AARONKIMBERLIN
URBAN DESIGN PORTFOLIO
Bachelor of Science in Design Arizona State University Master of Urban Planning & Policy University of Illinois at Chicago
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U R B A N DESIGN PORTFOLIO TABLE OF CONTENTS
GOOSE GOOS EISLAND INDUSTRIAL REPROGRAM UPP551: URBAN DESIGN STUDIO
CHINATOWN CHINA
CERMAK ROAD REPROGRAM UPP555: CULTURE & DESIGN
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“If you build it, they will come.�
The 150-year-old neigh-
borhood once centered on a busy Madison Street commercial district and a base of industrial jobs in the nearby Kinzie Industrial Corridor. That changed beginning in 1957, when 12 blocks between Washington and Lake Streets were cleared for construction of the 1,800-unit Henry Horner Homes public housing development. Though intended to be safe and decent family housing, Horner became a poorly managed and socially troubled community. To aid this housing push a total redevelopment of over 12 acres of land in the Near Northwest Side willbuild community and character alike. By implementing main office, commercial, residential along Madison Street, and a neighborhood uses along Damen Avenue, the area around the United Center will be the backbone for a thriving entertainment district.
United Center Plaza: Paulina Street & Madison Street intersection
Green Roof Street: Madison Street & Damen Avenue intersection
Neighborhood Oriented Avenue: Damen Avenue & Madison Street intersection
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Reconnecting the site to the rest of the city not only through the use of physical connections, but also through vital social, Main Street: Division The core of the Main Street philosophy engaging the historic industrial preservation & create a vibrant industrial destination. Main Street Division focuses on a holistic approach to revitalization based on the "4-point" approach of design, promotions, economic restructure, and organization.
Class C Industrial Class C Industrial is transforming the concept of a top rated space with the enjoyment of the Chicago River. The dedicated focus on internal alley systems brings manufacturing, assembly, and distribution to Goose Island with environmental protection.
environmental and economic connections. The design heals the broken arid to a great extent, providing for a spatial heirarchy, and linking the neighborhood to the rest of the Goose Island grid. The site is extended northwest, integrating the its orgin as an industrial corridor during the day, as well as a vibrant Division Main Street during the
Class A Industrial Companies which are more likely to make use of Class A Industrial Goose Island Provides several SF of Workspace for distribution and manufacturing.
Consolidated Parking While the Plan includes parking to accommodate existing Park use and future Growth, it recommends no significant additional land use for parking within the Park. Future parking initiatives focus on providing consolidated parking facilities that can.
night. The design is grouped around transit stations, some of which have the opportunity to be newly created.
Goose Island: Residential As a general rule they recommend that urban street be no more than six times as wide across as the height of the buildings that line it, from the building front or row of trees on one side of the street to those on the other. Urban buildings should be designed with details and amenities that are oriented to pedestrians, not just motorists. Goose Island’s Residential Component can give people better options for where they live and work. For example, many people want to “age in place,� that is, they want to continuing living in their community as they become older, rather than moving to a specialized retirement community. For this to be possible their community must have Accessible land use patterns, with shops and other public services nearby, and diverse transportation services for people with various needs and abilities, including good Walking facilities that accommodate mobility aids and wheelchairs, and various types of Transit services.
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Coupled with a vast amount of potential & opportunity, Chinatown in Chicago now has the benefit for a planned extension to the McCormick Place. The reprogram will expand this large exhibition complex all the way to Michigan, which is only 4 blocks away from the current Chinatown. Cermak Road provides the first phase of three to enchance Chinatown. By using three Urban design tools to promote pedestrian & bicycle orientation through separated sidewalk, bike paths, interior walkways through updating current physical forms. Encourage location of mixed-use projects in transition areas where small-scale commercial uses can fit into the residential concept to the direct north using Commercial Nooks thus discouraging the use of walls, gates, & other barriers that separate residential neighborhoods from main corridors.
Typomorphological provides a design framework. It allows flexibility and diversity within constraints.
This Chinese architectural form is influenced by Chinese cosmology and social hierarchy, which were embodied in the well-known Confucianism, Daoism and fengshui.
This gate is a strong example of a typological process of a traditional Chinese temple and gate that undertakes morphological analysis of the surrounding urban form and multi-functional use.
Cermak Road in current Chinatown is a widely underserved area that lacks a true public spaces that takes advantage of the pedestrian traffic, including proper housing. This redesign allows flexibility and diversity that will cater to the pedestrian and compliment the automobile with traffic calming devices.
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