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viglianti ABOUT I am a design minded professional interested in the development of architectural ephemera, human centered design, environmental sustainability, emergent urbanism, and cultural authenticity. My projects represent a compendium of design thinking that is both inquisitive and engaging. Through a broad range of experience and skills, I demonstrate the power of design in its many forms; from the architectural detail to the regional strategy. My work boldly questions the next stage of modernity and attempts to answer them thoughtfully and comprehensively. CONTACT: [ph] 908.884.6509 [e] justin.viglianti@gmail.com
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interiors
art // sculpture
graphic design
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Retrofitting Infrastructure // Strategies for Freeway Reformation Oakland, CA // 2010-11 UC Berkeley Graduate Design Thesis
Repurposing Abandoned Military Bases Mare Island // Vallejo, CA // 2010 UC Berkeley Urban Design Studio Mission Bay Master Plan San Francisco, CA // 2010 UC Berkeley Urban Design Studio
Seattle Waterfront Redevelopment Seattle, WA // 2011 UC Berkeley Architecture + Urban Design Studio Diridon Station Area Plan San Jose, CA // 2011 UC Berkeley Urban Design + Planning Studio MOBIUS performance art center Boston, MA // 2005-06 Boston Architectural College Degree Project Studio
SUPERB // provisions for cycling Boston, MA // 2008-09 O Z I I O ideas + design
ArtsUnion Beacon Competition Somerville, MA // 2009 O Z I I O ideas + design Cambridge Bicycle Cambridge, MA // 2012-13 O Z I I O ideas + design
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Oakland Parklet Pilot Program Temescal Neighborhood Oakland, CA // 2011-12 Independent Collaboration w/ workshopolis + [space]OPEN SAC Catslyst Competition Downtown Sacramento, CA // 2011 Independent Competition w/ workshopolis + [space]OPEN
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Urban Repair and Preservation Strategies Duration // 2010-12 Location // Oakland, CA Design Team // Independent
FREEWAY CROSS-SECTIONS
graphic design
Project Brief // a project--part research part design-- that examines the nature of freeways and their impacts on urban areas. A set of design strategies are derived and tested that could be applied categorically to urban centers such as Oakland’s.
OAKLAND CHINATOWN 2011
CONCEPTUAL STRATEGIES EXISTING
ESTIMATED CANCER RISK FROM PARTICULATE MATTER SOURCES
RETROFITTING INFRASTRUCTURE: STRATEGIES FOR FREEWAY REFORMATION In the 1940’s and 50’s a new system of mobility revolutionized how we think about cities. It was a system thought to relieve congestion and increase connectivity throughout metropolitan regions. In the Bay Area, Oakland emerged as the most impacted of the region’s centers during this time. Its city fabric went through a painful period of freeway superimposition. In the process, thousands of linear feet of street frontage were marginalized or completely erased, residents were displaced or relocated, and the city itself was segregated into isolated neighborhoods. Communities along the corridor are among the poorest in Oakland and primarily composed of minority and immigrant populations. Perhaps most troubling is that residents of these communities are much more likely to develop adverse health effects such as cancer and childhood asthma, the source of which has been linked to poor air quality. For 60 years Oakland Residents have lived their with freeways unchanged. The need to rethink their form is long overdue. A series of strategies are recommended re-imagining the freeway’s contribution to urban space. Using regional, environmental, and community strategies such as reclaiming wasted space, capturing harmful pollutants, screening the freeways effects from the public, de- concentrating toxic corridors, reconnecting severed communities, and activating long abandoned land, the system can be reformed. This toolkit provides cities and their citizens with an urban blueprint for a physically and socially healthier future.
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STRUCTURE
CAPTURE
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ENVIRONMENT
DISPERSE
CONNECT
COMMUNITY
MORPHOLOGY
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retrofitting infrastructure: strategies for freeway reformation
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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CORRIDOR REFORMATION The central strategy suggests removing redundant ramps along the freeway system and utilizing the freed land for the city’s benefit. Displaced local traffic is absorbed into Oakland’s street grid while less congestion and pollution are generated from the freeway. Environmentally, the proposal suggests adding a new component to the freeway’s structure that will mitigate the many harmful effects it poses to the surrounding environment. A vegetated and carbon capturing structure becomes the new armature for the freeway as it passes through Oakland.
urban design
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art // sculpture
graphic design
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retrofitting infrastructure: strategies for freeway reformation
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FREEWAY SYSTEM + DEVELOPMENT
INFILL DEVELOPMENT
Conventional wisdom understands freeways to be limited access roadways. Oakland’s freeways, when studied closely, appear to be quite accessible. Around downtown Oakland I-880 has a pair of exits and entrances every half-mile, while I-980 has one every quarter-mile. Ramp counting suggests that while some ramps are used frequently, others are highly under-utilized. Removing redundant ramps on both highways reduces traffic congestion within the central city. Displaced local traffic is absorbed into Oakland’s street grid network while less exit and on ramps reduces the amount of braking and acceleration performed by motorists at merge points. STREETS + INTERSECTIONS The current configuration of streets in the downtown area of Oakland consists of several one-way street pairs that lead to and from the freeways. The elimination of certain freeway exits makes the revision of the downtown street grid highly important. In total, ten street corridors will be revitalized in the core city. If successful, a catalyst effect could extend the impact of the revitalization into the surrounding downtown neighborhoods.
OPEN SPACE Connecting either side of the freeways calls for mixing uses along the freeway. The main use will be a continuous multimodal Greenway that connects each affected neighborhood to Oakland’s greatest open space resource, the Lake Merritt Park and Estuary. Currently, the perimeter arterial along Lake Merritt is lined by high-rises and obscures any clear pedestrian linkage to the Park. The Greenway will reinterpret the highway’s strong unbroken presence as a ‘Runner’ to the park’s ‘Arcadian Carpet’. A portion could become a set of victory gardens to relieve some of the food insecurity in West Oakland by expanding the neighborhood food shed.
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ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION A new component is added to the freeway’s structure that will mitigate the many harmful effects it poses to the surrounding environment. A vegetated and carbon capturing structure becomes a new armature for the freeway. Like the artistic sculptures being made in the industrial areas of West Oakland, the structure will also be uniquely resourceful. Steel angles are connected
to form metal ribs. Gardening wire is laced across them to support the growth of ivy or creepers. Within the arms rest carbon capture filters that can store up to one ton of carbon emitting pollutants per day. It would take 30 of these panels at 3 feet by 8 feet per mile to make Oakland freeways carbon neutral. The stored carbon is transformed it into
energy through the process of evaporation. The water vapor produced will in turn support the growth of the vegetation screen. Water that collects and falls to the ground will be held in plant pits planted with reed grass that has been shown to successfully remediate soil and ground water contaminated with toxic materials such as lead and other heavy metals.
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BIRD’S-EYE VIEWS (on next spread)
PROGRAM ACERAGE 14th Street Charter School
Catalyst Projects 7.6
Air-rights Development
Urban Corridors Public Spaces 4.9
STREET LEVEL VIEWS (on next spread)
Parks 3.6
New Community Development
Opportunity Parcels 3.5 West Oakland Residential Development
New Parcels 16.7 Parking 5.2 Greenway Connections 6.9
Experimental DepressedFreeway
TOTAL: 48.4 (reclaimed land 23.6)
Local Worship Center
New Community Center
Jefferson Park Expansion
Concentrated Parking Artist + Incubator Spaces 7th Street Jazz Clubs
OAKLAND’S CORRIDORS REFORMED To reconnect the separated parts of the city will require understanding of the neighborhoods that have formed in response the freeway’s presence. Furthermore, when closely examined the physical makeup of the respective freeway corridors, a series of typological spaces begin to emerge. Resting spaces, multi-modal paths, spaces for public art, active community spaces, proxy spaces, more efficient parking structures, active under-freeway areas, spaces for urban youth, private outdoor space and parking, shared semi-public spaces, civic/ community structures, residential
development in a range of densities, and buildings that begin to incorporate green technologies into their systems all can be present along the freeway corridors. The next chapter examines the proposal of such spaces in both from and function as they can be applied to the city of Oakland’s freeway corridors. The proposal attempts to provide an image for the freeway corridor’s reimagination that is specific, egalitarian, and wholly Oakland.
Broadway Proxy Space + 24hr Diner
Chinatown Neighborhood Development
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THE GREENWAY CORRIDOR Pavilions are located intermittently along 5th and 6th streets for use by local community members. They shells are able to accommodate a variety of daytime participation such as food and merchandise vendors, local advertising, and information kiosks. Planting beds along the Greenway act as seating where community members can enjoy the outdoors and take advantage of the free wireless Internet access offered throughout the Greenway. Places of work and leisure have dramatically changed over the past half-century. The rise of telecommuting, social media, and personal smart devices have created a society that is always mobile and connected. If this thesis is re-imaging the spatial impact of physical transportation infrastructure, it must also keep in mind the new forum of social interaction, which is no longer relegated to separated use zones of live, work, and play.
6TH STREET URBAN EDGE
Experimental Freeway Housing Development
5TH STREET LINEAR PARK
Oak St. Underpass Art Corridor Lake Merritt Trail Connection
5th Street Greenway Park
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1. 5th STREET ARTS CORRIDOR Oak Street is the last thru street found before I-880 moves over the Estuary on compressed earth and piles. It is also the street pedestrians prefer to access the Lake Merritt Bart station from. For those living in Jack London Square, passing under the Oak Street fly-over is an unpleasant one. The proposal takes advantage of Oak Street’s connection to the Oakland Museum of California by providing a space for an art installation that will enliven and illuminate the underspace of the highway. The commissioned project will embody the character and identity of Oakland as the artist sees it. 2. JEFFERSON SQUARE EXPANSION Parcels adjacent to the Alameda County Detention Center and Jefferson Square become opportunities for re-education and reform. An intensive open space plan around the I-980 fly-over supports the outside functions of the newly expanded territory of Jefferson Square. This strategy creates a street presence where no buildings can be located and makes 7th Street a true gateway at this intersection. The parcels underneath the I-980 fly-over are transformed into classrooms for job training and adult education. The parking structure next to the prison is transformed into a single room occupancy facility. The social programming of the Square becomes a physical reminder that there are still options for those who are at a crossroad. 3. BRUSH STREET RESIDENCES Brush boasts residential program of lower density anchored by the Greenway that runs along the east west side of I-980. Located near West Oakland, residents gain a closer connection to meaningful open space and recreational activities. The strategy creates parcels around the size of 200’x100’. Theses parcels are large enough in number to generate a new community in themselves. The layout of the new blocks becomes important to foster a desire for long-term homeownership that accommodates all stages of life and lifestyles. Requirements are private outdoor garden space, parking, ample natural light and a variety of unit type options.
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4. 14th STREET CIVIC CORRIDOR Along I-980 the West Oakland neighborhoods have remained a series of relatively dense single-family communities in contrast to the business oriented downtown across the corridor. The crossing at 14th Street not only provides strong civic connections to cultural museums, City Hall, Public Library, and the Lake Merritt Park; it also acts as an organizing street for Oakland in the east-west direction. To acknowledge this connection a charter school is located along this road cantilevered over the depressed freeway and into the Greenway. By providing a new addition to the civic character of 14th Street, the barrier between communities is re-envisioned as a meeting place where the two now intersect. Reform of any marginalized urban area should always begin with the development and education of its youth. 5. CASTRO STREET CORRIDOR The proposal envisions Castro Street as a vibrant mixed-use neighborhood by reclaiming ramp space from the I-980 freeway. Castro Street has the most to gain from land reclamation and can become a model street for new residents who wish to find an urban neighborhood with flexible residential options, from owning townhouses to mid-rise rental apartments, for all stages of life, as well as an attractive mixed-use atmosphere that maintains walkability and safe The community will span the highway overpasses giving continuity to the neighborhood over the freeway. 6. BROADWAY PROXY SPACES The proposal uses the under-space of I-880 at Broadway to create a meeting place for the city’s working & social life. The lunch food truck phenomenon that struck LA and is now taking hold in the Bay Area requires rendezvous spaces to operate in. The under-utilized parking lots under I-880 at the very visible Broadway crossing provide a good opportunity to design semi-structured event space. On the opposite side of Broadway a new 24-hour diner spanning the width of the highway becomes a more permanent establishment keeping the crossing active during the day and into the night.
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a.02 mare island development
urban design
interiors
Post-Industrial Area Redevelopment Duration // 2010 [2 weeks] Location // Vallejo CA UC Berkeley Urban Design Fall Studio
art // sculpture
Project Brief // A 2 week study of the depressed once capital of California to determine the path to future growth and prosperity of Mare Island and the parent city of Vallejo.
URBANISM IN THE FACE OF POPULATION GROWTH AND ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY: In the next 30 years the San Francisco Bay Region will add three quarters of a million people to its population. If that number were translated into single family detached homes, each on more than an acre of land, the foot print would fill that of San Francisco’s. If we are to preserve our remaining resources, namely our natural open spaces, we must begin by living more compactly, close to where we work, relying on mass transit to get around. As we move away from the single city center model and embrace the multi-centered region, the question is WHERE to concentrate urbanization. In the case of the San Francisco Bay, there is a surplus of abandoned and neglected post-industrial areas that through repair and remediation could be the basis for growth in the 21st century. By rejecting the ex-urban sprawl ubiquitous to the American cultural landscape and reinvesting in the center we have a possible strategy to combat climate change and produce more livable, walkable, and generally healthy cities. RETAINING DENSITY: DEVELOPMENT FOOTPRINT REDUCTION BY 2030
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BAY AREA URBAN GROWTH
MARE ISLAND
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CONVERTED BIOSWALES
GRAY WATER RECYCLING POOLS
MARE ISLAND OPEN SPACE PLAN
MARE ISLAND NAVAL BASE 2030: Mare Island in Vallejo California was home to a ship building Naval base that served as a major hub of San Francisco Bay Area employment during World War II and the Cold war by building submarines and other naval vessels. It’s three massive dry docks have been vacant for nearly twenty years and its series of military structures have not been easy to adapt to current US economic needs. In the end, Vallejo has entered its own micro-depression forcing the city council to file for bankruptcy in 2009.
Drawing on the successes of other large scale post-industrial transformation strategies happening around the US, the Mare Island proposal include awakening latent ecologies. In the case of Mare Island the large abandoned structures and undeveloped land could be better utilized by looking at trends in ecological remediation, renewable energy cultivation, and a renewed interest in urban living. Despite these solutions, an abandoned military base still lies at the center of Mare Islands transformation that will not easily be converted without
a large scale investment. Ultimately the base will be the catalyst for transformation and a single occupant could provide the stimulus needed in the form of an urban campus arrangement of buildings.
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MARE ISLAND BLOCK GUIDELINES
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URBAN FRAMEWORK DIAGRAM
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APPROACH TO MARE ISLAND (ENERGY FARM)
sfMOMA EXPANSION CAMPUS PLAN
CATALYSTS, HOUSING, & ENERGY San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art has made plans to expand their existing building located in downtown San Francisco to the tune of four million dollars. This strategy could be redirected to Vallejo; taking advantage of ample open space and readily adaptive buildings. It’s large sculptural ship building machinery still occupying space on the Vallejo waterfront present an intriguing backdrop for large scale artistic structures arranged into a sculpture park for sfMOMA.
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On the far side of Mare Island, a wind farm is erected to supply the island with renewable energy. Arriving by ferry, the windmills turn in unison as the views rounds the former army barracks fanned across the end of the peninsula. Once inside the island’s nature preserve, viewers are free to explore the remnants of the housing bubble which left half developed infrastructure scattered across Mare Island’s landscape. Some areas will become memorials to the crisis reminding visitors just how fickle modern land development and speculation can be.
Ferry landing
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HOUSING CRASH MEMORIAL CUL-DE-SAC
sfMOMA bridge
Sculpture Garden
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a.03 mission bay master plan
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Urban Expansion and Redevelopment Duration // 2010 [2 weeks] Location // San Francisco, CA UC Berkeley Urban Design Studio
art // sculpture
graphic design
Project Brief // conversion of post-industrial urban landscape into mixed-use district composed of office, retail, institutional, and openspace program components.
AQUATIC PARK AND PRESISIO BARACKS
SF BAY BRIGDE
AT&T PARK
URBAN EXPANSION Need for housing in San Francisco has grown beyond capacity. Such an increase has caused planners to reconsider areas of the city previously zoned as indusctrial for residential communities. The area beyond south of Market Street is one of the last port districts to be converted. The new ballpark just north of the site provides a catalyst to transform this area into a vibrant community. Opportuniry exists to provide this area with a new beachfront, the size and quality of whch only exists 3 miles north at the aquatic park near the Presidio. Residents will be able to enjoy the unrrestrained recreation space.
MISSION BAY NEIGHBORHOOD
MISSION BAY CAMPUS
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IMPACT ON SKYLINE (VIEW FROM BAY BRIDGE)
MISSION BAY
SAN BRUNO HILLS
RINCON HILL
SUTRO TOWER
DOWNTOWN
MISSION BAY 1832
North of market grid
SOMA grid
Civic Center Triangle
MASTER PLAN SUMMARY
Mission grid
PROPOSED CIRCULATION
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Average FAR : 2.5 Average Block Size : 400 ft. x 250 ft. Number of Levels : 4-10 storeys Average Unit Size : 850-2500 sq.ft. Average Density: 150 Du/Ac Percent of Mixed Use : 25% Number of Residential Units : 8,250 Parking Ratio : 1 Car per 3 DU
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MISSION BAY MASTER PLAN Biotech and Pharmaseudical firms have moved into the southern portion of the site, making it a work ‘campus’ for the young urban professionals moving into the area. The University of San Francisco UCSF campus will also be a neighbor in this area, further ushering Mission Bay into the 21st Century.
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The central greenway marks the transition from residential neighborhood to bio-tech and eduction campus. A set of twin towers terminates the greenway on an open square, while the hotel tower marks the core of Mission Bay as a complete district.
UCSF CAMPUS BIO-MEDICAL CAMPUS
MISSIONTOWER BEACH HOTEL
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MISSION BAY OPEN SPACE NETWORK
SECTION @ SHORELINE
AT&T PARK URBAN AGRICULTURE PARK
MISSION BAY MISSION BAY COMMERCIAL SQUARE AND GREENWAY
MISSION CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD URBAN AGRICULTURE PARK MISSION CREEK PARK
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THE PUBLIC REALM Mission Beach is the central focus of the new district offering expansive views of the Bay and Golden Gate Bridges as well as views of the Oakland Skyline. The original dock piers have been transformed into a series of linked green spaces that weave through the Mission Bay. They range in setting from lush agricultural farms extending over the water, to the central commercial square, which acts as the heart of the project.
MISSION BEACH
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MISSION BAY COMMERCIAL SQUARE
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URBAN AGRICULTURE FARM
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LAND USE PLAN
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SHARED PUBLIC GREEN SPACES
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A good district master plan is only as good as its constituent parts. In this vain, Mission Bay’s typical neighborhood block structure is composed of a central green space around a perimeter of housing and mixed-use retail development. The perimeter is porous, allowing for easy pedestrian movement between blocks. The higher volume streets are wrapped with a retail base of shops and restaurants while the quieter perpendicular streets offer townhouse style residences that reduce in bulk as they go up in stories. The mid-block housing type has an allowable height of four stories with garage access on the ground floor. A shared amenity deck is located on the third floor next to an urban loft unit which provides views over the central green of each block. A street section will show how the quieter mid block room is ideal for greeting neighbors and hosting neighborhood block parties, thus bringing benefits usually only experienced in suburban settings back into the heart of San Francisco. Ultimately, the mix of use and density throughout the Mission Bay neighborhood sets the groundwork for a vibrant and lively place to live, work, and play.
COMMERCIAL STREETSCAPE
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PRIVATE YARDS AND DECKS
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a.04 seattle waterfront development DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
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The project began by analyzing famous water city development and comparing the findings to Seattle. In places such as Amsterdam and Hamburg, the core city (in red) is preserved while new developments methods and
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Urban Repair and Redevelopment
Project Brief // Redevelopment of removed freeway space. 67.2 acre site. 30,000 units of housing at 45 dwelling units per acre.
architectural styles are applied to post industrial waterfront within the city limits. Seattle shares strong similarities with these models. Its industrial edge has opportunity for medium scale urbanization.
culturally important points in the city which will act as processional gateways to the newly unburdened waterfront. The viaduct footprint north from the Olympic Sculpture Park to the Stadium District in the south will support a multi-modal boulevard enclosed by new development on the Elliot Bay Side and a rehabilitated former edge of the city on the other. The boulevard corridor will become the face of the city for those entering the city by ferry or other watercrafts
Duration // 2011 [4 weeks] Location // Seattle WA UC Berkeley Urban Design and Planning Studio [8]
REmoving FREEWAYS - REbuilding CITIES THE WATER CITY
art // sculpture
The Alaskan Highway Viaduct has been a barrier to waterfront development for half a century. However it’s possible removal will not only affect the adjacent waterfront parcels, but also the city in general. The waterfront framework plan’s goal is to provide a system of green corridors located at physically and
OPEN SPACE NETWORK
OPPORTUNITY SITES
PROPOSED TRANSIT CONNECTIONS
BOULEVARD CONNECTIONS
EXISTING VIADUCT FOOTPRINT
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SEATTLE WATERFRONT MASTERPLAN
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VIEW DOWN COLUMBIA STREET LOOKING TOWARD FERRY TERMINAL
STUART STREET SECTION
FERRY TERMINAL ELEVATED PARKSCAPE AND SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT
FERRY TERMINAL REDEVELOPMENT The Colman Pier is the acting point of entrance to the city for ferry -goers. The framework plan proposes a collection of mixed use buildings surrounding a new annex to the Olympic Sculpture Park on the pier. The new sculpture park covers the queue of cars waiting to enter the ferry while providing a waterfront greenspace for travelers not entering the ferry by car. The new sculpture park will be a new addition to the collection of public art found throughout the city and could compliment the city’s Artwalk festivities held semi-annually in the arts districts around Seattle.
UNIVERSITY STREET SECTION
COLUMBIA STREET SECTION
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a.05 diridon station area plan
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Urban Redevelopment Plan
Duration // 2011 [4 weeks] Location // San Jose, CA UC Berkeley Urban Design + Planning Studio
art // sculpture
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Project Brief // 44 acre infill site with potential for urbanization in preparation for California’s High Speed Rail (HSR) Station in downtown San Jose and Silicon Valley.
SILICON VALLEY URBANIZATION
REGIONAL CONTEXT California has set an ambitious goal to connect the state from Los Angeles to Sacramento through High Speed Rail (HSR) by 2017. San Jose will be the connection at the southern end of SF Bay. With over one million people, San Jose has become the most populous city in the Bay Area. However, with a city-wide density of 8 people per acre, that growth has been largely suburban.
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CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED RAIL The new HSR station will be located within walking distance of the BART rapid transit extension along with the existing regional rail corridor. The area surrounding Diridon Station could become a new transit hub of the South Bay, in turn enlivening the declining downtown and bringing people back to the urban core.
DIRIDON STATION GRIDS
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THE UNDERGROUND STATION The program called for an intensive land use plan surrounding the new underground HSR station. In an attempt to urbanize a primarily suburban city, the design reestablishes traditional block structures, and places the new HSR station on axis with the old station while carving a new pedestrian path through the site, in turn expressing the diagonal orientation of the HSR tracks. Slender iconic corner buildings frame the way from Santa Clara street to the new station above ground, while below ground the experience is naturally lit by skylights lining the path.
HSR ENTRANCE FROM SANTA CLARA STREET
UNDERGROUND STATION DIAGRAM
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URBAN DESIGN DIAGRAMS
TRANSIT
LAND USE
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE
CIRCULATION
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PROPOSED HSR UNDERGROUND STATION
CONNECTING CALIFORNIA DENSIFYING SILICON VALLEY California has set an ambitious goal to connect the state from Los Angeles to Sacramento through High Speed Rail (HSR) by 2017. Part of this plan includes intermediate destinations in the Central Valley as well as major employment centers such as San Francisco Bay Area. The studio examined one such destination at the southern end of the bay. With over one million people, San Jose has become the most populous city in the Bay Area. However, with a citywide density of 8 people per acre, that growth has been largely suburban.
THE FUTURE OF THE ‘TECH’ CITY The new mix of downtown uses and aggressive policy toward available parking and low density uses could transform San Jose into an important destination for travelers who might just as easily pass the city by on their way to
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BART REGIONAL TRANSIT STATIONS
C. VIEW DOWN STATION WALK TOWARD SANTA CLARA ST.
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a.06 mobius performance arts center
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Undergraduate Degree Project Duration // 2005-06 [32 weeks] Location // Boston MA Studio Instructor // Thomas Parks
Project Brief // 50,000 Sq.Ft. mixed-use facility including a black box theater, artist housing, retail and gallery space in Boston’s Fort Point Channel post-industrial district.
MONOLITHIC PRESENCE Mobius’ goal as a group is to support new and progressive art forms. Their home must project the avant-garde nature of Mobius simply and strongly. The idea of a monolith rising out of the landscape is classic in the sense of monuments and skyscrapers, but Mobius is neither. Instead a connection can be made with the mystical and obscure. Since Mobius is so advanced conceptually, there is no need for ornamentation or conformity; it should be just the opposite. What happens inside the structure should not be easily identifiable; instead it should provoke questions and raise awareness of difference. The building stands in stark contrast with the existing fabric, it demands the attention of pedestrians and asserts its dominance along the streetscape.
FIELD SKETCH: PERFORMANCE NIGHT AT MOBIUS
DESIGN STATEMENT Mobius can harbor the ghosts of former artist enclaves in its mysterious and obscure presence. The break from the urban fabric is necessary to express Mobius’ difference in character. Like a group of individuals all working under one name, the building will be of multi-faceted uses all housed in the same skin. The skin reflects the under-ground nature of conceptual art in the way black box theaters reflect the ambiguousness of avant-garde performance. This building will be the black box for the city, dramatizing all progressive art in Boston.
FORT POINT CHANNEL
JENNY HOLZER - LONDON INSTALLATION
BLACK BOX CONCEPTUAL EXTERIOR
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DOWNTOWN BOSTON
THE BLACK BOX EVOLUTION: STUDY MODELS
PROJECT LOCATION
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BLACK BOX CONCEPTUAL INTERIOR
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SITE STRATEGY The link with the city will be in the way one enters the building. Drawing from Fort Point’s Industrial past, a land bridge to connect Summer Street to Congress Street will be a main point of entry. The unfinished Harbor Walk also allows for connection to Fort Point. Extending the walk through the site and out to the pier ensures the awareness of Mobius to even the most transient pedestrian. The Mobius building reaches out to the public with bridges and tunnels grafting itself to the existing infrastructure as if it has always been there.
CONCEPTUAL SITE SKETCH reflecting pool
PROGRAMMING
interactive archive
The amalgamation of interests and desires of MOBIUS and the Fort Point community at large, when examined more closely, are found to be created of very specific individual pieces. The building attempts to adapt each piece for placement in a single container. Progressive art is found not found in the mainstream. It is an underground ‘movement’. Therefore the movement through and around the building is of dissension. For this reason the theater space is found in the space underneath the building. The large residential component to the building program will be challenged from the enclosed nature of the site, features such as natural light and views will be at a minimum.
main
Mobius Way
artist supply store
loading dock stair b
retail storage
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
restaurant storage
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lounge
double suite
double suite
mech.
open to below double suite double suite
double suite
triple suite
lounge mens bath
womens bath
open to below
mechanical stairwell b
screening room
resident kitchen practice space storage
storage
4TH [RESIDENCE] FLOOR PLAN support kitchen
stairwell a
open to below
mech. cafe
open to above seating lobby
archive storage
practice performance space
open to above
open to below
open to above
mechanical stairwell b
mens bath
womens bath
community room mobius offices
2ND [MOBIUS OFFICES] FLOOR PLAN
SITE DIAGRAM
stair a
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Congress Street
PROGRAMMING DIAGRAM restaurant
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GREEN ROOF TERRA
WINTER HEATING SECTION
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PHYSICAL TECTONIC MODEL
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ACE SECTION
SUMMER COOLING SECTION
bridge connection
column structure
floor slabs
envelope
TECTONICS
double skin
vertical circulation TECTONIC COMPONENTS
Passive Solar and Geothermal strategies are interweaved into this project to further enhance the progressive nature of the building. The structure of the building incorporates double skin technology aimed at capturing solar heat and circulating it through the building. The atrium space in the center of the main volume also helps move air through the building thus keeping the building in dynamic movement.
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urban design
ELEVATIONS
interiors
art // sculpture
graphic design
DETAILS ELEVATION
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WEST ELEVATION
SOUTH ELEVATION
FACADE SECTION
MATERIAL: CAST STAINLESS STEEL ANNO 4B FINISH: FINE GRIT BLAST : PICKLED AND ELECTROPOLISHED
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NARRATIVE MOVEMENT
VIEW ALONG CONGRESS STREET + CUT-THRU
CUT-THRU PASSAGE GREENSPACE
INTERIOR GALLERY ATRIUM SPACE
Along Congress the building is canted, sticking out past the street wall as if part of this wall is collapsing. Its difference from the brick is shocking. The dark material is textured by lines morphing from one shape to another as they wrap around the building. Like the idea of a Mobius loop, the pattern is a continuous morph of shapes leading back to the original scheme. Walking toward the building lines across the façade become more visible. The sense of scale changes from massive homogenous black to intricately patterned building. Like the factory buildings in fort point, one must get close to see the detail. Then, as the perspective becomes more acute, a gaping crack in the facade takes shape illuminating the street. The interior of the crack changes material showing the depth of the dark exterior skin and the new lighter cladding of metal and glass. The slit in the façade exposes the activity inside the black box. It leaks Mobius onto the street and conversely allows penetration into the artistic realm. Inside the slit is a movement of life with shops lining one side of the crack and Mobius’ public elements (gallery and archive) on the other. Above street level one discovers the slit is actually a vertical fold angling in along the three public floors and out among the private. The fold creates an undulating effect making the space more dynamic and lively. Bridge connectors link one side of the fissure to the other in a crisscrossing reminiscent of the old industrial factories once found here.
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i.01 bicycle boutique superb
urban design
art // sculpture
interiors
Interior + Exterior Retail Renovation
graphic design
Project Brief // The renovation of an existing bike shop into a stylized urban cycling boutique. Services included interior design, branding & graphics, and construction supervision
Duration // 2008-09 Location // Boston MA Design Team // O Z I I O ideas + design
WINDOW DISPLAY FEATURE
SALES FLOOR
CASH WRAP
EXISTING INTERIOR & EXTERIOR DISPLAY WALL
THE VICTORIAN VELODROME The Velodrome is the main focus of SUPERB. Popular in the late 1800’s, velodrome racing was where fixed gear riders would race around banked oval tracks made of pine or some other soft pliable wood. Velodrome racing has seen a resurgence in the 21st Century mostly supported by a new urban group of single fixed gear riders (fixies). With the focus of the store being urban cycling, the design intends to capture the dynamism and sleek forms of the velodrome by morphing it into an display element for these fixed gear bikes. The Velodrome not only acts as an exterior element but as an entity moving through the building. Functionally the Velodrome acts as a display perch for signature bikes to be displayed in the storefront windows. Beneath it is much needed storage for overstock items. The Velodrome curves both vertically and horizontally morph into the cashier’s counter and display wall where recessed shadow boxes are cut into it.
PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN
REPAIR MEZZANINE / OFFICE
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CUSTOM DESIGNED BICYCLE DAMASK
WALL PAPER & GRAPHICS Popular during the Victorian Era, and into today, are damasked floral wallpaper designs. The single repeating element which makes up the patterns is called a damask. During construction we uncovered an old wallpaper design hidden behind layers of wood paneling and old merchandise display systems. To further enforce the references to the past the damask became incorporated into the graphic design of the store. Bike components are collaged into the existing pattern to create multiple graphics. They are found patterned into walls, doors, and branding material. In the end, the architectural concepts are distilled into two dimensional graphics used to promote the idea of the boutique.
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urban design
interiors
art // sculpture
graphic design
PROPOSED SHADOW BOX WALL
INTERLOCKING CHANDELIERS
PLAN
FABRICATED LIGHTWEIGHT PANELS
ELEVATION
6-SIDED INTERLOCKING PLYWOOD CHANDELIER DESIGN
ORNAMENTAL SHADOW BOX FACING
INTERLOCKING SYSTEM
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INTERIOR RENOVATION This project is an exercise in playing both the role of the architect/designer and the contractor/construction manager. Putting the contractor in direct contact with the client allows for a smoother more clear execution of architectural ideas. Time is saved in the creation of technical drawings that would have been needed to convey the very specific ideas of the architect to the contractor, and it also allows for more experimentation and creative improvisation with materials and methods of construction. Superb benefits from having one unified architectural vision taken through to the fine details of construction. A total design concept from 3-D form to 2-D color and graphic applications makes the space of Superb more than just a Bicycle Shop, rather a place where culture and commerce intersect. EXPERIMENTAL FABRICATION TECHNIQUES The custom woodwork was produced offsite and assembled as a kit of parts. The panels used to create the displays were a prototype light weight panel system engineered to reduce dead load and increase rigidity.
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COMPLETED INTERIOR VELODROME CONCEPT
urban design
interiors
art // sculpture
graphic design
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EXTERIOR DESIGN The Victorian Style popular in the later part of the 19th Century and beginning of the 20th was the style in which the building was originally designed. Drawing upon the history of the space, the design borrows elements of Victorian styling such as textured surfaces and ornate curves re-interpreting them in a modern aesthetic. Methods of design such as floor to ceiling continuity, minimal surface treatments and asymmetrical proportioning all contribute to this cross-hybrid in design called here Victorian-Modern. The Exterior was designed to be a modern addition to the neighborhood. By wrapping around the facade, the storefront is transformed into a sweeping gesture along the corner site the store inhabits. Unfortunately for the designs ambitions, due in part to the involvement of the neighborhood and Boston Redevelopment Authority, Superb was subjected to a community design review the result of which was the removal of the velodrome element from the exterior facade. The neighborhood and urban designers of the BRA in a design that would preserve the existing character of the neighborhood around the Bicycle Shop. This was to be a setback, but during demolition of the exterior facade we uncovered the original storefront dating back to the building’s 1910’s construction. So, Superb stands along Beacon St. in bold colors reflecting the scheme of the inside with a modern raised metal sign signifying its take on classicism.
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i.02 artsunion beacon competition
urban design
interiors
Juried Art & Architecture Competition Duration // 2008-09 Location // Somerville MA Design Team // O Z I I O ideas + design
art // sculpture
graphic design
Project Brief // Call for entries to design and construct a sculptural tower in the heart of Union Square in Somerville, which pays homage to the old cupola that adorned the city’s historic firehouse.
BOSTON SKYLINE
PROSPECT HILL
FIREHOUSE CIRCA 1910 ARTSUNION BEACON
SITE PLAN
RE-INTERPRETING THE PAST The ArtsUnion Beacon aims to create a symbol for Union Square that celebrates its multicultural and artistic richness, while dually creating a landmark for Somerville and the city. The proposal consists of four folded cor-ten steel panels arranged in a square. The fold creates the appearance of eight distinct tapered surfaces evocative of the cupola that existed before. Each panel will have cut patterns representative of different local cultures and will give the appearance of weaving or mixing with one another.
TO PORTER/ DAVIS SQUARE
TO BOSTON
ORIGINAL CLOSED COPULA
RE-INTERPRETED OPEN COPULA
TO PROSPECT HILL
TO CAMBRIDGE
PHYSICAL MODEL
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REINTERPRETED CELTIC PATTERN
THE CULTURAL QUILT The Beacon’s concept developed out of the analogy of a cultural quilt stitched together by different local culture’s ornamental patterns. Thus the Beacon becomes representative of the qualities that make this community a desired place by artist and immigrant alike. Drawing upon Somerville’s history as a staging ground for aspiring immigrant groups, first of European nations such as Ireland and Italy later giving way to South American and Latin American communities, the sides of the Beacon each represent a different community ultimately overlapping and blending to create an entirely new way of looking at different cultures.
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URBAN DESIGN DIAGRAM [CITY SCALE]
PROPOSED UNION SQUARE LOGO
A LANTERN FOR THE CITY The design is attempting to create not just a representative beacon, but a way finding device that relates and enhances the urban context. Since the interest and passion for design rests in improving the urban experience, our proposal includes a system for lighting the beacon from the inside making its patterns visible at night, and acting as a lantern for Union Square. Ultimately, the idea is to exhibit the beacon and its design as a landmark that also helps orient pedestrians night and day. The large cor-ten panels will be constructed of smaller sub-panels arranged within the large panel in a grid with butt or lap joints to create a visual reading of one larger panel. The patters are designed with square edges to allow visual continuity of larger panel.
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PORTUGUESE PATTERN
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CELTIC PATTERN
MATERIALITY
COR-TEN STEEL an example of weathered cor-ten steel used by Herzog de Meuron on the Ciaxa Forum in Barcelona, Spain.
Due to its chemical composition, corten steel exhibits increased resistance to atmospheric corrosion compared to unalloyed steels. This is because the steel forms a protective layer on its surface under the influence of the weather. One benefit of this steel is the rust colored patina it develops as it weathers. It is sometimes referred to as the artist’s steel.
architecture
PANEL CONNECTION SECTION
urban design
interiors
art // sculpture
UNFOLDED PANEL ELEVATION
graphic design
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LIGHTING & FABRICATING THE BEACON White L.E.D fixtures will be placed inside each corner of the tower shining on the opposite corner. The value of white light was chosen for its ‘pure’ appearance since the Beacon can remain a cultural statement regardless of its color. Lit from the inside the cut patterns will be expressed as ornate forms of light giving the structure a sense of opacity. All lights are weather resistant and will be connected to a master control that offers many different color configurations and light sequences.
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PLAN + ENLARGED PLAN DETAIL
interiors
art // sculpture
graphic design
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DETAILING 1. & 2. The panels are made of quarter inch cor-ten steel supported with steel plates. The panels are also designed with ‘ribs’ spanning every two feet to avoid unwanted irregularities in the steel plane 3. The structural frame is bolted to vertical steel angles that are fastened to the inside of the brick walls with adhesive masonry anchors. A steel frame running along the interior perimeter of the tower will brace steel angles anchored to brick wall. 4. Steel posts that are part of the truss frame structure penetrate the roof. These posts attach to a new tube steel frame structure below the roof. The waterproofing at these penetrations will be address as a typical roof penetration detail with sheet metal flashing over roofing material to prevent water leakage.
TOWER STRUCTURE AXONOMETRIC
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i.03 cambridge bicycle
urban design
interiors
art // sculpture
Project Type: Interior Retail Renovation Duration // 2012-13 Location // Cambridge, MA Design Team // O Z I I O ideas + design
graphic design
Project Brief // Bicycle sales and service center renovation employing innovative retail concepts and branding aesthetics
CONTEXT - ”A small business niche in an emerging technology corridor.” Cambridge Bicycle occupies the ground floor of a flatiron factory building in the heart of MIT’s expanding tech campus. As the campus marches further up Massachusetts Avenue toward Central Square, its assimilation of real estate will inevitably change the economic landscape along this important urban corridor. Historically, the major casualty of academic gentrification has been the local small business. Despite this fact, for the past 30 years Cambridge Bicycle has remained a major staple of Central Square’s business district. Recognizing this, MIT has worked with the business tenants of 259 Mass. Ave. to maintain and improve their individual spaces. A new design within the corner space reasserts Cambridge Bicycle among its new steel and glass neighbors as something independent, yet community oriented.
Front Street
REAR STAIR WELL
PRODUCT SHOWROOM
BICYCLE SHOWROOM
CASH WRAP / CHECK-OUT
Public Sidewalk
Massachusetts Avenue
EXISTING EXTERIOR
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KITCHEN OFFICE
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EMPLOYEE REST ROOM + LOCKERS
DRESSING ROOM
BICYCLE REPAIR / DIAGNOSTICS
NAIROBI SHANTY TOWN - BEAUTY HAIR SALON
PROGRAM The space’s main theme is the separation between sales and service. The mechanics are housed in a penetrated enclosure, a store within a store, which allows for a semiprivate workspace. A compact service core runs along the rear wall allowing the sales floor to remain open with no bottlenecks. A clear distinction is made between bicycle and accessory sales floors. The former being located in the triangular corner of the floor space and staggered against the rear wall in a cascade of hanging bikes. The accessory floor is lined with a flexible wall display system punctuated by custom display islands. Secure display cases hold sensitive and marquis merchandise within the wall and underneath the long merchant’s counter. A diagnostic station within the repair area allows mechanics to perform estimates with less hassle and crowding around the merchant counter’s point of sale. ENTRANCE / CHECK-IN
MATERIALS AND METHODS The repair box is clad in corrugated metal, its acid-wash coating references the aesthetic of ad-hoc, yet quite unique, merchant shacks of shanty town traders. The box interior is painted black with stainless steel work surfaces to minimize the buildup of bike grease and grime. Distressed wood slats have been sized to accommodate standard merchandise hooks along the sales floor walls making product arrangement less difficult. Tactile surfaces such as the merchant counter and display islands are skinned with reclaimed and refinished lathe wood from a turn of the century dutch colonial in nearby Quincy. Accented by a mix of warm tones, the industrial grade pendant and sconce lighting evokes a factory floor feel enhanced by the original terrazzo floor slab complete with stress cracks accumulated after decades of heavy use.
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urban design
interiors
art // sculpture
graphic design
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC The design aesthetics are comprised of a muted palette (weathered wood and monochromatic solid coloring) in order to become a backdrop for the products being displayed. The wrapper of wood slats holds bread and butter bikes and accessories leaving the floor space to display more feature merchandise. The wood and monochrome design character also acts as a differentiation between sales and service uses. The sales floor mostly wood and the service shop a dark solid coloring which also helps keep the surfaces looking clean and kept.
DISPLAY ISLAND
HANGING BICYCLE WALL
MOBILE WALL DISPLAY
COVERED TRANSOM STORE FRONT
DISPLAY BENCH SILL
MERCHANT’S COUNTER
NEW ENTRY STORE FRONT
WALL DISP
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REPAIR ENCLOSURE + OVERHEAD STORAGE
OFFICE DESK
PLAY
REPAIR WORKSTATIONS
TOOL CADDY
SECURE DISPLAY CASE
NEW ENTRY THRESHOLD
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urban design
interiors
SECTION THROUGH MASSACHUSETTS AVE
MERCHANDISING SECTIONS Part of the architectural services called for imagining how the space will be merchandised. This added service benefitted the design, allowing more integration of the architecture with custom displays. Specialized build-outs for shoes and aparrel, built-in hangers for a bike hanging wall, and inset shelving with-in the repair enclosure for supporting products now have informed space. Even though these spaces are specific to their program, the design still remains flexible for re-merchanidsing. The other component of merchandising design is identifying key areas to display the new branding and logos of cambridge bicycle. The design found spaces at each entrance and at point of sale locations to display the new logo.
SECTION ALONG MASSACHUSETTS AVE
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graphic design
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ELECTRICAL OUTLET COVERS (BLACK) GLOVES & SOCKS ATTACHED TO CLOTHING BARS USING ALLIGATOR CLIPS BIKE COMMUNITY MESSAGE BOARD HARDWARE HOOKS TO HOLD WHEELS AND BIKES ON COLUMNS
BULKY ITEMS OFF FLOOR OR IN INCONSPICUOUS PLACE
YELLOW ACCENT COLOR
STANDARD 125W LIGHT BULBS FOR WALL SCONCES
REPAIR AND ORDER BOARD ORGANIZED TIRE STORAGE NEW SIGNAGE EASILY ACCESSIBLE ITEMS BEHIND GLASS BUCKETS FOR BULK ACCESSORIES
architecture
urban design
interiors
art // sculpture
graphic design
RETAIL CROSS SECTION Inspiration for the design came from various creative endeavours in and around the national bike community. When combined, each feature is accentuated by the other. Thus creating an ensemble design with a running theme. Hanging Bike Wall
Reclaimed Slat-Wall
APPAREL DISPLAY display jerseys above clothes rack for outerwear / shorts / shirts shoe display below w/ cabinet space for various sizes gloves / socks / accessories mounted to cabinet doors
VERTICAL BIKE WALL slats extend into area metal hoop to hold front wheel in place for easy access display can support up to 40 bicycles double stacked floor space in front to arrange free-standing bicycles
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Lumber Counter
Corrugated Interior
MERCHANTS COUNTER / DISPLAY CASE reclaimed wood counter top refinished and varnished old tubes wrapped around lower enclosure top lit box areas to hold merchandise / rental equipment / catalogs and business forms
SCULPTURAL SITTING ISLAND old tubes wrapped around upper area area used to try on shoes etc. island along with light sculpture focus attention in showroom plywood construction
CUSTOM SLAT WALL slats made with milled 2x4 lumber for economy slats become display shelves for bulkier items wall system supports mini shelves to highlight merchandise
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urban design
interiors
REPAIR AREA ENCLOSURE black pigmented MDF board to appear minimalist with few seams cubbies on showroom side for various misc. items wheels held behind enclosure above soffit portals 5 bicycle work stations found inside 3 peg walls w/ undercounter storage
ENTRANCE SECTION Locating sales and service point of purchase near eachother is a key feature of the layout; a veritable fork in the road once a customer enters the space and makes the decision of where to head.
SECTION @ REPAIR AREA
art // sculpture
graphic design
CORRUGATED WALL COVERING 2X2 sheets corrugated tin (reclaimed preferable) pattern to be arranged in staggered overlapping style painted graphics / art to be applied to selected areas panels to be affixed to strapping furred out from existing enclosure
INDUSTRIAL LIGHTING fluorescent tubes in repair area industrial pendant lights in showroom c mini-fluorescents in display cases and p recessed linear downlights in soffits
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FEATURED MERCHANDISE DISPLAY CASES glass security cases in high traffic areas near entrance Brooks and other featured brands can be highlighted classic or vintage frames above backlit display
corridor product displays
SECTION @ CENTRAL CIRCULATING SPACE
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FINISHED PHOTOGRAPHY A half day photo shoot in February finalized the design. The design team arranged merchandise and displays for aesthetic effect. Wide angle shots were untilized to capture the full effect of the space and counteract the array of products., with close-up taken to show off the character and detail of weathered wood and steel.
CUSTOM PRODUCT DISPLAY SLAT WALL
art // sculpture
graphic design
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HANGING BIKE WALL
WOOD DETAILING
CUSTOM DISPLAY WALL
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architecture
FINISHED PHOTOGRAPHY CONT.
SITTING DISPLAY ISLAND
urban design
interiors
art // sculpture
graphic design
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REPAIR ENCLOSURE
HANGING BIKE WALL
SALES FLOOR
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architecture
i.04 pilot program parklet
PROJECT LOCATION
MINI-PARK HERE
EXISTING STREET VIEW
PARK[ING] DAY... Piloted by Bay Area cities and adopted by numerous municipalities around the US, Parklets are privately sponsored publicly accessible mini-parks that take the place of on-street parking spaces. Working with local business owners, the 40th Street Parklet will incorporate specific program elements aimed at enhancing the street appeal and functionality of this major Oakland thoroughfare as it transitions into a more livable neighborhood main street. O Z I I O along with a team of landscape architects and city planners reached out to the local coffee and bike shop owners along 40th street with a proposal for a program specific Parklet and offered to preform the design development, project management, and construction administration services necessary to realize the project.
urban design
interiors
SF Bay Pavement to Parks Program
Duration // 2011-12 Location // Oakland CA Design Team // Partnership w/ workshopolis
art // sculpture
graphic design
Project Brief // Small Business sponsored, locally initiated urban streetscape betterment proposal aimed at enhancing the local community and the public realm.
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The 40th Street Parklet will enhance a growing neighborhood and small business community in North Oakland. The Parklet will bring native plants, additional seating and bike parking into a highly traveled area where customers, employees, business owners, neighbors and passersby alike will benefit. The 40th Street Parklet will only enhance this sense of community and add to the overall appeal of The Corridor.
CAFE SEATING
BIKE PARKING
STREET VIEW
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architecture
DESIGN PARAMETERS MATERIALITY Parklets are intended to be aesthetic improvements to the streetscape, and materials will be required to be of high quality, durable, and attractive. TRANSPARENCY A visible edge is to the Parklet is required, which may consist of planters, railing, or cabling. The edges should be visually permeable or “see-through.� Access panels must be included in order to maintain the gutter and area underneath the Parklet and the design must allow for drainage along the gutter to pass underneath the Parklet. ACCESSIBILITY Parklets must be accessible to individuals with disabilities per the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG). People who use wheelchairs must be able to enter the Parklet and access all the primary features of the Parklet.
urban design
interiors
art // sculpture
graphic design
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oakland pilot parklet program
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PARKLET PALETTE
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urban design
interiors
art // sculpture
graphic design
CAFE SEATING SECTION
BIKE RACK SECTION
A PARKLET FOR THE CORRIDOR
The 40th Street Parklet design brings nature into th ing. With nearly 40 feet of native plants, reclaimed design adds much needed greenery to an area with The clientele of Subrosa Coffee, a small 110 square there is already a lot of demand for additional bike newly opened Coyote Counter Collective. In fact, (1-2-3-4 Go! Records, Homeroom, Doyle Chiropracti from the park atmosphere, seating and additional b curb appeal for passing drivers, pedestrians, and bik
The 40th Street Parklet will enhance a growing neig land. The Parklet will bring native plants, additional customers, employees, business owners, neighbors GROUND PLAN
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he urban environment and includes seating and bike parkwood benches, a driftwood log and a natural boulder, the h minimal existing vegetation on the median or sidewalks. foot storefront, will benefit from the increased seating and parking by customers of Manifesto Bicycles, Subrosa and customers patronizing any of the surrounding businesses ic, Moran Plumbing Supply & Mark Becker, Inc.) will benefit bike parking. The overall beautification will also increase ke riders traveling along 40th Street.
ghborhood and small business community in North Oakseating and bike parking into a highly traveled area where and passersby alike will benefit. AXONOMETRIC VIEW OF COMPONENTS
architecture
urban design
interiors
art // sculpture
graphic design
A YEAR LONG PROCESS Taking exactly a year, the project culminated with the cutting of the ribbon and magically the Parklet was open for business. Between conception to completion, many issues were managed on the micro and macro scales. Battling through California’s drastic defunding of the redevelopment budget, City officials advocating for Oakland’s Parklet Program remained determined to help Parklet sponsors move through the process. Public meetings and notices kept the community aware of the intentions for the street.
BIKE RACK PROTOTYPING
PLANTS AND WOODWORK
STEEL, CONCRETE, AND SCULPTURE
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TEAMWORK AND COLLABORATION Project collaborators and tradesmen worked with designers to prototype experimental elements, such as the bike racks, and coordinate a large outpouring of grass roots funding and volunteerism. Donated materials were sourced from local businesses and artists, such as the sitting log, and details were discussed as the parklet went for permit. While the logistics of construction were being hammered out, the projects sponsors began to market their efforts by talking to local news outlets and creating promotional videos that were viewed on peer to peer fund raising groups such as kickstarter. In the future, the Parkelt will grow into an iconic element adorning the 40th Street corridor and bringing much welcomed activity to the surrounding businesses and community.
OPENING DAY RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY
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architecture
i.05 sac catalyst competition
urban design
interiors
Urban Ideas + Planning Competition Duration // 2011 [4 weeks] Location // Sacramento CA O Z I I O with workshopolis & [space] OPEN
art // sculpture
graphic design
Project Brief // An open call for ideas to reprogram the neglected Capitol Mall into a vibrant public space through public and private future investment
ON THE BANKS OF THE MALL ... This vision encompasses planning transformations that can happen tomorrow, next week, next month, next year and many years from now. At this point, the future of the global economy and related long-term, large investment capital is uncertain. As such, this proposal suggests an open-ended future for the more capital-intensive development along the Capitol Mall, similar to West Sacramento’s concept for The Bridge District TBD (To Be Determined). Instead, we focus this proposal on short-term, small-capital investment, an opportunity to practice Incremental Urbanism and Iterative Placemaking. Incremental urbanism is a “design strategy that utilizes accumulation as a means of catalyzing change, while producing urban character and identity in the process.” The authors of Fastforward Urbanism further note that “new forms of urbanity begin with learning how things work and why--not with the intent of fetishizing them, but in order to think about how else things might work.”
PHASING // IMPLEMENTATION // CATALYST
CATALYST // IDENTITY // SUSTAINABILITY
TRANSFORMATION OVER TIME On the banks of the mall presents typologies for temporal scaping. To scape something means to shape, change or transform it. The migration of the Sacramento River and associated ecosystem transformations provide a replete metaphor to re-envision the Capitol Mall. The irony of the title does not escape us. In fact, we believe the banks and corporations that line the Capitol Mall can be primary funding sources to transform this green median into a GOLDEN ROOM.
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SAC catalyst cometition
Like the Nation’s Capital City, California’s Capital should shape its skyline to frame the Capitol. While the context around the Capitol has changed size over time, it has been a consistent frame. Keep the framing of the Capitol in mind when developing along the Mall in the future. Don’t subject the State’s heritage to raw market forces such as 50+ storey towers.
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VIEW CORRIDOR Create a clear, navigable channel down the middle.
CATALYST Restore the edges.
LINKAGES & WALKABILITY Restore a balanced flow regime.
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CATALYST Increase exposure along ecotones.
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urban design
interiors
art // sculpture
graphic design
CATALYST ZONES On the Banks of the Mall considers both the civic and commercial aspects of the Capitol Mall, and proposes a series of linked spaces that contribute to the overall identity of this significant place. Sequenced landscapes are book ended by the iconic Tower Bridge and Capitol building. The new gateway procession from the Sacramento River to the Capitol, offers a variety of experiences: From the tranquility of the vegetated Capitol Gardens to the social life programed on the plaza on Capitol Mall, ON THE BANKS OF THE MALL breaks down the monumental size of the Mall as a civic gesture into a series of human-scaled spaces, where the people of Sacramento can enjoy their city. For special events, the spaces link together to form a flexible framework for hosting large civic events.
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SUSTAINABILITY Use permeable and reflective paving materials to facilitate stormwater management and heat island reduction Convert grass areas into stormwater bioswales with drought tolerant species Create a productive landscape: The Capitol Mall Groves & Gardens
CIVIC STRATEGIES Direct pathways from river to mall through effective streetscaping Engage neglected edges to encourage crossing barriers such as the I-5 overpass Enhance the mall’s alignment to the dome and bridge by varying the views of the respective landmarks
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LINKAGES & WALKABILITY Reduce traffic lanes to reflect measured usage Add bicycle lanes to increase network in Capitol Area Improve pedestrian crossings through design Increase linkages to riverfront Facilitate linkages to West Sacramento
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IN THE MEANTIME... While we wait for the shade to grow in, we can provide temporary, engaging forms of shade.
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graphic design
LINKAGES & WALKABILITY Reduce traffic lanes to reflect measured usage • Add bi network in Capitol Area • Improve pedestrian crossings Increase linkages to riverfront • Facilitate linkages to W
CATALYST Active Entertainment
CANOPY/IDENTITY Extend the Capitol Palms along the Mall • Pull the Lind micro-climate comfort • Create different spaces for diff Golden Room
THE SHOPPING MALL THE CAPITAL MALL OLD TOWN SACRAMENTO
Capitol Vegetable Gardens
TOWER BRIDGE
WEST SACRAMENTO
CAPITAL EVENT PLAZA 3rd
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GATEWAY PROMENADE
RALEY FIELD
Capitol Groves
SHORT-TERM CATALYST PARK
Recycled Water Storage
Amphitheatre
Crocker Park
TBD: THE BRIDGE DISTRICT
CATALYST/ACTIVATION Provide a range of short, mid and longterm improvements to get people out onto the mall, to reconsider how to live on the Capitol Mall. • Keep it Simple! Moveable Shade + Seating = SAC Lunch on the Mall.
Plant Nursery & Sculpture Garden CROCKER ART MUSEUM
CATALYST/ACTIVATION Provide a range of short, mid and long-term improvements to get people out onto the mall, to reconsider how to live on the Capitol Mall. Keep it Simple! Moveable Shade + Seating = SAC Lunch on the Mall.
Adventure Play Area
SAC catalyst cometition
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VIEW CORRIDOR Move the Utilities • Keep the middle view clear of fixed objects • Urbanize the suburban edges with temporary uses
icycle lanes to increase s through design • West Sacramento
SUSTAINABILITY Convert grass areas into stormwater bioswales with drought tolerant species • Create a productive landscape: the Capitol Mall Groves & Gardens
den shade into the Mall for fferent activities within the
VIEW CORRIDOR Move the Utilities Keep the middle view clear of fixed objects Reinforce the edges--Urbanize the suburban edges with temporary uses
THE TRANSIT MALL
CATALYST SAC Food Truck Site
CAPITOL GARDENS 6th
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CITY HALL GARDENS
CAPITOL MALL
CANOPY/IDENTITY Extend the Capitol Palms along the Mall Pull the Linden shade into the Mall for micro-climate comfort Create different spaces for different activities within the GOLDEN ROOM
CATALYST SAC Lunch