FILIBERTO J. VITERI CHÁVEZ URBAN DESIGN PORTFOLIO
Filiberto J. Viteri Chรกvez Architect - Urban Designer - Researcher New York +1 (347)5740664 Guayaquil +593 987 805388 filiberto.viteri@gmail.com
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TABLE OF CONTENS
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Campus UCSG
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Caleta: Affordable Housing for a Sustainable Community
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Operative Landscapes
22-35
Cooperative Growth
36-45
Leveraging Exchange
36-41
URBAN DESIGN PORTFOLIO 5 PROJECTS
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BEFORE
50% of area
750 Parking lots REVIVE THE PUBLIC SPACE AND CREATE A SAFE PEDESTRIAN NETWORK
AFTER
1200 pparking lots
50%
of area
Public and pedestrian spaces 4
CAMPUS UCSG The Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil (UCSG) campus had evolved without any regulations since the University was founded in 1962. This unorganized and disperse pattern affected the quality of public spaces. Despite minor exceptions, the public real is the remaining void between buildings, with no significance. Furthermore, the paths that connect the different faculties are unsafe for pedestrians due to several conflicts with vehicular roads that, together with parking, occupy more than 50% of the total area. The project consists of an entire redesign of the public and open spaces of the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil campus. The Dean of the School of Architecture and Design started the initiative to develop a proposal and selected 5 graduation candidates to work directly with her due to their background. After a 4-month intensive research, the proposal was developed in 20 weeks, and served as a graduation project for a Bachelor degree in Architecture and the acquisition of a professional license for the 5 students. The main objective is to renovate the open area as a pedestrian precinct, altering the circulation in order to avoid conflicts and allow for the interaction among the members of the university community. The initial stage focused on contacting the students’ representatives from all the departments, minority communities and authorities in order to develop the conceptual proposal with a certain level of community participation. Later, a master plan proposal for the entire campus designated the areas with major interventions and the clustering of activities. Finally, additional buildings were designed, including dormitories for visitors and students from other provinces, spaces for services and commercial activities, multipurpose buildings, vertical parking facilities and “Plataforma”, a project adjacent to the Aula Magna, the most representative building on campus. After the graduation, the project was selected to represent the School of Architecture and Design at the Quito Pan-American Architecture Biennale in 2006, in the category of “Urban Design Thesis/Graduation Project for National Schools of Architecture”. The 3 main achievements consisted in:
• Convert the central space of the campus into a plaza with services for the students; • Clustering scattered activities -especially parking spaces- and redesigning pedestrian paths, and • Enhance the surrounding area of the iconic Aula Magna, to increase its capacity to house relevant activities for larger public.
Project Index Card Name: UCSG Campus Location: Guayaquil, Ecuador Date: 2005-2006 Period: Bachelor in Architecture Graduation Project University/Employer: Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil Professor/Critics: María Isabel Fuentes, Rosa Edith Rada Area: 25 Ha Team: Diana Bastidas, Cesar Hidalgo, María T. Nuques, Fernanda Ulloa, Filiberto Viteri Position and Tasks: Preliminary research and community participation. Development of concept; designer of additional buildings and their surrounding areas. Software: AutoCAD, Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator), Sketch Up, Artlantis Rendering. 5
Central Plaza in New Campus Proposal
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The central space, utilized as an informal parking area, is reconfigured as a plaza. Two additional buildings concentrate now the services and student activities that used to be dispersed and isolated inside the different faculties. One of the new structures, the Research Center, houses places for study and investigation, while the Social Center contains complementary services. The second intervention, is the redesign of the entire network of roads and
pedestrian paths. With a new parking building, sidewalks are free to feature landscape elements and vegetation that include local species and areas to rest, all designed under people with disabilities’ code specifications. Finally, the extension to the Aula Magna Atrium feature two elevated platforms. The first one, directly on top of the sloped parking area will double its capacity while maintaining the cars separated from the people. The other one, at the level of the Aula
Magna, reinforces the lateral entry – more commonly utilized-. The lighter platforms contrast with the tall and corpulent columns that reaffirm the lateral access. The design of these elements reinterpretes the pilars next to the building’s front entrance. Together the new columns and the platform are aligned with an imaginary axis that points to the main plaza in the center of campus.
CAMPUS UCSG
Additional Buildings
Research Center - model
Parking Building and pedestrian space
Social Services Center - model
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AĂąadir SubtĂtulo
2nd level Parking Area Addition
Aula Magna existing building elements
Original Parking Area
School of Engineering
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Elevated Atrium Extension
CAMPUS UCSG
Aula Magna Atrium
Addition to reinforce Entrance
Aula Magna (Main Symbolic Building on campus)
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AĂąadir SubtĂtulo
+19.00
+18.00
Ground Level
+22.00
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First elevated platform: Additinal Parking Area
CAMPUS CALETA UCSG
Aula Magna Atrium: Añadir Floor Subtítulo plans
+25.00
Second Elevated Platform: Additional Atrium
Roof plan
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CALETA Affordable Housing in a Sustainable Community
Designed in Guayaquil, for hot and humid climate conditions, the project attempts to provide affordable housing for low income families, as an alternative to sprawl. Since the city expansion is taking over farm lands, the master plan is an exercise that incorporates elements from 1) a dense urban environment, and 2) the country and agricultural land. The thesis has been developed under a design – research model. The first stage –research- investigated the historical process within a defined period in the Coast of Ecuador. This involved the vernacular and alien architectural features, climate conditions, materials, related psychological factors, the evolution of cultural values and the analysis of several previous attempts and their positive or negative input. Previous researches, updated information, statistics and polls or censuses were also considered. Besides considerations regarding the street orientation towards the wind flows, ecological alternatives for local transportation systems, and zoning that included infrastructure for social interaction, the master plan took into account a different approach to land property. The inner space was divided in lots, but the water front was designed as public, in order to enhance social interaction as an engine for community activities and development; at the same time, the design protects the mangrove areas in direct contact with the project that would have been otherwise exposed to the water flow. This perimeter also prevents individual attempts to informal land occupation and expansion due to community ownership. Project Index Card Name: CALETA – Affordable Housing for a Sustainable Community Location: Guayaquil, Ecuador Date: 2009-2010 Period: M.Arch Thesis Project University/Employer: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Professor/Critics: Lynne M. Dearborn Area: 125 Ha Team: Filiberto Viteri Position and Tasks: Research on migration settling patterns, traditional architecture, climate responsive buildings and modeling, conceptual design, design development at urban scale and detailing architectural features. Software: AutoCAD, Adobe Suite (Photoshop, illustrator, InDesign),, Climate Consultant, WUFI, Design Builder 13
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Project Location and Site Analysis
Wind and Orientation
Site Vulnerabilities and Views
Soil and Erosion
Topography and Slope
Runoffs and Rain
CALETA
Design Criteria
1. Establish boundary for community space and main circulation loop
2. Assign productive projects to community owned land according to site viability
3. Design the grid for housing development
4. Create connection nodes between circulation and community projects/points of interest
The sustainable community concept was based on the creation of common areas dedicated to productive activities. The list of activities was chosen from the farming-craftmenship background of future inhabitants, mostly inmigrants from the rural coast. Each productive area was integrated to the housing development and both perform together in providing resources to residents, such as food and public services. A community farm was selected
for further develpment. Due to the site location on the city limits, this area provides an intermediate landscape between the urban built environment and the farms in the proximity. Furthermore, it provides a familiar setting for new inmigrantes from the country side, while they get accostumed to the city life and, the escenario also helps integrating housing with the mangrove remaining in the waterfront. The model home was design to fulfill the basic needs and
aspirations of the average low income family, with specail consideration in the aesthetics, avoiding the looks of a traditional country house. At the same time, the prototype represents an attempt to affordable construction and good bioclimatic standards for the coast of Ecuador. The contemporary design reinterpretation of the vernacular house was made out of traditional building systems in order to get the best light, ventilation and assembly. The house has an
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Productive Activities: Community Farm
elongated shape, in order to capture the wind currents, and it is elevated from the ground to avoid thermal mass transmittance. In the interior, the rooms were enclosed and performed with an air conditioning system powered by biodiesel. The common areas instead were natural ventilated. The structural system is based on guadua and modular panels. By avoiding the use of concrete and limiting the building system to renewable materials and self-construction, the budget for each house was calculated 16
in 10.000 USD at the time. The type of arrangement allowed green areas around the houses to be used for agriculture (fruits and vegetables); the products could be used for trading and commerce between the members of the community. The construction of houses was also part of the community activities. Residents will be assisted to build house components that get easily assembled in order to achieve cheap and fast construction.
CALETA
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Climate responsive design: analysis and model tests
Study of overhang performance
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Model of Alternative Design
Model of Alternative Design
CALETA
Design of the Model Home
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Design Criteria
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Study of traditional constructions in pre-Spanish cultures
Model study on building systems and climate responsive structures
Triangular planes for structural rigidity
Assembly of panels
CALETA
Modularity
Basic Floorplan
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Reconnecting And Revitalizing Staten Island’s North Shore Today, the Staten Island North Shore Railway, a major infrastructural system is abandoned. The ruins create open and discontinuous residual spaces along it. The proposal aims to look at these voids as a functioning subsystem linked to dynamic processes of spaces and activity. The project considers vacant lots and areas likely to flood as an opportunity to create a dynamic operative landscape subsystem that could rapidly enhance development, generate housing opportunities, local jobs and quality spaces, and as well improve ecological conditions. The master plan is follows the railway and creates clusters along the North Shore. Each cluster is linked to a rail stop and develops into various types of housing and public facilities designed to meet the specific conditions of each neighborhood. In order to visualize this new implementation we summarize the qualities of the new grounds as a new fundamentally, active operative nature; platforms that provide a complex urban subsystem for the whole neighborhood. This will offer new relationships within a neighborhood, both physically and socially. These platforms are linked to the main transportation line and vary in nature. They are distinguished as urban systems of ecological nature, production spaces, transportation hubs and community spaces and housing.
Project Index Card
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Name: Operative Landscapes Location: Staten Island, New York, USA. Date: 2014 Period: Summer Semester – Master in Urban Design University/Employer: GSAPP, Columbia University Professor/Critics: Kaja Kühl, Coordinator; Michael Piper, Advisor; Brian Baldor, Tricia Martin and James Khamsi, Critics Area: 780 Ha Team: Zeyuan Qian, Tippayachat Sanghiran, Filiberto Viteri, Nour Zoghby Position and Tasks: Conceptual Design, Mapping, Site Investigation, Rendering and Visual Communications. Software: AutoCAD, Adobe Suite (Photoshop, illustrator, InDesign), Maya, MS Office
OPERATIVE LANDSCAPES
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Location: North Shore, Staten Island, New York
PROJECT PROJ O J EC ECT T LOCATION LOCA CATI CA TIO TION
50 %
2000
297 413 2010
18.5 %
PLACES PLACES
3% 2.5 % 3.5 %
14 % 14.5 % 15.5 %
VACANCY VACANT ABANDONED VACANT FOR RENT VACANT FOR SALE RENTED/SOLD NOT OCCUPIED SEASONAL/OCCASIONAL
27.5 %
51 %
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elm park port ivory 24
arlington
mariner’s harbor
wer hill
OPERATIVE LANDSCAPES
Present Conditions: Facts and Figures OPERATIVE LANDSCAPES
RECONNECTING AND REVITALIZING STATEN ISLAND’S FACTS NORTH AND FIGURES SHORE HISPANIC
15.5%
22%
57%
ONLY 1%
YEAR 2000
OF PEOPLE USE BIKES
3%
WHITE
HISPANIC
60% OF PEOPLE DRIVE TO WORK
17 %
36.5%
4%
30%
10%
40% WHITE
YEAR 2010
OK PEOPLE WALK TO WORK
OF PEOPLE USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
new brighton livingston
snug harbor
new stop west new port richmond
Remaining rail tracks, Neigborhood boundaries and Stations
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Present Rail Condition
Active Freight htt
At Grade
Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1
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At Below Street Level Grade
Viaduct At Grade v Railway Inactive
Street Car
Proposed Rail Condition
Below Street Level
OPERATIVE LANDSCAPES
Present Zoning Condition Single Family Homes
Single Family Homes
Single Family Homes
R5
M2 2
R5
Mid Height Buildings Single Family Homes
Mid Height Buildings
Low Height Buildings
Single Family Homes
Proposed Zoning Condition
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Añadir SubtítuloCenters And Program Distribution Neighbourhood
cluster 1
cluster 2
cluster 3
cluster 4
cluster 5
cluster 6
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livingston
snug harbor
new brighton
new stop
tower hill
port richmond
west new brighton
elm park port ivory
arlington
mariner’s harbor
Major Transportation Hub Site The Large Scale Manufacturing Development Site Site The Small Neighboorhood Site
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EVERYDAY NEED.
CLUSTER SPECIFIC
SOURCES OF PRODUCTION
• Grocery Stores • News Stands • Bookstores • Pharmacies
• Food Markets • Retail • Repair Shops • Sport Facilities
• Urban Farms • Partnership with Universities • Maker Labs • Family Agriculture
Program
OPERATIVE LANDSCAPES
Preserving and Reinforcing Añadir Green Subtítulo Spaces
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Site 1: Manufacturing, Research and Resiliency
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OPERATIVE LANDSCAPES
Leyend Housing Type 1 Housing Type 2 Education / Research Flooded/Green Resiliency Area Train
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Site 2: Large Scale Development
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Existing condition
Create parcels
OPERATIVE LANDSCAPES
Leyend Housing Type 1 Housing Type 2 Housing Type 3 Commercial School Facilities
Port Richmond High School Large Scale Development
Establish a green corridor
Public Sport Park
Densification
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Site 3: Port Richmond Transportation Hub
Richmond Avenue
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OPERATIVE LANDSCAPES
Leyend Ferry Addition Waterfront Edge Redesign Public Corridor Platforms and Rail Public Waterfront Ferry Terminal Housing Commercial
Richmond Avenue Rail Stop
Richmond Terrace
Waterfront Ferry Terminal
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Site 3: Port Richmond Transportation Hub Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Grant
Healthy Food Financing Initiative Pay For Success Head Start Low Income Housing Tax Credit CDFI’s
Choice Neighborhood Implementation Grant
SBA Creation Grant Shovel Ready Assistance Program Jobs Now Program Omnibus Economic Development Act Tiger Discretionary Grant
AGRICULTURE GOVERNMENT
Fraternal Order Of The Police Citizens For The Open Space Country Kids Food Pantry Elant At Earie Station Inc. American Federation Of Teachers Dispute Resolution Center Latinos Unidos of Hudson Valley Affordable Housing Foundation
WALKABILITY
HEALTH
EDUCATION
Saint Luke Hospital Benedictine Hospital Mount Saint Mary INSTITUTIONS S.U.N.Y. Community Collegue State University of New York
HOUSING
IMPROVE HEALTH UTILIZE VACANCIES SAFER STREETS WATER ASSET
INDUSTRY
NGOs
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
JOBS
EXPLOIT LOCATION TRAINING EDUCATION JOB GROWTH
Council of Industry of South East New York
YYE Foundation American Federation of Labor
Laborers International Union of N. America
TRANSPORTATION
Our project is based on a shared value model in which worker cooperatives, anchor institutions, nonprofit organizations and the city municipality work together to strengthen the Newburgh community and economy. Anchor Institutions such as Mt. St. Mary College, The Enlarged Newburgh School District, and St. Luke’s Hospital will partner with the nonprofit to create a worker cooperative centered on locally grown agriculture, and make investments toward improving the community regarding health and education. The nonprofit will finance and assist the worker cooperatives while partnering with the city municipality to achieve goals for economic development. The worker cooperative is co-owned by residents from the community, who get trained by the nonprofit in order to establish a relationship with regional farms to increase employment and capital. The initial urban intervention will consist of the following components: • A regional storage and distribution center that includes a hydroponic greenhouse • A local nonprofit corporation storefront, located at the East of Broadway • A local value-added food processing facility at the West of Broadway. • A linear park along Broadway, with flexible speculative spaces for community involvement. The NGO will utilize local agriculture to aid in improving the image and economic viability of Newburgh by incrementally beautifying the major Broadway corridor. By creating major hubs on the east and west end of Broadway, and establishing a network between them, a new image for Newburgh emerges anchored on an economy of local agriculture. Project Index Card Name: Cooperative Growth Location: Newburgh, NY, USA. Date: 2014 Period: Fall Semester – Master in Urban Design University/Employer: GSAPP, Columbia University Professor/Critics: Justin G. Moore & Skye Duncan, Coordinators; Lee Altman, Pippa Brashear, Phu Duong Christopher Kroner and Sandro Marpillero, Critics Area: City and Regional Scale Team: Preetal Shah, Filiberto Viteri, Xiaobei Yang, Nour Zoghby. Position and Tasks: Conceptual Design, Mapping, Site Investigation, Community Interaction, Meetings with Local Authorities, Rendering and Visual Communications. Software: AutoCAD, Adobe Suite (Photoshop, illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffects), Maya, MS Office 36
PRODUCTION MANUFACTURING
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MT. SAINT MARRY COLLEGE
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NEWBURGH URGH FREE ACADEMY
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ST.LUKE HOSPITAL
EDUCATE
REVEAL
DEMONSTRATE
HARRISON POND
Purchase Goods and Services
ARMORY CRYSTAL LAKE
MUCHATTOES LAKE
Anchor Institutions Make Investments of Patient & Student Capital
CITY OF NEWBURGH MUNICIPALITY
Partners on economic develoment
Finances and Assists
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REGIONAL FARMS
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Site Location and Economic Model
$25,000
PER DAY AVERAGE AMOUNT SPENT ON PURCHASING FOOD
ALBANY
CURRENT STATE National tional Wholesale Foods
POPULATION HEALTH ISSUES
COXSACKIE
WHAT IF?
DIABETES
76%
local ffood foo d
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
ATHENS
77%
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Regional farms
HIGH CHOLESTEROL
Anchor Institutions nstitutions WBURGH CITY OF NEWBURGH
62%
REGION
KINGSTON
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TRUCK ACCESS FROM 84 HIGHWAY
84
MALBORO 84
NEWBURGH
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LEGEND Agriculture Institutions, Hospitals and Health Facilities
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NEW YORK CITY
Existing Distribution Points Cities - Populated areas Touristic Stops Green Open Spaces
COOPERATIVE GROWTH Get Of Products 3 Products Get 2 Ship 1 Members 4Products Shipped To Storage On The The Co-op Work From Farm
COYOTE RIDGE STABLES
TOURIST ATTRACTIONS CLIMBING
Facility Together With Greenhouse Production
Collecting Products On Existing Farms
Newburgh From The Facility
Local and Regional Resources
EXISTING FARM 5
WALKING
RAIL STOP
9W
MARLBORO
BIKING
HIKING SHUTTLE SERVICE BIKE RENTAL
24.00 Miles
PICNIC
REGIONAL SITE: STORAGE/DISTRIBUTION/ GREENHOUSE FACILITY
FREIGHT RAIL 84
TOWARDS BEACON
7.40 Miles
84
9W
9W
Unloading Water Street
LOCAL SITE 1 VALUE ADDED/ FOOD HUB/ MARKET
66.00 Miles
NEWBURGH
LOCAL SITE 2 LINEAR PARK ON BROADWAY 9W
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Regional Site Project
TRANSPORTATION Bicycle Path F Freight Rail Boat Access Trucking Routes
HARDSCAPE & PATHS Pedestrian & Recreational Path
HUDSON RIVER
FREIGHT RAIL
FERRY TRANSPORTATION
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The regional site presented a large area in which we considered a design that both merges into the landscape and take advantage of the context. Alter studying the landscape, the transportation possibilities, the possible paths and drainage, we designed a greenhouse facility for the storage and distribution center, as well as training. In the future, by having several of these along the river or connected with the train, we could think on agro tourism, possibly
utilizing water transportation, and enhancing the connection between community and agriculture at a larger scale.In that way the site is developed with 2 types of areas: agricultural and open green space for sightseeing. In the city, the projects starts with the Non Profit Corporation facility, located on Broadway near the municipality. This project will house the offices for the people in charge of establishing the partnerships and gathering financing.
PEDESTRIAN AND RECREATIONAL PATH
The major site in Newburgh is the Food Hub, a facility for value added production. This facility receives all products from the farms, which is the first area to be developed. At the same time, we start revealing the landscape and adding a development to the area that could generate revenue to subsidize part of the cost. In order to develop the design proposal, the project utilized 4 criteria: maintain the condition of a street faรงade, create an opening to the area from Dupont to
COOPERATIVE GROWTH
LANDSCAPE
DRAINAGE
Groundcover
Subsurface Drainage
Agriculture
Surface Drainage
Picnic
AGRICULTURAL FEILDS
AGRICULTURAL FEILDS
HYDROPONIC GREENHOUSE
RECREATIONAL OPEN GREEN SPACE
visualize the open natural landscape, create an open market to enhance the connection with the community and efficiently reutilize the existing buildings. In the case of explaining in detail, present: • Strategy for Circulation • Strategy for Landscape • Location of Program Finally, for connecting the two
main points of the city intervention, and foster the integration with the established economy, we propose a linear park on Broadway. This is the most flexible component of the proposal because it provides the platform for the visualization of the project, the beautification of the city and the integration of local residents in the process. It features flexible spaces that could be co-owned by businesses working as extensions, space for new local business and
community activities. If explained in detail, talk about: Strategy to reduce the street’s width Strategy to address parking Strategy to connect public and private (sections) Connection to agriculture and numbers
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Añadir Subtítulo Nature Runoff Collecting
Nature Runoff Collecting
CO-OP AND RETAIL SYSTEM
Local Site Project 1: Newburgh Food Hub PUBLIC OPEN GREEN SPACE
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COOPERATIVE CAMPUS GROWTH UCSG
Añadir Subtítulo
Create Continuous Street Retail Frontage to emphasize the new Dupont and Broadway
Rising up anchor volume for emphasizing the identity and view corridors
Create Market-Retail area combined with public space and reveil the natural water and landscape
Split the anchor geometry and creat staircase that extends the view at Dupont corridor
EXISTING COMMERCIAL STREET FACADE
DUPONT AVENUE LOGISTIC ROAD
2 LANES 7M 2 LANES 7M 43
Añadir Subtítulo
EXISTING BUILDINGS
2 LANES 7M 2 LANES 7M
BYCICLE LANE
AGRICULTURE STRIP
PROPOSED COMME EXTENSION
2 LANES 7M
Local Site Project 2: Linear Park in Broadway
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EXISTING COMMERCIAL STREET FACADE
2 LANES
COOPERATIVE CAMPUS GROWTH UCSG
Añadir Subtítulo
ERCIAL
EXISTING COMMERCIAL STREET FACADE
EXISTING COMMERCIAL STREET FACADE
7M
AGRICULTURE STRIP
BYCICLE LANE
AGRICULTURE STRIP
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LEVERAGING EXCHANGE SUWON: A HUB FOR INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION Leveraging Exchange aims to transform Suwon’s identity to become a platform for the international exchange of knowledge-based businesses and humanitarian services. A dynamic built environment, composed of a flexible framework of spaces, is proposed to host collaborative activities, leveraging Suwon’s local assets such as research institutions, IT companies, business incubators and medical services. Based upon the city’s high concentration of medical, research and educational institutions, a Medical Knowledge Exchange Campus is proposed in a site prominently suited for social interaction; this center will be arranged around public spaces with flexibility for expansion, contraction and reconfiguration. The project will be situated within 2 kilometers of Suwon’s primary train hub, which offers connections to the Seoul metro as well as national and international railroads. Growth can be initiated quickly and easily by taking advantage of recently vacated buildings that can be re-purposed with little investment for a variety of uses. Possible sponsors for this development include corporations and national or local governments. These organizations are expected to send their professionals in the fields of medical research, treatment and technology to Suwon to take part in a collaborative exchange of their knowledge and specializations and for the enhancement of their skills. At the same time, these institutions will fund the construction and maintenance of the development, essentially buying a stake in the project, which will allow them a say in how it develops in the future. In exchange, these organizations will gain a pipeline of broadly-experienced, internationally-focused professionals for employment and policy inputs. Over time, the private investment that is expected to be procured will help develop the area through infill construction, fulfilling this project’s vision of Suwon having a new lively, pedestrian-scaled, 24/7 neighborhood. The spatial concept includes an area divided into inter-linked, independent mixed-use, mixed-income blocks, each having an open public space preserved in the center (referred to as “madangs” in traditional Korean urban design), with each block functioning as a unit of the larger development. These blocks are in turn organized along a central corridor that acts as an axis connecting the units to each other. This organizing structure is employed so that each unit can function independently with a great deal of autonomy while still maintaining the integrity of the overall vision, or be combined at the discretion of property owners to form larger units. The development’s network of madangs, which connect the block units to each other, will eventually be expanded beyond its boundaries by reaching out into the surrounding neighborhood to create new madangs in opportune places for social interaction. Successful implementation of this concept has the potential to endow Suwon with a branded reputation as a place for international exchange within the broader Korean model of specialized cities and an increasingly globalized East Asia. By pairing Suwon’s specialties with international organizations, Suwon and its institutions can increase economic, technological and humanitarian initiatives with knowledge and services-based trade, creating a niche for Suwon in the global marketplace.
Project Name: Leveraging Exchange Location: Suwon, South Korea Date: 2015 Period: Spring Semester – Master in Urban Design University/Employer: GSAPP, Columbia University Professor/Critics: Richard Plunz, Director; Victor Body-Lawson, Viren Brahmbhatt, Priscila Coli, Petra Kempf, Seiyong Kim, Zenobia Meckley and Geeta Mehta, Critics. Area: City, Regional and National Scale Team: Ross Brady, Cristina Bustamante, Anaís Niembro García, Filiberto Viteri Chávez Position and Tasks: Conceptual Design, Mapping, Site Investigation, Community Interaction, Meetings with Local Authorities, Rendering and Visual Communications. Software: AutoCAD, Adobe Suite (Photoshop, illustrator, InDesign, AfterEffects), MS Office, Lasercutting. 47
National, Regional, And Global Reach Of Suwon
potential places for international collaboration Incheon transporation hub 7.25 million passengers in 2014. Connection to East Asia
to trans-siberia railway
2 Russia
1
1 h. Seoul capital and largest urban area Concentration of highly educated professionals
1 h.
china Suwon city of international medical knowledge exchange Geographical link between specialized cities and the global market
to trans-china railway
N. Korea
2 h. Daejeon Office District and Gov. agencies Large infrastructure dedicated to research on science and technology
International Presence
20% Annual increase of foreigners
1
2
4
1 h.
3
4 5
25% International marriages 8
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+11 Higher Education Institutions
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On a global scale, the proposed development can become a platform for international exchange since Suwon is strategically located within South Korea to act as a global interface between the nation’s specialized cities and the rest of the world. Situated exactly halfway between the international air and sea ports of Seoul and cities in the southern part of Korea that specialize in medicine and research, the campus can act as
a geographic link between these cities and the global market. On a national level, INDUSTRIAL SECTORS IN KOREA ARE DIVIDED SUCH THAT ITS CITIES FORM A NETWORK OF SPECIALIZATIONS, from the exchange of goods in Busan and Incheon to the financial exchange and currency trading in Seoul. The Medical Knowledge Exchange Campus seeks to shape Suwon’s identity in Korea’s network as a
place for international exchange of knowledge-based and humanitarian services. Suwon is already a center for international exchange due to seveal factors. First, THE CITY IS CONNECTED TO THE SEOUL METRO AS WELL AS LONG-DISTANCE RAILROADS (such as the Trans-Siberian) with direct links to China, Russia and Europe. Furthermore, in recent years there has been an increase in foreign nationals making
LEVERAGING EXCHANGE
Suwon’s Competitive advantage for International Exchange Connection to Trans-China Railway
Connection to Trans-Siberian Railway
Main Railroad Vehicular Artery
Seoul
Medical Education Medical Research
seongnam typical resiential city Majority of people commute to Seoul for work
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Health Center Sites owned by RDA
train
Daegu-Gyeongbuk Free Economic Zone City For Services Center for Oriental and alternative medicine
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Ulsan Specialized Industry
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Busan Largest Port Exchange of goods
1.5 h.
8 Changwon Heavy Industry Cluster Also known for preventive medicine
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3 h. to Japan
Suwon their home. THIS SIGNALS INCREASING TOLERANCE FOR AN INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE SUWON which, when paired with the city’s concentration of medical, research and educational institutions, becomes the basis for the proposal of the Medical Knowledge Exchange Campus. THE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE CAMPUS SEEKS TO LEVERAGE OTHER ASSETS IN SUWON, such as its strong research
energy research and advanced tech.
medicine exchange
knowledge exchange
specialized education
housing inll
it development
Proposed Projects for RDA Land
and development sector, information technology businesses and potential for the development of industrial technologies in relation to energy. Combined with education and housing, such a model could provide a road map for Suwon’s continued development in the decades to come. THE PROJECT IS ONE EXAMPLE OF THE FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK envisioned here that can be deployed elsewhere in the city. Since there are five more concentrations of land in
Suwon that the Rural Development Administration plans to turn over to the city, the model of specialized campuses is expected to replicate in Suwon and elsewere along the same lines.
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Existing Conditions Of Site
Development Model
Main Railroad
Taxes/ Businesses
Vehicular Artery Train Station
Management Organization
Former Agricultural Land
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Site Owned by RDA Project Development
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The site is situated on approximately 23 hectares of land recently vacated by the RDA. It is set next to a park containing Seoho Lake, a popular recreational destination for area residents. Furthermore, the development site is about 1300m from Suwon station, which is connected to the Seoul metro as well as national and international railroads. The development is also intended to follow a flexible economic
model. In operation, Suwon City pairs with an organization to manage the development. Outside organizations, such as corporations or national or local governments, send their professionals in medical services, research and technology to Suwon for training and collaboration with other professionals from around the world. These organizations contribute resources to construct and maintain the development, essentially buying a
stake in it, which also gives them a say in guiding its future. The framework is initially seen as being composed of separate units, which will become further integrated and interdependent over time. The plan of the campus is derived from an analysis of campuses found across the Korean peninsula, and the form of infill construction is taken from generalized examples of traditional Korean neighborhoods, qualities of which neighborhoods
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surrounding this development tend to exemplify. At the finest level of detail, the separate blocks of the development are based around public open spaces, called Madang. THE MADANGS FUNCTION AS THE HEART OF THE BLOCKS. The importance of the Madang as an organizer for this project comes from their significance to the concept of exchange. In historic Korean usage, a Madang was a privately owned space set aside for the use of the public.
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This form has been appropriated here to serve as a local interpretation of this concept, with each Madang having a different focus, or theme. Madang for cultivating agriculture (Working), sports field and park uses (Recreational), and to act as a formalized open space between program areas (Transitional) are all featured in this project. Proposed sequence of implementation: 1. NEW STREETS are designated to
increase connectivity of the existing network. 2. BLOCK UNITS are defined within the new grid of streets. Each block is seen as a single unit of the flexible framework. 3. A 7½ METER GRID, derived from the dimensions of adjacent neighborhoods, is applied within each block to guide the future parceling of land and to define the Madang. 51
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The 7½ meter grid is implemented to ensure the design is contextual but it is also necessary for this area to STAND OUT AS A UNIQUE PLACE FOR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE, so a range of flexibility is demonstrated to illustrate this capacity. The first possibility shows a fine-grained division of parcels, situated for neighborhood-scale development. A medium-sized division allows for mixed development of both neighborhood and institutional scales. A large-
Large Parcels
scaled parcelization accommodates primarily institutional buildings or a large landholder. The proposal for the Medical Knowledge Exchange Campus features a mix of these types, intended to create a PEDESTRIANSCALED NEIGHBORHOOD THAT CAN ALSO HOST INSTITUTIONAL USES. Parceling of land is completed around existing buildings that are set to remain and be re-purposed (shown in gray). After the parcels are set, they can be bought and building design can
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begin. Any new buildings must follow a set of design guidelines to ensure that (even with a flexible division of land) A CERTAIN MINIMUM CRITERIA WIL BE ADHERED TO so the development is endowed with certain desirable spatial qualities.
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Parcels can be combined or subdivided for
Buildings in the madang need to have frontage on public space with at least 30%
than 170m2
Buildings along the main corridor must have frontage commercial or service use.
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Buildings along the main corridor must not exceed , or for the rest of the development.
Edges of parcels not abutting a street must have a 1.5m easement on each side to form 3m alleys between buildings.
Connection between madang must be maintained with alleys throughout the development.
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Lot coverage must not exceed 70% to ensure space between buildings that allows
Development that is exclusively residential cannot happen along the main corridor or around the Madang. It can only occur along secondary streets.
Social spaces must be created at higher levels of institutional buildings
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PHASE I The Medical Knowledge Exchange Campus will be established with primary public spaces on the North end, connecting to a existing pedestrian path around the lake.
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A primary function of the main corridor is to CREATE A CONNECTION BETWEEN SIDEWALKS AND STOREFRONTS, as well as to emphasize its CONNECTION TO THE NETWORK OF MADANGS using defined pathways and semi-public spaces in the buildings that separate them. The Madangs, serving as the heart of the block units, have the potential to become imbued with varying themes, giving the blocks qualities
to encourage recreational and event use or for official public gatherings. A bridge that connects the north and south sections of the development will engage buildings aorund it at upper levels to support the goal of creating SOCIAL SPACES AT MULTIPLE VERTICAL LEVELS, adding elements of spatial variety to the corridor. When the corridor reaches the Medical Center it will recede gently into the lake, linking the Medical Center with the park. The development’s
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network of Madangs connecting semi-autonomous block units can also be seen as a MICROCOSIM OF KOREA’S TRADITIONAL STRUCTURE OF NETWORKED CITIES. In this way, the Medical Knowledge Exchange Campus will align with national goals while reflecting Korea’s overall urban organization. As such, this project’s plans for Suwon can further increase Korea’s interaction with its neighbors and the global economy.
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When completed, a project of this size will have a considerable effect on the surrounding area. Considering these effects, as well as the best way to guide related developments in the future, is an important concern going forward. At the project’s initial completion (estimated to be 10 years from present) there is an extension of the Madang conept into surrrounding neighborhoods. By estblishing new Madangs in these neighborhoods,
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the Medical Knowledge Exchange Campus strengthens its ties to the area and becomes deeply integrated into the existing built fabric. Another 10 years into the future it is anticipated that some of the agricultural land immediately adjacent to the development will be handed over by the RDA to Suwon City for improvement. It is likely that most of this land will become new housing and ancillary employment closely related to the Medical
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Knowledge Exchange Campus. Looking even further ahead, by 2045 it is extpected that growth in this area will have accllerated rapidly, and some large parcels of agricultural land will be turned over for development as well. Overall, this area represents a noticeable increase in the urbanised footprint of Suwon and could potentially set the stage for further growth in the city’s size and influence.
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