Urban Design Studio: Bergen Arches

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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Urban Design Studio

Bergen Arches Corridor Rehabilitation Concept

Vision 4

Regional Context Existing Green Connections Future development potential Link to Gold Coast

Urban Design Studio

Bergen Arches Corridor Rehabilitation Concept

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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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Bergen Arches Corridor Rehabilitation Concept

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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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Bergen Arches Corridor Rehabilitation Concept

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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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Bergen Arches Corridor Rehabilitation Concept

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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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Bergen Arches Corridor Rehabilitation Concept

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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

Existing Bike Lanes Proposed Bike Lanes

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Vehicular Circulation

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Bergen Arches Corridor Rehabilitation Concept

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Pedestrian Circulation

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Bergen Arches Corridor Rehabilitation Concept

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Elevated Parkway

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Bergen Arches

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Public Open Spaces

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Urban Grain

Proposed Existing

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Site Plan

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Site Plan

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Bergen Arches Corridor Rehabilitation Concept

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Site Plan

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Bergen Arches Corridor Rehabilitation Concept

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Parking Plan

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Function Analysis

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Bergen Arches Corridor Rehabilitation Concept

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Site Section

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Bergen Arches Corridor Rehabilitation Concept

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Pedestrian Connections

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Bergen Arches Corridor Rehabilitation Concept

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Pedestrian Connections

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Bergen Arches Corridor Rehabilitation Concept

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Urban Design Studio

Bergen Arches Corridor Rehabilitation Concept

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