City Design | Academic Portfolio

Post-Olympic Planning:

Re-imagining Rio After the 2016 Summer Games

As Brazil’s world profile rises as country, the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympic Games are serving as major generators of public and private investment in Rio de Janeiro. But with major urban growth comes the challenge of ensuring investments benefit the city in the long term. This studio explored the urban dynamics of Olympic cities before and after the Games and made planning recommendations for the City and State of Rio de Janeiro.

Environment: Riparian Buffer

Tree-lined Esplanade

Open Green SpaceVegetated Buffer

Public Realm: Pedestrianfriendly environment

Programmable HardscapeCidade Nova Station

Pedestrian Esplanade

Shade Structure

Mobility: New connection to the Maracanã Stadium through the transit station

Pedestrian Bridge

Linking BridgeSão Cristóvão Station

Programmable Hardscape

New Development Development: New-high speed station connection and private development

Future High Speed Rail Station

Pedestrian Esplanade

Shade Structure

Maracanã Connection

This is the individual portion of the studio project, in which I focus on the western section of our project.

The Maracanã Stadium can attract nearly 200,000 football fans weekly but the surrounding pedestrian environment is not apt to handle those volumes and not capturing the value of they bring to the neighborhood. This project builds on the Planning studio’s goal of improving environmental quality, the public realm, and mobility by applying design concepts to this section of larger strategic plan.

Existing auto-dominated nature around stadium

Big Move: Reduce car lanes to create new developable land and new urban place

Concept: Environmental Restoration

Concept Public Realm Creation

Concept Improved Mobility to New Neighborhood

Maracanã Connection:

Development & Phasing

The project program includes Office, Retail Hotel, and Residential.

Retail is in six of the seven total buildings of the development to activate the ground floors of the buildings.

Two hotels will anchor the western end of the development to provide easy access sporting events.

Three office buildings make up the middle stretch of the development.

Lastly, two residential buildings are located adjacent to an existing neighborhood and the São Cristóvão transit station.

Maracanã Connection:

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE

The canal along this stretch will include native plant species that will help treat water naturally.

Buildings in the development will collect, filter, store and reuse rain water from a green roof and use sunlight efficiently to light the building. Solar panels will contribute to the buildings energy resources.

Bioswales will line the streets to minimize runoff from Rio’s heavy rains. Collected rainwater will be treated reused in bathroom facilities. Grey water from those facilities will irrigate landscape when needed.

Green Roof

Photovoltaic & Solar Thermal Panels

Spray Foam Insulation

Natural Ventilation

Stormwater Inlets

Bioswale

Rainwater Storage

Rainwater Toilet Flushing

Low-VOC Materials

Greywater Irrigation

Transcend barriers:

A place of mutual exchange through design

Anacostia is neighborhood in Washington D.C. that is rich in African-American history and culture. But the neighborhood has endured a history social and economic disenfranchisement as well as physical separation from the rest of Washington D.C. by the Anacostia river. This project proposes a concept that gives Washington D.C. communities on either side of the river a place where previously separated neighborhoods can meet and exchange on a regular basis.

land Art: “follow their steps”

This piece is a series of linear structures that point from the THEARC facility to locations in the District where historical African-American leaders have either resided and/or made significant contributions to American society.

The structure is meant to invoke the sense of foot steps walking forward.

Concept: Site Plan

The site includes the THEARC facility, two large greens, a boardwalk, observation deck, and space for temporary events

Bridge Observation Deck

Boardwalk

Land Art

THEARC Facility

Bioswale

The performance center will collect, filter, store and reuse rain water from a green roof. Collected rainwater will be treated reused in bathroom facilities. Grey water from those facilities will irrigate landscape when needed. Also, Bioswales will to minimize runoff of hardscapes and wetland vegetation will help clean the river.

SUN VALLEY INDUSTRIAL NEIGHBORHOOD:

CONSOLIDATED & INTEGRATED Land USE COMMUNITY

As Denver grows in population and economic activity, protecting housing and job diversity in the city will be important for a well-functioning urban place. This project looked at potential future development patterns and developed district and neighborhood level design and planning concepts. It focused on insuring a diversity of housing, employment, and programming options are available to multiple socioeconomic levels and business interests.

Concept: THREE TYPOLOGIES

TYPOLOGY 1 | LIVE-WORK

Live-work buildings will provide opportunities for owners and market, affordable, and public housing renters. It would provide business entrepreneurs opportunities to start a business near their residence while participating in neighborhood activities.

TYPOLOGY 2 | CULTURAL- EDUCATIONAL

These series of building provide a multitude of uses in one area, encouraging social and cultural activity in a place. It would include a community center, restaurant, community industrial workshop, and housing options.

TYPOLOGY 3 | economicproduction

This area with serve as a production area for the neighborhood. It will include a food hub with a greenhouse, distribution center, and food market. It would also include a large public plaza for neighborhood events such as farmer’s markets, industrial display space, and concerts. Lastly, it will include commercial and industrial shared workspace.

DEVELOPMENT & Regulation

The land use and neighborhood system would work to provide a diversity of options for its residents and workers. It is intended to rethink traditional land use practices to serve the needs of changing neighborhoods and business dynamics.

SITE PLANNING:

LAND USE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT & SITE LAYOUT

Sketch Studies:

St. Johns Cathedral, Denver, Colorado, USA

St. Johns Cathedral, Denver, Colorado, USA

Five Points, Denver, Colorado, USA

Five Points, Denver, Colorado, USA