A Place to Call Home, Inventory, Analysis, and Conceptual Designs for the Future of Clovernook

A Place to Call Home, Inventory, Analysis, and Conceptual Designs for the Future of

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The Energy Transition in the “Backyard”

Table of Contents:

“Characterized” Perspective View of 6550 Hamilton Ave.

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Introduction

Demographics

Land Use

Housing

Amenities

Accessibility

The site is circulated through mobilization. Residence would be able to either take the shuttle or drive by themselves, to get around the site. At the entrance, the blue symbolizes calm and absorption of tiredness and frustration. When entering deeper into the site, color red symbolizes energetic and a charge of energy.

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Connectivity

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Conceptual Design

Glossary

Introduction The Site Planning Studio is a course that second year students in the Bachelor of Urban Planning in the school of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning at the University of Cincinnati are required to take. In this studio, the students investigate two- and three-dimensional design principles; color, human physiological constraints, and basic man-environment relationships. The studio requires individual and small student team assignments, and promotes discussion, design critique, and quality in expression and communications.

inventory of Clovernook, and consider environmentally sustainability dependent upon collective, community-scale efforts in the process.

The designs should display the relationships between the North College Hill and surrounding neighborhoods. The final inventory of the existing site conditions presented to the representatives of Clovernook should include the following; spatial organization, land use, building form, type, locations, city history and development patterns, topography and sections, flood plains, connections and circulation, and character of the neighborhood.

To understand the site the studio was going to be working on, it was important to compare the site with different scales of areas.

These different scales were at the site scale, city of Cincinnati scale, and a regional scale of Hamilton County, Ohio. By looking outside of Clovernook’s site, it allowed for a deeper analysis of the differences between surrounding areas, and what features of the site and neighborhood had room for improvement, or what strengths were already present.

After the site inventory was collected and presented, the next task for the students was to develop a site analysis, which was to formulate a foundation to a design resolution for Clovernook. The students were to create their analysis based on different programs that could be in assistance to Clovernook. These programs include housing, renewable energy, transportation, reducing waste, land management, food, water, outdoor recreation, nature, and climate.

While looking at these various programs, the students were to consider the opportunities and constraints these programs would have on Clovernook and North College Hill.

For our studio class, we were assigned a semester long project.

The project was to collect data, analyze it and design a new housing development for the client, Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually and Impaired. Clovernook owns two sites in North College Hill. The first site is 7000 Hamilton Avenue, and is over 30 acres where of Clovernook’s current facilities. The second site is 6550 Hamilton Avenue, which is 13 acres of vacant land. The site planning studio professor, Barry Kew met with a representative of Clovernook, and explained why this studio class would be a great fit for Clovernook and their future development.

However, Clovernook did already have an actual firm working on this same project as well, our input was taken into consideration, and a representative from Clovernook attended the presentations of the research collected.

The first step in the student’s process was to create a site

The booklet has been split up into seven different sections. Each section covers a different topic that the students thought were the most important factors in deciding on the right site and housing development for Clovernook.

Demographics Land Use Accessibility Connectivity Green Infrastructure Amenities Housing These topics all form together to create a cohesive analysis of

Clovernook’s site and the neighborhood of North College Hill. By researching each topic to the full extent, the studio class was able to create a complete understanding of what was needed based on different factors being needed or abundant.

given the task to create a strong graphic of their site design, alternative site designs and analyze if their program will work with the existing site conditions. The program should address some of the following topics; environmental issues, ADA accessibility, parking needs, water access or transportation links.

The third and final phase of the studio project was to create a site design for either of Clovernook’s two sites. Each student was

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Demographics can be explained as a concatenation of separate measurable quantities such as population, attainment levels, income, race, and crime rates. Demographics provide a foundation for an understanding beyond the street network and building footprint in the process of evaluating a site. It creates a base understanding of the community in the area, which is just as vital if not more to the plan created. The community can benefit just as easily from being informed on what community surrounds them every day. More specifically, a site is often directly affected by demographics of block groups in close proximity. For example, 6550 Hamilton Avenue was originally a nursing home, with a small population on site. This further explains the concrete foundations left behind after the buildings’ destruction, and why they have been laced in such a manner. Planners creating housing on 7000 Hamilton Avenue without knowledge that the current residents are mainly blind would cause the housing structures to be widely

insufficient to fit the needs of the visually impaired. North College Hill contains a variety of people with a strong culture and a distinct separation of residential areas, drawing different people to the different areas. At the city scale, the studio members assembled data about the people in the area in order to prepare an analysis of Clovernook sites for possible future housing. The city of North College Hill contains a variety of people, with 9% more women than men in the city as well as a majority of Caucasian and African American people Within the city boundary. The attainment of North College Hill lies with a majority of the population, over 4,000 residents, reaching a high school degree, around 2,500 residents, the remaining residents collectively make up the population of those with a college degree or higher. Within North College Hill, crime is statistically higher than the national and state average in crimes.

The two sites, 7000 and 6550 Hamilton Avenue reside within two separate block groups - 1 and 2. Each block group contains diverse individuals with different settings for housing behind the sites. Site 1 contains a prominently white demographic with an average of $30,000-$40,000 per family. Site 2’s block group is the only group within North College Hill that is predominantly African American with a similar annual income to that of site 1.

Neither of Clovernook’s sites have residents living on the land.

Site 1 contains the majority of the Caucasian population of the block groups with single family housing. The blind and visually impaired of Clovernook, who frequent the site do not have exact public data therefore the most beneficial means of information is to examine the national averages for visually impaired people in America.

To more practically view the attainment of the visually impaired,

the statistics were scaled down to match the population of Census Tract 218.01 and North College Hill. In the United States, there are well over 600,000 people with visually impairment and statistically higher number of men than women with blindness.

Nearly 31% of those over 25 in age, and almost 15% with a Bachelor’s degree. People experiencing visual impairment most frequently have an annual income of less than $35,000. The second most common range of income for the visually impaired ranges between $50,000 to $74,000 per year. Site 2 contains no consistent people; therefore, it is difficult to ascertain anything about anything on site, with rather similar housing styles just past the site’s parcels.

Median Household Income

Median Household Income by Census Block (In 2015 Inflation Adjusted Dollars) The adjusted income has increased since 2010 while the population in North College Hill has gone down.

the majority of the population has an annual income between $30,000 - $50,000, kloawer than the national average of $51,939

No Data $20,000-$30,000 $30,000-$40,000 $40,000-$50,000 $50,000-$60,000

North College Hill population has been on a slow decline since 1970’s.

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The majority of North College Hill has attained a High School degree or higher as of 2015.

Race Legend: Mostly African American

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The neighborhood remains primarily white in each block group with the exception of the block group behind and including Clovernook’s 7000 and 6550 properties.

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North College Hill has a lower crime rate than the Cincinnati Metropolitan area. Although, the reasons are not measurable, the urban population and scale of the neighborhoods contributes to North College Hill’s significantly lower crime rate per 100,000 residents.

Land Use Analysis 15

From the land use map of the neighborhood, the studio was able to gather that North College Hill is a highly residential neighborhood. North College Hill has a similar land use map to its northern neighborhood, Mt. Healthy. Both of the neighborhood’s largest land uses are single family residences. The homes make up a little over half of the neighborhood, and they need places to go that are not their homes. Having institutional places, like Clovernook, allows for residents that are visually blind and impaired to leave their homes, but not leave their neighborhood for a specific service.

The land use map shows what land uses surround the site.

Knowing this information is important because it will affect what programs or developments can be implemented into the site. A 20-foot buffer around the property that lies in areas directly next to a different parcel is proposed as to avoid building development too close to existing property owners parcels.

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In the comprehensive plan of North College Hill, there is a land use map that categorizes every parcel in the neighborhood as a “use�. The uses in North College Hill are as follows: -Single Family Residential -Two Family Residential -Multi-Family Residential -Mixed Use -Commercial -Institutional -Office -Park and Recreation

-Public Service/Public Utility -Vacant The most common use is single family residence, taking up 51.77% of total land in North College Hill. Other common uses in North College Hill include: Institutional and commercial uses, which combined take up 25.07% of the total land. In the map above, the housing types are displayed in three categories; Multi Family, Single Family and Two Family. From the map, it is evident that the most common type of housing is Single Family.

7000 Hamilton, is where all Clovernook’s facilities are. It has been labeled as an institutional use in the comprehensive plan. The site has over 30 acres of land that could be used for a housing development, but would have to have a change of use, to mixed use.

The two Clovernook sites, 6550 and 7000 Hamilton, are categorized under the institutional use. Around both sites, there are large amounts of commercial uses, along Hamilton Avenue and Galbraith Road. These commercial uses are places such as North College Hill Bakery, Kroger, Family Dollar and more. Through the process of collecting inventory of North College Hill and Clovernook, we were able to discover the many different uses of the neighborhood.

Since Clovernook is looking to develop a housing unit on one of their sites, there must be a change of the use since both sites are currently institutional uses. To the left shows Hamilton Avenue split up into three different corridors. They are color coded based their own specific use. To the right of the corridors, are circle charts that graphically show the distribution of each of the uses.

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6550 Hamilton, used to be a retirement village. Today, there aren’t any buildings on the site, but it is surrounded by single family residences.

Since there used to be a retirement village, a development similar could be built that would accommodate the consumers of Clovernook.

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Clovernook offered housing to its consumers in the late 1970’s but demolished the facility in the 1990’s due to a poor perception by the community. North College Hill felt the housing created more isolation than integration. Clovernook needs to consider the historical perception when moving to develop housing on either of their two sites.To ensure that Clovernook’s housing creates a positive relationship with the city of North College Hill, case studies should be used to gauge how their development will send positive ripples through the community around it.

A strong housing stock is essential in all thriving communities.

Although the house itself is important, it is nothing without the people living in it. People should have pride in their investment, and intrinsic motivation to not only take care of their own property, but take care of the community. This can be done by doing little things such as frequenting local shops and participating in boards and committees in the community.

North College Hill has a diverse housing stock with the goal of providing the perfect living arrangement for people in all stages of life. However, as previously stated, it’s the people that make housing successful. An overall feel of community disinvestment can be seen from not only individual properties, but from the sparse North College Hill Business District.

As inventory was collected on the block group 218.01 and 218.02 census tracts, the studio was able to develop and further understand North College Hill’s housing situation. The studio focused on a neighborhood in the southwest portion of North College Hill. The number of homes on each street of the target area were counted and represented in a graph.The studio determined North College Hill has low home values. At 72,400, North College Hill has lower home values than all communities as well as the national average. These home values can be reflective of the large amount of foreclosed homes in North College Hill. Out of all homes for sale in North College Hill, as of

November 2017, 61% of homes are foreclosed. The price of rent, however, is a different story. With an average price of $794 per month, North College hill rental prices are more per month than the national average. It could be assumed that North College Hill renters are making more money than the average renter, but that is not the case. North College Hill renters put as much as 20 percent more of their total income towards rent compared to other renters across the nation.

7000 Hamilton Avenue is currently zoned for institutional uses and is the current epicenter of Clovernook operations. The 7000 Hamilton Avenue site was also home to Clovernook previous boarding facility, which shows that Clovernook is able to build housing on the site so long as it’s tied to the institution.

homes in the community which would hopefully bring people and businesses into North College Hill. The issue, as a result, becomes maximizing the potential of Clovernook’s two sites. With the 6550 Hamilton Ave site not being used at all. There’s no easy decision in the case of North College Hill’s housing situation. We must determine what is most important to the client as well as what makes most sense to come up with a solid proposition.

After completing the Final suitability map based off the following criteria: Population Desnity, Home Age ad Home Price. The studio concluded that 6550 Hamiliton Ave site is the most suitable for housing in the future. This is due to a dense housing stock and older age of nearby homes which would allow for better integration of a new build housing program.

Baseed off of Population Density, Home Price and Home Age, A suitability map of the 6550 Hamiliton Ave site was created

Similar to the 7000 Hamilton Ave site, 6550 Hamilton Ave is currently zoned for institutional uses. Unlike 7000 Hamilton Ave, 6550 Hamilton is currently sits vacant and was the former home to Beechknoll Convalescent Center. The concrete foundation is still present on site. There’s a possibility the foundation could be used for new housing but a public records request alongside an inspection to determine whether the foundation and soil could withstand development.

Housing is an issue not only for Clovernook but the city of North College Hill. With high foreclosure rates and low home values, housing in NCH is falling into disrepair. Like previously stated, many other things are dependent on housing. North College Hill’s once thriving business district looks more like a ghost town.

Accessibility measures such as wide sidewalks, ample lighting and signage has been added into the district but storefronts remain empty. Without residents to support local businesses, no change will be seen in the community. New housing could bring new residents into the community. Why should Clovernook invest all this money into housing without putting money into the community that we have just identified to be in great danger?

Clovernook could also consider putting money towards foreclosed

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Number of homes on each street in the target neighborhhod

Comparision between average monthly rent in North College Hill and the United States.

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Amenities Background/ Inventory In the context of amenities for Clovernook, the supplemental amount exists in the neighborhood. All of the basic amenities for their residents are located in North College Hill, and in extremely close proximity to Clovernook. Based on other demographic and inventory related data, much of the residents are still leaving the area for various market areas and work. This is data that is vital to the current status of the neighborhood and its residents, and must be taken into account when making decisions for opportune areas.

Broad Scale The broader scale of amenities extends much further than just North College Hill. Considering that many people are flowing in and out of NCH, it is important to make note of what is outside of the area.

Regarding to surrounding market areas, there are no less than 20 minutes of travelling outside of North College Hill’s boundaries.

With larger market densities outside of the area, as well as other amenities, a broader scale is included within the majority of the graphically represented data.

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Intro: NCH Scale As stated previously, the amenities in North College Hill’s area are capable of providing all the necessary elements for the residents.

That is where some of the issues reside- there is nothing in the neighborhood that creates attraction. With surrounding markets being under 20 minutes away (by car), one school, and very little existing institutions/amenities, people are quick to leave the neighborhood.

Inventory Much of the inventory in this phase surrounds market/amenity numbers. Traffic and circulation inventory is also an important bit of information to add (for further analysis). With amenities that suffice, basic needs are met in the area.

On the North College Hill scale, there are only a fair number of basic amenities that are within a short distance. The area holds a lot of church institutions and few schools, as well as parks within a

reasonable distance. But, with that being said, for each market/ amenity, there is very little close proximity within the neighborhood, inferring that people are still required to travel.

Intro: Site Scale When discussing the amenities on the site scale, it is important to note what amenities can be used for those who are blind/ visually impaired, but also proximity. Proximity is important for those who must walk, or rely on public transportation due to their disabilities. But the services that Clovernook provides (at the site level), have a substantial number of amenities “in house,” for their consumers.

Inventory Clovernook (both sites, in fact), are located within half a mile of each other, with large shopping/central areas located between them. North College Hill’s one school is also across the street.

While this is also neighborhood inventory, it must be carried to the site inventory (in terms of amenities) because they are in such close proximity.

Site 1 Narrative + Graphic With Site 1 being Clovernook’s main location, much of the amenities that are being used for those who are blind and visually impaired are located directly on site. This proves favorable when considering housing or other services that they want to extend, but many question arise (is the land suitable?

Is it exclusive to the surroundings? etc.)

Site 2 Site 2 is another interesting topic to tackle in terms of inventory.

With it being a virtually bare site, it clearly does not provide any amenities. But, proximity to surrounding areas is extremely close, and, as you will see further in the analysis, it can be potentially more suitable and contain more opportunity.

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Accessibility is the “ability to access” and benefit from some

system or entity. Accessibility incorporates all measurements of how a community or site is organized and how it allows for movement how the community or site can be used by all people.

Accessibility metrics used include transportation, distance to amenities and health services, walkability, and safety with a special consideration of special needs to accommodate all peoples. Data is taken from observations and analysis taken from GIS information from CAGIS and physical observations.

The Factors that contribute to accessibility is the special needs, spatial elements, and travel accessibility. The most critical element of accessibility is the accommodation of people with special needs. For these peoples it is the most difficult to use the site effectively. The consideration of special needs problems in the site design process is especially important at Clovernook where their consumers are blind and visually impaired. This disability creates many challenges for the use of a site. The spatial elements are important if your goal is to find the viability of developing land. Clovernook had made it clear to our studio that they are interested in creating a housing development to service

their consumers as well as a sighted population. Specifically, a housing development requires an availability of goods and services outside of the community preferably in walking distance for consumers. The travel accessibility incorporates how the outside community can utilize the site and how consumers can easily move in and out of the site and around North College Hill using different services.

There are a few goals when designing and planning for a client like Clovernook and their consumers. The first of which is the importance of making certain space especially public space can be effectively used by all people. We also must make certain the correct portions of design and planning that satisfies requirements for the ADA or the Americans with Disabilities Act which details the importance of the design and infrastructure elements that support all disabilities. There are a few elements that can easily be implemented by any private land owner as well as by government agency. Elements like visible and readable signage for bus stops and cross walks, that is communicated through visual, auditory and tactile methods. Other elements can be barriers for pathways to separate users from traffic as well as textured features on

the pathways to allow a visually impaired person to traverse the pathway safely. The special elements ideally should all be within walking distance this includes elements like bus stops and local amenities.

Travel is important for any blind or disabled consumer as well as anyone who must travel in and around North College Hill or in Cincinnati. A few travel sheds and scales are examined such as driving a car or taking a public bus from North College Hill as well as the travel on foot to a necessary amenity like a local grocery store and the travel along the main corridor of North College Hill, Hamilton Avenue.

The inventory stage takes stock of North College Hill. We as a studio collaborated in finding what matters most to the community.

In from an accessibility point of view important aspects like the community and site circulation, topography, safety, special needs accommodation and special considerations for amenities. These aspects are combined in various graphics quantitatively and qualitatively. The inventory forms a basis for all future planning and decision making. Without a proper understanding of the

site and the surrounding neighborhood we can properly design for the correct audience and fill the consumers of Clovernook’s accessibility needs. The analysis phase uses the information 39 taken in the inventory to synthesis the data to see where the holes in each aspect to create communicative graphics.

The analysis finds what accessibility needs to be improved and helps highlight what aspects to include during the concept design phase. Analysis also aides in selection based on spatial and quantitative measurements to select the most accessible site for Clovernook’s development. In the service of establishing accessibility, the only consequence is that a space will be available for all people.

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The Travel shed between the two services, Metro Access and uber or similar door to door services illustrates the availability of movement outside of North College Hill. Each shed is a 15 minute ride from the center of North College Hill.

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Existing pavement condition samples on Hamilton Avenue.

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Existing pavement condition samples on West Galbraith Road.

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Each variable measures the spacial relationships that site 1 and site 2 have within North College Hill. Each of these is based on distance and depicts which site is closer to the features in each variable. There is an obvious spatial autocorrelation where each indicator clusters in the center of North College Hill. The lighter shades denote a positive for the sites that are being studied.

Photographs and corresponding locations of examples of sidewalk conditions in North College Hill. Examples show deteriorated walkways and lack of separation from roadways with heavy traffic.

Examples of tactile and sensory methods to communicate signage and the proper use of crosswalks for the blind and visually impaired.

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Combination A case study on the experiences of people with visual impairments is explained and then related to a similar methodology applied to North College Hill. Specifically, how the two Clovernook sites are organized inside the different North College Hill business districts.

Case Study: Outdoor difficulties experienced by a group of visually impaired Iranian people. sciencedirect.com

Case Study: City of Nor th College Hill, Ohio Business District Study

Propose A qualitative approach using semi-structured individual interviews was used to elicit common outdoor difficulties in individuals with visual impairment.

Major Business District: 6550 Hamilton Ave. Hamilton Ave.

7000 Hamilton Ave. Methods Interviews were recorded and then transcribed verbatim into text for thematic analysis. Twenty legally-blind individuals aged 34.25 Âą 2.41 years with different etiologies were included in this study.

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Conclusions As a visually impaired person might say, sidewalks can be the most dangerous of places. Appropriate urban modification can be very beneficial.

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“All par ticipants had experienced some sor t of difficulty in outdoor environments.

The most impor tant problems as perceived by the par ticipants are

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Slope depicts the grading of North College Hill. Slope is important on the determination of the amount of earth that might be needed to develop the site and how easily someone can move on a site. A more flat slope is a lighter shade.

Overall combination map displays the chosen variables as an aggregate to reflect how the most accessible site can be chosen. The variables are weighted based on how they might facilitate an accessible site to develop, and then scored depending according theirpositive or negative contribution to accessibility. Slope is determined as having the highest weight for its relevance to building and accessibility.

installation of tactile ground surface indicators, unsafe sidewalks, existence of obstacles on sidewalks, difficulty reading bus numbers, disorientation, fear of falling, recognition of faces, inability to read street names, the presence of spaces between platforms and buses, walking into glass doors, crossing streets�

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An inventory of the accessible sidewalk features depicts the pathways that have the most mobility and within North College Hill, localized at the intersection of Galbraith Road and Hamilton Avenue. That inventory is related to their proximity to both Clovernook sites.

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Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is a degenerative condition affecting central vision. Reading and crossing roads safely may be difficult. Early detection can slow down progression of the disease and improve treatment outcomes.

Prevelance Rate for Vision Impairements by Race (2010)

Cataract is a clouding of the lens, resulting in blurry vision and faded colours. This leads to glare-sensitivity and increases the risk of trips and falls. Cataracts are usually safely treated by surgery. A cataract is a cloudiness that forms in the lens of the eye – the par t that allows a focused image to be transmitted onto the retina. This cloudiness creates blurring, affecting both near and distance vision. Cataracts generally result from the ageing process, though they can also develop from other causes such as congenital disability (from bir th) or trauma to the eye. Cataracts due to ageing usually develop slowly and affect both eyes at different rates.

Glaucoma is an eye disease that damages the fine nerves connecting the eye to the brain. Glaucoma can result in tunnel vision and even total blindness. Early detection is vital.

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Diabetic Retinopathy is caused by diabetes and result in increasingly blurred, patchy and fluctuating vision. Regular eye checks are crucial to reducing acuity.

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Neurological Vision Impairment (NVI) can result from an acquired brain injury. Glasses may not improve vision.

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Wheelchaired Individuals North College Hill has specific responsibilities that they are obligated to withhold due to the inclusion of Clovernook- a center for the blind and visually impaired. The primary clientele that uses Clovernooks services require more than just an accessible fasility. They require an accesible community and neighborhood surrounding it to make for better inclusion and mobility. The diagram above aims to illustrate how accessible the neighborhood of North College Hill actually is.

Best streets Parking available Major destinations

This diagram is the beginning of a series of diagrams that break down the streets of North College Hill in terms of varying special needs.

Certain criteria was chosen and ranked for each special need.

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This diagram is a depiction of the second map that goes along with the special needs series. The diagram portrays the best streets for the blind and visually impaired based upon criterion

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Best streets Major destinations

Blind/Visually Impaired Individuals The inventory of accessible features details what opportunities are present in North College Hill. Features that account for traversability of the neighborhood include features like auditory crosswalks, textured pavements, proper signage, and safe crosswalks.

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Deaf Individuals best maintained for these individuals and is as shown.

Each diagram in this series ranked street health. The map of North College Hill was broken into four quadrants (Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest) and then based upon that, five popular streets were chosen that best represented that quadrant.

The streets highlighted in pink as you can see were the chosen streets that accomodated specific criteria.

The last diagram in the special needs series brings light to deaf individuals. For a person who is deaf, safe crosswalks, maintained

sidewalks, and proper signage are all street health characteristics that ranked highly important to their mobility.

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The map illustrated at the top gives visual context to the specific locations that these section views have been drawn from. The red street typology is located on Hamilton Avenue, the orange street typology is located on West Galbraith Road, and finally the red street typology is located on Sundale Avenue.

Section View Illustration continued...

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Site One Section View Clovernook’s two sites have different benefits when it comes to accessibility and construction of any type of development, specifically housing. Site 1 at 7000 Hamilton Avenue is already developed and houses the current Clovernook facilities. Site 2 6550 Hamilton Avenue is lacking in many accessible amenities but allows for more options in terms of development that can easily be incorporated and designed. However, site 1 at 7000 Hamilton Avenue also shows a few a difficulties in the eyes of accessible features but nonetheless has the benefit of being where the Clovernook facilities are and allows for ease of the Clovernook consumers to be safely accommodated in a housing development on their campus because of the already constructed pathways.

However, the site also lacks an inclusion to the neighborhood and a new development could be the opportunity to strengthen that connection and allow the community to use the site.

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Site Two Section View Site 2 at 6550 Hamilton Avenue is almost like a blank slate 55 for development. Further research needs to be done on the condition of the current building conditions. Being a brownfield with azlready leveled structures allows for the implementation of any type of development but also means there is few if any accessibe features to benefit any special needs individual.

The site suitability incorporates multiple metrics that reflect an accessible environment. Site 1 and 2 are looked at simultaneously.

The site suitability model considers mainly spatial elements such as distances to features like bus stops, parks and open spaces, public amenities, and physical landscape such as the slope.

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Circulation plays an important part in determining the site suitability for Clovernook. The moving of pedestrians or vehicles through a given area can further explain circulation. Different forms of transportation that a Clovernook resident can use are Uber, Metro Bus, Metro ACCESS, walking and many more options. Furthermore, circulation looks at major roadways and traffic counts that analyzes movement and congestion. Roads are the primary basis of all transportation and are explored in this document.

Uber, for example, is a taxi service that is available to all – even ADA individuals. Uber has a nodiscrimination policy and all drives must provide assigned riders with service no matter race, age, disability, or religion. Clovernoonk has also partnered with Uber to service there clients in ways that a specifically catered to their unique needs. There are also several apps and aiding devices that can help ADA riders navigate the Uber program.

The Metro Bus Service is also an option for Clovernook residents to utilize.

Two bus routes run through North College Hill and by Clovernook’s site.

More specifically, the Metro ACCESS program is a bus service that offers transportation to ADA passengers only.

North College Hill (NCH) is located on the outskirts of the city which provides access to city transit and circulation.

More specifically, the main roads in NCH are Hamilton Ave. and Galbraith Rd. These roads converge to form the ‘Neighborhood Center’ for NCH. Not far from this intersection if Clovernook’s campus. The Route 17 and Route 15x run up and down Hamilton Ave. and Galbraith Rd. which provides access to Clovernook. Being located just outside of the city boundary, North College Hill is labeled as a ‘Zone 2’ location. This means that a ticket to get on a bus in NCH would cost $2.65.

The most basic form of transportation for Colvernook residents to use is walking. Walking is the most basic form of getting around but is only limited to short distances. It takes the average person roughly 20 minutes to walk a mile. Having a blind or visually impaired individual walk that same mile may take longer due to obstacles and challenges.

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This graphic is looking at the North College Hill scale of road density. The road with the heaviest weight has the high number of traffic counts on it. Clovernook’s two sites are located along Hamilton Ave. which is the highest density road in North College Hill. This is a positive factor because several bus routes and transportation options are available. But also, this can be viewed negatively as a blind or visually impaired resident will have a harder time crossing the street.

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printing factory also enters and exits through this same entrance/ exit. The parcel which stretches along the back side of Clovernook, which has been primarily used as a park, only has one entrance for cars and vehicles to access. This entrance is through a side street and is hard to access from the main road. The park only has one road that is used to get to the ‘back’ of the park.

The second site (6550 Hamilton Ave.) only has one entrance which can be accessed. This entrance leads to a single road with no outlet and extends through the site. This site currently has a road and building footprints from a former retirement village.

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Located at the center of this graphic, North College Hill has several ‘branches’ that come from it. These branches represent the time associated with traveling to other neighborhoods in Hamilton County. Furthermore, these times represent the convenience associated with resources in other neighborhoods. For example, traveling to a grocery store that is in Springfield would be more convenient than driving to Green Township for a grocery.

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Introduction Green Infrastructure is a cost effective approach to dealing with wet weather impacts.

It doesn’t only include a focus on handling rainfall although as green infrastructure aims to make new developments as least impactful on its surroun ding environment as possible. This ranges from what materials will be used and how energy and waste are controlled to how the development will interact with the ecosystem as to make it fit into the puzzle of the existing natural infrastructure. Green infrastructure aims to create more permanent, less intrusive developments to reduce the human footprint and ecosystem removal for any future design and construction project.

As well as the benefits that green infrastructure provides to society, it is also important to recognize that humans exist within a wider ecosystem, the conservation of which is vital. Our waste does not just disappear. We must plan and think deeply on how to mitigate the consequences of our existence. Green infrastructure can offset hazardous by-products of our designed world, providing beautiful landscape to admire in the process.

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Site Inventory Inventory- the making of a list of every component of a specific topic of focus, in this case; green infrastructure.

Going along with the ideology of sustainable development, the studio decided to take a look at Green Infrastructure to define Clovernook’s vision for the future, which may include the addition of a housing development and an additional facility for production use as well as finding a new use for the part of the property leased to North College Hill currently Pie’s Park. Information involving soils, drainage, solar, wind, and climate patterns, vegetation, elevation, impervious and pervious surfaces, and parks and open spaces is all pertinent to green infrastructure inventory for The Clovernook

Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Some topics focused on North College Hill as a whole such as solar, wind, and climate patterns but most topics were applied directly to Clovernook’s two existing properties at 7000 and 6550 Hamilton Avenue. This was done to limit the amount of supplemental information given about North College Hill as well as that most of the information inventoried was pertinent only at a specific site scale.

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This map shows the rainfall amounts for each month of the year which gives a broader view of how the site will be weathered throughout the year and possibly could affect what materials for development are used.

This map gives an idea of where the wind is typically flowing throughout the year, which could suggest certain vegetation being in certain areas. Wind will affect where certain bugs and animals inhabit an area and therefor what vegetation might be in the area.

Also, it shows how the sun shines on the area throughout the year. It gives an idea of how many sunny days there will typically

be in a year, which months typically have more sunny days, as well as how long the sun shines seasonally. This gives an idea of what vegetation would likely be in the area and what types of wildlife would be inhabiting the land.

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Soil Soil structure is the arrangement of soil particles into small clumps. Much like the ingredients in cake batter bind together to form a cake, soil particles (sand, silt, clay, and organic matter) bind together to form layers, or peds.

Soil structure is imperative to a healthy soil. The less disturbed a soil, the more likely that its microbial structures (the fungi that enable trees to grow) will be intact.

Soil map shows that there is only one type of soil for each site.

While they are the same soil the only differences are slope grades at 3-8% and 8-15%. Rossmoyne soil is very well drained and is classified as being very suitable for dense development.

Tree Canopy Tree Canopy is the upper layer or habitat zone, formed by mature tree crowns. Inventory of the tree canopy gives an idea of what vegetation is native to the site. It is also gives an idea of how development can be aimed. Whether or not tearing down trees will be necessary as well as where development can be placed to either take advantage of or avoid shade provided by heavy tree canopy.

Tree Canopy Analysis The tree canopy analyzing is important to this suitability analysis.

As the proposed ideas of our group fall along the lines of green infrastructure the last thing wanted with future development is destroying the forestry that is contained within Clovernook property. Ideally development would occur in an area where there is minimal tree canopy coverage so the removing of natural elements from the site for construction would be minimized.

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Topography Analysis

Shows maximum and minimum elevations within each site.

Knowing this information eludes to what kind of slopes will be on site as well as where and how storm water and streams flow. Knowing this information is vital to site understanding because it shows where developments can and can’t be realistically built.

The contour map is a simple diagram of the elevations throughout the site. Though there is only about a 30 ft. range in elevation it is important to have this data to know what the landscape being proposed for development looks like and finding an area with minimal elevation changes is ideal because it removes the cost of moving and or filling landscape to level a foundation. Areas with contour lines being the furthest apart are more suitable locations for development as the slopes as less rigid.

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Soil Analysis This soil map shows both the shrinkage and the expansion (how much water the soil absorbs and holds) as well as erosion of the soils on site. Knowing what soils lie within the site and whathe makeup and performance of these soils is necessary in determining how much impervious land can be added to the site as to not cause a problem where the water has nowhere to flow and becomes stagnant. Knowing this information is vital to future development, as it will determine which is a more suitable location where the soil is firm, erodes at a minimal rate, and doesn’t have much of a shrinking and expanding component. Strong soils that expand and erode the least are the most viable for dense development.

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Flood-Plain (Site 1) Floodplain map is necessary to know where a floodplain exists.

Topography of the sites is necessary in addition to floodplain information to know where the water is traveling from and where is moving to. Floodplain areas obviously pose a variety of problems to housing development. Analysis of the floodplain on Site 1 is vital to this suitability analysis because developing on or even near an area that is prone to flooding can cause obvious problems for

development. If development is continued anyways the local ecosystem could be interrupted and fragmented as well as requiring higher maintenance costs for the owner.

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Site Analysis Analysis- detailed examination of the elements or structure of something; so as in this case the analysis of green infrastructural elements is the gathering and examination of the elements listed above in the inventory phase to determine the most suitable location for development based on weighted criteria we chose as a close to be pertinent to green infrastructure. Analysis is simply taking the information gathered in the inventory phase and applying it and measuring suitability values based on the criteria we decided as a class to be the most important to the specific sites of 6550 and 7000 Hamilton Avenue.

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Moving from the inventory phase into the analysis phase the information gathered was then applied to find relationships within North College Hill as well as the two sites themselves.

This analysis of green infrastructure throughout North College Hill defined important details and relationships about the city itself as well as the two sites. The qualities chosen as a class were then given metric units to put a quantifiable value to show their suitability for multi-unit housing.

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Suitability Conclusion Site 1

In conclusion, through looking at the qualities chosen as a class thought were most pertinent, the property of 7000 Hamilton Avenue is a moderately suitable location for multi-unit development in terms of Green Infrastructure. Tree and vegetation coverage consume a large portion of the developable land within the property. Open spaces were derived to be the most ideal for housing development. The soil analysis of this site showed that it contains only one type of soil, Rossmoyne, which is a very welldrained soil that is resistant to erosion as well as shrinkage and expansion. The only difference in the site soil is the slope, which varies no more than 8%. In addition, analyzing impervious surface area was determined to be important as developing dense housing as close to existing impervious surfaces (parking lots,

Site 2 sidewalks, other development, etc.) is ideal. Finally the floodplain buffer around the stream that cuts through the western portion of the site is introduced as developing housing within or near a floodplain is not ideal. Metrics were created weighting the chosen criteria we found to be the most important to determine site suitability.

In conclusion, through looking at the qualities chosen as a class thought were most pertinent, the property of 6550 Hamilton Avenue is a highly suitable location for multi-unit development in terms of Green Infrastructure. Tree and vegetation coverage consume a large portion of the developable land within the property. The large open space in the center of the site was derived to be the most ideal for housing development. The soil analysis of this site showed that it contains only one type of soil, Rossmoyne, which is a very well-drained soil that is resistant to erosion as well as shrinkage and expansion. The only difference in this site soil as well is the slope, which varies no more than 8%. Finally, analyzing impervious surface area was determined to be important as developing dense housing as close to existing impervious surfaces (parking

lots, sidewalks, previous development foundations, etc.) is ideal.

Metrics were created weighting the chosen criteria we found to be the most important to determine site suitability.

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Top left displays section views 87 display the grading of the site and zooms to a profile of a natural swell for irregation on the excess runoff from proposed development.

Top right illustrates an accessible natural pathway for entry and circulation of the development and the park.

Sean Buckley Goals

• Housing that is accessible for all people that is affordability, Disability Friendly, and Socially.

• Low impact design for developing the space • Socially equitable, the open space should be available to all people in the community.

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• The equitable use of space inside of Pies Park.

• Incorporating moving space with natural elements with as little impact for the available open space • Allowing access for the surrounding community to utilize the natural space.

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Ryland West Goals

• To create a housing development that is as green and sustainable as possible.

• Ease access from Clovernook Center to housing development.

• Create flow through the site to connect the 3 separate uses to make the parcel feel cohesive.

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• To create a more cohesive flow through the site without disurpting the tree canopy lines that separate the western, central, and eastern portions of the site.

• Connect Clovernook Center to the future housing development and tranform Pie’s Park to an urban garden market.

Tree-lined streets create the feeling of being immersed into the native forestry unique to the site.

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The City of Smart Eyes.

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I want to build the special community for the blind person, and also the community is a comprehensive community for the normal people.

Guide dog is a bright spot of the community and this community support all the blind person to have a normal lifestyle as the normal people.

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In the whole relationship, the triangle relationship is the most stronger relationship.

According to this triangle relationship, I want to make a triangle( People, Natural, Animal) relationship to support this comprehensive community

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Yiyi Wang Goals • The Eternal Eye of God • The blind center

Objectives • Guide dog training center • The blind mental health center

Location: Clovernook Site A: 7000 Hamilton Ave Size: 80000 Square foot Type: New build LID building, Mixed-use, Urban Scale: 50 : 1 Focus: LID building

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Yifan Fang Goals Create a community plan that: • Achieve convenience and walkability to residents • Maintian sustainability in the long term • Provide large public space for residents • Extend green space

Objectives • Use green bult for dual carriageway for extend green space • Conserve original ecology nature are • provide community service for residents • Build mixed-use buildings for convenience

Site section through Beach Knoll Drive looking from the apartment complexes to the community center. Includes 11’ drive lanes with two through lanes and about 30’ for a drive lane and parking. The through drive lanes and parking are separated with a 5’ divider.

Site section through Hamilton Avenue from outside the site. Hamilton Avenue is made up of four drive lanes and 8’ sidewalks. The site is directly connected to Hamilton Avenue which can cause problem. Large amounts of traffic or busy intersections could put residents at risk.

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Tia Deshuk Goals • Something for every lifestyle • Provides a slow pace for housing yet active for community involvement • Everyone can move freely and comfortably at their own pace

Objectives • A clear logical layout for residents and community members to walk around site.

• A sensory experience • Adaptability and flexibility, residents are able to adjust easily

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Andre Johnson Goals • Design a healthy, green community conceptual site design, with the programs including primarily Low Impact Housing (LIH), supported by a public market and urban garden. The site will work as a sum of parts, similar to an organism.

Objectives • Create a Green Community • Safe and Efficient Circulation and Transportation Systems • Design for Medium Density, Low Impact Housing • Successful Public Market and Urban Garden Duo • Site is Safe / Protects Residents, Employees, Customers

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Junlin Li Goals • Create a site that can let people contact with nature.

• Include more than 20 houses, and 3 large green common spaces • Create more private and public green spaces for each family

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“Row Housing” | Two stories tall | Potential Expansion “Terraced Landscape” | Five Levels | Storm Water Filtration

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Max Merritt Goals • Create an experiential site for blind and visually impaired residents • Diversify housing options on site to accommodate range of incomes • Increase community interaction through unique public spaces • Provide ideas for water management related to unique topography

Proposed elevation filters storm water through rain garden and moves downhill through the terraced garden so it may slowly soak into the landscape. Expansion of stream into a pond will provide habitat and help water shed collection.

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Objectives • Connect all on site spaces with simple way-finding walkway • Preserve neighborhood character with two-story residencies • All spaces between residencies should be independent but connected spaces for mixing independence with connectivity • Use existing topographic change to absorb and filter storm water

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Jasmine Metcalf | Pocket Permaculture Community Concept Goals • Provide the built structures for a community that will grow to enrich the lives of all involved parties • Create a sustainable community which gives just as much as it takes • Allow for flexibility and affordability • Create competition within the housing market by providing a lifestyle unlike any in the region

Objectives • Create affordability through live/work programs • Use all available and reasonable methods of sustainable building practices • Build minimally and small scale to promote simple living and environmentally friendly practices • Design a permaculture forest around the housing which feels seamless and provides food for the residents and if surplus, the neighborhood through a community farm stand.

• Take the population of the community and their needs into consideration at every turn of the design by implementing features to help enhance their experiences

of life on a small scale with homes which provide just enough space and outdoor living which is expansive and encourages community

All of the units on the development are based on prefabricated units from Green Terra Homes based in Ontario and kits for these homes can be purchased for under $20,000 per unit.

engagement. The concept will include small-scale housing placed strategically within a permacultureforest which will supply not only produce for the community and potentially neighborhood but also provide residents with tactile stimulation and the opportunity to do fulfilling work. The overall design will fit the intended residents of the community, but also anyone wishing to take part.

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Park: fenced in perimiter with a shelter house for parties and family engagements. Water feature provides an acoustic interaction for residents to enjoy.

Brad Quatman Goals • Create a site plan that: - Has good circulation and flow - Has housing for 70-90 people - Is a living space for residents to be an active member of - Has a green space that acts as a meeting ground

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Objectives • Start by sketching layouts of roads through the property • Lay out potential building locations for housing • Offer services for residents • Lay out ideas by taking into consideration the existing vegetation

Bedrooms Mixed Use Aspects - For 100 people - First-floor retail is a crucial part of - Floor layouts (3, 1, 1) the design context - 3 bedrooms - Retail can allow for employment ~1,300 sqft - Industrial type uses can be ~1,400 sqft integrated on the first floor as well - 1 bedroom (2 per floor) - Benefit of mixed use ~500-600 sqft Parking - Unit has allotted spaces

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Both of these hand-drawn sections show an example of what some of the developmets have the potential to look like. It is important to note the important of integrating commercial/industrial on the first floor, and allowing for residental above. This utilizes mixed-use practices

Hanna Puthoff Goals • to create a feeling of integration into the neighborhood • having a sense of freedom and inclusiveness by exploring the idea of “off-campus housing” versus dorms

Objectives • utillizing mixed-use development • allowing for visually impaired, seniors, and any other people to use this housing and development

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Bryson Odum Goals • To create a communtity that not only benefits the consumer but also the enviroment • Create programs with multiple uses • Bring intrest into North College Hill

Objectives • Promote an active lifestyle • Promote social interactions between residents

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To the right is a section drawing of one of the side streets of the new community. There is a 20 foot road, and to the left and right are ample yards for residents to use.

Below is a perspective drawing of what the buildings on my site plan will look like. They will each by 100 feet by 100 feet. Six units will be in the front of the building and six units will be in the back of the building.

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Abby Rembold Goals • Create an area where all are welcome and will want to stay

Objectives • blind and visually paired friendly • be green

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Zachary Rieth Goals • Create a sustainable housing complex that is accessable and safe • Connect the housing to the rest of North College Hill • Ensure housing for over 200 peoplewithout unnecessary use of space • Produce a space and environment that all types of people can enjoy

Objectives • Create housing that blends with existing structures in the city • Implement permeable surfaces for proper water usage and maintaining of grounds • Create garden park for enjoyment of city as well as experintial for all people • Generate a central plaza to be used as farmers market/gathering area

The housing created is intednded to meld with the surrounding area while maintaining it’s own sense of identity in being multi-family housing instead of single family. The housing structures are intended to be acessable with several doors for entrance as well as close parking and tactile cross walks to connect to the plaza. Each crosswalk is raised to create a speebump to promote safe traversing for both the pedestrian and the driver as they navigate the complex. A garden park was created for both practical and recreational use, producing an oppurtunity to grow crops to help sustain the farmers market and as a n experiential space for those who have never been in a garden park. The complex has been created in such a manner to connect the entire site and become a center for North College Hill.

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LeeAnn Treffinger Goals • Design a safe and challenging outdoor environment for residents • Transform a community area into a vegetated garden oasis • Integrate human living system with environmental living system

Objectives • Encourage versatile play, creativity, and exploration of the natural environment (safe walkable trails and comfortable seating) • Create dynamtic views that will change seasonally (atrium garden) • Promote consciousness and environmental awareness (tree planting program)

The Energy Transition in the “Backyard” “Characterized” Perspective View of 6550 Hamilton Ave.

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Jianyu Wang The concept of this master plan, is to provide a housing community in the form of a back yard. As the volume of the traffic fades, fears of people with visual impairments goes away. Instead, frustration stayed. Here in the back yard of North College Hill, we thrive to provide an experience of abosorbtion of the frustration. More

importantly, to charge up the residence with confidence.

The site is circulated through mobilization. Residence would be able to either take the shuttle or drive by themselves, to get around the site. At the entrance, the blue symbolizes calm and absorption of tiredness and frustration. When entering deeper into the site, color red symbolizes energetic and a charge of energy.

Trees to correspond to the name of each trail. e.g. Birch Trail.

Site B

Section Line

Flower Beds Cascading perennials will be used to spill over gabion wall. e.g. sage, rosemary juniper.

Mature Trees

Concept to Sensory Trails 1. Textured paving will inform pedestrians and act as a way finder for both sighted and visually impaired users.

2. Plantings will be site specific and act as scented landmarks.

Natural Barrier

Multi-Unit Housing

Multi Family Housing

Walls will be gabion, fronted with local limestone.

Hillside

Swale

Footpath

Road

Sensory Trails

Nathaniel James Weyand-Geise Goals • Seamlessly link the two sites through a system of sensory trails that excite the senses and be available for all residentsvisually impaired or sighted.

Sensory Garden

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Sensory Trails

Objectives • Fund visually impaired housing development through the private sale of the units.

• Respect the landscape, using the mature trees and rolling hills to add character to the development’s trails and housing.

The upper left hand image is a sectional perspective of the proposed trail linking the sites A&B. At right is a plan view of how that would be laid out. Above is a rendering of the proposed multiunit housing for Site B.

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A Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)- a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public.

C Circle Chart- a type of graph in which a circle is divided into sectors that each represent a proportion of the whole.

capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of geographical data.

Green Infrastructure- a cost-effective, resilient approach to managing wet weather impacts that provides many community benefits.

L Land Use- the scientific, aesthetic, and orderly disposition of land, resources, facilities and services with a view to securing the physical, economic and social efficiency, health and well-being of urban and rural communities.

Comprehensive Plan- a process that determines community goals and aspirations in terms of community development.

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Connectivity- refers to the directness of links and the density of connections in a transport network.

Metro Access- a shared-ride public transportation service, providing origin-to-destination transportation in small buses for people whose disabilities prevent them from riding Metro buses.

D P Demographics- the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, disease, marriages, of populations.

Parcel- a lot or plot is a tract of land owned or meant to be owned

E Ecosystem services - such as food and water; regulating services such as flood and disease control; cultural services such as spiritual, recreational, and cultural benefits G Geographic information system (GIS)- is a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of geographical data.

Geographic information system (GIS)- is a system designed to

R Residential mixed-use- a type of urban development that blends residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment uses.

Residential multi-family- a classification of housing where multiple separate housing units for residential inhabitants are contained within one building or several buildings within one complex.

Residential single family- also called a single-detached dwelling, detached residence or separate house) is a free-standing

residential building.

the requirements of a particular form of land use

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Schematic Design- determines the areas, physical requirements, and relationships of all the required building spaces and components, and confirms or revises the total building square footage, the total project budget, and the project schedule and occupancy dates.

Vacancy- the state or condition of being vacant or unoccupied

Site Analysis- includes the site location and size, neighborhood context, zoning, legal aspects, geology, physiography (natural and man-made features), hydrology, soils, vegetation, wildlife, climate, culture, pedestrian and vehicular circulation, access, utilities, historic factors, density, sensory stimuli, and any other factor deemed appropriate for the particular site Site Inventory- full documentation of the existing site conditions in the context of spatial organization, land use, building form, type, & locations, city history and development patterns, topography and section, flood plains, people and recent events, connections and circulation, open/ public spaces and character.

Site Planning- refers to the organizational stage of the landscape design process. It involves the organization of land use zoning, access, circulation, privacy, security, shelter, land drainage, and other factors.

Soil Power- the arrangement of soil particles into small clumps.

Soil particles (sand, silt, clay, and organic matter) bind together to form layers. Soil structure is imperative to a healthy soil. The less disturbed a soil, the more likely that its microbial structures (the fungi that enable trees to grow) will be intact.

Suitability- a measure of how well the qualities of a land unit match

W Welfare- the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity of a person, group, or organization; well-being

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