Peter Cromwell Portfolio by Peter Cromwell

PETER CROMWELL

PETER CROMWELL 3612 Whitman Ave N, #4 Seattle, WA 98103 p.cromwell@gmail.com 503-780-5353

Travel Journal

Diagramming

GIS Mapping

Life Surveys

Bicycle Facility Design

Seattle Design Week Parklette

Stensland Creek Restoration

07 - 08

Tides and Pools

09 - 10

Dew in the Slums of Lima

11- 12

The Cutting Room Floor

13- 14

Veterans Association Model

Eastside Prepatory School

Gehl Christmas Card

Contact Information

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Travel Journal

This saltwater fountain wove its way through an urban core and down to a public waterfront before emptying into a bay. The composition was remarkable for encouraging people to engage the waterfront. These travel diagrams captured the seven stages of movement from the waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s genesis to its exodus.

Sustainability and High Performance of the Built Environment

Harmony Between Nature and Urban Amenities

Sense of Community

Safety in Community

Connectivity

Mixed Use

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Diversity of Residents

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Balanced Density

Priority to the Pedestrian

Quality Diagramming

While interning at Gehl Architects our client for this project came up with a complex set of qualities to describe their ideal housing community outside Florinopolis, Brazil. As part of our final report we were responsible for diagramming these qualities using simple, yet legible icons no larger than 2cm2. With Gehl Architects

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Gehl Architects are renowned for their analysis of public life in cities. They have developed ‘Public Space, Public Life Surveys’; a series of metrics that demonstrate urban improvements as a result of their recommendations. Information collected on site is compiled, analyzed, and illustrated using the Adobe Suite. This collection of images represents some of data I processed and mapped for Oslo, Norway. With Gehl Architects

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Bicycle Facility Design What if bicycle facilities were designed with the same care and attention as parks and plazas? My thesis looked at how designers can rethink bicycle facilities to facilitate indirect social interactions. By fostering social interactions the built environment can help an activity improve the livability of the city. (Top-Left) Bicycle benches put people in proximity by combining seating with bike parking. (Top Right) A planting strip emphasizes the relationship between bicyclists and pedestrians. (Bottom-Right) A hill creates prospect and refuge for bicyclists. (Bottom Left) A ramped pullout allows bicyclists to easily move from a cycletrack to bicycle parking in the pedestrian walkway.

Seattle Design Week Parklette

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This concept addresses the importance of public health as it relates to the availability of comfortable, relaxing public spaces that offer relief from urban stress. Within Pioneer Square, the predominance of privatized open spaces limits not only their level of accessibility but also their flexibility. How can common materials and waste items typically found in our immediate context become comfortable and functional resources? These appropriated parking spaces will become a unique form of urban habitatâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a place to consider people that are often times designed and managed out of public space, a chance for visitors to make the space their own, and an opportunity to engage with overlooked materials in new ways. pallets newspaper Erica Bush, Nancy Chan, Peter Cromwell, Lindsey Gadbois, Taj Hanson

Before This parklette was built as part of the Parking Day Design Competition at the 2013 Seattle Design Week. Winner of the Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice Award, this concept addresses the importance of public health as it relates to the availability of comfortable and relaxing public spaces that offer relief from urban stress. In a landscape where the predominance of privatized open spaces limits accessibility, these parking spaces became a place newspaper cardboard fabric of festival using to consider people that are designed out of this kind materials that are often overlooked. As the gallery of images below shows, all types of people found this design inviting and comfortable.

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With Taj Hanson, Nancy Chan, Erica Bush, and Lindsey Gadbois

Stensland Creek Restoration

Totals

6’ Cell - Floating

7’ Cell - Submerged

7’ Cell - Anchor

5 Gallon Bucket

Honey Comb Plan

This project explored creating a temporary floating wetland to stabilize the riparian corridor till a permanent forest canopy could be established. The use of hexagon protoforms allowed fluctuating depths of the tiles, creating shade while also providing near shore habitat. By reducing sun exposure, temperatures were kept low and oxygen levels high enough for the many salmonoid species that populate the stream. Once the forest canopy establishes the majority of construction materials will eventually biodegrade and merge into the site.

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Tides and Pools

(Clockwise, Right) This temporary installation was meant to draw attention to our studio site before a full design could be completed. Situated on Seattle’s waterfront, the project used beach and ocean themes. (Bottom-Right) Boat cleates provided fasting points. (Bottom-Left and Middle) Chimes and bells invited user interaction. (Below) Hanging tendrals emulated the experience of exploring a sub-marine kelp bed while wind created ‘wave action’.

With Andy Williamson, Erin Feeny, Roma Shah, and Andreas Pillar

On the Seattle Waterfront

(Clockwise, Left) This series of pedestrian spaces on the Seattle waterfront were inspired by the success of the previous temporary installation. As a result, many of the program features invite pedestrian interaction. (Above-Right) Low Impact Development fountains can be climbed while filtering stormwater from surrounding streets. (AboveLeft) Seasonal streams are fed by the fountains, and can be hopscotched during the wet season. (Middle-Right) Large metal fish welcome children to the aquarium while affording a place to play.

Dew in the Slums of Lima

Predicted to run out of fresh water in as few as 10 years, Lima represents one of the most salient examples of future global water scarcity. This dew collector prototype is a response to this issue by collecting water in the summer months when Lima receives neither rain nor fog. (Below) Bio-mimicary led to several prototype iterations before (Right) coming up with the final design. Created out of inexpensive, globally available materials, reasearch indicates this prototype can collect 8-10 liters of water per day.

With Jennifer Janousek

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Nursery

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Dew Collector

Reforesting the Lomas

Limaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lomas (hill and fog) ecology was completely denuded when the Spanish logged it in the 16th century. Reforesting the hills will help restore the hydrological cycle to this fragile ecosystem. As part of an effort to encourage local economy in the slums a nursery and propagation yards were designed. Several of these images envision the nursery and Lomas ecology reforested.

The Cutting Room Floor

My internship at the Green Futures Lab resulted in a series of films exploring â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Seattle can learn about cycling from Copenhagenâ&#x20AC;?. Though I had no experience in film production I fell in love with both the process and medium. This diagram illustrates the different stages of my exploration as I learned to work with film: (Left) from scripting, (Middle) to diagramming scenes and transitions before (Right) the final production of film.

With The Green Futures Lab

Veterans Association Model

(Above) Designed as a healing garden for veterans with PTSD at the VA hospital, this model gives life to the vegetated, intimate spaces carved into the courtyard. (Right) A series of diagrams illustrate the designâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program.

With Taj Hanson and Audrey Maloney

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Eastside Prepatory School

Located in a business park, the Eastside Prepatory School wanted a design that invited students, created outdoor classrooms, and established a scholastic identity for the campus. Once the design was created, a Construction Documents set was created. Pictured here are (Clockwise from Top-Left) a Grading and Drainage plan; a Dimensions plan; and a series of details describing how to construct many of the features throughout the site. 6"

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Gehl Christmas Card Not everything about working in an office comes down to design and computer skills; intangibles can make a huge difference to the culture of a company. The above Christmas card is significant because it represents the sense of community the company engendered. Perhaps the best lesson I learned in making this card is the value of contributing to a healthy work environment.

With Gehl Architects

THANK YOU ...for your time. If you have any questions, or would like to see additional work or references, please feel free to contact me.

Peter Cromwell 3612 Whitman Ave N, #4 Seattle, WA 98103 p.cromwell@gmail.com 503-780-5353