REVIEWING THE BENJAM IN F R A N K LI N PA R K WAY
Connectivity of Past, Present and Place
REVIEWING THE BENJAM IN F R A N K LI N PA R K WAY The development of the vehicle has altered the speed in which one experiences the city, prioritizing the construction of transportation corridors over the creation of urban place. By repairing the intersections of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and the original street grid with active and passive programs, points of destination are created to redefine paths of movement for the pedestrian, bicyclist, and driver as well as to reactivate path as place for people and event.
PAST AND PRESENT
ISSUE
BROKEN PATHS OF MOVEMENT
CONTEXT
CONTEXT SCH U Y L K IL L
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EXISTING PROGRAM PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
philadelphia museum of art
von colln memorial field
roman catholic athletic field
rodin barnes foundation
park town place apartments
free library franklin institute
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
EXISTING PROGRAM
museum without walls
EXISTING PROGRAM
event
philadelphia marathon
4th of July, Party on the Parkway
CREATING PLACE
OBJECTIVES At present, the driver solely experiences the visual corridor. This thesis aims to provide equal recognition to the pedestrian and bicyclist, understanding that the city accommodates a variety of user need.
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REPAIR original street grid to its original fluid movement CONNECT /strengthen connection between Fairmount Park and Center City Philadelphia /create connection between the Schuylkill River Trail and the East Coast Greenway
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CREATE PLACE
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CREATE VARIED SYSTEMS OF PATH to serve a broad user group
/embrace large scale event and stimulate event on a more consisten basis /insert commercial activity to attract users and radiate activity along edge /support museum mile and enhance the Museum without Walls
EXISTS
OVERLAYING SYSTEMS Program Components PROGRAM
COMPROMISED MATRIX infrastructure overwhelmed by the pressures of people and vehicle
SIMULTANEOUS ADAPTATION
HEAL active program [responds to rapid influx of users]
MERGE
connecting paths & systems
SUPPORT
passive program/consistent [provides structure to space]
parking spots segregated bike, pedestrian, & vehicular paths “Museum Without Walls”
Organization
Lacks places to sit
parking spots
pop-up cafes
“places to sit” commerical vendors/stimulation
Controller
Bike Paths Vehicular Pedestrian
Directional Movement
Bike Facilities and Sharing Center Visititation Centers Public Meeting places “Museum WIthout Walls” Reference Point
REINTERPRET
water management & storage systems graphic/wayfinding initiatives
sensorial/ aid movement
PROGRESS
Adaptation/deformation/ reconfiguration
EMERGENT URBANISM reinterpreted space based on the transient need of the user
Emergent Urbanism is the evolving conditions produced from similtaneous transformations to sense and to react to the needs of the user.
PROPOSED PROGRAM PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
passive
on-grade parking lot visitor’s center
bike facility
subway station
underground parking structure below proposed calder museum
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PROPOSED PROGRAM
active
CONNECTING PATHS
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
CONNECTING PATHS
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
resident
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
CONNECTING PATHS
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
bicyclist
pedestrian/ bicycle greenway
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
schuylkill river trail connection
CONNECTING PATHS
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
tourist
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
RELOCATE PARKING FOR TRAFFIC LANES PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
vehicular flows by shifting parking
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
VEHICULAR MOVEMENT PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
EXCHANGE
creating a subway line using the reading viaduct
MASTER PLAN: RECONNECTED
REARRANGE
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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT
reVIEWING CONNECTIVITY
TUNNELING
HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS
MUSEUM STEPS
SCALE OF USER
VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS
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CITY HALL
LOGAN CIRCLE
21st STREET
22nd STREET
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS
INFLUENCES FOR BRIDGE DESIGN
Boccioni “Dynamism of a Cyclist”
dynamism & the embrace of technology & automobile
BRIDGE DIAGRAMMING
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CONNECTION TO SUBWAY IMPLEMENTATION
DIRECT PASSAGE
CREATING PLACE BETWEEN
BIKE PEDESTRIAN PATH FROM SCHUYLKILL RIVER TRAIL
ACCESS
MOVEMENT
PLACE BETWEEN
STRUCTURAL SPINE
BRIDGE AS STRUCTURE & PATH Liberty Bridge Greenville, South Carolina Jorg Schlaich
BRIDGE AS STRUCTURE & PATH
Structural Steel Tube
Mast with tension cables
Retaining Walls to Redirect Load from Bridge to Ground
PROJECT IN PLAN
APPROACH
APPROACH
ACCESS Entrance from Subway Station
Entrance from Schuylkill River Trail Extension
ACCESS
ENTERING BRIDGE
BRIDGE AS PLACE The Overlook
22nd Street Stage
BRIDGE AS PLACE
aberdeen city garden by OLIN studio and DS+R
AERIAL VIEW
22ND STREET STAGE
CROSSING PATHS
OVERLOOK
EVENT FROM BRIDGE