Matthew CarusoEND360

Spring 2014Professor BittermanUniversity at Buffalo

Portfolio

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Module 1: Way�nding 3-4

Module 2: Visualizing Data 5-6

Module 3: Worksheet 7-8

Module 4: Transit Oriented Development and Complete Streets 9-10

Module 5: Communicating Evironmental Design Concepts 11-12

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Tim Hortons3470 Main Street, Buffalo, New York

Wayfinding

Wayfinding encompasses all of the ways inwhich people and animals orient themselves in physical space and navigate from place to place.

For project 1 my group had to analysis the circulation around Tim Hortons on Main Campus near University at Buffalo South Campus. My team had to indentify site boundaries, major and minor points of entry egress.

My team also had to find primary, second and tertiary nodes. As a team we also analysized how people travel around the site by walking, driving, or taking public transportation.

Completed Spring 2014Adobe Illustrator, Satellite Imagery

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Walgreens

T-Mobile/Texas Red Hots

Tim Hortons

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Building

Grass

Tree

Sidewalk

Color Sidewalk

Tim Hortons

Parking

Double Lines

Boudaries

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Site Plan

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PovertyErie County, New York

Visualizing Data

Infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data or knowledge intended to present complex information quickly and clearly.

For project two I had to research information from the US Census that was related towards poverty withinErie County.

I created pictograms to showed comparisons, relativity, relationship, scale, and trends of both men and women in poverty in Erie County, New York.

Completed Spring 2014Adobe Illustrator, US Census Information

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10%29%

30%

31%

Less than High School Graduate

High School Graduate

Some College Associate’s Degree

Bachelor’s Degree or Higher

Education Attainment in Poverty within Erie County

Population of Poverty within Erie County

14%

70%

6%

24%

65%

6%

29%

6 to 7 Years

5 Years

Under 5 Years

Married Couple Householders

Above Poverty Below Poverty

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Cheektowaga3470 Main Street, Buffalo, New York

Branding

Brands help us identify commodities-products, places, and systems-form other similar commodities. Brands cue emotional triggers toencourage us to love or dislike a particular brand.

For project 3 my group had to come up with a brandthe Town of Cheektowaga and try to apply a corporate style of branding for the area to create a sense of place.

My team had to look up the history behind Cheektowaga and try to incorporate certian features that the define the area and try to identify a sense of place.

Completed Spring 2014Adobe Illustrator, Satellite Imagery

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Environmental

Industrial

Commercial

Residential

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BuffaloWest Delavan Avenue and Main Street

Complete Streets

Complete Streets are streets designed for everyone. Theyare designed and operated to enable safe access for alluser, including pedestrian, motorist, and transit riders of allages and abilities. Complete Streets make it easy to cross the street, walk to shops, and bicycle to work. They allow buses to run on time and make it safe for people to walk to and from train station.

Project 4 was a two person group project. My team had toComplete Street that change the approach to the intersectionWest Delavan Avenue and Main Street.

My team had to analyze Complete Street policies and createa design that when enable safe access for all users.

Completed Spring 2014Adobe Illustrator, Satellite Imagery

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Freitag135 Greene Street New York, N.Y.

Community Environmental Desgin Concepts

Freitag is a company that specializes in designed carry bags from old truck, car, and bike parts. Freitag makes functional,tough, and water-resistant bags that carry out their design from using recyclable products. Project 5 was an individual project was to design a scrim, which is a very light textile made from cotton, for Freitag. This project was to convey a design in a convincing fashion through our drawing skills. The scrim had to cover the witdh of the building’s facade, from the ground floor all the way to the top of the sixth floor.

The idea of the scrim was to clear convey a concept, not just to decorate the front of the building.

Completed Spring 2014Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photshop, Satellite Imagery

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