FLOODABLE RESILIENCE +in REMEMBRANCE CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
TIME CHECK NEIGHBORHOOD
TIME CHECK MEMORIAL The Flood of 2008 was unprecedented in Cedar Rapids, IA, reaching heights well beyond the 500-yr floodplain and affecting seven states across the Midwest. In Cedar Rapids, water covered nearly 14% of the city; it has often been termed Iowa’s Katrina. In response, the city is constructing a flood management strategy to protect again another disaster. Though this solution protects the city, there are both large and small scale consequences for such a measure. My project focuses on the issue of neighborhood erasure in order to make room for the “greenway.”
TIME CHECK GREENWAY
SITE FOCUS - TIME CHECK MEMORIAL
TIME CHECK NEIGHBORHOOD BY THE RIVER
DOWNTOWN QUAKER OATS
MAYS ISLAND
RIVERFRONT PARK Pac Union
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5-in-1 DAM
ilroad
NW CHICAGO RAILROAD
TAYLOR NEIGHBORHOOD HWY I-380
CEDAR RIVER
HUBBARD ICE INDUSTRIAL CO.
TIME CHECK PARK TIME CHECK NEIGHBORHOOD ELLIS BLVD
HARRISON SCHOOL
735
725
72 5
5 72
725 5 72
5 73
5 72 71 0
DOWNTOWN
72 5
735
0 73
FLOOD PROTECTION + HYDROLOGY
725
0 74
5 72
5 72
725
5 73 730
725
725
72 5
0 73
72 5
725
0 73
0 72
0 72
5 71
735 730
730
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725
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725
725 72 5
725
725
730
FLOOD WALLS
725
725
710
715
5 72
5 72
720
725
ilroad
5 72
ic Ra Pacif
5 72
Union
0 73
725
725
725
725
705
705
5 72
TAYLOR NEIGHBORHOOD
710
720
725 74 0
725
0 74
725
0 71 72 5
72 5
725
7 5 72
725 725
5 72
725
72 5
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72 5
5 72
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720 725
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725 725
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725 72 5
730
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TIME CHECK NEIGHBORHOOD
725
72 5
725
725
72 5
730
72 5
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725
5 72
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725 725
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71 5
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“WET AREA”
0 71
725
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725
730
725
5 72
72 5
725 725
730
725
0 71
5 72
PRILIMARY LEVEE ALIGNMENT
725
725
725
0 73
725
735
5 71
725
725
5 72
72 5
710
730
725
715
5 72
73 5
CEDAR RIVER
725
720
725
71 5
725
0 71
725
725
730
0 71
730
5 71
72 5
730
730
725
5 72
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730
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745
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785 790 775
760 800
740
780
HARRISON CREEK
730
730
730
730
730
730
770
740
ZONE REGULATIONS
DOWNTOWN
Union
ic Ra Pacif
ilroad
TAYLOR NEIGHBORHOOD CEDAR RIVER
HMGP CDBG
TIME CHECK NEIGHBORHOOD
ALONG THE “RIVER ROAD”
QUAKER OATS HUBBARD ICE
L AVENUE
ALONG THE “RIVER ROAD”
LAST HOUSE BY RIVER
PENN AVENUE
PRE - FLOOD
REMNANTS - POSTFLOOD BUILDINGS
REMNANTS - STREET GRID
REMNANTS - CANOPY
CONCEPT PLAN 9
6
5
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5
8
4 3
2
2 10
7 TIME CHECK MEMORIAL PROGRAM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
HOUSE IN RIVER MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONS IN SUNFLOWER FIELD DAYLIT CREEK COURTS BOSQUE + SEATING / BEER GARDEN ICE RINK / POND PARK TRAILS MULTI-FUNCTIONAL FIELDS RIVER WALK LEVEE OVERLOOK
BUILDINGS - STAY/GO
PROGRAM INTENSITY
RECREATION
MEMORIAL
PUBLIC PARKWAY/ PRIVATE RESIDENCES
REVEALS
HOUSE
CANOPY
SIDEWALKS CURBS FOUNDATIONS
REVEALS - LANDFORM + DATUMS
720’
718’
730’
722’ 725’
735’
725’
735’
725’
REVEALS - PATHWAYS + DATUMS
REVEALS - PATHWAYS + DATUMS
CONCEPT PLAN 9
6
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4 3
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7 TIME CHECK MEMORIAL PROGRAM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
HOUSE IN RIVER MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONS IN SUNFLOWER FIELD DAYLIT CREEK COURTS BOSQUE + SEATING / BEER GARDEN ICE RINK / POND PARK TRAILS MULTI-FUNCTIONAL FIELDS RIVER WALK LEVEE OVERLOOK
CONCEPT PLAN 9
6
5
1
5
8
4 3
2
2 10
7 TIME CHECK MEMORIAL PROGRAM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
HOUSE IN RIVER MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONS IN SUNFLOWER FIELD DAYLIT CREEK COURTS BOSQUE + SEATING / BEER GARDEN ICE RINK / POND PARK TRAILS MULTI-FUNCTIONAL FIELDS RIVER WALK LEVEE OVERLOOK
HOUSE IN RIVER MEMORIAL
PATH STUDIES
CONCEPT PLAN 9
6
5
1
5
8
4 3
2
2 10
7 TIME CHECK MEMORIAL PROGRAM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
HOUSE IN RIVER MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONS IN SUNFLOWER FIELD DAYLIT CREEK COURTS BOSQUE + SEATING / BEER GARDEN ICE RINK / POND PARK TRAILS MULTI-FUNCTIONAL FIELDS RIVER WALK LEVEE OVERLOOK
FOUNDATIONS IN SUNFLOWER FIELD
DATUMS - LANDFORM TO STRUCTURES