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Sam Andersonselected works portfolio
Sam Anderson
2015 UMN MLA I Candidate
765 Raymond Avenue #302Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114+1 (218)[email protected]
ResumeResume
ULI Hines Competition 2015ULI Hines Competition 2015
Employment and education summary, proficient skills, and volunteer involvement.
A two week collaborative urban development and design competition with an interdisciplinary team from the University of Minnesota. Team members include: Jono Cowgill (Urban Planning), Rachel Burand (Landscape Architecture), and Nicole Ponath (Landscape Architecture).
GIS + MappingGIS + Mapping
Rendering + ModelingRendering + Modeling
Various design projects with technical applications including: Adobe Creative Suite (CS6), Sketchup (2014/2015), and Kerkythea Rendering System.
Coursework examples using ArcMap 10.2 from an introduction to GIS course, and a Regional Environmental Landscape Planning class both taught at the University of Minnesota, and self-directed studies of cartographic representation.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAH.H.H. School of Public AffairsMinneapolis, MNMaster’s of Urban Planning Candidate 2016+Land Use / Urban Design Focus
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTACollege of DesignMinneapolis, MNBachelor’s of Design in Architecture
Norwegian Minor
Graduated: December 2013
UNIVERSITY OF OSLO (UiO) Oslo, NorwayHECUA - The New Norway
Fall Semester 2012
GRYGLA HIGH SCHOOL Grygla, MNGraduated with Honors: May 2009
Education
ROSENLOF / LUCAS STUDIO - Minneapolis, MNIntern: Aug 2014 - Current-Assisting in design, fabrication, and implementation of landscape and furniture construction
ANDERSON FARMS - Grygla, MNOperator + Laborer: May 2005 - Current (seasonal)-Working all aspects of the farm including operating heavy machinery, safely transporting goods, and maintaining farm grounds and equipment
ANNIES PARLOUR - Minneapolis, MNRestaurant Manager: June 2013 - Sept 2014-Managed entire restaurant, staff, and customer relations while ensuring safe food practices are maintained
FRIGO - Oslo, NorwayIntern (Praksis): Aug 2012 - Dec 2012-Helped guide expeditions and teach students from inner-city Oslo about outdoor recreation
Employment
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CHANCE (Cedar-Humphrey Action for Neighborhood Collaborative Engagement) - Minneapolis, MNVolunteer / Member: Oct 2014 - Current
GREAT RIVER GREENING - Minneapolis, MNVolunteer: October 2014
FREE BIKES FOR KIDS - Mendota Heights, MNVolunteer: Nov 2013 - Jan 2014
NORWEGIAN CLUB - University of Minnesota Member: Sept 2009 - May 2011
Involvement
Adobe CS6 (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator)
SketchUp 3D Modeling
GIS + Geodatabases
Landscape Design / Fabrication Strategies
Kerkythea Rendering System
DSLR Photography
Rhinoceros 5.0 + Grasshopper
Macintosh OS X
Norwegian Fluency (Bokmål)
Skills
ULI Hines Competition 2015ULI Hines Competition 2015
For two weeks, I participated with an interdisciplinary team in the Urban Land Institute Hines Competition. The challenge is for graduate students to propose a comprehensive land use and development for a large-scale site. This year’s Hines Competition was focused on New Orleans neighborhoods of Tulane/Gravier and Iberville which lie in close proximity to the French Quarter and downtown.
The issues of highest concern were working with the new Laffitte Greenway proposal along the developmental boundary, working around an existing freeway, and tieing the neighbhorhood to a new medical complex.
Our plan was titled FLUX, as our overall vision for the area puts the public first. Longtime residents, tourists, and local workers come together. The plan allows for change and innovation in this historic area, which, like the city itself, is constantly in flux.
Development Phase 1 Development Phase 3Development Phase 2
Rendered View of Interstate Condition
Overall FLUX Site Plan Proposal
The 2015 UMN FLUX team includes: Jono Cowgill (Urban Planning), Rachel Burand (Landscape Architecture), and Nicole Ponath (Landscape Architecture)
GIS + Mapping
U.S. Trunk Highway
Minnesota Trunk Highway
County State Aid Highway
County Road
Township Road
Municipal State Aid Street
Municipal Street
Unknown
Streams
Floodplains and Elevation100-year floodplain
500-year floodplain
700 feet elevation or less
701 feet elevation to 750 feet elevation
751 feet elevation to 800 feet elevation
801 feet elevation to 850 feet elevation
851 feet elevation to 900 feet elevation
901 feet elevation to 950 feet elevation
951 feet elevation to 1000 feet elevation
1001 feet elevation to 1050 feet elevation
1051 feet elevation or greater
t 0 1 2 3 40.5Miles
Sam Anderson
Land Form and Floodplains
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Laketown Township Study Area
January 26, 2015
I have always had an innate fascination with maps of all kinds. As an abstraction of reality, maps are a powerful tool for representing and studying natural and terrestrial conditions.
Upon entering the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, I have begun learning how to utilize GIS software to inform and enrich the design process. My experience with the software has included studying and mapping things such as population demographics, and analyzing physical landforms in a landscape. I have also started learning other programs such as MapBox to use different means of representation in the mapmaking process.
Landform Analysis - Laketown Township (UMN 2015)
St. Paul Population Demographic Analysis (UMN 2014)
GIS + Mapping
SAINT PAUL
MAPLEWOODROSEVILLE
SHOREVIEWARDEN HILLS
NORTH OAKS
WHITE BEAR LAKEVADNAIS HEIGHTS
NEW BRIGHTON
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
LITTLE CANADA
MOUNDS VIEW
NORTH SAINT PAUL
FALCON HEIGHTS
GEM LAKE
SAINT ANTHONY
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
LAUDERDALE
BLAINE
SPRING LAKE PARK
Population Density (2010)Map 01: Ramsey County, Minnesota
Population Per Sq. Mi (2010)
Major Bodies of Water
0.00 - 2500.00
2500.01 - 5000.00
5000.01 - 8000.00
8000.01 - 12000.00
12000.01 - 22500.00t0 0.9 1.8 2.7 3.60.45
Miles Source: U. S. Census Bureau, 2010
Prepared By: Sam Anderson
SAINT PAUL
MAPLEWOODROSEVILLE
SHOREVIEWARDEN HILLS
NORTH OAKS
WHITE BEAR LAKEVADNAIS HEIGHTS
NEW BRIGHTON
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
LITTLE CANADA
MOUNDS VIEW
NORTH SAINT PAUL
FALCON HEIGHTS
GEM LAKE
SAINT ANTHONY
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
LAUDERDALE
BLAINE
SPRING LAKE PARK
Median Age of Population (2010)Map 02: Ramsey County, Minnesota
Median Population Age (2010)
Major Bodies of Water
0 - 26
27 - 32
33 - 38
39 - 45
46 - 70
t0 0.9 1.8 2.7 3.60.45
Miles Source: U. S. Census Bureau, 2010
Prepared By: Sam Anderson
SAINT PAUL
MAPLEWOODROSEVILLE
SHOREVIEWARDEN HILLS
NORTH OAKS
WHITE BEAR LAKEVADNAIS HEIGHTS
NEW BRIGHTON
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
LITTLE CANADA
MOUNDS VIEW
NORTH SAINT PAUL
FALCON HEIGHTS
GEM LAKE
SAINT ANTHONY
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
LAUDERDALE
BLAINE
SPRING LAKE PARK
Workforce Age Population (2010)Map 03: Ramsey County, Minnesota
Pct. Pop. Over Age 18 (2010)
Major Bodies of Water
0 - 30
31 - 45
46 - 60
61 - 75
76 - 100t0 0.9 1.8 2.7 3.60.45
Miles Source: U. S. Census Bureau, 2010
Prepared By: Sam Anderson
SAINT PAUL
MAPLEWOODROSEVILLE
SHOREVIEWARDEN HILLS
NORTH OAKS
WHITE BEAR LAKEVADNAIS HEIGHTS
NEW BRIGHTON
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
LITTLE CANADA
MOUNDS VIEW
NORTH SAINT PAUL
FALCON HEIGHTS
GEM LAKE
SAINT ANTHONY
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
LAUDERDALE
BLAINE
SPRING LAKE PARK
Population Density (2010)Map 01: Ramsey County, Minnesota
Population Per Sq. Mi (2010)
Major Bodies of Water
0.00 - 2500.00
2500.01 - 5000.00
5000.01 - 8000.00
8000.01 - 12000.00
12000.01 - 22500.00t0 0.9 1.8 2.7 3.60.45
Miles Source: U. S. Census Bureau, 2010
Prepared By: Sam Anderson
SAINT PAUL
MAPLEWOODROSEVILLE
SHOREVIEWARDEN HILLS
NORTH OAKS
WHITE BEAR LAKEVADNAIS HEIGHTS
NEW BRIGHTON
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
LITTLE CANADA
MOUNDS VIEW
NORTH SAINT PAUL
FALCON HEIGHTS
GEM LAKE
SAINT ANTHONY
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
LAUDERDALE
BLAINE
SPRING LAKE PARK
Population Density (2010)Map 01: Ramsey County, Minnesota
Population Per Sq. Mi (2010)
Major Bodies of Water
0.00 - 2500.00
2500.01 - 5000.00
5000.01 - 8000.00
8000.01 - 12000.00
12000.01 - 22500.00t0 0.9 1.8 2.7 3.60.45
Miles Source: U. S. Census Bureau, 2010
Prepared By: Sam Anderson
SAINT PAUL
MAPLEWOODROSEVILLE
SHOREVIEWARDEN HILLS
NORTH OAKS
WHITE BEAR LAKEVADNAIS HEIGHTS
NEW BRIGHTON
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
LITTLE CANADA
MOUNDS VIEW
NORTH SAINT PAUL
FALCON HEIGHTS
GEM LAKE
SAINT ANTHONY
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
LAUDERDALE
BLAINE
SPRING LAKE PARK
Population Density (2010)Map 01: Ramsey County, Minnesota
Population Per Sq. Mi (2010)
Major Bodies of Water
0.00 - 2500.00
2500.01 - 5000.00
5000.01 - 8000.00
8000.01 - 12000.00
12000.01 - 22500.00t0 0.9 1.8 2.7 3.60.45
Miles Source: U. S. Census Bureau, 2010
Prepared By: Sam Anderson
SAINT PAUL
MAPLEWOODROSEVILLE
SHOREVIEWARDEN HILLS
NORTH OAKS
WHITE BEAR LAKEVADNAIS HEIGHTS
NEW BRIGHTON
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
LITTLE CANADA
MOUNDS VIEW
NORTH SAINT PAUL
FALCON HEIGHTS
GEM LAKE
SAINT ANTHONY
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
LAUDERDALE
BLAINE
SPRING LAKE PARK
Population Density (2010)Map 01: Ramsey County, Minnesota
Population Per Sq. Mi (2010)
Major Bodies of Water
0.00 - 2500.00
2500.01 - 5000.00
5000.01 - 8000.00
8000.01 - 12000.00
12000.01 - 22500.00t0 0.9 1.8 2.7 3.60.45
Miles Source: U. S. Census Bureau, 2010
Prepared By: Sam Anderson
SAINT PAUL
MAPLEWOODROSEVILLE
SHOREVIEWARDEN HILLS
NORTH OAKS
WHITE BEAR LAKEVADNAIS HEIGHTS
NEW BRIGHTON
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
LITTLE CANADA
MOUNDS VIEW
NORTH SAINT PAUL
FALCON HEIGHTS
GEM LAKE
SAINT ANTHONY
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
LAUDERDALE
BLAINE
SPRING LAKE PARK
Population Density (2010)Map 01: Ramsey County, Minnesota
Population Per Sq. Mi (2010)
Major Bodies of Water
0.00 - 2500.00
2500.01 - 5000.00
5000.01 - 8000.00
8000.01 - 12000.00
12000.01 - 22500.00t0 0.9 1.8 2.7 3.60.45
Miles Source: U. S. Census Bureau, 2010
Prepared By: Sam Anderson
SAINT PAUL
MAPLEWOODROSEVILLE
SHOREVIEWARDEN HILLS
NORTH OAKS
WHITE BEAR LAKEVADNAIS HEIGHTS
NEW BRIGHTON
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
LITTLE CANADA
MOUNDS VIEW
NORTH SAINT PAUL
FALCON HEIGHTS
GEM LAKE
SAINT ANTHONY
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
LAUDERDALE
BLAINE
SPRING LAKE PARK
Population Density (2010)Map 01: Ramsey County, Minnesota
Population Per Sq. Mi (2010)
Major Bodies of Water
0.00 - 2500.00
2500.01 - 5000.00
5000.01 - 8000.00
8000.01 - 12000.00
12000.01 - 22500.00t0 0.9 1.8 2.7 3.60.45
Miles Source: U. S. Census Bureau, 2010
Prepared By: Sam Anderson
Mapmaking Methodology Study (Self-Directed 2014)
During my undergraduate architecture degree, I was able to familiarize myself with the power of virtual modeling and rendering. I found the importance of working in between programs and mediums in order to portray different physical and spatial conditions.
My digital representation skills, which have proven to be extremely vital developing any type of design, have been widely applicable in prototyping furniture and landscape designs with RO/LU. For me, I have found the effectiveness of working across these processes is extremely vital in developing any type of design.
Table Rendering Study (RO/LU 2014)
Volumetric Knot Interpretation (UMN 2013)
Rendering + ModelingRendering + Modeling
Spatial Interior Rendering (UMN 2013)