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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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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

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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

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