Based on a previous project "Migrant Moving Money", this interactive visualization shows remittance flows between countries.
In this version the country layout around the circle gives a more direct idea on the proportion of money sent or received.
For the redesign html5/svg/javascript have been used, together with the D3.js library (chord layout)


URL: http://www.torre.nl/remittances
Year: 2012

This project is a submission for the Best City Contest 2012.
Based on the existing EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit) liveability index, the question was to create a new index adding other relevant factors and to create a visualization.
The project has received an honourable mention.

URL: http://www.torre.nl/bestcity, the complete submission can be found at http://buzzdata.com/roxana/best-city-contest-roxana-torre
Year: 2012

Almost all over the world groundwater in aquifers is being drained faster than the natural recharge.
"Groundwater in movement" is a submission for HeadsUP! Times Square Visualization Challenge consisting in creating a motion graphic on the TS2 signs in NYC's Times Square. The motion graphic should alert people to current groundwater trends.
The approach of the submission is based on giving an overview of the global situation and trends while playing special attention to the local situation in critical areas.
This was achieved by presenting a global water mass change visualization in one of the signs and switching between different critical areas on the other signs, focussing in this way on the different reasons for groundwater depletion.
The project has received a Honorable Mention award.

Working together with Enrique Krahe
URL: http://www.torre.nl/headsup
Year: 2011

Design of an interactive visualization for Telus Spark, the new Science Centre in Calgary Canada, commissioned by EDM Studio.
The visualization is part of the STI's (sexually transmited infections) exhibit at the "Being Human" gallery.

Client: EDM Studio
Year: 2011

Looking at wealth inequality in the world, migration and remittances can be seen as a spontaneous process of trying to get more balance in the world. Remittances (money sent home by immigrants) are particular initiatives which all together have in some cases a (notable) influence in the country's GDP and are therefore contributing to poverty alleviation. In many countries remittances are even more important than external financing.
"Migrants moving money" shows the global movements of money due to remittances.
The original project was a submission for the Apps for Development competition organized by the World Bank (working together with Trudy Davis).
The project was redesigned in June 2011 to include data on remittances flows estimates.

URL: http://www.torre.nl/migrantsmovingmoney
Year: 2010 - 2011

Ecsite is the European network of science centres and museums, linking science communication professionals in more than 400 institutions in 50 countries.
We redesigned and developed Ecsite website and Ecsite Conference website (based on Drupal) and improved and expanded its functionality.
One of the main features is the members directory where it's possible to search members. Ecsite members are able to create their own profile, add news and events related to their institution and access a protected area.
For the conference website we created the possibility for users to participate suggesting conference sessions and ideas. We created an administration section to support the whole conference preparation process including the archiving of past conference sessions.

Working together with Informationlab: Auke Touwslager, Ursula Lavrencic
URL: http://www.ecsite.eu
Client: Ecsite (Belgium)
Year: 2010 - 2011

PlayDecide is a discussion game to talk in a simple and effective way about controversial issues.
We designed and built a platform (based on Drupal) to let people create and download "decide kits". These decide kits consist on sets of cards which mainly provide information about the game subject and describe different points of view.
Once created, the decide kits can be translated into different languages and are made accessible to other users. The decide kits can then be downloaded in pdf format. The game is played offline in groups of 4 to 8 people and consists on a conversation on the kit subject after which people is required to vote for different policies. The results of the game can be uploaded and are visible on PlayDecide website.

Working together with Informationlab: Auke Touwslager, Ursula Lavrencic
URL: http://www.playdecide.eu/
Client: FUND
Year: 2009 - 2010

The Personal World Map has been developed with the idea of giving users another perception of the world. Normally we measure distances between places in km (or miles) but in the Personal World Map these distances have been replaced by travel time and travel costs. These two factors can give a better indication of relative position between places than geographical distances.
More information about the Personal World Map can be found in the about section of the project.
The Personal World Map has been my final project for the study MA Media Design at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam and has been awarded with a Honorary Mention in the category Net Vision at Prix Ars Electronica 2006

URL: http://www.personalworldmap.org
Year: 2004 - 2005

The Atlas Demonstrator is a prototype for the project "Atlas Leefomgeving" initiated by VROM (Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment - The Netherlands). This project aims making environmental information available on-line. Most of this information is geographical and is provided by municipalities, provinces and other environmental institutions using WMS techniques.
Taking the ideas developed during the project "Leefomgeving Demonstrator" (see below) as starting point, we were asked to extend the concept adding additional functionality and to design an interface for the Demonstrator. Our activities included information and interaction design.

Working together with Informationlab: Auke Touwslager, Ursula Lavrencic (screen design)
Client: Alterra (The Netherlands)
Year: 2008

Thinking about travel time as a more effective indication of distance, the traject visualizations show the effects of highway congestion on travel time.
The project consists of three interactive animations. In the first animation distances on highway trajects have been replaced by travel times during all working days of one week. A second animation shows an overlap of travel times during Monday and Friday, while in the last one total travel times between the cities have been represented (during the mentioned period).
The data used have been provided by the client and consist of average travel times during 2005.
My activities consisted on concept development and realization.

URL: See one of the animations here
Client: Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (The Netherlands)
Year: 2006

Geoloket is an on-line service of the TU Delft Library. It offers the possibility to download different kind of maps of The Netherlands.
During the first phase of the project I was asked to design the user interface and advice about the integration of the Geoloket within the TU Delft Library website.

URL: only available for students and employees within the TU campus through http://geoloket.tudelft.nl/

Client: TU Delft Library (The Netherlands)
Year: 2008

The "Leefomgeving Demonstrator" is part of the project 'Geoloketten' where different Dutch geographic information providers came together to find a way to make geoinformation accessible to the public.
We were asked to develop a concept and design an interface for a demonstrator following the requirements coming from previously performed user research.
Different sessions with the Geoloketten group were arranged to discuss the possibilities and define the functionality of the Demonstrator.
The results of the project were later integrated in the "Atlas Demonstrator" (see above)

Working together with Informationlab: Auke Touwslager, Ursula Lavrencic (screen design)
Client: Alterra (The Netherlands)
Year: 2007

The New Towns Database is an initiative of the "International New Town Institute" to concentrate all information regarding "new towns". It is a growing database which includes information about the foundation and development of the towns as well as maps and images. The towns are visualized on a world map, through an interactive animation it is possible to see the year in which the towns were founded. This map serves as interface to the new towns database.
My activities included database and interface design and development as well as the development of an interface for updating the database.

Working together with Jos Agasi (design first version)
URL: unfortunately the New Towns database is now only accessible for members
Client: International New Town Institute (The Netherlands)
Year: 2006 - 2007

After completion of the New Towns database development, new wishes arose for the expansion of the database.
I was asked to investigate the expansion possibilities in two different aspects: how can the graphical interface offer more detailed geographical information and which are the possibilities for an on-line documentation system.

Client: International New Town Institute (The Netherlands)
Year: 2007

Design and Development of TAW Architecture Website including the set-up of a projects database and an interface to update the database

URL: http://www.taw-architecture.com
Client: TAW Architecture (France)
Year: 2008

For the "Brede School" in Delft, I organized Processing workshops for 11/12 year old kids. By playing with Processing I tried to teach them some basic principles of programming.

Client: Gemeente Delft
Year: 2006 - 2008

For the thematic project "Digital Objects" during the study MA Media Design at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam, I have been experimenting on different ways to apply elasticity to circles moving on a plane. The result is a set of interactive animations built on Actionscript.

URL: http://pzwart2.wdka.hro.nl/~rtorre/digital_objects
Year: 2004

For the thematic project "Mapping Human Violence" (MA Media Design at the Piet Zwart Institute) I developed a prototype for an interface to view images of conflicts. The idea was to show the contrast between aerial views (representing power) and the impotence of human perspective. Access to the images database should both be possible through a world map and a timeline. The timeline has a double purpose: the upper part allows access to the conflicts by year while the under part allows access to the history of remote sensing applied to conflicts. In the prototype developed for this project only access through the world map is possible.
General information about this project can be found here.

URL: http://pzwart2.wdka.hro.nl/~rtorre/mhv
Year: 2004

During the study MA Media Design at the Piet Zwart Institute, we created the concept, designed and developed a prototype for a collaborative website which aims approaching the definition of web design through its history.
General information about this thematic project is available at the Open History Timeline page.

Working together with Kim de Groot and Oliver Meskawi
URL: Breeding for webdesign, (not all functionality is available in the prototype)
Year: 2004

These drawings are the result of experimenting with the possibilities of "Logo", a programming language for kids. Berkeley Logo has been used.

URL: http://www.torre.nl/work-pzi/logo/index.html
Year: 2003

Some experiments as a result of using movies in combination with Flash.

URL: classic version
interactive version
Year: 2004