Selected Works in
Urban Design Himadri Shekhar Kundu
Rutgers University, NJ
M.C.R.P., Urban Planning and Design, 2017 • Campus Redevelopment Plan • New Brunswick Vision Plan • Bergen Arches Rehabilitation Concept • Real Estate Design Competition Winner
SFMTA, San Francisco Student Design Trainee II, Summer 2016
ICICI Bank Ltd., Mumbai, India
Real Estate Mortgage Valuations, 2015
NICMAR, Pune, India
Graduate Degree, Construction & Project Management, 2014
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India • • •
B.E. Civil, 2009 Research Fellow, 2011 Land Use & Transportation Planning
Consulting Engineering Services (Jacobs), New Delhi, India Highway Contract Management Trainee, Summer 2013
CONTENTS
MARKET RESEARCH SUSTAINABILITY
MOBILITY
COORDINATION QUALITY
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LAND DEVELOPMENT TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
CONTRACTS
VISIONING
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT
ZONING
DEMAND MANAGEMENT
REDEVELOPMENT & REHABILITATION
NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT
SITE PLANNING & PROGRAMMING
URBAN DESIGN Vision Plan 2040 New Brunswick, New Jersey
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Campus Redevelopment Plan, Rutgers University
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Bergen Arches Rehabilitation Concept, Jersey City, New Jersey
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Suburban Mall Retrofit, Montgomery Township, New Jersey
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Washington Ave Redevelopment, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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MORTGAGE
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
NET PRESENT VALUE
ASSET VALUATION HOUSING
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PROJECTIONS
LIQUIDITY
FINANCIAL MODELLING INVESTMENT
REAL ESTATE FINANCE PROFIT & LOSS STATEMENTS
LIVE WORK PLAY MARKET RESEARCH
FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS
MEZZANINE FINANCE
CASE STUDY
Rural Hamlet Design Alternative
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DESIGN COMPETITION WINNER NAIOP CRIECS Competition 2016 Liberty Harbor Jersey City, New Jersey
ADDRESS GEOCODING
SPATIAL ANALYST ROUTING EFFICIENCY
GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYST NEAREST FACILITY
SCENARIO 360
DEMAND
LOCATION ALLOCATION
SCALE
CARTOGRAPHY
GEO-PROCESSING TRAFFIC ANALYSIS DISASTER PLANNING
DATA QUALITY NETWORK
ANALYSIS
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GIS ANALYTICS Site Suitability Anlaysis, Recreational Facilities Hudson County, New Jersey
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EW BRUNSWICK VISION PLAN 2040
Academic Timeline: 6 weeks
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NEW BRUNSWICK VISION PLAN 2040
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Network of bike paths, transit and pedestrian friendly streets to decrease dependecy on cars Bus routes in loops with stops within 3 -4 minutes to improve accessibility and congestion
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OLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS REDEVELOPMENT
Academic Timeline: 8 weeks
Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Campus Re-Vision
Adjacent to the main green square of the campus, this central courtyard surrounded by all the required ammenities with a perfect sense of enclosure will become the icon for a better living experience promoting the growth for students while integrating the local community. The idea of integration between the local community and the university campus required few inviting public spaces interwined with campus life that can serve both the communities.
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COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS REDEVELOPMENT Context Current physical structure of the Rutgers University campus in New Brunswick lack integratiion which creates a sense of isolation, increasing the difficulty to move between spaces. The center for all interaction happens near the largest campus transit hub adjacent to the Student Center. The disconnect between the 20,000 students commutting daily from that place and the near by housing creates a social isolation.
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Central squares would serve to bring both these communities together with student housing, recreation, commercial and institutional spaces located next to each other. Mixed use student housing with retail underneath and adjacent institutional, and office spaces will create for a better walkable enviroment to promote a healthier lifestyle. Diversity will also prove to be beneficial for the student community with the 5-story glass building lounge and recreation center acting as a focal point which the community lacked. Existing high rise student housing along the river would be retrofitted to increase available housing units without change in type of use and have dedicated pedestrian walkways to the campus.
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COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS REDEVELOPMENT 1
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Academic Timeline: 6 weeks
Jersey City, New Jersey
Context: Jersey City consulted with Rutgers University’s Urban Design Studio to concieve a future for the area adjacent to the abandoned tracks of railroads dividing the city in half.
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BERGEN ARCHES REHABILITATION CONCEPT Secaucus Junction 2nd Street Light Rail Station
Hoboken 5 minutes walk
Journal Square
High Risk to Flooding • Gold Coast • NYC Coasts
Proposed New Stations Light Rail
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Resilient to Flooding Naturally high Topo • Journal Square • Bergen Arches
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
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BERGEN ARCHES REHABILITATION CONCEPT
Structured Underground Surface lots
Bergen Arches
Elevated Parks
Open & Green Spaces
Buildings
Parking
Streets for All Commerce of all kinds
Recreation & Cultural Areas
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BERGEN ARCHES REHABILITATION CONCEPT
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BERGEN ARCHES REHABILITATION CONCEPT
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
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Increase in 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 Site boundaries Site boundaries Building footprints Building footprints Parcels Parcels Site boundaries Vacant land land Building footprints Land Vacant to improvements value ratio Parcels Land 0.03 to improvements value ratio - 2.33 Vacant land 0.03 2.33 Land to improvements value ratio 2.34 - 10.29 0.03 - 2.33 2.34 - -10.29 10.30 28.58 2.34 - 10.29 10.30 -- 64.95 28.58 28.59 10.30 - 28.58 28.59 64.95 28.59 - 64.95 0
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BERGEN ARCHES REHABILITATION CONCEPT
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Academic Timeline: 4 weeks
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Rutgers University's Urban Design Studio presented 5 visions to renovate and rejuvenate the mall infrastructure and this vision proposes a town-center Contributions: Research, Analysis & Survey, Conceptual Plan, Site Planning, 3D Renders
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SUBURBAN MALL RETROFIT
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SUBURBAN MALL RETROFIT
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SUBURBAN MALL RETROFIT
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Presence of well-established anchors
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Proximity to Princeton
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Presence of a lot of vacant land
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SUBURBAN MALL RETROFIT Within 5 mile driving distance
• Median Age in most Census Tracts over 40 years • Lowest Median Age 21 years • Census Tract Median HH Income • Lowest = $77,984 • Highest = $ 200,000 • Census Tract Population Growth from 2010 to 2015 • Lowest -ve 35% • Highest +ve 26%
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SUBURBAN MALL RETROFIT
Phase I Residential 1-BR: 45 2-BR: 82 3-BR: 22
Parking Requirements: For Residential: 299 For Commercial: 50 Total: 349
Commercial Total Area: 16580 sq.ft
Parking Provision 1192
Phase II Residential 1-BR: 97 2-BR: 177 3-BR: 48
Parking Requirements: For Residential: 644 For Commercial: 256 Total: 900
Commercial Total Area: 85188 sq.ft
Parking Provision 908
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Residential 1-BR: 55 2-BR: 101 3-BR: 27
Parking Requirements: For Residential: 366 For Commercial: 223 Total: 589
Commercial Total Area: 74264 sq.ft
Parking Provision 359
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Academic Timeline: 5 weeks
Sckuykill River
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Context: Located south of center city, the site area brings 4 different neighborhoods together at the intersection of Washington Ave and Broad Street. Philadelphia's primary character of squares & green along with growing interests in cultural activities were few of the key principles guiding the redevelopment proposal from our group. Contributions: Research, Analysis & Survey, Conceptual Plan, Site Planning, 3D Model, Perspective Renders
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WASHINGTON AVE REDEVELOPMENT
Vehicular Traffic
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Pedestrian Traffic
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GRICULTURAL HAMLET New Jersey, Fall 2016
Suburban Residential without Community
Context A hypothetical 12 acre plot was to be developed in the US suburban sprawl pattern under random the environmental constraints of streams, wetlands and forested areas prevailing in rural New Jersey or elsewhere. Only one 50 foot R.O.W was provided as the primary access to the site. Under such a model only 12 disconnected dwelling units could be created that harbors social isolation and unhealthy auto oriented lifestyles.
Concept An alternative development proposal to the suburban sprawled pattern that would not only integrate the community but would also create a harmonious living environment with regards to the natural constraints and resources.
Academic Timeline: 2 weeks
Rural Agricultural Hamlet Transformation
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Design Program - Walkable small community with every resident living within a radius of 5 minute walk from the Community Core, thus inviting social interaction - Compact Community Core with Mixed Use development - Sufficient Agricultural Farm lands to increase food resiliency - Focus on human scale development as well as jobs and retail - Jobs to housing ratio of 1:1 would create an economic independence - Accessible transit buses and on demand transit stops less than 5 minute walking distance for each resident - 4 Major Roads access to the Hamlet in all directions - Residential, Commercial as well as on street parking
A sustainable community design based on the understanding of Transit Transects was created by the group to preserve the environmentally sensitive land while increasing its food independence and walkability. I had direct contribution in sketching, design, and programming. As a result, the total footprint of the impervious surfaces per capita decreased and also a rain water detention pond increased the flood resiliency and water independence of the community.
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NAIOP CREICS Competition, Spring 2016 Winner Timeline: 4 weeks
Context An interdisciplinary team from Rutgers University participated in NAIOP's New Jersey Chapter hosted Real Estate Design Competition A real-life site located in the Liberty Harbour Redevelopment Area of Jersey City and owned by the KRE Group worth $1.55 million was to be developed in the recent future in order to create value for the owners without much capital infusement
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Master Plan
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A golf-themed hotel that repositions an industrial site to a hospitality project to capitalize on nearby outstanding golf courses, other attractions and the broad redevelopment-induced significant changes occurring in Jersey City Sustainability measures included creating minimal building footprint with energy efficient layout, lighting, passive solar, rainwater harvesting and recycling through landscaping I had direct contribution in planning analysis, programming, 3D modelling, and pro-forma development
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Academic Timeline: 2 weeks
Recreational Facilities, Hudson County, New Jersey, Fall 2016
Context Increasingly the dearth of open recreational facilities and green spaces are being sought for a premium by the urban dwellers due to the lack of quality accessible spaces within the city limits. Hudson County, New Jersey being one of the most densely urbanized county was chosen for a case study to determine the most suitable site for a new open recreational facility development.
Location Allocation of New Candidate Sites
Existing Recreational Facilities
Service Area for Existing Recreational Facilties
Methodology - Network Analyst Service Area - Coverage of existing facilities - 10 min walking distance Location Allocation - Candidate parcels that maximized walkable attendance based on population weights Site Analysis Areas
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SITE SUITABILITY ANALYSIS
Recreational Facilities, Hudson County, New Jersey Methodology - Spatial Analyst A circular area with radius of 1500' was selected on the basis of the Location Allocation results to further analyze the parcel charateristics and chose 3 analysis area for environmental suitability.
Suitable Facilitiy locations within Site Area 55 & 60
Suitable Facilitiy locations within Site Area 48 & 56
Recommended Area
Spatial Statistics - to determine Class of Property, Value & Size of parcels Weighted Ranking - All the candidate areas ranked first on the basis of invididual variables analyzed and then under a combined rank where Population, % of Residential parcels and Value were each weighted 25%.
Suitable Facilitiy locations within Site Area 49
- Environmental Suitability Four factor analysis - Proximity to Chromate contamination sites, - Proximity to Wetlands, - Vacancy of parcel, - Proximity to residential population demand Weighted Overlay function was performed with proximity to residential demand as the highest weight. Limitation - In-depth analysis could be performed in future with higher number of factors, which was out of scope within the time avialble. Parcel Statistics Mean Net Mean Site Population Parcel Value of Number Weight Area (SF) Parcels 4 $ 391,097 2084 99466 26 $ 236,294 1814 6387 48 & 56 $ 81,818 31586 3020 49 & 57 $ 105,915 70784 2921 54 $ 108,146 2062 4081 55 & 60 $ 245,625 100541 4237 58 $ 170,551 6245 3847
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Photography by Himadri Shekhar Kundu
Himadri Shekhar Kundu New Brunswick, NJ, USA (732) 948-3243
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