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IODIVERSITY
MANAGEMENT OF BIODIVERSITY / ECOLOGICAL HEALTH
ATER
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100% LOCALLY SOURCED WATER
NERGY 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPLY
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NOW INSTITUTE NOW INSTITUTE
UCLA GRAND CHALLENGE UCLA GRAND CHALLENGE
B
1
EMISSION RANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY & CARBONSTRATEGY
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OPULATION GROWTH
INTRODUCTION: THE WILSHIRE BOULEVARD DEMONSTRATION PROJECT USES THE RESEARCH GATHERED ON ISSUES RELATING TO ENERGY, WATER, BIODIVERSITY, AND TRANSPORTATION AS A PLATFORM TO OFFER A DESIGN STRATEGY FOR POPULATION GROWTH IN THE COUNTY. ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE COUNTY’S POPULATION WILL GROW BY AT LEAST 1.5 MILLION PEOPLE BY THE YEAR 2050, THE RESEARCH TEAM DEVELOPED STRATEGIES TO ACCOMMODATE POPULATION GROWTHS OF 1.5, 2.5, AND 3.5 MILLION PEOPLE ALONG THE WILSHIRE CORRIDOR, WHICH OFFERS VAST JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND A FUTURE ROBUST TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE [THE PURPLE LINE]. BY RESTRICTING MOST OF THE GROWTH TOWARDS A CONCENTRATED MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT, THE STRATEGY MINIMIZES THE ENCROACHMENT AND IMPACT ON LOS ANGELES’ NATURAL AND BIODIVERSITY AREAS. TO TEST THE URBAN CONDITION, THE RESEARCH TEAM CONSIDERS HOW DIFFERENT BUILDING TYPOLOGIES USE ENERGY, WATER, BIODIVERSITY, AND TRANSPORTATION IN ORDER TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE LOS ANGELES FOOTPRINT.
PROFESSOR: THOM MAYNE, EUI-SUNG YI, ANDREW LIANG RESEARCH & GRAPHIC SUPPORT: BRIDGET ACKEIFI, LILY BAKHSHI RESEARCHER: XUEQUI BAI, CHENGUANG LI, XI LIAO, MARIEH MEHRANNEZHAD, JIANI SONG, TUO SUN, WEI-CHIEH TSAI, DUO WANG, JUE WANG,RUNZHI WANG, HUN TAO YU
3 BY 3 SCENARIOS
+1.5MILLION A DENSIFICATION MODEL
+2.5MILLION
+3.5MILLION 25000 20000
SCENARIO
15000
+0.25M
+0.15M
WILSHIRE CORRIDOR, LONG BEACH & BURBANK, PASADENA GLENDALE
+0.35M
+2.0M
+1.2M
5000
+2.8M +0.25M
+0.15M
10000
+0.35M
25000
B HYBRID MODEL
20000 15000
SCENARIO
+0.20M
+0.12M
+1.28M
+0.96M
5000
+1.90M +0.20M
+0.12M
C DISTRIBUTION MODEL
+0.61M
10000
+0.45M
25000 20000
SCENARIO
+2.6M
+2.5M
+1.5M
15000 10000 5000
CONCENTRATE ON SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES THROUGHOUT ALL OF LA COUNTY
+0.9M
WILSHIRE CORRIDOR
MASS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION METRO METRO LINK EXPRESS LINK
MULTI-FAMILY AGGLOMERATION
COMMERCIAL & EDUCATION AGGLOMERATION
EMPLOYMENT AGGLOMERATION
WILSHIRE AS A TESTING MODEL
PROFILE LENGTH : AREA: POPULATION:
SANTA MONICA
15.8 MILES 21.38 SQ MI 0.36 MILLION
SAWTELLE WESTWOOD
CENTURY CITY
BEVERLY HILLS
MID-WILSHIRE
KOREATOWN 0
0.75
1.5
WESTLAKE
DOWNTOWN
3
4.5
6
Miles