Hi! I'm Juan Francisco Saldarriaga.
I am a Senior Computational Designer at Google, currently working on Google Earth. Previously, I led Data & Design Research at the Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Columbia University.
I work at the intersection of data, visualization, urbanism, and the humanities, and I teach graduate level workshops and seminars on mapping, advanced GIS and data visualization. I've also worked as a research scholar at the Center for Spatial Research and the Spatial Information Design Lab, as an architectural designer for Carlos Zapata Studio and D.G.T. Architects, and as the GIS project coordinator for the Catholic Charities of New York.
My Projects
AR For Everyone - Experiencing Augmented Reality in the Browser
An exploration of augmented reality coupled with mapping to create a template for the production of similar pieces by small newsrooms.
Uprooted: How Newark Acquired a Medial School and Destroyed a Neighborhood
The story of how a neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey, was transformed by "white flight" and urban renewal, and the people who fought against it and suffered its consequences.
Mapping Data Flows
We've transformed the terms of service and data policies of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google into a database powering an interactive visualization.