Fabrizio Prati URBAN DESIGN PORTFOLIO
FABRIZIO PRATI
Urban Designer + City and Regional Planner 2212 Ashby Avenue 94705 Berkeley, CA +1 (510) 646 5357 fabprati@gmail.com https://issuu.com/fabrizioprati
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2010 - 2013 | URBAN PLANNER (3 years 6 months)
Project manager at Economie Aménagement Urbanisme | PROSCOT Group | Paris, France Participated in several urban studies, master plans, zoning and planning documents such as Schémas de Cohérence Territoriale (SCOT) and Plans Locaux d’Urbanisme in a team comprised of specialists in urban and regional planning, geography, environmental issues, urban and regional economics and planning legislation. Outlined mobility schemes analysing mobility and transportation issues in congested districts of the Paris metropolitan area, small cities and rural areas with a focus on active and alternative mobility. Responsibilities included management of an interdisciplinary team, organization, and moderation of work sessions, presentations, focus groups and public meetings.
2008 - 2009 | URBAN PLANNER (1 year and 3 months)
Junior project manager at AREP Ville | Department of Urban Design | AREP Group | Paris, France Participated in urban reports and master plans as part of projects in France, Morocco, India, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam and the international competition “Le Grand Pari(s) de l’agglomération parisienne”.
2008 | URBAN PLANNER (6 months)
Intern at AREP Ville | Department of Urban Design | AREP Group | Paris, France
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URBAN DESIGN COMPETITIONS AND WORKSHOPS
SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
MARCH 2014 Berkeley Circus (College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley)
2013/2014 Gadsby-Trudgett Fellowship in Urban Design College of Environmental Design of the University of California, Berkeley
JANUARY 2014 Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition - Urban Land Institute DECEMBER 2013 South China University of Technology International Workshop – Guangzhou, CHINA (Under the supervision of Pr. Peter Bosselmann)
EDUCATION 2013/2014 | POST-PROFESSIONAL MASTER’S DEGREE
Urban Design | College of Environmental Design | University of California, Berkeley (GPA 3.9)
Autumn 2007 Mobility scholarship from the University of Paris XII (Institute of Planning) (One semester in Canada at the University Of Montreal) 2004/2005 Erasmus Scholarship (European Region Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students) Mobility scholarship from the University of Brescia 2002/2003 Merit and need based scholarship from the University of Brescia 2003/2004 Merit and need based scholarship from the University of Brescia
Master’s thesis: Retrofitting and reconnecting the Acorn District. A flexible strategy to reclaim and transform interstitial spaces
2006-2008 | MASTER’S DEGREE
Urban and Regional Planning | Institute of Urban Planning, Paris | France One semester at the Institute of Planning - University of Montreal, Canada First year Master’s thesis: The opportunity of automated metro systems in mid-sized urban areas in Europe (the cases of Brescia and Rennes) Second year Master’s thesis: High railways and urban development, the case of out-of-town TGV stations in France and Italy
LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES ITALIAN | mother tongue FRENCH | bilingual - certificate: TEF | score: advanced | 2006 ENGLISH | advanced - certificate: TOEFL | score: 93/120 | 2012 SPANISH | advanced PORTUGUESE | basic
TECHNICAL AND COMPUTER SKILLS MS OFFICE: Word, Powerpoint and Excel.
2006 | BACHELOR’S DEGREE
ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE: Indesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.
Final grade 100/110
CAD, 3D AND RENDERING SOFTWARES: Autocad, Rhino3D, SketchUp, V-ray and Lumion.
Economics | University of Brescia | Italy
One year at the Faculty of Economics - University of Valencia | Spain
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS: QGIS, GVSIG, MapInfo, ArcGIS and GeoConcept
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Urban Design Master’s thesis
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Retrofitting and reconnecting the Acorn Neighborhood in Oakland, California:
University of California Berkeley Summer 2014 Location: West Oakland, CA Thesis commitee: Rene Davids, Peter Bosselmann, Harrison Fraker
Advanced Urban Design Studio
I-280 and Caltrain Yards removal: Mission Bay Eco-District
University of California Berkeley Spring 2014 Location: Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA Instructor: John Ellis
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Urban places studio
A vision of the Bay in 2050: India Basin ‘slow’ neighborhood
University of California Berkeley Summer 2014 Location: India Basin, San Francisco, CA Instructors: P. Bosselmann, J. Kriken
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ULI Hines Urban Design Competition
Sulphur Dell: A resilient cultural hub connected to the Riverfront
University of California Berkeley Spring 2014 Location: Nashville, TN Instructor: Rene Chow
South China University of Technology International Workshop
A vision for the Jiang Men Riverfront
South China University of Technology Winter 2013 Location: Jiang Men, China Instructor: P. Bosselmann
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A flexible strategy for reclaiming interstitial spaces
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Urban Design Master’s thesis University of California Berkeley Summer 2014 Location: West Oakland, CA
Retrofitting and reconnecting the Acorn Neighborhood in Oakland, California:
A flexible strategy for reclaiming interstitial spaces
The proposal for the possible transformation of the Acorn neighborhood in Oakland, CA is based on the assumption that the neighborhood, because of its location and the availability of land will become soon a very desirable place in the macro-region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Land availability: underutilized spaces + reconversion of the Howard terminal + West Oakland Specific Plan Accessibility: the west Oakland BART station puts the neighborhood 20 minutes away from downtown San Francisco + all the trains of all 4 BART lines stop at this station connecting the East Bay, San Francisco and the Peninsula (277 trains in each direction daily) Key points: resiliency and flexible transformations Integrate risk management and local character into the (re)-design of streets, buildings and infrastructures. Integrate the regional and the local scale with specific strategies. Envision a transformation that goes beyond the classic urban design temporalities. SLR SCENARIO
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TODAY 50 CM 100 CM 140 CM
HISTORICAL MORPHOLOGY
A FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK FOR THE ACORN
SEVEN
TH ST
FLEXIBILITY Block retrofitting to create mixed blocks (wrapping a storage building with offices and residential).
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I-880 STREE
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THIRD
MAR KE
T STR
RE-USE Using interstitial spaces (in this case a portion of an abandoned railroad) to create parks and productive landscapes.
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PORT OF OAKLAND
RESILIENCY A design that responds to a changing climate and a rising sea.
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REET
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INCREMENTAL RETROFITTING Parcelization and step-by-step intensification of low-dense parcels
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ET
TRANSIT FIRST high density developments could lead to the creation of a new BART station (2004 feasibility study)
ACTIVE MOBILITY Pedestrian malls and shortcuts to foster walkability + access to public transportation
OAKLAND INNER HARBOR CITY OF ALAMEDA
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STORE / ABSORB
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DOWNTOWN
PORT OF OAKLAND
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ALAMEDA
Protect the neighborhood and the rail infrastructure serving the Port of Oakland from sea level rise, by envisioning a long term adaptive strategy that can be implemented only partially. See section on the opposite page.
CONNECT
STORE / ABSORB
Collect, clean and re-use storm-water. Increase the permeability of the neighborhood to face a changing climate with more extreme meteorological events.
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PROTECT
WEST OAKLAND
PROTECT
REGIONAL SCALE STRATEGY: PROTECT + STORE + (RE)CONNECT
Regional scale strategy | Overall map
Integrate the neighborhood to the rest of the city of Oakland by overcoming the barrier created by the transportation infrastructures. Connect to the existing network of parks as well as pedestrian and bike trails.
RESILIENCY
(RE)CONNECT
EXISTING RAILROAD
EMBARCADERO ST
HOWARD TERMINAL
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1 HORIZONTAL LEVEE
SLOPED PLAZA
SLOPED PLAZA
TERMINAL DEVELOPMENT (URBAN ‘FINGERS’)
BIO-REMEDIATION + WETLAND PARK
WETLAND PARK
2 SLOPED PLAZA
FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
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LINEAR PARK
SLOPED PLAZA
RAIL TUNNEL
PASSENGER RAILROAD
FREIGHT RAILROAD
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LOCAL SCALE STRATEGY: ENHANCE + EASE + RETROFIT
ENHANCE
Before/After: Freeway I-880 ramps partial removal and creation of a multi-sport park
Before/After: Creation of the West Oakland Art Center for Street and Informal Art Enhance and transform neglected interstitial spaces into focal points of the urban transformation. Strategically transform these spaces in an incremental way through tactical interventions.
Before/After: Pop-Up installation to improve freeway crossing and secure the public realm
A sloped plaza at the end of Market street topped with a public building (a community center and public library) to invite people to access the new waterfront and the wetland park. The slope allows to overcome the railway infrastructure.
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EASE
THE NEW MAIN STREET: THE PROGRESSIVE TRANSFORMATION OF MARKET STREET
THIRD STREET TRANSIT (LIGHT RAIL) CORRIDOR + PROGRESSIVE DENSIFICATION
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LOCAL SCALE STRATEGY: ENHANCE + EASE + RETROFIT
RETROFIT Retrofitting existing blocks in a flexible and incremental way. Acknowledging the importance of maintaining the neighborhood history, the character as well as the social and economic structure avoiding a radical -from scratch- unnatural transformation. Envisioning a neighborhood transformation respectful of the ‘genius loci’.
RETROFITTING PROCESS
TRANSFORMATION OF A FORMER INDUSTRIAL BLOCK INTO A MIXED-USE ‘OPEN BLOCK’ ADD-ON: NEW BUILDINGS ENCLOSING BART
STAGE 1 STAGE 2 PROGRESSIVELY TRANSFORM UNDER-UTILIZED LOTS TO CREATE A MORE VIBRANT AND ENGAGING PUBLIC LIFE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
INTENSIFICATION OF A FURNITURE WHOLESALE BLOCK INTRODUCING NEW USES+ACTIVITIES ADD-ON MIXED-USE BUILDINGS
ADD-ON GREEN ROOF GREENHOUSE
EXISTING BUILDINGS
ADD-ON: URBAN FACADE
INTEGRATION OF A HIGH-DENSITY BUILDING WITH THE EXISTING FABRIC RESIDENTIAL TOWER
ADD-ON MIXED-USE BUILDINGS EXISTING BDGS (KEPT)
EXISTING BUILDINGS
PERMEABLE INNER BLOCK
NEXT?
ADD-ON TRANSPARENT NEW FACADE (SHOWCASE)
EXISTING BDGS TO DEMOLISH
PARKING PODIUM
LOW RISE MIXED USE BUILDINGS
HIDDEN PARKING + STORAGE BART PEDESTRIAN SHORTCUT NEW STREET (WOONERF) PEDESTRIAN SHORTCUT
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NEW PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY FACADE
NEW STREET ACTIVE FRONTAGES RETAIL+PDR
ACTIVE FRONTAGES RETAIL+PDR
The strategy aims to raise the buildings ground level to 15’ above the current level of the terminal, in order to connect the fingers with the linear park above the rail tunnel and to prevent flooding in case of special tidal condition (year 2100 expected sea level rise condition). The land will not be raised completely (only the portion that will be built).
MID-RISE BLDGS DENSE BLOCKS PERMEABLE INNER BLOCKS
RAMPS Re-use of terminal ground
BUILDING OVER PODIUM
GREEN CORRIDOR
BUILDING OVER PODIUM
EXTENSION OF MARKET ST
MARKET STREET
FLOODABLE LINEAR PARK
RIP-RAP
BUILDING OVER PODIUM
RAMPS
Re-use of terminal ground
PODIUM BASES
GREEN CORRIDOR
SECTION OF THE FINGERS NEIGHBORHOOD EXTENSION
RIP-RAP
PODIUM BASES
BUILDING OVER PODIUM
In between these urban fingers, stretching toward the water a linear park leading to the shoreline will be created, which will be progressively flooded by the raising of the sea level to become a canal.
RAMPS RIP-RAP
ENVISIONING A LONG TERM STRATEGY
CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM NEIGHBORHOOD EXTENSION + CONNECTION WITH ALAMEDA
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Advanced Urban Design Studio University of California Berkeley Spring 2014 Location: Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA
Mission Bay Eco-District The aim of the studio was to explore a challenging long term planning project in San Francisco history, involving a range of master planning, land use, infrastructure, urban repair, landscape design and transportation issues. The location of the site is the Caltrain yards between 4th and 7th streets in the South of Market area of San Francisco and the Caltrain / I-280 corridor in the Mission Bay neighborhood. The studio involved three big planning solutions as part of an ambitious master plan of the area: 1 - Considering the best route for the extension of the California High Speed Rail into Downtown San Francisco; 2 - Considering the impacts of demolishing the last 1.5 miles of I-280 and replacing it with on-grade solution; 3 - Elaborating a master-plan for the liberated areas for a mixed use neighborhood proposing building, block and street typologies.
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Street network Built environment Transit infrastructure
EXISTING STREET NETWORK
PROPOSED STREET NETWORK
PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN NETWORK
EXISTING BLDG FOOTPRINTS
PROPOSED BLDG FOOTPRINTS
PROPOSED LAND USE
EXISTING MASS TRANSIT
PROPOSED MASS TRANSIT
HIGH SPEED RAIL ALIGNMENT
Proposed street network: I-280 removal and creation of a multi-way boulevard along 7th street where the freeway traffic will be redirected. The traffic coming from the South Bay and going towards the Financial District (Fi-Di) will be diverted on King St. The traffic coming from the Fi-Di and the Bay Bridge will be channelized onto Townsend. The rest of the streets of the new neighborhood will be either traffic calming streets (Woonerfs) or completely pedestrianized streets.
The demolition (in red in the first map) of the Caltrain yards, the current Caltrain Station and a few light industrial buildings will make room for a 42 acres mixed-use, highdense (130 DU/AC) pedestrian oriented new neighborhood.
The proposed mass transit network includes the extension of the N line along Potrero Ave toward the South to serve Potrero Hill and the SF General Hospital. Another proposition consists in extending the J line to create a loop serving the Mission District (intersecting BART at 16th st Mission) and Downtown SF. This new circle line could be renamed ‘C line’. The proposal for the Caltrain/High Speed Rail alignment is a phased more direct connection to the future Transbay Terminal which will make faster connections with the South Bay. The Caltrain station will not be displaced but rebuilt almost entirely underground.
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NETWORKS
OVERALL VIEW OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD Mixed-use open block
Transit mall reconfiguration of King street
Multipurpose Plaza + Park
A FUNCTIONAL WATER NETWORK DAY-LIGHTNING OF MISSION CREEK A MORE ACCESSIBLE WATERFRONT WATER STORAGE Landscaped water storage Pumping system
A NETWORK OF CANALS
ACCESSIBLE SEMI-PUBLIC INNER BLOCKS Personal design proposal Areas being designed by other team members
Daylighting of Mission creek
PUBLIC PARKS/ OPEN SPACES STREETSCAPE SEMI-PUBLIC INNER BLOCKS PRIVATE OPEN SPACES
Planned park
Artificial pond water storage
Artificial canal
New Urban front gained after I-280 demolition
AN EXTENSIVE PEDESTRIAN NETWORK
Multi-way Boulevard
A CLEAR STREET HIERARCHY
TOWNSEND ST (FROM FI-DI) KING ST (TOWARD FI-DI) MULTI-WAY BOULEVARD
Residential block with semi-public inner courtyard
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California College of the Arts in San Francisco (proposed extension)
I-280 FREEWAY START/END (TOWARD/ FROM THE SOUTH-BAY)
AMENITIES: A FUNCTIONAL LANDSCAPE
UNDERGROUND CO-GENERATION PLANT
MULTIPURPOSE PLAZA + PARK MEDIUM-SIZE SPORTS FIELD
Purified Exhaust
OBSERVATION POINT
Heat/Hot water to buildings Gas Turbine
Waste Heat Recovery Boiler Generator
ECO-CENTER SKATEPARK
OPEN-AIR FLOATING PUBLIC POOLS
Absorption Chiller
Combustion Chamber
A/C to buildings Electricity to buildings
Combustible waste/ Biofuel
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS EXTENSION NEW BUILDINGS
PUBLIC PARK
EXISTING CCA CAMPUS
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STREET TYPES
1 KING STREET TRANSIT CORRIDOR 4
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3
160’ TRANSIT CORRIDOR WITH CENTRAL ‘RAMBLA’
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15’
8’
10’
50’ 160’
Parklet
2 7TH STREET BOULEVARD
Local access road
140’ MULTI-WAY BOULEVARD
20’ Transit Rambla
7’
One-way Boulevard
10’ 8’
30’
Frontage Road
4 CONVERTED ELEVATED FREEWAY ‘SKY-BAR’ DOWNTOWN VIEW
ELEVATOR + OBSERVATION DECK
15’
3 CAR-FREE ‘CANAL DISTRICT’
8’
10’
7’ Frontage Road
20’
20’
20’
7’
140’
Boulevard throughway
10’
OBSERVATION DECK TOWARD THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD
OBSERVATION DECK TOWARD MISSION BAY
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Pedestrian promenade
Artificial Canal
8’
15’
BLOCK CONFIGURATIONS
RESIDENTIAL BLOCK
OPEN
BUILT
TYPICAL UPPER FLOOR
VIEW OF THE BLOCK FROM THE ARTIFICIAL POND
PEDESTRIAN PATHS
GROUND FLOOR
SEMI-PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
300
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220
RESIDENTIAL RETAIL PDR
MIXED USE BLOCK
SEMI-UNDERGROUND PARKING
PRIVATIZED FRONTAGES
OPEN
BUILT
TYPICAL UPPER FLOOR
RETAIL OFFICE
GROUND FLOOR
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SEMI-PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
PRIVATIZED FRONTAGES
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300
300
VIEW OF THE INNER COURTYARD
PEDESTRIAN PATHS
RESIDENTIAL RETAIL OFFICE
SEMI-UNDERGROUND PARKING
Semi-public courtyard
40’
Semi-und. Parking 135’
semi-public courtyard
45’
canal 80’
65’
Semi-underground parking 170’
Multi-way boulevard 65’
140’
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Urban places studio University of California Berkeley Summer 2014 Location: India Basin, San Francisco, CA Instructors: P. Bosselmann, J. Kriken
India Basin ‘slow’ neighborhood The studio objective was to elaborate a 2050 vision of a Bay Area neighborhood in a context of rising sea level, reduced car dependence and more intense land use. In effect, by 2050 the Bay Area will have to find room for additional 2.1 million residents and 1.1 millions jobs. My focus for transformation of the India Basin area is to create a neighborhood where active mobilities and transit would be the first choice for residents and workers. In addition the project aimed to: - Test creative solutions to respond to a rising sea level; - Promote the use of alternative energies in order to create a carbon neutral neighborhood; - Provide affordable housing and new jobs, but also creating the conditions to maintain ‘low tech’ jobs on site by integrating PDR with housing and offices.
OVERALL VIEW IN 2050 OAKLAND SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO BAY
SAN JOSE
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Third St.
India Basin
Caltrain
SAN FRANCISCO
PHASE 2
Phase 1 Mixed use - mixed income / mid-rise / pedestrian and transit oriented neighborhood
PHASE 1
PHASING
OVERALL BIRD’S EYE VIEW OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT AREA IN 2050 WITH ZOOMS ON THE 4 PLANNED PHASES
Phase 4 Office-park/ urban campus oriented to new tech and green tech PHASE 3
LEGEND Phase 3 Residential and PDR mixed neighborhood with an upscale residential waterfront.
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RESIDENTIAL OFFICE PUBLIC FACILITIES LIGHT INDUSTRIAL/PDR EXISTING BUILDINGS
ZOOM STATION DISTRICT
OVERALL VIEW OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Woonerf + Pedestrian Main Retail Corridor
New Caltrain Station
Pedestrian shortcut Caltrain/ HSR Muni T-line Stop
Mun i T-lin e
d Caltrain + High-sp ee
TRANSIT FIRST/PEDESTRIAN NEIGHBORHOOD
FIRST PHASE (STATION DISTRICT)
ORIENTED
PHASE 4
Phase 2 Residential, mostly upscale neighborhood with high dense commercial and community core around a central park.
Muni (Light rail)
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DESIGN GUIDELINES
DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR THE MAIN RETAIL STREET
ARCHITECTURAL DIVERSITY: ELEVATION ALONG THE NEW MAIN STREET
Segregated BRT lane + bike lane
Green walls
BUS stop + bike sharing station Elevated crosswalks
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PRIORITIZING SLOW MOBILITY: RENDERING OF A WOONERF
1-Interactions: frontage zone Green streets + Storm-water management
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2-Movement: through zone 3-Furniture: curb zone
Renewable energies
Architectural identity Extended sidewalks allowing space for interactions, movement, and street furniture
SEA LEVEL RISE STRATEGY The proposed strategy to protect India Basin from Sea Level Rise consists in raising the land of the cargo terminal by digging an artificial canal along cargo way and use the materials to change the topography. By doing that the terminal will transform into an unique piece of San Francisco, an exceptional new waterfront for the city and the third biggest island of the Bay.
PARC
EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD
SECTION B-B’
TIDAL MARSH
PROPOSED NEW DEVELOPMENT
EXISTING
SALTWATER VEGETATION
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TIDAL MARSH
B
A
The project involves the creation of a 98 acres park which is designed to work as a reservoir for stormwater. The artificial hills on the sides protect the neighborhood from the predicted sea level rise by 2100. (5’ SLR + king tide = 16.5’)
DAYLIGHTED CREEK
B’
FLOODABLE PARK + STORM-WATER RESERVOIR
SALTWATER VEGETATION
A
A’
PARC
RESILIENCY STRATEGY
A’
SECTION A-A’
LAND RAISED
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BIRD’S EYE VIEW
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The neighborhood is strategically located between single-family residential neighborhoods, the Cumberland River, and downtown Nashville. The strategy is based on three axis: Health. The proposal envisioned compact urban living that promotes a healthy lifestyle and reconnects with the riverfront. Resiliency. We proposed a combination of soft and hard infrastructure in the form of floodable parks, increased infiltration throughout the site, and additional discharge areas for the drainage basin. New buildings in the flood areas have a raised finish floor with a floodable underground garage. Culture. The proposal offers new music venues along the main street ending at the riverfront amphitheater. The new Arts District located in the old Farmer’s Market provides a space for the “creative class” in an area with public exposure and a monthly Open Studio night.
ULI Hines Urban Design Competition University of California Berkeley Spring 2014 Location: Nashville, TN Instructor: Rene Chow
Sulphur Dell: A resilient cultural hub connected to the Riverfront
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THE NEW RIVERFRONT
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ABANDONED WAREHOUSES (BEFORE)
CULTURAL HUB (BEFORE)
FARMER’S MARKET (BEFORE)
ARTIST LIVE/WORK LOFTS (BEFORE)
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SULPHUR DELL HOTEL
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MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
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GREENWAY CONDOS
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FARMER’S MARKET
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LIVE/WORK
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BALLPARK
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RESTAURANT/BAR HUB
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COMMUNITY FARM
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STATE LIBRARY
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FLOOD RETENTION PARK
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BIKEPATH
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PUBLIC PLAZA
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AMPITHEATRE
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GREENROOF PARKING STRUCTURE
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South China University of THE transformation Technology International OF THE Jiao Bei Workshop South ChinaIndustrial Un. of Technology area Winter 2013 Location: Jiang Men, China Instructor: P. Bosselmann
Transportation
Connections still in construction GuangZhou
GuangZhou
FoShan
Preserved Bu
Train Roads
Sea transportation
FoShan DongGuan
Pedestrains
DongGuan
ShenZhen
ShenZhen
ZhongShan
ZhongShan HongKong
JiangMen
HongKong
JiangMen
ZhuHai
ZhuHai ZhuHai
Macau
Macau
JIANGMEN, GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA
DetailPreserved Design of specific area Buildings
Transportation
Landscape
1 Sections of the roads
VIEW OF THE SITE FROM THE NORTH BANK OF THE RIVER
Section A-A
Roads
Section B-B
Reserved Buildings Historical villages
Pedestrains
A vision for the Jiang Men Riverfront
JIAO BEI is an abandoned industrial site in the city of Jiang Men, China. The local government had planned the transformation of this area by removing the industrial buildings and the existing villages as well as by leveling the current topography.
DetailPreserved DesignBuildings ofNEW specific FERRY area
Transportation
West River
1 Sections of the roads Section A-A
Roads
Manufactories Industrial Factories
Historical Villages
High level Residence
Our proposal aimed to: - maintain the identity and the history of the site (by preserving the villages, the most significant industrial buildings and the topography), - recreate a green network by creating green fingers and canals from the hills to the river; - refusing the Potentials: grid and design a truly Challenges: Landscape walkable neighborhood;
Detail Design of specific area
River & Hill.
The site lies between the Jiangmen RIver and the hills
Plan for Section A-A
2 Village
Landscape resources are not in good use. The ecosystem is really fragmented.
preserve most of the exsiting buldings reorganize the circulations
C D
pedestria C car entrace
roads for cars pedestrian alleys
structure of the pubic space
remove and rebuilt some of the buidings to create public space for communications and activities Section encourage the villagers theD-D pedestrain Sectionrun C-Ctheir own workshops of traditional handcrafts along mixed use blocks
3 Mixed use blocks
pedestrian entrace A
B
A
Typical v
B
mix the function of workshop and living high density with public amenities
2 D
D
2 Village
Reconnect the mountains with the river. Make the riverbank accessible to pedestrians
preserve most of the exsiting buldings reorganize the circulations
pedestrian C entrace
ACCESIBLE
3CONNECTED
Reserve moutains as scenery or parks instead of removing them for buildings
park
Create green fingers from the moutains on the
mix the function of workshop and living high density with public amenities
Typical mixed us
handcrafts workshop of villige
living area
courtyard
VILLAGE & RESIDENTIAL
residence
main square
workshop
square
pedestrian entrace car entrace
landscape node
OLD CITY CENTER
INDUSTRY roads for cars pedestrian alleys RECENT
mixed use blocks
art & craft WORKSHOP with R&B
CONTEXT-SENSITIVE mix the function of workshop and living high density with public amenities
RESIDENTIAL & HOTEL, FIRM
RESIDENTIAL
secition of the village
pedestrian entrace
structure of the pubic space
Transportation
Green Fingers
Squares are used to activate the interaction between villagers as well as enhance t encourage the villigers run their own workshops on the ground floor of their hous
structure of public space
CULTURE PARK
Optimize the transportation and circulation system. 3 Mixed use blocks
Reorganize the major artery, create North-South and East-West connections, prioritize pedestrian and public transportation.
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Typical village plan
ZHONG SHAN INDUSTRY
MIXED
VIEW OF THE SITE FROM WEST OVERLOOKING THE JIANG MEN RIVER 2
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RESIDENTIAL & VILLAGE
B
A pedestrian entrace
structure of the pubic space
remove and rebuilt some of the buidings to create public space for communications and activities encourage the villagers run their own workshops of traditional handcrafts along the pedestrain mixed use blocks Mixed use blocks
square
car entrace
landscape node
MAIN CONCEPT:
living area
C
roads for cars pedestrian alleys
Plan for Section B-B
Plan for Section A-A
Moutain scenery
The site is today an enclave between the river and a busy major transportation artery
remove and rebuilt some of the buidings to create public space for communication encourage the villagers run their own workshops of traditional handcrafts along the Section DSection C-C
preserve most of the exsiting buldings reorganize the circulations
Plan for Section B-B
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The site lies besides both historical area and the new town of Jangmen
2 Village
landscape node
Our site -- JiaoBei is an area that lies in the east of Jiangmen, GuangDong province. It is situated where the West river meets the Jiangmen river with its views over the historical district of Jangmen as well as both the urban water landscape in the north and the mountain scenery in the south. It mainly consist of some historical villages, light industry and the Jiangmen industrial factory which has bought this city into brilliant ages of industry. The area is now stuggling for the recession and the factory has ended its production mainly because of helth concerns. Today the city of Jangmen aims to reconvert this area introducing new fonctions. The main challanges consists in reconnecting this area to the city and the surrounding natural environment, by creating an attractive and thriving community.
Strategies:
Plan for Section B-B
Plan for Section A-A
park
Create open space alongside the water and pedestrain system on both sides
Historical area & New town
Creeks
D
MIXED USE DISTRICT
Existing Conditions
Waterscape
Connections
Moutains
Section B-B
MAIN AXIS
Section B-B
Moutains
Historical district
Reserved Buildings
EXHIBITION CENTER
1 Sections of the roads Section A-A
TERMINAL PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN Historical villages
Pedestrains
Jiangmen River
Landscape
Typical village plan structure of public space
Squares are used to activate the interaction between villagers as well as enhance the environment encourage the villigers run their own workshops on the ground floor of their house Typical mixed use block plan
SECTION OF THE VILLAGE MAIN AXIS WITH THE TRADITIONAL PONDS courtyard
residence
FIRM & OFFICE
workshop
roof garden
Fabrizio Prati, Craig Toocheck, Wen Xin, Liu Yi Yao, Liao Zhe Xuan, Q
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