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JESSICA DJAHAMATA
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“It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.” -Claude Bernard
Situated at the center of Medan city Indonesia, Kampung Madras contains cultural and historical values. Decades ago, Dutch government dominated Indonesia including this city, Medan. Seeing opportunities for tobacco plantations, the Dutch started hiring contract workers from India and China. To maintain cultural differences and tensions among workers, they created regulations by separating them based on their origins, including this district. It used to be a dwelling place for only the Indians. However, as the era shifted to post colonialism, it resulted in changes of urban settlement forms. Today, this district is not only home for Indians but also for people from different ethnicities such as Chinese, Arab, and the locals.
SIGNAGE
STREET FORM THE MALL On the 30.000 square meters land area, this modern shopping mall stands luxuriously among the old retail buildings. This mall has become a new attraction for the public especially young people and family. It is a one stop shop center where people can shop or just hang out. This mall has about 142 exclusive tenants. There are various coffee shops, cafes, restaurants, food court, gym and movie theatre.
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Aside from its historical values, the current condition of Kampung madras portrays its adversity to respond various issues that occur. Yet, Kampung Madras still solely depends upon the current physical forms and functions in response of those demands. As a result, it can be seen nowadays where buildings are aging, roads are “struggling” to accommodate the flow of vehicles, and river is flooded with garbage.
The draft model on the left shows the analysis of pedestrian flow and vehicular flow. Key location and or buildings started to “intertwined” and overlap and develop a valuable information to be used for revitalizing the district
As a district with unique political, economic and socio cultural setups, a comprehensive yet applicable concepts needs to be developed. Implementing sustainability as a framework, this project addresses long term strategies to improve the living conditions of the residents in Kampung Madras. The three main objectives are : 1. To maintain its characters as a multicultural district 2. To nurture public-private partnership in the development process 3. To enhance and reconstruct the physical form in response of health and environmental issues The desire outcome from this project is to create a sustainable and resilient district model in various aspects that can be applied to other parts of the city.
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MACRO SCALE
Several interventions needs to be taken in order to bring a “fresh” look of this district. Replacing some of the older buildings are required to increase the density and to bring “relieve” to the area. Newer developments are intended to enhance the cultural values and to embrace the diversity. Such interventions must embedded in the macro, mid and micro scale. To ensure that it would promote growth and reduce social disparities, the governments also need to pay attention to the regulations and policy within Kampung Madras.
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THE URBAN “ACCUPUNCTURE” Some interventions at the block scale are also applied. To achieve the main objectives, which is to maintain Kampung Madras as a social district, several interventions at the block scale are proposed. 1. The first column shows how to increase social engagement by replacing and creating different types of pocket spaces. 2. The second columns illustrates the possibility to increase density by replacing some of the older buildings to newer buildings that has higher standards and codes 3. The third column proposes “rebranding” businesses that can encourage foot traffic.
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MICRO SCALE
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CURTIS HIXON PARK The Life Between Buildings
FRONT VIEW
Curtis Hixon Park is located in the Downtown Tampa. It serves as a public park with several buildings surrounding it. One of them is The Tampa Museum Of Art. The goal of this project is to observe the area in between the building and the landscape elements. Mapping key points such as people gathering, people walking, public facilities are required to “read� the area and see its potential values
The corridor in between Tampa Museum of Art and the playground area is wide. It is approximately about 20 to 26 foo. Based on our team observation, people rarely stand along this covered corridor. Interventions need to be made such as creating steps to the playground area Nam ut est. In vehicula venenatis dui. Vestibulum ante ipsum
RIGHT SIDE VIEW
THE MEANINGFUL STEPS The intent of the steps is to create intermediate zones that can provide interactions for both areas yet not breaking the boundary. It is to create a space where people can sit and enjoy the landscape, or to direct people to the buildings. Connecting this area by blurring the intermediate zones is essential to break the stagnant flow at this corridor.
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T A M P A, FL
VICTORIA ISLAND, OTTAWA Known as “Chaudiere”, the hidden beauty of this island captivates many attention. Located between Quebec and Ontario, this island has treasured many historical and cultural values. Not to mention one of its potential beauty ; the Falls. Nowadays, we can see a huge dam producing clean energy for some. The beauty has yet to be polished.Some large industrial companies such as Domtar still shows its massive presence on the island while the first nation people clustered more to the east and dwells in tents. The majestic Chaudière has been and is a sacred place; “a natural sanctuary“ described by Samuel de Champlain in one ceremony, one of the first Europeans who crossed the Chaudière.
The Chaudiere island was once heavily industrialized in the 19th century. The islands at the Chaudiere Falls and Chaudiere Island immediately to the east and Victoria island east of that. The falls are about 60 meters(200ft) wide and drop 15 meters (49 ft). The area around the fall was once heavily industrialized and provided a significant contribution for the area.
THE DAM. Block free-flowing river systems, hindering the flow of nutrients and impeding fish and wildlife migration. Cause massive erosion of the riverbanks because of the sediments Impact negatively the aesthetics and character or the natural settings -Alter water temperatures and oxygen levels critical to species survival and to good water quality.
RESTORING THE LANDSCAPE
- Restore the riparian vegetations, river, and banks by replacing the dam into an even more environmentally friendly energy sources - Ensure Chaudiere Island as a destination by transforming the post industrial heritage buildings into atrractive places
WATER DIAGRAM
GREEN “FINGER” DIAGRAM
OPEN SPACE DIAGRAM
DERELICT SITES. Significant portions of publicly owned rivers are inaccessible to the public -Hard impervious surfaces -Lack of character of the sites because of abandoned/derelict of post industrial buildings.
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This project is to blur the line between the softscape and the hardscape elements. Green spaces start to “punch through� the building;creating a seamless continuity. neque. Pellen-
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Hull Site Ensuring that Chaudiere Island would become a destination in the future, we incorporates mixed use residential commercial design across Victoria island on Quebec site. Pedestrian system, and easily accesible public spaces are also integrated in the design.
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SUMMER PROJECT
This site is located across University of South Florida and along two major streets, Fletcher and Bruce B. Downs. This site has potentials that need to be unlocked. Reconnecting the grid system, this site can be transformed into a healthcare district. Creating mixed use residential buildings and several open spaces will help enhance healthy lifestyle.
Green spaces and parks can become intermediate zones in between all of these new building developments. Not only to develop pedestrian oriented system, the aim of this project is to increase more density near the university.
HEALTHCARE DISTRICT - SUMMER PROJECT
HEALTHCARE DISTRICT - SUMMER PROJECT
SULPHUR SPRINGS - SUMMER PROJECT
The Sulphur springs site is located in Tampa, Florida. The identity of the place itself slowly diminished and largely ignored. Struggling to have meaning in the cities, the tower in Sulphur Springs is the sole cultural landscape that still remains until today. Previously, this place attracted a lot of people by offering the nature of the Hilsborough river. Yet, numerous aspects such as economic condition and pollutant river water have influenced the springs and wiped away the valuable historical buildings and the initial functions of Hillsborough river as a habitat for the living creatures.
EMBANKMENTS Mitigates stormwater from highway and slowly filters it back through detention ponds back to the Hillsborough river.
The purpose of this project is to remediate the contaminated site condition and to reconstruct it with the built environment. Implementing soft infrastructure as a framework to revitalize Hillsborough river water quality, this project adresses long term strategies by using low technology and inexpensive approach such as natural habitats and vegetation to clean the river water. LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT PARKING LOTS Utilizes pervious pavement and bioswales to collect and treat stormwater and filters it back into the water table while also provided urban heat island mitigation.
SULPHUR SPRINGS - SUMMER PROJECT
SULPHUR SPRINGS - SUMMER PROJECT
F U T U R E C O R R I D O R - C UTR
URBAN AREA
SUBURBAN AREA
CONNECT PEOPLE TO PLACES
Our design should be applicable to Florida’s existing corridors and proposed future corridors and focus on the accomodation of all users. Through innovative technologies and existing best practices these corridor designs are intended to revolutionize the way corridors are developed in Florida and across the United States.
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F U T U R E C O R R I D O R - C UTR
“To develop environmentally conscious multimodal design for future rural, suburban and urban corridors that can be applied throughout the states as a new construction or as a retrofit.�
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P O R T F O L I O. JESSICA DJAHAMATA Urban Designer
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