Hopes and Dreams

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CASE STUDIES

SITE MAPPING + ANALYSIS

URBAN FRAMEWORK

URBAN DESIGN

Exploration of specific site analysis categories.

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Strategizing a specific proposal investigating Dodger Hill and its unique location.

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Researched projects to help inform strategies to approach the urban condition and fabric.

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MAROONED NO MORE Hopes + Dreams

Natasha Harkison Evan Lee Nabyl Macias Phuong Vo

Bringing the stadium to the city and the city to the stadium.

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DODGER STADIUM This project will be the first step in establishing the Dodgertown district.

A hybrid between park and city, community and entertainment, ecology and economic development on the edge of the Santa Monica Mountain system.

Dodger Stadium is a case study for a more integrated future of Los Angeles.

MAROONED NO MORE ‘HOPES + DREAMS’ CONTRIBUTORS Team + Project Statement Team breakdown:

Natasha Harkison

Evan Lee

Phuong Vo

Nabyl Macias

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CASE STUDIES Safeco Field + Century Link Field, Seattle, WA Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY LOCAL LA, Los Angeles, CA Medellin Cable Car, Medellin, Colombia Dodger Stadium Comparison

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READINGS Dodger Stats Intro- Networked Ecologies The Map-Art Field Conditions

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SITE MAPPING + ANALYSIS Broad Context Connections Sublime Los Angeles Planning Economics Hopes + Dreams

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FIELD EXPLORATION: SAN FRANCISCO Imagery

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URBAN FRAMEWORK Preliminary Sketches Overlap Diagram - Narrative Concept Plan A Model for Transportation The Edge Condition Cloud of Patterning

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URBAN DESIGN Main Article Westward Migration Light Industry Contextual Influences The Urban Typology A Model for Transportation Phasing The Studio Process Cloud Landscape Patterning Occupying the Edge In Proximity to the Stadium The Residential Corridor The Expanded Outfield Images of a Dream

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STUDIO CONTRIBUTORS

Natasha Harkison

Phuong Vo

Evan Lee

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THE DODGER STUDIO

PROJECT STATEMENT Mountain system-­Dodger Stadium is a case study for a more integrated future Los Angeles. From Chavez Ravine to Dodgertown, Dodger Stadium is marooned no more.

Dodger stadium and its surrounding parking lots are poised for one of the most unique urban adaptations within the City of Los Angeles. Set atop the hill within Elysian Park, adjacent to the Los Angeles River and with a history that reflects the history Los Angeles at large; Dodger stadium is a rare testing ground for a locally based urbanism that leverages the ecology, culture and geography of the city. Dodger Stadium has the potential to be a 21st century proactive development of an economically and ecologically poised site. It is time to explore the methods by which Dodgertown, 90090, might prove to be the innovative, egalitarian and culturally rich site it waiting to be.

LA 402L is dedicated to forecasting landscape-­‐based strategies and conceptualizing high-­‐performing frameworks to address ecological and cultural issues challenging the future of human habitation. Current and future land-­‐use systems will be approached as diverse and hybrid ecologies formulated to combat climate change, cultural dilution, biological diversity, awareness and economies. New possibilities will be modeled, economic ecologies will be proposed and territories will be formed through adaptation and informed speculation.

This project proposes to explore the potential of capital investment and development of the iconic Dodger Stadium that leverages the ecological and cultural identity of Los Angeles. This project will be the first step in establishing a the Dodgertown district -­a hybrid between park and city, community and entertainment, and ecology and economic development on the edge of the Santa Monica

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NATASHA HARKISON

The ‘Marooned no More’ studio has proved itself as a defining and memorable experience for numerous reasons. The amount of time and effort given by the studio faculty and staff of SWA was very helpful in providing a background by which the urban design studio was taught. It is evident, even after the studio is over, that urban design is by no means an easy design strategy to pursue. This studio was successful in terms of synthesizing what it means to design within the urban setting while taking into consideration the dynamics of our social, economic, and environmental values as designers.

The existing condition of Dodger Stadium is of exceptional value to all of us students as designers.

Although I was not fully aware of the history of the Dodgers franchise, I now understand the significance of the Chavez Ravine as an urban design opportunity.

I believe that I now have the knowledge to utilize concepts of urban design and integrate them more comprehensively into the unique setting that the stadiun is contained by. Also, through this studio experience, I was able to better understand the history and context of Los Angeles in a broad setting. It has been a privilege to be able to make decisions based on economic, social, and environmental issues associated with Los Angeles, both for today and in the future.

The history and background of the Dodgers and Los Angeles shaped my personal design process through this studio. Place making is important in terms of urban design, although what is more important is the reason behind the way in which a city is constructed.

With value placed on how people occupy a space, I feel that we are better poised to design a successful urban setting.

Working with a site that contains a fully functional baseball stadium was interesting. Personally, I found it difficult to both create a new grain given the conditions surrounding Dodger Stadium and not forget what the site already functions as.

The opportunity to work with a professional firm, SWA, on this project has given much more insight than I could have ever expected. To be honest, I felt intimidated in the beginning stages of the studio to share my real values of design, although this experience pulled me through and beyond that. Through this experience, I feel confident that I have a sufficient knowledge-base in urban design to make clear and concise design decisions in my future experiences. Although I feel that there is much more to be learned, I know that the concepts and principles that I was taught this quarter have defined my values within urban design.

The experience working with SWA has been gratifying and very influential. It is important to be exposed to designers with more experience that will provide proper guidance and advice, and we were given the perfect opportunity to achieve both. I feel that the time and effort provided to us was exceptional, and although I believe there is much more to be learned about urban design, the Dodger studio provided an excellent foundation for implementing personal values as urban design decisions.

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EVAN LEE

The studio collaboration with SWA has been an insightful and helpful experience for learning a strong foundation in urban design. The sum of parts that builds an urban core was new territory for all of us and I feel that it was extremely important to have multiple view points and professional expertise to understand it fully. Some of the lessons I learned have made a significant impact on my design values and also how to approach conflicts as a professional. Designing with a connection to the site’s context and providing something that the site needs, based on research, is something that should be looking at from the beginning. Building a narrative that unifies the project is something that also has to be developed over many iterations. Another professional skill that I learned was not to get caught up in the details. It is important to make decisions that are insightful at a timely pace, therefore the rest of the design is not compromised due to minor missteps.

At the verge of starting my professional career, SWA has shown me not to isolate myself in the business model. There is still a lot to learn and a lot to give back in terms of helping the next generation. Curiosity about how things are and how things could be is something that you should never stop pursuing.

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PHUONG VO

The opportunity to work with SWA was more than what I expected. We explored the possibilities of Dodger stadium and surrounding areas which gave me experience of having real-life design and SWA’s process and ways of working.

This class gave me opportunities to improve my personal knowledge base, expand my skill sets, and understand deeper my personal values of design.

Furthermore, working with my group also helped me learn, grow, and expose myself to different perspectives or ways of thinking. They are all very intelligent and well organized in design concepts and solving problems. Our project this quarter is about Hopes and Dreams which derived from westward movement or migration from all over the world to Los Angeles, California. The progression of a dream has five concepts overlap which include climate, fortune, ability, opportunity, and lifestyle. To me I am also a small element that ties to the story of hopes and dreams.

through my hopes and dreams was a place that I could do anything I imagined, and be happy with what I do.

This requires a lot more hard work and struggles that I have to face every day. However I will never give up, I understand the concept and ask myself what I really want out of life. What is it that makes me happy every single moment of my life? The more I see the picture clear in my mind where hopes and dreams exist, I start seeing the helpers, instructors, guidance, friends, all the sources that appeared on my life-road to help and assist me to continue on the path to reach my next goals. When I started working with my group I was frustrated, intimidated of collaborating, but I did not give up, I understand everybody is on different levels of skill in one studio and I told myself that this is a good opportunity for me to learn from my group mates; both skills and thought processes.

These lessons showed me how much I have grown as a person and a designer.

I came to America six years ago with hopes and dreams of freedom that I would have more opportunities than the place I left so I could achieve great things in life. Besides many obstacles and struggles which I overcame, I also established many things in my life that when I looked back I was amazed that I had come so far. These were all steps of my hopes and dreams adventure and it was all a progression of becoming; the job is never finished. I am here at this point right now due to a progression of becoming a better version of the past me.

Furthermore, I had a great opportunity to work with my group under the guidance of Andy Wilcox, and SWA staff who helped me to improve myself through sketching, drawing, designing, thinking, processing, communicating, solving problems and questioning deeper my inside thoughts. The process of going

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NABYL MACIAS

It was always a great interest of mine to make a difference through design. Through this class I found what a profound role spatial considerations and program organization can make on the social engineering of a place. It made me reconsider the term mixed-use. It is not just about having commercial on the bottom and residential at the top or having business offices in the same building. Mixed-use better defines the condition of being efficient with programming and space and at the same time playing a role in the lives of those who live or work there.

Creating new interactions that could be facilitated through that condition. The conversations with strangers that could lead to favorable consequences that one would not have elsewhere or exposure to new ideas, creative thinkers, or artistic souls that could shape your values.

This class was an amazing opportunity. The lessons given to us by SWA pertaining to theory in landscape architecture, architecture, and urban design have been very enlightening but it is the lessons about the profession or life as a professional that I have found invaluable.

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CASE STUDIES Principles + Strategies

MAROONED NO MORE FOUNDATIONS Chosen case studies were researched to highlight precedents which exemplify the innovations and methodologies of each project. Several different typologies of projects, methods, systems and spaces were investigated through the research process. Each case study deals with a unique aspect of the urban setting and utilizes the city context in a variety of ways. The strategies and principles from which the projects are based provide a proper background for the “Marooned no More� Dodger Studio.

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SAFECO + CENTURYLINK FIELD Urban Stadiums + Contextual Relationships -LOCATION AND CONTEXT -STADIUM PROGRAMMING -ACCESSIBILITY Safeco + Century Link Fields are located at the southern end of downtown Seattle and have revitalized the sports culture of the city. North of the stadiums are several retail districts of downtown, and the position of the stadiums purposely accentuates the skyline views. The location of the stadiums has revitalized several abandoned systems of the downtown area. The construction of the stadiums in the industrial district was significant given the dynamics needed by the stadiums.

The multi-functional programming of the stadiums serves a greater population on a year-round basis given the ease of accessibility through several transportation systems and location.

The stadiums are connected to a larger network of transportation options, making the venues highly accessible. The transportation framework consists of two major freeways, bus routes, water taxis, and major train stations. All of these are located within five minutes of the stadiums.

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Football Sep-Jan (Seahawks) Soccer Mar-Oct (Sounders FC) stadium capacity 72,000 13 acre stadium / approx 580,000 sq ft parking spaces 3,1000

stadium capacity 47,116 12 acre stadium / approx 500,000 sq ft parking spaces 2,000

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Although primarily a sports venue, the Barclays Center also accommodates concerts and conventions. The Center allowed the housing of Brooklyn’s only major league sport since the Dodgers relocated to Los Angeles in 1957.

TRANSPORTATION The Barclays Center was built in one of the most transit-accessible locations in Brooklyn with the Long Island Rail Road’s Atlantic Terminal in adjacency as well as the establishment of the Atlantic AvenueBarclays Center subway station in the front plaza of the arena and connects to nine subway lines. With the mass transit system of New York taking precedence over traditional self transport, parking is almost non existent. This is not as great of an undertaking compared to western cities because of the established systems that already exist underground and on surface.

Surface Architectural choices have brought mixed feelings to the residents of Brooklyn. Based on Brooklyn’s rough history, this arena was designed as a symbol to show progress and be “as tough as Brooklyn” by an interpretation of brownstones. The Cor-ten facade has been misinterpreted as a being worn down and could be sending the wrong message to people visiting the center. Barclays Center has brought new revenue and events in the likes that compete with the venues on Manhattan, however residents are confused if this is the direction the new Brooklyn should be heading.

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BARCLAYS CENTER Seasonal Basketball (Nets) Programmed concerts Stadium capacity: 19,000

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Urban Competition + Landscape - CITY RECONNECTION - SYSTEM LINKAGE

The local area of Los Angeles has been considered several times as an act to reconnect the city through several venues.

Project proposals include plans for Union Station, the Cornfields, Los Angeles River, and LA Live as to make an argument for integrating the city into these locations, or vice versa. Los Angeles, vast in its entirety, has essentially lost its connectivity and networks. Project proposals of local Los Angeles aim to network systems that exist but have lost their authenticity.

UNION STATION MASTER PLAN Plans for the Union Station master plan seek to revitalize Union Station as a major transportation hub that connects to the greater Los Angeles area. Extending metro routes and providing circulation improvements would act as a catalyst for activity in and around the city. Plans to extend existing transportation with the downtown area have also been considered.

Echo Park Elysian Park

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FARMERS FIELD A new plan for Farmer’s Field, the new football stadium of Los Angeles, would be centrally located at LA Live. The location of the stadium would serve multifunctional programs and utilize the current infrastructural systems (freeways and parking lots) as means of access.

CORNFIELDS The Cornfields have been involved in several proposals such as the relocation of Dodger Stadium. It is considered a prime location in terms of accessibility, as the Chinatown metro stop is directly connected to the Cornfields.

LA RIVER MASTER PLAN Several proposals have considered the Los Angeles River as a means to reconnect the city. Proposals include Piggyback Yards and the LA River Revitalization Plan, which consider multi use programming and open space.

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MEDELLIN TRANSIT SYSTEM Infrastructure + Transportation -ADRESSING TOPOGRAPHY -ACCESSIBILITY -LINKAGES The exceptionally well-designed public transportation of the City of Medellin illustrates that the transit system can be more than a practical network for the mobilization of the population but a catalyst for socioeconomic change.

Medellin’s topographical condition and circumstantial density brought about the necessity for a transit system that could extinguish the complications the residents faced.

Prior to the implementation of the transit system, residents were faced with the challenge of accessing the inner city where schools, commerce, clinics and hospitals were mostly located. Getting to these locations meant that the residents had to walk for hours and climb down steep hillsides.

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Supplemental Strategies • “Urbano Integral” -Connects public spaces and pedestrian routes to green space and parks.

- 3444.451sq. feet of green space throughout the city.

- including 25 new parks and 11 new promenades.

• “Miaportemetro.com” -Allows users to calculate their carbon, commute time, and monetary savings of using the metro system.

• “EnCicla,” -Public bicycle sharing program connects universities and other key destinations to the mass transit system.

• “Comparte tu carro,” -Ridesharing/carpooling program -Currently includes 171 institutions and growing • Plans improvement of vehicle exhaust emissions and sulfur content through controls and a transition of the city’s taxis to natural gas fuel.

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The Medeillin transit system creates important linkages that allow residents to have facilitated travel to the inner city and acces to basic needs such as education and health centers.

All four case studies foresee one main case in point—the urban setting, given various densities of space, is dependent on accessible transportation systems and the effort to provide for the greater community. To compare to Dodger Stadium--Safeco + Century Link Fields, Barclays Center, and the Medellin Cable Car system have qualities about them that successfully use networking of spaces to provide for a large population.

As Los Angeles can be considered vast in its population alone, the programming in and around Dodger Stadium has major potential, although systems relating to transportation, accessibility, and community are not entirely served. With no connection to the local community, Dodger Stadium sits atop a hill by its lonesome. Very few public transportation systems run to and from the stadium, and although bus shuttle can be accessed on game days, no priority is placed on the system.

Although parking lots accommodate thousands of people, the system is inefficient and traffic has proven to be a consistent problem.

Safeco and Century Link Fields have made a comparable impact on the entire area of downtown Seattle.

CASE STUDY COMPARISONS Infrastructure Comparison/ Transportation - IMMEDIATE FIXES - ACCESSIBILITY - TEMPORATE

As these stadiums are relatively similar to Dodger Stadium and house approximately the same amount of people on game days, the qualities that make them successful revolve around a close walkability index where public transportation can be accessed in a five minute radius, and the stadiums have returned a sports culture to the city. The urban footprint became important for the success of the stadiums. Year-

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through the site, therefore a new subway line was added along with the construction of the Barclays Center. This is a great example for Dodger Stadium, as the location of the Barclays Center brings the city to the stadium in a proper manner.

Proposals and design competitions around the Los Angeles area have not only been competitive for many reasons, but arguments demonstrate that there is a calling to find a way to reconnect the community to the once networked systems of Los Angeles.

The Medellin Cable Car system has proven to be a socioeconomic success that is a perfect example for the case of Dodger Stadium. With topography and high density population troubling the city of Medellin, the cable car system has drastically changed the city for the best. In the city of Medellin’s case, residents face problems of poverty and immobility, a problem which is encountered around the Los Angeles area. The cable car system proves as a “for the people” act, where the accessibility became a major concern for residents.

LA has lost its networked connectivity, and Dodger Stadium is a precedent that must be considered. In all of the local LA proposals, various sites such as the LA River, Cornfields, LA Live, and Union Station have been considered. After reviewing those locations, it is no shortfall to say that Dodger Stadium is the next prominent connection to the entire community of Los Angeles.

In comparison to Dodger Stadium, we can make a point that topography and accessibility can be dealt with in a pragmatic manner. Although the dynamics and culture of Dodger Stadium differ, considerations to tie a major transportation system with Dodger Stadium are necessary. The design for the Barclays Center is a good example of a multi-use conventional type space that accommodates vast amounts of people. Prior to the construction of the venue, no accessible public transit ran

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CONCEPT SYNTHESIS Studio readings are meant to synthesize the principles within each article to inform the urban design process.

Primary concepts and principles are to be taken away as constructive research to better the Marooned no More studio.

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DODGER STADIUM STATS Unknown

Only current major league baseball park that has never changed its seating capacity.

One of the last baseball-only facilities built before multi-purpose stadiums. Like most multi-purpose stadiums, it was built near a freeway, away from the city center.

Allows for an expansive parking lot around the stadium.

Giving Dodger Stadium its own zip code allowed a new name - Dodgertown.

The signs from the old Dodgertown spring training facility will likely be integrated to the $500 million dollar project and also allows for the establishment of a museum.

Upon completion, the Dodgers were only rained out once after 737 consecutive games.

The second rain out occurred 724 consecutive games after that.

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INTRODUCTION: NETWORKED ECOLOGIES Kazys Varnelis

Contemporary Nature

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THE MAP - ART: WORKS OF JAMES CORNER Nadia Amaroso

IAN MCHARG one dimensional analysis color coding layering of information individual mappings foundation of GIS

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JAMES CORNER hybridized, two dimensional analysis a representation ofcertain realities metaphor + speculation conditions processes real world events places | spaces | conditions ideas revealed or held unresolved questions expressing potentialities of a site revealing qualities that “exist but don’t exist” expression beyond the literal qualities of the site displaying perceptual qualities through mapping and graphic representation analytical + theoretical information providing thought provoking imagery giving the site an identity which can be openly interpreted

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FIELD CONDITIONS Stan Allen “Form matters, but not so much the forms of things as the forms between things.”

CONDITION DEFINED : any formal or spatial matrix capable of unifying diverse elements with respect to each element’s identity.

CONFIGURATION DEFINED : an expandable connectivity between loosely bound elements of space. porosity and interconnectivity epitomized.

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FIELD CONDITION + ARCHITECTURE : architecture is designed on the uncertainty of the real architecture formatted for change, accident, improvisation redefinition of figure ground and the relationship of figure emerging from spatial field field combinations - intensified and accumulated densities of experience at specific moments / layered densities vertical moments within horizontal moments

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HOPES + DREAMS STATEMENT “San Francisco is a city with numerous examples of urban typologies of park, housing, entertainment that leverages the unique position and culture of the city. It is in this context that a public transportation based trip serves as a critical component of the studio project. A series of specific visitations will be engaged to broaden the variety, type, and complexity of references for students of the studio and expand possibilities. It is in the response in program, form and connection that the field trip will discuss several levels of understanding of a city and individual projects as responses to history, demographics, economy, ecology, density, culture and values.�

DAY ONE: City Hall to Transamerica Building: Civic Space and the Public Realm DAY TWO: New museums and old foundations DAY THREE: Berkeley and Landscape Architecture Firm Visits DAY FOUR: Hills and Vistas, Adaptations to the Natural Features of San Francisco

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URBAN FRAMEWORK Aspiration of Dodger Hill

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Based on the aspects of separate but intertwined values, hopes and dreams are influenced by the opprotunity of life and lifestyle that the Los Angeles area provides.

Aspects of the dream are primarily about the journey, transitional spaces, and sublime experiences. Dreams are motions within the mind that can be translated into aspirational movements translated into the site.

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Hope is the feeling of what is wanted, can be had. This feeling heavily influenced the establishment of the west coast and the city of Los Angeles. Hope serves as the destination of residency and opportunity.

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Similarily to how settlement occuring in the Los Angeles Basin, the geomorphology and geo-urbanism heavily influenced the city grid. Areas of development include views sublime LA as the public space, leaving the elevated and overlooking areas for the public.

The ideas of hopes and dreams can be translated into programmatic use with the aspirational qualities can come with the creative field. Performing arts such as music and theater, primarily what Los Angeles is known for, will be implemented with the idea that opportunity and residency is within context.

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Satellite parking is another solution to provide relief during game day. This system will also provide linkages to the city and promote economic growth to surrounding communities.

City outspread of gondola system.

Gondolas act as an immediate solution to the transportation issues and serve to provide linkages to the city.

Dodger stadium serves as a catalyst for opportunity by allowing development and reconnection.

Variety and layering within the urban fabric serve as the opportunity of aspiration by implementing a choice of movement and occupation.

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URBAN DESIGN California Dream + Dodger Hill

HOPES + DREAMS Los Angeles has been historically influenced by its geology, unique culture, and continuous growth fueled by its close proximity to the ocean, mountains, and outdoor lifestyle.

360 degree views of Los Angeles with angles wide enough to view downtown LA, the ocean and mountains. These qualities associated with the site are of exceptional value to Dodger culture, as it is the only stadium of its kind, resulting in high land values. A majority of the site is contained by parking lots.

Since the Dodgers relocated from Brooklyn, a unique baseball culture has developed throughout Los Angeles.

The foundation of Dodger culture stemmed from a redevelopment of the Chavez Ravine, the land that the stadium was constructed on. Although the stadium was established with much controversy, the topographic conditions provide for perceptual qualities which include

The hopes and dreams of this project are derived from the experience associated with the California dream. The idea that there was a sense of aspiration and a value of equity in the people that first moved to the southern California region can be proven, as hopes and dreams continue today with people moving to Los Angeles in hopes of fame and fortune.

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THE FOUNDING DREAM OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

the community.

The project is a 21st century representation of hopes and dreams. Hopes are connected through the built environment and its tangibility to the public realm.

Dreams are connected with the subliminal qualities associated with the location of Dodger Stadium. The framework encourages a juxtaposition of systems that seeks to create a new model for transportation, ecology, human scale and physical boundaries. A new urban typology will evolve over time, creating a self-sustaining, aspirational community that facilitates the journey and experience, equity and integration of all people, collaboration of infrastructural systems, and opportunities for growth and success within the landscape.

Climate is based on the unique qualities of the Los Angeles climate culture.

Fortune is based on transportation networks that connect to Los Angeles.

Ability was derived from the value of opportunity within our personal hopes and dreams.

Opportunity is based on the downtown Los Angeles business and financial sector.

Lifestyle is based on Dodger culture and the dream of a Los Angeles lifestyle.

In developing this new urban community, the progression of a Dream framework is translated into typologies that will realistically enable our vision.

Drawing from inspiration from the displacement of the Chavez Ravine community, our design strives to increase social equity. A mix of market rate and affordable housing allows for opportunities to live, work, learn, and grow in an adaptable community.

Climate equals open space.

Fortune equals retail and commercial.

Ability equals institutional and industrial.

Opportunity equals business.

Lifestyle equals residential.

Our concept is based on the California dream and the journey through Los Angeles to the Dodger Stadium site. The dream is a progression of five programs which succeed one another: climate, fortune, ability, opportunity, and lifestyle. The progression of a Dream sets the base foundation for the urban typology. The five programs that overlap throughout the site emphasize the development of interaction, which results in the adaptive resilience of

Through the integration of all five systems, a variety of site programming opportunities will allow for an innovative urban typology to emerge. Our plan seeks to emphasize a variety of programs and land use while providing access and equity to everyone. The mixture

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and density of typologies will allow people to live, work, and exponentially grow through their Hopes and Dreams.

A transportation network will be implemented through the site which will enable equal access for all. A specific gondola system will extend the stadium and its community into the city of Los Angeles.

Angeles, will be well served through this network of existing systems. The plan recognizes that the current transportation system in LA is successful, although a connection between all types is necessary. Given the local context of Dodger Stadium, our design seeks to connect to the upcoming areas of development such as the Los Angeles River Master Plan, Piggyback Yards, and Union Station. A greater network of transportation options will serve a large population. By connecting to existing means of public transportation, each mode will provide a unique experience and dynamic on the journey to Dodger Stadium.

It is our hope that the next generation of dreamers to move to Los Angeles will have the opportunity to be exposed to this unique hopes and dreams framework.

--A MODEL FOR TRANSPORTATION Transportation networks were important in determining connections from Dodger Stadium to the greater LA area.

This concept emphasizes equity and the integration of all modes and methods of transportation that currently exist within the downtown area. Modes of transportation include bus, car, rail, bike, foot trails, on and off site parking availability, and the proposed gondola lift. By providing a wide variety of transportation modes, a more innovative approach to the ÂŹhopes and dreams of transportation can be achieved. Transportation is significant in giving the urban form of this plan a value in hierarchy.

--THE PROGRESSION OF A DREAM The five systems created by the progression of a dream are: open space (public realm), commercial-retail, institutional and education, commercial-business, and residential housing. The mixing and overlap of these systems creates varieties that will encourage social interactions on a level that is successful within an urban setting. The overlaps in the various forms of land use encourage mixed use buildings that piece the narrative of hopes and dreams together.

The experience associated with each mode of transportation was taken into consideration when determining the integration of systems with Dodger Stadium. It is in our values that a variety of modes of transportation be provided in order to further extend each opportunity to all.

A new gondola system will be implemented with stops located at major access points in downtown LA and all the way up to Dodger Stadium. Since the current game day strategy at the stadium is heavily congested, the gondola lift system will free surface congestion at Dodger Stadium.

CLIMATE The value of open space in our concept is significant in that the various types of open space, whether public or private, will encourage movement throughout the site.

This concept serves types of open space that are meant to enjoy the experience of the California lifestyle where climate is a year-round asset. The progression of a Dream, when relating to climate, began with people coming to California for its climatic qualities. Our concept seeks to serve the value that people once had as they moved west.

The goal is to achieve a sense of unique climate quality within the urban form, and this value is achieved in the landscape through a variety of forms in open space. The public realm is important in determining the movement of people through a given space, the opportunity for interaction, and the ability to maintain spatial connections over time. By providing spaces that are vast/open or closed/narrow, we seek to achieve variety within the landscape.

The gondola lift uses the existing topography as a catalyst for movement to and from the stadium. The system is an immediate fix to the game day traffic issues that exist throughout the baseball season. We project that the gondola will be phased into the city of LA through a series of network stops where several modes of transportation intersect at one point. By doing this, we can ensure a sense of equity in the way the gondola lifts can be accessed. The prospective gondola network stops give the city a greater potential to create a larger urban network through the various stops. The opportunity for commercial and retail development will also be provided through this system.

FORTUNE Fortune translates to a new typology as the commercial/ retail hub of Dodger Stadium. Although this project concentrates on the future of Los Angeles, Dodger Stadium is fully functional stadium throughout the baseball season. The value of fortune in this concept deals with more than the hopes and dreams of the people of Los Angeles. Providing a retail hub for Dodger culture will increase revenue for the team, and it will attract crowds

This model for transportation connects all forms addressed and brings them into a solid network of options for all to encompass. Our concept, based on the California dream and the journey through Los

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hopes and dreams of the people to Dodger Stadium for a new urban community to thrive. The implementation of several types of residential housing will adhere to the different types of people we envision to make the journey to the site. Dodger culture is significant within the Los Angeles area, and as this plan seeks to provide social equity within an array of opportunities, the residential housing will be distributed as high-end apartments, market-rate housing, and subsidized, affordable housing.

Our concept serves all types of people, and this value is reinforced through the housing provided.

When looking at the ‘fortune’ aspect of the progression of a Dream, people were attracted to California as it was perceived as a place to build a fortune and live a lifestyle unimaginable. The goal of this project is to live through the fortune of the people that first moved westward by providing the larger community with the opportunity to communicate their fortunes through retail business.

The network of retail shops, small or large scale, will be located closest to the stadium entrances with a view looking into downtown Los Angeles. Since our concept is heavily faceted on the value of experience, the fortune framework of this project is located near the most access points through transportation.

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ABILITY The opportunity to provide institutional land uses such as educational facilities is significant in this project. In adhering to the California dream concept, our goal is to introduce a creative arts and the act of making/ producing emphasis within the Dodger site. Although we understand that Dodger culture will draw the fan base to the stadium during the season, a new educational background to the site will retrain the workforce that was displaced from the city of Los Angeles. Dodger Stadium is the perfect site to reintroduce the impact that growth and knowledge has on one’s hopes and dreams. Many people who dreamed of moving to Los Angeles had aspirations to surround themselves in the arts community, and this project uses that inspiration in creating small hubs of creative arts campuses throughout the site. By including institutional facilities for all to use, the site will be encompassed by a variety of individuals aspiring to become more successful.

OPPORTUNITY Since the site of Dodger Stadium is centrally located between freeways, several modes of transportation, and the downtown core of Los Angeles, the opportunity to further introduce the stadium into the city can be achieved. Relating back to the California dream, the value of opportunity within our concept will make a significant impact on the types of people that we envision to access the site. The plan provides a variety of mixed uses that can be correlated back to the narrative where equity is achieved through integration of all systems. The journey and experience associated with each land use type is important. Providing high-rise business towers and office space can accentuate the land values at Dodger Stadium.

LIFESTYLE Ultimately, the lifestyle associated with southern California and Los Angeles is the result of the progression of a Dream. By providing opportunities in climate, fortune, ability, and opportunity, this concept seeks to bring the

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Hopes and Dreams is a cohesive program of urban form where value has been placed on journey and experience, equity and integration of all, juxtaposition of infrastructural systems, and opportunities for growth and success. It is based on the concepts inspired by the California Dream and the progression of a Dream.

Our concept seeks to unify and integrate the Chavez Ravine and Dodger Stadium with the urban network of Los Angeles while maintaining a sense of equity and uniqueness about Dodger Stadium. The hopes and dreams embraces the existing condition in all realms of the built environment to integrate Dodger Stadium and improve its interconnectivity with Los Angeles as to maroon it—no more.

EXISTENTIAL REALITY OF LIGHT INDUSTRY IN LOS ANGELES

- Departure of industry to the east (Riverside) - Abandonment of the working population in Los Angeles - Jobs and people are displaced

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A MODEL FOR TRANSPORTATION Providing a Series of Opportunities

The strategy used for the model of transportation was based from existing routes and conditions. A focus was placed on the existing condition and how it is dealt with in the urban setting. As Hopes and Dreams determine that equity is valued, we must examine the possibilities of transportation through the current network that runs Los Angeles. To de-maroon Dodger Stadium, a series of transportation studies were performed to locate the locations with highest potential to serve as future gondola lift stations.

These stations will serve as local commercial/retail and residential developments as a means to improve connectivity in the city. The variety of strategies is a focus for this concept. The Hopes and Dreams of transportation are achieved through this simple, efficient system.

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The implementation of a greater transportation network to and from Dodger Stadium will require a phasing period of five to fifteen years. With traffic and congestion during game days at Dodger Stadium, the site will be best adapted to the urban form through a series of phasing options.

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STUDIO PROCESS IN URBAN DESIGN Knowledge Through Process

The urban design studio process was significant in shaping us as designers. The many iterations that we thought several times were going to sell our design were, in fact, the determining factors of the improvement of the entire framework. Urban framework was a key component of the design process this quarter, and as a team, we were able to embrace the idea of process.

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Typological parts were developed systematically following the progression of a dream. The five parts of the sequence have a complimentary type. The overlaps in the Progression of a Dream Diagram dictate the combination of the types. The combination then becomes the typology to be placed in the corresponding overlap.

Typological parts were developed systematically following the progression of a dream. The five parts of the sequence have a complimentary type.

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Site intensity corresponds with floor area ratio and dwelling units per acre in a more conceptual manner.

The density of the site is settled based on view corridors and the vicinity to the stadium. Areas of lower intensity mean a lower density, which better connects with the existing city fabric. Areas of higher density have potential to cause more movement through given areas, which will increase flows and spatial patterns.

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Institutional

institutional

institutional

30% Office

ment

Open space

public realm

40% Retail

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EXTERNAL REFERENCES

Banham, Reyner. The Architecture of Four Ecologies.

Davis, Mike. City of Quartz.

Los Angeles MTA. Www.metro.net Plaschke, Bill. Gridlock has Dodger Stadium in a headlock. Los Angeles Times.

Morphopedia. A Radical Proposal. Los Angeles State Historic Park.

Works by James Corner Field Operations.

The Map-Art. Nadia Amaroso.

The Agency of Mapping. James Corner.

Combinatory Urbanism. Morphosis.

Living Systems. Alexander Robinson.

http://www.ballparktour.com/index.html http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/geology/goldrush.html http://www.besthistorysites.net/index.php/americanhistory/1800/westward-expansion http://www.tchistory.org/TCHISTORY/ WestwardMovement.htm http://artofmapping.blogspot.com/2010/09/james-corneron-high-line.html http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/06037.html

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SPECIAL THANKS

SWA Staff Andy Wilcox David Meiger Walter O’Malley Office Janet Marie Smith Members of the Midterm and Final Jury and the rest of the Dodger Studio [Ball Park/City on a Hill/Backyard] Thanks.

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