Photo by Iwan Baan
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Site Planning & Ecology - Case Study Sheet No. 1
Submitted By : Alen Joseph James
The Highline Park, New York,United States of America
The High Line is an elevated railroad reclaimed as an extraordinary public space
source : https://dsrny.com/project/the-high-line
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Overview Submitted By : Alen Joseph James
The History of Highline
Early Rail Transit
West Side Improvement
Decline of Rail Commerce
Call for Reuse
Trail
conversion project James Corner Field Operations with Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Hudson River Rail
" Death Avenue "
1847
1866
" Elevated Highway " 1911
" Abandon " 1960
" Friends of High Line " 1999
2003
Pedestrian Vehicular Rail source : Reclaiming the Highline,Report
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Photo by Kalmbach Publishing Company
Photo by Iwan Baan
History Submitted By : Alen Joseph James
The Highline Park, New York,United States of America
source : Reclaiming the Highline,Report
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source : https://dsrny.com/project/the-highline
Morphology Submitted By : Alen Joseph James
Radial Benches
30 th Street Cutout
26 th Street Viewing Spur The Diller – von Furstenberg Sundeck & Water Feature
tiffany and co foundation overlook
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Chelsea Market, High Line, and Galleries
Context & Ecology Submitted By : Alen Joseph James
James Corner Field Operations with Diller Scofidio + Renfro
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source : https://www.thehighline.org/photos/designcompetition/fo-and-dsr/
Intervention Submitted By : Alen Joseph James
Section :
https://friendsofthehighline.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/gansevoort-section_1000.jpg https://friendsofthehighline.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/gansevoort-section_1000.jpg
James Corner Field Operations with Diller Scofidio + Renfro
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Source : https://friendsofthehighline.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/gansevo ort-section_1000.jpg
Intervention Submitted By : Alen Joseph James
Site and Context * 3 distinctive neighborhoods * Threat of demolition * Opportunistic landscape began to grow * Section 1,Section 2 * Site itself provided the inspiration * Intimate Scale *Feeling of being more removed from the big city Design Idea * As an ambitious urban reclamation project * preserve and recycle * Politically, Ecologically, Historically, Socially, and Economically Sustainable * Community activism * 6-acre green roof * Retrofit project * Neighborhood and world-class park * generate revenue, attract businesses, and stimulate local economic growth Source : https://www.asla.org/2013awards/524.html
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Study Submitted By : Alen Joseph James
Design Elements
* Wild and dynamic landscape * Industrial and robust materials * Plantings, furnishing, paving, lighting and utilities were conceived and built as one system * Embedding the rail tracks directly into the paving system
Impact and Inspiration
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* Revitalization of Manhattan's West Side * Catalyst for investment * Population increase * Building permits around the High Line doubled * Iconic and specific to its place * Feasibility of replicating in other cities. https://www.newyorkbyrail.com/the-high-line/
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Study Submitted By : Alen Joseph James
Why Saving the High Line ? 1. Connecting rail easement to within manhattan to be preserved. 2. public benefit . open leisure spaces. 3.Unique Linear experience of NY experience 4.Strengthening Community - LandValue,Revenue
Learnings 1. Example of successful urban public space creation 2. The cultural and historical continuity is made through the rediscovery of the space 3. Sensible Incorporation of Landscape urbanism 4. Innovative adaptability of existing infrastructure
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Inference Submitted By : Alen Joseph James
References
https://dsrny.com/project/the-high-line Reclaiming the Highline,Report Photo by Kalmbach Publishing Company Photo by Iwan Baan https://www.thehighline.org/photos/design-competition/fo-and-dsr/ https://www.asla.org/2013awards/524.html Source : https://friendsofthehighline.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/gansevoort-section_1000.jpg