peter james salamon
portfolio
landscape and urban design
My fascination with cities has always been a guiding factor in life. From a young age, I came to realize that being involved with the creation of such monumental places was what I wanted to do.
I feel I have taken
a different path to design than most.
Although
always creative, art was ironically was a weak point. Through school and other endeavors, I have gained an appreciation for design and a passion for digital representation. With a background in landscape architecture and urban design, I am excited to contribute to a more sustainable urban future.
Peter James Salamon psalamon24@gmail.com (440)-289-5987
Savannah College of Art and Design
Master of Urban Design
(2013-2015 expected)
The Ohio State University
Bachelor of Science, Landscape Architecture (2008-2012) Minor, City and Regional Planning Architecture Rhino 3ds Max AutoCAD Revit Sketchup
Adobe CS6 Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Lightroom Programs MS Word Excel Powerpoint GIS Languages English Spanish
Landscape Architects Network Writer (2012-present)
Writer, content contributor and product designer for online publication centered on landscape architecture. Wrote articles dealing with urban issues, art, sports venues, presentations etc.
Oakland Nursery+Design
Installation intern (Summer 2012) Worked under designers and foremen on a design-build construction crew in Columbus, Ohio. Scope of worked ranged from small residential to commercial and government projects.
Knowlton School of Architecture
Laser cutting lab assistant (2009-2012)
Assisted students with models, Gained extensive knowledge of Universal and Epilog Laser cutters
SCASLA+DBIA
Technology officer (2010-2012)
Responsible for operations involving shop equipment, electronic communications, and production
LAbash: Miami, Florida
Ohio State representative (2012)
Attended lectures, charretes, and presentations with landscape students and professionals
OCASLA Award
Honorable Mention Aetna Community Garden (2012) Maintained and troubleshot machines, oversaw lab activity,
2nd Place
Knowlton School of Architecture 24-hour competition (2012) Competed against 30 other teams for redesign of campus corridor
Batey Rehab Project
Volunteer Dominican Republic (2013)
Built homes, conducted site analysis, partake in daily village life
Factors Walk
1-6
Upper 9th Ward
7-14
Weinland Park 15-22 Whittier Peninsula 23-26 Dublin Village Center 27-30 City Market 31-34 Gallery of Scholars 35-38 Mashville 39-46
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brief Located between the River Street shops and the bluff on which the city sits, Factors Walk is an important piece of Savannah history. Formerly a market for cotton “factors� to sell their product, it is now used for parking, along with a few rogue cafes and businesses, such as a pedicab service. This was an urban analysis project, with the goal being to dissect the different levels and features of this half mile cobblestone walk.
factors walk [ 1]
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SCAD Autumn 2013 | Urban Design Studio 1 | Professor Ryan Madson
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Bay Street Level
Upper Walk
Lower Walk
public
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private
parking
stairs
factors walk
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Historical Warehouse
Typical Present Condition
Atypical Present Condition
Atypical Present Condition
Atypical Present Condition
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factors walk
Diagrams top to bottom:
Upper/Lower Walk Wall Location Vegetation Pedestrian Circulation/Vehicular Ramps
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brief This New Orleans case study began with a site visit to the Upper Ninth Ward. This neighborhood, mostly located in a lower ground “bowl” of the city, has not received the same attention as the lower part of the ward. The main obstacle for future development is rising sea levels in tandem with high rates of soil subsidence.
“Portraits” were created
to determine positive and negative qualities of different site aspects, and composited together to inform design decisions. Our concept was based on limitations of space, how to adopt new limits for future livability in New Orleans.
upper 9th ward [ 7]
new orleans , louisiana SCAD Autumn 2013 | Urban Design Studio 2 | Professor LaRaine Papa Montgomery
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Portrait Analysis
High/Low
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Building Density
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Food Access
Soil Quality
upper 9th ward
Transportation
Composite
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upper 9th ward
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upper 9th ward
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brief Featured here are three post-industrial sites, Timken Steel, Clark Grave Vaults and Columbus Coated fabrics. The CCF site to the north is currently being redeveloped as housing, so conceptually it had to mesh with the older housing stock. The Timken site to the east is a blank slate, and becomes the economic driver, including business incubation and commercial.
The CGV site had a long, narrow building
that we proposed saving and gutting to become a farmer’s market and beacon for sustainable practices. Timken and and CGV are connected by a linear park that traverses the top of the parking garage “ramp.�
weinland park [ 15 ]
columbus, ohio OSU Winter 2012 | Landscape studio 8 | Professor Jake Boswell
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Storm water
Vehicular
weinland park
Pedestrian
E. 5th Ave
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weinland park
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A gutted industrial building becomes a hub for local food vendors, as well as a model for sustainable storm water practices.
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weinland park
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brief Whittier Peninsula is an underdeveloped park space along the Scioto River. Current tenants include an impound lot and a nature center. The focus was to enhance the experience around the nature center and remove the lot, while providing better overall connectivity to the city. The concept of this hand-drawn plan was urban health, so athletics and a local food plaza are featured.
whittier peninsula [ 23]
columbus, ohio OSU Winter 2010 | Landscape Studio 6 | Professor Lawrence Walquist
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whittier peninsula
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brief This studio worked in conjunction with developers to forumulate concepts for a tired strip mall that had been on the decline for the last decade. Improved visibility, walkability, and proper branding were all driving factors in forming this master plan as a small group. To the right is a model for the entire site placed into its context, as well as my individually detailed portion of the plan that was focused on entertainment.
dublin village center [ 27]
dublin, ohio OSU Spring 2011 | Landscape Studio 6 | Professor Jesus Lara
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dublin village center
Phase 1
Phase 2
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Phase 3
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brief This pedestrian-only street is both a tourist destination and a local hangout.
The restaurant, bars, and art galleries
provide for a vibrant plaza that works despite its poor layout and crumbling infratructure.
The purpose here
was to design a space that reflected the quality of existing attractions, and related more to the context than the current scattershot pattern of planter boxes, all while integrating water collection in central gardens.
city market [ 31]
savannah, georgia SCAD Autumn 2013 | Urban Design Studio 1 | Professor Ryan Madson
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city market
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brief This group effort earned second place among twenty entries in the annual 24-hour competition at the Knowlton School of Architecture. The project area is a bland, but heavilytravelled corridor of campus that passes the business, architecture, and engineering schools before ending at the oval; campus’s main quad. A goal of the competition was to open up the dreary engineering buildings to the outside. We accomplished this by creating walk-in glass gallery spaces on the ground floor. Other aspects of the design were creating usable lawn space and a vendor court on the bottom floor of the parking garage.
gallery of scholars [ 35]
savannah, georgia OSU Winter 2010 | Landscape Studio 8 | Professor Lawrence Walquist
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VEGETATION | URBAN FLO
BUSINESS
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ARCHITECTURE
ENGINEERING
urban forest
CIRCULATION | THE BASICS
CONNECTION | ACADEMICS
4 PEDESTRIAN LANES DOWN TO 2 HARDSCAPE PUSHED TO THE EDGES FRAMING GREEN PUBLIC SPACE INTERACTION WITH BUILDINGS/AMENITIES
Enlarge bosque and transition to organic form
Walking Taco Hub Engineering Galleries
Collonade interplanted with sculptural pieces
Dreese Coffee Bar walk-up window
PLAZA SPACE | GALLERY HOP
VEGETATION | URBAN FLOW
vendors
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Woodruff pick-up and drop-off
Enlarge bosque and transition to organic form
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Collonade interplanted with sculptural pieces
offee Bar window
cafe
VEGETATION | URBAN FLOW
vendors
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gallery of scholars
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brief This entry for the Two Worlds Ecological Competition sought to predict economic and ecological futures for midzixe American cities. A brownfield site along Nashville River was selected, as it contained many challenges of urban infrastructure, contaminaiton, and vulnerability to flooding and sea level rise.
Flexible space indoor and outdoors
was paramount, withlive/work typlogies accompanying an environmentally focused program. Future systems of delivery and transport were imagined as a spine for various forms of connectivity.
mashville [ 39]
nashville, tennessee SCAD Spring 2014 | Urban Design Studio 3 | Professor Fernando Munilla
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Vehicular/Bikeways
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Pedestrian
Vegetation
mashville
Building Hierarchy
Storm water
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Hub+Arterial Delivery
Storm Water Collection + Reuse
Energy Facility
Energy
Energy Harnessing
Staged wetlands recycle greywater
Order placed
Hub ships item
Item received via evacuated transport
Geothermal heat/cool
Wave Energy Technology
Hub HOTEL/TEMPORARY OFFICE HOTEL/TEMPORARY OFFICE HOTEL/TEMPORARY OFFICE
THERAPY
Cottage
Factory
Home
Assembly line
New Cottage
NUTRITION CENTER
SCHOOL FUNCTIONS
WEDDINGS
Hub highway/pedestrian plaza
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mashville
live/work residential
Unmanned
Upper Floors
Ground Floor
Live
Home
Work
ENERGY
Workshop
Shops
Future Home Office
LIVE
FLEX WORK
LIVE New costs
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WALK
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WALK
wetland
live/work residential
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wetland
flexible hardscape
bikeway connection
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mashville
Opposite:
Below
Zero Depth Pools
1) Wetland and Circulation berms 2) Flexible landscapes
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psalamon24@gmail.com GA 31401
(440)-289-5987
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