2020
2020 PARK To creatively produce a healthy, self-sustaining and synergetic urban ecosystem by nurturing a balanced relationship between the community and their surrounding environment.
APPROACH When introducing a new element into a context, it is necessary to observe that nothing in a thriving environment exists in the singular. An environment consists of a multiplicity of components and connected systems, working together through shared resources. Because human, built, and natural systems make up the environment of Urban PEACHES, the strength of the environment as an ecosystem depends greatly on the symbiotic interactions among these systems. The familiar destinations, the repetitive informal encounters, and the physical sharing of space are what spark the community shift of transforming strangers into neighbors and casual conversation into intellectual discussion. Human Knowledge and creativity are two infinitely renewable resources that human minds innately possess. The human component of an ecosystem thrives in its activity and exchange of these resources. Therefore, the existence of a knowledge based economy and a creative social class is vital to the success of an innovative and interactive ecosystem. Urban PEACHES pioneers the architectural setting for such a knowledge economy to develop and creates a sense of place that encourages interconnection among the creative social class. This communal pool of creative knowledge and the gathering of a diverse intellectual population will produce the human capital to support innovation, the social tolerance to stimulate change, and the access of information to foster new ideas. Built-Human The design of urban space holds the power to open or to limit relationships between people and the environment. Positive, encouraging relationships play a vital role in fueling inspiration and fostering interaction. The quality of contact between employees and their office, children and their school, and families and their home define life in Urban PEACHES. To support progressive self-organization and promote active engagement with the urban environment, a flexible, adaptable infrastructure manifests a pattern in the built environment that responds to human needs. As this infrastructure evolves, it empowers community involvement, provides opportunities for intellectual convergence, and allows for trans-programming of the urban development. Urban PEACHES promotes pedestrian activity and communication among the creative class by enriching the experiential qualities of everyday urban life. Natural-Built-Human Globally, the resource requirements and construction of urban settings generate negative impacts on the natural system through toxic wastes and dependence on non-renewable energy sources. Urban PEACHES presents an ecological solution that connects the human, built, and natural systems by incorporating sustainable practice as an integral part of its community infrastructure. By proposing a Farmer’s Market attitude in creating a dynamic ecosystem, the urban environment becomes autonomously agricultural, marketable, and social. The activity and energy of a marketplace setting encourages growth and shared reaction from all systems.
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