCAD and Revit to create proposed exterior elevations. This gave me experience in the technical and detailed development of construction documents. I was also able to help draft floor plans, demolition A-202 plans, interior elevations, and other construction plans on an architectural team. The site plan above, was part of my responsibility to modify the plan given to our team in order to come into compliance to zoning regulations and design it to fit the setbacks, landscape requirements, impervious surface and floor area ratio requirements of the sites zoning designation.

Due Diligence Report excerpts:

Selected excerpts written based on my research of the zoning requirements to inform our client on the development of the site. The due diligence report (see adjacent page) was a collaborative document I help write and compile information for from the project team which included geotechnical engineers, land surveyors, civil engineers and real estate professionals.

COLERAIN TOWNSHIP ZONING CLASSIFICATION B-3 Commerce District The intended use will be Light Industrial. This is an allowable use under Section 8.1 of the Colerain Township Zoning Resolution. After contacting Colerain Township, it was determined that the current zoning map is out of date and the property is now completely in the B-3 zone district. Colerain Township passed a resolution in January 2016 that changed the B-2 General Business and R-7 Multi Family Residential zone districts on the property to B-3 Commerce.

SET BACK REQUIREMENTS The site is bounded by B-2 and R-7 zoning districts to the north, R-6 zone district to the east and the R-6 and B-3 zone district to the south. Colerain Avenue bounds the site to the west. There are no side and rear yard setbacks required unless the property abuts a residential zone district. In this case, the minimum side and rear setback shall be equal to the setback of the rear yard setback of the residential district. Where the property abuts the R-6 residential zone district, the setback is 35 feet and where the property abuts the R-7 zone district, the setback is 40 feet.

TREE ORDINANCES AND LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS Landscaping Buffer is required only where the property abuts B-2, R-6 and R-7 zone districts. There are no tree ordinances in effect. The required buffer yard when the B-3 zone district abuts the R-6 zone district is 50 feet. The property abuts the R-6 zone district on the east side of the site and portions of the south and north side. The required buffer yard when the B-3 zone district abuts the R-7 zone, on the north side of the site is 30 feet. The required buffer yard when the property abuts the B-2 zone district to the north is 10 feet.

Professional Experience | Writing

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Indesign

a location perspective, with easy access to the interstate highway system and the north and west sides of Hamilton County oposed facility and associated program fit nicely on the property, and a new operations center would be a significant property and the business district. Drawbacks to the site are the fact that the far east end of the site is within the 100 year flood tential pitfall of Duke Energy occupying the site is the failure of the potential traffic volume to require a traffic signal. Access into om the site will be extremely difficult for employees during peak traffic times will be extremely difficult without a traffic signal.

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Colerain Township | Strategic Initiative Maps Legend

Professional Experience | Mapping

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The maps were created to highlight different aspects of Colerain Township Strategic Initiatives program. They were used to show Township Trustees, employees and citizens where the Township will focus its redevelopment efforts on. The data was collected from a variety of sources, departments and research on properties. The maps served as a tool to locate the areas in most distress whether with crime data, foreclosures or road conditions assessment. The map and legend below were created to also serve as a visual graphic for the City of Buena Vistaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current built infrastructure in order to locate the areas of Town where certain infrastructure elements were still not built.

Professional Experience | Research and Inventory

Programs Used: Adobe

Indesign & Illustrator & Photoshop Historic Expansion of Rumpke Landfill

Zoning Map Amendment Planned Development District Preliminary Development Plan Colerain Township Zoning Resolution Section 4.5.3

The following criteria shall serve as conditions that should generally be satisfied before the approval of the preliminary development plan: (1) The PD District and preliminary development plan are consistent with the adopted Colerain Township Land Use Plan and Colerain Township Comprehensive Plan ; (2) The proposed uses will have beneficial effect on the community ; (3) The internal streets and primary and secondary roads that are proposed properly interconnect with the surrounding existing road network (4) The site will be accessible from public roads that are generally adequate to carry the traffic that will be imposed upon them by the proposed development and the streets and driveways on the site will be adequate to serve the residents or occupants of the proposed development ; (5) The minimum common open space areas have been designated and shall be duly transferred to a legally established Homeowners Association, where applicable, or have been dedicated to, and accepted by, Colerain Township or another public or quasi-public agency as provided in Subsection 9.3.7 (Common Open Space). (6) The preliminary development plan is consistent with the intent and purpose of this Resolution and, in particular, the furtherance of the purpose of the PD District as set forth in Section 9.3.1. (7) The preliminary development plan has been transmitted to all other agencies and departments charged with responsibility of review. Colerain Township Department of Building, Planning, and Zoning 4200 Springdale Road, 45251 513.385.7500

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Academic Work My academic experience at the University of Cincinnati consisted of many studio courses focused on applying design and graphical techniques that planners utilized to better communicate their visions, proposal, solutions and stories to the public. I always had a strong desire to be able to tell a story through my design proposal and create a graphic style and quality that could be easily understood and read from a variety of audiences. The following pages are split into individual work I completed in my studio and urban design courses as well as the group projects from various design studios.

Desales Corner Urban Design Practicum

Urban Design Moments at

PLAN 6022

Spring 2017

Moments

Creating a sense of place through a series of urban design interventions in one of Cincinnati’s most historic neighborhood business districts.

Creating a sense of place through a The seriespurpose of urban of this project was to look design interventionshow in oneaofsmall scale urban intervention can impact Cincinnati’sdesign most historic a public neighborhood business space districts. to create a

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more social and inviting place. I focused on transforming a Context Map recently redesigned street intersection at Desales Corner Sandra Carpenter East Walnut Hills in East Walnut Hills, Cincinnati. The redesign of the intersection East Walnut Hills created a new public space Desales Corner is the business district of East Walnut Hills. Madison from a former pedestrian Rd, one of the major east to west thoroughfares through Cincinnati intersects with Woodburn Avenue, the commercial corridor of East island. The images below Walnut Hills. The area is made up of local retail, restaurants, bars, show the redesign and its new brewery, residential and one of Cincinnati’s most iconic church’s. configuration. My proposal was to create a more interactive and The streetscape elements throughout the business district are already done in such a manner that gives the Desales focal at this Corner a distinct sense of place and identity. The redesign of the Woodburn Ave.point and Madison Rd.intersection intersection has public created a more pedestrian friendly environment and an opportunity for with a new additional public space. This proposalseating, envisions aa new public seating and gathering space for visitors and residents of Eastwater Walnut Hills to utilize on their exploration of feature and landscaping. the business district. This space will serves as a centralized “moment” in the pedestrian experience of Desales Corner. This is my final poster layout for my proposal and presentation. school

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Desales Corner is the business district of East Walnut Hills. Madison Rd, one of the major east to west thoroughfares through Cincinnati intersects with Woodburn Avenue, the commercial corridor of East Walnut Hills. The area is made up of local retail, restaurants, bars, brewery, residential and one of Cincinnati’s most iconic church’s.

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The streetscape elements throughout the business district are already done in such a manner that gives the Desales Corner a distinct sense of place and identity. The redesign of the Woodburn Ave. and Madison Rd. intersection has created a more pedestrian friendly environment and an opportunity for a new public space. This proposal envisions a new public seating and gathering space for visitors and residents of East Walnut Hills to utilize on their exploration of the business district. This space will serves as a centralized “moment” in the pedestrian experience of Desales Corner.

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The public space at the corner of Woodburn Ave. and Madison Rd. has been created due to the redesign of the turn lane as a result the pedestrian island is removed and the sidewalk has been bumped out significantly. This has created new space which is currently being used by a circular landscaped planter and a sign for community events.

Proposed Design

Moments

Urban Design Diagrams

Business District Focal Point Building Footprint

Precedent Images | Director Park. Portland, OR

Madison Rd.

The proposed design incorporates an interactive water feature into the public sphere at Desales Corner. Bench seating is included adjacent to the building front as well as the street. The layout of the seating utilizes different views of the corner with varying levels of privacy.

Desales Corner Redesign

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Individual Projects | Urban Design Studio

The first image highlights how the interactive water feature could look and function. The second image shows how the bench seating oriented in both directions creates unique spaces and movement through the space.

Today

Existing Design

Programs Used: Adobe

Building Envelope

CBD Character

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Site Area

Illustrator & Photoshop

Site Area Character

OTR Character

OTR

The goal of this guideline is to preserve the pyramid for of building development as it cascades to a smaller scale from the Central Business District to Over the Rhine.

Permeability

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Discouraged Permeability

Transparency

Encouraged Permeability

1st Floor Egress

The goal of this guideline is to encourage the retail, commercial and street life aspects that currently exist in OTR and the CBD, into and through our site area along Vine St.

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Publically Accessible Plazas Building 1

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Building 3 Sidewalk

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Urban Design Guidelines

The goal of this guideline is to create a feeling of shared public space along Vine St. to continue the pedestrian connection between OTR and the CBD.

Sycamore St. - Broadway Ave. Redevelopment Elevations

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Site Renderings | Plan View, 3D, Elevations

This site, located in downtown Cincinnati, is currently being used as surface parking for commuters who work in the area. After analyzing its strengths and weaknesses, I designed a site plan that utilized the potential of the surrounding area. Two mixed use office/retail complexes would be constructed with below ground parking and two residential complexes would be built as well to house the potential of new residents that may be attracted to the area. The renderings provide a graphic representation of the proposed development. A 3D model shows the proposed redevelopment in relation to the surrounding buildings.

Programs Used: Autocad

& Adobe Photoshop

Over The Rhine

Goals:

Brewery District

+ Connectivity (uptown/downtown) + Walkability + Public Spaces + Corridor for New Development

Pedestrian Alley

Bellevue Incline

The existing Hazen Alley will be transformed into a pedestrian only corridor with unique space for dining, shopping, galleries, studios, and cafes.

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Programs Used: Sketching

VACANT LOTS OCCUPIED Warsaw and McPherson Rain Garden Design Intent Images

Neighborhood Context The site is located along a commercial corridor surrounded by residential neighborhoods. The community expressed a desire for additional greenspace and an educational aspect for children and community members. Commercial

Residential

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1. Bench seating, stone material with landscaping behind.

Inhabitat

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Childhood List

2. Brick and concrete paving material with ﬂowing shape. 3. Percussion park structure. with drumsticks attached. 4,5. Interactive water features and materials for children to learn about stormwater.

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6. Rain garden/bioswale plantings.

Existing Site Conditions The site is bisected by a slope that puts the open area along Warsaw Ave higher than the northern section along McPherson (green areas). The site is diﬃcult to see into and only becomes visible as you pass by the site (blue lines). More traﬃc both pedestrian and vehicular is along Warsaw Ave (orange lines).

Passive Natural Landscape Natural

Based on the existing conditions, the site lends itself to three distinct areas that will be enhanced by natural and built landscapes. Warsaw Avenue will see more active uses while the area along McPherson will see a more passive, natural setting. The area along the slope will remain a natural area that can be seen and passed through.

Existing Trees

Mulch Path

Interactive Rain Garden

McPherson Ave

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Rendered Site Plan

These are a few examples of hand sketches I made of a site plan and elevation of a residential house completed in a design studio focused on planning graphics and drawing as well asActive a proposed rain garden Built Landscape and public park for a vacant lot. The adjacent page shows renderings of a proposal I envisioned for the redevelopment of a block in a historic Eye Level Sketch The Lick Run Watershed line runs through the brewery district of Cincinnati’s Over the Rhine neighborhood.

site along the sidewalk on Warsaw Ave. This is a unique opportunity within a park that features rain gardens and stormwater management practices to educate the community on watersheds. The undulating bench will feature text that describes the Lick Run and Ohio River watershed line that is located on this site. It will explain how nearly all the water falling behind the bench will

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Existing Trees

Grass Small Shade Trees Small Shade Trees

Percussion Park

Bench Seating

Permeable Pavers Concrete Pavers Bus Stop

Warsaw Ave

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Programs Used: Google

Images of Computer Model

3D Model Renderings

Sketchup

Programs Used: Autocad

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

Black & White Elevation

& Adobe Photoshop

Colored Elevations

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

Alpine Terrace

Delta Avenue

Elevations of Proposed Development

Project Summary

Group Project | Urban Design Studio

Site Diagrams

Exi

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Programs Used: Adobe

Illustrator & Photoshop

The purpose of this project was looking at ways to activate, connect and repopulate underutilized spaces created by infrastructure elements like overpasses, rail lines and the spaces between. My role was creating the project summary analysis, site diagrams and helping draft proposed renderings of these different types of infrastructure spaces.

Branding

Court Street Rendered Site Plan

The purpose of this studio project was looking at ways to revitalize a large area of downtown Cincinnati that would be the connection between the growing Central Business District and redeveloping Over the Rhine. Our group created the brand Midtown to communicate an identity and shared vision for this area. Currently it is made up of many surface parking lots, and vacancies. My role in the project was to help design the two rendered site plans for the Main Library and Court Street. My goal for these were to create more public space for programming events, opportunities for public seating and a better pedestrian experience and connection through the two sites.

Overall Site Plan

Main Library Rendered Site Plan

Group Projects | Comprehensive Design Studios

Branding

Programs Used: Adobe

Illustrator & Photoshop

The purpose of this studio project was to create a comprehensive plan and vision for a region that is getting a new, higher capacity, and re-routed state route from Interstate 75 through predominantly rural communities. My role was to help create the story behind our proposal in the video below as well as graphically representing amenities at a regional, city and neighborhood scale.

Context Map Kings Island Tri-County

https://vimeo.com/131226407

Northgate Kenwood

UC + Medical Center

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Downtown Cincinnati

Lunken Airport

Hollywood Casino

Eastgate

Newport Coney Island/ Riverbend

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

Forence Mall

NKU East Fork State Park

St. Elizabeth Hospital

Florence Freedom

Independence

Rising Star Casino

Big Bone Lick State Park

Belterra Casino

Kentucky Speedway

Kincaid Lake State Park

Regional Amenities Maps

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During the summer of 2013 I interned with Future Blooms, a part of Keep Cincinnati Beautiful. This program was developed in order to reduce crime and blight in urban areas where vacancies were high. Our goal was to paint windows, doors, awnings, and flower-boxes on abandoned and vacant buildings in neighborhoods throughout Cincinnati. This process encouraged economic development and showed potential for what these historic buildings could become. These photos show our process, before and after. Working with another planning student, we were able to use our GIS and Illustrator skills to create six maps of the neighborhoods where Future Blooms works in the most. The lamination allows Future Blooms the ability to mark the buildings they have painted, still need to paint, or potential buildings for future work in each neighborhood.

Urban designer Gordon Cullen coined the phrase “serial vision” to describe what one might see and experience as one walks through a sequence of spaces. As part of an urban design course we were asked to find a situation like this in the city. These photographs show the Cincinnati City Hall and surrounding buildings appearing and disappearing through the scene until the City Hall is in full view. Photographing this scene at sunrise created further interest to draw oneself through the space.

ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN Urban Sustainability

Almaty means “apple” in Kazakh. It is located at the base of the Tien Shan Mountains in southeastern Kazakhstan. The history of Almaty dates back to the Soviet Union era. After Kazakhstan’s independence, Almaty became the capital and experienced rapid growth and development. Today, the population is about 1.6 million and it is considered the economic and cultural capital of Central Asia. Almaty is known for its status as a middle to upper income city and is rapidly modernizing.

wikipedia

IOC

Productivity

Dmitriy Chistoprudov

aboutkazakhstan.com

Infrastructure

Pavel Ilyukhin

sunguardglass.ru

Air Quality

The following images highlight one of Almaty’s most pressing issues. Deteriorating air quality and smog has been the result of car and industrial pollution.

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visitalmaty.kz

Quality of Life

Equity

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Creative Work

Brian Spitzig Global Perspectives in Urban Planning Professor Johanna Looye 23PLAN/URBN4090, Fall Semester 2015 College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning School of Planning

Reuters panoramio.com

visitalmaty.kz

Kira Chernova

Environmental Sustainability

This poster layout was designed for a course focused on Global Perspectives in Urban Planning. The poster highlights several key urban elements and issues facing Almaty, Kazakhstan. For the design of this poster I placed a strong focus on visual graphics to tell the story of the city of Almaty.

Photography

Photography has become one of my biggest passions and it started with my desire to see and share new perspectives on places that people are familiar with and to inspire people to explore new places. This has opened my eyes to experiencing the city and the outdoors in new ways and I will continue to find further inspiration in photography places and memories.

I have had the privilege to have my photography featured in the UrbanCincy online publication as well as the Cincinnati Business Courier for a variety of stories and features on urban life in Cincinnati, events like Lumenocity with the Cincinnati Symphony at Music Hall or aerial photography of the growing urban core of Cincinnati. I have contributed photos for numerous stories online at UrbanCincy.com. The following are a few screenshots of articles and online news stories featuring my photography including my aerial photography.

UrbanCincy and Cincinnati Business Courier Photography

http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/blog/2014/11/take-a-look-at-these-20-breathtaking-photos-of.html#g18

Photography | brianspitzig.com

As a hobby and passion, photography allows me to further explore my interest in how cities are shaped and function as well as the natural beauty found in the outdoors.