Johnathan Whalen

TRENTON RIVERFRONT REVIVAL

JOHNATHAN WHALEN

THESIS ADVISOR JOANNE AITKEN

Research

Trenton, New Jersey serves as the state’s capitol and was once nation’s capitol early on in our history. It was a common stop among travelers heading toward settlements of New York City or Philadelphia. Quaker settlers occupied the land after Lenni Lenape Tribes of Native Americans either agreed to move or were pushed out. The area was known as “Assunpink” or “stony, watery place” due to its proximity to river sources and the boulders that would often appear and create small rapids or falls.

Trenton utilized the nearby Delaware River as it major power source for producing several goods including pottery, milled lumber, and eventually a large ironworks industry. The Roebling Ironworks Company, in particular, made a huge impact on transportation in the Northeast by producing steel cables for many of our great bridges including the Brooklyn Bridge and Benjamin Franklin Bridge. The Riverfront District often experiences flash floods through the year in which the river breaches Route 29 and can easily go further inland to much of the surface parking serving the area.

The area mostly serves vehicles and paths for transportation, however Trenton is beginning to implement its Trenton 250 master plan in which most of the district will be redeveloped toward the river. They are planning to provide new low-rise, mixed-use residential buildings with the goal of bringing more visitors to the downtown area. The Riverfront district is zoned to encourage a place of business while surrounded by residential neighborhoods. Illustrations of the master plan neglect development of the actual water front and provide an opportunity of further development as a people space.

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TOTAL AREA: TOTAL AREA: TOTAL AREA: 500,000 SFSF 500,000 500,000 SF ~11.5 ACRES ~11.5 ACRES ~11.5 ACRES

SIZE 1”1” = SITE 300’ 300’0’ 0’ 1” = =300’ 0’

COMPARISON 600’ 300’ 600’ 600’

300’ 300’

ART ARTMUSEUM MUSEUMAND ANDOVAL OVAL ART MUSEUM AND OVAL

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SITESITE ZONING ZONING

TRENTON FEMA FLOOD ZONESFLOOD ZONES 1” = 1” 600’ = 600’ SITE USE/ZONING SITE 600’ 600’

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SURFACE PARKING

EXISTING RIVERFRONT TRENTON POST-BEAUTIFICATION TRENTON POST-BEAUTIFICATION

TRENTON BEAUTIFICATION TRENTON BEAUTIFICATION

STANDING/ASSEMBLY (10,000 SF)

STANDING/ASSEMBLY (10,000 SF) SEATING/LEISURE (10,000 SF) RESTROOMS (500 SF) ENTRY/EXIT (4,000 SF)

TOTAL BUILDING AREA (68,000 SF)

TOTAL BUILDING AREA (68,000 SF)

STAGE/PERFORMANCE (1,500 SF)

STAGE/PERFORMANCE MECHANICAL (18,000 (1,500 SF) SF)

MECHANICAL (18,000 SF)

EXISTING RIVERFRONT EXISTING RIVERFRONT

EDUCATIONAL ZONES

TRENTON MAKES BRIDGE

RESTROOMS (500 SF)

PROGRAM GOALS: FLEA MARKET - OPEN HALL STRUCTURE

PROGRAM GOALS: PERFORMANCE SPACE/STAGE - MOVIES & LIVE MUSIC

FOOD/DRINK (10,000 (3,000 SF) SEATING/LEISURE SF)

FLEA MARKET - OPEN HALL STRUCTURE OPEN PLAZA SPACE - ASSEMBLY & FOOD TRUCK PARKING

OFFICE/ADMIN (6,000 SF) ENTRY/EXIT (4,000 SF)

PERFORMANCE SPACE/STAGE - MOVIES & LIVE MUSIC RECREATIONAL SPORTS FIELD - REACTIVE TO TIDES

FOOD/DRINK (3,000 SF)

OPEN PLAZA SPACE - ASSEMBLY & FOOD TRUCK PARKING PLAY STRUCTURES - WATER SPOUTS, POOLS, EDUCATION

OFFICE/ADMIN (6,000 SF)

RECREATIONAL SPORTS FIELD - REACTIVE TO TIDES

EDUCATIONAL ZONES

PLAY STRUCTURES PUBLIC POOLS- WATER SPOUTS, POOLS, EDUCATION

SCULPTURAL FOUNTAINS

TRENTON MAKES BRIDGE TRENTON MAKES BRIDGE

DYNAMIC PATHS EDUCATIONAL ZONES

PUBLIC POOLS

PROPOSED SITE ACTIVITY AND INS EDUCATIONAL ZONES

DYNAMIC PATHS

PUBLIC POOLS

ADAPTIVE RECREATION

WATER FEATURES

PROPOSED SITE ACTIVITY AND INSPIRATION PLAYFUL LANDSCAPE INTERVENTIONS

EDUCATIONAL ZONES

POTENTIAL BUILDING LOCATION

DYNAMIC PATHS PLAYFUL LANDSCAPE INTERVENTIONS

200’

SITE PROGRAM

Site Program

SITE PROGRAM

ADAPTIVE RECREATION

POTENTIAL BUILDING LOCATION

1” = 200’ DYNAMIC PATHS ADAPTIVE RECREATION 0’ 600’ PROPOSED SITE ACTIVITY AND INSPIRATION EDUCATIONAL ZONES

PUBLIC POOLS 1” = 200’

200’

SCULPTURAL FOUNTAINS

PROPOSED SITE0’ACTIVITY AND600’ INSPIRATION

THESIS STATEMENT: Just as the Delware River was once used by Trenton as its major power source, the goal of this project is to revitalize the riverfront as a clean, interactive, educational, public event space that attracts visitors to and from Downtown Trenton.

Images to the right and top of the page were used as inspiration for what types of activities will be dispersed through the site and how the form of the site will look when responding to the road, river, Trenton Makes Bridge, and the site’s history of use. A rough building area is called out in purple to show the collective of spaces provided at similar public, park, and event spaces later observed through case studies.

DYNAMIC PATHS

PROPOSED SITE ACTIVITY AND INSPIRA

Case Studies

Cherry Street Pier was studied as a public space placed at the river’s edge and uses program components of entry, offices, sales area, multi-purpose area, outdoor/covered-seating, and a termination/look-out point. Circulation serves as a spine and in a linear fashion with entry and exit at the same point. The pier also features an area to display movies and entertainment across the water to the neighboring Race Street Pier. Cherry street also provides possible uses for people arriving by boat, or kayak. The overall feel of the space is open and industrial as the pier was once used as a port for ships and shipping container storage.

The Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market is housed by the same factory that the Roebling Brothers began production for their ironworks. It is re-purposed for public events just like a flea market suited with areas for sales stalls, office and administration spaces, open areas for food trucks and seating, next to areas of shaded seating for people to eat and listen to music at performance spaces. The old industrial feel rings true when one experiences the repetition of exposed iron structure and the age is noted by many patina and rusted materials.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BLVD

MARKET/OFFICE

MULTI-PURPOSE

OUTDOOR SEATING

MOVIE PROJECTION

550’ INDOOR

CONCESSION

ENTRY

OFFICES

COVERED/CANOPY

PIER TERMINATION

VENDORS

MULTI-PURPOSE

OUTDOOR SEATING

PROGRAM/CIRCULATION

EXPAND

COMPRESS

EXPAND

COMPRESS

EXPAND

SITE PLAN

CHERRY ST PIER

PHILADELPHIA, PA - INTERFACE STUDIO ARCHITECTS

SITE SUSTAINABILITY - DELAWARE RIVER TIDES RECORD FLOOD

AVERAGE RAINFALL VS CREST HEIGHT

100% 30’

90% FLASH FLOOD

8.85, 1995

AVERAGE HIGH TEMP VS CREST HEIGHT

100%

DELAWARE RIVER, TRENTON, NJ

INTERIOR VIEW

90%

8.85, 1995

8.85, 1995 995 95 95

HIGH TIDE

10’

TIDE HEAD

34 HOURS 17 HOURS

80%

TIDAL HIEGHTS

DAY 2

DAY 3

TIDE DURATION

8.64, 8.6 8 .64 4,, 1 19 1995 9 995 99 9 95 5

68, 1995

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8.52, 1995 8.5 .5 52 5 2, 1 2 19 995 9 99 95 95

8.52, 1995

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59, 1995 50%

DAY 1

8.75, 1995 8.7 8.

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70%

8.64, 1995

60% LOW TIDE

77, 1995

80%

8.75, 1995

70% MID TIDE

DELAWARE RIVER, TRENTON, NJ

85, 1995

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3.54, 1995 GRAVITY-FED TURBINE RIVER FLOW RATE:

30% 2,900 CFS 1,300,000 GPM

[NET HEAD (FEET) X FLOW (GPM)] / 10 = 1 WATT ENERGY @ 10’ HEAD: ENERGY @ 20’ HEAD: FREE STREAM TURBINE AVERAGE RIVER SPEED: SEVERE RIVER SPEED: AVERAGE ENERGY GENERATION: SEVERE ENERGY GENERATION:

TIDAL ENERGY COLLECTION

30% 2.31, 1995

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20%

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10% 2.5 MPH 7-8 MPH 0.3 KW 5 KW

RIVER POWER CALCUALTIONS

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ENTRY/EXIT

OUTDOOR SEATING STAGE/ENTERTAINMENT

OPEN PLAZA/ FOOD TRUCKS

SECTION

TRENTON PUNK ROCK FLEA MARKET TRENTON, NJ - ROEBLING WIRE WORKS SITE AXON 355’ ENTRY/EXIT

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OPEN PLAZA/ FOOD TRUCKS

Site Context PROGRAM/CIRCULATION

The Riverfront District is surrounded by 3 major building types. To the Northeast are the State House, government buildings, and law offices which provide more classical, austere and grounded structures. To the East many mom and pop shops as well as rowhomes begin to populate before meeting residential communities. To the South East there are the reminiscence of old factories and water towers once used during Trenton’s Industrial period. At the direct site there is mostly surface parking, highways, and a few large government buildings that serve Mercer County.

PROGRAM/CIRCULATION

ENTRY/EXIT

Process Sketches

ETCHES

PROCESS SKETCHES

PROCESS SKETCHES

Study Model

Design Review

PERSPECTIVE PERSPECTIVE C

B A

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PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN

AXON PERSPECTIVE SITE PLAN

1” = 150’

150’ 0’

300’

PRELIMINARY SITE SECTION

Elevation Elevation Elevation A A

AXON Section C PERSPECTIVE

A A A

Section C

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Section C

B B B B

Section C

PERSPECTIVE

Section C C

Section C

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PRELIMINARY SITE SECTIONS

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Technical Review

SUPPLY

COOLANT DELIVERY

EXHAUST

RETURN

SUPPLY

HEAT EA EXCHANGE A

EXHAUST

COOLANT

HYDROLIC TURBINES

EXHAUST

EXHAUST

SUPPLY

INTAKE

RETURN

HVAC SYSTEM HVAC DIAGRAMS

0’

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1” = 64’

128’

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150’

MECHANICAL DIAGRAM MECHANICAL DIAGRAM 1” = 150’

300’

SPOT/TRACK HEAD RECESSED SQUARE DOWNLIGHT WALL GRAZER

STRUCTURAL DIAGRAM

PRELIMINARY LIGHTING PLAN REFLECTED CEILING PLAN AND LIGHTING

STRUCTURAL PLAN 64’

128’

1” = 64’

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128’

1” = 64’

BUILDING DETAIL SKETCHES

SECTION A SECTION A A 1” = 32’ SECTION SECTION A 1” = 32’ 1” = 32’

SECTIONSECTION A SECTION A B 1” = 32’ SECTION A 1” = 32’ 1” = 32’

SECTION C

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64’

SECTION A SECTION A 1” = 32’ SECTION A

Final Review

BUILDING

20’ - SEVERE STORM 15’ - FLASH FLOOD 10’ - HIGH TIDE 5’ - MID TIDE 0’ - LOW TIDE

PARK SPACE

PARKING

SITE PROGRAM

RIVER TIDES RIVER TIDES

SITE PROGRAM 0’

150’

300’

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150’

300’

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SITE PLAN

SITE PLAN 0’

150’

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300’

DROP-OFF AND FOOD TRUCK ZONES BUILDING ENTRY VEHICLE ENTRY PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC VEHICLE TRAFFIC

SITE CIRCULATION

Elevations

EAST ELEVATION EAST ELEVATION

1” = 64’

EAST ELEVATION 1” = 64’

EAST ELEVATION 1” = 64’

SOUTH ELEVATION 1” = 64’

SOUTH ELEVATION SOUTH ELEVATION

1” = 64’

SOUTH ELEVATION 1” = 64’

WEST ELEVATION 1” = 64’

WEST ELEVATION 1” = 64’ WEST ELEVATION WEST WEST ELEVATION ELEVATION

1” 1” = = 150’ 64’

0’

32’

64’

WEST ELEVATION 1” = 150’ 0’

32’

64’

0’

32’

64’

WEST ELEVATION 1” = 150’

EAST ELEVATION EAST EAST ELEVATION ELEVATION

1” 1” = = 32’ 32’

SOUTH SOUTH ELEVATION ELEVATION

1” 1” = = 32’ 32’ SOUTH ELEVATION

0’ 0’

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64’ 64’

WEST WEST ELEVATION ELEVATION WEST ELEVATION 1” = = 32’ 32’ 1”

MATERIAL PALETTE

Floor Plans

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128’

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN - NORTH

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LOWER LEVEL PLAN - NORTH

1” = 64’ 0’

64’

128’

1” = 64’

CASCADED RAIN GARDENS

RAINWATER RUN-OFF

CISTERN

DRAIN TO RIVER

RUN-OFF

RAIN GARDENS CISTERN

WATER COLLECTION 0’

64’

1” = 64’

128’

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1” = 64’

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OUTDOOR STAGE PATIO VESTIBULE/ENTRY EVENT FLOOR INDOOR STAGE LAWN SPORTS COURT FOOD TRUCK AREA REFLECTION POND

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FIRST FLOOR PLAN 0’

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PATIO PUBLIC RESTROOMS ENTRY CAFETERIA SNACK BAR STORAGE/MECHINCAL GREEN ROOM/STORAGE COAT CHECK SPORTS COURT

LOWER LEVEL PLAN 0’

64’

128’

1” = 64’

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