Designing Local - SIGNED RECOMMENDATION (RFP24-029) - 04.22.2024

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DESIGNING LOCAL  
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DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE
INSPIRATION & IDEATION
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
IMPLEMENTATION
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the ridges, a former “insane asylum” (now an historic part 
of Ohio University) that perches over the City of Athens 
and hocking river is beloved by Athenians as a beautiful 
and educational point of geographic reference and as the 
trailhead for paths that top the southwest Athens hills. 
the intricate ‘in-pointing-arrows’ grillwork pattern from 
the ridges can easily be translated into a purely Athens 
crosswalk striping. 
Crosswalk striping in uptown is an opportunity for creative 
exploration. in particular, an important opportunity to 
implement a one-of-a-kind crosswalk pattern is at the 
‘Barnes Dance’ crossing at union and Court Streets. here, 
the pattern can be featured at a large scale that creates a 
visual pathway for pedestrians. 
Simpler crossings throughout the city could use a similar 
large-scale striping design or one that implements the 
ridges patterns into a traditional zebra stripping pattern 
where smaller the ridges grillwork shapes combine to 
create several small grillwork blocks. these blocks would 
join together to form the zebra rectangles.  
PubLiC PrOJECTS - CrOSSWALKS
THOuGHT PrOCESS
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