1. GENIUS LOCI
Professional and academic work presented for employment consideration
February 2011
Andrew Broderick, LEED - AP
Master of Urban Planning, December 2010 Graduate
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan

2. Academic Professional
Zocalo Verde 6 14 U.S. Department of Homeland
Hines Competition Entry Security Campus
San Diego, CA Perkins + Will
Washington, D.C.
Wicker Park Bucktown 8 16 Tsingdao Beer City
Green Infrastructure Guide Competition Entry
Masters Degree Capstone Perkins + Will
Chicago, IL Qing Dao, PRC
Geographic Information System 10 18 Bank of America Tower
Maps Perkins + Will
Introduction to GIS Course Charlotte, NC
Detroit, MI
± Legend
Detroit Shoppi
Neighborhoo
Single Stand
Community S
Regional Sho
“Character is determined by how things are, and gives our
investigation basis in the concrete phenomena of our everday life
world…the concept of genius loci denotes the essence of place.”
-Christian Norberg-Schulz, The Phenomenon of Place

3. Academic Work
“Each generation writes its own biography in the cities it creates.”
-Lewis Mumford, The Culture of Cities

4. Final Renderings by Ville Rikkonen
Aerial perspective of new urban
development adjacent to down-
town San Diego (left); view of
central park (inset left); two block
typology drawings (above): the
mixed-use courtyard allowing for
direct sunlight penetration and
the dynamic view-directing tower
with a base, middle, and top.
Project Team Members:
Kristin Baja
Theresa Broderick
Ville Rikkonen
Zach Robin
My work: design
contributor; parts of 3D
This multi-disciplinary group competition called for a comprehensive urban design and real estate model (Autodesk); site
Zocalo Verde development scheme for a complex area of central San Diego that is in need of an identity. Our plan (AutoCAD); diagrams
2010 Hines Competition team created an urban greenway featuring a central gathering place (Zocalo), and utilized two (Adobe CS).
San Diego, CA block-level typologies - the dynamic tower that frames views and the urban courtyard, which permits
(2010) daylight into the center of the block. Our greenway is shaped by the active fault lines that prohibit Not my work: final 3D
substantial building. renderings (StudioMax).

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Balboa Park
Cortez Hill
City College
Extended Civic Golden Hill
Core
Zocalo Verde
Gaslamp
Wellness
E.ast Village
Art District
Logan Heights
Ball Park
Industrial Tech District
Bird’s eye rendering of Zocalo (above); neighborhood
district diagram showing Zocalo at center (below);
rendered site plan showing greenway system, building
footprints, and streetscape detail (right).
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6. GREEN ROOF (extensive)
GR
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N
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Large (or shared-wall) mixed-use
buildings (above); building typology
isometric drawing of large mixed-use
RAIN GARDEN building (left); commercial street plan
and section showing green infrastructure
elements (opposite page).
PERVIOUS POROUS CONCRETE
PAVERS GANGWAY
TREE WELLS
(lowered 8” from sidwalk edge)
RAIN CISTERN
BIOSWALE PARKWAY
IN BASEMENT (Type C -
(see Typology 6: Residential ST potential future option as
Street for more detail) REE Project Client:
T part of greywater system)
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Wicker Park Bucktown
12.5
Special Service Area #33
Seeking to improve livability and attractiveness of the Wicker Park Bucktown (WPB)
Neighborhood, this project seeks to enhance environmental sustainability measures Academic Advisor:
for community improvement by creating a neighborhood specific planning and design
tool for effective stormwater management. The 87-page guide includes building Prof. Larissa Larsen
Wicker Park Bucktown typology illustrations to demonstrate how green infrastructure elements such as
bioswales and pervious pavement might be applied to buildings or streets commonly My work: all drawings
Green Infrastructure Guide found in the neighborhood. The guide also includes a development checklist, incentive (AutoCAD, Adobe CS)
Masters Degree Capstone and implementation strategies, water management policy advocacy suggestions, a and writing of 87-page
Chicago, IL resource section. The guide is the product of a six-month long planning process, which document.
(2010 - 2011) emphasized community and technical input from multiple stakeholders and experts.

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RAIN GARDEN
CONVENTIONAL BOULEVARD
ASPHALT DRIVELANES
(impervious)
INTERLOCKING POROUS
CONCRETE PAVERS
IN PARKING LANE
TREE WELL WITH
FILTRATION TRENCH
RAIN GARDEN
BOULEVARD EXISTING
SEWER LINE
A
TREE WELL
Section A: Commercial Street
CONNECTING
TROUGH WITH GRATE
PERMEABLE
PAVERS
BIKE LANE
VEGETATED BIOSWALE
CURB BUMP-OUT
0 ft 8 16
Existing parkway condition on Moffit St. in WPB (above); parkway
bioswale in Portland (below).
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8. Population density in Wayne County by
census tract (2000) with the City of Detroit
outlined in bold (left); access to shopping
centers in Detroit by census tract (2000)
with shopping centers symbolized by
circles (see legend) (right). Academic Advisor:
Prof. Lan Deng
My work: all drawings
(ArchGIS 9.3)
Geographic Information Applying data to a spatial map to inform a viewer of certain themes is the main objec-
tive of geographic information systems. Census data for Wayne County and Detroit,
Systems Maps MI, where used in my final project for the Introduction to GIS course to produce
All census data from
U.S. Census Bureau; all
Introduction to GIS thematic maps that reveal patterns that would not otherwise be noticed in tables and geographic information from
Detroit, MI charts. ESRI.
(2010)

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Access to Shopping Centers in City of Detroit, Michigan (2000)
Geographic Unit: Census Tract
Detroit
River
0 1 2 4
± Legend
Detroit Shopping Centers
Neighborhood Shopping Center
Miles
Single Stand Alone Retail Building
Community Shopping Center
Prepared by Andrew J. Broderick Regional Shopping Center
December 17, 2010
Super-Regional Shopping Center
Major Road
Data sources: Low Shopping Access - not within Walking Distance (census tract)
1.5 Mile Buffer Around Shopping Centers
1) U.S. Census 2000 retreved online
December 6, 2010 from U.S. Census Bureau TIGER system High Shopping Access within Walking Distance (census tract)
http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/
City of Detroit Boundary
2) Shopping center data courtesy Lan Deng (on file with creator)
Note: shopping accesibility is defined as being within 1.5 miles of shopping center
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10. Professional Work
“Cities are humanity’s hothouses, where human potential develops
to its fullest pitch of excellence and variety.”
-Myron Magnet, former editor of the City Journal

11. Final Renderings by Adam Freise, Perkins + Will
U.S. Department of The General Services Administration (GSA) asked Perkins + Will’s Ralph Johnson to design a conceptual masterplan
for the new campus for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on the existing St. Elizabeth’s Medical Campus,
Homeland Security Campus which is a historic campus south of the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. The 4.5 million square feet of new and
Perkins + Will (Chicago office) renovated space had to be carefully integrated into the historic campus while still establishing a new identity for the
Washington, D.C. Department. The project used the metric system.
(2006-2007)

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The aerial perspective of the
“pavilion site” with the view
toward the National Mall (left);
overall site plan with the five
building sites including the
serpentine U.S. Coast Guard
Headquarters building (right)
with the red circle indicating
the location of a protected Bald
Eagle nest; site section/elevation
of the pavilion site (lower right).
My work: parts of 3D model
(Autodesk); parts of site
plan and entire section
(AutoCAD + Adobe CS).
Not my work: concept
design (Ralph Johnson);
final 3D rendering; parts of
site plan.
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13. Final Renderings by Crystal Graphics through Perkins + Will
Mega masterplan urban design competition for corporate and event headquarters
Tsingdao Beer City for Tsingtao Brewing Company. Imaginative project interweaves outdoor event space
My work: parts of 3D model
(SketchUp); parts of site plan
Perkins + Will (Chicago office) with indoor mixed-use program including retail, condominiums, hotel, and office (AutoCAD + Adobe CS); exploded
Qing Dao, People’s Republic of China components. The largest tower, the corporate center, is approximately the size of axon diagram (Adobe CS); study
(2008) the John Hancock Tower in Chicago. The sculptural qualities of the towers evoke a models (physical)
Chinese Landscape painting. This project uses the metric system of measurement.

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Not my work: concept design (Ralph
Johnson); parts of site plan (Michelle
Malecha, Perkins +Will)
Towers
Mountains
Undulating
Roof Garden
Lily Ponds
Beer Plaza
Water Fountains
Perimeter Green Landscape
at Grade
The aerial perspective of the entire development with the view toward the central festi-
val space and beer hall (oppostie page); traditional Chinese Landscape painting (top
left) and photo of physical study model (top right); exploded axon diagram explaining
layers of development as analogous to a Chinese Garden (bottom left); final site plan
(right).
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15. Final Renderings by Adam Freise, Perkins + Will
Aerial rendering of new tower (far left); interior rendering of
Winter Garden (top right); construction photo of sixth-floor green
roof and Winter Garden skylight (middle right) and main stair-
way in Winter Garden (lower right)
Bank of America Tower The Bank of America Tower is a 30 floor office tower in the downtown financial center of Charlotte features
three major interior green spaces: first floor garden plaza, signature winter garden, and stacked triple-height
Perkins + Will (Chicago office)
sky gardens. The shorter tower is the Ritz Carleton Hotel, designed by another architecture firm. A sky-bridge
Charlotte, NC
connects across the street to the existing Cesar Pelli designed Corporate Center. The tower is currently nearly
(2006 - 2007)
completion and will be occupied in 2011. The project is aiming for LEED-Silver certification.

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EXTERIOR
TERRACE
Level 30
Level 26
Interior rendering of Sky Garden
with a view towards main Corpo-
rate Center (top); axonometric
diagram of West Sky Gardens
with a varied pattern of protrud- Level 23
ing “sky boxes” on interim levels
(right); main floor site plan con-
necting public spaces showing
existing Corporate Center Tower
and interior garden at the top Level 20
and the New Tower on the bot-
tom (far right).
My work: parts of 3D model Level 17
(Revit); site plan (AutoCAD
+ Adobe CS); sky garden
diagram (AutoCAD + Adobe
CS).
Level 14
Not my work: concept
design (Ralph Johnson);
final 3D renderings;
construction photos (taken
by Dan Figatner, Perkins + Level 11
Will)
Level 08
WEST SKY GARDEN
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