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01 OAKLAND COMMUNI TYMUSEUM Museum t oser vet heneedsoft heOakl and communi t yandi ncomi ngvi si t or s

02 THEURBAN I NSTI TUTE Museum t oi mpr ovet heHousi ngt oi mpr ove t hear chi t ect ur eanddei sgnoft heBayAr ea

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03 WALKABLE/ BI KEABLESTREETS Desi gnpr oposalt omaket hei nt er sect i on saf erandmor epedest ri anf ri endl y

04 Post OccupancyEval uat i ons Addr essi ngHomel essnessHousi ngPr oj ect s andMent alHeal t hThr oughPOEs

PROFESSI ONAL/ PERSONAL 05 GRAPHI CDESI GN/ VI DEO WORK Ot her i ng& Bel ongi ngI nst i t ut e,Ber kel ey Law & Publ i cPol i cy,L&SMedi aSt udi es

06 DI ABETI CBLOG/ YOUTUBECHANNEL Type1 mi nd. bl ogspot . com

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OAKLAND COMMUNI TYMUSEUM

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02 THEURBAN I NSTI TUTE Mus eum on3r dandBr yantSti n SanFr anci s co,CA CLASS:Ar ch1 00BFundament al sofAr chi t ect ur al Des i gn I NSTRUCTOR:Kei t hPl ymal e Fort heUr banI ns t i t ut ePr oj ect ,I wasas kedt ocr eat eamus eum cons i s t i ngofpr ogr amswi t ha commons etofi nt er es t s , i mpr ovi ngar chi t ect ur eand ur bandes i gni nt heBayAr ea.

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WALKABLE/ BI KEABLE STREETS

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Thegoaloft hi sgr ouppr oj ect wast ocr eat eades i gnpr opos al t omaket hei nt er s ect i ons af er andmor epedes t r i anf r i endl y .The pr opos ali ncl udes :el i mi nat i ngon s t r eetpar ki ni ng,wi deni ng s i dewal ksandaddi ngbi kel anes , r epur pos i ngl anes ,addi nga r oundabout ,andmaki ngt he adj acents t r eetpedes t r i anonl y .

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HOMELESSNESSHOUSI NG PROJECTSASSESSMENT: POSTOCCUPANCYEVALUATI ONS

CLASS:Ar ch1 1 2-Soci alLi f eofBui l di ng I NSTRUCTOR:St hat hi sYer os Addr es s i ngHomel es s nes sHous i ngPr oj ect sandMent alHeal t hThr oughPos t Occupancy Eval uat i ons Fort hi spr oj ect ,mygr oupas s es s edt heef f ect i venes sofhow hous i ngpr oj ect saddr es s r es i dent ’ sment alheal t hbychoos i ngt wocas es t udi esandcr eat i ngPos tOccupancy Eval uat i ons( POEs ) .Thes ePOEswer es peci f i cal l yt ai l or edt oeachpr oj ectt hr ought he ut i l i z at i onofs ever alf or msofr es ear chmet hodol ogy .

ThePOEwa sc onduc t e dut i l i z i ngt hr e ef or msofr e s e a r c hme t hods : que s t i onna i r e , s ur v e y( phot o e l i c i t a t i on) , a ndobs e r v a t i ons c he dul e .

Ea c hi st a i l or e dt os e v e r a l s ubc a t e g or i e ss pe c i f i ct ot hea pa r t me nt s : t r a ns por t a t i on, s oc i a l / pr i v a t es pa c e s , out doors pa c e s , a nda pa r t me ntde s i g n,

Af t e ra na l y z i ngt het wohous i ngpr oj e c t sa ndc r e a t i ngt hePOEque s t i ons , wewe r ea bl et odr a wr udi me nt a r y f i ndi ng st ohe l pde s i g ne r sr e pl i c a t ei nt he i rownde s i g ns .

Theov e r a l l c onc l us i onwa st ha tt hee f f e c t i v e ne s sof hous i ngpr oj e c t sf orhome l e s spe opl ewi t hme nt a l i l l ne s si sl a r g e l yr e l a t e dt ot hel oc a t i on, pr og r a m, a ndde s i g nof t hepr oj e c t .

Whe nl oc a t i ngt hepr oj e c t , de s i g ne r sne e dt oov e r s e ewhe t he rt hel oc a t i oni sbe ne f i c i a l f ori mpr ov i ng r e s i de nt s ’ we l l be i ng .

Pr ox i mi t yt opubl i cope ns pa c e , publ i ct r a ns i ts t ops , he a l t hs e r v i c e s , g r oc e r ys hops , a nds c hool a r ei mpor t a nte l e me nt sc ons t i t ut i nga ni de a l a pa r t me ntl oc a t i onf r omt hef i ndi ng sf r omours t udy .

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GRAPHI C DESI GN/ VI DEO WORK COMPANY: -Ot her i ng& Bel ongi ngI ns t i t ut e -Ber kel eyLaw & Publ i cPol i cy -UCBer kel eyLet t er s& Sci ence Medi aSt udi esDepar t ment Wi t hmyr ol esast heDi gi t al Cont entManageratUCBer kel ey Law School ,Mul t i medi a As s oci at eatt heOt her i ngand Bel ongi ngI ns t i t ut e,andDi gi t al Cont entSt r at egi s tf orUC ber kel eyLet t er s& Sci ence Medi aSt udi esDepa des i gnandl ayoutmany pr omot i onalmat er i al s .Thi s i ncl udesmar ket i ngf l yer s ,event pr ogr ams ,andi nf or mat i onal gui des .

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