3. My fascination with cities has always been a guiding
factor in life. From a young age, I came to realize that
being involved with the creation of such monumental
places was what I wanted to do. I feel I have taken a
different path to design than most. Although always
creative, art was ironically was a weak point. Through
school and other endeavors, I have gained an appre-
ciation for design and a passion for digital representa-
tion. With a background in landscape architecture
and urban design, I am excited to contribute to a more
sustainable urban future.
4. Languages
English
Spanish
Programs
MS Word
Excel
Powerpoint
GIS
Adobe CS6
Photoshop
Illustrator
Indesign
Lightroom
Architecture
Rhino
3ds Max
AutoCAD
Revit
Sketchup
SCASLA+DBIA
Technology officer (2010-2012)
Responsible for operations involving shop equipment, electronic communications, and production
LAbash: Miami, Florida
Ohio State representative (2012)
Attended lectures, charretes, and presentations with landscape students and professionals
OCASLA Award
Honorable Mention Aetna Community Garden (2012)
Maintained and troubleshot machines, oversaw lab activity,
2nd Place
Knowlton School of Architecture 24-hour competition (2012)
Competed against 30 other teams for redesign of campus corridor
Batey Rehab Project
Volunteer Dominican Republic (2013)
Built homes, conducted site analysis, partake in daily village life
Savannah College of Art and Design
Master of Urban Design (2013-2015 expected)
The Ohio State University
Bachelor of Science, Landscape Architecture (2008-2012)
Minor, City and Regional Planning
Landscape Architects Network
Writer (2012-present)
Writer, content contributor and product designer for online publication centered on landscape
architecture. Wrote articles dealing with urban issues, art, sports venues, presentations etc.
Oakland Nursery+Design
Installation intern (Summer 2012)
Worked under designers and foremen on a design-build construction crew in Columbus, Ohio.
Scope of worked ranged from small residential to commercial and government projects.
Knowlton School of Architecture
Laser cutting lab assistant (2009-2012)
Assisted students with models, Gained extensive knowledge of Universal and Epilog Laser cutters
Peter James Salamon
psalamon24@gmail.com
(440)-289-5987
5. Factors Walk 1-6
Upper 9th Ward 7-14
Weinland Park 15-22
Whittier Peninsula 23-26
Dublin Village Center 27-30
City Market 31-34
Gallery of Scholars 35-38
Mashville 39-46
6. factors walk
1 brief
[1]
Located between the River Street shops and the bluff on
which the city sits, Factors Walk is an important piece of
Savannah history. Formerly a market for cotton “factors” to
sell their product, it is now used for parking, along with a
few rogue cafes and businesses, such as a pedicab service.
This was an urban analysis project, with the goal being
to dissect the different levels and features of this half mile
cobblestone walk.
11. [ 6 ]1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Diagrams top to bottom:
Upper/Lower Walk
Wall Location
Vegetation
Pedestrian Circulation/Vehicular Ramps
12. upper 9th ward
2 brief
[ 7]
This New Orleans case study began with a site visit to the
Upper Ninth Ward. This neighborhood, mostly located in a
lower ground “bowl” of the city, has not received the same
attention as the lower part of the ward. The main obstacle
for future development is rising sea levels in tandem with
high rates of soil subsidence. “Portraits” were created
to determine positive and negative qualities of different
site aspects, and composited together to inform design
decisions. Our concept was based on limitations of space,
how to adopt new limits for future livability in New Orleans.
13. [8]
new orleans , louisiana
SCAD Autumn 2013 | Urban Design Studio 2 | Professor LaRaine Papa Montgomery
20. [15]
3 brief
Featured here are three post-industrial sites, Timken Steel,
Clark Grave Vaults and Columbus Coated fabrics. The CCF
site to the north is currently being redeveloped as housing,
so conceptually it had to mesh with the older housing stock.
The Timken site to the east is a blank slate, and becomes
the economic driver, including business incubation and
commercial. The CGV site had a long, narrow building
that we proposed saving and gutting to become a farmer’s
market and beacon for sustainable practices. Timken and
and CGV are connected by a linear park that traverses the
top of the parking garage “ramp.”
weinland park
28. whittier peninsula
4 brief
Whittier Peninsula is an underdeveloped park space along
the Scioto River. Current tenants include an impound lot and
a nature center. The focus was to enhance the experience
around the nature center and remove the lot, while providing
better overall connectivity to the city. The concept of this
hand-drawn plan was urban health, so athletics and a local
food plaza are featured.
[23]
32. dublin village center
5 brief
This studio worked in conjunction with developers to
forumulate concepts for a tired strip mall that had been
on the decline for the last decade. Improved visibility,
walkability, and proper branding were all driving factors in
forming this master plan as a small group. To the right is a
model for the entire site placed into its context, as well as
my individually detailed portion of the plan that was focused
on entertainment.
[27]
36. city market
6 brief
This pedestrian-only street is both a tourist destination and
a local hangout. The restaurant, bars, and art galleries
provide for a vibrant plaza that works despite its poor
layout and crumbling infratructure. The purpose here
was to design a space that reflected the quality of existing
attractions, and related more to the context than the current
scattershot pattern of planter boxes, all while integrating
water collection in central gardens.
[31]
40. gallery of scholars
7 brief
This group effort earned second place among twenty entries
in the annual 24-hour competition at the Knowlton School
of Architecture. The project area is a bland, but heavily-
travelled corridor of campus that passes the business,
architecture, and engineering schools before ending at the
oval; campus’s main quad. A goal of the competition was
to open up the dreary engineering buildings to the outside.
We accomplished this by creating walk-in glass gallery
spaces on the ground floor. Other aspects of the design
were creating usable lawn space and a vendor court on the
bottom floor of the parking garage.
[35]
42. CIRCULATION | THE BASICS
4 PEDESTRIAN LANES DOWN TO 2
HARDSCAPE PUSHED TO THE EDGES
FRAMING GREEN PUBLIC SPACE
INTERACTION WITH BUILDINGS/AMENITIES
VEGETATION | URBAN FLOW
Enlarge bosque and
transition to organic
form
Collonade interplanted
with sculptural pieces
Marching forms
of zelkova
PLAZA SPACE | GALLERY HOP
Walking Taco Hub
Dreese Coffee Bar
walk-up window
Woodruff pick-up
and drop-off
CONNECTION | ACADEMICS
ARCHITECTURE
BUSINESS
ENGINEERING
VEGETATION | URBAN FLO
Engineering Galleries
urban forest
vendors
vendors
With a clean circulation pattern, spaces for leisure and vegeta
are maximized without sacrificing accessibility. The parking ga
becomes a haven for vendors, and the engineering buildings rec
a facelift with walk-in glass gallery spaces to showcase student w
engineering galleries
walkway sloped lawn main lawn
gravel leisure garden
walkway
vendors
garage
cafe
CIRCULATION | THE BASICS
4 PEDESTRIAN LANES DOWN TO 2
HARDSCAPE PUSHED TO THE EDGES
FRAMING GREEN PUBLIC SPACE
INTERACTION WITH BUILDINGS/AMENITIES
VEGETATION | URBAN FLOW
Enlarge bosque and
transition to organic
form
Collonade interplanted
with sculptural pieces
Marching forms
of zelkova
aco Hub
offee Bar
window
pick-up
off
TECTURE
ESS
EERING
VEGETATION | URBAN FLOW
ng Galleries
urban forest
vendors
vendors
With a clean circulation pattern, spaces for leisure and vegetation
are maximized without sacrificing accessibility. The parking garage
becomes a haven for vendors, and the engineering buildings receive
a facelift with walk-in glass gallery spaces to showcase student work.
cafe
[37] gallery of schoalrs
44. mashville
8 brief
This entry for the Two Worlds Ecological Competition
sought to predict economic and ecological futures for mid-
zixe American cities. A brownfield site along Nashville River
was selected, as it contained many challenges of urban
infrastructure, contaminaiton, and vulnerability to flooding
and sea level rise. Flexible space indoor and outdoors
was paramount, withlive/work typlogies accompanying
an environmentally focused program. Future systems of
delivery and transport were imagined as a spine for various
forms of connectivity.
[39]
48. highway/pedestrian plaza
Hub
live/work residential
THERAPY
HOTEL/TEMPORARY OFFICE
HOTEL/TEMPORARY OFFICE
HOTEL/TEMPORARY OFFICE
WEDDINGS
NUTRITION CENTER
SCHOOL FUNCTIONS
[43] mashville
Energy Facility
Energy Harnessing
Wave Energy TechnologyGeothermal
heat/cool
Energy
Staged wetlands
recycle greywater
Storm Water Collection + Reuse
Cottage
Hub
Home New Cottage UnmannedFactory Assembly line
Hub+Arterial Delivery
Order placed Hub ships item Item received via
evacuated transport
49. wetland wetland
bikeway connection
live/work residential
flexible hardscape
WORK
FLEX L I V E
LIVE
ENERGY
WALK
WALK
[44]
Home
Future Home Office
Upper Floors
Live ShopsWork Workshop
Ground Floor
New costs
+ =$+
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