Bergen Arches Rehabilitation Concept Plan Jersey City, NJ Urban Design Studio Spring 2017 Video Overview Click Here
Himadri Kundu Yangfan Zhang Yue Sun
Entire Studio’s Vision Click Here
Inspirations and Concepts
Mardrid Rio, Spain
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Mexcico City Plans
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Utlize the land bank, topography, and location of Jersey City
Improve the existing connections and infrastructures
Capitalize on the Historic Values
Create more livable communites with equitable access
Revenues for City and Developers Cheaper and Affordable Housing So+So Studio Re-Imagines the Arches
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Regional Context Existing Green Connections Future development potential Link to Gold Coast
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Flood Mitigation - Global Warming High Risk to Flooding • Gold Coast • NYC Coasts
Resilient to Flooding Naturally high Topo • Journal Square • Bergen Arches
Highly Floodprone
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Integrated Transit Network Secaucus Junction 2nd Street Light Rail Station
Hoboken 5 minutes walk
Journal Square
Proposed New Stations Light Rail
Newport
Street Car/ Trolley
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Rehabilitation Area Strategy Graduated density – Voluntary land assembly easier through density bonus for larger sites Higher land values – on smaller but aggregated parcels Already adopted for Journal Square in 2010 – sparked building boom – rival NY’s Rockefeller Center (Shoup, 2017)
Affordable Housing 1. Reduces the incentive to hold out of a land assembly for property owners 2. Density bonus – Enables city to mandate some % affordable housing on assembled sites 3. Total housing supply increases – higher density of redevelopment than replaced
Rehabilitation Area
4. Commercial uses – retail at street
Fair Site Condition
and offices/ housing above will benefit from the higher density
Poor Site Condition Project Area
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MAP: FAIR TO POOR CONDITIONS
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Urban Enterprize Zone Reduced Development Costs 1. Tax abatements 2. Commercial Viability
Urban Enterprize Zone Beneficial Area Project Area
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Framework Diagram
5 minutes walk
5 minutes walk Pedestrian Flow Major Arterial Flow Traffic Flow New Stations Light Rail
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Integrated Bike-Network
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Vehicular Circulation
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Pedestrian Circulation
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Elevated Parkway
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Public Open Spaces
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Urban Grain
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Site Plan
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Parking Plan
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Function Analysis
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Site Section
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Pedestrian Connections
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Pedestrian Connections
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