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SUSANNA DIAZ - Work Samples{ [email protected] }{ 242 Linden } { SF, Ca, 94102 } { 805.704.5335 }
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I am highly interested in a creative environment for a blossoming career in urbandesign, planning, and exhibit design. I thrive with casual but strong, disciplined,focused design intentions from project team members. The words on the left are somedescriptors of myself and what I nd interesting in planning and beyond, and hopefullythis rings true with the reader of these samples.
Three years of working in a collaborative environment in RRM Design Group, a multi-disciplinary rm with landscape architects, exhibit designers, engineers, and architectshave exposed me to numerous projects and solutions. I am an advocate of alternativetransportation and innovative park spaces, and I enjoy being involved with an urbandesign project from the beginning and throughout the completion. Some of my bestplanning experiences are when I am reaching out to the community at certain stages of a project.
The following are samples of the various projects I have worked on in the past fewyears. I have handled graphics such as Opportunity & Constraints maps, IllustrativeSite Plans, and workshop exhibits. I have experience in working on Design Guidelines,Master Plans, and also some EIR work. I have learned to adjust accordingly to thearray of project managers in this eld, and I welcome various iterations only when thebudget allows. I nd it important to stay on trends in the graphic and technical side of planning, such as Prop 1-C funding, in order to have a ful lling career in planning.
With that said, here are some samples, all compiled with the use of Adobe InDesign CS4...
urba n d esign
Ca l Poly, SLO, b sc rp 2006
tra nsit-oriente d d esignSPUR member & volunteer
CEQA bicycling revitalization PARK(ING) Da y c olla borato r
c ommunity workshop s &outreach
APA Newsletter contributorpersonable tec hnologica lly curiousfair collaborative understanding
softb a ll player team-orienteddisciplined positive arts & c rafts
AUTOC AD 2009 Sketc h-up visua l simula tionsADOBE suite CS4
general plan upd ates liva b le stree ts initiativemixed-use & infll
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FORT BRAGG MILL SITE SPECIFIC PLAN
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One of the major projects I worked on at RRM included collaborating with a largeteam of planners, architects, engineers, and sub-consultants for the Fort BraggMill Site Speci c Plan. Duties during this project included being responsible for themany images, maps, data les, and work products from interof ce colleagues andsubconsultants, including CD+A. I also assisted by creating graphics for, and attendingthe community workshop held in January 2009. For the second workshop in May2009, I created a visual preference survey using the CPS program and also created thesummary output for the voting exercise.
Programs Used
AutoCAD 2009
Adobe Illustrator CS2
Adobe InDesign CS2
Adobe Photoshop CS2
CPS Survey
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REDONDO BEACH PIERAND INTERNATIONAL BOARDWALK
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REDONDO BEACH PIER &INTERNATIONA L BOARDWALK
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S . C A T A L I N A A V E N U E
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TRAN SFO RMA TIV EIM PROV EMENTS- OPTIO N B
NEW SERVICEPARKINGNEW ENTRYPLA ZA& GATEWAYARCH
NEW RESTAURANT WITHOUTDOOR DINING
WIDEN EXISTING BOARDWALK AND N EW SURFACE
NEW RAMPDOWN TOBOARDWALK
NEWCAFEDINING ON BOARDWALK
NEW INFORMATION GRAPHICS
NO TCH EXISTING PA RKING STRUCTURETO DAYLIGHTBIKEPATH
NEW POLIC ESUBSTATION
EXISTING ELEVATOR
RENOVATEEXISTING PARK
NEW MULTI-USEPATH & LA NDSCAPING
RENOVA TEEXISTING PARK WITH NEW WATERFEATURE
RENOVA TEEXISTING RESTROOM S& STAIRS
NEW ENTRYPLAZA &GATEWAYARCH
NEW SIGNA GE ELEMENT
NEW LANDSCAPEWITH WATER FEATURES
NEW GATEWAYARCH
NEW BOULEVARDPLANTING
NEW ELEVA TOR
NEW SITEFURNITURE& LIG HTING
NEW RESTAURANT, 8,050 SFTWO-STORY, 70 X 115
EXISTING BUILDING A ND PARKING
NEW PARKING, 51 SPACES
NEW RESTAURANT, 6,000 SFTWO-STORY, 50 x 120
NEWMULTI-USEPA TH
NEW
WALKWAY
NEWLEASEHOLDS
NEWPAVILION
NEW FACADEIMPROV EMENTS
REDUCEEXISTING PARKING, (3 8) SPACES
NEW PLAZA& SHOWERS
WIDENEXISTING BOARDWALK
NEW SITE FURNITUREAND LIGHTING
NEW RESTAURANT6,0 00 SFTWO-STORY, 60 X 120
NEW STREETLIG HTING
NEW PIERSURFAC E
NEW PIERLIGHTING
NEW PIERRAILINGS
NEWOVERLOOKS
ElTorito
Kilkennys
New TonysFish Market
Old Tonys
Red o n d o Co f fee& Bait
Kincaids
Quality SeafoodFish Market
Delzanosby the Sea
Another one of my projects at RRM included collaborating with a landscape architectfor the Redondo Beach Pier and International Boardwalk. Duties during this projectincluded creating and Opportunities & Constraints map, as well as two different designproposals, the Moderate, and the Transformatve Option, left.
This project proves I work well under pressure. With limited time and budget, I wasable to deliver several graphic boards to the client and x a are-up problem with theprinting company in Southern California.
Programs Used
AutoCAD 2009
Adobe InDesign CS2
Adobe Photoshop CS2
Google Earth, Satellite imagery
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SKYWAY PARK PLAZAIllustrative Alternative Plans
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September 18, 2008
ALTERNATIVE I : EXISTING CIRCULATION
ALTERNATIVE 3: FOSTER ROAD CLOSURE
ALTERNATIVE 2 : FOSTER ROAD ONE-WAY
Legend
KEY MAP
Turf Area
Plaza
Gazebo/Bandstand
Trellis Structure
Water Feature
Special Paving atPedestrian Crossing
Benches/Seating
Pedestrian Path
Pearson Road
N e a l
R o a d
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Elliott Road
north
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The Illustrative Park Layouts which the public voted. I found it important to place a keylocation for everyone to understand the location at hand.
Programs Used During The Project
Adobe InDesign CS2
Adobe Photoshop CS2
Adobe Illustrator CS2
AutoCAD 2009
Google Earth, Satellite imagery
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MARINA DEL REYDesign Guidelines
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STREETSCAPES
Via Marina will be a landscaped arterial de ned by oweringcanopy trees in its medians. Pedestrian activity will beencouraged through sidewalks, planting strips that separatesidewalk from street, and landscape setbacks. Curb extensionswill be installed at intersections where there is on streetparking to minimize pedestrian crossing time. Bike use of viaMarina will be as a Class III bikeway.
Fiji Way will continue to be wide enough to navigate boattrailers and trucks. Pedestrian activity will be encouragedthrough sidewalk planting strips that separate sidewalksfrom street, and landscape setbacks. Where on street parkingprovided, curb extensions will be installed at the pedestriancrossing and bike intersections to minimize crossing time. Bikeuse will be encouraged by providing a multi-use path along theBallona Wetlands border.
B. ArterialsVia Marina and Fiji Way
Guidelines
Driveways
To minimize curb c uts and1.tu rn in g mo v emen t s o n B o u lev ard s,min imize co n s t ru c t io n o f n e wd r iv eway s an d en co u rag eco mmo n ac ces s d r iv es t o s e rv emo re t h an o n e p ro j ec t .
Sidewalk s
W h ere feas ib l e p ro v id e a1.l an d s cap e s t r ip b e twe en th es id ewa lk an d t rav e l l an es t ob u ffe r p e d es t r ian s f ro m mo v in gvehicles.
En su re ab o v e g rad e h y d ran t s ,2.utilities and sign posts are notp l aced in t h e p ed es t r i an p a th o nsidewalks.
Crosswalks
Us e accen t p av in g a t1.intersections to distinguishcrosswalks.
Stamp street nam es in all2.crosswalk curbs for pedestriano r i en t a t i o n .
Bike Lanes
Provide striped bike lanes and1.bike route signs on both sides ofVia Mar in a an d th e w es t si d e o fFiji Way.
Multi-Use Path
Pro v id e a mu l t i -u s e p a th o n th e1.east side of Fiji Way borde ring theBallona Wetlands.
While at RRM, I worked with Donald Sibbett and Chika Kurotaki to help developthe Design Guidelines for Marina Del Rey. This document is probably one the mostgraphically pleasing and easy to use set of guidelines to hit the markets. This projectbecame a lobor of love due to the task of having the document in Microsoft Wordand interchange it with InDesign. Always use the most upgraded versions of both tomaximize ef ciency.
Programs Used During The Project
Microsoft Word
Adobe InDesign CS2
Adobe Photoshop CS2
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NEWSLETTER PUBLICATION
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BOOK REVIEW
Contemporary Urbanism in Brazil:Beyond BrasiliaEdited by Vicente del Rio and William SiembiedaReviewed by Susanna Diaz
Much has happened in the urban development of Brazilsince 1960, when the building of Brasilia as the countrys
new capital captured the imagination of architects and urbandesigners around the world. While no similarly grand designgesture has been made in Brazil since 1960, there have beenequally important interventions in many of the countrysmajor cities since then. Beyond Brasiliaeffectively surveyscontemporary Brazilian urbanism and how it shaped eightof the countrys capital cities in the last two decades of thetwentieth century.
Brazil is South Americas largest country, occupying nearlyhalf the continent; and with a population of 187 million, isthe fifth most populous country (and the fourth most populousdemocracy) in the world. Brazils architects and planners havecontributed much to urban design with sculptured buildings,streetscapes, and transit designs that continue to inspirecolleagues around the world.
This compendium of 12 case studies (written by 18 authorsand edited by Vicente del Rio, a native Brazilian, and WilliamSiembiedaboth professors at California PolytechnicUniversity, San Luis Obispo) describes the forces that createdthe urban living environments experienced in Brazil today.The cities examinedwhich range in population from 1.5 to11 millionare Belm, Brasilia, Curitiba, Palmas, PortoAlegre, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, and Sao Paulo.
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Brasilia, Ministries Esplanade and National Congress Building. Source:Wikimedia Commons. Photo by Mario Roberto Durn Ortiz, with permission.
As a way to learn more about urban development and also get familiar with workingwith an newsletter editor, I wrote a review on Comtemporary Urbanism in Brazil: Beyond Brasilia. This copendium of case studies is a lobour of love from one of my previousprofessors, Vicente del Rio, from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. This is the rst article I hadpublished, and I hope to create more in the future.
The review was also entirely published on Planetizen, and here is the link .
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EUREKA DESIGN GUIDELINES
As a test, I used ArcGIS to create separate district maps for the City of Eureka. This
poster of districts never went to the client, but I was able to use this powerful mappingprogram with the ArcCatalog quite coherently.
Program Used
ArcGIS 9
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END OF THE SAMPLES
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Hope you enjoyed the samples, and to the left are a few more snippets. I hope to hear
from you sometime soon.
Cheers,Susanna Diaz