DESIGN COLLECTIVE INTERNSHIP January-April 2015 Baltimore, MD
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While at Design Collective I had the opportunity to really enhance my knowledge and practice of Urban Design. My responsibilities around the office included the formation of slides and boards for presentations to clients as well as rendering site plans, concept diagrams, Sketchup models, aiding in the creation of Design Guideline and Pattern Books for potential and existing clients. I aided in the gathering of precedent images and case studies to aid in the client's visualization of what the potential possibilities for development can look like. I created GIS maps, gathered data, created spreadsheets including all development calculations and helped in research and analysis during the beginning stages of various projects. I had the opportunity to be involved in or apart of all processes related to charretes, public meetings, and working sessions with clients that all ultimately lead to the formation of the ideas, policies, programs, and designs that accomplished and pushed the limits of the goals behind each project.
GLEN LENNOX
Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND) Chapel Hill, NC
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GLEN LENNOX
Initial Village Center Concepts
Traditional Neighborhood Development (TND) Chapel Hill, NC This project involved 80 acres of land located just outside of Chapel Hill, NC. The goal for this project was the formation of a Traditional Neighborhood Development, involving the principles of creating a walkable environment with a village center or town square including commercial activity and office space, surrounded by a residual neighborhood made up of a variety housing stock. The site was located on land that was home to a forest of large old trees and occupied by a large number of flats and townhomes, as well as a small shopping center that held some historical value to the neighborhood. Being that the site was located on a very busy intersection as well as being a short drive from UNC, the location was poised for development and the creation of “place� for the surrounding neighborhoods. I was involved in all phases of this project, from the intial meeting with the client, reviewing the parameters and constraints, developing intial design concepts and site planning, gathering precedents, drawing CAD plans, creating diagrams and site plan illustratives, building massing models, calculating development numbers and creating spreadsheets, creating presentation boards and slides as well as being involved with all workshops and meetings with the client throughout the process of creating this master plan.
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Best Practices/Precedent Images
AutoCAD Site Plan
Open Space Diagram
Freehand Sketch
Upper Floor Uses
Development Calcs
Sketchup Model
Freehand Sketch
MONTGOMERY COLLEGE Takoma Park/Silver Spring Germantown Rockville
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The goal for Montgomery College was to develop the policies, principles, and designs to transform its three campuses from their “commuter college” atmospheres into vibrant “college towns” and centers for social interactions and activity.
GERMANTOWN College Campus Planning Germantown, MD
Out of all three campuses, Germantown is the most suburban in nature, with some sense of a pedestrian core. In working with an urban designer, we were able to identify some challenges for the campus. Four and six lane roads surround the campus, with very limited visibility and access. The gateways to the campus have limited definition and street presence. Due to the suburban format of the campus, there are limited opportunities to establish an “edge” with a college town presence to the surrounding roads. There is also a large amount of forest buffers, further hiding the campus from the surrounding roads and neighborhood.
ROCKVILLE College Campus Planning Rockville, MD
TAKOMA PARK College Campus Planning Takoma Park, MD
ILLUSTRATIVE SITE PLANS AutoCAD, Photoshop
Baltimore, MD
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