PORTFOLIO SAIMA MUSHARRAT A Collection of Plans and Designs
I strongly believe that creative and collaborative planning and design can bring positive changes in people’s lives, creating harmony between communities and nature.
CONTENTS
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COMMUNITY PLANNING
• Reclaiming Vacancies
COMMUNITY PLANNING
• Intervention of a Desolate Slaughterhouse
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING TACTICAL URBANISM SKETCHES & PHOTOGRAPHY
• East Street Corridor Planning Project
• Encouraging Active Living
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PROJECT NAME: RECLAIMING VACANCIES A Community Revitalization and Resilience Strategy PROJECT TYPE: Master Thesis I Community Planning I Vacant Parcels I Green Infrastructure
COMMUNITY PLANNING
PROJECT LOCATION Loop 610 South
SITE AND TIMELINE: Sunnyside, Houston I 2016-17
Site
Texas
United States
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Socially vulnerable populations are often concentrated in flood vulnerable urban areas, resulting in multiple cultural, economic, and ecological issues. Sunnyside, a 4096 acre historically African-American community in Houston, Texas represents such a scenario. The three main issues faced by this community are flooding hazards, high percentage of vacant lands, and low quality of life.
Harris County (Houston)
Reed Road
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3,454
Highway 288
3,342
Scott St
Population Density (per square mile)
Median Household Income $23,931
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$44,124
Sunnyside Neighborhood 4096 acres
Single Family Home Ownership 73%
Through four months of public engagement, this research-design study incorporates citizen-driven decision making within the planning process. After having identified the existing issues and future goals from multiple community meetings, the study develops a toolbox to reclaim existing vacant lands, depending on each lot’s type, size, location, and flood vulnerability. VACANT LAND AND STRUCTURE IN SUNNYSIDE HIGH RATE OF VACANCIES
Cullen Blvd
Bellfort St
MEDIA: Adobe Illustrator I InDesign I ArcGIS I Interactive Workshop with community
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45%
Homeownership decline 23% in 10 years
Sunnyside Houston
FLOOD VULNERABILITY
PONDING
Total Structure: 6558 (325 acres) Total Parcel: 9405 (2461 acres)
Active Parcel: 7308 (2000 acres)
Vacant Parcel: 2097 (461 acres)
22% Vacant Rate of Parcel
Active Structure: 6182 (319.5 acres)
Vacant Parcel Vacant Parcel Vacant Structure
Vacant Structure
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Vacant Structure: 376 (5.5 acres)
6% Vacant Rate of Structure
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TOOLBOX FOR RECLAIMING VACANCIES
TYPOLOGY TYPE
VACANT LAND UNDEVELOPED PARCELS
SIZE SIZE
1 PARCEL
CONDITION CONDITION
FLOOD FREE
LOCATION LOCATION CRITERIA
PROPOSED FUNCTION PROPOSED FUNCTION DESIGN GOALS AND STRATEGIES
CORRIDOR
COMMUNITY OPEN SPACE
Activate Space
Connect
Open Space Network
DESIGN GOALS AND
Playground Neighborhood> Eco-boulevard park > Increase density Sports field > Connect transit > Increase amenities Plaza > Create employment > Slow vehicle speed Recreation center > Food security > Skinny neighborhood street > Healthcare facilities
INTERSECTION
> Design for pedestrians and bicyclists
> Community facilities
Activate Space > Physical activities > Community space > Recreational functions > Educational functions > Increase density > Increase amenities > Create employment
VACANT LAND
> Food security Green Infrastructure Plan > Healthcare facilities
Complete Streets ReclaimedGOALS Vacant Spaces DESIGN AND STRATEGIES
COMMUNITY GARDEN
Activate Space
ABANDONED STRUCTURES UNDERUTILIZED STRCUTURE
MULTIPLE CLUSTERED PARCELS
FLOOD POTENTIAL
> Community facilities
Connect
Open Space Network
ReclaimedGOALS Vacant Spaces DESIGN AND
Urban farm Edible garden> Eco-boulevard > Flower Increase amenitiesgarden > Connect transit > Create employment > Slow vehicle speed Research landscape > Food security > Skinny neighborhood street Farmer’s market
Activate Space
> Increase density
NEAR CHURCH
> Healthcare facilities
> Physical activities > Community space > Recreational functions > Educational functions
> Design for pedestrians and bicyclists
> Community facilities
> Increase density > Increase amenities
> CreateGOALS employment AND S DESIGN > Food security Green Infrastructure Plan Activate Space > Healthcare facilities
Complete Streets
Reclaimed Vacant Spaces
INFILL
> Community facilities
Housing DESIGN GOALS AND STRATEGIES Reclaimed Vacant Spaces Grocery storeActivate Space Connect Healthcare facility > Increase density Retail > Increase amenities Restaurant > Create employment Bus stop > Food security
RECLAMATION PROCESS NEAR SCHOOL
> Increase density
> Healthcare facilities > Eco-boulevard
> Increase amenities
> Community facilities > Connect transit
> Create employment DESIGN GOALS AND STRATEGIES
> Slow vehicle speed
> Food security
ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE
Activate Space
Connect > Healthcare facilities
> Skinny neighborhood street Reclaimed Vacant Spaces
Open Space > Design forNetwork pedestrians and bicyclists
> Community facilities
DESIGN GOALS AND STRATEGIES
NEAR BUS STOP
Activate Space
Connect
> Increase amenities > Create employment > Food security
Flood Resiliency
Activate Space Reclaimed Vacant Spaces
> Increase density
> Recreational functions
> Skinny neighborhood street
> Educational functions
> Healthcare facilities > Eco-boulevard
> Design for pedestrians and > Physical activities bicyclists
DESIGN GOALS AND STRATEGIES > Community facilities
> Retention ponds
STORMWATER RETENTION D
Pervious paving Open> Space Network
> Connect transit
Connect
Connectfunctions > Recreational
> Educational functions Complete Streets
Open Space Network
Small retention pond Streets >Complete Increase density Green Infrastructure Plan > Eco-boulevard Inflitration park > Increase amenities > Connect transit Bioswales > Create employment > Slow vehicle speed Rain garden > Skinny neighborhood street > Food security Plantation > Healthcare facilities > Design for pedestrians and > Eco-boulevard
> Create employment
> Slow vehicle speed
> Community facilities
> On-site infiltration
> Community space
> Slow vehicle speed Activate Space
> Community facilities > Connect transit
> Healthcare facilities
> Community space
> Slow vehicle speed
> Food security
> Increase amenities
> Food security
> Physical activities
> Create employment
> Skinny neighborhood street Reclaimed Vacant Spaces > Healthcare facilities > Design for pedestrians and bicyclists DESIGN GOALS AND STRATEGIES > Community facilities
NEAR BAYOU
Complete Streets
Reclaimed Vacant Spaces
Open Space Network
Nature park > Eco-boulevard Equestrian park > Increase amenities > Connect transit Trails > Increase density
> Increase density
> Skinny neighborhood street Reclaimed Vacant Spaces > Design for pedestrians and bicyclists
> Physical activities bicyclists
> Community space > Recreational functions > Educational functions Complete Streets
> Tree box filter Green Infrastructure Plan > Rain garden > Bioswale > Floodable park
Flood Resiliency LID Approach > Physical activities > Community space > Recreational functions > Educational functions > Retention ponds > On-site infiltration > Pervious paving > Tree box filter Green Infrastructure Plan > Rain garden > Bioswale > Floodable park
Reclaimed Vacant Spaces
Complete Streets
Green Infrastructure Plan
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LID Approach
Legend Boundary WATER_LINE SUITABILITY ANALYSIS FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ON VACANT PARCELS
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PHASING
The design is to be implemented in three phases. The first phase focuses on creating a green infrastructure skeleton to alleviate flood issues, the second phase implements major community facilities as anchor points to spur future development, and the third phase concentrates on infilling housing and new job creation.
PHASE I: ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE AND ACTIVE LIVING (1-5 years)
PHASE I: JOBS PRODUCED
PHASE II: HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT (5-10 years)
PHASE II: JOBS PRODUCED
PHASE III: EMPLOYMENT GENERATION (10-20 years)
PHASE III: JOBS PRODUCED
Medical
FLOODABLE RIPARIAN PARK
COMMUNITY CENTER
anning process so that the aspirations of them reflected in the plan and urban design. Before we stepped in, studio SP’13 had laid the basis of engaging community with the help of several workshops. Our SSP’14 studio investigated PROJECT NAME: e role of temporary use in the project area as a possibility to fill up the temporal vacuum, use existing COMMUNITY resources, PLANNING WITH COMMUNITY PLANNING Part_1 this generate economy, different stakeholders in a common ground and give people a reason to visit derelictWITH COMM PLANNING Intervention of bring a Desolate Slaughterhouse Site: Antwerp, Belgium Type: Academic I Group I Studio Strategic Spatial Planning I Community Planning I Brownfield De nd again until the realization of upcoming project. Three groups were formed Intsructors: Jan Scheurs I to Peter create Van den Broeckscenarios I Seppe de Blust I Timregarding Devos Medium:Scale, Illustrator I Interactive workshop wit PROJECT TYPE: oject Management andI Community the Living & IWorking aspect of the Dam people. I, as a part of the Project Management Strategic Spatial Planning Planning Brownfield redevelopment WH oup, prepared three posters delving into the possibilities of appropriating connection, function and image SITE AND TIMELINE: Antwerp, Belgium I 2014 ilding of the place. We presented and discussed the issues with the community on Mid-Review and decided to carry MEDIA: intervention an underused park near with thecommunity slaughterhouse during the second phase of studio. AutoCAD Iin Adobe Illustrator I Interactive Workshop
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MY ROLE: • Conducted literature review of brownfield redevelopment. • Created database for city officials, local residents and relevant contacts. • Attended meetings with city officials and neighborhood representatives. • Created posters for community workshop. • Facilitated exchange of ideas between local residents and city. • Helped arrange for a community event to launch the idea of temporary intervention on the site. • Made model for the proposed design, participated in making a short film to be shown in the event. • Created a booklet documenting the planning process along with graphics on timeline and strategies.
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Antwerpen Dam is a Belgian neighborhood currently in a transition period between its past and its future. Having lost connection from their very own 122 years old Slaughterhouse after it closed down in 2007, the inhabitants were anticipating future changes that would reestablish the association but the delay of the project definition by the City officials was not helping to bridge this gap. The Damcomite, formed in 2012 by the local people, was involved in the planning process so that the aspirations of them reflected in the plan and urban design. Before we stepped in, studio SSP’13 had laid the basis of engaging community with the help of several workshops. Our SSP’14 studio investigated the role of temporary use in the project area as a possibility to fill up the temporal vacuum, use existing resources, regenerate economy, bring different stakeholders in a common ground and give people a reason to visit this derelict land again until the realization of upcoming project. Three groups were formed to create scenarios regarding Scale, Project Management and the Living & Working aspect of the Dam people. I, as a part of the Project Management group, prepared three posters delving into the possibilities of appropriating connection, function and image building of the place.FirstWe presented and discussed the issues with the community on Mid-Review and decided to carry Analysis on intervention in an underused park near the slaughterhouse during the second phase of studio.
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WHAT COU
DEVELOPING S PLANNING EVE
INCREASED CO HABITANTS OF
IDENTIFYING OTHER NEED
Field Mapping
Plan_Phase 01
Plan_Phase 02
Plan_Phase 03
ADDRESSING BE INCLUDED CHARTER
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EFFECTIVENESS
Our SSP’14 studio investigated the role of temporary use in the project area as a possibility to fill up the temporal vacuum, use existing resources, regenerate economy, bring different stakeholders in a common ground and give people a reason to visit this derelict land again until the realization of upcoming project. I, as a part of the Project Management group, prepared three posters delving into the possibilities of appropriating connection, function and image building of the place. We presented and discussed the issues with the community on Mid-Review and decided to carry on intervention in an underused park near the slaughterhouse during the second phase of studio.
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Paul Cordy Geert Allaert
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Kind & Samenleving
OUR PROGRESS
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Antwerpen Dam is a Belgian neighborhood currently in a transition period between its past and its future. Having lost connection from their very own 122 years old Slaughterhouse after it closed down in 2007, the inhabitants were anticipating future changes that would reestablish the association but the delay of the project definition by the City officials was not helping to bridge this gap. The Damcomite, formed in 2012 by the local people, was involved in the planning process so that the aspirations of them reflected in the plan and urban design.
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Groendienst Antwerpen Hanne Bastiaensen
Gerlinde Van Geert
Local organisations
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Simon-Peter De Landtsheer Dominique Vilain Jef Snor
Hilde Van De Velde Hugo Maenhout
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Damcomité
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
WEEK 4
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WEEK 2
WEEK 3
DECEMBER
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COMMIT
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We decided to focus on what should happen behind the scenes and no longer on the practical set-up of the actual realisation in the field. Plans were prepared by us through field mapping, consecutive meetings with City and inhabitants and presented in a winter party to the community along with a short film and small intervention with wooden logs to show what could be done in the park.
DESIGN ENGAGE
INFORM
PERSIST
Our endeavor acted as a catalyst in creating the framework for the future steps taken by the City. Instead of focusing on the spatial attributes, in this project I learned to translate the ongoing dynamics of a community into a continuing process of engagement and evolution.
POSTER FOR COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
IMAGE BUILDING i APPROPRIATION WITH
RIATION WITH
CTION
WHAT AND WHY
A MENTAL PICTURE HOW HAVE OTHERS DONE IT?
AN IMAGE
A COLLECTIVE MEMORY AN IDEA
A CONCEPT
meeting with with local residents Meeting inhabitants
RECOGNITION
VISUAL
FUTURE POSSIBILITIES IDENTITY
POSITIVE IMAGE TO POSSIBLE INVESTORS AND CLIENTS
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SENSE OF BELONGINGNESS
TURAL CENTRE
CONVERTED INTO CULTURAL CENTRE PERMANENTLY
INSPIRATION
ATTRACT NEW RESOURCES SLOGAN
LOGO
INFORMATION WALL
MORE REPRESENTATION
122 years
NEIGHBORHOOD’S LONG HISTORY LIBRARY
TURAL CENTER EMOLITION
TURNED INTO A DISTRICT LIBRARY
EXHIBITION PRESS COVERAGE
SOCIAL MEDIA
BOOK/BROCHURE
IMAGE BUILDING CAN BE DONE BY...
Plan_Phase 01 DESIGN COMPETITION CALLED
WORKSHOP
TEMP. STRUCTURE ? NEW DESIGN
EW ASTERPLAN
HOW
Plan_Phase 02
LIVING CHEAP
LIVING IN OPEN AND GREEN
INSPIRATION FOR THE NEW MASTERPLAN?
BOOKLET WITH DESIGNS IN MASTERPLAN COMPETITION
TEMPORARY USE
FOR THE PEOPLE
Plan_Phase 03
mapping Fieldfield mapping
WHAT IMAGE COMES TO YOUR MIND WHEN YOU THINK OF SLAUGHTERHOUSE?
A HISTORY TO BE PROUD OF LIVING AND WORKING
AROUND A CENTRALITY
CLOSE TO THE WATER
WHY
AN ACCESSIBLE NEIGHBORHOOD
t Stad
USE IT UNTIL THE MASTERPLAN IS FINISHED
trict
Paul Cordy CHOOSE IMAGE
HAT WILL HAPPEN THEN?
Simon-Peter De Landtsheer IMAGE: RESEARCH
ARRANGE FUNDS HISTORICAL EVOLUTION, Hilde Van De Velde FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS
IMAGE: IDENTIFY KEY ISSUES & GOAL, CONFLICTS & OPPORTUNITIES
IMAGE: PROJECT POSSIBLE SCENARIOS AND SOLUTIONS
IMAGE: PUBLISH THE OUTCOMES AND SHARE+ FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE THROUGH EXHIBITION/ WORKSHOP
COMBINE THE OUTCOME WITH DAM’S ADVICE & PARTICIPATION CHARTER
SET THE CHOSEN IMAGES AS MAIN THEMES FOR DESIGN COMPETITION
AGREEMENT FOR DEVELOPING STRATEGIES TO REACH THE VISION
Jef Snor
Hugo Maenhout Damcomité
IT COULD BE... WEEK 3
WEEK 4
WEEK 1
WEEK 2
DECEMBER
STRENGHTEN IDENTITY
E CONCEPT
ERMINE THE USE PORARY USE MIGHT BECOME ANENT IF IT’S SUCCESSFUL RACT OTHER USERS
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COMMIT
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WHAT WILL HAPPEN THEN?
RACT INVESTORS FOR PRESERVATION, VATION & MODERNIZATION NGE IMAGE OF THE SITE
EASE SOCIAL BONDING ATE AND IMPROVE SKILLS VE ENGAGEMENT OF DAM
Groendienst Antwerpen Hanne Bastiaensen
Dominique Vilain
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TRANSITION
Ilse Rossou Gerlinde Van Geert
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modelmaking of project Model of the park
CITY IN
Geert Allaert
Antwerpen aan´t Woord
eving
CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE
DESIGN ENGAGE
_SENSE OF IDENTIFICATION _EMBRACE NEW DYNAMICS OF SELF-ORGANIZATION
_CREATIVE IMPACT ON THE UPCOMING DESIGN _FRAMEWORK FOR GENERIC POLICIES _GUIDE NEIGHBORHOOD’S ENERGY TOWARDS FUTURE
WEEK 3
INFORM
Interaction discussionwith with inhabitants local residents
PERSIST
n what should happen behind the scenes and no longer on the Our endeavor acted as a catalyst in creating the framework for the future ctual realisation in the field. Plans were prepared by us through steps OFtaken byAREA the City. Instead of focusing on the spatial attributes, in this AN OPEN-AIR ALONG LOBROEKDOK SITE ON THEin PAST AND FUTURE SCENARIOS PROJECT tive meetings with City and EXHIBITION inhabitants and presented a winter project I learned to translate the ongoing dynamics of a community into a along with a short film and small intervention with wooden logs continuing process of engagement and evolution. done in the park.
temporary intervention to inhabitants engage children Interaction with
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PROJECT NAME: EAST STREET CORRIDOR PLANNING PROJECT
PROJECT TYPE: Internship I Transportation Planning I Corridor Planning SITE AND TIMELINE: Pendleton, Indiana I 2016
Overview Map: EAST STREET CORRIDOR PLANNING PENDLETON, IN Proposed Community Center
MEDIA: AutoCAD I Adobe Illustrator I InDesign I Photoshop
The general goals of the project was to: • Slow down traffic near Falls Park • Increase pedestrian access to Falls Park • Create a coherent gateway to Falls Park along East Street • Improve intersections along East Street • Widen East Street to accommodate functional design
Pedestrian Park Entrance
Historic brick road
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The East Street Corridor in Pendleton is the outcome of an effort between the Town of Pendleton and Madison County Council of Governments in Indiana. The project explored the options for traffic calming strategies in the corridor including the design options for crosswalks, signage system, gateway, redution of lanes, living street principles etc.
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
LEGEND Thoroughfare Improvements Connection Pedestrian Improvements Traffic Calming Installations Living Street Intersection Improvement & Gateway to Falls Park Remove vehicular access N
EXAMPLES OF PROPOSED INTERSECTION TREATMENTS
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MY ROLE: • Participated in fieldwork, collected data on the road sections of the area. • Attended meetings with city officials regarding the update of the project. • Mapped the roads as necessary. • Created a proposed overview map. • Created rendering for the proposed pedestrian entrance to Falls Park. • Designed a color palette, wayfinding and signage for placebranding of Town of Pendleton. • Created and formatted the final report.
PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE TO FALLS PARK
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11’0”
FALLS PARK
BIKE TRAIL MUSEUM P PARKING
FALLS PARK
FALLS PARK
BIKE TRAIL MUSEUM
BIKE TRAIL MUSEUM
P PARKING
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RESTROOMS
RESTROOMS
FALLS PARK
PROPOSED WAYFINDING AND SIGNAGE
BIKE TRAIL MUSEUM PARKING RESTROOMS
As part of the Legacy Project of American Planning Association 2015, the Tactical Urbanism projectTACTICAL was an URBANISM: Invigorating active living in the community endeavor to encourage the communitySite: people about backI Volunteer the streetcar as a touristic attraction inVanthe Galveston, Texas bringing Instructors: Dr. Shannon S. Zandt Type: Academic I Real Life Project Softwares: Illustrator Materials: Plywood I Recycled materials Time: 2015 Galveston city and inform them about the alternative modes of transport and different forms of active living, PROJECT NAME: i.e. cycling, walking, yoga etc. At first a desolate site in the city near the center was chosen to showcase our As part of a theskeleton Legacy Projectof of American Planning Associationboards 2015, the Tactical project. We, in several small groups, prepared the site by building streetcar, display withUrbanism project was an ENCOURAGING ACTIVE LIVING endeavor to encourage the community people about bringing back the streetcar as a touristic attraction in the interactive information and activity space. Apart from taking part in the construction process, I also prepared Galveston city and inform them about the alternative modes of transport and different forms of active living, cycling, walking, yoga etc. At first a desolate site in the city near the center was chosen to showcase our the display on Bicycling in America. Many professionals fromi.e. APA Coference including locals in Galveston project. We, in several small groups, prepared the site by building a skeleton of streetcar, display boards with interactive information and activity space. Apart from taking in the construction successfully participated in our project and generated exciting interaction. This project acted as apartgreat chanceprocess, I also prepared the display on Bicycling in America. Many professionals from APA Coference including locals in Galveston Site: Galveston, Texas Type: Academic I Volunteer I Real Life Project to gain hands-on experience of construction and receiving immediate feedback from the users we design for. successfully participated in our project and generated exciting interaction. This project acted as a great chance PROJECT TYPE:
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Instructors: Dr. Shannon S. Van Zandt
to gain hands-on experience of construction and receiving immediate feedback from the users we design for.
SITE AND TIMELINE: Galveston, Texas I 2015
As part of the Legacy Project of American Planning Association 2015, the Tactical Urb endeavor to encourage the community people about bringing back the streetcar as a t Galveston city and inform them about the alternative modes of transport and different i.e. cycling, walking, yoga etc. At first a desolate site in the city near the center was ch project. We, in several small groups, prepared the site by building a skeleton of streetc interactive information and activity space. Apart from taking part in the construction pro the display on Bicycling in America. Many professionals from APA Coference including successfully participated in our project and generated exciting interaction. This project Photographs duringexperience the construction and executionand receiving immediate feedback from th to gain taken hands-on of construction
MEDIA: Adobe Illustrator I InDesign I Photoshop PROJECT DESCRIPTION: As part of the Legacy Project of American Planning Association 2015, the Tactical Urbanism project was an endeavor to encourage the community to bring back the streetcar as a touristic attraction in the Galveston city and inform them about the alternative modes of transportation. At first a desolate site in the city near the center was chosen to showcase our project. We, in several small groups, prepared the site by building a skeleton of streetcar, display boards with interactive information and activity space. This project acted as a great chance to gain hands-on experience of construction and receiving immediate feedback from the users we design for. Many professionals from APA Coference including locals in Galveston successfully participated in our project and generated exciting interaction.
phase by the Master of Urban Planning students, Texas A&M University. REASON #1: WE NEED TO BRING TEXAS IN THIS LIST!
US households SPEND $7,179 PER YEAR on owning and driving cars
20 bikes
1 car (4 passengers)
cost per paved parking spot: $ 2,200 cost per perking garage spot: $12,500
8th and 9th Avenue, Manhattan, NYC
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REASON #4: PEDAL YOUR WAY TO A HEALTHIER LIFE! MORE MILES, LONGER LIFE.
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AND
58%
vs.
On a round-trip commute of 10 miles, bicyclists SAVE $10 DAILY
LET’S SEE HOW THE FIRST BICYCLE-PROTECTED STREET IN US WAS DONE!
35%
CYCOLOGY ESSENCE OF ACTIVE LIVING
infographics about biking in America
One Parking Spot
(20 passengers)
Fewer injuries along 8th avenue
MY ROLE: • Conducted research and literature review on Tactical Urbanism. • Generated idea about building a skeleton of Street Car for the event. • Took part in the construction process. • Prepared the display board on Bicycling in America. • Presented and interacted with the participants who stopped by our display board.
Photographs taken during the construction and execution phase by the Master of Urban Planning students, Texas
REASON #2: SAVE YOUR CASH! A&M University. YOUR WALLET STAYS FAT!
MORE CYCLISTS, MORE BIKE LANES, FEWER INJURIES
MIXING ZONE FOR LEFT-TURNING BIKES AND VEHICLES PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ISLAND
Fewer injuries along 9th avenue
20,000
2,000
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271 30 minutes
bus
101
0
injuries
50%
of biking per day lowers women’s risk of breast cancer adolescents who bike are less likely to be overweight as adults
21
bicycle
bike lanes
3 hrs of biking per week reduced risk of heart disease and stroke by
g CO2/passenger/km traveled passenger car
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TRAFFIC CONGESTION WASTES NEARLY 3.9 BILLION GALLONS OF GAS PER YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES Of those trips that Of those trips that Of those trips that are less than 3 miles are less than 2 miles are less than 1 mile https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS5j37e8Jk8muP6_09iSJqhbPJGweyX-4zpVfjxGKpLLbhG_hxlgbTQ0dI
Share-a-bike program
for every mile pedaled rather than driven, nearly one pound ofCO2 (0.88lbs) is saved
RACER
ALL TERRAIN BIKE
CITY BIKE
TREKKING BIKE
DO YOU KNOW YOU CAN RIDE AROUND IN THESE TRAILS IN GALVESTON? AND MANY MORE...
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MOUNTAIN BIKE
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