ENPL332
Lana hasan 1202382
Hana sultan 1200135
Tasnim sbeih 1183219
Instructor: Dr. Alessandra Gla
College of Engineering
“Urban design and development engineering”
City understands how contemporary infrastructure can enhance urban life
Where it is concerned with the work of projects as a social infrastructure and not just a design
PASSAGEWAYS
Where they care about their investment in the revitalization of downtown Chattanooga
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Introducing the client…
WHO ?
A non-profit economic development organization.
WHO ?
The charitable Benwood Foundation
The project was developed by River City Company, as part of PASSAGEWAYS community outreach project of the 2016
between $4 and $5 million annually grants and donations.
WHO ?
The Lyndhurst Foundation
Chattanooga, Tennessee-based grant-making foundation
Introducing the client…
WHO ?
A non-profit economic development organization.
WHO ?
The charitable Benwood Foundation
between $4 and $5 million annually grants and donations.
WHO ?
The Lyndhurst Foundation
Chattanooga, Tennessee-based grant-making foundation
HowwastheprojectBORN?
The project was born out of an International
Design Competition, Passageways 2.0.
In which architects were asked by River City Company to:
Envision a piece of contemporary urban infrastructure that would activate an alleyway in the Southern city’s core
This program was the Second Iteration of a successful 2016 competition that imagined pop-up pieces in Chattanooga as well.
HowwastheprojectBORN?
Thesponsorsofthecompetition: LyndhurstandBenwood Foundations
Gavetheopportunityforthewinningprojectto becomeReal!
Their work focuses on creating compelling spaces that are catalysts for social activities. They approach design in a playful way, by balancing rigor and research with amusement and curiosity, with the ambition to generate fresh and unexpected experiences of the built environment. Much of their work has been public interventions that leverage the possibility for simple, high-economy design gestures to have significant urban and community impacts.
WHO ?
Is the award-winning multidisciplinary architecture and design collaborative of Molly Hunker and Greg Corso, based in Syracuse, NY.`
& was Designed
Was one of the Participants in the competition with a small budget of just $100,000
91-metre-long passage known Cooper’s Alley off 7th Street in downtown Chattanooga.
siteanalysis
VISION
Allowingusersto discoverdifferent waystousethe alley
Maintainingthe alleyasavibrantly activatedspace
canbeused widelybya diverserange ofusersover theyears
Site Plan
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hoAreThe USERS OfThisProject?
Public users , Tenants, & Those in Charge of programming activities
TheDocumentsUsedToPresentThe Design Idea
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The Documents UsedToPresentThe Design Idea
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Elevation…
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Physical Model…
Fabrication in Shop
BY Metal Arts Foundry
Part of the design installation work in the alley…
on Site…
Installation
Installation on Site…
CITY THREAD is READY
Outcomes when it became REAL
Outcomes when it became REAL
