SAGI GOLAN – PORTFOLIO
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1.0 SPRING 13’ GROWING CANOPIES
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2.0 FALL 12’ INTEROPERABILITY
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3.0 SUMMER 12’ THE SPONGE
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4.0 SUMMER 12’ LET’S FEED NYC
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5.0 SPRING 13’ THE SURVIVORS
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6.0 FALL 12’ FORM AND FABRIC
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7.0 SUMMER 12’ PUT IT OUT THERE
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MSAUD 13’ p. 5
URBAN DESIGN STUDIO 3, SPRING 12' SAGI GOLAN, SCOTT ARCHER, VANESSA ESPAILLAT, SAMARTH DAS
1 .0 GROWING CANOPIES KUMASI, GHANA
GROWING CANOPIES
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KUMASI STRATEGY PLAN
1.
0
GROWING CANOPIES The fast growing population of Kumasi is putting immense pressure on several key infrastructures, natural ecology and most importantly the health of the city. This project focuses on the concept of ‘holistic health’ in the development of the city of Kumasi. The strategy is tested within two sites — a pilot project in waste management within a new peri-urban municipality of Asokore Mampong; and a rural site that encompasses the design of a specialist hospital.
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HOLISTIC HEALTH
The comprehensive system comprises various
elements of holistic health, such as the health care
Kumasi.
system, traditional herbal medicines, aspects of eco-
therapy, allopathic pharmaceutical industry as well as
ecological corridors that transverse the city, creating
waste management.
green spinal connections through its fabric. These
lands fall under the traditional Chief’s authority but
The project aims to evolve a strategy that
synthesizes these elements in order to have a p. 10
meaningful impact on the overall health of the city of
Kumasi’s landscape consists of a series of
are presently threatened by sprawl and encroachment
GROWING CANOPIES
of housing, informal commerce, agriculture, and
Kumasi. Favorable political policies coupled with an
industry. These corridors can become key areas where
immense human knowledge capital emerging from
development of productive canopies along with
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
sustainable harvesting safeguard the same while
provide the city with competitive advantages in
contributing to the region’s economy.
developing this industry locally.
The pharmaceutical industry has been noted
as an essential area of investment for the city of p. 11
ECO-CORRIDORS climate.
The increase in demands for traditional herbal
A formal distribution corridor along the
medicines suggest cultivation of an industry focused
Tamale-Accra road, along with the upgrading of the
on the production and distribution of these herbs —
airport and a new ring road proposal, places Kumasi
85% of which grow within the region’s semi-deciduous
strategically within the nation as well as the subSaharan region.
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GROWING CANOPIES
Severe environmental degradation and frequent epidemics give the city the urgency to develop new treatments and drugs. The eco-corridors are also threatened by poor waste management. Providing a new system of collection as well as cocomposting household and human wastes can begin to reduce the contamination of the city’s waterways. Currently filled with various types of waste, these waterways are distributing water-borne disease through direct human contact, dispersed agriculture irrigation and fostered mosquito proliferation. The cleaner irrigation water and newly produced compost would create higher yields for farmers as well as diminishing the spread of these diseases. p. 13
ECO-CORRIDORS
The natural canopy in Kumasi’s semi-
With the cooperation of both the traditional
deciduous forests hosts over a 150 species of native
and political authorities, these newly productive lands
plants, which have a variety of nutritional, herbal,
will be secured by the herbal cooperatives, freeing the
medicinal, and construction uses. Environmental
governmental powers from the insurmountable task of
degradation and unsustainable harvesting have made
patrolling and enforcing protection zones.
many of these plants extremely rare, and demand for these plants continues to rise in local markets. p. 14
GROWING CANOPIES
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Strategies of re mediation and prevention should be employed throughout Kumasi’s eco-corridors to protect this important infrastructure. A system of bioswales, co-composting, and herbal production can be used as a measure to prevent informal encroachment into these protected lands.
ASOKORE MAMPONG
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Asokore Mampong, the first municipality outside of
canopy, replenishes the eroded soil with co-composting
Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) boundaries,
process of human and organic waste, collects and
currently faces complex land tenure ship,
cleans the rainwater runoff and sets up an economy
environmental degradation, together with poor
of medicinal herbal production. This system is devised
systems of service management and provision. The
through a series of wet-bottom ponds and terraced
eco-corridor strategy is based on an environmental re
bio-swales that slow down rainwater runoff flow and
mediation plan, which restores the important natural
naturally cleanse it before releasing it to the waterway.
Stone Bioswale Wier Fore bay Swale
Primary School
Kumasi International Airport
Garden City Hospital
Kumasi Academy
Asokore Mampong Municipality
Organic & Human Waste Collection Points
Co-Compost Lots Bioswales & Wet Bottom Ponds Kumasi Railroad
Cooperative Lot Agriculture Land
GROWING CANOPIES
LAND READJUSTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PLOTS Consolidation of Government Protected Lands
SELECTIVE HARVEST MEDICINAL COOPERATIVES Restoration of Productive Landscapes
WASTE CO-COMPOSTING PROCESS Replenishment of Soil and Waste Management
Organic Household Waste
Composted Human Waste
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SECTIONAL CONDITION OF PROPOSED ECO-CORRIDOR
After the water and waste system has been put in place, the medicinal plant cooperatives begin the process of selective harvest of medicinal plants, completely transforming the waterways into productive eco-corridors for the municipality.
WAHF HOSPITAL
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Maternal & Child Care
Providing employment for Juaben women
Sustainable harvesting
Medicinal plants codes and dosages
Skilled doctors
Training
GROWING CANOPIES
With extremely high maternal and child
skilled doctors. WAHF creates a holistic approach to
mortality in Ghana and a severe brain drain in Kumasi’s
the role of the hospital.
health system, WAHF hospital has an opportunity
to become a leading hospital in Kumasi locally, and
programmatic but also uses herbal medicine as part of
internationally in the sub-Saharan region.
the healing process by developing codes of dosage and
usage in the research and development center within
By focusing on these health issues and
providing specialty care, while retaining and training
This holistic approach is not only
the hospital. p. 19
The hospital plays an important role in its relationship to the town of Juaben, where women from the town will be employed in the herbal and therapeutic center. The town itself will cater to visitors that come to the hospital by providing lodging and dining facilities. The hospital’s economic model provides health care for high income patients, who in turn will subsidize lower income patients and providing funding for the upgrade of the existing district hospital.
DESIGN STRATEGIES
Comprehensive understanding of the
programs of the hospital with the healing aspect of
functioning of a hospital through various case studies
natural landscapes. The courtyard becomes a formal
led us to evolve a plan that deals effectively with
element of organization and orientation for users,
issues of efficiency, adjacency of programs, privacy and
setting up a rhythm of movement through the hospital.
security. Through each stage of its development, this
It allows natural light to flood the corridors and rooms
plan has constantly aimed at integrating the formal
while facilitating cross ventilation of air.
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Modular Roof Structure and Water Collection
Bamboo Space Fame Structure
Massing
HOSPITAL SYSTEM
Circulation & Courtyards Public Private
GROWING CANOPIES
EXISTING TOPOGRAPHY & CANOPY
UTILIZING TOPOGRAPHY
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An organizational system of topography, a service core, public and private corridors and inner courtyard, along with a modular architectural canopy, creates an efficient strategy for an incremental growth of the hospital from 50 to 250 beds.
HOSPITAL PLAN
of the hospital— primarily the diagnostic and
functioning of a hospital through various case studies
consultation centers, to be accessible easily to the
led us to evolve a plan that deals effectively with
majority of visitors. This initial out-patient department
issues of efficiency, adjacency of programs, privacy and
leads into a more private and secured in-patient facility
security.
with operation theaters, single patient rooms and
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Comprehensive understanding of the
The plan organizes the most public elements
wards for men, women and children. Stressing on the
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importance of herbal medicine, a therapeutic healing
natural landscapes. The courtyard becomes a formal
center is located towards the end of the site, along
element of organization and orientation for users,
with short-term hotel rooms for patients’ families.
setting up a rhythm of movement through the hospital.
It allows natural light to flood the corridors and rooms
Through each stage of its development, this
plan has constantly aimed at integrating the formal
while facilitating cross ventilation of air.
programs of the hospital with the healing aspect of p. 23
PROGRAM LIST SITE CHARACTERISTICS: Site Area - 10 Acres (4.03 ha) Total Build Out Area of Hospital - 9000 sq.m Total no. Of beds - 250 Phase 1 Area - 4000 sq.m Total no. of beds - 50 Budget for Phase 1 - $15 million
1 - Training Center + Auditorium 2 - Pharmacy, Administration 3 - Blood Bank, Research & Development 4 - Rental Space, Research & Development 5 - Emergency Room, Imaging 6 - Reception + Registration 7 - Consultation Rooms 8 - Emergency Room extension 9 - Staff Comfort 10 - Services 11 - Wards - Men + Women + Children
12 - Operation Theatres 13 - Intensive Care Unit (I.C.U) 14 - Single Patient Rooms 15 - Cafeteria 16 - Main Kitchen + Dining 17 - Hotel 18 - Herbal Therapeutic Center 19 - Outdoor Rooms P1 - Staff + Doctor + Visitor Parking P2 - Visitors’ Parking S - Shuttle Drop-Off
HOSPITAL ENTRANCE
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ENTRANCE ELEVATION
The entrance facade of the hospital becomes a key feature in asserting the presence and identity of the hospital on the main Ejisu-Juaben road. The image of the hospital as a leading center for training as well as research and development is asserted by locating these programs on this edge. The building sets back to a large fore-court that receives pedestrians. The drop-off area for vehicles is beyond a controlled entry point restricting the gathering of informal hawkers around such areas. Publicly accessible programs such as the pharmacy and the blood bank are also located along this edge, for users who only need these services.
GROWING CANOPIES
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HOSPITAL PERFORMANCE
In the design of the hospital, we use the
The hospital is envisioned to be made of
concept of an architectural canopy that integrates
a composite structure of local materials such as
the building with the ecological canopy. This new
landcrete, concrete and bamboo. The project also
architectural canopy provides shade, facilitates
capitalizes on the heavy rainfall and strong sunlight by
ventilation, collects rainwater and hosts solar panels
collection in storage tanks for irrigation purposes as
oriented for capturing maximum sunlight.
well as storing solar energy in invertors for small uses.
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COOLING SYSTEMS
SECTION THROUGH SOCIAL CANOPY - A’-A’
GROWING CANOPIES
SECTION C’-C’
Bamboo grown on site proves to be a highly economical material. It serves to allocate spaces for future growth of the hospital and can be used in various stages of construction.
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STRUCTURE DETAIL
A GROWING HOSPITAL
Phasing is an important piece of the hospital
consist of the section closest to the road in order to
Since it will rely Heavily on donations. The design of
maintain connectivity to Kumasi region.
the hospital implements phasing a formal strategy of
the hospital in term of its stages of construction and
initial stages of construction since it could grow on site
the material of construction. In terms of the physical
and be used as building materials when needed. This
incremental nature of the hospital the first stage will
further emphasizes the meaning of a growing hospital.
It is suggested to incorporate Bamboo from the
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50 Bed Hospital
Phase 01
Bamboo grown on site Preserving natural canopy
Phase 02
Establishing new Canopy
Bamboo for future growth
Phase 03
Planting Medicinal plants
250 Bed Hospital with therapeutic center
GROWING CANOPIES
The canopy is the visual identity of the hospital and an element that unifies the various parts of the building. Primarily a space frame that allows for the variations in the roof, the structure is comprised of bamboo members with pre-fabricated metal joinery. Modular sections allow for the extension of the roof along with the future expansion of the hospital. p. 29
SECTION THROUGH CAFE - C’-C’
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GROWING CANOPIES
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HOSPITAL PHYSICAL MODEL
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URBAN DESIGN STUDIO 2, FALL 12' SAGI GOLAN, JANICE TAN, KRISTINA RICCO, ISHITA GAUR
2 .0 INTEROPERABILITY BROOKLYN, NY
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[Adj.] of div and o work PROPOSED BROOKLYN TERMINAL MARKET STATION
2.
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INTEROPERABILITY The Bay Ridge Branch of the LIRR operates 21.4 miles of track passing through 3 boroughs. At the height of Brooklyn’s industrial era, four tracks operated 6,000 trains
annually. Since its peak in the 1940’s, manufacturing in Brooklyn has been in decline, leaving behind the freight corridor as an under utilized right of way.
] The ability verse systems organizations to together.
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New York City Unemployment Rate Brooklyn Unemployment Rate
THE ROUTE
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This corridor passes through some of Brooklyn’s most demographically diverse neighborhoods. In Canarsie, local population exhibits high unemployment rates across all levels of educational attainment and a high percentage of residents who work outside of their immediate neighborhoods. These conditions can be understood as consequences of under-investment in Brooklyn’s inland areas, made evident by limited access to public transportation, quality educational institutions and job opportunities.
COMMUTE & DEMOGRAPHY Walk Drive Public Transit
Broadway Junction
New Lots Ave
Rockaway Pkwy
142’
250’
150’
Brooklyn Terminal Market
145’
Utica Ave
112’
Flatbush Ave / Brooklyn College
106’
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ACROSS UNEMPLOYED POPULATION 25% < High School 41% High School Graduate
Ave H
23% Some College or Associates 11% Bachelor’s Degree
98’
Ave I
75’
17th Ave
91’
New Utrecht Ave
100’
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
170’
8th Ave
187’
59th St
256’
Brooklyn Army Terminal
150’
Bachelor’s Degree Unemployed Foreign Born 150’
INTEROPERABILITY
The Bay Ridge Branch of the LIRR operates 21.4 miles of track passing through 3 boroughs. BOWERY BAY FLUSHING BAY Astoria Ditmars Blvd
LaGuardia Airport
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59,000 daily riders pass through existing stations along the BRR e 51 Av
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75,700 daily riders pass through existing stations along the BRR
The route transects 23 subway lines and some of Brooklyn’s most diverse neighborhoods.
Broadway Junction
PROSPECT PARK
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LEGEND JAMAICA BAY
Industrial Building Fabric Industrial Business Zone (IBZ) Watershed Neighbourhoods Future High Speed Rail Proposed Light Rail Bike Greenway Subways Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) Waste Water Treatment Plant
Under-utilized human & rail infrastructures p. 38
Opportunity for interoperability and diversity Resilient Ecosystem
RIGHT OF WAY PHYSICAL MODEL
INTEROPERABILITY
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SITE ANALYSIS MOVIE CAPTIONS
SYSTEMS
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A critical reading of these under-utilized infrastructures (both physical and social) reveals opportunities for expanding upon the existing disparate and mono-use systems of transportation, water, food and education to effect productive redundancies and diverse connections that foster urban resilience. TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM Subway
EXISTING ECOSYSTEM
Freight / Greenway / Bike Path
1 Freight Train / Day
Radial Subway Dependent on connections through Manhattan
Separated Waterfront Greenway Routes
Multiple Freight Cars / Day Operating with new passenger light rail
Triboro Light Rail
STRATEGIC REDUNDACIES Passenger Light Rail
Connected Waterfront Greenway Routes
INTEROPERABILITY
The physical context of the rail offers
This project explores relationships and
opportunities to challenge the traditional
overlaps between a multiplicity of programs and
nature of infrastructure by incorporating these
spatial conditions which capitalize the physical
opportunities directly into the physical threshold
stock available on site and the high potential
of the Bay Ridge Branch right-of-way, in turn
human capital, in order to create a new inter-
extending its reach beyond the tracks.
operable infrastructural system.
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WATER SYSTEM
FOOD SYSTEM
EDUCATION SYSTEM
Storm Water
Terminal Market
Urban Fish Farming Research
Fresh Food Desert
Hunts Point Wholesale Food Market New Fulton Fish Market
Floods / OverďŹ&#x201A;ows / Contamination
Brooklyn College Jamaica Bay
Brooklyn Wholesale Meat Market
Brooklyn Terminal Market Wholesale/Retail
Cooperation between terminal markets, better access to fresh food
Retain / Clean / Use
C D DD B
Dr. Martin P. Shreibman Tilapia Farm
Research & Education C D
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Jamaica Bay
Expanding Fish Farming
CANARSIE A new net worked infrastructure: Ecology, Economy & social
p. 42 FIDLER WYCKOF HOUSE PARK (1662) NAZARETH HIGH SCHOOL
PUBLIC FISHING PIER
FISH FARMING
INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSES
RALPH AVE
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VISITOR CENTER NATIONAL GRID
ENS QUE O T
INTEROPERABILITY
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
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NYC DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MARKET SQUARE
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BJâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S
BROOKLYN TERMINAL MARKET
Through the portion of the track passing through Canarsie, a sequence of systematic redundancies create a unified new infrastructural system, that not only provides transportation options, jobs and fresh food access, but also assists in relieving the pressure on the combined sewage system.
WATER, R&D AND AQUACULTURE
The strategic location of the tracks
collected, in order to timely release into Jamaica
in terms of storm water collection creates an
Bay.. If needed water is also channeled to the
opportunity to relief the storm water runoff
recreational Tilapia ponds and for the cooling of
pressure from the frequently overflowing CSO’s.
the systems used in the fish farming processes.
This cycle of use of water creates economic,
Therefore, The water along Rockaway
Parkway is collected through a system of
environmental and educational benefits for the
bioswales along the street scape. Following the
under utilized human capital in Canarsie.
steps specified below, the water is purified and p. 44
One important institute is the Brooklyn College, which is a premier in Aquaculture and Tilapia farming. The tilapia farming also affects the food system by providing fresh food to the neighborhood, while also providing jobs to the local people. Bio-filtration (NH4 - NO2 - NO3)
Tylapia Fish Farming
Mechanical Filter Switch + heat generated by train
Fish Tank Oxygen Replenish Recreational fishing pond Biological Filter
Ralph Ave CSO Access
1 cubic ft holds 7.48 ga. of water. 2.8 ga. of water is required per tilapia. The available tank volume based on open ground floor area is 684,915 ga or 228,305 tilapia. The tilapia crop refreshes twice a year, which means the industrial area is capable of producing nearly 1/2 million tilapia per/yr. To Jamaica Bay
INTEROPERABILITY
Stormwater runoff collected from Rockaway Pkwy and environs
rockaway pkwy street section
1. Grit chamber Stroud Water Research Center Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries
Storm water testing and research Salt water research and education Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network
2. Particulate Removal Settling Pond - sand filters + grass
Research
Northeastern University
Department of Environmental Protection Agency
Brooklyn College
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
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3. Particulate Removal Grass filter To Jamaica Bay
Research and Education facilities are clustered around stormwater infrastructure. NYC Environmental Protection Agency
4. Chemial Filter Air stone foam fraction
Bio-filtration (NH4 - NO2 - NO3)
Training Research Practial training Contaminated Bay water Storm water collection Lab water purifiation
R&D ZONE
The project strategically clusters the
These institutions also take
research and development and educational
advantage of the new water system that
facilities around the train station. This locations
is implemented along the right of way
allows them to be well connected to public
and the close proximity to Jamaica Bay
transportation but also allows them to be in close
to further deepen their research on water
proximity to each other and utilize each others
related topics. While doing so these
resources.
institutions create a positive impact on the local community in Canarsie.
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1. Storm water Collected along Rockaway Pkwy.
2. Topography Swells for Bofiltration Ponds
4. New Stations increases accessibility
5. Pulling out Bicycle Path
3. New R&D Structures Penetrate The ROW
SECTION THROUGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CLUSTER 1
3
2
Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries
Public Plaza
Swale overflow culvert
INTEROPERABILITY
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VIEW TO PUBLIC PLAZA- R&D CLUSTER
4
3 5
Right Of Way
Northeastern University Facility
FOOD AND TRANSIT HUB The Brooklyn Terminal Market presently houses
The project proposes to increase access to
33 vendors and is leased to full capacity. The
Canarsie and Brooklyn Terminal Market by
primary form of transportation of goods to the
means of the new subway stop connecting
vendors is through trucks, which leads to streets
to the market. The tracks provide alternative
with heavy truck traffic within the Terminal
transportation of goods and people to the area,
Market. There is lack of pedestrian access within
while a vertical expansion of the market provides
the market, and small scale production activities
an expanded public realm and public interaction.
are hidden from the public. p. 48
1. BTM Station - Increased access
2. Pulling Out Bicycle Path
3. Pedestrian Access from Station to Market
4. New Elevated Market Extension
5. Biofiltration Along the ROW
6. Multi-Use Passenger & Freight
SECTION THROUGH BTM STATION - FOOD AND TRANSIT HUB 1 3 6 2
Bike Path
4
Biological Filter
Overflow Culvert
Right Of Way
Freight Access
BTM Extension
INTEROPERABILITY
EXISTING BROOKLYN TERMINAL MARKET OPERATIONS
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PROPOSED BROOKLYN TERMINAL MARKET OPERATIONS
5
Existing BTM with Elevated Extension
ROW AS PUBLIC SPACE
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PASSENGER FREIGHT TRIBORO TRAIN LINE BTM ELEVATED MARKET TERRACED SEATING ROW
INTEROPERABILITY
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PEDESTRIAN ACCESS RAMP MARKET SQUARE
BICYCLE PATH BIOFILTRATION POND
URBAN DESIGN STUDIO 1, SUMMER 12' SAGI GOLAN, JANICE TAN, LI YANG
3 .0 THE SPONGE 2 BRIDGES, NEW YORK
Plan of the city of new york ,1784
Densify Release Retain Re-distribute Retain Consolidate
Absorb Consolidate
3.
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THE SPONGE
The SPONGE consolidates a new thickened Kâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;toâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; Grey waterfront zone that leverages on indirect learning and shared facilities between schools and community to bring about a cohesive identity.
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2 BRIDGES
Over the last decade, Two Bridges has faced
The scheme employs strategies of ecology,
a worrying trend of population decrease, even though
environment and storm-water management to
NYC’s overall population is on the rise. Saddled with a
encourage learning through process, and draws upon
pervasive low quality of education,where public schools the notions of slips and piers to generate a consistent within the neighborhood have obtained some of the
architectural and urban design language that provides
lowest educational quality scores in NYC, Two Bridges
equity of public space.
also faces an impending threat of coastal flooding. p. 56
By identifying and relocating existing & under performing educational facilities, under utilized open spaces and existing NYCHA housing that are in the flood zone, a thickened waterfront is created.
K–TO–GREY
THE SPONGE
Population
Education
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1. New Inclusionary Housing. 2. NYCHA Commercial Underlay 3. K-to-Grey Educational typology 4. Bio-Swale 5. Rain Garden 6. Storm water remediation slip 7. Recreational slip 8. Market 9. Sponge museum 10. FDR Slips 11. Natural Beach 12. Open Air Auditorium 13. Oyster Reef & Labs 14. Fishing Pier
EDUCATION
Each structure contains amenities
that caters to K-to-Grey users. This prevents segregation by age and encourages interactions between the user and its built environment since the user must move between the structures of the 'SPONGE'. SECTION THROUGH K-GREY ZONE
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View from street.
THE SPONGE
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The SPONGE, a new type of waterfront, now accommodates a variety of educational facilities that creates a Kâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;toâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Grey water front that provides an environment for direct and indirect learning around water related themes.
THE FDR SLIP
The 'slips' provide better lighting and
collect and channel storm water runoff from the FDR while at the same time function as a public space or outdoor classrooms for indirect learning at the waterfront.
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View under the FDR.
THE SPONGE
Interventions along the Elevated FDR Highway infrastructure creates opportunities to re-think the relationship between public space, water & education. STORM WATER COLLECTION
OUTDOOR CLASSROOM
WATER COLLECTOR & SEATING
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THE PIERS
The piers provide public spaces such as fishing piers for
the local community, open air auditorium and an oyster reef that re-mediates the water. The piers also function as Oyster Labs and classrooms.
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AERIAL PERSPECTIVE OVER NEW 2 BRIDGES WATERFRONT.
THE SPONGE
AUDITORIUM AND CLASSROOM PIER
The piers are the points where the waterfront extends to the water to provide opportunity to engage with the water beyond the limits of the current linear waterfront.
OYSTER REEF PIER & LAB
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HOUSING
By Vacating 4 NYCHA housing
for an additional supply of inclusionary housing
structures from the flood zone to an adjacent
which will allow for additional income for
in fill site in Chinatown, the sponge enables to
NYCHA which currently tries to mitigates its $
protect the residents from future flooding but
850M deficit.
still retain them in the neighborhood.
At the same time, the in fill sites allow
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In fill Mechanism
THE SPONGE
In the process, The SPONGE also rejuvenates and energizes the neighborhood by increasing affordable housing stock and injecting mixed uses. p. 67
NYCHA Slip
Bio-swale FDR NYCHA Slip
School Rain Garden
FDR SLIP
Model Image of the SPONGE
NYC SYSTEMS, URBAN DESIGN STUDIO 1, SUMMER 12' SAGI GOLAN, ISHITA GAUR, JUN PENG, ZALINA SAPIE, SUN JOO PARK
4.0 LET’S FEED NYC BRONX, NEW YORK
A FUTURE FOOD SYSTEM
A critical reading of New York Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
By tapping into the educational system,
food supply system reveals opportunities of
its facilities and its public bus system it is now
possible synergies between the location of
possible to rethink the mono use of these
food desserts, in all 5 boroughs, and under
educational infrastructure towards a more
utilized public schools and facilities.
interwoven nature of collaboration.
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HOW DOES ONE FOOD CELL WORKS ?
LET’S FEED NYC
NYC’S FOOD SYSTEM p. 71
PUBLIC SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL HOURS
FOOD & EDUCATION
The project proposes the micro scale
of after school activities which will take
production of fruit and vegetables on the
advantage of the limited time the facility is
public schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ground which will plug in
being used during the day/year.
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A DAILY LIFE CYCLE OF A SCHOOL
A DAILY LIFE CYCLE OF A MOTHER
LETâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FEED NYC
School has greenhouses to grow vegetable in winter vacation
School Year
A YEARLY CYCLE OF A SCHOOL
Storing food and rasing livestock
School Year
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THE FOOD CAMPAIGN
Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Feed NYC is a dynamic and urban
as a highly flexible campaign that its
food campaign. The identity of this campaign
modularity presents opportunity to
are the baskets that are used to distribute
construct it as a market stand over the
small daily portions of fruits and vegetables to
weekends or be hanged on the school
the homes of the school kids.
buses that transport children to/from
These baskets serves as an identity as well
their homes.
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BASKET VARIATIONS
Cart
Trolly
School Bus Hanging
Hand Carried
Market Stand
Back packed
Bicycle Rack
School Storage
LET’S FEED NYC
BASKET ADS
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WEB AS SITE, TROY CONRAD THERRIEN LEIGHA LEE DENNIS, SUMMER 12' SAGI GOLAN, VANESSA ESPAILLAT, SCOTT ARCHER, MARLIN TORRES
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THE SURVIVORS “The Survivors” on the Bowery is a virtual repository of narratives that begins to reveal the story of one of New York’s most interesting and vibrant communities. Formerly known as ‘skid row’, the Bowery has been home to numerous artists, merchants and also infamously known for its poverty-stricken tenants. The current redevelopment pressures on the Bowery have resulted in displacement of many residents and businessowners. The ones left have great stories to tell and give hope to what the future holds for The Bowery.
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http://group5.webassite.com/Survivors/
WEBSITE INTERFACE
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Each survivorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story was curated and
The goal is to increase the visibility and
edited to a template designed and coded for
to create a community around the bowery by
the website. Each of the survivors story is
not forgetting its relevant past and present
accompanied by photographs, interviews, You
inhabitants, built heritage and stories.
tube clips, Audio and Links to websites and
(The website was coded using HTML, jQuery
articles.
and CSS).
THE SURVIVORS
A navigational system in the form of
an abstract map was designed for simple navigation between the survivors. The abstract map enable to related stories to the urban fabric and their location the Bowery.
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http://group5.webassite.com/Survivors/
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FORM AND FABRIC, SKYE DUNCAN, SUMMER 12' SAGI GOLAN
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FORM AND FABRIC
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VISUALIZING ZONING CODES AND REGULATIONS
A NEW GROUND FLOOR Today, Tel Aviv has the highest young
fifty years ago left a planning heritage where the
population between Israeli cities. Due to a
ground floor in the city center is left vacant and
severe housing problem caused by lack of
neglected.
supply and Tourist rentals it does not meet
These wasted spaces are a potential for creating
the demand for housing in this sector. Urban
a new type of interventions that relieves the
design guidelines that were developed over
housing crisis while diversifying the city center.
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ONE CITY BLOCK
Private apartment owners sell Ground floor rights to private developer
FORM AND FABRIC
URBAN FABRIC POTENTIAL
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MECHANISM
Trans formative, Innovative, Local And Adaptable Policy For Tel Aviv BUILDING UNIT VARIATIONS
READING NEW YORK URBANISM, PHU DUONG, SUMMER 12' SAGI GOLAN, ARA HOVESEPYAN
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PUT IT OUT THERE
STORY BOARD
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“Put it out there” is a short clip made
“IKEA style” products as laundry machine,
as a critic on the generic urban fabric that
air conditioner and a grill, all intended to be
dominates our city. It uses a dialogue in the
installed on building facades. This creates a
background as a conversation on a brochure
hypothesis of what it would be like if each
presented in the first part of the clip. In the
and every one of us could express, in different
brochure we find an advertisement for an
ways, their personality through the built fabric.
PUT IT OUT THERE
What if we could have some self expression out there ?
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https://vimeo.com/47702700