studio II process book

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MAITHAM ALMUBARK PROFESSOR RYAN MADSON

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO II WINTER 2013

IN A WORLD WHERE EVERYBODY SCREAMS, SILENCE IS NOTICEABLE. - MASSIMO VIGNELLI

TO BAHRAIN WHERE THE HEART IS

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CONTEXT

INTRODUCTION

HISTORY

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URBAN ANALYSIS

RESIDENTIAL INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS TRANSPORTATION COMMERCIAL MIXED USE INSTITUTIONAL GREEN AND OPEN SPACE

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TABLE OF CONTEXTS SITE ANALYSIS

LOCATION DEMOGRAPHICS VIEWS CLIMATE PROPERTIES

CASE STUDIES

KOLSTRAND BUILDING WAKEFIELD MARKET HALL HOLLAINHOF SOCIAL HOUSING

CONCEPT

DESIGN

FINAL SITE VISIT

PROGRESSION DIAGRAMS SITE AXON SITE PLAN HOUSING DESIGN MARKET DESIGN PERSPECTIVE VIEWS

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HOUSING MODEL FINAL BOARDS

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NEW ORLEANS PHOTOS

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INTRODUCTION

HISTORY

The area now known as Bywater was mostly plantation land in the Colonial era, with significant residential development beginning the first decade of the 19th century as part of what was known as “Faubourg Washington”, part of the predominantly Francophone “Downtown” section of New Orleans. Many people from France, Spain and the French Caribbean settled here. During the century, it grew with both White Creoles of French and Spanish descent, as well as other mixed raced.

SITE PHOTO INSIDE THE HORSE STABLES

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URBAN ANALYSIS

URBAN ANALYSIS

CITY LAND-USE PROFILES

LAND USE RESIDENTIAL

Residential densities vary based on geographic desirability, topography and public transit infrastructure. After Katrina, some areas remain depopulated while others increase as the density of the city reestablishes equilibrium. This map displays in varying shades of orange the level of residential density reestablished after Katrina. It is not uncommon to see that spreading around these densely repopulated areas the level of density lessens progressively. This again is due to d sireability of pre existing residential conditions as well as knowledge of potential flood areas.

high to low

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LAND USE INDUSTRIAL

Industrial use is located with convenient access to the Mississippi River and the industrial canal connecting the river to Lake Pontchartrain. These industrial areas are heavily used and have a dramatic effect on the hydrology of the city.

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CITY LAND-USE PROFILES

LAND USE BUSINESS

The industrial areas of the city are largely responsible for pollutant runoff in flood events, when levees fail; areas in districts at lower elevations are at risk.

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LAND USE TRANSPORTATION

This pollutant concentration dramatically effects the New Orleans ecology and water quality. Adjacent business properties and transportation corridors round out New Orlean’s industrial infrastructure.

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CITY LAND-USE PROFILES

LAND USE COMMERCIAL

Commercial development has historically been at the waterfront ports, on the river and lake, but has recently developed in mid-city areas. The areas highlighted in blue are almost purely commercial but are not separate from the activities found in adjacent mixed use areas. New Orleans is a highly diverse and heterogenous city, so it is not uncommon to find other business in small pockets around the city.

Additionally, future land use designation indicates commercial districts at the city periphery.

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LAND USE MIXED USE

Pockets of mixed use development have evolved with infrastructure along primary corridors in the city. They consist of small businesses, churches, residences, hospitals and nightlife. Sucessful mixed-use streets that have developed run east to west between residential developments establishing these corridors as a place for community and social engagement. Primary of these mixed use streets include Magazine St, St. Charles Ave, South Claiborne Ave, and Tulane Ave. Other mixed-use development has reestablished in renovated bodegas throughout the city.

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CITY LAND-USE PROFILES

LAND USE INSTITUTIONAL

Tulane University; Loyola New Orleans; Louisiana State University; Xavier University; Delgado Community College; Dillard University; University of New Orleans. These colleges reside heavily on the west side of New Orleans, often at higher elevations in the city or on the ridge. The colleges act as catalysts to for social and cultural change in the city.

Economic develo ment is fostered by the colleges in their respective neighborhoods, most of which are characterized by mixed-use districts within a walking radius of campus, lower density housing development and caucasian majorities.

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LAND USE GREEN AND OPEN SPACE

Preserved vegetation within the parish is a small fraction of the wetlands that used to exist in the delta. The city’s two major parks (Audubon Park to the south and City Park to the north) are the primary greenspaces available to city residents.

Due to the density development, few pocket parks exist in the urban fabric of the city, not including under-utilized vacant lots. The large expanse of park to the east is one of few r maining wetland areas, and lies outside of t he m ajority o f d evelopment i n t he parish.

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SITE ANALYSIS

LOCATION

The neighborhood of Bywater is East of the French Quarter and Central Business District, located on a canal connecting the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne.

This neighborhood’s demographics have undergone major shift since Hurricane Katrina, in racial distribution, median age and average household size. The combination of these factors suggests a socioeconomic group of a higher status moving into the area, a possible recognition of its beneficial siting

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AERIAL VIEW BYWATER NEIGHBORHOOD, NEW ORLEANS, LA.

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SITE ANALYSIS

DEMOGRAPHICS

POPULATION

5,096

3,337

DENSITY

5,093

3,811

HOUSING UNITS

2,725

2,498

VACANT UNITS

462

735

HOUSEHOLD SIZE

2.2

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RACIAL DISTRIBUTION

32% White, 61% Black

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

$ 35,652

MEDIAN AGE

36.5

TRANSPORTATION

Car at 57.1%

On the above sea-level banks of the Mississippi. The shift in racial makeup could be the result of active redevelopment aimed toward this higher socioeconomic group, a form of gentrification. Its adjacency to the Lower Ninth Ward, an area still plagued by crime, could hinder the development.

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56% White, 33% Black $ 43,504 40.5 Car at 67.8%

AERIAL VIEW UPPER NIGHT WARD, NEW ORLEANS, LA.

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SITE ANALYSIS

VIEWS

DIAGRAM SITE CONTEXT/ SURROUNDINGS

The block-site does not have any significant views. Its located on the corner of two major avenues: St. Claudes Ave on the north, and Poland Ave on the west. The other two streets are rather minor. Lesseps st. on the east and N Rampart st. on the east.

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A LESSEPS ST.

B ST CLAUDES AVE.

C POLAND AVE.

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SITE ANALYSIS

CLIMATE

DIAGRAM SUMMER SUN AND WIND.

52% of the year days in new orleans are discribed to be “too hot�.being in the hot, humid climate, new orleans have long, hot, humid summers, and cool, short cool winters. thus, climatic design priorities would be to Allow natural ventilation to both cool and remove excess moisture in the summer. To Protect from the summer sun, And to avoid creating aditional humidity during the summer.

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DIAGRAM WINTER SUN AND WIND.

Only 30% of the year days in new orleans are discribed to be “too cold� when the tempreture become as low as 40 degrees. New Orleans have short, cool winters were climatic design priorities like letting the winter sun in, and protect from the cold winter wind coming mostly from the east can be applied.

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PROPERTIES

DIAGRAM SITE PROPERTIES AND SURROUNDINGS and site section.

1/ LICKETY SPLIT’S RESTURANT.

NOISE

2/ BYWATER MARKET. 3/ DOLLAR GENERAL.

BUS STOP

4/ CHURCH’S CHIKEN. 5/ LOUISIANA DENTAL CENTER. 6/ ST. CECILLIA HEALTH CENTER. 7/ CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD UNITY. 8/ AVANT GARDE ART STORE.

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IN-STREET PARKING

GOD IS IN THE DETAILS. - LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

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CASE STUDIES

CASE STUDY

ABSALON

Absalon designed by denzer & poensgen is located in a new

Architects/ denzer & poensgen

developing area, exclusively situated on a hillside, just above

Location/ Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

the city centre of Trier. The aim of this new developing area is

2010

to create examples of good buildings in an attractive landscape which is integrated in its surrounding.

Located in Trier, one of the old German cities founded by the romans, this project connects to the old roman building culture, which is still omnipresent in Trier. The house is divided in three different volumes with an atrium in its middle.

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CASE STUDY

CONVERSION OF MIES VAN DER ROHE GAS STATION

Nun’s Island is part of the Hochelaga archipelago located

Architects/ Les Architectes FABG – Éric Gauthier

immediately southwest of Montreal. It’s urbanization followed

Location/ 201 rue Berlioz, Verdun, Québec, Canada

the opening of the Champlain bridge in 1962 under an

2011

ambitious master plan carried out by Metropolitan Structures, a real estate giant who had built numerous projects in Chicago with the collaboration of Mies van der Rohe. The new community included three high rise apartment buildings by Mies office and it led, in 1966, to a commission from Standard Oil to design a prototypical gas station.

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CASE STUDY

HOLLAINHOF SOCIAL HOUSING

The Hollaninhof is a social housing complex located in the

Architects/ Neutelings, Willem Jan, Michiel

center of Gent. The project aims at creating an attractive

Location/ Gent, Belgium

habitat combining the quality and density of the urban

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surroundings with privacy and peacefulness. This is achieved by updating the traditional residential type. The result is a complex that fluctuates from public to private, open to closed, large-scale to small-scale.

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CASE STUDY

WAKEFIELD MARKET HALL

A new market hall in Wakefield forming part of a wider

Architects/ Adjaye Associates

regeneration of the Trinity Walk and Marsh Way area close to

Location/ West Yorkshire, England

the town centre. The market consists of three halls which are

2008

related to one another by a flat roof supported on a steel frame and, with this plane as the dominant reference, the halls define two external spaces.

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CASE STUDY

KOLSTRAND BUILDING

The Kolstrand Building is an adaptive reuse of a 1910 marine

Architects/ Graham Baba Architects

supply building in the industrial neighborhood of Ballard. The

Location/ Seattle, Washington, USA

upgraded building stretches the urban core south with a mix of

2010

new services: offices, retail and restaurant space. (1 retail/cafe, 3 restaurants, 4 commercial offices, and 1 wine storage) The goal of adaptive reuse of the historically significant building is to preserve a vernacular that is quickly disappearing in Ballard.

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CONCEPT

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HOUSING

The terrace-style housings response to the summer breeze with an outdoor space angled to the true south. Each unit is designed to have a unique look, and at the same time, they create a rhythm from the repetition.

01_ Unique shape of the second floor, with room for future expansion.

02_ Outdoor space (porch).

03_ Private garden and main entrance.

COMMUNITY GARDEN

The community garden has an easy circulation based on a very basic grid with a shed on a platform.

04_ Storage shed, and community gathering space.

05_ Concrete raised beds.

06_ Wooden walk-board between the raised beds. s

FAMILY PARK

The family public park adopts the minimal design approach of the block with open meadows and terraced grass separated by a series of travertine walls.

07_ Open meadow.

08_ Terraced grass facing south with circular seating.

09_ Playground.

SQUARE

The square provides the main circulation to the block, as well as the western and eastern thresholds to the different spaces.

10_ Green space.

11_ Threshold.

MARKET

The market have easy access from the street, the public park and the circulation square. It provides both indoor and outdoor market spaces, as well as the outdoor events area.

12_ Outdoor market space.

13_ Market events main entry.

14_ Market storage space.

15_ Market seating.

16_ Market green gathering space.

17_ Permanent market.

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CONCEPT

PROGRESSION

DIAGRAM Green Spaces.

DIAGRAM Circulation

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CONCEPT

MIDTERM PRESENTAION

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DESIGN

SITE PLAN

LEGEND

01_ site trees.

02_ ADA parking.

03_ site’s green.

04_ main square.

05_ drainage and site seating.

06_ housing main circulation route.

07_ northern accessible unit.

08_ southern accessible unit.

09_ housing units.

10_ northern garden raised beds.

11_ northern garden walkboard.

12_ southern garden raised beds.

13_ southern garden walkboard.

14_ park’s open meadow.

15_ pakr’s round group seating.

16_ park’s terraced grass.

17_ park’s travertine wall.

18_ park’s grass with bike racks.

19_ park’s (half) travertine wall.

20_ park’s two playgrounds 21_ park’s picnic space.

22_ market’s green space.

23_ market’s seating.

24_ market’s courtyard.

25_ market’s public restrooms.

26_ indoor market space.

27_ outdoor market space.

28_ mixed-use commercial.

29_ mixed-use phase 2 housing.

30_ phase 2 housing.

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HOUSING

DIAGRAM PARTI.

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DESIGN

HOUSING

DIAGRAMS FLOOR PLANS.

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DIAGRAMS SECTIONS

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DESIGN

MARKET

DIAGRAMS ELEVATIONS AND STRUCTURE.

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DESIGN

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I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT DESIGN SHOULD NEVER BE BORING, BUT I DON’T THINK IT SHOULD BE A FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT.

GOOD DESIGN IS NEVER BORING, ONLY BAD DESIGN IS. - MASSIMO VIGNELLI

MAITHAM ALMUBARK PROFESSOR RYAN MADSON

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO II WINTER 2013