MAKING SPACE

CALGARY’S SENSE OF SPACE

ACADEMIC : SITE PLANNIGN STUDIO [OCT 2022]

PROFESSOR : JOSELI MACEDO

LOCATION : 4TH STREET - CALGARY, CANADA

CLIMATE : PRAIRE-STEPPE CLIMATE

PLACE THE GALLERY SO THAT IT BLOCKS THE VIEW OF THE SURFACE PARKING

TO THE BUS STOP AROUND THE SITE & CONNECTION TO THE TRAFFIC JUNCTION

THE GOOD STREETS’ PROJECT PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND MANY ASPECTS OF CITY FORM AND PROCESS CONTEXT, PHYSICAL FORMS, SPACES, SUN/WIND, HUMAN MOVEMENT, LAND SUBDIVISION, AND CIRCULATION. THIS SITE IS SITUATED AT THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN 4TH STREET SW AND 26TH AVENUE CALGARY. IT IS AN EXISTING PARKING LOT.

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT IS TO LEARN HOW TO SHAPE OR DEFINE SPACE THROUGH THE PLACEMENT OF A LIMITED NUMBER OF ELEMENTS - AN ART GALLERY BUILDING, TREES, AND BENCHES. THE PLAZA SPACE HERE IS DESIGNED WITH THE GOAL OF SOVLING THE ISSUE OF SURFACE PARKING LOTS EXISTING IN CALGARY.