CLEVELAND, OH:
forest city infill using forest as infill to create social, environmental and economic opportunities in the kinsman neighborhood of cleveland, ohio third year - capstone semester
wood product pulp lumber
biomass aspen willow switchgrass
built material
turf grass weeds leaf litter fruit waste
carbon
heritage trees rain gardens working fields
stormwater
heritage trees rain gardens working fields
transplants big toothed aspen tulip tree red maple scarlet oak sassafras apple flowering dogwood serviceberry phytoremediation plants
1951
22,109 population
EXISTING CONDITIONS 2015 The design implementation in Kinsman happens on multiple scales. To begin, traditional zoning is conceptualized and changed to include more detailed information about what kinds of zones can become working forest for economic benefit.
2020
Once the necessary areas are zoned and given the policy base needed to implement important landscape changes, the landuse plans can be put into place.
2025
Three new categories of landuse are born in Kinsman. Source, flex and firm. These three landuse categories apply to the working forest specifically but can be edited and molded to fit any economic, social, or environmentally beneficial temporal parcel plan. The working forest infill applied through these three lenses creates a strong scaffolding from which Kinsman can grow.
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metal concrete wood asphalt
5,010 population
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2012
2855 E 79th Street
removal and compost of exotic species and urban fill
7798 Trenton Avenue
flex forest
seeding and subsequent harvest of cut flowers and bulbs
growth of tree line and harvest of limbs and boughs, bark, seeds and cones
harvest of bark and seeds from sycamore trees
sale of transplants from other parcels
harvest of grape vines on chain link fence
flex forest
planting of rain garden plants
growth and harvest of tulip and oak trees
seeding of hops vines on fence
harvest of rain garden plants and seeds
harvest of hop flowers
planting of tulip and scarlet oak trees
7701 Kinsman Avenue
improvement of market stalls and additional renovation of church building
tulip trees planted
heritage tree growth
sassafras and maple planted
harvest of tulip tree transplants
scarlet oak growth
harvest of sassafras and maple transplants
harvest of scarlet oak trees
rain garden seeding
source forest
2035 greenhouse materials seeded and harvested
seeding and growth of walnut trees
seeding and growth of biomass grasses
harvest of walnuts
harvest of biomass grasses
street removed and groundcover seeded
tulip trees planted tulip tree transplants harvested
heritage tree growth
planting of tulip trees
carbon sequestration storm-water collection
harvest of tulip transplants