A Horse of a Different Color: Urban Design in the Great Northeast Winter 2017
LA 402 L - Advanced Landscape Design Lab
Laguna Beach, CA
College of Environmental Design Landscape Architecture Prof. Andrew Wilcox
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Team Members
Chunguang Pan cpan@cpp.edu
Karla Quevedo kaquevedo@cpp.edu
Lance Hassani lrhassani@cpp.edu
Timothy Tay tmtay@cpp.edu
able of ontents
Project ONE: Morphology Precedent Studies the Unique the Alley the Street the Square
Project TWO: Mapping + Inventory + Vision Readings Trends Mappings Vision
Project THREE: Urban Design Master Plan Vision Statement Framework Diagrams Narrative Diagram Typological Explorations Digital Model Project Calculations Vision Renderings Site Plan
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Morphology Precedent Studies
1922’s Royal Ontario Museum www.rom.on.ca
R O M 1930’s Royal Ontario Museum www.rom.on.ca
1980’s Royal Ontario Museum www.rom.on.ca
2007 Royal Ontario Museum www.rom.on.ca
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Royal Ontario Museum
the Unique
Royal Ontario Museum
the Unique
Brookfield Place
the ALLEY
Brookfield Place
the ALLEY
Looking west along King from York, 1856
King & Yonge, 1896
The Gurney Iron Foundry on King Street West on April 13, 1927. Toronto Archives, S0071, It.4812 (1)
Toronto Central Prision
blogto.com Inglis Factory, manufacturer of waepon for UK during WW2
King Street West / Liberty Village
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the STREET
Park: where public gathers for recreation and celebration The Corktown Common is a park where people can come to meet and play together. The park contains many programs that cater to the people’s interest. Each of which contains gathering areas, walking paths, marshes for educational use, and greenspace for all to enjoy. The site was transformed from a previous industrialized occupant. T h e t r a n s f o r m e d b r o w n fi e l d b e c a m e an 18-acre park built as a waterfront of Toronto. The Don River borders the Corktown Common. In case of a fl o o d , t h e a r e a o f w h i c h p a r t o f t h e Common can help intercept it. The morphology of the site gives it its form based on the underlying features that border it. For one, the D o n R i v e r o ffi c i a l l y i n t r o d u c e s t h e use of the park but at the same time maintains its uniqueness as a park. The GO transit line is another feature bordering the Corktown Common. And the West Don Lands and Canary District, which are developing neighborhoods. These features come into play and create the accessibility and form of the park itself. The park gives way to d i ff e r e n t e l e v a t i o n a l c h a n g e s t h a n k s to Landscape Architect, Michael Van Valkenburgh. The parks elevational c h a n g e s a d d a n a d d i t i o n a l e ff e c t t o the overall enjoyment. The given site context compared to what’s seen in GTA, has its own uniqueness. Toronto is an engaging city full of bustling people. Having the initial thought of gathering and enjoying stroll in the outdoors, people would set their minds on going to the Corktown Common. The pace slows down just a little bit.
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Grain Morphology Study High Denisty -
Formality of city reside City Center Lots of people Commercial
Congregation
- leisure walk - gatherings @ pavilion - activation of lifestyle
Enbankment
West Don Lands
- Settle along trails - Industrial railroad tracks - s e t b a c k c i t y fl o o d p r o t e c t i o n
Liability
Corktown Common
- Floods - Water Travel - Pollution
Don Valley Trail
Don River
Flux of Urban Sprawl
An Area of Slowing Pace
Further Slowing Pace
A Complete Halt
Corktown Common
West Don Lands
Corktown Common
Don Valley Trail
Don River
Park Boundary
Downhill Slope
Railroad
1st Level Embankment Protection
Elevation Profiling
Sectioned Diagram
NTS
the Square
The Embankment
Corktown Common
The Pavillion
The Grove Walkway
The Splash Pad
The Marsh
Programs
the Square
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Mapping + Inventory + Vision
“Shifting Sites� represents a timeline of transitional moments in have been shifting from the those three theories. The first theory is w should be considered integral to the local system because the materi local and regional history influences contemporary ecosystem dynam component ecosystem function. The theories shifting help the ecolog a new metaphors for designer to experiment. The challenge is the rela theories are like the puzzle, we have to check and try different piece site is bounded by the geology and location, which like the puzzle pie puzzle piece we can try fit it into the system. The first piece is consid If we consider the Woodbine project as single project we create a hie same time we losing the connection from the city of toronto. Or we ca information. The site will connect to fit into the site contains, it may
Shifting Sites
by Kristina Hill
n ecological theory and affect the landscape. The ecology theories whether the local ecosystem should be considered a “closed� site or als and energy flows through the site. The second theory is how the ics. The third is that physical landscape patterns are an important gists and designer for future development. The theories shifting create ationship of the undeveloped site and developed surrounding. The to create best fit for the society. Historically we consider the project ece separate from the big picture. The new theories is like the new der the site is independent and separate from the larger ecosystem. rarchy to represent the importance of the Woodbine project, but at an trade the site as a medium, which it allow the people exchange complete the part of the picture.
the READINGS
-the city as it is -Informtation is transformed into a landscape
*image from reading
This crimescape mapping of New York displays the amount of crime in a certain area. it proves how the city has a lot of crime.
As architects or urban designers, mapping c o m e s e a s y i n t h e s e n s e t h a t w e n e e d t o fi g u r e o u t what is around our site and display it in a graphical form. Though, sometimes mappings can become very bare and boring. So how do we make them exciting, yet easily understood? Nadia Amoroso t a k e s a d i ff e r e n t d i m e n s i o n , l i t e r a l l y , t o e x p r e s s h e r mappings. In “The Exposed City: Mapping the Urban Invisibles,” Nadia goes to show how one can change the traditional mappings into a 3-dimensional landscape which reveals the “invisibles” of the city that we otherwise would not see. Nadia takes urban statistics to make a “map-landscape” that is free from legends, text, and lines to display the city as it truly is. She takes the information and transforms it into a landscape based on the values the statistics presented. She goes on to explain that we, as architects or urban designers, “…react immediately to a context by looking at the topography,” (123). In revealing these mapped landscapes, they can become much m o r e i n fl u e n t i a l i n a d e s i g n r a t h e r t h a n a conventional mapping. When getting into detail with these mapped landscapes, we can understand the true form of the city by what we are mapping. For example, when observing the densityscape of New York City, we perceive positive “pullings” that in our mind, we see peaks and valleys. Then, when we examine a crimescape, we notice a hellish underground landscape. These type of maps are easier for us to understand than when looking at a 2-dimensional, conventional mapping.
The Exposed City
by Nadia Amoroso
Positive “pullings” display the population density -become “peaks” and “Valleys”
*image from reading
This densityscape mapping illustrates the urban density of New York City. It displays a vertical landscape that is easier to read.
a hellish underground landscape
*image from reading
This crimescape mapping of New York displays the amount of crime in a certain area. it proves how the city has a lot of crime.
the READINGS
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Landscape as Urbanisim
by Charles Waldheim
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In the reading, Landscape as Urbanism by Walter Waldheim, he emphasized that landscape is the most suitable medium to give order t o a s p e c i fi c s i t e . U s i n g l a n d s c a p e architecture as the model in a design process will enable designers to implement strategic solutions in an ecologically sensitive way. The philosophy behind landscape urbanism has emerged in contemporary urbanism. This theory have been favored by world renowned landscape architects and urbanists like James Corner, Ian McHarg and Rem Koolhaas. Landscape architects areusually m o r e fl e x i b l e a n d m o r e fl u i d i n t e r m s of responding to economic changes and social and environmental conditions. Landscape appears to o ff e r a w a y t o c o n s i d e r c o m p l e x urban conditions, one capable of tackling water management, biodiversity and human activity. Our current practices have revolved into narrow minded thinking, which lead us to create spaces that are dominated by gray infrastructures and buildings.
the READINGS
Projected through assu
Projected through expe
Gray World, Green Heart
by Robert Thayer
umption
eriencing first hand
In regards to my reading, Thayer shines upon his judgement of the world around us. “Landscapes that create an illusion of a better world while depriving us of the actual means of achieving it are not sustainable. “ With one of the idea he projects --- a visual ecology. By experiencing the workings of the landscape only then we can see how the environmental behavior works. He talks about how human behavior interprets the world through abstraction, deduction, and discourse. We need to open up our v i e w a n d a c t u a l l y e x p e r i e n c e i t fi r s t hand; all of us that is. This can be the only means of building a sustainable landscape. Another one of his many inquiries calls for the inconsistency and its impacts on the landscape. Technology to be more precise, is the reason why most of us are delusional to the fact that it dicates our sense of landscape sensibility. We won’t be able to identify the aided simulation that creates this fantasy we all enjoy. There are certain technologies that give us the edge to help imbue these ideas but will that help us make that clear choice? Thayer emphasizes that it will always be an illusion as we try to perceive the most perfected one. So by this we shouldn’t be awed by technology but guided by it.
the READINGS
Virtual Reality
the TRENDS
“to create a world where people work to make a life, not just living.�
Building a diverse community between shared spaces is something that WeWork specializes in. WeWork is community-driven company that rents out spaces for people to study, work, or play. WeWork creates this dynamic environment that easily invites others to pursue a membership with them. The founders: Miguel McKelvey, Adam Neumann, and Rebekah Neumann, constructed a place for not only small businesses and entrepreneurs, but for the entire diverse community. One can go from having a membership that acquires him or her a desk at any of their locations to getting a p r i v a t e o ffi c e t h a t i s m o r e a c c o m m o d a t i n g t o t h o s e w h o plan on staying there and/or expanding. WeWork is a place for a workspace, community, and services for a global network of creators ( w e w o r k . c o m ) . T h e y f e a t u r e p r i v a t e o ffi c e s w i t h fl o o r - t o - c e i l i n g g l a s s w a l l s t o c r e a t e a t r a n s p a r e n c y between others though maintaining that privacy one needs. Aside from these spaces, WeWork includes amenities like: super-fast internet, spacious common areas, business-class printers, free refreshments, onsite s t a ff , a n d p r i v a t e p h o n e b o o t h s . T h e i r g o a l i s s i m p l y t o support the community in any way they can. Right now, WeWork is located globally and it is only looking to expand. The founders have created a world for people to work and make a life, not just a living (wework.com). Being a part of WeWork brings some value to your life like having a global footprint, saving time, having a broader community, having a corporate environment, saving money, and having the brand and event platform (wework.com). They value in inspiration, entrepreneurship, authenticity, tenacious, gratefulness, and being in this together (wework.com).
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CONNECTED
Just like Toronto’s Greenbelt, this strategy prevents and limits urban sprawl a n d e n c o u r a g e e ffi c i e n t u s e o f t h e l a n d .
1800s Pre-industrial
1900s Industrial
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It prevents infrastructure for no extendfor more than one conce block at a time.
2000s Post-industrial
diversity
Urbanism
CONTIGUOUS
COMPACT
Feature organized streets and paths and visual connection within the region.
Post-modern
DIVERSE
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A development which contains mixture of land uses, building and housing, and architectural types. This prevents unattractive monotonous urban landscapes.
2030s
ECOLOGICAL
Integrates features of the natural landscape into the form of the city in a way that protects and restores environmental elements.
2100s Ecological Age
FROM GRAY TO GREEN
From the Toronto’s urban surface where industrialization and mass transportation of goods used to take p l a c e , n o w b e c o m e s a n u r b a n fl u x i n t e g r a t e d w i t h g r a y i n f r u s t r u c t u r e a n d d o m i n a n t b u i l d i n g . T h e f u t u r e of the city could transform more into an ecological-oriented urbanization where the built environment welcomes and embraces the natural. Perhaps the way forest ecosystems thrive can enlighten designers of our future how to build sustainable cities that is resilient to the unevitable climate change. The future will use nature as the model for g r o w t h , a n d w i l l e m p h a s i z e o n t h e fi e l d o f s t u d y s o c a l l e d b i o m i m i c r y .
the TRENDS
Increasing shade with more trees + permeable surfacing
Climate Resiliency
Source Image: http://urbantoronto.ca/ml
A s f a r a s w e l l k n o w , c l i m a t e c h a n g e i s a w o r l d w i d e p h e n o m e n o n . I t h a s e ff e c t s o n the growth of ecosystems . Milder winters have caused trouble with roads and buildings. I t s a l w a y s s a f e t o s a y t h a t c l i m a t e c h a n g e i s a p p a r e n t i n a l l c a s e s . W e a t h e r a ff e c t s i n duration and random appearances are all that show how drastic changes in weather can be. Toronto has been one of the major cities in climate resiliency. Its one of their city’s initiatives to reduce the vulnerability of natural human systems to actual or expected c l i m a t e c h a n g e e ff e c t s . A n d t h e y c a l l t h i s c l i m a t e c h a n g e a d a p t a t i o n . E x a m p l e s o f t h i s trend include, planting more trees to increase shade and to cool the air, landscaping w i t h d r o u g h t - r e s i s t a n t p l a n t s , o r u s i n g r e fl e c t i v e m a t e r i a l s o n r o o f s o f h o m e s a n d b u i l d i n g s t o r e d u c e t h e u r b a n h e a t i s l a n d e ff e c t . A n d m a k e e v e r y t h i n g m o r e r e s i l i e n t t o e x t r e m e w e a t h e r a n d t o i m p r o v e t h e c i t y ’ s o v e r a l l s u s t a i n a b i l i t y . I f w e a t h e r e ff e c t s w e r e to be extreme at Woodbine, there would be need of measures to protect this entertainment district.
the TRENDS
Downtown Brampton Urban Growth Centre
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Mississauga city Urban Growth Centre
Urban Growth Centre
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Transportation + Popultaion
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Yo n g e - E g l i n t o n Growth Centre
P u b l i c Tr a i n s 1 hour 20 min
Downtown To r o n t o Urban Growth Centre
Etobicoke Urban Growth Centre
P u b l i c Tr a i n s 1 hour
’s Greenbelt create the permanently protected area of green space, farmland, forests, wetland, Southern Ontario, Canada. The Greenbelt is major step to prevent of urban sprawl, and create r environment sensitive land. But Greenbelt also created major challenge for the urban he great Ontario Area. The projection of the Ontario’s population going to grow by 30.1% over the limitation of sprawl urban development, have to switch to vertical development instead pment. The vertical development will creates urban growth centre. For the woodbine race track o understand the future and connect the project site to the ever grow communities. The map is ection between the urban growth centre to the project site. The mississauga urban growth centre 131 resident/hectare in 2006 and project density will reach 200 residents/hectare in 2031. The rowth centre record density 131 resident/hectare in 2006 and project density will reach 400 in 2031. The downtown Toronto population density record 280 resident/hectare in 2006 and t o 4 0 0 r e s i d e n t s / h e c t a r e i n 2 0 3 1 . T h e p r o j e c t i o n o f t h e g r o w t h c e n t r e w i l l a ff e c t t h e o u r p r o j e c t r r e n t l y m e n t i o n a b o v e g r o w t h c e n t r e d o n o t h a v e d i r e c t a n d e ff e c t i v e p u b l i c t r a n s p o r t a t i o n t o ject. From Mississauga urban growth centre to Woodbine project will take 1 hour and 40 mins in rom Etobicoke urban growth centre to Woodbine project will take 1 hour and 20 mins in public eate a direct route from Mississauga, to Etobicoke then connect back to express line, to shorten m growth centre to the Woodbine project.
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CONNECTED DEVELOPMENT
Toronto’s early urbanization was shaped with rectilinear grid s y s t e m s t o r d e r a n d e ffi c i e n c y .
DIVERSE DEVELOPMENT
The current suburban communities in Toronto are deisned in rigns to promote diverse use of the urban landscape. Public spaces are surrounded by detached housing in ring roads model. This development is designed to accomodate mixture of Land uses, building and housing types, and architectural styles.
ECOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
This approach allowed the natural green spcaes and ravines to converge into the u r b a n i z e d s e t t l e m e n t s a n d fi l l t h e c i t y w i t h more meaning and livable landscapes.
Urban Morphology
This mapping inv started with rectilinea became highly legible themselves and naviga streetscaping made th trade started, is now o urban develops outwar ecologically-oriented m strengthen the natural The result of this indet transform the city into
vestigates the evolution of Toronto’s urban development. The urban form of the city r grid system, this features connected streets, and open sightlines within the region. It to users, the oderly street and building placement helped the people to quickly orient ate with relative ease. However some may argue that the rigidity, rational, clean, orderly e urban movement ver y limiting. The old downtown Toronto, where industrialization and one of the busiest cities that accomodates a much interconnected economic power. As the r d , t h e i d e o l o g y o f u r b a n fi e l d f o r m a t i o n c h a n g e d i n t o a d i v e r e s e a n d model giving more way for nature to thrive. Today, the growth of the city considered to l landscape to freely move around the engineered environment and embrace it’s rigidity. terminant and open-ended design strategy have opened the doors for natural landscape to o a meaningful and livable urban realm.
the MAPPINGS
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Wildwood Park
Ecology
Beaumonde Heights Park
Given the site context, the local ecology nearby the site is vast. These include the Humber Arboretum and the many parks along the Humber River. The Humber River seems to be a vital entity as it circulates through the green massing that makes up good part of Toronto’s ecology. This can show how the inclusion of local ecology can be met within this site. This area of greenery is only just a portion of the Green Belt. Wetlands, marshes, forests, watersheds, are just some that are included within Canada’s protect green space --- the Green Belt. The rapid pace of urban development is contained by this ecologi c a l l a n d . T h e G o l d e n H o r s e s h o e , a s t h e y l i k e t o c a l l i t , i s t h e r e g i o n -o f S o u t h e r n Ontario that is densely populated and industrialized. The Green Belt helps counteract that measure to help protect the environment within that portion of Ontario. It’s amazing to see this trend happening. Seen here are, again, the local ecology wraps around the urban surface and directly goes through it. The Humber River plays a big role in prolong the lifespan of these green areas. For this to have a lasting impact shows this is an example of a balance between nature and the urban.
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Downtown Brampton Urban Growth Centre
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Greenlands Population Growth
commercial zones ice skating shopping center high density
the MAPPINGS
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Urban Design Master Plan
Woodbine will develop into a district that is self-thriving an surrounding ecology. Through the cultivation of sustainabl efforts promoting communal synergy within the district entertainm
nd interconnected within the Greater Toronto Area and the e techniques, Woodbine will be the beacon of regenerative t while maintaining Woodbine’s horse racing legacy and ment values.
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Buildings come in all shapes and sizes - from towering skyscrapers to low-ris H o w e v e r , o n l y a s a g r o u p m a s s i n g o f b u i l d i n g s c a n a c h i e v e f u l l e ffi c i e n c y a s a w o assemble together: rows upon rows of buildings begin to form a system of a colle multi-functioning community is evidently comparable to a forestry ecosystem wh that forest ecosystem that co-exist together in symbiosis to create a harmonious t h a t fl o w s w i t h i n o u r w o r l d . W o o d b i n e w i l l t a k e o n t h e s c h e m e a n d s t r u c t u r e o f a forest work hand-in-hand to make sure no one of its companions are ever fading With this case, buildings will take on that same role. The buildings will be constr and overall be a sustainable factor for Woodbine to be one with climate resilienc will be a district community proven to establish its interconnectivity to the envir Area.
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the VISION
Urban Forest Analogy - Street Exp
Project Goals
perience - Regenerative Inclusion
the VISION
greenhouse gas emission
CH4 CO2
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extracted resource (consume)
90oF
urban heat island
urban runoff
sewage leaks carbon footprint
CONSUMER
Urban Forest Analogy
CO2
irradiance
intercepted + absorbed + reflected
O2
NO2
CO2 uptake
O2
oxygen release
photosynthesis
habitat
food (produce) sound barrier
energy/ timber
provide sense of community + encourage walking
shade + microclimate + reduce windspeed/heat island
H2O
H2O
H2O soil water + nutrients uptake
erosion control
PRODUCER
the VISION
Khao San Road. Bangkok, Thailand
1:2 Scale
La Rambla, Barcelona, Spain
1:3 Scale
Strøget, Copenhagen, Denmark La Rambla, Barcelona, Spain
1:1 Scale
Street Experience
H : W ratio
Carnaby Street, London, United Kingdo
2:1 Scale
Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong
4:1 Scale
the VISION
solar pa
fi x e d s o l a r p a n e angle for maxim year solar energ
hi gh an gl e su m m er su n low
bioswales / permeable pavers
ang
le w inte r
purified water to local aquifer
fi l t e r r u n o ff p o l l u t i o n conserve water improve water quality create habitat
Regenerative Inclusion
sun
warm air
anel
l @ 33.5o mized all gy
green roof
w a t e r fi l t e r / c o l l e c t i o n s y s t e m storm water management habitat urban heat moderation improved air quality farm amenities i r r a d i a n c e r e fl e c t e d
natural ventilation
passive air conditioning controlled temperature energy conservation
rainwater harvesting cistern landscape irrigation grey water agricultural use
the VISION
r
r&d + offices
edu r&d + offices
passive
edu
garden/residential
residential
school / offices
less dense less intense
forbs / grasslands
shrubland
incre
Intensity of Use
retail + food
+
performance
entertainment casino
retail / food
active woodbine station
hotels
entertainment / hotel / plazas
more dense more intense
matured forest
young forest
easing b
iodiversit
y
the FRAMEWORK
microclimate PLANTS
mutual
PLANT SHADE/ MICROCLIMATE
23.5
w
mutual
microclimate
PLANT SHADE/ MICROCLIMATE
Diverse vegetation in forest creates a variety of microclimates available to forest organisms.
street
noise barrier
forest habitat
mutual
noise PLANT NOISE BARRIER/ SCREEN
tree
dense vegetation creates screen and noise barrier to protect forest habitat
fungi
PLANT -TO-FUNGI SYMBIOSIS
both the plant and the fungus depend on this relationship to develop and survive.
Buildings as Plants
BUILDINGS s
23.5 o
o
mutual
mutual
shad
e
office mutual offices
retail
pedestrian street
retail
plaza / community garden
BUILDING SHADE/ MICROCLIMATE
mutual offices
mutual
noise retail
pedestrian street
retail
plaza / community garden / etc
BUILDING NOISE BARRIER/SCREEN
BUILDING UNDERGROUND
the FRAMEWORK
FOOD
community garden
greenhouse/hydroponics
green roof
ENERGY
photovoltaic
geothermal heating & cooling
WATER
rainwater harvesting
URBAN HABITAT
green roof habitat
Ecological Niche
greenwall
farming
vertical farming
Like every other living organism, trees play a vital role in balancing and maintaining the forest ecosystem. A tree’s (Building) niche describes not only the environment where it lives and how it responds to the distribution of resources , but also how it interacts with biotic and abiotic factors in the environment.
the FRAMEWORK
Circulation
the FRAMEWORK
BUILDING TYPOLOGY MATRIX
STANDARD FORMS
Matrix
the Unique
the Unique
the Unique - Axons
the Unique - Sections
the Unique - Axons
the Unique - Sections
UNIQUE FORMS
the TYPOLOGY
6
m 4
D
8x
PRIMARY STREET
Street Scale
S
c
36
d
SECONDAR
d
8
RY STREET
m
x
g4r
THE ALLEY
the TYPOLOGY
4.
1
,90 8 a 0+ c m
16
2
one-block parcel
streets/alley
accessibility
Retail
ys
plaza
bldg frontage
y
the TYPOLOGY
4.
4
,00 5 a 0+ c m
18
2
one-block parcel
streets/alley
accessibility
Offices
ys
plaza
bldg frontage
y
the TYPOLOGY
retail + food r&d + offices
entertainment edu r&d + offices
passive
edu
garden/residential
Carpet Massing
Building Massing
+
performance
t casino
active woodbine station
hotels
Master Site Plan
the TYPOLOGY
Carpet Massing
Master Plan Axonometric
Master Site Plan
the TYPOLOGY
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Woodbine Aerial
n d interconnected w i t h i n t h e G r e a t e r T o r o n t o A r e a a n d t h e b l e t e c h n i q u e s , W o o d b i n e w i l l b e t h e b e a c o n o f regenerative ile maintaining Woodbine’s horse racing legacy and ent values.
the RENDERS