occupy: infrastructure mitigating dis orientation molly mcnally | final crit | fall 2015
inspiration A
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(decontextual) LARGE SCALE CONNECTIVE, SITE SCALE DISRUPTIVE
LAYERING OF THE SITE
+ INFILL OF NATURAL ECOLOGY
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LAYERING OF THE SITE
+ CHANNELIZATION OF WATERWAY
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EXISTING SHORELINE
LAYERING OF THE SITE + COMMUTER RAILWAY
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+ HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE
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LAYERING OF THE SITE result RESIDUAL PEDESTRIAN NETWORK
LAYERING OF THE SITE result DISCONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS
CHARLESTOWN
CAMBRIDGE
NORTH END
WEST END
LAYERING OF THE SITE result UNREALIZED OPEN SPACE
NORTH POINT PARK
LAYERING OF THE SITE result UNDERUTILIZED, INTERSTITIAL SPACES
LAYERING OF THE SITE result LARGE SCALE CONNECTIVE, SITE SCALE DISRUPTIVE
NATURAL RESOURCE controlled + seperated
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE cuts off local circulation
GREENSPACE available but lack connection
SPATIAL GRADIENT
STRUCTURAL INFORMANTS
SPATIAL GRADIENT
EXPERIENTIAL INFORMANTS
MENTAL DISCONNECT
//
VISUAL ACCESS
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FORCED INTERACTION
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CLARITY
FRAMEWORK
SECTIONAL UNDERSTANDING
large volumes
structures divided
divided, multilayer
spaces between modes
multilayers
no visual connection
multi-levels
elevated above
street edge
elevated with structure
BELOW TRANSIT
ABOVE TRANSIT
BETWEEN TRANSIT
ADJACENT TO TRANSIT
OCCUPY INFRASTRUCTURE: utilizes and leverages the 3-dimensional quality created by transportation structure. These left-over, residual spaces create a connective tissue between neighborhoods by minimizing disorientation and improving the spatial memory of the users.
intervention UTILIZING SECTIONAL AND PLANAR QUALITIES
PEDESTRIAN + STRUCTURE + CITY
SECTIONAL
PLANAR
PLANAR
SECTIONAL
REVELATION
LAYERED INTERVENTION EXPLODED AXON
MONOLITHIC STRUCTURES aid visual orientation and solve sectional challenges
HYPER REALIZED NETWORK connects adjacencies
VIEW PLANES
focuses views to orienting elements
NAIVE WAYFINDING improves spatial memory
FLEXIBLE SURFACE
responds to the needs of the city
STRUCTURES
STRUCTURES + NETWORK
STRUCTURES + NETWORK
APPROACHING
BENEATH
ELEVATED
STRUCTURES + NETWORK SECTIONAL RELATIONSHIP
STRUCTURES + NETWORK + CONES + WAYFINDING EXPERIENTIAL CONDITIONS
APPROACHING
<<BOSTON
CAMBRIDGE
BENEATH
ELEVATED
SURFACE
SURFACE BLOCKING vertical productive utility
MOUNTAINS
UNDERSTORY
STORAGE
VERNAL POOL
POOL
HUMAN HABITAT
EXPRESSION
VISUAL OCCUPATION orizontal ecological hydrologic
MEADOW
SOCIAL CONVERGENCE multidimensional interactive unique
CLEARING
SURFACE
BLOCKING << >> VISUALLY OCCUPIABLE
BLOCKING << >> SOCIAL CONVERGENCE
VISUALLY OCCUPIABLE << >> SOCIAL CONVERGENCE
AREAS OF INTEREST NEIGHBORHOODS + IMPORTANT NODES AREAS OF INTEREST
CONNECTIVITY
PEDESTRIAN NETWORK ELEVATED GROUND PLANE BENEATH STRUCTURE CONNECTIVITY TO NEIGHBORHOOD