KINGSBOROUGH community COLLEGE the master plan
coney island, brooklyn ny point of interest path of travel
above, we can see various landmarks of the historic coney island, all within walking distance of the college... if we take a look at some of the demographics of the area, we can see that...
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median household income
youth population
...the area around the transportation hub of coney island is very diverse. There is a strong concentration of various ethnicities; many of whom make less than $45,000 a year. Now this has no bearing on the design of the campus, but its interesting to see how kingsborough itself has sort of â&#x20AC;&#x153;gentrifiedâ&#x20AC;? manhattan beach, possibly for the better...
this large scale map shows the exact location of kingsborough - located on the eastern most part of coney island; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relatively small in context, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easily one of the most important pieces of the peninsula..
along the way to kingsborough - students are greeted with a multitude of cultural and ethnic communities; from the poorest parts of coney island, to the Bodegas in brighton beach, and finally down to the single-family homes...
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communities of color
..manhattan beach has very ltitle ethnic difference; despite the fact that kingsborough college represents nearly 80 different countries from around the world. we can see that the single-family homes present on manhattan beach belong to families who make well over $85,000 a year, which is technically double what families just a mile to the west make every year...
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INGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, THE LIFE BLOOD OF MANHATTAN BEACH, AND THE FINAL DESTINATION OF OVER 40,000 STUDENTS...
...it sits at the very edge of manhattan beach; occupying nearly 70 acres
performing arts center (pac)
college center
library and media center
arts and sciences
since its founding as a college in 1964, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grown exponentially; going from an institution of only 468 students to serving nearly 40,000 of them, many of whom are searching for cheap, affordable higher education...
...this growth has done wonders for the college; helping to solidify itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s status as one of the best 2-year colleges around...
but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a problem...
superstorm sandy! she blew through and caused nearly $50,000,000,000 in damage all across the united states
devastating floods
unbelievable amounts of damage..
city-wide power outages
locally..
crippled subway system
and nationwide
to give the extent of damage to kingsborough; we can take this aerial view, which was taken pre-sandy, during the summer of 2012...
july 2012
notice the dense tree cover, the grass, the beach, and the shear amount of greenery present
november 2012
...and compare it to this aerial view; which was taken post-sandy, right before winter was about to begin...
notice the beach, which is barely recognizable anymore; the grass, which has been damaged by the salt water; and the hundreds of trees that were either uprooted or completely destroyed from the combination of high-winds and high-tide
the flood maps below show how devastating the storm surge was...at six feet, the surge would have been high enough to submerge most of the buildings on campus - however, Hurricane sandy had surges as high as twelve feet. so it’s easy to imagine just how utterly devastating the water must have been...
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the “temporary buildings” (t1-t8) suffered the most damage, and these coincidentally, are the ones that are due for replacement in the new master plan of kingsborough...
t1 building
t3 t2 t1
t6
t8
t6 building
t4 t7 t3 building t5 building
t5
the new master plan would include an extension of the 2 train - which may help to alleviate the absurd travel times for the students who live in other parts of nyc...
MANHATTAN
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QUEENS
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BRONX
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BROOKLYN
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STATEN ISLAND
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MANHATTAN
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QUEENS
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BRONX
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BROOKLYN
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STATEN ISLAND
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QUEENS
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the line would terminate at the new transit hub iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m developing for the campus. this transit hub is the center of transportation to and from the campus, and would include parking for 400+ vehicles, a bus stop, and a train station...
ground floor plan of the existing conditions...
...the hard edge, the non-porous pavement, the lack of dormitories on campus and the under-utilized space that the temporary buildings occupy is all to be re-designed...
...and the ground floor plan of my proposal
...notice the porous edge, the commitment to public space on all the ground floor levels, and the new dormitories, which offer striking views of sheepshead bay, jamaica bay, and the atlantic ocean