Jonathan Hein selected work from 2015 to 2019
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EAST SIDE COASTAL RESILIENCY (ESCR) PHASE 1, BIG U
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HUMANHATTAN MODEL
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AUSTIN OVERLOOK
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SELF-DRIVING CAR CITY
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BQE TO BQP
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CLOUD
VENICE BIENNALE
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT URBAN DESIGN PROPOSAL URBAN DESIGN PROPOSAL GRAD SCHOOL, PAVILION
EAST SIDE COASTAL RESILIENCY (ESCR) Bjarke Ingels Group, 2016-2018 Phase 1, BIG U By the time Hurricane Sandy reached the shores of New York it was downsized to a mere Super-storm. And yet the storm surge waters it pushed ahead of it were unprecedented in the history of the city overwhelming its infrastructure including electricity and transportation systems. Vast areas of Lower Manhattan were flooded causing damage in the billions. In the aftermath Mayor Bloomberg, looking for answers, started a competition to build flood-protection for New York. The BIG U proposal by BIG for Lower Manhattan won by proposing an interactive park berm. The first phase, named East Side Coastal Resiliency, runs from Montgomery to East 25th Street. The proposition is to elevated the existing sports fields onto a berm and create stronger connections from the city to the waterfront.
+16.5’ +8.5’ +6-8’ +2.3’
DESIGN FLOOD ELEVATION (100 YEAR STORM TIDE + 30” SEA LEVEL RISE) PROJECTED 2100 MHHW EXISTING GRADE CURRENT MHHW
Section, from city to river
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Plan, East River Park, Manhattan
DESIGN TEAM BIG, ONE Architecture, AKRF, Arcadis, CH2M, Matthews Nielsen, Hardesty & Hanover, Hazen and Sawyer, Siteworks, K.S. Engineers, Fitzgerald & Halliday, Boomi Environmental, Wesler-Cohen, Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES), University Settlement
COMMUNITY INTEREST GROUPS LES Ready!, Good Old Lower East Side, University Settlement, Solar One, Lower East Side Ecology Center, Two Bridges Neighborhood Council, Occupy Sandy, Asian Americans for Equality, Downtown Alliance, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Community Board 1, 3 and 6, Battery Park Conservancy, Hudson River Park Trust, Municipal Art Society, Regional Plan Association, Van Alen Institute, NYU Institute for Public Knowledge, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
CITY DEPARTMENTS NYC Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency, NYC Department of Design and Construction, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, NYC Department of Transportation, NYC Department of Environmental Protection, NYC Economic Development Corporation, NYC Department of City Planning, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management.
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The strategy for creating a resilient park both environmentally and financially depends on providing connections and reinforcing existing program such as sports fields and passive recreation areas.
Axon, Concept build up
Render, View at Delancey Street 9
Existing fields, which are heavily used by the community are lifted up and surrounded by a flood barrier. Bridges provide the connection between community and waterfront park.
existing condition
improved circulation
city connection
lifted up
vegetation zones
Render, View at Delancey Street 11
berm
fencing
vegetation
lighting
paths
programming
edging
seating
Each element of the park were intensively studied to understand their resiliency potential. A gradient of scales for all types of park elements offered the best variety to ensure resiliency.
Path typologies
Rock edge, program
Rock edge, character
Floodwall
BRICK
STEPPED
QUICK STEPPED
PLANTER FLARE
PLANTER BUBBLES
Studies for various park elements 13
Plant inspiration render
Proposed coastal planting section
ROSA RUGOSA
LESPEDEZA CAPITATA
SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS
ERYNGIUM YUCCIFOLIUM
SCHIZACHRIUM SCOPARIUM
PANICUM VIRGATUM
CAREX PENSYLVANICA
AMELANCHIER CANADENSIS
AMELANCHIER CANADENSIS
JUNCUS GREENEI
For the planting we proposed native coastal plants from various coastal regions, from dunes to the pine forests typical of North East.
Render, View at Stuyvesant Cove Park 15
Render, Aerial view of the East Side Coastal Resiliency Proposal 17
HUMANHATTAN 2050 Bjarke Ingels Group, Spring 2018 Model for the Venice Biennale New York’s vision for dealing with climate change received notice from around the world. How do our cities adapt to the coming climate crisis is what people have asked. The BIG U is an example of recognizing our climate woes and using them o transform our cities to become more live-able and sustainable while also providing the necessary resiliency. The exhibition ran from May until the end of November, 2018.
Photo, Two Bridges
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5 LAYERS OF GREEN PLEXI MILLED WOOD LED LIGHTS
Section, Plexi on CNC milled wood
The section shows the structure of the model with a carved whole wood base. The model was exhibited in the Main Pavilion in Giardini, Venice.
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Plan, Layout of Biennale Room
VENICE 21
Photo from 2018 Venice Biennale
Photo from 2018 Venice Biennale
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Photo, Venice Biennale 2018 25
AUSTIN OVERLOOK Bjarke Ingels Group, Summer and Fall 2018 Residential Development For this project a private client asked for a Masterplan in the hills of Austin, Texas. Having had minimal experience in architecture prior to this project the client asked that we present all of our work in Virtual Reality. Each presentation was prepared in 3d on Lidar recorded terrain. The main challenge of this project was to create a living experience that was dense, private and offered views to the Austin Skyline from every entry door in the development.
Section, Buildings integrated in nature
USTIN OVERLOOK MASTER PLAN
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In order to offer optimal views to each resident in the development all houses were located along the southern hillside facing Lake Austin and the city skyline.
Site Plan
Access route
Secondary access
Pedestrian connection
Photo,View from top of the hill 29
In order to give a unique identity to the neighborhood we studied various planting strategies that would differentiate each row of houses.
desert habitat
single tree
Planting study, VR prep
tree walk
dog park
gradient by row
unique by row
swath
gradient up and across
flipping
gradient across center
Planting strategy for the site
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dirt path
6ft ped path
12ft ped path
elevated deck
water runnel
waterfront pier
slide
residential walk
cliff walk
Path Study, Detail Chunks
PATH RENDER
Rendering along the cliff edge 33
PREPARATION OF VR MODEL
Testing the VR model
DESIGN UPDATE | 2018/09/14
Client Meeting in VR 35
Screenshot of VR model 37
SELF-DRIVING CAR CITY Spring 2019 Urban Design Plan
For this project we were asked to design a small town that would serve as a test site for self-driving cars. In order to future-proof the community we studied typical infrastructure systems of the city and how these might change as we address climate change. In this proposal we imagine a compact city that is buried beneath a landscape park.
Concept Section, a ‘city’ emerges from the ground
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power plant
source
high-voltage tower
transformer
clean emission
transformer
powerline
user
SOLAR led farming charging station
solar
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
user
power grid SEGREGATED
user
Concept Section, Energy Systems
battery storage
geothermal plant
hydrogen storage
biomass plant
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRATED
filtration
water tower
waste water treatment plant
residential grid
discharge
source
rainwater harvesting
domestic use
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE SEGREGATED
re-use
irrigation
bio-filtration source
bio-filtration
grey water filtration
water storage
source
sewage treatment
Concept Section, Water Systems WATER INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRATED
parking
HIGHWAY LOGISTIC CORRIDORS
inter-city connection
residential streets
shared space
subway
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M
BIKE
WALK
MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE SEGREGATED
elevator
shared space
shared space
mid-speed connection
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high-speed connection logistic corridors
mid-speed connection
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Concept Section, Transportation Systems MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE
PERSONAL MOBILITY
BUILDINGS
100 m2
ENERGY
FOOD
70 Kwh
1,800 g|day
WATER
OPEN SPACE
314 l
9 m2 + 8trees
WHAT DOES A PERSON NEED? Energy requirements by individual
BUILDINGS
10,0000 m2
ENERGY
FOOD
700,000 Kwh
18,000000 g|day 10,000 people
Energy requirements by community
WATER
OPEN SPACE
3,140000 l
90,000 m2 + 80,000trees
COMMUNITY SAMPLE
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5%
5%
5%
introduce ramps
add circulation routes
add roads
lift terrain
insert building program
add recreational park
Concept Render, View of building peaks and park
Concept Render, View of building peaks and park
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Concept Render, Aerial view of urban design proposal
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FROM BQE TO BQP Spring 2019 Urban Design Plan
The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is in desperate need of repair. By some estimates truck traffic will need to be shut down by 2021 reducing New York City’s supply chain by about 10,000 trucks a day. A recent study by the Department of Transportation proposed a six lane elevated highway on top of the historic esplanade. This proposal was unsurprisingly met with fierce community opposition. At that moment BIG saw an opportunity to propose an alternative design that might be more amenable to the community while also replacing the infrastructural needs. The images caused a stir among city officials and resulted in the formation of a special council to investigate alternative proposals.
Concept section, Brooklyn-Queens expressway as a park
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Section, Existing Condition
Section, Phased highway removal
Section, Final design with park
Concept Render, View of Brooklyn Esplanade after renovation
Concept Render, View of Brooklyn Esplanade after renovation
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Concept Section, Final design with park
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CLOUD
Spring 2016 Pavilion Design Class Pavilion design was a course offered during the Spring, 2016 semester to develop a pavilion using contemporary digital design methods. The pavilion is made up of dozens of smaller units. This unit is made by vacuum forming it over CNC milled mold.
Plan render, small components aggregate into a larger ‘cloud’
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Component drawing, each unit is made of six components.
Perspective, the units assemble into a larger ‘cloud’ structure.
Rendering photos along of pavilion the proposed production park
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photo of completed pavilion
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