Sean Buckley U r b a n
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Sean Buckley
3526 Shadyside Drive, Erlanger, KY 41018 | 859-446-1784 | bucklesu@mail.uc.edu Education Bachelor of Urban Planning GPA 3.64 University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH Expected Graduation April 2021 Dean’s List: Fall 2015.Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017 Planning Classes Taken: Principles of Planning Design Graphics II, Understanding Urban Environments, Planning Statistics, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Site Planning and Design, Crime Mapping and Analysis, Land Use Controls, Foundations of Urban Economics Covington Catholic High School Park Hills, KY Chess Club President, Art Club Vice President
May 2015 2014-2015
Work Experience University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH November 2015- May 2017 • Student Worker • Database organization for applications to the university office of admissions. Taste of Belgium, Florence Kentucky April 2014-August 2014 • Cashier and Line Cook • Worked as a team at a market style restaurant to serve prepare and serve coffee and food. R&M Welding Products, Wilder Kentucky • Contractor May 2013- August 2014 • Worked in a warehouse organizing stock, small repairs on welders as well as traveling to factories to do repairs.
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Computer Skills Advanced: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Microsoft Office Intermediate: ArcGIS, AutoCAD, SketchUP Basic: Python, HTML Volunteer Work Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout 2008- April 2015 • Planned, organized, and led the design, building, and installation of raised vegetable beds for the use Brighton Recovery Center in Florence, Kentucky. Hosea House, Soup Kitchen • Assisted in preparation and service of meals for the homeless. Interests Sustainability, Environmental Justice, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Watercolor and Acrylic Landscapes and Portraiture, Community Engagement, Transportation, GIS Technologies
Table of Contents Walnut Hills Neighborhood Analysis
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Interpreting Contours as Landscapes
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Site Planning Inventory and Analysis
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SketchUp
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Original Photography
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Writing Sample
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Art Work
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Walnut Hills Neighborhood Analysis My second semester I worked in a group doing analysis on the neighborhood of Walnut Hills in Cincinnati, Ohio. We analyzed impressions of the neighborhood, Identity, Imageability, Mobility, History, Census Data, Typologies as well as Land Use. I created maps and graphics with my group to illustrate our observations and analysis. My group was Ben Bailey, Jianyu Wang, and myself.
Imageability map of Walnut Hills. Defines Paths, Districts, Landmarks, Nodes, and Edges Hand Drawn
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Mobility Map to analyze the walkability and congestion of the sidewalks based on intensity of car traffic. Illustrator
Postcard Design for Walnut Hills Illustrator
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Poster detailing the history of Walnut Hills. Illustrator
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Census Data Poster identifying indicators to describe the neighborhood ArcMap, Illustrator
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A sample of a few of the typical areas found in Walnut Hills SketchUp, Photoshop, Illustrator
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Walnut Hills Building footprint, Land use, and Pedestrian Walk Shed. Illustrator, ArcMap
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Interpreting Contours as Landscapes
Exploration Of Electric Prisms through different methodology such as comparing lights and darks, reading textures as well as finding line weight and brush stroke patterns reveals hidden organic shapes and creates interesting compositions. The painting Electric Prisms 1913 by Sonia Delaunay was examined through different methodology to examine how different factors can impact perception of a design. I broke down my piece into different cropped portions than pulled out interesting compositions through ideas like saturation of color, and direction of brush stroke texture. The composition became a foam core model with a scale and illustrates my question of, what would it be like to walk through an abstract painting?
20" x 20" foam core board
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Sonia Delauney, Electric Prisms 1913
Small pencil process scans showing development of compositions that would translate well into 3-Dimensions
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Adjustments to the cropped portion of the overall composition and interesting shapes are pulled out to be given elevations and slopes. Shapes are further simplified and refined to reflect Delaunay’s original perspective and portray a landscape that contains branching pathways in the negative space.
Drawing showing grading and elevations 20" x 20" pencil
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Site Planning Studio Inventory and Analysis SPRINGFIELD
Our studio was given a client located in the city of North College, located on the northern border of Cincinnati. During Fall 2017 Site Planning Studio, my studio took the position of a planning firm who are hired by their client to preform a Site Inventory of their relatively large site in North College Hill. Each student in the studio took a portion of a site inventory while all of us collaborated on designs and layouts for presenting to the client. COLERAIN SPRINGFIELD
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My portion of our studio was the research and representation of existing land use, zoning and codes for both cities specifically looking at North College Hill.
Street Center Line Agriculture
W.Galbr ath Road
Industrial Commercial Residential Vacant
CINCINNATI
One Finished Board ArcMap and Illustrator
SPRINGFIELD
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Commercial Business District
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General Business District
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Local Business District
R - LDR esidential Low Density R - MDR esidential Medium Density R - HDR esidential High Density
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R - TD Residential Town Density
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Zoning for North College Hill and Mt Healthy Illustrator
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Inventory of the si built structure AutoCad Exported to Adobe Illustrator
Analysis
Project 2 of my Site Planning Studio I focused on analysising accessibility in North College Hill, Cincinnati. Specific indicators were examined based on academic papers measuring accessibility and official documentation from organizations like the United Nations that lay out accessible design practices.
Travel sheds between per 15 minutes taking uber vs Metro disibility access. ArcMap exported to Illustrator
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Combination of spatial site suitibility indicators ArcMap
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Distance from bus stops
Distance from Open Space
Distance from Local Ammenities
Elevation view of a sidewalk path from a site in North College Hill to a nearby grocery store, taking note of urban design elements considered by the United Nations Illustrator
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SketchUp
DAAP Building at University of Cincinnati
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Original Photography These photographs represent the public space, and design aesthetics that inspire me most in planning. The places people interact is very interesting to me, public space can create relationships, and inspire us to create art, build friendships and make a better world.
Montreal, QC In a flower garden at the top of a hill overlooking the City of Montreal. This photograph is so profound to me because of the beauty of the garden and that this image shows people using and enjoying a space.
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Cincinnati, OH
Both of these photographs are examples of interesting leading lines and how the way a space is crafted can influence how the viewer observes it. The top left photograph is of the Walnut Hills neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio. The perspective focuses the viewer on the tower in the background as well as allows the viewer to observe what street life is like in this neighborhood. The bottom left photograph is inside the Art Gallery of Ontario. The photograph shows how interior space can be crafted to force the viewers eye and movement to the background while allowing for plenty of natural light.
Toronto, ON
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Writing Sample What is my “Place” My writing sample is a personal reflection on "place" and how I can affect change in "place" through my work as a planner, As well as a response to Alex Marshall's Writing in How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken.
I am constantly reminded of “place” in my everyday life. For much of my life I grew up dreading my home town just like many young people. The place where I grew up felt so incredibly small and confining to someone who viewed the rest of the world as so much more progressive, more modern and filled with so many possibilities. It wasn’t until recently that I realized the importance and beauty of the place that I came of age. The world still is so big but I have a role here where I am and work to do to improve it where I can, and that is due to the sense of place that was established in me through stopping for a moment to think and to look at what all of this “place” means to me. It is amazing the significance a background can have on how the subject of a painting is formed. I grew up just outside of Cincinnati Ohio. For so long I was given other people’s interpretations of the city of Cincinnati. People I knew would describe it as “dirty” or “very dangerous” it was too easy to incorporate these ideas into my own perceptions of Cincinnati. The earliest I remember being in the city my mother had taken me to work with her downtown, I remember it being cold and the scent of burnt gasoline stung my lungs but I remember looking straight up into the sky and feeling so small compared to the megaliths that surrounded me. I believe this is where I first wondered where I fit into this “place”, how can I be so small and still hold significance. Alex Marshall discusses “place” in depth in his book, How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken. In much of the book he describes how “place” was created by the lack of private mobility and when the interstate highways were established “place” suffered due to people moving out of communities and into suburbs, and there were no longer central locations or gathering places. I agree
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with Marshall, the interstates and highways have removed a large amount of community, but because of these interstates I have been able to travel throughout the United States and North America. In Traveling I have met many kinds of people and have had the opportunity to talk to them about where they are from and where they have been. Experiencing these cities and these people has highlighted to me the beauty of Cincinnati, it is my identifier when someone asks me where I am from, And I am proud of it. I disagree with Marshall that there is no longer community gathering places. I have spent a considerable amount of time at a small record store owned by my brother called Torn Light Records, just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati in Bellevue, Kentucky. Spending that time behind the register gave me the opportunity to see many of the same people from around the region come in. We talk about music and the community and how our days have been, or even just about the weather. This record store is a “place” it is where people come together and talk with a stranger about what they care about. This “place” does not seem very much different from the ones Marshall would talk about, and I believe these places exist all over the United States as people we will always seek out “places” to discuss what matters to them. My experiences away from my city have helped foster that sense of place for me. It inspires me as a planner when I meet people who desire to make the city that they live as good of a “place” as possible. I believe that there is such a beautiful sense of community in cities and towns all over the world, so many passionate and dedicated people. For me none of those places will never have the same “place” as where I grew into the person I am now and where my passion for the artistry and impact of planning was fostered. “Place” is in Cincinnati, Ohio for me.
Torn Light Records, Bellevue, KY
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Artwork
A selected collection of drawings and paintings and sculpture done by myself. I am inspired by in portraiture and expressionist paintings.
Wood block print
Pen and watercolor Self Portrait Pencil and watercolor
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Acrylic paints
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Sean Buckley Urban Planning Portfolio bucklesu@mail.uc.edu (859)446-1784