1. STUDENT PROJECTS USING GIS IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT
SLO GIS User Group Meeting
May 09, 2017
Miran Jung Day, Assistant Professor
Helen Florez, 4th year
Kimmai Nguyen, 4th year
Sebastian Cardoza, 4th year
Tyler Varian-Gonzalez, 5th year
Daniel Shafir-Schorr, 5th year
Landscape Architecture Department
College of Architecture Environmental Design
CAL POLY San Luis Obispo, CA
Image credit: Helen Florez

2. INTRODUCTION Originally from South Korea
MLA degree from the university of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Registered Landscape Architect, Florida and LEED AP BD+C
15 years experience in Landscape Architecture design firms
Urban design
Community development
Hospitality planning and design
5 years teaching Indiana and Cal Poly, California
Large scale planning and design
Design communication Media – Analogue and Digital
Geographic Information System (GIS)

3. WHAT?
Student projects completed in the LA438 GIS Application to Design Projects course
WHY?
To express appreciation to those who provide datasets
To tell what we do with the datasets and how we use GIS in design
To showcase landscape architecture projects

4. LA438 GIS APPLICATION TO DESIGN PROJECTS
An introductory GIS course in the landscape architecture department
Assisting students with design background to integrate and apply basic GIS skills into their design projects
Developing critical thinking and logical design decisions
Average 15 students for 4 hours each class, two classes per week (8hours per week)
Course structure
Lectures, demos, and in-class exercises (6wks)
Project (3 - 4wks)

5. LA438 TOPICS Base Map Feasibility Study Demographic Study
Use of Digital Elevation Model and Lidar Point Cloud
Spatial Analysis and Hydrology Tools
Soils
Google Earth and ArcScene
Visualization

6. BASE MAP, SECTION, GIS AND GOOGLE EARTH
Image credit: Annelie Heinemann

7. SOILS
Image credit: Maren Hill

8. AND TERRAIN MODIFICATION
WATERSHED
AND TERRAIN MODIFICATION
Image Credit: Daniel Shafir-Schorr

9. LIDAR POINT CLOUD AND LAS DATASET
Image credit: Brandon Rommos

10. Repairing Fresno’s Urban Fabric
RISE I REACT I ADAPT
Helen Florez, 4th year
Kimmai Nguyen, 4th year
Sebastian Cardoza, 4th year
Lucie Simmons, 4th year
Repairing Fresno’s Urban Fabric
Tyler Varian-Gonzalez, 5th year
Baywood Basins Park
Daniel Shafir-Schorr, 5th year