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Qualifications (Selected projects from 1997 to present)
Underlined colored text links to an image. Also, see Portfolio.
2008
Project Title: Southern California Gas Company exploratory drill rig and permanent dehydration facility
Location: Goleta, California
Contractor: Padre Associates; Southern California Gas Co.
Description:
Photo simulations of the proposed facilities, including night lighting of the
154 foot drilling tower.
Project Title: Ocean View Plaza Hotel shadow simulation study
Location: Monterey, California
Contractor: Padre Associates; Pacific Hotel Management, LLC
Description:
The proposed 5 story hotel may cast a shadow on to a marine sanctuary.
Videoscapes simulated the extent of the cast shadow over a one year period in
order to capture all of the annual variation. This information was
translated to easy-to-read plan view diagrams that showed the areas most
effected by shadow.
2007
Project Title: Oworobong Clinic, Ghana
Location: Oworobong, Ghana
Contractor: The Rohde Foundation
Description: To help the non-profit Rohde Foundation raise funds to build a clinic in Ghana, Videoscapes provided extensive visual materials assembled into a PowerPoint presentation. Especially useful were photo simulated before and after images of the clinic, which would be built from an existing but unused structure.
Project Title: Clearwater Port LNG Terminal
Location: Platform Grace, Santa Barbara Channel, California
Contractor: Padre Associates
Description: Northern Star Natural Gas has plans to convert an offshore oil terminal into a port for re-gasifying liquified natural gas shipped in on giant LNG tankers. Videoscapes is providing simulated views of the terminal from many different on and off- shore locations.
2006
Project Title: Preserva del Cabo de Este
Location: San Jose del Cabo, B.C., Mexico
Contractor: Cabo de Este Properties, Ltd
Description: Two and a half miles of pristine beachfront property is slated for development as an upscale ecotourism resort. In order to attract investment interest, Videoscapes prepared several virtual "mock-ups" of the proposed development. The computer renderings provided valuable feedback for design refinements.
Project Title: City of Santa Barbara, Ocean and Mountain View Documentation
Location: Santa Barbara, Ca
Contractor: URS; City of Santa Barbara
Description: Concerned citizens requested that Santa Barbara's magnificent ocean and mountain views be incorporated into the planning process in a systematic way. Videoscapes proposed to comb the requested view corridors for significant views and assemble those in an easy to reference manner (browser based: see sample). City staff then picked out the best views, and these were photographed under controlled conditions so that the views were comparable in scale. Most of the 56 views were stitched into panoramas.
2005
Project Title:
Isla Vista Master Plan
Location: Santa Barbara County, Ca
Contractor: SAIC; County of Santa Barbara
Description: Conceptual designs for the revitalization of downtown Isla Vista were used to generate highly detailed photo simulations to permit "before" and "after" comparisons. Simulations showing three storey and five storey height simulations were done for comparitive purposes.
Project Title: City of Taft, Conceptual Downtown Development Plan
Location: Taft, Ca
Contractor: Alex Pujo, Architect and Jeff Lockwood, Developer
Description: In order to engender enthusiasm and support for a conceptual downtown development scenario, videoscapes generated highly detailed and plausible images of what is, in fact, a very conceptual and preliminary design.
2004
Project Title: City of Oxnard Grade Separation/ Trench Alternatives
Location: Oxnard, Ca
Contractor: MNS Engineers.
Description: Rapid urban growth requires a massive project to separate the railway from surface street traffic in the City of Oxnard. Videoscapes provided an exhaustive set of photo simulations showing the appearance of either building bridges and overpasses over the rail right-of-way, or placing the entire track in a 23 foot deep trench. Many simulations depict aerial views, with the base photos taken from a helicopter.
Project Title: Ortega Ridge Reservoir Cover
Location: Montecito, Ca
Contractor: Padre Associates; Montecito Water District
Description: Photo simulations showe the appearance of the aluminum reservoir cover that will protect the water supply stored in the Ortega Ridge reservoir. Images showed the visual impacts of different paint colors and landscaping scenarios.
2003
Project Title: Cottage Hospital Expansion
Location: Santa Barbara, Ca
Contractor: Cottage Health Services, Inc.; Cearnal Architects; LBL Architects.
Description: Photo simulations showed appearance of proposed design from selected viewpoints. Images were used for ABR (Architectural Board of Review) presentation depicting before and after scenarios.
Project Title: Marborg Recycling Plant
Location: Santa Barbara, Ca
Contractor: Lenvik and Minor, Architects
Description: Photo simulations of proposed recycling facility. The over forty foot tall airplane hanger style structure covers one city block next to Highway 101. Views from moving vehicle used for photo simulations.
2002
Project Title: William K. Bowes Bldg
Location: Thousand Oaks, Ca
Contractor: Black Diamond Productions, Inc
Description: Create 15 second animation for television of 100,000+ sq ft building from plan and elevation drawings . . . in 10 days. Videoscapes was able to meet the deadline with high quality digital video that showed the building in its landscaped surroundings, complete with animated fountains.
Project Title: Simi Valley Landfill Expansion
Location: Simi Valley, California
Contractor: Science Applications International, Inc (SAIC)
Description: Photo simulations of the proposed landfill expansion at buildout were created for a supplemental EIR. New photos from the views used in a previous FEIR were taken, and new simulations were generated. USGS topo data and survey data provided by landfill engineers was used to obtain a comprehensive computer terrain model of a large portion of the Simi Valley and surrounding hills.
2001
Project Title: El Capitan Ranch
Location: Highway 101, oceanfront
Contractor: Condor Environmental Planning, Inc.
Description: Create computer terrain model of bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean so that high-end ranch houses can be positioned and landscaped to maximize their views of the ocean, while minimizing their exposure to sightseers traveling on highway 101. After the final locations were determined, photo simulations were generated to demonstrate the reduced visual impacts to the California Coastal Commission and the County of Santa Barbara.
Project Title: Entrada de Santa Barbara
Location: Santa Barbara oceanfront
Contractor: Science Applications International, Inc (SAIC)
Description: Create 24 photo-simulation views of this large and controversial project to help assess the impacts on surrounding views and to permit evaluation of the appearance of the proposed construction as it would appear in its environment. Each simulation is panoramic in scope and depicts the project in landscaped and unlandscaped conditions. Another image in each set shows the simulated project transparently superimposed (“ghosted”) over the existing condition.
2000
Project Title: Cabrillo Business Park
Location: Goleta, California
Contractor: Science Applications International, Inc (SAIC)
Description: Computer generated model and photo-simulation of major industrial site development. The project involved depicting over 600 trees and 15 buildings on a 65 acre site located at a major intersection. Videoscapes provided photo-simulations showing the trees proposed for site screening in both their summer and winter appearances. A written evaluation analyzing the suitability of the planting list in relation to various criteria, including possible impacts on a wetland restoration included within the site boundary was also provided by Videoscapes.
Project Title: Parking Lot #6
Location: Santa Barbara, California
Contractor: Wilbur-Smith, Inc.
Description: Detailed computer generated model and photosimulation of seven story parking structure proposed for downtown Santa Barbara.. Videoscapes depicted several design revisions. The images were shown on local cable television.
1999
Project Title: Harris Grade Housing Project
Location: Lompoc, California
Contractor: Martin Farrell Homes, Inc.
Description: Detailed computer generated model and photo-simulation of 45 homes in five different styles for the purposes of evaluating the visual impacts of the proposed development, including landscaping as it would appear after fifteen years. The simulation depicted a panoramic view of the project as seen from a nearby highway intersection.
1998
Project Title: Rice Ranch
Location: North County, Santa Barbara
Contractor: County of Santa Barbara
Description: A computer rendered visual analysis of a proposed planned residential development to include over 800 homes, a school, park and 334 acres of open space. Videoscapes modeled all of these structures in dimensionally accurate form. These were placed in their proper position and elevation on a full scale computer terrain model of approximately two square miles in surface area.
1997
Project Title: Point Orient Tank Farm
Location: Point Orient, San Francisco Bay
Contractor: Science Applications International, Inc (SAIC)
Description: Visual impact study of proposed tank farm. Videoscapes selected viewpoints, created base photos and computer model from plans and topographic information.
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