The Quarry A model for regeneration
Ian Wells Drexel University 2019 Architecture Thesis
Location
Development
Transit
Within the Last 25 Years
To New York Penn Station
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Delaware and Raritan Canal State
Hopewell
29
New York City Major Roads Regional Airport Bike Path Train Stations SEPTA West Trenton Line
Pennington Trenton
Proposed NJ Transit
Zoning
Hopewell Township
Conservation Residential Commercial Borough
Trenton
1
Existing Quarries
To Trenton
To Philadelphia To Philadelphia
Philadelphia
New Jersey
31
29
West Trenton
Princeton
Mercer County
Lawrence Hopewell Trail & Connectors
Site
0
1
3
Miles 0
1
3
Miles
2
Living Building Challenge
Place
Water
Materials
Equity
Existing Plan
Existing Views
Site key
Beauty
Energy
Existing Site Section
Health & Happiness
3
4
Water
Geothermal
Narrative
BioFiltration Food
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10% 20% 30%
Off Site Worker
James (42)
10%
Lake
Community Township Residents
Water Treatment
Jake (35)
Works at Home
Frank (54)
10%
Lake
Town Center Worker
Barbra (68)
50%
Use
Morning 7am-10am
Mid-Day 11am-2pm
Afternoon 3pm-5pm
Evening
6pm-8pm
Night
9pm-11pm
Living in the Homes Off Site
Student
Recreational Visitor
25%
Waste Water Treatment
New Residents
Rain
Patricia (27)
Dining Visitor
Gardener
Retired
Andrew (12)
Lisa (35)
Working at a Home Working at a the Center Driving in the Car Riding on the Train Dining at the Center Growing the Food Shopping at the Center Walking around Town Biking on the Trail Swimming at the Beach
25%
Homes
Hazel (16)
20%
Stakeholders:
William (77)
Shopping Visitor
Boating on the Lake
6
Scale Comparison
Population: 1,800 people
Site Plan
Residences: 632 units
Italian Hill town (Manarola)
City Square (Rittenhouse, Philadelphia)
Studio Unit: 63 units - 500 S.F. 1-Bedroom: 126 units - 1,000 S.F. 2-Bedroom: 190 units - 1,500 S.F. 3-Bedroom: 190 units - 2,000 S.F. 4-Bedroom: 63 units - 2,500 S.F.
BioFiltration
Park
Commercial: 20 units 1 Unit = 1,000 square feet 20,000 Square feet of commercial space
North Lake
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sh ed
Water Collection: 120 acres
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at
1 Person = 100 gallons of water a day on average 1000 People per year= 65,700,000 gallons of water per year 49 Inches of rain per year on average = 30.52 gallons per square foot per year 50 Acres of collection needed
South Lake
Common
Food Collection: 19 acres
Visitor / overflow parking
Food
1 Person = 370 square feet of garden 15 Acres of collection required
Solar Collection: 24 acres
1 Person = 12,071 kWh per year 21,727,800 kWh per year / 1,500 solar zone = 14,485 kWh 14,485*15% Energy loss = 12,312 kW total solar installation
BioFiltration
Park
Service Equipment Storage
Solar
1 Panel = 320 watt 17.6 WATS per square feet
Typical Suburban Development (Northern Brandon Farms)
7
38,475 Panels *17.6 = 677,160 square feet of solar panels 677,160 * 64% Access ways = 1,054,152 24 Acres of collection needed
0’
100’
300’
8
Commons
9
10
Modular Base
Kit of Parts 15’
33’
Transom
Bracketed Arbor
10’
Curtain Wall
2’
French Door 11
4-Panel Sliding Doors
Arbor with Post 12
Construction Process 13’
Crane/ stair/ elevator tower
50’
90’
Rain screen
Structural brackets
33’
33’
Concrete walkways
Pre-finished modular
66’
Step #2
Step #1
Step #3
Step #4
Residence Layouts
Studio
13
1-Bedroom
2-Bedroom
3-Bedroom
0 ’
4’
12’
14
Modular Section
Stair Section
Natural Wood Siding
18” Concrete Core Wall Steel Perforated Rain Screen
Operable Vent Insulated Steel Stud Wall
Elevator and Pipe Chase
Creeping Vines Drainage Trench 10” Sloping Cantilevered Concrete Slab
15
Insulated Steel Truss Joist
Steel Beam Radiant Floor
Slope
Kit of Parts
Insulated Steel Truss Joist
Fiberglass Deck Module
Mechanical lines 0’
1’
2’
0’
1’
2’
16
Site Section
Perspectives
Section Perspective
Lakeside Path
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18
Morning
19
Evening
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