Ross Monson Portfolio

Moss Side Pocket Community

Moss Side Pocket Community is a concept that addresses affordable housing in Athens, GA. This concept is different from traditional neighborhood development because it provides more housing units per acre, centralized and shared greenspaces, amenities, and on-street parking. It is more appealing to buyers with ranging incomes.

The lots shown on the graphic are zoned for RS-2.5 and RS-5 in efforts to vary cost. Each pocket ‘pod’ features nine house and a shared greenspace. The neighborhood features a connected trail system and sidewalk system, tennis courts, a pool and places for gathering.

Precedent Vicinity Study

SITE

Athens Family Dental

University of Georgia

Whitehead Road Elementary

Sandy Creek Nature Center

CVS Pharmacy

Ben Burton Park

North Oconee River Greenway

Athens Country Club

Existing Site Conditions Study

ROAD A: TANGENT 4

LENGTH = 802.620341'

ANGLE = S 89d27'58" W

ROAD A: TANGENT 3

LENGTH = 358.505140' ANGLE = N 45d0'0" W

ROAD A: TANGENT 2

LENGTH = 523.807284'

ANGLE = N 12d16'32" W

ROAD B: TANGENT 1

LENGTH =77.189829'

ANGLE = S 46d40'23" W

ROAD B

ROAD B: TANGENT 2

LENGTH = 847.207956' ANGLE = S 77d42'40" W

ROAD B: PI-1 : 03 + 47.34'

ROAD A: PI-1

ROADA

ROAD A: PI-2 Δ = 93° 46' R = 250'

T =267.031849'

ROAD A: TANGENT 1

LENGTH = 340.698260'

ANGLE = S 73d57'4" W

Vertical Road Alignment

Moss Side Plotting Plan 30 Minutes

Site Development • Moss Side Pocket Community

Amenity Graphic 4 Hours

Tennis Court / Clubhouse / Pool

Community Entrance Design

Moss Side Main Streetscape w/ Street Trees

Amenity Grading Plan

Site Development • Moss Side Pocket Community

Moss Side Final Graphic 7 Hours

Trail System / Hardwood ConservationAmenities

RS-5 Zoning / Greenspace Design w/ Gazebos / Pocket Pods

Community Entrance

Moss Side Pocket Community

On-Street Parking / Connected Sidewalk System

RS-2.5 Zoning / Central Greenspace

RS-5 Zoning / Greenspace Design

Georgia Square Mall

Program Requirements:

300K SF Commercial, Retail and Office Space

1 Parking Space per 300 SF

30K SF Grocery Store

15K SF Museum

350K SF Residential Units

275K SF Multi-Family

75K SF Single-Family

1.5 Parking Spaces per Unit

200K SF Greenspace

4.7 Acres Stormwater Detention

Existing Conditions

Assisted Living Adjacent Neighborhood

Only Existing Anchor Business / Belk

Abandoned Theatre

Wasted Parking

AutoCad Drafting

Organizing the program requirements into a dense urban core allowed me to turn the greenscapes into animals, seen from the residents on the fourth level, and an extension of the featured museum

North-East View West View

Central Promenade of Urban Core

South-East View

Section Elevation Graphics

Urban Core Graphic 7 Hours

Splashpad

Retail / Residential Retail / Residential Greenspace Parking Garage

Central Urban CoreParking Garage

WhaleBelk Green RoofGrocery Green Roof

Whale TailHammer Head Shark Main Entrance

Georgia Square Mall • Site Develoment

Athens Greenway Connection

My team and I were tasked with studying the Athens Greenway Network to identify potential areas for connection or expansion. We noticed a potential to connect the greenway near the Classic Center in Athens, GA. This is a popular location for student housing and commercial offices. It is close to the city and would connect the southern network of the greenway to the northern network. This would provide direct access to the UGA campus and Downtown.

Regional Analysis

My group and I looked at the zoning around the site to guage the population density and needs of the adjacent community. The white is government owned property, the red is commercial land use and blue is residential.

Understanding the mobility and accessibility of the Athens Greenway network was crucial to making connection proposals. Our goal was to identify necessary separations in the network to join existing pathways.

Researching the comfort of Pedestian and Bicycle transportation in the area was important to understand if our greenway connection would be used adequately in the future. This would make the fiscal investment feasible or not. We concluded the level of comfort in the area was medium comfort.

Site Analysis

Existing ConditionsProperty Ownership

Site Development • Athen Greenway Connection

Site Analysis

Hydrology StudySlope Study

Vegetation StudyConceptual Connection Possibility

Site Wall and Shared-Use Path Grading

This grading plan is to satisfy standard ADA requirements

Existing Greenway Network

Athens Transit Station

Picnic

Greenspace Dog Park

Student Housing

Athens Greenway Connection • Site Develoment

Classic Center

Stormwater Detention

Student Housing

Proposed Shared Use Path and Site Wall

Proposed Crosswalk

Existing Greenway Network

Collage Art Graphic

This graphic was rendered in photoshop, with some elements pulled in from Illustrator. Practicing with layer masks, layer organization, pattern creation and wands was the goal of this perspective.

Duotone Section Graphic

This graphic was rendered in Photoshop with the model being pulled in from SketchUp. Using an extension from SketchUp’s Extension Warehouse, I was able to export individual images containing shadows, linework and materials into Photoshop. From there I practiced with layer masking and wanding.

Mario Schjetnan Plaza

I was tasked with designing a plaza after a famous Landscape Architect, in this case, it was Mario Schjetnan. Mario’s design philosophy is to connect humans to nature using modernism, cultural traditon and nature. The plaza design features modern architecture and colors with lush vegetation and water features. Pictured on the right of the image is a marble fountain, commemorating Mario’s career in the field.

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