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Exploration of Urban Analysis
P R O F E S S O R A N D
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Exploration of Urban Analysis
U R B A N A NA LY S I S B O O K L E T
PRO FE SSO R D O N G E NA S C I , FA L L 2 0 1 7
Undertaking urban analysis in new development with a site and no master plan provides an unusual opportunity to improve the architecture in projects. Urban analysis can be a tool that examines and improves local contexts as part of the building design process. Too often urban design is considered beyond the scope of smaller architectural projects. This is unfortunate. Much local improvement and architectural relevance is achieved by paying attention to local contexts and by incorporating urban analysis for more specific, contextually based ideas. The process examines opportunities and problems in specific contexts using a method (listed below) and three-dimensional sketches. Analysis that focuses on the surrounding context encourages design ideas and incorporates these in the design of a building. An important aspect of this approach to design is that context generated public improvements of an area are more easily understood by residents, adding cultural meaning and richness to the building design. In the 2017 Fall Term Design Studio urban design reconnaissance preceded study of building design. My view is that new buildings should go through this process to make designs that improve the context and include wider ideas about the city. URBAN ANALYSIS DEVELOPING IDEAS FOR INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS
In most architectural projects a full Master Plan of the surrounding area is not part of the budget and therefore difficult for an office to carry out. However, thoughtful urban analysis of the context is important to develop buildings that improve the city. Below is a list of urban elements that may create opportunities for design that improves context. This is not a definitive list and would benefit from discussion and additions. In Design Studio there was urban design reconnaissance whose elements were often included in the designs of individual buildings. My position is that all new buildings should produce designs that include improving the immediate context and the city as an essential part of building design. The first two weeks of the term included an intensive analysis of a site’s context. We documented students’ analyses and transformed them into a pamphlet available to all. There were mid and final reviews for this work. Students worked in teams of three. To provide efficient starting places that test ideas of small site analyses, we adopted the framework below: OPPORTUNITIES / ISSUES
A. Site: 1. What changes can you imagine that would improve the city/context/site? 2. What building contributions would improve public areas in the surrounding city?
B. Elements of an urban system: (parks, squares, streets, common character). 1. Is the site part of a typical urban element that could be enhanced? 2. Do the size/character of urban elements encourage/support pedestrians? C. Hierarchy: 1. Are the urban hierarchies in the context appropriate for the city today and in future? 2. What assumptions could you make about the next fifty years in terms of modifications to the city/context/site? D.
Typologies: 1. What are the Local types? 2. What are the elements of these types? 3. Do these types manifest a logical historical development? 4. Could these types be transformed to maintain local familiarity?
E.
Character: 1. What are the essential characteristics of the context? 2. What are major divergences of the context? 3. Should the existing character be changed, modified, why, how?
E Scale: 1. Does the scale of the context support pedestrian activity? 2. Does the development program or context suggest a building scale for new buildings? F. Cultural Meaning 1. What are significant elements of the context that can be used in a new way (transformed/juxtaposed) to create meaning? 2. What are the “Portland Issues,� city issues that could be incorporated in the context and in a new building? 3. What sustainability questions could be expressed in the use of the site and the transformation of the building?
G. Transformations 1. What elements of the existing context can be used (transformed) in the design of a new building? 2. What is (are) the most important IDEA(S) that come from your analysis that could govern much of your design?
Attached are drawings that resulted from a contextual examination by six groups of three students as part of a normal nine week Design Studio. The Studio emphasized the connection between urban analysis and final building design. Most important in this experiment was how individual buildings can improve the city while making a strong connection to the wider context and a richer set of ideas.
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Site
S I T E - G RO U P 1
SITE ANALYSIS
CONTINUITY WITH THE GREEN LOOP
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BETTER CONNECTION BETWEEN PARK AND STOREFRONT MAKE USE OF THE WHOLE PARK
BETTER STOREFRONT DENSITY AND STREET CONNECTION
SAFER CROSSING
CLEAR, SLOW INTERSECTION BETWEEN CAR AND PEDESTRIAN
MORE CHARACTER AND DIVERSITY ALONG STOREFRONTS
MORE AWARENESS OF HOMELESS SERVICES
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ACTIVITY
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CONCEPT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
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CONCEPT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
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L AY E R SLayers OofFthe of the development Layers development DEVELOPMENT
PLAZA CONCEPT PLAN
Plaza concept plan
Plaza concept plan
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URBA N ANALYS I S / D E V E LO P IN G IDE AS / OPPO RT U NI T I E S + I SSU E S
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BROADWAY PERS PECTIV E
B R O A D WAY P E R S P E C T I V E
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B ROA DWAY P E R S P EC T I V E B R OA DWAY P E R S P EC T I V E
Park Bl o cks Park Bl o cks
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GIVE THE STREET SPACE BACK TO THE PUBLIC INTRODUCE PEDESTRIAN SPACES AT INTERSECTION CREATE ACTIVITY HUBS ON STREET CORNERS
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INTERSECTION ACTIVATION
INTERSECTION A C T I VA T I O N
GIVE THE STREET SPACE BACK TO THE PUBLIC INTRODUCE PEDESTRIAN SPACES AT INTERSECTION CREATE ACTIVITY HUBS ON STREET CORNERS
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Site & Transformation Analysis
PERSPECTIVE
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KARI HAYENGA S I T E - G RO U P 6
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“THE GREAT GREEN-WAY”
A P P ROAC H
“THE GREAT GREEN-WAY” Bring life back to Broadway Street and make a community corridor to the heart of Portland
PARK BLOCKS AS PLAZA Eliminate cars on 8th and Park Street and make bike and pedestrian only
ACTIVATE PARK BLOCK EDGES Infil open spaces and vacated buildings with shops, cafe’s greenspaces
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Elements of an Urban System
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Stronger Blend of Public Spaces in Old Town
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Engage equity
artists
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NW DAVIS ST
SITE
P RO P O S E D U R B A N S Y S T E M
3RD AVE
4TH AVE
BROADWAY AVE
NW GLISAN ST
NW COUCH ST
Proposed Urban System
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Pedestrian Only Streets: Couch & 4th
Opportunities for Development/Art Hubs
Goals and Objectives Connections
Integration of Public Art and Community Gardens Reconnect to Other Parts of Portland Stronger Blend of Public Spaces in Old Town
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Strengthen Pedestrians connections Activate Storefronts Create opportunities for growth Engage equity
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Increasing value of public spaces Enhancing Opportunity for economic growth More visible interaction with local artists
Proposed Urban System
KEY
Pedestrian Only Streets: Couch & 4th
Opportunities for Development/Art Hubs
Shared Streets: Davis, Glisan, Broadway, & 3rd
Art/Creative Institutions NW GLISAN ST
BROADWAY AVE
Pocket Park Opportunities
SITE
3RD AVE
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Growth
NW COUCH ST
4TH AVE
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Walkability/Livability
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URBAN SYSTEMS
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Existing PEDESTRIAN ENGAGEMENT ALONG COUCH ST
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PEDESTRIAN ENGAGEMENT
Typical Pearl Discrict Street Section
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Typical Pearl Discrict Street Section
Floyd’s Coffee Shop Street Section
Floyd’s Coffee Shop Pocket
PLAN
Mapping Engaging Facades
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Pa r k B l ocks
B ro a dwa y
S EC T IO N E L E M E N T S O F A N U R B A N S Y S T E M - G RO U P 3
PA R K B LO C KS PERSPECTIV E Pa r k B l o cks N = Up
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PL A N
Pa r k B l ocks
S EC T I O N P A R K B L O C K S + B R O A D WAY PLANS AND SECTIONS
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Urban System
PARK BLOCKS PERSPECTIVE PARK BLOCKS PERSPECTIVE
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PARK BLOCKS - NARROW STREETS WITH PLANTERS
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STREET
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STREET
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NORTH PARK BLOCK NEIGHBORHOOD REIMAGINED | PROPOSAL SUMMARY
NEW INFILL PARK SPACE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENT REIMAGINED INTERSECTIONS Our urban design proposal introduces specific interventions to the neighborhood and is organized into the following three categories: 1. Activating the park blocks 2. Improving Couch Street and Broadway Ave 3. Envisioning the future USPS site redevelopment
PARK BLOCKS RE-IMAGINED
lights, this transforms the sidewalk into a place to sit and eat, travel, see and be seen. Couch Street is a smaller, quieter street once known as the art street with galleries and studios filling the storefronts. In order to bring back the unique character to Couch, we propose removing one side of street parking and minimizing the street width to 9 feet, using that distance to create natural buffers and extend the north sidewalk out to 15 feet. We encourage galleries and storefronts on this side to extend their exhibitions into the sidewalk to create a more engaging and active pedestrian street while highlighting the artistic value. We identified an underlying pedestrian grid, including Broadway and Couch, to integrate condensed and active street corner interventions. At the intersections of these streets, mini plazas at all four corners create nodes for pedestrian activity and interaction. Food carts, pop-up shops, and temporary markets can live in these areas to bring pedestrian activity and allow them to dominate these areas over vehicles. At the intersection of Broadway and Burnside there is a block to the south currently used as a surface lot. We see this as an opportunity to cap Broadway and give a destination point at the end of this new pedestrian thoroughfare. We propose putting a prominent publicoriented building such as a community library, center, or museum he park blocks are a unique feature that Portland has to offer, however they are that provides public space inside and surrounding it, clarifying the currently underutilized. The streets currently favor the vehicle over pedestrians, so in our urban intersection and giving that areas a sense of place. design we want to reverse this and make the pedestrian the primary user. One way to accomplish - ELEMEN T S OanFopportunity AN U RB AN S YS USPS site presents to introduce a T EM this is by narrowing the streets and creating buffers for the pedestrians using the park blocks. ByC HA PT ER 2The model scale for new development in the neighborhood. Buildings putting in planters to narrow the streets it makes drivers pay more attention because the road is in this area of Portland do not need to exceed 10 stories and narrow for two cars to pass each other. The goal is to make the street almost feel as though it should complement the existing scale of buildings in the Historic should not be driven on, so that cars are extremely precautious when driving here. The sidewalk Old Town and North Pearl district. New development on the west continues as a crosswalk across the street. By keeping the materiality of the sidewalk across the side of the park blocks should continue the residential character street, it keeps the pedestrians the priority and creates a visual cue for drivers to slow down when
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ELEMENTS OFOF AN URBAN SYSTEM ELEMENTS AN URBAN SYSTEM OPORTUNITIES FOR URBAN INTERVENTIONS OPORTUNITIES FOR URBAN INTERVENTIONS
SUGGESTED URBAN ELEMENTS FOR THE AREA OF OF STUDY SUGGESTED URBAN ELEMENTS FOR THE AREA STUDY O P P O RT U N I T I E S F O R U R B A N I N T E RV E N T I O N S
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EXAMPLE OF OF SUGGESTED TYPOLOGIES FOR FUTURE CITY EXAMPLE SUGGESTED TYPOLOGIES FOR FUTURE CITY BLOCK TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE AREA OF STUDY BLOCK TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE AREA OF STUDY
SUGGESTED URBAN ELEMENTS FOR THE AREA OF STUDY SUGGESTED URBAN ELEMENTS FOR THE AREA OF STUDY
REPRESENTATION OF IDEAL URBAN SYSTEM THENEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATION OF IDEAL URBAN SYSTEM ININTHE
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THE FINAL PICTURE THE NORTH PARK BLOCKS
We are su gges ti ng, vi a t he d ot te d pa th a bove , the new a c ti v i ty tha t c o u ld t a ke p la c e if m ore p u bl i c ameni ti es were a l ong the pa rk bl oc k s. The m ore re st au r an t s a n d re t a il spaces th at s urround the park bl oc k s to both a c ti v a te the spa c e like a E u ro p e a n plaz a while al s o pl aci ng more eyes on the bl oc k w i l l i nsure tha t a ll Pe d e s t r ia n s fe e l c om for table . (chi l dren i n s chool , hom e l ess, a nd m i dd l e c l a ss)
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i f m ore pu blic amenities were a l on g t h e p a r k b l ocks. T h e m ore restaur ant s and re tai l spa c e s t hat surro und the pa r k b l ocks t o b ot h a ct i va t e t h e sp a c e l i ke a Euro pe an p l a z a w hi l e also plac ing mo re eyes on t h e b l ock wi l l i n su re t h a t al l Pe d e st r i ans fe e l c om for t a b le . (c hildren in sc hool , h om el ess, a n d m i dd l e cl a ss)
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Hierarchy
HIERARCHIES
H I E R A R C H Y - G RO U P 1
Street Networks Connecting Communities
STREET NETWORKS CONNECTING COMMUNITIES
Pedestria GLISAN
3RD
Pocket Pa 4TH
BROADWAY
Shared S
DAVIS
Opportu SITE
COUCH
HIERARCHIES Street Networks Connecting Communities Pedestrian Only Streets: Couch & 4th
Communities
GLISAN
Shared Streets: Davis, Glisan, Broadway, & 3rd
BROADWAY
Pedestrian Only Streets: Couch & 4th
Pocket Park Opportunities
3RD
4TH
Pedestrian & Shared Streets DAVIS
Shared Streets: Davis, Glisan, Broadway, & 3rd
SITE
COUCH
Pocket Park Opportunities
34 EX PL O R ATI O N O F UR BAN ANALYSI S Opportunities for Development/Art Hubs
Pedestrian & Shared Streets
Opportunities for Development/Art Hubs
Opportunities for Development/Art Hubs SITE
COUCH
Pedestrian & Shared Streets
18’ ADAPTABLE SPACE FOR RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS 12’ WALKWAY AND LOADING SERVICES
18’ ADAPTABLE SPACE FOR RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS
36’ MAIN WALKWAY 60’ COUCH STREET
12’ WALKWAY AND LOADING SERVICES
17’
6’
8’
9’
Car
Parking
Bike
Sidewalk
Couch
PEDESTRIAN AND SHARED STREETS
NEW PEDESTRIAN COUCH STREET
NEW BROADWAY AVENUE
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HIERA R C Hfacades Y - G RO U P 2 Unengaging ISSUES AND ANCHORS
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Current sidewalk engagement
ISSUES AND ANCHORS
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B ro a d wa y
H I E R A R C H Y - G RO U P 3
Co uch S tre
Park Blocks
PER S PEC TI VES
Pa r k B l o c ks Cou c h St re e t
Co uch Street
Co uc h St re e t
Broadway
B ro a d wa y Pa r k B l o c ks
SECT ION
ECTIO N s
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C o u c h S t reet
S EC TION B roa dwa y
S E C T I O N S + P L A N S PLAN
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Bro adway
OPPORTUNITIES + ISSUES
PARK BLOCKS (TOP) B R O A D WAY ( B O T T O M )
U R B A N A N A LY S I S / D E V E L O P I N G I D E A S / O P P O R T U N I T I E S + I S S U E
Hierarchy Couch Street
Broadway CHAP T ER 3 - HIERARCHY
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H I E R A R C H Y - G RO U P 4
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PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED STREETS PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED STREETS
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H I E R A R C H Y - G RO U P 5
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S I D E WA L K
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BIKE 8’-0”
CAR 9’-0”
CAR 9’-0”
CAR 9’-0”
PA R K 8’-0”
S I D E WA L K 14’-0”
B I K E WA I T I N G
8 ’ - 0 ” P L A N T E R S P ROV I D E S PAC E F O R T R E E S A N D A L S O A D A P TA B L E S E AT I N G FOR PEDESTRIANS FOR R E S TA U R A N T U S E
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O N E WAY T R A F F I C CONSISTENT WITH SOUTH B R OA D WAY
OV E R H A N G O F N E W B U I L D I N G S P ROV I D E S C OV E R F R O M W E AT H E R
THE FINAL PICTURE BROADWAY STREET
S I D E WA L K 14’-0”
BIKE 8’-0”
CAR 9’-0”
CAR 9’-0”
CAR 9’-0”
PA R K 8’-0”
S I D E WA L K 14’-0”
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Typologies
TYPOLOGY Urban Typologies of Old Town T Y P O L O G I E S - G RO U P 1
Flat roof with parapet and corbeled cornice
High ground floor storefronts and recessed entrances
Commercial Building
Simple form one to four story buildings
Low Pitched Roof
Tall, narrow arched windows with detailing Brick or Stucco face
Elaborate double-doors
Italianate Building URBAN TYPOLOGIES O F O L D T O W NStreet Elevation
of the Park Street
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Elaborate double-doors
Italianate Building
Street Elevation of the Park Street
Site
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ologies + the senses ting // potential T Y P O L O G I E S - G RO U P 2
TYPOLOGIES AND THE SENSES EXISTING AND POTENTIAL
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R BA NNAANLYS A LYS E LO E AS O RT TS I E+S I+S S I SUSEUSE S U RUBA NA I S I/S D/ EDVEEVLO PIP NIGN IGD IEDAS / O/ POPPOPRT U NUIN T II E
Typologies Typologies
T Y P O L O G I E S - G RO U P 3
PERSPE TES IRV EPSEC PC EPR PSEC T ITVIEVSE S
PaPa r k rBk l oBcl oksc ks SECTION
S EC ON S EC T ITOIN
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Barodawa d wa B ro y y
Park Bl ocks
B roa d wa y
SECT I ON
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Pa r k Ave
C ouc h St
Re comme n d e d Ch a ng e
B ro adway
C ouc h St
Par k Ave
PLAN
Exi st i n g Con d i t i on s
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BROADWAY CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT
T Y P O L O G I E S - G RO U P 4
ACTIVATE EDGES
FACADE DEPTH
F
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ACTIVATE ABOVE
RO O
ES NI O BA LC
CO IN UR TER TY IO AR R DS
INTERIOR COURTYARDS DRAW YOU IN
B R O A D WAY C O R R I D O R REDEVELOPMENT
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INTRODUCE DEPTH IN BUILDING
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T Y P O L O G I E S - G RO U P 5
BUILDING TYPOLOGIES NEAR THE SITE
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ACTIVATING THE BLOCKS T Y P O L O G I E S - G RO U P 6
We are suggesting, via the dotted path above , the new activity that could take place if more 58 EX PL O R AT I O N O F UR BAN ANALYSI S public amenities were along the park blocks. The more restaurants and retail spaces that surround the park blocks to both activate the space like a European plaza while also placing more eyes on the block will insure that all Pedestrians feel comfor table . (children in school,
A C T I VA T I N G T H E B L O C K S
We are suggesting, via the dotted path above , the new activity that could take place if more public amenities were along the park blocks. The more restaurants and retail spaces that surround the park blocks to both activate the space like a European plaza while also placing more eyes on the block will insure that all Pedestrians feel comfor table . (children in school, homeless, and middle class) One of the implications of this scheme is that the incubator that we will begin to work on will then need a restaurant and or cafe as a component to its program. This move will not only strengthen the atmosphere in the park blocks but also provide a needed place for a break.
suggested locations for
restaurants/retail
current restaurants
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Character
CHARACTER C H A R AC T E R - G RO U P 1
Historical Context
Building characteristics of Chinese and Japanese Culture
Chinatown Gate - NW 4th Avenue
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Family association or Tong signage Wrought iron balconies
Storefront awnings Textured Storefront
Historical Building - Vernacular to historical Asian architecture in Portland Hop Sing Tong Headquarters, NW 4th Ave and Everett St, c. 1931
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C H A R AC T E R - G RO U P 2
Potential in-cube-bator locations along couch street PLAN
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IN-CUBE-BATOR CONCEPT ALONG COUCH ST
PERSPECTIVE
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C H A R AC T E R - G RO U P 3
C ouch Street
PERSPEC TIV ES
Before
PL A N
PLAN
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Character
Pa r k B l o c ks
PERSPECTIVE
B ro a d wa y
C o u c h S t re e t
PE RS PECTIVES CHAP T ER 5 - CHARACT ER 6 9
C H A R AC T E R - G RO U P 4
PLAN
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STREET CHARACTER
PERSPECTIVE
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C H A R AC T E R - G RO U P 5
PLAN
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Broadway Boulevard
8th Ave Woonerf
op t Lo
Proposed japanese Gate
n Fro
Powell’s Bookstore
er Wat
green loop
Broadway Corridor Development
Site Proposed Square
SECTION
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C H A R AC T E R - G RO U P 6
The buildings that line the park blocks and Broadway are primarily brick and masonr y style from the early 20th centur y. The park itself was intended to be used for all of Por tland with a single block dedicated for The buildings that line asthe park blocks While and women and children a playground. Broadway are feel primarily brick and y the historic is still strong, the masonr character style the early 20thblocks centurhave y. Thebecome park has from diminished as the itself wasforintended to be and useddrug for users all ofto a place the homeless Por tland with congregate . a single block dedicated for women and children as a playground. While the historic feel ais gift still from strong, the character The Elephant, Chinese foundr y has diminished as the punctuates blocks havethe become owner Huo Baozhu, end of a the place for the homeless and drug users to nor th park blocks at Burnside . congregate . 72 EX PL O R AT I O N O F UR BAN ANALYSI S
The Elephant, a gift from Chinese foundr y owner Huo Baozhu, punctuates the end of the nor th park blocks at Burnside .
owner Huo Baozhu, punctuates the end of the nor th park blocks at Burnside .
The primar y building type is a warehouse style building with a two-par t facade with an exaggerated ground level. The Customs building is the largest building on the block with a three-par t face .
Contemporary
Historic
Several contemporar y buildings have also adopted the two-par t facade type to respect the historic character. Two- Part Facade
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Scale
SCALE S C A L E Scales - G R O Uand P 1 Urban Elements of Old Town Buildings
Build Heights 1-7 Stories
Balconies Recessed Balconies External Street Signs Street Rhythm Canopy High Street Presence URBAN SCALES AND ELEMENTS O F O L D T OW N B U I L D I N G S
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High Street Presence Street Rhythm Canopy High Street Presence
Street Elevation of the Park Street S T R E E T E L E VA T I O N O F THE PARK STREET
Street Elevation of the Park Street
CHAP T ER 6 - S CALE 7 9
transformations: language and streetscape
S C A L E - G RO U P 2
Applied Transformation APPLIED T R A N S F O R M AT I O N
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Applied Transformation
INTERACTION WITH COUCH STREET Interaction with Couch St.
of F Couch St. N E W D ENew P TDepth H O COUCH STREET
CHAP T ER 6 - S CALE 8 1
e
S C A L E - G RO U P 3
PERSPECTIVE
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PERSPECTIVE PERSPECTIVE
Cou ch Street Cou ch Street
8th Street
SECTION
SECTION
8th Street
SECTION
PLAN PLAN
PLAN CHAP T ER 6 - S CALE 8 3
BLOCKS - CONTINUATION OF SIDEWALK TO STREET S C A L E - G RO U P 4
STREET
RENDER
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PARK
STREET
STREET
SECTION
PARK
PARK
STREET
PARK
STREET
PARK
PARK STREET
PLAN
CHAP T ER 6 - S CALE 8 5
SCALE SCALE
- G RO U P 5
BUILDING HEIGHTS EXISTING CONDITION
SECTION PLAN A - BUILDING HEIGHTS EXISTING CONDITION
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SUGGESTED BUILDING HEIGHTS FOR FUTURE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT
PLAN - SUGGESTED FUTURE BUILDING HEIGHTS
SECTION A
SECTION A SECTION A
SECTION B SECTION B SECTION B
SECTIONS CONCEPTUAL REPRESENTATION OF SUGGESTED BUILDING SCALE
CONCEPTUAL REPRESENTATION OF SUGGESTED BUILDING SCALE CONCEPTUAL REPRESENTATION OF SUGGESTED BUILDING SCALE
SUGGESTED BUILDING SCALE RENDER
CHAP T ER 6 - S CALE 8 7
SCALE
S C A L E - G RO U P 6
KEEPING THINGS ON A PEDESTRIAN LEVEL
5+ 20+ 40+ 60+ 80+ PERSPECTIVE
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20+ 40+ 60+
100+
T h e su rrou n d in g a rea s t o a g ree t h a t a h eig h t ra n g e T h e p a rk b loc ks a re a p la la rg er t h a n t h e c u rren t h e
5+ 20+ 40+ 60+ 80+ 100+
Th e s u rround i ng a re a s to o ur s i t e a re d o mi n a t e d by mi dd l e t o l owe r h e i gh t b u i l d i n gs . We ag ree t h a t a he i g ht r a ng e to ppi n g o ff a t 6 0 fe e t i s ap p ro p r i a t e fo r t h e n o r t h p ar k b l o c k s . Th e p a r k bl o ck s a re a pl a ce th a t i s me a n t t o b e i n h a b i t e d by p e d e s t ri an s an d b u i l d i n gs l a r g er t h a n the curre nt he i g ht wo u l d b e i n d i s p ro p o r t i o n t o t h e u s e r s . O u r s u g g e sti o n i s tha t the a re a s t ay s i n t h i s h e i g h t r a n g e , a l o n g w i t h o u r n ew i n c u b at o r bu ildin g . Thi s wo ul d m e a n tha t o u r b u i l d i n g wo u l d n o t s u p e r s e d e fi ve t o s i x f l o o r s .
CHAP T ER 6 - S CALE 8 9
CHAPTER
7
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Cultural Meaning
C U LT U R A L M E A N I N G - G RO U P 1
New Park Blocks Section
Meandering Path replaces old sidwalks to bring pedestrians across the entire block - not just one side
Engage non-arts related institutions like schools through providing new amenities like playgrounds
RENDER
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Sense of Pause encouraged through installations that move up the North Park Blocks towards PNCA
New Paths cut across paved roads to emphasize the continuous journey of the North Park Blocks
CULTURAL Strengthening the Art Community in Oldtown
PLAN
Art/Creative Institutions
Community-Formed Park Blocks
Public Art Installations by local artists
Widened Sidewalks and narrowed roadway SECTION
New Park Blocks Section
C HA P T ER 7 - CU LT U RAL M EAN IN G 9 3
culture, equity and identity C U LT U R A L M E A N I N G - G RO U P 2
market rate + affordable housing
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subsidized/ low income housing
new identity, program, streetscape
houseless community and resources
C HA P T ER 7 - CU LT U RAL M EAN IN G 9 5
Cultural Meaning: Sustainability C U LT U R A L M E A N I N G - G RO U P 3
S U S T AIV IN P E RS PECT EA B I L I T Y
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PE R S P ECT IVE
SECTION
S EC T ION
PLAN
PL A N C HA P T ER 7 - CU LT U RAL M EAN IN G 9 7
O N
RETAIL ST AT I
RY BR O AD W AY
MUSEUM
EX
TE
N D ED
G RE EN LO O P
PA R K
C U LT U R A L M E A N I N G - G RO U P 4
PRESERVED SKYLINE VIEW
EX. CONNECTION TO LLOYD DISTRICT
U N IO N
EN T
AV E
RETAIL
NEW CIVIC SPACE ~195,300 SF
NEW RESIDENTIAL
~672,000 SF
LOVEJO
Y
NEW OFFICES
NEW GREEN LOOP EXTENSION
~670,200 SF
NEW PEDESTRIAN NEW CONNECTION TO STATION
UNION STATION
NEW RETAIL
~230,300 SF
EXTENDED JOHNSON ST
BROADWAY
EXTENDED PARK AVE
EX. CONNECTION TO WILLAMETTE RIVER GREENWAY TRAIL
TOTAL NEW DEVELOPMENT ~1,767,800 SF
B R O A D WAY C O R R I D O R + REDEVELOPMENT
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BROADWAY CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT MASSING & TRANSPORTATION
MASSING + T R A N S P O RTAT I O N
O N ST AT I
W AY AD
N IO N U
NL O G
EX
TE
RE E
BR
O
P
PA R ED D N
O
TR Y
RETAIL EN
MUSEUM
K
AV E
RETAIL
PRESERVED SKYLINE VIEW
EX. CONNECTION TO LLOYD DISTRICT
NEW CIVIC SPACE C HA P T ER 7 - CU LT U RAL M EAN IN G ~195,300 SF
NEW RESIDENTIAL
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Perspective
Scholar Stone
C U LT U R A L M E A N I N G - G RO U P 5
Taihu Stone
Section TA I H U
STONE / SECTION
holar Stone
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Cultural Analysis
Taihu Stone
B I O S WA L E P E R Section SPECTIVE Bioswell J A P A NBioswell E S E S C Scholar H OPerspective L A R Stone STONE Chinese
Japanese Scholar Stone
Taihu Stone
B I O S WA L E P L A N
Bioswell Plan
Bioswell Section Chinese Scholar Stone
C HA PTER 7 - CU LT U RAL M EAN IN G 1 0 1
C U LT U R A L M E A N I N G - G RO U P 6
PERSPECTIVE
100 E X PL O R AT I O N O F UR BAN ANALYSI S
ART/CULTURAL
HISTORICAL
E DUCATI O NAL
A R T / C U LT U R A L
H I STORICAL
E DUCAT IONAL
C HA PTER 7 - CU LT U RAL M EAN IN G 1 0 3
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8
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Transformations
SFORMATIONS T R A N S F O R M AT I O N S - G RO U P 1
N E W B R O A D WAY AV E
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New Broadway Ave
New Broadway Ave
New Couch Street NEW COUCH STREET
New Couch Street
NEW PARK BLOCKS
New Park Blocks C HA P T ER 8 - T RAN S FO RM AT IO N S 1 0 7
New Park Blocks
concepts T R A N S F O R M AT I O N S - G RO U P 2
M U LT I - P O C K E T B L O C K S P A C E ( E X : G A R D E N I N C U B AT O R )
Multi-Pocket Block Space (ex: Garden Incubator)
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Multi-Pocket Block Space (ex: Garden Incubator)
HALF BLOCK NEW DEVELOPMENT ( E X : A RT I N C U B AT O R )
Half Block New Development (ex: Art Incubator)
Half Block New Development (ex: Art Incubator)
P O C K E T P U L L E D A WAY F R O M C O U C H S T. ( E X : M U S I C I N C U B AT O R )
Pocket Pulled Away from Couch St. (ex: Music Incubator) C HA P T ER 8 - T RAN S FO RM AT IO N S 1 0 9
SECT T R AI O NN S F O R M AT I O N S
- G RO U P 3
3
4
Couch + 6th
C o uc h + Bro a d wa y
Cou ch + Park
Bur n si d e + Bro a dwa y
PLAN
P L AN
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Transformations
URBAN ANALYS IS / D EVELOP ING ID EAS / O PPO RTUNI TI E S + I SSUE S
3
Transformations
3
P ERS P E PEC R SPECTIVE P ETIVE CTIVE PERS
SECTION SECTION
SECTIO N
4
3
3
4
C HA P T ER 8 - T RAN S FO RM AT IO N S 1 1 1
K BLOCKS - EXTENDING RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS O PARKS T R A N S F O R M AT I O N S - G RO U P 4
PERSPECTIVE
110 E X PL O R ATI O N O F UR BAN ANALYSI S
STREET
PARK
PARK
STREET
STREET
PARK
SECTION + PLAN PARK
PARK STREET
C HA P T ER 8 - T RAN S FO RM AT IO N S 1 13
Couch Woonerf Section Shanghai Tunnel Speakeasy
T R A N S F O R M AT I O N S - G RO U P 5
Seating
Parking
Bioswells
Site Couch Woonerf Plan
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Car and Bike Shared Lane
Character Analysis
Couch Woonerf Perspective
Balconies Street Lighting Vegetation
Couch Woonerf Section Shanghai Tunnel Speakeasy
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+CA R BIC YC LE
CAR TRA N SIT
CAR TRA N SU T
+BIC YC LE +CA R
PED ESTR IA N
CAR +BIC YC LE
+BIC YC LE CAR
+CA R TRA N SIT
TRA N SIT +CA R
T R A N S F O R M AT I O N S - G RO U P 6
TRANSFORMATIONS
S O L UTI ONS
SOLUTIONS
C HA P T ER 8 - T RAN S FO RM AT IO N S 1 1 7
CONTRIBUTORS
GROUP 1
Brandon Glaviano Lane Madich Joshua Pasos GROUP 2
Rachel Hall Melina Misri Sumana Raghavendra GROUP 3
Shrushti Bhatkal Gretchen Leary Daniel Purtha GROUP 4
Kelsey Roybal Clarke Templeton Alyssa White GROUP 5
Jorge Cabrera Joshua Mehner Bill Sandstrom GROUP 6
Kari Hayenga Roberto Palau Kayla Swanson
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