Tom Hille’s Fall 2012 architectural design studio participated in the Sustainable City Year Springfield Library project, and was tasked with developing schematic designs for a proposed new public library for the City of Springfield. To accommodate a growing population in Springfield, the city administration and library identified a need to build a new building wholly […]
Sustainable Development Goal: 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Tourism: Preparing for the Dark Sky Designation
To increase the number of visitors and their enjoyment of the forest, the Hoosier National Forest is pursuing Dark Sky designation for parts of the forest within Orange County. Light sensors—developed by IU School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering Professor Bryce Himebaugh—will be deployed in the fall semester to generate data needed to identify accessible […]
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Tourism: Preparing for the Dark Sky Designation
To increase the number of visitors and their enjoyment of the forest, the Hoosier National Forest is pursuing Dark Sky designation for parts of the forest within Orange County. Light sensors—developed by IU School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering Professor Bryce Himebaugh—will be deployed in the fall semester to generate data needed to identify accessible […]
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Traffic Accidents versus Land Type in the City of Seaside
To spatially analyze Fire Department accident data in the city of Seaside, California from the dates March 25, 2015 to March 30, 2015. The accidents will be interpreted in groups based on land type in which they occurred. The four land types investigated in this project are “developed – open space”, “developed – low intensity”, […]
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Complete Streets: Understanding Community Readiness
To encourage bicycling as a mode of transportation and outdoor recreation, community residents are considering plans for a bike path system that would safely connect the towns of Paoli, Orleans, and French Lick. The Media school would support this planning through a community stakeholder survey process. Read the final student report delivered to the local […]
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Complete Streets: Understanding Community Readiness
To encourage bicycling as a mode of transportation and outdoor recreation, community residents are considering plans for a bike path system that would safely connect the towns of Paoli, Orleans, and French Lick. The Media school would support this planning through a community stakeholder survey process. Read the final student report delivered to the local […]
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Downtown Revitalization: A Design for the City of Brodhead
To fulfill the requirements of the Senior Capstone Program in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison I will investigate how ideas of human perception may inform the design of streetscapes and suburban redevelopment. This investigation will be given context and focus by the concerns and goals of The City of Brodhead, […]
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Sustainable Urban Design Framework Seminar
Tigard, a suburb of Portland, Oregon, is interested in a new urban design vision as a new MAX light rail line is proposed to extend through the city. TriMet and the city of Tigard partnered with a University of Oregon graduate architecture seminar and design studio to envision a new plan and identity for the […]
Sustainable Urban Design Framework Studio
Tigard, a suburb of Portland, Oregon, is interested in a new urban design vision as a new MAX light rail line is proposed to extend through the city. TriMet and the city of Tigard partnered with a University of Oregon graduate architecture seminar and design studio to envision a new plan and identity for the […]
Advanced Spatial Analytics
Throughout winter and spring quarters, 2017, work took place to develop a modern GIS map of the Edmonds Memorial Cemetery, together with a web interface that would support public exploration of the cemetery. An intern conducted the great bulk of the work, with assistance from eight students. The main product of the effort is the […]