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MICHAEL DISHER - AICP Portfolio 1997-2010

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Page 1: Michael Disher Portfolio

MICHAEL DISHER - AICP

Portfolio

1997-2010

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Introduction

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The content of this portfolio is representative of my design work as a professional city

planner with City of Port Orange, from 1997-2010. I created these drawings, sketches, and

graphics as a way to communicate design concepts to developers, colleagues, and the

general public. Please see the Contents page for information about each drawing, then click

on the page number to view the drawings themselves.

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Contents

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Architectural Design

Graphic Design

LAMAR Billboard Page 4

These three slides show how a billboard was designed to comply with the

“Florida Vernacular” architectural style required by the City of Port

Orange in its Town Center redevelopment district. Each slide shows my

hand-drawn elevation, the version submitted by LAMAR with its building

permit, and a photograph of the final product.

SuperTarget Page 8

The next two slides show the design evolution of the SuperTarget store,

negotiated between the land developer, City staff, and Target Corp. The

first rendering is the initial proposal submitted by the developer. The

second was staff‟s response, intended to communicate the City‟s

expectations of design and quality for the project given its location at a

prominent gateway at the I-95 interchange. The third rendering shows the

final concept agreed to by all parties and ultimately approved by the

City Council. The fourth picture is a photograph of the finished building.

Dollar General Page 10

These two rough-sketch concepts were prepared to assist the developer

with “dressing up” the side elevation of the store, which was highly visible

to northbound traffic along a busy thoroughfare. The developer had

placed the design focus on the narrow front entrance facing the main

street (not visible on the drawings but located on the left side), ignoring

the large blank wall that would be much more visible to on-coming traffic.

Sustainability Relationship Page 12

I created this Venn diagram to illustrate the relationship between the five

components of Sustainability as described in the City‟s 2010

Comprehensive Plan. For each component, I created five broad Smart

Growth strategies that the City will use to become more sustainable over

the next 20 years. To the left of the diagram is the text from the Plan that

explains the purpose and intent of the Sustainability Strategies. To see the

strategies themselves, click here.

Main Street Buildings Page 11

I have always admired the design quality of buildings found on historical

Main Streets all across America – for their craftsmanship, simplicity of

form, attention to detail, and artistic expression. As part of the training I

would periodically conduct for my staff on architectural design, I used

such buildings as examples of how to modify a typical “box” so that it

could be appreciated at the pedestrian scale; through the appropriate

sizing of windows and doors, massing and proportion from bottom to top,

and use of architectural details. In our training sessions, I would have my

staff apply these concepts on their own drawings. I drafted the sketch on

the left in one such training session. I created the rendering on the right

while learning to use Google SketchUp.

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Architectural Design LAMAR Billboard – Front Elevation

Finished Product

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Rendering

Permit Plans

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Architectural Design LAMAR Billboard – Side Elevation

Finished Product

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Rendering

Permit Plans

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Architectural Design LAMAR Billboard – Rear Elevation

Finished Product

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Rendering

Permit Plans

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Finished Product

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Rendering Permit Plans

Architectural Design LAMAR Billboard – Pedestal

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Architectural Design SuperTarget

Initial Staff Recommendation

Initial Applicant Proposal

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Finished Building

Architectural Design SuperTarget

Final Staff Recommendation

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Concept 1

Concept 2

Architectural Design Dollar General – Side View

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Conceptual Elevation

Hand-Drawn

Conceptual Rendering

Google SketchUp

Architectural Design Main Street Buildings

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Sustainability Strategies

Graphic Design Sustainability Relationship - Port Orange Comprehensive Plan

“The strategies of the past 20 years have served the City well in

realizing its vision of becoming a progressive, high-quality

community. For the next 20 years, a new vision is needed to

ensure that the City‟s quality can be maintained; so that it can

continue to build on its success. Twenty years from now, Port

Orange will become a city that is able to meet its needs in the

present without compromising its ability to meet those needs in the

future. This is the vision of sustainability.

The sustainable city will be one that draws together the various

uses that are necessary for it to function. It will be knitted together

by an urban fabric that is designed around the needs and scale

of people. It will be a “lifelong” community that allows its

residents to meet their needs at all ages and stages of their lives.

It will be a city in which its citizens have choices in how far to

travel to get what they need and the mode they choose to get

there. It will enable people to drive less and reduce the amount of

greenhouse gases their cars produce. It will use less energy and

resources while supporting a greater number of people, and will

produce a portion of its own energy and food supply. It will be a

city of unique places and spaces. It will be a place designed for

human interaction – the cultural amenity great cities offer their

residents known as „civic life.‟

The community will shift focus from growth to sustainability.

Realizing the vision of sustainability will take a continued effort

over the next 20 years to achieve. The City will

employ…strategies…which are organized into five categories

that form the foundation of the sustainable city: land use, mobility,

people, energy, and the environment.”

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