Living Towers Project

RUE DE L’OBSERVATOIRE RE PROGRAMMING THE PARK SITE PLAN

GARRETT SIBINGA NY/PARIS SPRING 2012

PROGRAM DETAIL

CIRCULATION AND UNUSED SPACE

THE CYCLICAL SITE PROJECT THE PROJECT ATTEMPTS TO REDEFINE THE CONTEXT OF FARMING WITHIN THE CITY, BY CREATING SPACE THAT IS BOTH PRODUCTIVE, AND PLEASANT. PARIS'S GREATEST ARCHITECTURAL LOSS, THE MARKET OF LES HALLES, HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE WASTE AND THE CONGESTION THAT THE MARKET PRODUCED. THE SITE PRODUCES AND RECYCLES THE MATERIALS IT USES, ULTIMATELY NEGATING PROBLEMS WITH CONGESTION AND TRAFFIC. IT COMBINES ASPECTS OF FRENCH HERITAGE, WITH A MODERN ITERATION OF AGRARIAN VALUES, MIXED WITH THE SOCIAL SPACE OF A MARKETPLACE. IT OFFERS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR TEACHING, AND ADVANCING THE PROGRAM OF SUSTAINABILITY WITHIN PARIS, WHILE STILL HOLDING TRUE TO THE MARKET TRADITION IN PARIS.

TREES CREATE POWERFUL VERTICAL AXIS PERSPECTIVE HELD BY PLANTINGS

INSTITUTION STUDENTS

TRAVEL THROUGH HORIZONTAL AXIS

90% OF SPACE UNUSED, AND UNPROGRAMMED

COMMERCIAL AREA

OPPOSITE SIDE OF RESIDENTIAL

ITS UNPROGRAMMED NATURE, AND PROXIMITY TO LUXEMBOURG GARDENS, MAKE PARC DE L’OBSERVATOIRE AN UNDERUTILIZED AND SUPERFLUOUS SPACE. IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE FUNCTIONAL NATURE OF THE SITE, AND ADVANCE THE PROGRAM OF SUSTAINABLILITY IN PARIS, MY PROJECT AIMS TO ENVISION A NEW WAY TO FARM WITHIN THE CITY.

EXISTING PERSPECTIVE RESIDENTIAL

INSTITUTIONAL

PERSPECTIVES FORMED BY TREES

REINFORCED BY GROUND PLANE

NORTHERN FACE

EXISTING TREE SCAPE

VOID SPACE

TREESCAPE

SITE PLAN

POCKET PARKS

BY MAPPING TREESCAPE AND VOID SPACE, IT IS POSSIBLE TO LOCATE STRUCTURES WITHIN THE EXISTING FABRIC OF THE SITE, AND REMOVE AS FEW TREES AS POSSIBLE

WITH STRUCTURES INSET INTO PERSPECTIVE WALLS, POCKETS OF INTEREST EMERGE, AND ADDING PROGRAM AND INTEREST TO AN OTHERWISE UNPROGRAMMED SPACE

SOUTHERN FACE

TOWERS ENHANCE PERSPECTIVE

PRESERVE CENTRAL VISTA

4th FLOOR - STUDENT LIVING QUARTERS, TOOL STORAGE, GROWING BEDS, AQUAPONIC TANKS, PRODUCE STORAGE

LIVING TOWERS PRODUCTIVE URBAN PARK SPACE 3rd FLOOR - PEDAGOGICAL CENTER, CONFERENCE ROOM, GERMINATION CHAMBER, GROWING BEDS, AQUAPONIC TANKS

THE LIVING TOWERS ARE A RE-INTERPRETATION OF TRADITIONAL AGRARIAN VALUES, AND A WAY TO PRODUCTIVELY USE URBAN PARK SPACE TO PRODUCE FOOD. THE CYCLICAL SITE IS AN IDEA ABOUT CREATIVE WAYS TO FARM, AND TO SELL PRODUCE WITHIN DENSELY POPULATED URBAN AREAS. BY USING BUILDING SCALE AQUAPONICS SYSTEM, AND CAPITALIZING ON THE AESTHETIC POTENTIAL OF THE PROCESS, THE PROJECT CREATES FARM TOWERS WHICH ARE HIGHLY EFFICIENT, AND RETAIN SCULPTURAL QUALITIES. IN CONTRAST TO MOST MARKET SITES, THE CYCLICAL SITE IS A SELF CONTAINED ENTITY, WHICH RECYCLES NUTRIENTS WITHIN THE SITE, IN ORDER TO GROW CONTINUOUSLY, AND PRODUCE BOTH FRESH FISH AND PRODUCE SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE TOWERS OFFER HIGHLY DISCOUNTED LIVING SPACE FOR STUDENTS FROM THE NEARBY BOTANICAL COLLEGE, AS PART OF AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, WHERE THEY WORK AND TEACH WITHIN THE SUSTAINABLE FARMING SYSTEM.

AQUAPONIC SYSTEM DIAGRAM 2nd FLOOR - GERMINATION CHAMBERS, TOOL STORAGE, PROCESSING CENTER, GROWING BEDS, AQUAPONIC TANKS

CLEAN WATER

AQUA PONIC TANK FISH WASTE IS HIGH IN AMMONIA, USED IN PLACE OF FERTILIZER

GROWING BEDS - CLAY MEDIUM

VEGETATION WORKS AS NATURAL FILTRATION SYSTEM, CLEANING WATER

WATERFALLS PROVIDE OXYGENATED WATER NECESSARY FOR FISH

CLEAN WATER

1st FLOOR - CAFE, ENTRANCE HALL, INFORMATION BOOTH, AQUAPONIC TANKS, CONFERENCE ROOM