Ian Wells

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

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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

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Existing Quarries

To Trenton

To Philadelphia To Philadelphia

Philadelphia

New Jersey

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West Trenton

Princeton

Mercer County

Lawrence Hopewell Trail & Connectors

Site

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Miles 0

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3

Miles

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Living Building Challenge

Place

Water

Materials

Equity

Existing Plan

Existing Views

Site key

Beauty

Energy

Existing Site Section

Health & Happiness

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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

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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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Water Collection: 120 acres

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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)

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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

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100’

300’

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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

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1-Bedroom

2-Bedroom

3-Bedroom

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4’

12’

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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

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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’

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Site Section

Perspectives

Section Perspective

Lakeside Path

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Morning

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Evening

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