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table of contents Project Team

5 - 10

Readings

11 - 16

Mapping

17 - 24

The Vernon Argument

26 - 38

The Edge: Frameworks

40- 56

Master Plan

57-58

The Edge: Site Design

60- 94

Innovators of The Future

The Experience

Siddhant Bhalinge 4th year Landscape Architect Student Winter Quarter 2014 has been a very content full and knowledgable experience for me until now. After having a great session with the study abroad program in Italy, landscapes and designs started making much more sense when they were studied in context with their history and culture over the past 400 years. This gave me an overall better understanding of landscape architecture and the processes that are involved within this profession. It not only changed my perspective towards functioning environments but also encouraged me to actually explore various design aspects and take on more challenging projects. The coursework of LA 402 with our professor Andy Wilcox was just the perfect opportunity to implement what I knew and also develop a stronger understanding of Urban environments and Landscape Urbanism. The project was very challenging and the amount of work and ideas that were evolved with the help of experienced professionals from SWA group were tremendous and truly out of the box. I learnt a great deal about Urban conditions and their solutions through the readings which created a strong starting base for this project. The extensive research and analysis conducted about specific industrial landscapes was very helpful as my ambitions and goals for my future career matched with the work we were doing. The project not only dealt with the problems and opportunities within the industrial landscape of Vernon, but also pushed us to showcase them effectively through our mapping and framework diagrams. These were later on developed with additional research on existing case studies and an intense design process over the span of almost 4 weeks. The design process which I got to go through has been invaluable for my growth as a landscape architecture professional as I was exposed to a tremendous number of ideas as well as solutions which could be achieved through the design process. It made me understand the importance of site systems and also how to provide linkages to connect different metabolic systems and create a successful workable landscape. The experience and expertise received from our professor, SWA professionals as well as the fellow class mates has definitely enhanced me as a future Landscape Architect and laid down the foundations for my vision and ambitions for my professional career in the future. This studio has been able to get the best out of me so far and this experience will be certainly remembered and cherished throughout my life.

The Experience

Diego Lopez 4th year Landscape Architect Student This class was definitely a different experience. Working in a firm like environment allowed us to experience the fast paced work required to meet deadlines. Working with SWA was an honor. Their level of contribution to our work helped us develop and increase the level of our own work. And although, their expectations were set high, they always worked with us to increase our own output. It was a great experience to work with them. As far as the project is concerned, I was really excited to work in a city close to home. As a neighbor of the city of Vernon, I felt that this project gave me an opportunity to further understand this city. I came into this project with a superficial knowledge of the city of Vernon and how it functioned. I am ending this quarter with a greater understanding of how this city works. Digging further into this city, I did not anticipate to actually appreciate what this city does. As I continue in this path to graduation, I will definitely look back at the opportunities that this quarter produced. I ventured into urban design, learned a new software, and worked with the challenges of a group. This quarter was definitely a large stepping stone into preparing me for the journey after graduation. Diego Lopez, 4th year Landscape architecture student,

The Experience

Kevin Chia Chuan Tsao 4th year Landscape Architect Student This quarter was defiantly my toughest one at Cal Poly but the experience was amazing. Having the chance to work with a professional big landscape architecture firm was a very valuable opportunity. SWA did a wonderful job in pushing us to become accustomed to the real professional working environment, there surely was a lot to learn from them. Going and visiting their office was exciting and seeing where and how they work made me realize what this profession can be all about, and that inspired me once again and reminded me why I chose this profession at first place. SWAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work exhibited on the wall in their office were amazing. Those are the kinds of rendering I wishing to be able to produce when i start working.The work we do in this class is somewhat similar to what they do in office, and although this quarterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s topic site was tough, urban design is what I believe my interests are, and hopefully in the future, I can join a office such as SWA to work on big urban planning projects in Asian countries.

"Working with SWA In Laguna Beach was a Lifetime Experience"

Where and Where and how does how does urban urban design design happen ? by happen ? by Alex Krieger

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study areas, sites, and the geographic approach to public action Peter Marcuse

Peter Marcuse criticizes and investigates a new way to look at planning. Current Planning Strategy: 1.Site : a bounded piece of property 2.Study Area: a geographical unit of study such as a neighborhood, street, or zoning district. 3.Area of Concerns: concerns that arise from or influence the study area The approach is looking at the inside out; working at the issues and concerns that are directly related, physically or not, to the site. It limits the scope of work, neglecting possible issues that are not visible from this perspective Proposed Planning Strategy: 1. Area of Concern 2. Study Area 3. Site Peter Marcuse suggests working from the outside in. Larger issues such as pollution and poverty are starting points that contribute in defining a study area. Example: Pollution in a Neighborhood is the study area, source of pollution is determined as the site for action.

Outside In

The study area should also not be defined by geographic political borders because this leads to a wall. What happens outside this defined border? The issues are neglected and can result in assumptions that lead to unexpected consequences. Some areas of concern to consider when determining an area of study: •Physical: the adjacent areas surrounding the site. •Historical: look at the history of the site, begin to determine which is the most significant. What can the site be a monument, museum… •Planning: look at the current, past, future plans that influence the site. •Market: look at the jobs and the people that have and will work on the site, where do they commute from. The real estate value of the site, how far will this site influence that market. •Social: programs offered by the site, who will benefit from these programs? •Democratic: who has access to the planning process of the site. The planning should encourage the participation of all that are willing to participate. Ease of access to planning.

Defining the Urbanistic project by Joan Busquets Joan Busquets looks at ten contemporary approaches that are re-defining urban planning.

1. Synthetic Gestures: Particular projects that work as a catalyst to restructure the urban fabric of a city. Such projects like the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain.

5. Piecemeal Aggregations: An intermediate scale, 16-24 city blocks, used to change the urban configuration of a city. This scale is used to determine city needs. It also provides services and communal spaces.

6. Traditional Views: A continuance of 19th and 20th century urban design approach but fulfilling the functional needs of today.

2. Multiplied Grounds: Using converted infrastructure or reused spaces as central areas for restructuring the urban program.

7. Recycled Territories: Human settlement is not viewed as the primary element in an ecosystem, rather human settlement is one part of a larger ecological ecosystem.

8. Core Retrofitting: Retrofitting traditional and historic fabrics, these places are to function as the core of the city or urban design.

9. Analog Compositions: A large master plan is not the best method for development, look for small and intermediate scale projects and the connections between these create an urban fabric.

10. Speculating Procedures: Innovation in the field of urban design is influenced by theory based disciplines such as philosophy, thermodynamics, hydraulics, computer… it is viewed as an experimental investigation.

3. Tactical Maneuvers: tactical decisions where funding or large scale development is improbable, small scale improvements begin to redefine the urban fabric, “there is always something to be improved”

4. Reconfigured Surfaces: Reconfigure/reprogram underutilized spaces, the aggregation of smaller scale projects that connect together and strengthen the larger open spaces.

TECHNOLOGY PHILOSOPHY HYDRAULICS COMPUTERS

Biomorphic intelligence and landscape urbanism Bart Lootsma Advance software technology in the late twentieth century revolutionized the traditional architectural thinking. With its adaptive system and dynamic aptitude to biomorphic intelligence, architects are allowed to expressively produce new attractive forms and reach complex organization in the design phase. This new inspiration led to a new wave of concepts bursting out into the contemporary architectural world. However, this robotic approach to design creates only a “simulacrum of life”, and we cannot measure the outcome only in the latter stage of settlement. The organization of life, through the organic process of settlement, is inevitably interfered by the architecural form, to which the people are responding to the organization of the building, but not to the initial ecological condition of the original site.

LANDSCAPE URBANISM CULTURAL DIFFERENCE OF URBAN PLANNING Two different schism in two different parts of the world

United States

Settles for limited political role in large scale-urban processes, and sees the emergence of ecology as new opportunity to create contemporary cultural imaged and architectural forms and organizations.

Urban Planning & Ecology

Europe Emphasis is mainly on urbanism as architects play a direct political role in large-scale urban processes to organize social economic and political reforms.

Problems in Europe: Awareness of collective environmental risk is threatened by urban spawl caused from individualisation

DIAGRAM: URBAN SPRAWL

Urban Sprawl

NETHERLANDS

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- Bernado Secchi

Concentrated Urbanization

Mapping LOS ANGELES

â&#x20AC;&#x153;VERNON: HISTORY, PUBLIC, PLANNING

POPULATION:

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3.858 million

Vernon is a one of the most unique cities in all of Los Angeles. From its inception, the city of Vernon has operated on its own terms. Initially the city was a envisioned as a sporting town, but its true character was born from its initial growth in the meat packing industry. The early success of this industry led the early business community to begin envisioning a city that would operate as an exclusively industrial city. With the arrival of the early rail system within the town, Vernon was uniquely poised for industrial growth. It has since developed to become the heart of the industrial core of Los Angeles.

Top 5 Cities of Residence for Vernon-based Employees: 1. Los Angeles 2. Huntington Park 3. Bell 4. South Gate 5. Maywood

The industrial evolution of Vernon has perhaps reached its peak. As a purely industrialized city, various issues related to environmental sustainability and local resources has presented new challenges for the city to face. The spread of pollutants and potential toxins to local communities has many questioning whether Vernon has reached a tipping point. At present, Vernon is at a crossroads. In a city with few residents but surrounded by a swelling populations and limited resources, the city faces crucial choices as to the direction it should take. Will the city become an industrial wasteland.......or could it be evolve into something more?

history . . . 1905

In 1905, the city of Vernon was founded by Thomas Furlong, James Furlong, and John Leonis. They envisioned this stretch of grassland to be developed into an exclusively industrial city.

The city was once promoted as a major sporting city that hosted boxing and baseball while also being identified as the place for Los Angeles nightlife with some of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famous bars.

1907 - 1910s

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FUTURE . . .

The LA River Revitalization Corp. proposed a continous 51 mile greenway adjacent to the LA river to be completed by year 2020. The public greenway will consists of parks, gathering space, biking trails, and dining amenities. It is still to be seen whether Vernon will be in the masterplan or not.

VERNON POPULATION: 114 maywood POPULATION:

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A section of the LA river bicycle path is cut-off in Vernon at Atlantic Blvd. Bikers and Pedestrian traffic are forced to reroute into the city streets.

POPULATION: 95,304

1920s - 1930s

From 1980s and on, Vernon has completed its transformation into an exculsively industrial city. The city plays an crucial role as a job creator in the region and offers plenty of job opportunity to the surrounding cities.

After the period of entertainment faded, the city was back on track to becoming exclusively industrial and many industries such as steel, aluminum, glass, food processing, meat packer came in and flourished. A disel power plant was even constructed to supply the electricty use within Vernon

1980s - 2000s

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Before 1905: The city of Vernon was farmland and used for agricultural purposes 1905: Vernon was incorporated by ranchers James J. and Thomas J. Furlong and John B. Leonis.

1919: The city of Vernon returned to being exclusively industrial and many companies opened up in Vernon after.

1907: on the land leased from Leonis, the founders of the city marketed Vernon as a "Sporting Town." Jack Doyle, an entrepreneur, opened the Vernon Avenue Arena, where 20-round world championship fights were held starting in 1908.

1909: Peter Maier, a meatpacker, built the Maier Park Baseball stadium for the Vernon Tigers. The Vernon Tigers won three consecutive league pennants and played from 1909 through 1925.

1913: Construction of the first Los Angeles Aqueduct is completed.

1920: Two giant stockyards were opened and meat packing quickly became the city's main industry. 27 slaughterhouses eventually lined Vernon Avenue until the late 1960s.

1930: Mines Field (LAX) is opened as the official airport for Los Angeles.

1920 - 1960: In the 1920s and 30s, heavy industries such as steel U.S. Steel and Bethleh automobile production Studebaker sprung up in the city. The 1940s and 50s turers, and food processors General Mills and Kal Kan. Giant meat packers F

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1931: Vernon gets its own power plant to support heavy industries.

1938: The Los Angeles River is paved with concrete to stop flooding.

1945: WWII - Shipbuilding becomes the primary business of the Port of Los Angeles, employing 90,000 workers. One-third of U.S. warplanes manufactured in Los Angeles.

hem Steel, aluminum Alcoa, glass Owens, can-making American Can and s added aerospace contractors Norris Industries, box and paper manufacFarmer John and Swift flourished.

1990-2000: The city of Vernon discontinued 2 railway lines and made developments to roads to accomodate heavy truck traffic.

2008: The Exide battery company is sued for leading toxic waste in the Los Angeles river.

2013 and later: Los Angeles river revitalization plan in process and proposed addition of more residences to increase population of the city.

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“VERNON: PUBLIC SERVICES” This map expresses the public services that the city of Vernon offers. The services mapped include the fire department, police department, post office and schools. Due to the major industrial aspect of Vernon, the fire department is required to have experience in handling hazardous material. It is critical for the Fire Department to reach their destination in a matter of minutes. Each fire department has a specialization; the fire station on Fruitland Ave. specializes in training, the one on Santa Fe Ave. specializes in hazardous materials, the one on Soto St. specializes in life support, and the one on Bandini Blvd. specializes in wildfires. The Vernon Police Department, City Hall, and the only School found in Vernon are also located on Santa Fe Ave. The concentration of civil and institutional buildings has made this portion of Vernon significantly different when compared to the rest of the city. The buildings and landscaping in this portion of the city are well maintained. Fire stations, police departments, and schools located to adjacent neighborhoods have also been identified. All stations identified are only a short distance to the border of Vernon. No parks or public open space exist within the boundaries of Vernon. The city of Vernon does not see the need for this type of open space. It has, however, identified the Los Angeles River as a potential public open space site for the future. However, it relies on the Los Angeles River Revitalization plan in order for this to happen. The adjacent neighborhoods are primarily residential and have public parks. Another public entity identified in this map is the average street width sizes. The smallest average street size identified is 43 feet while the largest is 100 feet. All the streets are wide enough to allow large vehicles to transit through the city comfortably.

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This map expresses the response time for the four fire departments found in Vernon. Due to the major industrial aspect of Vernon, the fire department is required to have experience in chemical events. It is critical for the Fire Department reach their destination in a matter of minutes. This map indicates the radial distance from any given fire department. The overlapping radii show the areas that are covered extensively and will result in better service. The map also reveals areas that are not extensively covered. These gaps in the system require attention, especially since we are dealing with potentially hazardous materials from an industrial setting. The longest distance traveled for any fire department is 30000 feet. This information is useful when determining the adequacy of the response time of this essential service. Furthermore, each fire department has a specialization. The fire station in Fruitland Ave. specializes in training, the one in Santa Fe Ave. specializes in hazardous materials, the one in Soto St. specializes in life support, and the one on Bandini Blvd. specializes in wildfires. Fire Stations located to adjacent neighborhoods have also been identified. All fire stations identified are only a short distance to the border of Vernon. Public parks have also been identified in this map. No parks have been identified within the boundaries of Vernon. The city of Vernon does not see the need for this type of public open space. It has, however, identified the LA River as a potential open space site for the future. The adjacent neighborhoods are primarily residential and have public parks. These have been identified with their approximate distance from the border of Vernon.

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vision The aim of this project is to enhance Vernonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relationship with neighboring communities and be a better neighbor by addressing the edge conditions to create a positive impact on the neighboring cities and improving the transportation efficiency within Vernonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s productive borders.

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why become a good neighbor? The city of Vernon prides itself in being exclusively industrial considered to be one of the most important local economies. it provides jobs to more than 50,000 people living in neighboring cities. The systems are proving to be beneficial for the Industries, however the byproduct of this increased efficiency is negatively affecting the neighboring cities.

Community Welfare fund The city of Vernon has been compensating for the negative effects by offering a heavy pay out of $60 million to the neighboring cities over a period of 10 years. The money provided has been able to mitigate some environmental impacts and make changes to the existing conditions, and also implement additional measures to benefit both the neighbors as well as Vernon itself. It disregards any long term issues that affect the life quality of the neighboring communities. After the tenth year, Vernon will continue to exhibit its exclusively industrial philosophy with disregard for its neighboring communities and the big question is what will happen after year 11?

$60 M

Prolonged Mitigation What happens at the 11th year? In order to achieve prolonged mitigation, Vernon must set up additional essential systems which could benefit both the sides in the long term. The existing edge conditions around Vernon have an immense potential to create this healthier environment by restructuring the current systems and activating the edge to integrate the essential facilities needed by the people in and around the city.

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Transit System

Expansion Of Industry Parking lots now have the potential to Expand Industry

Tansportation Efficiency MITIGATE TRAFFIC PATTERN - Mitigating Current Traffic Conditions to Improve Efficiencies - Relieve to Influx Traffic Load from the 710 - Dedicate Vernonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Arterial Raods to HeavyTrucks Traffic - Reduce Worker Traffic & General Influx Traffic to Make the Roads More Truck Friendly Arterial road Traffic 710 Traffic

Main Street Traffic

Worker Access system ACCOMODATE MORE WORKERS - Concentrate Worker Parking at the Edge of Vernon - Relieve to Influx Traffic Load from the 710 - Invention of Internal Transit System, Takes Workers to Work ( Utilizing Existing underused Rail Infranstructure)

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Parking

Internal Transit System

Defining The Edge CREATE A TRANSPARENT MEMBRANE - Creating a Mixed-Use Buffer at the Edge - Providing Recreational & Commercial Opportunities - Promote Pedestrian Activity in Vernon

Recreational Commercial Residential Industrial

EdgeEdge Typologies Typologies

- Residential to Industrial - Residential to Industrial

- Commercial to Industrial - Commercial to Industrial

- Residential to River to Ri - Residential

Edge Typologies - Residential to Industrial

EDge typologies dge Typologies Residential Residential

Commercial

Commercial Industrial

Industrial to Residential - Residential to Industrial

Recreational River

- Commercial to Industrial Industrial to Commercial

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River

Recreational

- Residential to River

Residential to River Residential Commercial Industrial Recreational

River

Industrial River

Industrial to Residential

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Fruitland Ave

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Downey Rd.

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Bottom PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

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Section of Rail Stop and Park Section B-B’

Zoning and Program Large Parking Structure with Recreation, Housing, and Commercial

Overpass System allows for fluent Pedestrian flow at top level and fluent Vehicular flow at lower level

Roof Top Soccer Fields Tournaments General Public

Commercial Housing Overpass Recreational Industrial

Affordable Housing Avg. 9,000 sq

Open Park Space Overlooked by Housing and Commercial General Recreational Use Excercise Gathering Space

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Industrial to Commercial

The northern border of Vernon is accountable for the influx of workers from the downtown Los Angeles region and also the traffic coming from the I-5 freeway. Along Santa Fe avenue, the strip that cuts through Vernon vertically, is permitted on the city’s General Plan with a overlay that will accommodate commercial, retail, service, and restaurant use that will cater the daily worker population’s needs. This makes the northern border an industrial to commercial boundary. The site I chose sits adjacent to the intersection of the northern border and Santa Fe, and by injecting a mixed-use expansion, the site will serve as a hub that support the worker’s daily living routine, providing convenience and promoting healthy living. The hub should also activate the commercial corridor along Santa Fe by acting as the gateway connecting the city’s commercial district to the surrounding industries, thus adding transparency.

Transit Oriented development The industrial nature of Vernon and with our and having the trnasit hub here makes this location a great destination for a transit oriented development, which combines highdensity mixed-use elements of transportation system, commercial, residential, and recreational.

TOD STACKING Recreational Residential

Commercial

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Residential Commercial Industrial Recreational

Transportation

River

CENTRAL TRANSIT HUB

Legend 1. Parking Structure 2. Bus Transit Stops 3. Mixed-use Building 4. Rail Transit Station 5. Open Space 6. Sports Facilities 7. Bike Bridge 8. River

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Baseball Stadium for league matches

Overpass System connecting both sides of the river and allowing access to recreation

Large Parking Structure with inbuilt stadium and buffer for 710 free

Running track for exercise and recreation for residents and workers

Open Park Space General Recreational Use Sports Events Camping Gathering Space

Added on stream for riverfront experience and ecosystem enhancement

Soccer Field for league matches

Commercial Housing Mixed Use Development

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