ENGAGING GOWANUS
STEWARDSHIP CENTER FOR A REVITALIZED GOWANUS CANAL
ENGAGING GOWANUS
PRE 1600: NATURAL STEWARDSHIP CENTER FOR A REVITALIZED GOWANUS CANAL “HOW CAN INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE BE CELEBRATED IN A SUSTAINABLE 21ST-CENTURY BUILDING?” “WHAT ROLE DOES THE URBAN WATERFRONT PLAY IN POST-INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITIES?“ “HOW CAN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP & EDUCATION PROMOTE SOCIAL UNITY?”
1650-1800: TIDAL M “ONCE A VITAL MARITIME THOROUGHFARE ENABLING BROOKLYN’S GROWTH & PROSPERITY, THE GOWANUS CANAL HAS ENDURED A CENTURY OF POLLUTION AND NEGLECT.
THE GOWANUS STEWARDSHIP CENTER INTENDS TO REVIVE THIS IMPORTANT WATERWAY BY 1850INDUST TRANSFORMING A HEAVILY POLLUTED SITE 2017: INTO A COMMUNITY ASSET, URBAN WATERFRONT AMENITY, AND SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
THE CENTER WILL PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES AND SOCIAL UNITY IN A DIVERSE COMMUNITY THROUGH URBAN ECOLOGY EDUCATION & ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. THE COMMUNITY WILL LEARN, CONNECT, AND RENEW THEIR ENVIRONMENT BEYOND TO FACILITATE 2017: WAT THEIR VISION FOR A REVITALIZED GOWANUS.”
REFLECT SITE HISTORY OF IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION CELEBRATE INDUSTRIAL CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
PRE 1600: NATURAL SALT MARSH PRE PRE 1600: 1600: NATURAL NATURAL SALT SALT MARSH MARSH REFLECT SITE HISTORY OF IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION EDUCATE PUBLIC ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES & SOLUTIONS THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT CELEBRATE INDUSTRIAL CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD DEMONSTRATE SITE & BUILDING SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES
1650-1800: 1650-1800:TIDAL TIDALMILL-CREEK MILL-CREEK
1650-1800: TIDAL MILL CREEK
EDUCATE PUBLIC ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES & SOLUTIONS
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
FACILITATE LOCAL ADVOCACY GROUP’S OPERATIONS VISION THESIS 2017-2018 | & JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT DEMONSTRATE SITE & BUILDING SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES RECONNECT PUBLIC TO NATURE & EACHOTHER
1850-2017: INDUSTRIAL CANAL
18501850-2017: 2017:INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIALCANAL CANAL
BEYOND 2017: WATERFRONT AMENITY
BEYOND BEYOND2017: 2017:WATERFRONT WATERFRONTAMENITY AMENITY
FACILITATE LOCAL ADVOCACY GROUP’S OPERATIONS VISION THESIS 2017-2018 | & JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
RECONNECT PUBLIC TO NATURE & EACHOTHER
THESIS THESIS2017-2018 2017-2018 | | JOANNE JOANNEAITKEN AITKEN | | JUSTIN JUSTINBRIGHT BRIGHT
NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK CITY
AS ONE OF THE WORLDS SITUATED ON ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST HARBORS,CITIES, IT HAS BEEN LARGEST IT APLAYS A A KEY COMMERCIAL HUB SINCE ITS CRITICAL ROLE AS FOUNDING BY DUTCH SETTLERS.AASGLOBAL ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST CITIES, CENTER FOR CULTURAL, NEW YORK CITY PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE AS A GLOBAL CENTER CULTURAL, FINANCIAL, & FOR ENTERTAINMENT FINANCIAL, & ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRIES INDUSTRIES.
SITE DESCRIPTION
SITE & CONTEXT
SITE PHOTOGRAPHS
BROOKLYN
BROOKLYN BOROUGH
GOWANUS
GOWANUS NEIGHBORHOOD
SITE
SITE
AN INDEPENDENT CITY BEFORE SITUATED SITUATED BETWEEN AFFLUENT FORMERLY A FORMER MANUFACTURED THE MOST POPULOUS OF THE BETWEEN AFFLUENT THE CITIZENS GAS WORKS FIVE NYC CONSOLIDATION BOROUGHS WITH 2.6 CARROLL GARDENS GAS PLANT ITS THE OF 1898, NEIGHBORHOODS CARROLLOFGARDENS & PARK MANUFACTURED GAS PLANT, THEUNTIL POLLUTED MILLION RESIDENTS. ALTHOUGH & PARK SLOPE, GOWANUS MAINTAINS CLOSING IN 1959, THE SOIL IS PRIMARILY IT MAINTAINS A DISTINCT SLOPE, GOWANUS MAINTAINS SITE OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES AN INDEPENDENT CITY BEFORE THE A MORE INDUSTRIAL CHARACTER AS CONTAMINATED WITH COAL TAR. 1 (COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW) IS CONSOLIDATION OF 1898, IT MAINTAINS A RESULT OF DECENTRALIZATION AND CULTURE WITH DIVERSE AN INDUSTRIAL CHARACTER. CSO FOR MAJOR SUSTAINABLE A DISTINCT CULTURE WITH DIVERSE DISINVESTMENT. HOWEVER, RECENT LOCATED ON THE SITE. COMMUNITIES AND A UNIQUE COMMUNITIES ANDHERITAGE. A UNIQUE DEVELOPMENTS VISIONSHAVE OF PROMPTED A CLEAN CANAL INTERVENTIONS AND CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THE APPROX. 414,000 SF (9.5 ACRES) WITH 1,000 HERITAGE. MOTIVATE COMMUNITY ACTION DEVELOPMENT FUTURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FT OF WATERFRONTAGE
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT AT 11 ACRES & WITH 1000FT OF WATERFRONTAGE, THE SITE HAS SPACE FOR BOTH THE STEWARDSHIP CENTER, EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPE, & COMMUNITY PARK. THE SITE SLOPES DOWN TO THE CANAL EDGE ROUGHLY 30FT, WITH A 6-12 FT BULKHEAD,DEPENDING ON THE TIDE. BORDERED BY THE TRAIN BRIDGE, ROWHOMES, & WAREHOUSES, THE SITE HAS MANY OF THE DEFINING NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS. THE SITE OFFERS CONNECTIONS TO THE SMITH ST. COMMERCIAL COORIDOR, F & G SUBWAY LINES, AND VIEWS TO DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN AND BROOKLYN SKYLINES. THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS SITE TO BE A KEY LINK IN A COMPREHENSIVE CANAL REVITALIZATION.
SMITH ST. COMMERCIAL COORIDOR
TO DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN
CARROLL ST BRIDGE 363 BOND ESPLANADE
3RD ST. BRIDGE WHOLE FOODS ESPLANADE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS +2: '2 7+( /$1'6&$3( %8,/',1* $/,*1 :,7+ &20081,7< 9,6,21 0$67(53/$16" +2: '2 86(56 5($&+ 7+( :$7(5 029( 7+528*+ 6,7(" :+$7 ,6 7+( 5(/$7,216+,3 %(7:((1 %8,/',1* /$1'6&$3("
9TH ST. BRIDGE
SITE CONTEXT
TO INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT & HARBOUR THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
SMITH ST.
5TH & HOYT ST.
CITY EDGE: CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY, INDUSTRIAL CHARACTERISTICS
THESIS 2017-2018 | JACKIE NIEMIEC | JUSTIN BRIGHT
COLLAGE
CANAL
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT
THESIS 2017-2018 | JACKIE NIEMIEC | JUSTIN BRIGHT
WATER EDGE: CONNECTION TO NATURE, VIEWS, RECREATION
THESIS 2017-2018 | JACK
2013 Whole Foods
1931 Culver viaduct completed to carry subway trains (now F line) over canal. At 88’, it is the city’s tallest railroad bridge.
3
POPULATION (MILLIONS)
2
1636 Native Americans (led by Chief Gowanwe) sell wetland area with salt marshes and meadows to Dutch settlers, later known as Gowanus Creek. 1
1886 The “Big Sewer”
1776 Fighting in Battle of Brooklyn of Revolutionary war occurs in area, Washington retreats across Gowanus creek.
1860 Citizens Gas Co. opens manufactured gas plant (MGP) to produce gas fuel for street and home lighting, cooking, and heat.
1825 Erie Canal opens. Connects New York to Midwest- increasing docking, warehouse, and industrial use of waterfronts.
1870
1857
0 1834
Village of Brooklyn becomes official City.
Brooklyn completes world's first comprehensive (untreated) sewer system.
1945
1870s Park Slope & Carroll Gardens neighborhoods develops with construction materials for new brownstones delivered via canal. Sewers installed which drain into canal.
1850-54 Initial canal construction begins, funded by nearby landowners. Roughly 100-foot wide channel without finished walls.
Main canal completed. 100-foot wide canal with bulkheads extends from Butler Street south to Hamilton avenue.
1874 Landowners along the canal build private basins, extending canal into their properties
completed to drain 7 sq.mi & reduce flooding, yet raw sewage & combined sewer overflows (CSO’s) discharge into canal. Public outcry over stench of raw sewage & industrial waste flowing into the canal.
1877 Rapid industrial growth along waterway visible within decade of canal completion
2002
1962 Flushing tunnel breaks.
Natural gas reaches Brooklyn by pipeline, reducing reliance on manufactured gas plants.
1640s Dutch farmers
dredge areas of creek to build tidal grist-mills, fill in adjacent wetlands to create farm fields.
Brooklyn Union Gas closes & demolishes MGP facilities. Site used for illegal dumping by neighboring businesses &manufacturers.
1940s
1911 Flushing Tunnel completed. 12 ft. wide tunnel “flushes” canal water to buttermilk channel in effort to circulate fresh water.
WWII generates booming business for waterfront industries.
1970s Over 50% of property along Gowanus canal vacant and derelict.
80% of Brooklyn’s coal and oil arrive through the canal
1898 Canal is
dredged every two years due to deposits from sewage outputs & industrial waste.
1920s
After WWI, 6 million tons of cargo is produced and transported via Gowanus canal annually, making it the nation’s busiest commercial canal, and arguably most polluted.
U.S.A.C.E. & NYC DEP begin feasibility study for restoration of canal ecosystem.
1972 Live hepatitis typhoid and cholera strains found in canal. 1985 New York City establishes Industrial renewal plan for Gowanus.
1955 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stops regular dredging of the canal.
1948
opens along canal at 4th st. basin, new bulkheads and waterfront promenade installed.
1999 Gowanus Dredgers Club founded & begins leading canoe tours of the canal.
1960
2010 Gowanus Canal designated as EPA Superfund site, placed on National Priorities List for nations most contaminated sites.
1980s
“Brownstoning” booms in nearby Carroll Gardens and Park Slope neighborhoods, establishing white collar middle class neighborhoods.
1950s
Waterfront industries begin relocating to cheaper and higher capacity Container Ports in New Jersey.
2004 Lowes opens on remediated brownfield site of former Metropolitan Gas & Light MGP.
1998 Flushing
tunnel reactivated after nearly 30 years. Reversed flow brings clean oxygenated water from Buttermilk channel into canal.
2006 Community comprehensive plan for Gowanus Canal area released. Gowanus Canal Conservancy launches for the preservation, restoration, and green development of the canal.
1964
Gowanus Expressway opens (I-278) connecting to Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and lower Manhattan via Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.
1895 Brooklyn Union Gas Co. purchases site and expands coal gasification production.
2000s Canal regularly breaches its banks during heavy rainfalls with combined sewage & stormwater flooding low-lying streets and buildings.
HISTORICAL TIMELINE
2016 363-365 Bond Street open
along the canal. 700-unit rental complex adds retail & recreational amenities including canal-front esplanade. Bioswales & “Sponge Park” manage stormwater runoff.
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
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5
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5
1
4
2
2
6 3 3
6
10
8 10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
6
6
9
4 7
COAL CONVEYOR GAS PRODUCTION PURIFICATION TANKS TAR EXTRACTORS GAS HOLDERS OIL TANKS DRY TAR STORAGE TANK WET TAR TANK HOT WATER TANK COAL PILES
SITE HISTORY
THE FORMER MANUFACTURED GAS PLANTS ALONG THE CANAL DOMINATED THE HISTORICAL LANDSCAPE. ON THE PROJECT SITE, NUMEROUS GAS COMPANIES OPPERATED UNTIL THE 1950’S. CURRENTLY THE SITE IS USED FOR STAGING IN THE EPA CLEAN-UP OPERATIONS. AFTER DREDGING & CAPPING, IT WILL BE READY FOR DEVELOPMENT.
CANAL HISTORY
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
PROJECTED POLLUTANT PLUMES AS REUSLT OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY* HEAVY METALS LNAPL DNAPLS DISSOLVED UNKNOWN
WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS
109 THOUSAND
8.2 MILLION
RESIDENTS ESIDENTS
CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF STATIGRAPHY & GROUNDWATER FLOW PATTERN AT SITE*
LNAPL vs DNAPL BEHAVIOR* PROJECTED POLLUTANT PLUMES AS REUSLT OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY*
HEAVY METALS LNAPL DNAPLS DISSOLVED UNKNOWN
500 MILLION
GALLONS OF WATER CONSUMPTION DAILY
GALLONS OF WATE WATER FROM 1-INCH RAIN
WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF STATIGRAPHY & GROUNDWATER FLOW PATTERN AT SITE*
LNAPL vs DNAPL BEHAVIOR*
PROJECTED POLLUTANT ESTIMATED EXTENT PROJECTED POLLUTANT PLUMES ASTAR REUSLT OF OF OF COAL PLUMES AS REUSLT (PER AVAILABLE DATA**) INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY* INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY* HEAVY METALS METALS HEAVY LNAPL LNAPL DNAPLS DNAPLS DISSOLVED DISSOLVED UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
377 MILLION
GALLONS ANNUALLY OF CSO DIRECTLY INTO GOWANUS OVERFLOW EVENTS OCCUR AS 8.2 MILLION 500 MILLION CANAL OFTEN AS 40 TIMES PER YEAR, GALLONS OF WATER GALLONS OF WATE WATER WITH AS LITTLE AS 1/4" OF RAIN FROM 1-INCH RAIN CONSUMPTION DAILY
109 THOUSAND RESIDENTS ESIDENTS
MILLIONS OF GALLONS PER YEAR
WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS
136.8
SOURCE: * Richard Plunz & Patricia Culligan “Eco-Gowanus: Urban Remediation by Design” Columbia University Urban Design Program ** GEI Consultants, Inc. “Draft Gowanus Canal Remedial Investigation Report” US Environmental protection Agency, January 2011
WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS
CONCEPTUAL MODEL MODEL OF OF STATIGRAPHY STATIGRAPHY & & CONCEPTUAL GROUNDWATER FLOW FLOW PATTERN PATTERN AT AT SITE* SITE* GROUNDWATER
SITE CONDITIONS- INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS
LNAPL vs vs DNAPL DNAPL BEHAVIOR* BEHAVIOR* LNAPL
377 MILLION WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS
GALLONS ANNUALLY OF CSO
109 THOUSAND RESIDENTS ESIDENTS
RESIDENTS ESIDENTS
CONSUMPTION DAILY
8.2 MILLION
(PER AVAILABLE AVAILABLE DATA**) DATA**) (PER
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
GALLONS OF WATER CONSUMPTION DAILY
GALLONS ANNUALLY OF CSO DIRECTLY INTO GOWANUS CANAL
RH-034
FROM 1-INCH RAIN
500 MILLION
GALLONS OF WATE WATER 16.7 FROM 1-INCH RAIN
377 MILLION
OH-007
RH-031
OVERFLOW EVENTS OCCUR AS OFTEN AS 40 TIMES PER YEAR, WITH AS LITTLE AS 1/4" OF RAIN
16.2
15.6
RH-030
OH-006
5.4
3.1
RH-035
OTHER
COMBINED SEWAGE OVERFLOW (CSO)
OVERFLOW 377EVENTS MILLIONOCCUR AS GALLONS OF CSOYEAR, OFTEN AS 40ANNUALLY TIMES PER 136.8 SITE CONDITIONSSEWAGE OVERFLOW DIRECTLY INTO GOWANUS 57.6 OVERFLOW EVENTS OCCUR AS WITH AS LITTLE AS 1/4" OF RAIN CANAL MILLIONS OF GALLONS PER YEAR
GALLONS ANNUALLY OF CSO DIRECTLY INTO GOWANUS CANAL
109 THOUSAND
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
OFTEN AS 40 TIMES PER YEAR, WITH AS LITTLE AS 1/4" OF RAIN
136.8
MILLIONS OF GALLONS PER YEAR
MILLIONS OF GALLONS PER YEAR
377 MILLION
MILLIONS OF GALLONS PER YEAR
ESTIMATED EXTENT EXTENT ESTIMATED OF COAL COAL TAR TAR OF
DIRECTLY INTO GOWANUS OVERFLOW EVENTS OCCUR AS 8.2 MILLIONCANAL 500 MILLION OFTEN AS 40 TIMES PER YEAR, GALLONS OF WATER 109 THOUSAND GALLONS OF WATE WATER 57.6 MILLION WITH8.2 ASMILLION LITTLE AS 1/4" 500 OF RAIN CONSUMPTION DAILY FROM 1-INCHGALLONS RAIN OF WATER RESIDENTS ESIDENTS GALLONS OF WATE WATER
136.8
136.8
ESTIMATED EXTENT OF COAL TAR
(PER AVAILABLE DATA**)
RH-034
16.7
16.2
15.6
RH-030
OH-006
5.4
3.1
RH-035
OTHER
57.6
OH-007
RH-031
COMBINED SEWAGE (CSO) 16.7 OVERFLOW 16.2 15.6 57.6
SITE CONDITIONS- SEWAGE OVERFLOW 57.6 RH-034 OH-007
RH-031
RH-030
OH-006
5.4
3.1
RH-035
OTHER
COMBINED SEWAGE OVERFLOW (CSO) 16.7 16.2 15.6
5.4
3.1
RH-035
OTHER
SITE CONDITIONS- SEWAGE OVERFLOW
RH-034 OH-007 RH-031 RH-030 OH-006 16.7Urban SOURCE: * Richard Plunz & Patricia Culligan “Eco-Gowanus: Remediation 16.2 by Design” 15.6 Columbia University Urban Design Program COMBINED SEWAGE OVERFLOW (CSO) SITE CONDITIONS- SEWAGE OVERFLOW
** GEI Consultants, Inc. “Draft Gowanus Canal Remedial Investigation Report” RH-034 RH-031 RH-030 OH-006 US Environmental protectionOH-007 Agency, January 2011
5.4
3.1
RH-035
OTHER
SEWAGE OVERFLOW (CSO) THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | COMBINED JUSTIN BRIGHT SITE CONDITIONSINDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS SITE CONDITIONS- SEWAGE OVERFLOW
SITE ISSUE: SEWAGE OVERFLOW
SEWAGE IN THE CANAL AS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE ITS INCEPTION. COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS FROM VARIOUS SEWER-SHEDS SOURCE:INTO * Richard Plunz & Patricia Culligan “Eco-Gowanus: UrbanFLUSHING Remediation by Design” DRAIN DIRECTLY THE CANAL. THE SOURCE: * Richard Plunz & Patricia Culligan “Eco-Gowanus: Urban Remediation by Design” TUNNEL BRINGS IN Columbia University Urban Design Program Columbia University Urban Design Program CLEAN WATER FROM THE EAST RIVER, BUT REDUCING THE PRESSURE ** GEI Consultants, Inc. “Draft Gowanus Canal Remedial Investigation Report” ** GEI Consultants, Inc. “Draft Gowanus Canal Remedial Investigation Report” US Environmental protection Agency, January 2011 US Environmental protection Agency, January 2011 ON THE SEWERS BY INCORPORATING STORMWATER MANAGEMENT CONDITIONSINDUSTRIAL PARACTICES ISSITE KEY TO IMPROVING THEPOLLUTANTS OVERALL CANAL HEALTH SITE CONDITIONSINDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS
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SITE ISSUE: INDUSTRIAL POLLUTANTS
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
VARIOUS INDUSTRIES OVER THE YEARS HAS LEFT THE SOIL ADJACENT TO THE CANAL HEAVILY POLLUTED. ON THE PROJECT SITE, COAL TAR AS A BY-PRODUCT OF MANUFACTURED GAS HAS SEEPED INTO THE GROUND AND SPREAD THROUGH THE GROUNDWATER. REMOVING CONTAMINATED SOILS, CAPPING, AND BACK-FILL WITH CLEAN THESIS 2017-2018 JOANNE AITKEN SOIL WILL BE PERFORMED BY A THIRD PARTY, ||WHILE MONITORING THESIS 2017-2018 JOANNE AITKEN || JUSTIN JUSTIN BRIGHT BRIGHT & CONTINUED REMEDIATION WILL PERFORMED AS PART OF THE STEWARDHIP CENTERS OPERATIONS
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TERTIARY
VEHICULAR
ANALYSIS- VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
BICYCLE ANALYSIS- BICYCLE NETWORK
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
SUBWAY
ANALYSIS- TRANSIT ACCESS
POPULATION DENSITY
LAND USE
25 PER ACRE
MANUFACTURING
50 PER ACRE
MIXED USE
75 PER ACRE
RESIDENTIAL
100 PER ACRE
COMMERCIAL
150 PER ACRE
VEGITATION
ANALYSIS- VEGETATION
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
PUBLIC PARK
DENSITY ANALYSIS- POPULATION DENSITY
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
ZONING
ANALYSIS- LAND USE
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
60+ FT.
40-60 FT. 20-40 FT.
FEMA FLOOD ZONE B 10-20 FT. FEMA FLOOD ZONE A 0-10 FT.
CONTAMINATION PLUMES
GOWANUS SEWERSHED
LNLAPS
POLLUTION
LOW TIDE (0’)
CSO DRAINAGE AREAS
HEAVY METALS
ANALYSIS- CONTAMINATION
100-YEAR FLOOD HIGH TIDE (+6’)
STORMWATER
DNLAPS
CSOs
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
SEWER-SHED & TOPOGRAPHY ANALYSIS- STORM WATER & SEWAGE
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
FLOODING
ANALYSIS- FLOODING
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
SITE ANALYSIS
SSPROCESS
PROCESS SKETCHES THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
THESIS 2017-2018 THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE | AITKEN JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN| BRIGHT JUSTIN BRIGHT
•LAWN HOSTS RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY & LARGE EVENTS •LIFTED LANDSCAPE PROVIDES VIEWS OVER CANAL & TO SKYLINE
OPTION 1
•BUILDING WITH URBAN FRONT EXTENDS PARK OVER TOP TO OCCUPY ENTIRE SITE SCHEME A- OVERVIEW
-STREET-FRONTING BUILDING WITH PARK EXTENDING AS ROOF.
•STREETS CUT THROUGH HILL TO ALLOW THESIS JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT FOR ACCESS TO2017-2018 PARK &| BUILDING •CONCENTRIC LANDSCAPE SIMULTANEOUSLY THRESHOLDS FILTER VISITORS FROM STREET TO CANAL •PLAZA USED FOR EVENTS & DEMONSTRATION •BUILDING AS SCULPTURAL OBJECT
-STREET GRID OPENINGS THROUGH TO PARK.
ALONG WATERS EDGE, EMBEDDED INTO •SCATTERED PAVILION REFLECT LANDSCAPE HISTORICAL FOOTPRINTS CIRCULATION
HISTORY INFLUENCE
BUILDING ORGANIZATION
•CIVICHOSTS & DEMONSTRATION PLAZAS •LAWN RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY SEPERATED WITH BERMS & LARGE EVENTS
•HISTORICAL FOOTPRINTS FOR •LIFTED LANDSCAPE PROVIDESUSED VIEWS FOUNTAINS, OVER CANAL & CISTERNS, TO SKYLINEGARDENS, ETC. •WETLAND SPONGE PARK DEMONSTRATES TIDAL ACTIVITY & NATURAL ECOSYSTEM LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS
SCHEME A- OVERVIEW
SCHEME B- OVERVIEW
-LIFTED LAWN OFFERS EXPLORATION & VIEWS.
DEMO
LABS
LOBBY
RETAIL OFFICES
EXHIBIT
SPONGE PARK & FLOOD PLAIN CISTERN
CLASSROOMS URE LECT LL HA
WATER TREATMENT
STORMWATER
PROGRAM ORGANIZATION
•OVERLOOK PROVIDES VIEWS OVER THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT CANAL & TO SKYLINE •CONCENTRIC LANDSCAPE THRESHOLDS FILTER VISITORS FROM STREET TO CANAL
SCHEME A- DIAGRAMS
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
-SCULPTURAL BUILDING EMBEDDED INTO LANDSCAPE AT WATERS EDGE.
•CIVIC & DEMONSTRATION PLAZAS SEPERATED WITH BERMS •HISTORICAL FOOTPRINTS USED FOR FOUNTAINS, CISTERNS, GARDENS, ETC. HISTORY INFLUENCE
BUILDING ORGANIZATION
S M OO SR AS CL
•WETLAND SPONGE PARK DEMONSTRATES TIDAL ACTIVITY & NATURAL ECOSYSTEM
LO BB Y
•OVERLOOK PROVIDES VIEWS OVER CANAL & TO SKYLINE SPONGE PARK/ FLOOD PLAIN
WATER TREATMENT
LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS SCHEME B- OVERVIEW
SCHEME A- DIAGRAMS
STORMWATER
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
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•BUILDING AS SCULPTURAL OBJECT THESIS 2017-2018 AITKEN |INTO JUSTIN BRIGHT ALONG WATERS EDGE,| JOANNE EMBEDDED LANDSCAPE
CIRCULATION
-SCATTERED PAVILLIONS REFLECT HISTORIC FOOTPRINTS.
LABS
PROGRAM ORGANIZATION THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
-HISTORIC FOOTPRINTS USED FOR FOUNTAINS, GARDEN, CISTERNS, ETC.
GROVE
?
RADIAL GRID
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
PRECEDENT- HUNTERS POINT SOUTH, LONG ISLAND CITY
RADIAL ORDERING SYSTEM TAKEN FROM THE CHARACTERISTIC CURVE OF THE CANAL SPREADS ACROSS SITE BUILDING CONCEPT
WETLAND
FLOOD LEVEL
FLOOD LEVEL
EDGE CONDITIONS & THRESHOLDS
THESIS POINT 2017-2018 | PARK JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT HUNTERS STUDY
CREATING VARIED URBAN WATERFRONT EXPERIENCES & FLOODING CONSIDERATIONS
IDENTIFY
RADIAL CUTS
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
INTEGRATE IDENTIFY
SOURCE: COLLECTIVO 720
SOURCE: COLLECTIVO 720
BUILDING CONCEPT
LIFT & PUSH SITE SOURCE: COLLECTIVO 720
THESIS 2017-2018 | JO
THE
PRECEDENT- UVA DE LA IMAGINACION, MEDEILIN, COLUMBIA
IDENTIFY
ARTICULATE
INTEGRATE
UVA DE LA IMAGINACION STUDY
PRECEDENT- UVA DE LA IMAGINACION, MEDEILIN, COLUMBIA
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
REVITALIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL SITE, PRESENCE OF PAST STRUCTURES AS DESIGN FEATURE
BUILDING CONCEPT
ARTICULATE
INTEGRATE
IDENTIFY
PRECEDENT- UVA DE LA IMAGINACION, MEDEILIN, COLUMBIA
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
LANDSCAPE IS LIFTED UP FOR BUILDINGS & OVERLOOKS, OR PUSHED DOWN FOR WETLANDS
RAIN GARDEN
WATER
FLOODPLAIN
ESPLANADE
VIEW
OVERLOOK
BUILDING AND SITE ELEMENT EDGES ARE DEFINED ALONG THE RADIAL GRID LINES
WATER FEATURE
WATER WATER
PLAZA
TERRACES
FLOOD LEVEL
ALIGN TO EDGES
PAVILLION
LAWN
100-YR FLOOD
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
2 VOLUMES MOVE TO APPROPRIATE EDGES, CREATING AN ACTIVE PRESENCE ON BOTH.
BUILDING CONCEPT
50-YR FLOOD
WETLAND
PRESENT
ELEVATE WALKWAY
PATH
BUILDING CONCEPT
BIO SWALE
PROGRAM ELEMENTS GROUPED AND SEPARATED BY FUNCTION & DESIRED ADJACENCIES
ROAD
SPLIT PROGRAM
HISTORY
PATH
NORMAL
BARRIER
OVERLOOK
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
SOURCE: COLLECTIVO 720
PRECEDENT- UVA DE LA IMAGINACION, MEDEILIN, COLUMBIA
INTEGRATE
ARTICULATE
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
REMEDIATION DEMO.
YOUNG ADULTS
STORMWATER DEMO
SENIORS & LONGTIME RESIDENTS
GREEN JOBS TRAINING
ARTISTS
WORKSHOPS
RESEARCHERS & SCIENTISTS
LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
STAFF
FUNDRAISERS VOLUNTEER COORD. EVENT PLANNING COMMUNITY MEETINGS RESEARCH & MONITORING
LANDSCAPE
3000
1
3000
1500
1
1500
EXHIBIT & GALLERY
1500
1
1500
LECTURE HALL
3000
1
3000
TOTAL
QUANTITY
ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION
PARENTS
SQFT
HISTORY EDUCATION
TEACHER
LOBBY/ EVENT EVENT & MULTI-PURPOSE
INDOOR
STUDENT
COMMUNITY
OUTDOOR
SPACE
ECOLOGY
ACTIVITY
HERITAGE
USER
ELEMENTARY LEARNING TERRACE
2500
1
2500
SECONDARY LEARNING TERRACE
2000
1
2000
RESEARCH LEARNING TERRACE
750
1
750
CLASSROOM/ MEETING
500
7
3500 4000
DEMO ROOM
1000
4
RESEARCH LAB
500
1
500
CO-WORKING OFFICE
7000
1
7000
BOAT HOUSE DOCK EQUIPMENT STORAGE NURSERY
3000
1
3000
1500
1
1500
2000
1
2000
600
1
600
PLANT GROWTH & SALE “CLEAN & GREEN” WALKING & KAYAK TOURS
CIVIC PLAZA
LOBBY & EXHIBIT
LAWN
LAWN EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL WETLAND
OFFICE
GROVE
WETLAND
LEARNING PLAZA BIOSWALE
MEADOW & GREEN ROOF SPO
NGE
SITE PROGRAM
OVERLOOK HILL
NURSERY & GARDEN
PAR K
INFILTRATION WETLANDS
STORMWATER SYSTEMS
BEAM POST-TENSIONING
T 0”
’-
AN SP
ED
65’-0” MAX. BEAM SPAN
GL
SL
AB
PO
ST
FO OT IN
-T
EN
GS
SIO
NI
NG
26
B
LA
.S YP
AN
CONCRETE STRUCTURE SYSTEM
ROOF PLANE
CONCRETE RIBS
CROSS-BRACE LATTICE
DETAIL ELEVATION
WALL SECTION
PROGRAM & ENCLOSURE
SOLAR STUDY ANALYSIS- SOLAR
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
WINTER WIND
SUMMER WIND
HVAC DISTRIBUTION
WIND STUDY ANALYSIS- WIND
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
RUNOFF COLLECTION
PASSIVE EXHAUST
LINEAR AIR DIFFUSERS PASSIVE INTAKE
SYSTEM DISTRIBUTION
THESIS 2017-2018 | JOANNE AITKEN | JUSTIN BRIGHT
CANAL TIDAL GENERATION RESEVOIR COLLECTION & FILTRATION
HEAT EXCHANGE PUMP GEOTHERMAL GROUND LOOP
MATERIAL PALETTE
SYSTEMS SECTION
RADIANT FLOOR SLAB
LINEAR AIR DIFFUSERS PERIMETER BIOSWALE
SITE PLAN
LOBBY
8 | JOA NNE AI
TKE
N | JUS TIN
BRIG
HT
LOBBY & EXHIBIT AUDITORIUM ELEMENTARY LEARNING TERRACE SECONDARY LEARNING TERRACE RESEARCH LEARNING TERRACE DEMO ROOMS CLASSROOMS RESEARCH LABS RECEPTION CO-WORKING SPACE CONFERENCE ROOMS PRIVATE OFFICES MUD ROOM
1
2
3
THE SIS 201 7-20 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
LEARNING TERRACE
7 6
4
5
9
OFFICES
8
11
13
12 10
AN
MAIN BUILDING PLAN
SITE SECTION
NATURAL EDGE, TRAIL, & GARDEN
DOCK, PROMENDADE, GREEN-ROOF
OVERLOOK & BIOSWALE
BOARDWALK & WETLANDS
COMMUNITY PLAZA
WETLANDS TRAIL
EDUCATION PLAZA
BOAT HOUSE
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