CAROLINA J I M E N E Z
SELECTED WORK Stone Synagogue Bassano Housing Flexible Library Card House Universitรก di Lettere Travel Sketches
STONE SYNAGOGUE
Design Collaboration with Jesse Ganes
Opposite // Made with AutoCAD, InDesign and Photoshop This Page, Produced by J. Ganes // Made with Rhino, V-Ray, and Photoshop
This Page // Foam, Wood, Plexiglass, Acetate Opposite // AutoCad and InDesign
E-W SECTION A FACING SOUTH E-W SECTION A FACING SOUTH
E-W SECTION B FACING SOUTH E-W SECTION B FACING SOUTH
BASSANO HOUSING
This Page // AutoCAD and InDesign Opposite // AutoCAD, Photoshop and InDesign
This Page // Pencil Models // Painted Rockite, Rockite, Foamcore, Chipboard
Opposite // Rhino, V-Ray, Watercolor, Photoshop This Page (Clockwise) // AutoCAD and InDesign; Watercolor; Pen
FLEXIBLE LIBRARY
YEAR
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION SIZE
1900
TRANSPORTATION: HOW HAS IT SHAPED DETROIT?
285,704
+63% 1910
Streetcar Routes
-Migration into Cities -Woodward Ave. Flourishes, aided by Auto Factories
465,766
+133% 1920
993,678
+58%
Streetcar Routes Bus Routes
1930
1,568,662
-Sustained Rapid Growth -Detroit is home to Largest Streetcar Fleet
+3.5% 1940
1,623,452
+14% 1950
1,849,568 Streetcar Routes
-9.7% 1960
Bus Routes
-Beginning of Detroit’s decline -Highway Infrastructure Beginnings -Streetcar System Disassembled
1,670,144
-9.3% 1970
1,514,063
THE RISE OF THE AUTOMOBILE, THE GROWTH OF THE SUBURBS
-20.5% 1980
1,203,368
-14.5% 1990
1960
1,027,974
2010
1980
Bus Routes
951,270
DETROIT’S EXISTING TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE ALLOWS FOR
FLEXIBLE GROWTH ALONG RADIAL STREETS Bus Routes
2020
2030
1990
Freeways & Major Streets
-7.5% 2000
1970
Light Rail & Major Streets
Opposite // InDesign This Page // Lasercut Chipboard; InDesign
PEDESTRIANS
CYCLISTS
BUS USERS
INDIVIDUAL
SMALL GROUPS
STACKS
TERRACE
COMMUNITIES
BUS STOP
This Page // Rhino and InDesign Opposite (Clockwise) // InDesign; AutoCAD and InDesign; Rhino and InDesign
FLEXIBLE SPACE:
3
AFFIXING ONTO EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE TOWARDS 8 MILE
3
ADJACENT TO 3323 GRATIOT AVE.
Connection to existing community groups, churches, or programs already in place.
2
2733 GRATIOT AVE.
2
2733 Gratiot Ave.
Transforming existing buildings:
Transforming Historic existing buildings: Fire Dept. Historic Fire Dept.
1
2200 HUNT AVE. (ON GRATIOT) Transforming existing buildings: Third Precinct Police Station
DOWNTOWN
GRATIOT AVE.
1 AMENITIES
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ACCESS TO FOOD
FLEXIBLE SPACES
GREEN SPACE VACANT LOTS VACANT, HISTORIC BUILDINGS
INFRASTRUCTURE
CHURCHES ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SCHOOLS
THE STACKS
COMPRESSING AND EXPANDING ACTIVATING INFORMATION
CARD HOUSE
This Page // Foamcore, Museum Board and Bass Wood Opposite // AutoCAD and InDesign
Opposite (Clockwise )// AutoCAD, Photoshop and InDesign; Foamcore, Bass Wood, Plexiglass; AutoCAD, Photoshop and InDesign This Page // Foamcore, Bass Wood, Plexiglass
Opposite (Clockwise )// AutoCAD, Photoshop and InDesign; Foamcore, Bass Wood, Plexiglass; AutoCAD, Photoshop and InDesign This Page // Foamcore, Bass Wood, Plexiglass
Universitรก di Lettere
Opposite // Mixed Media Collage This Page // Mixed Media Collage, Marker on Vellum
Opposite // Pencil This Page // Foamcore and Chipboard
TRAVEL SKETCHES
This Page // Watercolor Opposite // Pencil