EMILY VAN GELDERN MLA GRADUATE PORTFOLIO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF DESIGN
2080 2050 2015
CONTENTS 4
SEEDING SHADE: THE COFFEE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE Circasia, Colombia
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BAR THE CAR Gaborone, Botswana
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DINÉ LAND Navajo Reservation, Crownpoint, New Mexico
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TRAVERSING BETWEEN DEW + TIDE Bartram’s Garden, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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CONNECTING MOMENTS OF TRANSFER North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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URBAN DUNE Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York
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GATEWAY TO BREAKWAY Gateway National Recreation Area, New York + New Jersey
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FERA : LINEAR CITY Media IV, Fall 2014
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4X4 Media II, Spring 2013
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FOUND PROJECTIONS Media I, Fall 2012
SEEDING SHADE: The Coffee Cultural Landscape CIRCASIA, COLOMBIA Critics__David Gouverneur + Oscar Grauer Partners__Stefanie Loomis + Taylor Burgess Spring 2014
Seeding Shade provides the municipality of Circasia and the Zona Cafetera, with a design framework that utilizes the momentum of their recent UNESCO declaration to address the global and local issues of population growth, falling coffee prices, deforestation, tourism, and climate change currently threatening the coffee cultural landscape. The implementation of a series of successional “shade typologies” expand and connect existing forests through various productive, protective, and programmed green spaces. These typologies are implemented across the municipality based on current waterway routes, land use patterns, remaining forests, road networks, and school locations that determine a series of connected Rural Nodes. The Rural Nodes provide farmers the opportunity to process their new, high-quality shade coffee and cattle byproducts with modern machinery and co-op these products into a unique Circasia brand. The Rural Nodes’ proximity to schools and their infrastructure for social programming (farmers markets, eco-tourism, educational events) engage the rural community and tourists alike in the agricultural processes and the region’s cultural heritage. Published__World Landscape Architecture Magazine, Edition 15. Large Scale Projects & Ideas, 8/ 2014. 4
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SUN C
COLOMBIAN COFFEE + BIODIVERSITY FEE OF
70% SHAD EC
30% FEE OF
SUN COFFEE FARMS SHADE COFFEE FARMS UNESCO SITES ZONA CAFETERA CIRCASIA (municipality)
The highest concentration of sun coffee farms overlap with an endangered eco-region and biodiversity hotspot. Almost the entire eco-region has been converted to agricultural land.
SUN COFFEE FARMS PROTECTED AREAS CAUCA VALLEY MONTANE FOREST ECO-REGION TROPICAL ANDES BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT UNESCO SITES CIRCASIA (municipality)
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CIRCASIA COFFEE + DEFORESTATION ORIGINAL FORESTS
ONGOING DEFORESTATION
CURRENT LANDUSE PASTURE SUN COFFEE SEMI-SHADE COFFEE SHADE COFFEE RIPARIAN BUFFER CITY CENTER
POLLUTED WATERWAYS N
COFFEE
0M
LIBRE
2000M
4000M
RIO ROBLE
6000M
PASTURE
8000M
BARBAS BREMEN
10000M
11000M
COFFEE GROWING ZONE 2014
2050
2000M 1900M 1800M 1700M 1600M 1500M 1400M 1300M
n sitio ttle tran a ing ee to c d n tre coff m o r f
1200M 1100M
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SHADE TYPOLOGIES
WATER : BUFFER ISSUE
ACTION
P
PRODUCTIVE
waste chemicals
crop allĂŠe disperses runoff
fertilizers
RUN OF F
contaminated ravine
clean ravine
AGRICULTURE : DIVERSIFY ISSUE
ACTION
S
SHADE COFFEE high risk no biodiversity
low quality monoculture
stabilized soils
high quality polyculture biodiversity
erosion
increased organic matter
degraded soils
FOREST : PROTECT ISSUE
ACTION
current bosque
habitat loss
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D
NATURAL SEEDING
previous bosque extent
seed tree planting
bird dispersal mosaic spread
wind dispersal
PEOPLE : NETWORK ISSUE
PROTECTED
ACTION
PROGRAMMED dense native species protect Rio Roble preserve biodiversity
recreation as catchment system urban nursery RUN
vine
OFF
Rio Roble
SILVOPASTURE stabilized soils
RURAL CO-OPS high quality polyculture
compost
biodiversity
processing buildings
drying beds
farm stand
coffee seedlings increased organic matter
DESIGNED SEEDING core habitat
stepping stone corridor linear corridor
ECO-TOURISM protected forest
camp grounds viewing tower
nature trail
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COFFEE CO-OP STATION
EXISTING SUN COFFEE HIGH YIELD + HIGH CHEMICALS LOW QUALITY + LOW BIODIVERSITY
YEAR 6 INCREASED QUALITY + SHADE + STABILIZATION
COOP Coffe e
CO-OP
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Coffee
EXISTING SCHOOL
EXISTING RURAL ROAD
Nodes are paired with existing schools to engage Circasia’s youth with the coffee process + cultural heritage.
The road network provides access for local farms to bring their harvested beans to their local nodes
YEAR 1 - 2 INCREASED HEALTH + SOIL + INCOME
YEAR 20 - SHADE COFFEE HIGH QUALITY + HIGH BIODIVERSITY LOW MAINTENANCE + LOW RISK
CO-OP C offee
NEW RURAL NODE High quality crops are co-oped to create a Circasia brand and provide small farmers modern equipment to better process their beans
COFFEE BEAN PROCESS
RIPE CHERRY
DEPULP
SORT
FERMENT
DRY
HULL
BAG
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CATTLE CO-OP STATION
YEAR 1 - 2 INCREASED SOIL + INCOME
YEAR 20 : SILVOPASTURE HIGH QUALITY POLYCULTURE + HABITAT CO-OP Products
CO -OP
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RURAL NODE : CATTLE
RURAL ROAD
Farmers are provided with modern equipment to create a diverse market of dairy and fruit products.
Provides access for local farms to bring their dairy + fruit products to local nodes for processing.
EXISTING PASTURE HIGH CONTAMINATION + EROSION LOW HABITAT MONOCULTURE
YEAR 6 INCREASED QUALITY, PRODUCTS + SOIL STABILIZATION
CO-OP Products
ucts Prod
SILVOPASTURE PRODUCTS
CHEESE
YOGURT
ICE CREAM
JUICE
JAM
FRUIT
NUTS
TIMBER
BEEF
FODDER
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SHADE IMPLEMENTATION URBAN NODE CATTLE
ECO-TOURISM
SCHOOLS + CO-OPS EXISTING SCHOOLS NURSERY + PROPOSED UNIVERSITY
COFFEE
CO-OP STATIONS
URBAN CENTER
VIA FILANDIA
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE DIRT ROAD
WY
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FE
F CO
PAVED ROAD
OAD
AL R ROY
VIA MONTENEGRO S DO K VA NE PAR LOS AL TO ATION N
VIA ARMENIA
PROPOSED SHADE PROTECTED 100M CORRIDOR PRODUCTIVE CORRIDOR
VIA ARMENIA
EXISTING CANOPY
BLE
RIO RO
EXISTING PART-SHADE COFFEE EXISTING SHADE COFFEE EXISTING RIPARIAN BUFFER
S OSA ERM K AS H R TO L NAL PA NATIO
EXISTING OLD GROWTH FOREST E
BL
RIO
RO
HYDROLOGY CREEK RIO ROBLE +2000 M
TOPOGRAPHY ANDOSOL SOILS +1400 M
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URBAN NURSERY
CATTLE CO-OP STATION
RIO ROBLE TRAIL
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BAR THE CAR
GABORONE, BOTSWANA Critic__Christopher Marcinkoski Partner__Muhan Cui Fall 2014 The diurnal commute of people from peri-urban villages to Gaborone’s city center is consistently marred by long lines of single-occupancy vehicles and unreliable shared taxis [combis]. Bar the Car suggests an alternative to Gaborone’s cycle of gridlock by introducing dedicated combi and HOV-lanes to the city’s existing, over-sized road network. These brightly colored, dedicated lanes would occur along established traffic routes that run north-south and east-west in the city to relieve pressure during peak commuting hours. A proposed ring route would provide commuters the opportunity to exit their private vehicles and catch a combi at fixed stops, diminishing the amount of motorized transit within the city center. This ring, in conjunction with the lanes, would create a hierarchy of circulation within Gaborone that currently does not exist. Additionally, Gaborone’s reliance on cars has encouraged public and commercial businesses to sprawl across the city. By encouraging less people to drive, Bar the Car aims to create cohesive avenues, or “bars,” where areas of focused development are anchored by current, popular destinations like malls, playing fields, and employment centers. 16
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DIURNAL COMMUTES The relationship between Gaborone and its Peri-Urban Villages = 20,000 people approx.
MMETSHIMOTHLHABE Village
= 2,000 people approx.
MMOPANE Village
Stoplight Intersection Roundabout Intersection Traffic Lane Vector High Traffic Vector 0KM
1KM
2KM
4KM
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MORE PRIVATE CARS
INCREASED TRAFFIC
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SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION There is currently no public transportation in Gaborone.
Mall Civic
+
Industrial
+ +
OfďŹ ce Park Recreation 0
1
2
Clusters 0
4KM
1
2
4KM
0. CURRENT DESTINATIONS
I. PROPOSED DENSITY OF ACTIV
A confetti of popular destinations include shopping malls, office parks, soccer pitches, and government institutions.
Create pedestrian-friendly avenues betw destinations to encourage non-motorize
Ring
Ring
+
E-W Line
+
N-S Line Bars 0
20
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Bars
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E-W Line
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N-S Line Bars
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2
4KM
0
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2
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III. PROPOSED RING
IV. LINE EXTENSIONS
Provide an alternative to circulating through the city center.
Extend the north-south and east-west lin
+
E-W Line
+
N-S Line Bars 0
1
2
4KM
VITY
II. FIRST LINES
ween current clusters of popular ed movement.
Introduce north-south and east-west HOV-lanes in the area of Gaborone which suffers from the most traffic congestion.
nes.
Ring
+
E-W Line
+
N-S Line Bars 0
1
2
4KM
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INCREMENTAL LINE GROWTH
1.2 1.4
3.5
3.5
4.0
0. CURRENT CONDITION
3.5
3.5
1.4 1.2 (m)
High number of single-occupancy vehicles
+ Publi c Trans it + Bike Sh + Shad aring ing + Signa Structure ge
II. FORMAL STOP + INFORMAL VENDORS If a stop becomes popular, more formal structures can be added to provide a place for people to catch a combi as well as informal vending opportunities.
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4.0
1.5
3.3
4.0
3.6
Transit S
top
3.6
3.3
1.5
4.0
(m)
4.0
1.5
I. DEDICATED LANE + VEGETATION
3.6
4.0
Dedica
Travel Lane
Dedicated combi + HOV-lane will relieve traffic congestion during peak hours. Trees are placed at potential transit stops to provide shade and encourage people to gather there.
3.6
3.3
1.5
ted Lan
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Shadin g Structu re
III. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT How residents use the adjacent areas can define its future use.
3.3
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Transit S
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top Travel Lane Potenti al Wide n e d Bike La Travel Lane ne
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UB TEACHING HOSPITAL
Ring Bar GABORONE CRICKET CLUB
GABORONE GOLF CLUB
UB STADIUM
BOTSWANA NATIONAL STADIUM
BOTSWANA NATIONAL TENNIS ASSOC. PRINCESS MARINA HOSPITAL
UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA [UB]
YMCA ANGLICAN CHURCH CITY HALL GSS GROUNDS JAMA MASJID MOSQUE
UB BAR_CURRENT CONDITIONS (2.8 KM) Residential Civic Recreation School
Median Wall Fence
UB BAR_CURRENT LANDUSE
Ring Landscape/Lane Stop
Zoom-In
Program Opportunities
Development
UB STOP
UB / NATIONAL STADIUM
Recreation + Commercial Flexible Scale Comparison
= Football Field
UB BAR_DEVELOPMENT ZONES 24
Flexible Vend
ing
Stationary Bi
Comfort Stat
ion
kes
Cistern
Bench
+ Publi c Trans it + Bike Sh + Shad aring ing Str ucture + Signa ge + Seati ng + Pota ble + Vend Water or + Com Opportunitie fort Sta s tion
UB STOP_PEAK
Nightime Re
creation Off-Peak Tran
sit
+ Publi c Trans it + Bike Sh + Com aring fort Sta tion + Signa ge + Seati ng + Pota ble + Nigh Water tim + Lighti e Recreation ng
UB STOP_OFF PEAK 25
Ring Bar
GABORONE INDUSTRIAL PARK
EPHEMERAL RIVER
MILLENNIUM OFFICE PARK GAME CITY MALL
KGALE HILL COMBI STOP
GABORONE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE PARK
KGALE HILL BAR_CURRENT CONDITIONS (3.5 KM) Residential Industrial Mixed Use Commercial School
Median Wall Fence
KGALE HILL BAR_CURRENT LANDUSE KGALE HILL STOP
GABORONE INDUSTRIAL PARK
Ring Landscape/Lane Stop
Zoom-In
Program Opportunities
Development Recreation + Commercial Flexible Scale Comparison
= Football Field
KGALE HILL BAR_DEVELOPMENT ZONES 26
ABORONE INDUSTRIAL PARK
+ Bike Shop + Bike Sharing + Bike Lesson s
GABORONE MOBILITY
INTEGRATED PAYMENT CARD
COMMUTE PLANNER TRIP : FROM
PILANE COURT
P
TO UNIVERSITY OF B
TIME
DAY :
COST
P
40 min
20 min
10 min
15 min
15 min
20 min
free
free
free
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2.1 km
2.1 km
2.2 km
2.7 km
2.7 km
2.7 km
WEEKDAY
TIME :
8:00AM
DISTANCE
CO2
CALORIE
0.0 lbs
0.0 lbs
0.0 lbs
4.4 lbs
4.4 lbs
2.4 lbs
154 cal
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11 cal
2 shared rides available
Bike School Bike Shop
Bike Repair
Ring - Bar Tr
ansfer
+ Publi cT + Signa ransit ge + Bike Shop + Bike Sharin g + Bike Lesson s
KGALE HILL STOP
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UNIVERSITY STUDENT COMMUTE | FIRST STOP IN PERI-URBAN VILLAGE (AM) 7:00 AM I University Student catches a combi in Tlokweng Village.
UNIVERSITY STUDENT COMMUTE | UNIVERSITY STOP IN GABORONE (AM) 7:15 AM | She exits the combi at the UB/National Stadium Stop with enough time to buy some breakfast before class. 28
UNIVERSITY STUDENT COMMUTE | SHORTCUT TO CITY CENTER (PM) 4:00 PM | After class she can grab a bike at the UB/National Stadium Stop and head into the City Center to visit friends.
UNIVERSITY STUDENT COMMUTE | BIKE SHARE IN CITY CENTER (PM) 4:15 PM | Once inside the Ring, she can leave her bike at one of the bike share stations. 29
DINÉ LAND
NAVAJO RESERVATION, CROWNPOINT, NEW MEXICO Critics__Laurie Olin, Abdallah Tabet, Tony Atkin + Gavin Riggall Partners__Yi-Ju Tseng + Bailong Liu Spring 2015 The 300-400 families that live in Crownpoint, one of the most rural areas of New Mexico, are in dire need of affordable, modern housing that not only responds to the unforgiving terrain of the high desert, but the myriad cultural practices of the Navajo people. Crownpoint is also home to the Navajo Technical University (NTU) which boasts one of the top culinary programs in the state of New Mexico and of all tribal colleges and universities across the country. Our project aims to celebrate NTU’s culinary achievements and integrate the program into the Crownpoint community by creating a flagship restaurant at a prominent intersection. In support of the new restaurant, traditional and sacred foods like corn, beans, and squash will be planted throughout the neighborhood to not only provide a source of much needed nutrition, but also opportunities for productive shade. Incorporated into new recreation areas are shade structures whose form is inspired by the magnificent Navajo looms as well as the summer shelter building tradition shared among the Navajo people. 30
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Doko'oosliid
SAN FRANCISCO PEAKS
WIDE RUIN
FLAGSTAFF WINSLOW KEY Navajo Nation Sacred High Point Sacred River Crossing Large Population Center Small Population Center TEXT Natural Feature
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HOLBROOK
l
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whit
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Sis Naajini'
BLANCA PEAK
Dibé Nitsaa
HESPERUS PEAK
NOS POS CORTEZ
COLORADO NEW MEXICO
Ch’óol’í’í
Tsé Bit' A'í
SHIP ROCK
FARMINGTON
GOBERNADOR KNOB
Dzil Na'oodilii
TWO GREY HILLS BISTI CRYSTAL
PRINGS
CH
A CO C ANYON
SANTA FE
CROWN POINT
GALLUP
t u rqu
NS
HUERFANO MESA
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Tsoodzil
MOUNT TAYLOR
GRANTS
ALBUQUERQUE 50 Miles
FORT SUMNER N W
0 MI
25 MI
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50 MI
CONNECTING A FRAGMENTED COMMUNITY Context Diagram + Grading Plan
MIDDLE SCHOOL
FRAGMENTED NEIGHBORHOODS DISPERSED SERVICES
HIGH SCHOOL
SHORT CUT
NAVAJO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE
FISH BONE
CENTRALIZATION
0’
34
80’
320’
MIDDLE SCHOOL
YOUTH CENTER
HIGH SCHOOL
RODEO!
INFORMAL MARKET
FEED STORE COMPOST
CULINARY GARDENS NEW RECREATION
MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSING
HOOP HOUSES B S
B
B
LR
LR
ONE BEDROOM Single-Person
TWO BEDROOM Young Family
B LR
NEW PEDESTRIAN PATH NEW RESTUARANT B
B
B
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S
S B
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MB
MB
LR
LR
FOUR BEDROOM Nuclear Family
FOUR BEDROOM + ONE BEDROOM Nuclear Family + GRAND PARENT
NEW ROAD
1 “ = 40’ 0’
40’
160’
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1 “ = 10’ 0’
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10’
40’
ENCOURAGING HEALTHY LIVING Recreation Plan + Shade Structures
Metal Pin Compacted Stone Aggregate Base
Top Soil
Subgrade
Concrete Block Light Steel
Top Membrane
1/2 “ = 1’ 0’
1’
4’
Flexible Membrane Aggregate Base
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TRAVERSING BETWEEN DEW + TIDE BARTRAM’S GARDEN, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Critic__Dilip da Cunha Fall 2012
This foundation studio engaged the terrain within Bartram’s Garden, the first botanical enterprise in America. Located on the Schuylkill River, this 18th-century garden of John Bartram was established during the colonial era alongside William Penn’s design initiative for the city of Philadelphia to the garden’s northeast. While traversing the site I noticed that a row of Black Willow (Salix nigra) trees demarcated the divide between existing meadow and the Schuylkill River bank. Each of these terrains, meadow and riparian edge, had their own associated water that fluctuated diurnally based on the sun (dew) and moon (tide). This project introduces a pedestrian path along the line of Black Willow trees that highlights the difference between these two moistures and territories. The materials and structural elements are meant to catch the two types of water when they are present (morning dew and daily tide) as well as feature them when they are absent.
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Salix nigra
39
Black Willow spine between dew and tide
20,000 - 40,000’ cirrus
cirro stratus
cirro cumulus
6,500 - 20,000’ alto cumulus
6,000 - 20,000’ alto stratus
25,000’ cumulo nimbus
10,000’ cumulus
4,500 - 6,500’ strato cumulus
300 - 2,000’ nimbo stratus
200 - 2,000’ fog
200-0’
DEW
52°
64° 67°
64°
60° 54°
48°
43°
50° 55°
46°
39° 51°
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STEEL BAR THROUGH TIMBER PRESSURE TREATED 6”x 6” WOOD TIMBER
MEADOW SOIL DRAINAGE LAYER DRIP LINE NOTCH
1’
PRECAST CONCRETE TRED
CONCRETE
8’
STRUCTURAL STEEL
STONE AGGREGATE BASE
PLINTH
COMPACTED SUBGRADE
1’ 2’
CONCRETE BASE MUD SLAB
Meadow Entrance Stair Section Scale: 1/4” = 1’ NOTE: As a pedestrian enters the meadow, which has tall grasses, they will see a popped up meadow which marks the entrance through the Black Willows and to the Schuylkill’s edge.
EXISTING BLACK WILLOW
1.5’
HORIZONTAL RAIL
GRADE 6’
GUTTER 1’ GALVANIZED STEEL FENCE POST
1.5’ 2’
ROUGH-SAWN, BOARD-FORMED CONCRETE
WEEP HOLE CRUSHED GRAVEL
DRAIN STRUCTURAL STEEL REINFORCEMENT
30” 4’-6”
TOP SOIL PREVIOUS GRADE
Willow Walk Section Scale: 1” = 6’ NOTE: Fog mesh fence to highlight the morning dew. Weep holes and roughened concrete encorages the growth of moss and lichens.
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PATH VIGNETTE + SECTION
DEW FENCE + WALL
2’6”
8”
CONCRETE PAVERS
MEADOW ENTRANCE
WILLOW WALK
TIDE STAIR
6” HIGH TIDE
6”
DRAINAGE CELL SAND SETTING BED AGGREGATE BASE
POURED IN PLACE CONCRETE STAIR
RIPRAP PRESSURE TREATED WOOD
LIVING STAKE
GALVANIZED METAL STEEL BOLT
LOW TIDE
STRUCTURAL STEEL REINFORCEMENT
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CONNECTING MOMENTS OF TRANSFER NORTH PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA Critic__Nicholas Pevzner Partner__Angelina Jones Fall 2013
The Northeast Corridor is the “rail backbone” of the Northeast Region. Philadelphia’s critical location between the nation’s political capital (DC) and its financial center (NYC) makes it the heaviest traveled train route in the United States. Amtrak is expediting service between these major cities so that by 2040 passengers will travel from Philadelphia to DC or NYC in under an hour. The shorter commute will undoubtedly bring more people to Philadelphia. This project makes the case for the High Speed Rail stop to be located at the existing North Philadelphia Amtrak station which will relieve 30th Street Station of further congestion and expand Philadelphia’s commercial energy north along Broad Street. By connecting moments of transfer between four existing but disparate train lines, Philadelphia can have a transit destination that reconnects North and South Philadelphia while increasing the city’s prominence along the Northeast Corridor.
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THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR 2040 ACELA SERVICE
30TH STREET STATION Current
220 MPH
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Curvilinear alignment slows down trains entering and leaving Philadelphia.
2020 ACELA SERVICE 160 MPH
1 hr
MARKET EAST STATION City Proposal
CURRENT ACELA SERVICE 84 MPH
0 r3
Expensive realignment reinforcing existing EastWest development trends.
1h
N. PHILADELPHIA STATION N. PHILADELPHIA STATION Our Proposal
Utilize existing corridors to activate North-South development along Broad Street.
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mi
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hr
15
m in
Boston
NYC
North East Corridor (NEC) (passengers)
Philadelphia
Commuter Rail Extensions (passengers) CSX (freight) AMTRAK Stations
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CONCEPT DIAGRAMS
EXISTING CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED RAILS AND GRID Currently three rail lines are seperate systems and the street grid dead-ends into the stations block. building vacant lot train stops rail road dead ends
PHASE I CONNECTING MOMENTS OF TRANSFER Connects the four transit lines to the N-S Broad Street Corridor and reconnects the NE-SW diagonal of Sedgely Avenue. building vacant lot train stops anchor building rail road new connections
PHASE II DEADENDS
DESTINATIONS
Development frames the new public landscape and creates a porous edge that encourages use by commuters and the community building vacant lot train stops anchor building public landscape rail road new connections
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OPERATIONAL DIAGRAMS
NEW CONNECTION
LIFT to clear train wires
ANCHOR with tenant
LOWER to meet train platforms
ACTIVATE slopes with different Commuting Landscapes FAST
sit, eat, lounge, STOP rest, watch, read, play
SLOW
catch that train!
buy, grab, peruse
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URBAN CONTEXT + VIEWS
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BRIDGE
CITY HALL
LIBERTY PLACE
1 3
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URBAN DUNE
CONEY ISLAND, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK Critic__Ellen Neises Partner__ Yelena Zolotorevskaya Spring 2013 Engineering and natural systems have traditionally been represented as opposites where engineering is typically a hard interface while natural systems are soft. Neither system alone can armour against rising sea levels and increasingly stronger storms so my partner and I endeavored to design a land and water interface that hybridizes the rigidity of a seawall with the permeability of a dune system. Sited directly in front of Coney Island’s amusement district, major transit hub and a series of high-density residential towers, the Urban Dune elevates Coney Island’s current highest point, the boardwalk, by seven feet for a total of twenty-four feet above current sea levels. The exisiting beach surface is roughened through a series of buried concrete plates which are not always visible to beach goers, but create a dynamic dune tectonic system below the surface. As a storm surge wave enters the beach it is slowed by a series of breakwaters and ultimately turned around when it interacts with the seawall structure’s lip. Additionally, if the storm surge manages to overtop the Urban Dune system, it is then drained through the boardwalk and held in a cistern that runs the entire length of the boardwalk, roughly 3.9 million cubic feet of water. 52
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Typical Beach Dune
Industrial High-Rise Residential
Transit Low-Rise Residential High Density Urban Context
SPACE CONSTRAINTS Coney Island needs a vibrant waterfront to maintain its economic vitality. It also needs a fortified edge to stay about water, not under it.
Amusement
EXISTING CONDITIONS
High-Rise Residential
TYPICAL DUNES DON’T FIT IN AN URBAN CONTEXT 50'
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High-Rise Residential
4 - 5’ 2080 + 2 - 3’ 2060 + 1’ 2020 +
SEA LEVEL RISE
Natural High Point Amusement
+10’ +18’
Artificial High Point
2080 SEA LEVEL RISE SCENARIO
AVE SURGE W
DUNE SYSTEM PROS Low Maintanence Habitat Creator Slows Storm Surge Sand Storage
Erosion
CONS Erosion Prone Unaccessible Slow to Establish
SEAWALL SYSTEM
AVE SURGE W Overtopping Erosion
PROS Absorbs Surge Power Redirects Wave Less Erosive Quick Establishment
Damage
CONS High Maintanence Expensive $$ False Security Overtopping Reduces Beach Creation
URBAN DUNE SYSTEM
A dynamic dune tectonic system
Absorbs Surge Power Redirects Wave Less Erosive Slows Storm Surge Water Storage Accessible
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DUNE CONTEXT + AXON
PROGRAM PLAN
Hybridizes the rigidity of a seawall with the permeability of a dune system.
HAMMOCK NET CANOPY
Green Space
Skate Park
SAND COVER
Playground
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LOW ENERGY SCENARIO HIGH ENERGY SCENARIO
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BOARDWALK STRUCTURE
Integrated Drain Boardwalk Surface
Programmed Sea Wall Cap
Utility Infrastructure
Pipes
Cistern Water Management Water Storage
Sea Wall and Boardwalk
SEAWALL
STORM WATER STORAGE
PEDESTRIAN AMENITY
Filter Mesh
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GATEWAY TO BREAKWAY
GATEWAY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, NEW YORK + NEW JERSEY Critic__Ellen Neises Spring 2013 The Gateway National Recreation Area consists of eleven public parks located on the coastlines of New Jersey, Staten Island, and Brooklyn. In its current configuration, the disjointed arrangement of the parks, restricted access to natural habitats, underutilized waterways, and unclear public entry points has weakened Gateway’s identity and kept it from reaching its true potential as a world class national recreation area. Surrounding the park is a massive amount of hardscape which creates immediate stormwater issues as well as long-term ecological ones. By removing much of the impervious pavement that rings Gateway, new islands could be built out of rip-rap to increase habitat for the many marine and migratory wildlife that live in the Rariton Bay as well as provide more programmable space for the population of park visitors. Not only will the islands create increased co-habitation between species and sightseers, they would protect against any storm surges this area is bound to receive. Increased ferry service and public transportation will connect Gateway to New York and New Jersey as well as locate it securely within the urban environment.
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PROPOSED__GATEWAY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
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ACCESS Existing Ferry Lines Proposed Ferry Lines Existing Navigation Channels Existing Subway Lines Proposed Kayak Routes Proposed Entry Points -5’
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HARDSCAPE
CURRENT HARDSCAPE
RIP-RAP
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BARRIER ISLANDS
SOFTEN + SLOW Crenelate to Attenuate Storm Surge
FOULING
BARNACLES
BREAKWATERS
RECREATION
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“Best of all it was fresh - gloriously fresh.
TIMBER LINE
ERO HEDG W 3,000’ 2,300’
At every step there was the exhilarating feeling of breaking new ground. There were no musty signs of human occupation.
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This, beyond a doubt, was an unbeaten path.”
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Adjective + Feminine wild / savage uncivilized / uncultivated untamed / rough fierce / cruel
MEDIA IV : LINEAR CITY Critic__Valerio Morabito Fall 2014
This course was a semester long experiment in imagination and collage. Inspired by many different ideas of what an “ideal city” could be and pulling from sources ranging from Plato, Italo Calvino, Tim Burton, and Blade Runner we were free to play and mix media. At full scale this drawing is 120 inches long and only a small portion of it is featured here.
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homosapian
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pliocene oligocene
paleocene cretaceous 23M
triassic
56M
cambrian 359M 416M
GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE
542M
proterozoic
MOUNTAIN ELEVATOR
4,300’
2.5B
4.6B
archean
"And the wind full of wantonness Woos like a lover The young Aspen trees
Till they tremble all over."
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.
QUAKING ASPEN GROVE
GEOTHERMAL WELL
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1”
4”
1 white card
4 black strips
paper
MEDIA II : 4 X 4
Critics__Todd Montgomery + Ellen Neises Spring 2013 This was an exercise in creating three-dimensional models from a two-dimensional graphic study. Using a combination of two actions (tear and move), I ripped off pieces of black paper to highlight the four-strip structure by revealing the white card below. I then interpreted this image into four models made of various materials. Using these models I then created a view. All model studies are 4” x 4”.
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gauze
plaster
fabric
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MEDIA I : FOUND PROJECTIONS Critics__ Anuradha Mathur and Dilip da Cunha Fall 2012
This course worked to develop free-hand drawing skills and the graphic grammar of measured drawing (orthographic, oblique, and perspective projection). The ability to represent threedimensional terrains in two dimensions and the potential of twodimensional drawings to project and imagine three-dimensional space are crucial to the process of design and building. The act of projection itself can be part of the articulation of space and the uncovering of dynamic territories.
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