Syldavia.net - Homepage for David Wise

The following reports are the written components of projects undertaken for various clients. A more comprehensive listing of reports and academic papers can be found within the research section of this website.

This is the homepage for the Association of Canadian University Planning programs. The challenge for this site was to come up with a clean and easy to use, fully bilingual interface with not a lot of extra features. A fun feature to liven things up is the flash city slideshow in the upper left corner. The site took approximately 30 hours to make, plus testing. Completed 2003.

This is the main research portal for the McGill Montreal Integrated Land Use Urban Transportation Econometrics Modelling project. I am one of the researchers for this, and put together this site in about 25 hours to serve as the primary gateway. The site is clean, professional and well organized. This is also the first I used templates with, to great effect. Completed 2003.

This website was put together for a transportation planning class to create a snapshot of the Montreal CMA. The data used in this project is all from the 1996 census. I am planning on updating it with census 2001 data as soon as it becomes generally available. It should be an interesting comparison! This is the first website ever made using something other than notepad so it isn't as fancy as my latest sites. Completed 2002.

Groupe Interuniversitaire de Montreal - An annual conference of Universities involved in research in the West Indies was held recently at McGill University. I was asked to design three 4' x 3' poster boards for McGill's submission. The boards were to be professional looking, but also to be creative and "different" from the usual style of boards. I created these from scratch using Adobe Photoshop 7. All elements are custom. The project took around 30 hours of continuous work until it was pronounced complete. Completed 2003.

Part of the same project, and the same park, but this time looking at the transit holding area that was creating a wide pedestrian-barrier to the rest of the commercial area. Completed 2002.

The next graphic is a sketch of the Faubourg Ste. Catherine marketplace drawn in to show curb extensions and textured crosswalks. It's a large drawing, on 11x17, and worked out well. Completed 2002.

The last graphic showing Guy Street and a conception for how to give a sense of arrival to this rather long and endless street. I'm still not sure how best to go about this intersection - perhaps an archway or a roundabout to signal arrival, but the local commercial groups are very worried about maintaining parking. Completed 2002.

Studio II: Residential Design - The task in Studio II was to design a complete infill on the former grounds of the Louis H. Lafontaine hospital in Montreal. We chose a medium density transportation oriented development with high pedestrian connectivity, narrow streets, and a balanced typology of housing. I drew this 1:200 scale image to give a more detailed view of the design plan for the main street. Completed March 2002.

Studio I: Revitalization of the Faubourg St. Laurent - This project involved developing a series of interventions for a low-income and troubled community immediately to the east of downtown Montreal. The project report can be found above. I drew this image for the presentation of our plan, to indicate suggested interventions. Completed November 2001.