DOCUMENTS RESUME REFERENCE LETTERS CERTIFICATES OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS WORK PROJECTS URBAN DESIGN CRITERIONS The Urban Designer works in corporation with community groups. Each community has a Local Development Corporation, a Borough office of Housing Preservation, Community Board and Business Owners in which all of them take a part in deciding what is best for that community. When an Urban Designer is to Design a structure or/and Landscape the Designer has to take into consideration if the project area is within the facility of a Landmarks, Monument, Residential, Commercial areas. The Design may be an inspiration from walking around the cities Landmarks, Monument, Residential, Commercial areas or/and visiting the City Archives office. After taking a look at the files, block by block, of plans and photographs the Urban Designer is to notice what is already existing or for that matter what is missing from such communities. A final influential question for the Designer to consider, how appropriate the design is. The variables that helps in solving this fundamental question are: COST MAINTENANCE APPROVAL BY: COMMUNITY BOARD THE ART COMMISSION THE CIVIL ENGINEERS TYPES OF DRAWINGS INCLUDED - CONSTRUCTION SECTION DETAILS (Done in C.A.I).}, (one in Leroy-ink pens) - 3-DIMENSIONAL Perspectives (Done with Leroy-ink pens) - URBAN DESIGN PLANS (Done in C.A.D.) - 3-DIMENSIONAL Perspective Axonometric (Done in C.A.D.) PROJECTS WORKED ON PARTIAL LIST OF PROJECTS WORKED ON FULTON STREET - two projects NASSAU AVENUE MANHATTAN AVENUE SOUTH STREET (surveys) McGUINNESS BOULEVARD KENT AVENUE SOME OF URBAN DESIGN STANDARD DETAILS TREEMITIGATION TECHNIQUES BOLLARDS FOUNDATIONS PROJECT NAME: TREE MITIGATIONS STANDARDS Project: To explore possibilities for a better method of tree migration other than the standards created by New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Research Specialist: Helina B. Szozepanowski Research / Designer assistant: Denis Casillas Project Problem: Identifying factors that influences the life span of the cities trees. The regular environmental conditions depletes the nutrients existing in the soil. This regular environmental conditions were: Small Rooting Size, Soil Compactness (which eliminated the possibilities of nutrient growth), not enough Water retention and Air circulation. All of these factors influenced the tree life span which city trees life spans where at a minimum. SOLUTION: A system that could retain and circulate a balanced ratio between Rain Water to Air. This system has to act as a well even under high humid conditions. When the evaporation rate is the highest in its perspective part of the city. SKETCHES OF INITIAL IDEAS FINAL PRODUCT PROJECT NAME: BOLLARDS STANDARDS Project: To explore possibilities of remodeling the general bollards design to control pedestrian traffic routines; protect pedestrians from moving vehicles; and provide lighting when and where needed. Architect: Maria P.Conllangelo Research / Designer assistant: Denis Ca si lias Project Problem: Identify factors that influences the life span of bollards under city life conditions and the proper material and design that is best suited for the community that the bollards will be installed. SOLUTION: An intensive study of how well different types of communities pre served street furniture such as, Pedestrian Lights; Fences; Benches; Monuments and Park Equipments, pertaining to each type of community was the designing factor which suggested what materials and shapes to use in order to custom mize and help preseve the Bollards. FINAL PRODUCT PROJECT NAME: FOUNDATIONS STANDARDS Project: To redefine New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (N.Y.C.D.P.R.) set of founda t ions standards to describe a set of standard foundations for street funiture commonly used in Urban Design plans. Architect: Michael Santoro Research/Designer assistant: Denis Casillas Project Problem: To determine what types of Urban Design Elements are must commonly used and which ones can have basic simmilar structural simmilaryties in their foundations. Solution: A large persentage of all Urban Design plans contains one or must of the following; Granite Enclosure, Fence, Granite Header, Granite Wall, Granite Monuments, Pedestrian Lights,.... all with similar foundations. FINAL PRODUCT PROJECT NAME: BASE FOR SIGN POLES (STANCHION) SKETCHES OF INITIAL IDEAS FINAL PRODUCT PROJECT NAME: N.Y.C. BRIDGE MAINTENANCE Project: Needed to illustrate different approaches to each bridge for maintenance and upgrading needs. Along with the illustrations a brief description of the total financial cost to establish this needs. Research / Designer assistant: Denis Casillas Project Problem: Identifying which method of illustration would best describe the target areas in the limited space that a standard presentation drawing sheet would contain. SOLUTION: Among the different drafting techniques of illustration: PERSPECTIVES was chosen as the must efficient presentation method. With the aid of photographs .of existing conditions, to help in estimating the relationship between different geometric-sizes. PROJECT NAME: NORTH SHORE OF STATEN ISLAND Project: To investigate the probability of bringing to life the disuse railroad right of way on the North Shore of Staten Island. This reviving would be directed to help maintain a steady and continues flow of transportation between the fast growing population of Mid Island and South Shore portions of the Island. This would also limit the amount of incoming vehicles to Manhattan. Architect/Planners Maria Collangelo, William Rauch and Martin Steinmetz Research/Designer assistant: Denis Casillas Project Problem: A transportation axis with the potential for High Volume Traffic in order to provide an expanded and improved Transit services to a large part of Staten Islands population, while using the former North Shore branch of the S.I.R.T. railroad. Solution: After a number of transit technologies were considered a conclusion was drawn upon using the BlSWAY tecnology. Busway, is a combination of bus and train, employing a Guideway would allow more efficient operation. This Busway would requiree roughly 50 to 60 percent of the capital investment. SEE THE PROJECT SUMMARY ENCLOSED. CURENT PROJECTS BASE MAPS WITH: UTILITIES URBAN DESIGN PLAN MALCOLM X BOULEVARD 3 - DIMENTIONAL DRAWINGS PERSPECTIVE AXONOMETRIC PERSONAL PROJECT
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