GOWANUS FROM RESILIENCE TO SUSTAINABILITY
A STUDIO DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER MILLER, PH.D
JUSTIN BANDA KAY HAVLICEK TYLER HOPWOOD MARVIN REYES TYLER WADE ANDREW WITEK
City-wide Connections
Cobble Hill Carroll Gardens
Boreum Hill Park Slope
Red Hook Surrounding Neighborhoods
South Slope
IBZ
Connecting Streets
Connecting Subway (1/4 Mile Radii)
Industrial Business Zone (IBZ)
Topography (10’ Increments)
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Major Street Connections through site Minor Street Connections through site Industrial Business Zone (IBZ) Subway Connections to site
Regional Composite Analysis
Transit station w/ 1/4 mile walking circle
Existing Satillite
Existing Figure Ground
3rd avenue
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hoyt street
KLY HICK N Q S S UEE TRE E NS EXP T RES
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Mixed Commercial/Residential Buildings COL U
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smith street
bond street
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nevins street
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3rd avenue
nevins street
bond street
Multi-Family Elevator Buildings
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hoyt street
Multi-Family Walk-up Buildings HU
smith street
One and Two Family Buildings
Commercial/Office Buildings
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Industrial/Manufacturing SUM MIT STR Transportation/Utility EET W Public OFacilities and Institutions BO ODH WN ULL E STR Open Space ST EET RE Parking Facilities ET SE AB Vacant Land RI NG All other or No Data RAP ST STR ELYE RE EET ET L
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union street
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M1-2 M3-1
union street
union street
union street
carroll street
carroll street
carroll street
carroll street
3rd street
3rd street
M1-1
3rd street
M2-1
2nd avenue
M8-2
2nd avenue
M3-1
3rd street
R6
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9th street
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Existing Building Use
3rd avenue
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2nd avenue
3rd avenue
2nd avenue
Existing Zoning
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4th avenue
hamilton pla
R6 4th avenue
M1-22
hamilton pla
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R8
3rd avenue
bond street
hoyt street
smith street
nevins street
1" = 150"- 0'
union street
union street
carroll street carroll street
3rd street
2nd avenue
3rd street
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Existing Building Types
3rd avenue
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4th avenue
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9th street
A Sustainable, Resilient, Environmentally Healthy Community Invest in Our Parks, Schools, Transit, and Waterfront
Strengthen the Manufacturing Sector and Create Good Jobs
1 Residential Narrative
2
Keep Gowanus Creative and Mixed-Use
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Narrative
Preserve and Create Affordable Housing for an Inclusive Community
3
Secure a Pathway for Responsible Growth
1
Industrial Business Zone (IBZ) Narrative
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3
PROPOSED PHASING PROPOSED PROPOSED PHASING PHASING PIONEERPIONEERPIONEER
Pioneer Plan
INTERMEDIATE INTERMEDIATE INTERMEDIATE MATURE MATURE MATURE
Intermediate Plan
Mature Plan
3rd avenue
nevins street
bond street
hoyt street
smith street
FOUND IN: Main Street Neigborhood Street (T5/T6) Rowhouse elevated entry/at grade
union street
Flats with shared stair (tenament)
union street
carroll street carroll street
Flex Street (T5/T6/Special District) Open Floor Plan (1-2 story at grade)
Open Floor Plan (3-5 story elevated entry)
3rd street
2nd avenue
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Urban Center/ T.O.D (T6) Midrise (5-8 stories)
Tower (9 stories+)
3rd avenue
nevins street
bond street
hoyt street
smith street
Existing Zoning Allowance
union street
union street
carroll street carroll street
3rd street
Example of allowed zoning varieance
3rd street
Special District (IBZ) T-5 Flex
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T-6/T.O.D
T-5 Neighborhood Street
Form Based Code Proposal
1" = 150"- 0'
Proposed Figure Ground
1" = 150"-0'
Proposed Public Space
warren street
baltic street
butler street
3rd avenue
nevins street
degraw street
sackett street
union street
union street
president street
president street
douglas street
sackett street
sackett street
union street
butler street
degraw street
degraw street
sackett street
baltic street
douglas street
douglas street
degraw street
baltic street
butler street
butler street
douglas street
bond street
smith street
baltic street
warren street hoyt street
warren street
3rd avenue
nevins street
bond street
hoyt street
smith street
warren street
union street
president street
president street
carroll street
carroll street carroll street
carroll street
2nd street
2nd street
1st street
1st street
3rd street
3rd street
5th street
3rd street
hoyt street
spectre street
5th street
4th street
3rd street
hoyt street
spectre street
4th street
2nd street
2nd avenue
5th street
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luquer street
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6th street
huntington
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huntington
7th street
9th stree
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7th street
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8th street
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6th street
8th street
garnet street
garnet street
9th street
9th street
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12th street
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12th street
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Existing Street Grid
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10th street
bush stree
11th street
4th avenue
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bush stree
centre stree
2nd avenue
10th street
hamilton pla ce
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centre stree
3rd avenue
hoyt street
bond street
nevins street
1" = 150"-0'
smith street
1" = 150"- 0'
union street
union street
carroll street carroll street
3rd street
3rd street
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Existing Population Density
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Head of Canal
Market Center
Arts District
Transit Oriented Development
Commercial Transit District
Industrial District North
The main goals to achieve in this node were to create a public space to celebrate the historic industrial buildings at the end of the canal, and to form a connection from the park to the canal activity. This area will serve as a Creating pubic space natural ending of a path of public space along the canal, close proximity to Market to with celebrate the historic Central and eventually to the highest industrial buildings at theexisting end residential density of Gowanus in the public
Head of Canal
ve View
Axonometric View
ve View
of the canal, and expanding the park to connect to the canal. This area is the natural ending of a path of A C public space along the canal, Section Cut [Reflecting Pool Between Bond St. and Nevins St. ] 1” = 32’ D with close proximity to the highest existing residential density of Gowanus in the public housing towers.
1” = 50’
Butler St.
from Degraw St. to Douglass St. and adding
F
A
Section Cut [Reflecting Pool Between Douglass St. and Degraw St.] 1” = 32’
E
Douglass St.
C Douglass St.
D
season use and outdoor activities featured in B
N
an View
Degraw St.
E
Bond St.
= 64’
Sackett St.
F
Degraw St.
Nevins St.
ve View
Sackett St.
B
N
Market Center
Center
Market Center
Creating a neighborhoodscaled center of Gowanus focused around a market surrounded by the densest area of commercial activity paired with appropriate increases in residential density with the aim of creating a stronger sense of community. This area is the highest existing center of activity in the neighborhood, as it is intersected by half of the streets that bridge the Canal.
Axonometric View 1” = 50’
Section Cut Through Canal and Nevins Street 1” = 32’
Canal Street
Section Cut Through Union Street and Carroll Street
1” = 64’
Axonometric View
Carroll Street
Nevins Street
Plan View
A
Union Street
President Street
Canal Street
1” = 32’
Nevins Street
Bond Street
Union Street
Bond Street
Phase
A
Carroll Street
President Street
B
trict + Batcave B Artist Lofts
C
Arts District
Creating an arts-focused district within Gowanus, aiming to support the creative nature of the neighborhood Axonometric View while revitalizing one of the neighborhood’s most beloved buildings that currently sits unused, the E Batcave. Section Cut Across Canal Between Second Street and First Street Basin 1” = 50’
C Canal Front
D
1” = 32’
B
D
D Canal Revitalization Not to Scale
Elevation Along Canal Front
B
1” = 32’
A
E C
F
D
A
E C
F
Plan View 1” = 64’
F
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Industrial District North While home to many industrial business types, the outdated building forms housing these businesses is hindering the potential growth of businesses in the area. A lack of diversity in building type and connections to greater Gowanus also hinders District North from becoming a vital part of Gowanus urban fabric.
Transit-Oriented Development Intermediate Phase
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Spectre Street
Mature Phase
Axonometric View 1” = 50’
Creating a transit oriented development in the biggest stretch of under- or nonutilized land in Gowanus that would support a redeveloped transit station, while aiming to meet the desire for substantiallyincreased residential density within Gowanus.
4th Place
Section Cut [Hoyt Street] 1” = 32’
Street
N
Hoyt Street Shared Street Not to Scale
A B C D E
eet Nelson Str
Spectre Street
Luquer Street
B
Commercial Transit District
onometric View
= 50’
E
Plan View
1” = 64’
A
Redeveloping the transit C station at 9th / Smith in order to support both the nearby transit-oriented development on the west of the canal and the nearby industrial sector on the east of the canal, while also developing the transit station as a commercial center that compliments F the market commercial center near the opposite corner of Gowanus.
D
B
ction Cut [Huntington St under the elevated rail facing north]
= 32’
ction Cut [9th St curved facade of the transit station facing north]
= 32’
C
Axonometric View
1” = 50’
Section Cut [Huntington St under the elevated rail facing north]
1” = 32’
Section Cut [9th St curved facade of the transit station facing north]
F
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