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P E R F O R M A T I V E comparing boston landscapes
P A R K S
TO PO GRAPH Y
PRO GRAM
INF RAS T RUCT URE
S T REET GRID
BOSTON COMMON Arlington, Boylston, Park Drive, Chinatown, Downtown Crossing Massachusetts Turnpike Storrow Drive
26,819 people per square mile
JOE MOAKLEY PARK JFK/UMass, Andrew Interstate 93 U.S. Route 1
11,288 people per square mile
BACK BAY FENS Fenway, Hynes, Symphony, Northeastern, MFA Massachusetts Turnpike Huntington Avenue
28,588 people per square mile
Commonwealth Avenue
EAST BOSTON MEMORIAL PARK Airport Massachusetts Turnpike William F. McClellan Highway
27,489 people per square mile
Sources: BRA, City-Data.com
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I N T E G R A T I O N shaping an urban fabric
BACK BAY / FE NS
+ 4 7 s q u a r e m i l e s —since—
1630
Back Bay Fens built in the 1890s, while Back Bay was being filled. Solves drainage and sewage problems, and has civic value.
EAST BOSTON
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East Boston Memorial Park built in the 20th century, after East Boston had been settled. Landscape should shape the urban fabric, but the park is not well integrated and is not an economic driver for East Boston.
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T H E
D I S T R I C T
linking two entities
The pinch between waters in East Boston allows for an opportunity to link two entities while performing for civic value. In studies of barriers, bridges, and buffers, we see how each example is characterized. At East Boston, our barrier is the land, which separates two waters: Chelsea River and Boston Harbor. We shall connect them with a bridge of sorts to provide similar performative quality that the Fens do. As a way to relieve East Boston of sewage, drainage, and storm surge concerns, a new water link will remediate the runoff of different programs. The link between the two is comprised of the interweaving of water and civic nodes, each of which provide for the city. Civic nodes are characterized by the meeting of water, program, and vegetation. Water nodes are characterized by their function in the remediation process. Runoff water will be collected from new and existing civic nodes. At this pinch, the water will run from Chelsea River and discharge at Constitution Beach after enduring a remediation process which includes sedementation, retention, and aeration.
BARRIERS
PANAMA CANAL
GRAND CANYON
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BRIDGES
STITCH TOGETHER THE PINCH
MAGDEBURG WATER BRIDGE
CHELSEA STREET BRIDGE
TORONTO
CONSTITUTION BEACH
BUFFERS
LACK OF SITE NODES
CIVIC VALUE? CHELSEA CREEK
EAST BOSTON
BARRIER BRIDGE BUFFER
ACTIVATED LANDSCAPE?
REMEDIATION EFFORTS?
STORM WATER RUNOFF COLLECTION? CONSTITUTION BEACH
WATER NODES
CIVIC NODES
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T H E
P I N C H
weaving water and civic nodes
EXISTING RESIDENTIAL RUNOFF BOARDWALK
EXISTING HOTEL RESIDENTIAL & RETAIL
COMMUNITY CENTER
OFFICE
EXISTING RESIDENTIAL RUNOFF
BOARDWALK
EXISTING HOTEL RESIDENTIAL & RETAIL
COMMUNITY CENTER
OFFICE
AERATION POND
CHELSEA CREEK
CONSTITUTION BEACH REMEDIATION
WATER COLLECTION
CIVIC NODES WATER NODES RUNOFF
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4 CONDITIONS
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B U I L D I N G
F O R M S
buildings shaped by their surroundings
S T R E E T + W AT E R
W AT E R + V E G E TAT I O N
V E G E TAT I O N + V E G E TAT I O N
S T R E E T + W AT E R
V E G E TAT I O N + S T R E E T
W AT E R + V E G E
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S E C T I O N A L sectional relationships
R E L A T I O N S H I P S
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WAT E R bringing the landscape in
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WATER
V E G E TAT I ON
b r in g in g th e la n d s c a pe in
extending o u t i n t o t h e l a n d s ca p e
WATER
V E G E TAT I ON
b r in g i ng the lands cape in
ext en d i n g o u t i n t o t h e l a n d s ca p e
WAT E R bringing the landscape in
WATER
V E G E TAT I ON
b r in g in g th e la n d s c a pe in
extending o u t i n t o t h e l a n d s ca p e
3 WATER
V E G E TAT I ON
b r in g i ng the lands cape in
ext en d i n g o u t i n t o t h e l a n d s ca p e
4 WATER br inging the lands cape in
V E G E TAT I ON ext en d i n g o u t i n t o t h e l a n d s ca p e
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D I S T R I C T
L A Y O U T
site concept
INSTITUTIONAL 58% COMMUNITY 42% OFFICE
AERATION POND
MIXED U SE 71% RESIDENTIAL 29% RETAIL
RESIDENTIAL 60% HOTEL 40% DWELLING
TOTAL 66% RESIDENTIAL 12% RETAIL 13% COMMUNITY 9% OFFICE
COLLECTION & SEDEMENTATION RETENTION & DETENTION
80’ - 10’
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30’ - 40’
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PEDESTRIAN
LANDSCAPE
BUILDING HEIGHTS
50’ - 60’
FORREST
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WETLAND
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LAWN
WEAVE
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FINGERS
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TANGENTS
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T H E
N O D E
uniting program and landscapes
C R E AT I N G C O M M U N I C AT I O N BETWEEN PROGRAMS
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