Urban Design Portfolio 2013-2014

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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).

A’

I-880 STREE

B

T

FIFT

HS

EET

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.

C

PORT OF OAKLAND

RESILIENCY A design that responds to a changing climate and a rising sea.

A

REET

C’

INCREMENTAL RETROFITTING Parcelization and step-by-step intensification of low-dense parcels

B’ TRE

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

X’

DOWNTOWN

PORT OF OAKLAND

X

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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X’

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

1

3

160’ TRANSIT CORRIDOR WITH CENTRAL ‘RAMBLA’

2

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

220

RESIDENTIAL RETAIL PDR

MIXED USE BLOCK

SEMI-UNDERGROUND PARKING

PRIVATIZED FRONTAGES

OPEN

BUILT

TYPICAL UPPER FLOOR

RETAIL OFFICE

GROUND FLOOR

SEMI-PUBLIC OPEN SPACE

PRIVATIZED FRONTAGES

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.

N

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

N

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

N

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

B

B’

BIRD’S EYE VIEW

A

A’

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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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D

D

14

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EARL SCRUGGS ALLEYWAY 5

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JOHNNY CASH WAY

CHET ATKINS ALLEYWAY

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A

B

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1 1

ABANDONED WAREHOUSES (BEFORE)

CULTURAL HUB (BEFORE)

FARMER’S MARKET (BEFORE)

ARTIST LIVE/WORK LOFTS (BEFORE)

B A 5

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12

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12 14

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D

D

B

C

B

C

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MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL

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SULPHUR DELL HOTEL

B

MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL

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GROCERY/MARKET

C

GREENWAY CONDOS

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FARMER’S MARKET

D

LIVE/WORK

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BALLPARK

1

RESTAURANT/BAR HUB

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2

COMMUNITY FARM

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STATE LIBRARY

3

FLOOD RETENTION PARK

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BIKEPATH

4

PUBLIC PLAZA

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AMPITHEATRE

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GREENROOF PARKING STRUCTURE

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EXISTING BUILDING/ REUSE

B

C

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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.

B

Typical village plan

ZHONG SHAN INDUSTRY

MIXED

VIEW OF THE SITE FROM WEST OVERLOOKING THE JIANG MEN RIVER 2

A

2

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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SITE

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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