Portfolio Nicolas del Valle Russell by Nicolas del Valle Russell

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Nicolas del Valle Russell

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Mar

2005

Umbrales Exhibition P.4 Valdivia Swimming Pool P.8 Tobalaba Station Node

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P.12

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Jun 2 010 Sept 2011

Curanipe Cove P.22 Challwafe Hotel P.26 Palo Alto House, Colico

P.30

Econometric Mod Post Ea

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Jan 2 012

Mar

2012

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del of Territorial Intelligence P.40 arthquake Development, Constituciรณn P.44 Lo Recabarren Development P.48 Sustainable Development Plan of Frutillar

P.52

Apr 2 015

Rockaway Avenue, Brownsville. NY The NAFTA Dream! Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Get Real Estate!

Jun 2 015

P.58 P.62

Water Rites!

GGrraadduuaattee SS cchhooooll P.70 P.78

Jun 2 016

Umbrales Exhibition Co Author March 2009 FADEU â&#x20AC;&#x2DC; PUC

The Umbrales exhibition presents the best final projects of the schools of Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies. This exhibition is held every year in the Extension Center of the Catholic University of Chile. In 2009, the studio led by Professor Arturo Lyon was entrusted to design and mounting the exhibition. The topic of the studio was focused on architectural design through the research of parametric and evolving structures. Due to the short time available for the design and montage of the exhibition, we opted for a modular design that could be adapted to the angle of view of the spectator at many inclinations. This creates a wide set of variations that goes from the vertical panels for installation of plans, to the horizontal panels used to support models. The manufacture of this prototype was made by the same students using parametric modeling software and computerized CNC tables, allowing more accuracy and speed on the fabrication of all the components of the modules. Due to the dismountable quality of the modules, the entire exhibition was mounted on two other occasions, on the Umbrales Exhibition in the University Hall Campus San Joaquin UC and UC Crafts Show at the Bicentennial Park.

Plans Boards Production

244 cm

122

plancha terciado con 6 costillas

244 cm

122

plancha terciado con 5 costillas

244 cm

3b 122

plancha terciado con 6 costillas

Exhibition at the San Joaquin PUC Campus

244 cm

4b 122

plancha terciado con 7 costillas

244 cm

122

plancha terciado con 8 costillas

244 cm

122

plancha terciado con 8 costillas

244 cm

122

plancha terciado con 11 costillas

Exhibition at the Extension Center of Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Valdivia Swimming Pool Co Author March 2009 - May 2009 FADEU - PUC

Every year Corma (Chilean Wood Corporation) present the Wood Architectural competition open to Architecture Schools students. The 2009 call asked for solutions to build a covered swimming pool and a rowing club in the city of Valdivia. The studio led by Professor Arturo Lyon proposed to solve this assignment using advanced parametric design tools to produce complex wood structures. The proposal was focused on the study of the hyperbolic paraboloid, which when is triangulated and faceted creates a module that can be added to generate complex forms. This exploration resulted in a basic structural module that could be adapted to several forms of robes. Therefore the design was based on a dome-covered structure to host the programs of the rowing club, pool, and a coffee shop. This module was modeled in Digital Project Software, a parametric design tool, and replicated over script coding. This allowed us to control specific parameters established of the project, such as the high of the ceiling, the curvature of the arcs, the orientation and size of the aperture in the modules. With these parameters, for instance, it was possible to link data like the sun position to modify the module with the information in order to regulate the natural light on the inside of the building. The design process of parametric structures requires a different point of view of architecture. For this project, the understanding of how the structure evolves or function was fundamental to define the rules that regulate and guide the form of the project.

Tobalaba Station Node Author June 2010 - September 2011 FADEU - PUC

In 2009 the Chilean government announced the expansion of a new line of the Metro of Santiago. This was seen as an opportunity to redesign a series of spaces that presented problems of traffic congestion and underutilized public spaces. One of the most critical nodes was the Tobalaba Station, one of the most frequent commute point in the city. The challenge of this project was to integrate several variables and propose a high-intensity urban scale solution. Thus the proposal had to consider a set of projects that were planned to be built in the zone in the next 5 years. These projects were the new subway station Tobalaba; The Costanera Center Mall; The redesign of Apoquindo avenue; The construction of Costanera Sur Avenue; and the Tren del RĂo tram project. The Costanera Center project itself was considered a mega structure project due to the dimension of the buildings. The central tower (the tallest building in South America) rest over a 7 stories mall and is accompanied by other 3 buildings of between 20 and 30 stories tall. All of this concentration is expected to generate a high amount of pedestrian and vehicular flow. The proposal provides a solution to the current interrupted pedestrian flow, the lack of public spaces and green areas, an intervention of the street layout, and the design of the arrival of a new tram and subway station. The main part of the project consists in the creation of an elevated walkway park that hosts a light tram on its surface. This allowed the connection through public spaces to the different points of destination in the area. Recovering the public space lost due streets lanes and activating the street level for recreation and commerce activity. Through this platform, it is possible to go from every main transport system station to the main destinations of the area avoiding unnecessary crosswalks.

Mar

2005

Umbrales Exhibition P.4 Valdivia Swimming Pool P.8 Tobalaba Station Node

UUnnddeerrggrraadd uuaattee SScchhoooo

P.12

LLyyoonn&&BB

Jun 2 010 Sept 2011

Curanipe Cove P.22 Challwafe Hotel P.26 Palo Alto House, Colico

P.30

Econometric Mod Post Ea

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itects

Jan 2 012

Mar

2012

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del of Territorial Intelligence P.40 arthquake Development, Constituciรณn P.44 Lo Recabarren Development P.48 Sustainable Development Plan of Frutillar

P.52

Apr 2 015

Rockaway Avenue, Brownsville. NY The NAFTA Dream! Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Get Real Estate!

Jun 2 015

P.58 P.62

Water Rites!

GGrraadduuaattee SS cchhooooll P.70 P.78

Jun 2 016

Curanipe Cove

Collaborating Architect June 2010 - December 2011 Lyon-Bosch Architects + Marianne Balze Architects

On February 27th, 2010 an earthquake followed by a tsunami hit and destroyed a large number of houses and infrastructure along several cities in the central coast of Chile. Among these locations, many of these where fishermen cove, who in the tragedy lost their homes and work tools. In response to this emergency situation, the mining company Antofagasta Minerals commissioned to seven architecture offices to design the 7 coves to be reconstructed within the same year. The Lyon Bosch and Marianne Balze architecture offices formed the design team in charge for the design of the Curanipe cove. In this project, the storage facilities had to be reconstructed together with a place for product processing and a market. It also had to include spaces for restaurants and shops to support local tourism. In order to prevent future disasters, the buildings were designed to be built in concrete on the first floor and wooden structures on the second. This resilient design enables the building to resist the pass of the water in a future tsunami event. The town of Curanipe is also known for being a good place to practice water sports. And every summer it becomes a national tourist destination with hundreds of visitors. The project recognizes this opportunity providing a second level where the commercial activities and tourist centers can be placed. Combining the local permanent activity with the temporary events. Due to strong winds, the disposition and orientation of the buildings were planned to protect and deflect the strong wind gusts. Thus the design regarded the use of eaves on the south face of each block in order to provide shelter to the upstairs pedestrian circulation.

Wind deflection diagram

Natural illumination diagram

Circulations diagram

Challwafe Hotel

Collaborating Architect June 2010 - December 2011 Lyon-Bosch Architects

In the last decade, the coasts of Chile have experienced an increase in the number of tourist interest in water sports. With the new demands, new constructions have appeared in remote localities. Some of these new tourism attraction points are small fishermen towns and due to the small scale of these places, it is necessary that the new constructions introduce low impact design proposals in order to not affect the existing environment. This is the case of the Challwafe Hotel, in the VI region of Chile. Located on a hill in front of the outlet of the Rapel river. From this point, it is possible to enjoy the view over the natural landscape. The design strategy is based on two principles; take advantage of the views; and protect the visitors from the strong wind gusts from the south Based on this, the building first is seen as a long block facing the sea in order to ensure that every room has a sea oriented view. Then this bar is blended in the middle to redirect the wind and generate protected outside areas. Some parts of the building are covered with external eaves that deflect the wind, producing an aerodynamic design for the hotel. To take care of the visual impact that a building of these dimensions can have on the context the eaves are designed in wood frames taking advantage of the flexible properties of the material.

Wind direction parallel to hotel disposition

Break of the building to separate rooms from services

Services round existing trees

Form of the hotel creates wind protected spaces 28

Palo Alto House, Colico Collaborating Architect June 2010 - June 2012 Lyon-Bosch Architects

Mar

2005

Umbrales Exhibition P.4 Valdivia Swimming Pool P.8 Tobalaba Station Node

UUnnddeerrggrraadd uuaattee SScchhoooo

P.12

LLyyoonn&&BB

Jun 2 010 Sept 2011

Curanipe Cove P.22 Challwafe Hotel P.26 Palo Alto House, Colico

P.30

Econometric Mod Post Ea

EE URR U T T TTEECC

HII H C C A ARR

TE A T S LL E A A RREE

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N GN IG I S S DDEE

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Jan 2 012

Mar

2012

UUrrbbaannaa EE&& DD

del of Territorial Intelligence P.40 arthquake Development, Constituciรณn P.44 Lo Recabarren Development P.48 Sustainable Development Plan of Frutillar

P.52

Apr 2 015

Rockaway Avenue, Brownsville. NY The NAFTA Dream! Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Get Real Estate!

Jun 2 015

P.58 P.62

Water Rites!

GGrraadduuaattee SS cchhooooll P.70 P.78

Jun 2 016

Econometric Model of Territorial Intelligence Collaborating Architect March 2012 - June 2012 Urbana E&D

The Econometric Model of Territorial Intelligence (MEdIT acronym in Spanish) is a tool that was developed by the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and Urbana E&D. This digital model is structured in a GIS software that analyzes and categorize several urban variables. Among of these the most important one is the grade of connectivity defined by the private transport system (streets, avenues, and roads), public transportation system (pedestrian, bus, and subway), and land value. This model allows us to make cross analysis with data sets like GDP, population density, access to green spaces, services, and land value. On these studies, we can analyze how some of these variables can influence the development of the city. Becoming an important tool on the decision-making process of urban developers. The model is also a powerful tool to recognize when some data is out of the normal range, being possible to make further analysis to enhance specific urban conditions to improve the land state and value. On more advanced analysis the MEDIT can be used in the development phase of developments. In this case, the model can reflect which product is most suitable for each sector, and help in the decision of alternative scenarios. Guiding possible changes in the private and public infrastructure to make the city more efficient and interconnected in terms of access to services. In this case, we analyzed the market competition for a new retail center in San Bernardo, Santiago. In order to know the potential market areas for some services, the model defines a boundary of accessibility according to specific ranges of time. This area is the reflection of the time that takes for their customers to travel to the each retail store. When we cross these areas with the GDP data of each block we can speculate the amount of clients of the potential market and their socio-economical group. Once we have this information we can define the potential size of the building to be projected according to the standard of the market In this case, due to the location of the retail store near the city boundary, part of the process was to consider a projection of population growth, transportation network, and GDP growth. In order to make a complete study, the model considered all the competitors (current and future) that could be using the same market area. With all this information it is possible to compare which one has the best performance in terms of accessibility. This analysis was made for all the different products to be incorporated in the beginning. And as a result, all the all the buildings and the different stages of development of the final master plan were based on the study. The model showed to be a fundamental tool in the decision-making process and has a potential use for many different kinds of urban studies.

Isochrone of conmute time from Tobalaba to metropolitan Santiago area

Surface/income analysis by retail store surfaces

Retail stores reach areas. Small 5 min. Medium 10min. Big 15 min

Population income density within the area of big retail stores.

Design proposal with mix of uses derived of the potential market areas research

Post Earthquake Development, Constituciรณn Collaborating Architect November 2012 - June 2013 Urbana E&D

Constitucion is a city in the south of Chile that historically has been related to the forest industry. In this city is located a cellulose processing plant of the Arauco forest company, responsible approximately for 70% of the jobs in the city. Constitution was one of the cities most affected by the earthquake and tsunami in 2010. As a result, about 10% of the population suffered significant damage in their homes, many of which were destroyed by the later tsunami. In response, Arauco organized the Sustainable Reconstruction Plan of Constitution in which one of the projects was the construction of a new residential neighborhood on a land donated by the company, located in an elevated area of the city. To ensure a proper development on the remaining land, it was commissioned to Urbana E&D to develop a Master Plan for the future stages of this project. Due to the complexity of the topography, several studies were made to see how these affected the economic feasibility of the future stages development. Therefore GIS analysis was made to achieve liability and efficiency on the design of the project, considering the budget limitation established by its social housing condition.

Potential development zones derived from slope and conectivity analysis

Elevation Analysis

Earth work on site

Slope Analysis

ELEMENTAL Villa Verde phase 1.

Potential surface development by site

Terrazas

T01 T02 T03 T04 T05 T06 T07 T08 T09 T10 T11 T12 T13 T14 T15 T16 T17 T18 T19 T20 T21 T22 T23 T24 T25 T26 T27 T28 T29

Terraza Total corte relleno

TOTAL M3 Terreno a Habilitar corte relleno Botadero 13.536

COSTOS corte UF 1.045

relleno UF -

Botadero

TOTAL UF

83.889

29.552

20.898

7.362

1.354

2.398

27.986

18.710

15.899

10.629

9.540

795

1.067

15.923

3.321

15.127

3.155

11.972

756

28.826

9.680

16.376

5.499

10.877

819

954

2.816

1.197 1.088

1.954 1.907

80.686

39.046

45.839

22.183

27.503

2.292

962

2.750

6.004

33.602

10.177

19.090

5.782

13.308

954

1.331

2.285

9.426

2.997

8.954

2.847

6.107

448

611

1.058

323.772

113.514

183.939

64.489

119.450

9.197

11.945

21.142

87.596

34.287

49.765

19.479

30.286

2.488

3.029

5.517

41.243

13.429

41.243

13.429

27.814

2.062

2.781

4.844

56.279

26.442

53.465

25.120

32.079

2.673

933

3.208

6.815

50.600

2.103

43.215

1.796

41.419

2.161

4.142

6.303

125.416

43.260

71.251

24.577

46.674

3.563

4.667

8.230

32.037

11.347

18.200

6.446

11.754

910

1.175

2.085

211.999

64.896

120.439

36.868

83.571

6.022

8.357

14.379

77.643

28.768

44.110

16.344

27.766

2.206

2.777

4.982

19.750

39.051

2.940

3.905

6.845

6.855

12.081

61.896

20.790

58.801

183.971

63.312

104.516

35.968

68.548

5.226

60.628

24.327

34.443

13.821

20.666

1.722

2.067

3.800

52.070

6.384

29.582

3.627

25.955

1.479

2.595

4.075

64.936

20.087

36.891

11.412

25.479

1.845

2.548

4.392

15.914

3.156

15.118

2.998

12.121

756

1.212

1.968

24.489

7.690

13.913

4.369

9.544

696

954

1.650

44.773

1.544

2.816

26.169

5.685

26.169

5.685

20.484

1.308

2.048

3.357

136.844

52.648

77.743

29.910

47.833

3.887

4.783

8.670

51.189

11.745

29.081

6.673

22.408

1.454

2.241

3.695

30.943

9.647

20.673

6.445

14.228

1.034

1.423

2.457

2.040.745

17.587

25.436

9.991

15.445

694.587 1.240.178 416.653 835.419

1.272

62.009

2.973 83.542

148.524

UF/m2 bruto de Terrazas

Economyc reliability analysis. UF/m2 construido vendible

0,1122 0,1800 0,3593 0,4404 0,2214 0,7647 0,4517 0,5537 0,3223 0,3951 0,3423 0,4196 0,2265 0,7826 0,8045 0,9861 0,5996 0,7349 0,2890 -‐ 0,2286 0,7897 0,4592 0,8462 0,5006 0,6136 0,4343 0,5324 0,6072 0,7443 0,4734 0,5802 0,2503 0,8647 0,6037 0,7400 0,5144 0,6305 0,5286 0,6479 0,5713 0,7003 0,2019 0,6973 0,2608 0,3197 0,2999 0,3675 0,2639 -‐ 0,4141 0,5076 0,4938 0,6053 0,4575 0,6595 -‐ -‐ 0,26 0,66

MACROLOTES A

Etapas

1 1

N O

6 6

Utilidad Terrazas

T01 T02 T03 T04 T05 T06 T07 T08 T09 T10 T11 T12 T13 T14 T15 T16 T17 T18 T19 T20 T21 T22 T23 T24 T25 T26 T27 T28 T29 Totales/prom

10,8% 18,7%

23.396 29.648

Margen Suelo UF precio % del valor UF/m2 EDIF. UF/m2 neto UF/m2 sup vendible desarrollable bruta total de venta suelo 55.101 25,4% 4,13 1,13 0,88 15.315 9,6% 2,39 1,11 0,32

9,2%

13.385

29.245

20,1%

4,88

1,75

10,8%

40.615

66.932

17,7%

4,40

2,04

0,79

6,8%

47.493

144.624

20,7%

5,12

2,30

1,24

18,7%

40.124

33.716

15,7%

4,49

1,02

0,55

9,9%

37.544

64.374

17,0%

4,00

1,36

0,92

10,8%

35.844

56.138

16,9%

4,19

1,94

1,35

10,8%

82.298

114.522

15,0%

3,60

1,67

1,32

18,7%

34.748

20.439

11,0%

2,58

0,71

0,43

11,3%

103.056

137.063

15,0%

3,63

1,60

1,03

10,8%

36.598

74.288

21,9%

5,79

1,84

0,94

10,8%

59.536

14,5%

3,45

1,60

0,79

16,0% 13,5% 16,8%

3,98 3,17 4,05

1,84 0,87 1,59

0,58 0,09 0,84

10,8% 9.954 18,7% 10.562 12,49% 604.799

80.090 14.816 7.637 914.300

0,76

Lo Recabarren Development Collaborating Architect June 2012 - April 2015 Urbana E&D

The Recabarren Master Plan in Vitacura, Santiago, was developed following the concepts of sustainable housing, local recycling and energy generation. This neighborhood was designed with a vision for a new user liable and willing to invest in the natural and built environment, ensuring a welfare that is reflected in an improvement of the daily life quality. The Master the Plan also included a large park that host the retention of the storm water and the path between the residential and office building, giving the possibility to work and live in the same neighborhood, reducing the emissions by transport concepts. As part of the Master Plan, an Energy Plan was designed, defining the alternatives for production and reuse of energy. The design is based on the idea of a central park that is the heart of the residential part. Through this, the residents connect with the office core established at the south of the project. These office buildings are seen as the filter between the highway, and the mountains at the north of the project. The residential neighborhood was designed thinking in the organization of small units, each with their own park and facilities. This also gives the possibility to change the products to be developed without the necessity to change the road layout. In the residential part, the master plan considers the development of eleven-story buildings and townhouses of low density. Those latter are positioned on the east side of the project to establish a harmonious relation with the currently existing low-density adjacent houses. This project, currently in a development stage, is an example of the design of a neighborhood that reconciles the natural existing attributes and the search of a new sustainable stress-less quality of life.

Water management section

Water management/bike lane section

Current condition

Sustainable Development Plan of Frutillar Collaborating Architect March 2012 - August 2014 Urbana E&D

PLADES, the Sustainable Development Plan of Frutillar is a non-profit organization that has as the main goal to create a vision of future development for this city of 15 thousand people in the south of Chile. Developed over the course of two years, the workâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s principal objective was to achieve the economic, social and environmental sustainability of the territory, and within this context defining development priorities in the long, medium and short terms. To reach this, workshops were convened involving neighbors, private businesses, and the local government. In order to translate this vision into concrete projects, a foundation was created, which grouped together representatives of the three latter groups. At the same time, studies were undertaken, such as the Strategic Urban Plan of the Chilean Minister of Urbanism, in which the priorities and trigger projects were defined so as to begin in the short term. Due to the complexity of this plan, it was necessary it was necessary to manage political, technical and conceptual variables that finally materialized into design fundamentals relating to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future. Since the consolidation of the Plades, many projects have been developed for Frutillar. A good example of this is the several design workshops and internships of many schools of the Catholic University, led by the Public Policy Program. From here the Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office has received the support of these students to impulse projects and to apply for funding for these. The first of all those projects were the waterfront of Frutillar. This project was designed by the landscape architect Juan Grimm and financed by the funds obtained by the PUE of Frutillar. The priority of this project was defined by the community in the public participation made as part of the Plades process. The interest of this project was based on the urgent necessity to put in order this public space to receive all the vacationers.

Zonning Plan PLADES Frutillar

Location of community equipment

Participatory meeting with local authorities

Waterfront landscape project. Juan Grimm Architects

Arch. Studio proposals FADEU PUC

Proposed landscape projects

Design internship projects FADEU PUC

Mar

2005

Umbrales Exhibition P.4 Valdivia Swimming Pool P.8 Tobalaba Station Node

UUnnddeerrggrraadd uuaattee SScchhoooo

P.12

LLyyoonn&&BB

Jun 2 010 Sept 2011

Curanipe Cove P.22 Challwafe Hotel P.26 Palo Alto House, Colico

P.30

Econometric Mod Post Ea

EE URR U T T TTEECC

HII H C C A ARR

TE A T S LL E A A RREE

E TAT S E N AN A B R U

B UR

N GN IG I S S DDEE

BBoosscchh AArrcchh

itects

Jan 2 012

Mar

2012

UUrrbbaannaa EE&& DD

del of Territorial Intelligence P.40 arthquake Development, Constituciรณn P.44 Lo Recabarren Development P.48 Sustainable Development Plan of Frutillar

P.52

Apr 2 015

Rockaway Avenue, Brownsville. NY The NAFTA Dream! Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Get Real Estate!

Jun 2 015

P.58 P.62

Water Rites!

GGrraadduuaattee SS cchhooooll P.70 P.78

Jun 2 016

Rockaway Avenue, Brownsville. NY Co Author June 2015 MSAUD GSAPP

The mono-functionality of programs in the NYCHA development that spans along the northsouth axis of Brownsville has prevented a mix of cultural and commercial activities in the neighborhood leading to a strong socio-economic divide of its community. What has been a consequence of this is a lack of places for residents to establish businesses, shop, eat and recreate in their neighborhood, beyond the limits of the NYCHA site. Lack of jobs has lead to unemployment and resulted in high criminal activities in the area. All these factors have eventually lead to strong borders of conflicts, which mostly correspond to individual architectural typologies of housing developments in the neighborhood. A mix-use development in Brownsville could have potentially avoided such pressing issues in the community. Currently, Rockaway Avenue from Pitkins Avenue to Livonia Avenue presents several underutilized spaces, as front yards, parking lots, empty lots and abandoned buildings. The low intensity of use has created a sense that this space is â&#x20AC;&#x153;land of no oneâ&#x20AC;?, and being perceived as one of the strongest psychological boundaries in the neighborhood. The proposal is to rearrange that underutilized public and semi-public space to introduce new activities that could bring more intensity of use to the neighborhood. Along the redesign of the street and the introduction of bike lanes to extend the existing network three main zones are proposed to arrange the new programs: On the north, commercial activities are proposed as an extension of the existing at Pitkins Ave, the main commercial corridor of Brownsville. This commercial activity can bring more services to the community and serve as an alternative source of work. The mix of use proposed also could happen vertically, using the roof of new spaces to develop isolated playgrounds for the youth (courtyards on ground level are perceived as risk zones) Continuing to the south a new Brownsville Square is proposed to host public events. This open space is surrounded by civic and cultural programs as the Brownsville Museum and Art Center as well as food and potential commercial stores. The level of the car lanes is raised to reduce the traffic speed in order to provide a pedestrian-friendly space. Closer to the Rockaway subway station a new a Job Training Center is proposed at the site of the existing parking lots. The center creates a new front for the street as well as provide a new access to the station through an elevated public space that function as an extension of it. The center is proposed as a symbol of the connection to the rest of the city, providing access to public transport and new job opportunities.

The NAFTA Dream! Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Co Author September 2015 MSAUD GSAPP

Since the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994, U.S. and Mexican cities, along their respective national borders, have become increasingly economically dependent. Within this system of interdependence, Mexican border cities play a crucial role in the mass manufacturing of goods traded at both regional and global scales. This condition has been made possible thanks to the promotion of the cheap Mexican labor supported by the Maquiladoras, an attractive institution for diverse foreign investment. U.S. border cities, on the other hand, have generally taken the role of distributing these processed goods into the global market. Cities like Laredo and Nuevo Laredo exemplify this economic interdependence, which has resulted in a semi-permeable border condition for the movement of products, capital, and people between these two urban environments. Despite being engaged in a relatively â&#x20AC;&#x153;symbioticâ&#x20AC;? relationship, these cities do not benefit equally from the optimism encouraged by the free trade policies that have critically shaped them. This un-balance relationship between both cities has created a series of realities that in extreme situations create stereotypes that (fairly or not) characterize their communities. The use of storytelling to communicate this situation is proposed through the platform of a game-board. In the game players can experiment in first person the conditions of the different characters that represent stereotypes of the communities of both cities. Game objective: Each character has to cross the Mexico-USA border and get to their final destination. Each character has different paths, possible situations and risks (represented on dice probabilities). The situations are not defined in the game, they are based on press articles found on internet and should be updated before every game. In this way the game is a reflection of the current reality of the cities. Game rules: 1-Choose a character; Drug dealer, Maquiladora (trade/production business), Immigrant or Visitor. 2-Roll the dice. Each number of the dice is related to one story found on a press article. The player should write down the number in the card of his character. 3-If the player gets a positive story he continue in the game and has to roll the dice again! 4-In the phase to cross the border each cross point has a correlative number of the dice. Each cross point (5 existing bridges and 1 illegal tunnel) has different restriction. Some are commercial (trucks or trains) and others for tourism and workers (pedestrian or by car). 5-If the player get to cross the border the player roll the dice again to get to the final point.

Get Real Estate!

Co Author October 2015 - December 2015 MSAUD GSAPP

LENDER (e.g. BANK)

FORCLOSURE PROPERTY FLOW!

LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

CITY OF NEWBURGHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DECISION TREE FOR DISPOSITION OF INDIVIDUAL LOTS!

2-3 YEARS OF SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES / HEARINGS! PROPERTY DECAYS FROM NEGLECT! LACK OF CITY RESOURCES! INDIVIDUAL LOT

PROPERTY TYPE

NOT POTENTIALLY PART OF LARGER SITE ASSEMBLY

POTENTIALLY PART OF LARGER SITE ASSEMBLY

SITE CRITERIA FORECLOSURE GRANTED IN COURT, A SALE DATE IS SET!

MORTGAGE/TAX PAYMENT DEFAULTS!

FORECLOSED!

FORECLOSURE PROCESS BEGINS!

+TAX +TAX - VALUE

OWNER WALKS?

+TAX +TAX - VALUE +TAX +TAX - VALUE

NOT BUILDABLE BASED ON SIZE AND CONFIGURATION

NOT ADJACENT TO VIABLE LAND USES

ADJACENT TO VIABLE LAND USES (HOME OWNERS)

BUILDABLE BASED ON SIZE AND CONFIGURATION

ADDITIONAL DENSITY NOT APPROPRIATE FOR AREA

OWNERS OF NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES PUT UNDER URTHER FINANCIAL STRAIN DUE TO INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES!

EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS

SELL TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER (SIDE YARD SALE)

STRONG MARKET DEMAND IN AREA

WEAK MARKET DEMAND IN AREA

LOCATION / NEIGHBORHOOD CRITERIA WEAK MARKET DEMAND IN AREA

+TAX +TAX - VALUE FORECLOSURE CYCLE CONTINUES!

ADDITIONAL DENSITY NOT APPROPRIATE FOR AREA

SELL TO CDC OR OTHER NONPROFIT ENTITY FOR OPEN SPACE (e.g. MINI-PARK OR CARDEN)

LAND BANK FOR FUTURE REUSE

STRONG MARKET DEMAND IN AREA

SELL TO SELL TO INITIATE CDC FOR CDC OR ACQUISITION SUBSIDIZED DEVELOPER ACTIVITIES TO INFILL FOR MARKET- CREATE SITE RATE INFILL ASSEMBLY

LAND BANK FOR FUTURE REUSE OR REDEVELOPMENT

PROPERTY DISPOSITION OPTIONS

We, Get-Real Estate, intend to: 1.- Operate, in a format imitating, but not limited to, that of a land bank, in the acquisition and managing of vacant, abandoned, and underutilized properties in a socially, culturally, and economically conscious manner. 2.- Link real estate properties, sitting idle both on the market as well as within their social, cultural, and economic contexts, initially to the events that constitute the local event economy, when appropriate and until they are deemed, legally, necessary for some alternative purpose. 3.- Make accessible activities, services, information, and education currently unsupported within the architecture of the community, using local and regional talent and sponsorship, through the use of said real estate within the contexts of these events, as well as potentially beyond them. 4.- Generate demand for these properties, as well as the programs utilizing them, and expand the operations of existing events. 5.- Simultaneously contribute to the possibility of an exponential appreciation in value of said properties in time. .- Devise development strategies with local interests/stakeholders that outline a multiplicity 6 of potentials for these properties, and the individuals and programs they incubate, in longterm/post-development scenarios. 7.- Establish personal, and lucrative, relationships between property owners, private or public, and local stakeholders interested in, and participating in, the furthering of public good through the staging of community-oriented events 8.- Turn a profit, and party. Glossary: Event (N.): Anything that happens, especially something important or unusual./ A planned public or social occasion.

On Sale! Site intervention

Events location in Newburgh

ANNUAL EVENT TYPES LECTURE EXHIBITION FILM MUSIC TOUR FAIR FESTIVAL PARTY SPORTS

Event caracteristic and related sites diagrams ONCE A YEAR FIRE

NGO

ENTRY

FREE

MOTELS

MARKETS

PUBLIC SAFETY

RECYCLE CENTER LANDFILLS

PARADES

NATURE

REGIONAL

SPORTS

EXHIBITIONS NATIONAL MUSIC

INTER-NATIONAL

FAIRS

FILM

SUPPORTING EVENT SYSTEM

MAIN EVENT SYSTEM

EVENT SYSTEM

SEASONAL

SMALL<1K

MEDIUM 1K-5K

SMALL<1K

MUSIC

MUSIC, FOOD, GALLERIES, EDUCATION

MUSIC

FILM

MUSIC FESTIVALS, ART EXHIBITIONS

PAINT

FAIR

FREE/PAID

PRIVATE

SERVICES-SERVICES, MARKETS, EVENT SIZE- LARGE-STREET SUPPORT- RESTROOMS, POLICE, AMBULANCE WASTE MANAGEMENTRECYCLE CENTER

PRIVATE

FREE/PAID PRIVATE

REGIONAL

OPEN STUDIOS

NEWBURGH ILLUMINATED

SERVICES-PARKING LOTS EVENT SIZE- MEDIUMCONFERENCE ROOMS SUPPORT- RESTROOMS

EVENT SIZESMALL-COFFEE SHOPS

SERVICES-EATING-FOOD TRUCKS/RESTAURANTS/MARKETS EVENT SIZE- LARGESTREET SUPPORTRESTROOMS/POLICE/ HEALTH WASTE MANAGEMENT-LANDFILL/RECYCLE CENTER

LAST SATURDAYS

The Happening

EVENT SIZESMALL-KAPLAN HALL

FARMERS MARKET

LOCAL COMMUNITY

SERVICES-PARKING LOTS EVENT SIZE- MEDIUM-THEATER SUPPORT- RESTROOMS

FREE/PAID

PRIVATE

FREE MOVIE NIGHTS

EATING-RESTAURANTS/ MARKETS EVENT SIZE- MEDIUMCONFERENCE ROOMS SUPPORT- TOILETS

PUBLIC

SIP AND PAINT

LOCAL COMMUNITY + REGIONAL

LOCAL COMMUNITY +

FREE/PAID

PUBLIC

SATURDAY MOVIE MATINEE

PUBLIC

PUBLIC/ PRIVATE

FREE

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

FREE

REGIONAL

EATING-RESTAURANTS/ MARKETS/FOOD TRUCKS EVENT SIZE- LARGE-STREET SUPPORT- POLICE

SEASONAL

SMALL<1K

FREE/PAID

LOCAL COMMUNITY

SEASONAL

MEDIUM 1K-5K

FREE/PAID

PUBLIC/ PRIVATE

ONCE A YEAR

SEASONAL

MEDIUM 1K-5K

WE JUST WANT TO BE HEARD

MUSIC

SEASONAL

ONCE A YEAR

SEASONAL

MEDIUM 1K-5K

TOURS

LOCAL COMMUNITY

FORMAT

EATING

LODGING

SIZE OF SUPPORTING EVENTS

RESTAURANTS

RECREATION

HOTELS

WASTE MANAGEMENT

TRANSFER STATIONS

SPORTS

X-LARGE >10K

PUBLIC-PRIVATE

PAID

PRIVATE GUARDS

CARNIVALS/ FESTIVALS

LARGE 5K-10K

PRIVATE

WEEKLY

HEALTH AIRBNB HOSTELS

MEDIUM 1K-5K PUBLIC

MONTHLY

EXPECTED AUDIENCE

XL - STADIUMS

LECTURES

SMALL<1K

SEASONAL

POLICE

- WAREHOUSE

SCHEDULE

SCALE OF THE EVENT

- CLASS ROOMS, RESTROOMS

M - CONFERENCE ROOMS, ART GALLERIES

ORGANIZATION

LOCAL COMMUNITY

EVENT SIZEMEDIUM-EMPTY LOTS WASTE MANAGEMENT-RECYCLE CENTER

HAPPENING MARKET EVENT ACTIVATION

HAPPENING MARKET TRANSITION PHASE

NEWBURGH ILLUMINATED

BASKETBALL

M A

MUSIC FAIR

FARM

A S

OUTDOOR THEATER

MARKET

HAPPENING MARKET PERMANENT PROGRAM

A S

M A

PARTY FILM TOUR

HAPPENING GALLERY

M A

N M HAPPENING DOJO O A TRANSITION PHASE S M KARATE DOJO A +J J COFFEE

N M HAPPENING DOJO O A PERMANENT PROGRAM

HAPPENING HOUSE EVENT ACTIVATION

HAPPENING HOUSE TRANSITION PHASE

HAPPENING HOUSE PERMANENT PROGRAM

MOVIE MATINEE

MEDIATHEQUE

DANCE STUDIO

N M HAPPENING DOJO O A EVENT ACTIVATION S M LAST SATURDAYS A

Current condition

S M YMCA WORKSHOPS A +J J KARATE DOJO + COFFEE

LAST SATURDAYS

HAPPENING MARKET

D M

Current condition

A S

D M

M A

A S

HAPPENING MARKET TRANSITION PHASE

BASKETBALL

A M

A S

PARTY FILM TOUR

M A

M J

HAPPENING HOUSE CINEMA + ROOFLESS GALLERY

HAPPENING DOJO TRANSITION PHASE J F D KARATE DOJO N M + O COFFEE A

M A

MUSIC FAIR

HAPPENING DOJO EVENT ACTIVATION J F D LAST SATURDAYS N M

FARM

M A

OUTDOOR THEATER

NEWBURGH ILLUMINATED O FESTIVAL STREET

A S

HAPPENING MARKET PERMANENT PROGRAM

MARKET

A M A

NEWBURGH ILLUMINATED

HAPPENING MARKET EVENT ACTIVATION

M A

HAPPENING DOJO PERMANENTJ PROGRAM F

YMCA N WORKSHOPS M + O KARATE DOJOA + S M COFFEE A J J

HAPPENING HOUSE EVENT ACTIVATION

HAPPENING HOUSE TRANSITION PHASE

HAPPENING HOUSE PERMANENT PROGRAM

MOVIE MATINEE

MEDIATHEQUE

DANCE STUDIO

Current condition NEWBURGH FREE LIBRARY MOVIE MATINEES D

A S

M A

NEWBURGH OPEN STUDIOS

D M

A S

M A

A S

M A

75 HAPPENING MARKET

HAPPENING MARKET

RKET TION

HAPPENING MARKET TRANSITION PHASE

HAPPENING MARKET MARKET HAPPENING EVENT ACTIVATION PERMANENT PROGRAM

BASKETBALL

H ED

FILM TOUR

N M HAPPENING DOJO O A TRANSITION PHASE S M KARATE DOJO A +J J COFFEE

M N M HAPPENING DOJO HAPPENING DOJO O EVENT ACTIVATION A O A PERMANENT PROGRAM S LAST SATURDAYS M S M YMCA WORKSHOPS A J A J +J J KARATE DOJO + COFFEE

USE ON

HAPPENING HOUSE TRANSITION PHASE

HAPPENING HOUSE HAPPENING HOUSE EVENT ACTIVATION PERMANENT PROGRAM

MEDIATHEQUE

OJO AON YS

GENESIS ACADEMY INC

LAST SATURDAYS

M HAPPENING DOJON HAPPENING DOJOM OTRANSITION A PHASE O A PERMANENT PROGRAM S M S KARATEYMCA DOJO WORKSHOPSM A J + J +A J J COFFEECLASSROOMS + COFFEE N

HAPPENING DOJO + GALLERY+ CAFE

A S

D M

PLAYGROUND

M HAPPENING DOJO O A PERMANENT PROGRAM

N M HAPPENING DOJO O A PERMANENT PROGRAM

YMCA WORKSHOPS A J J + KARATE DOJO + COFFEE

YMCA WORKSHOPS A J J + CLASSROOMS + COFFEE

PRE-SCHOOL

FILM STUDIO

MOVIE MATINEE DANCE STUDIO

D N O

RESTORANTS

FARM

HAPPENING MARKET PERMANENT PROGRAM

OUTDOOR THEATER

J PARTY

HAPPENING MARKET PERMANENT PROGRAM

NM O A

MUSIC FAIR

HAPPENING DOJO + J GALLERY D

MN OA

M A

A S

MUSIC FAIR PARTY FILM TOUR

D M

BASKETBALL RESTORANTS + MARKET

OUTDOOR THEATER NEWBURGH + ILLUMINATEDFARM

MARKET

HAPPENING MARKET MARKET HAPPENING TRANSITION PHASE PROGRAM PERMANENT

BOXING CLUB

GENESIS ACADEMY INC

HAPPENING HOUSEHAPPENING HOUSE HAPPENING HOUSE TRANSITION PHASE PERMANENT PROGRAM PERMANENT PROGRAM

D M

M A

BASKETBALL

MARKET

MEDIATHEQUE WINTER KITCHEN DANCE STUDIO

WINTER KITCHEN

A S

S J

M A

D M A

HAPPENING FARMS + OUTDOOR THEATRE

M A

A S

D M

S J

OUTDOOR THEATER NEWBURGH + ILLUMINATED FARM THE WAREHOUSE

BASKETBALLRESTORANTS + MARKET

CAFE MACCHIATO

M A

HAPPENING MARKET HAPPENING MARKET HAPPENING MARKET HAPPENING MARKET HAPPENING MARKET EVENT ACTIVATION PHASE PERMANENT PROGRAM TRANSITION PERMANENT PROGRAM PERMANENT PROGRAM

OUTDOOR THEATER

M A

N O

M A

HAPPENING MARKET PERMANENT PROGRAM

RESTORANTS

FARM

CAFE MACCHIATO

THE WAREHOUSE

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

RITZ THEATRE

A S

M A

D M

NEWBURGH ILLUMINATED O A STREET FESTIVAL

O S

M A

MUSIC FAIR PARTY FILM TOUR

M A

HAPPENING HOUSE TRANSITION PHASE

MEDIATHEQUE

A S

M J

A S

M A

D M

A S

HAPPENING HOUSE DANCE STUDIO

HAPPENING HOUSE HAPPENING HOUSE HAPPENING HOUSE TRANSITION PHASE PERMANENT PROGRAM PERMANENT PROGRAM

A S

M A

NEWBURGH J F D OPEN STUDIOS N

MEDIATHEQUE WINTER KITCHEN

M N

D M A

M S A

HAPPENING DOJO PERMANENT PROGRAM J F

YMCA WORKSHOPS N M + O A CLASSROOMS S+ M COFFEE A J J

HAPPENING HOUSE PERMANENT PROGRAM

DANCE STUDIO

WINTER KITCHEN

NEWBURGH FREE LIBRARY MOVIE MATINEES J

AO S

A M J

HAPPENING HOUSE MEDIATHEQUE

NEWBURGH FREE LIBRARY MOVIE MATINEES J

S A

HAPPENING HOUSE HAPPENING HOUSE EVENT ACTIVATION PERMANENT PROGRAM

MOVIE MATINEE DANCE STUDIO

NEWBURGH O ILLUMINATED STREET FESTIVAL

HAPPENING DOJO HAPPENING DOJO HAPPENING DOJO TRANSITION PHASE PERMANENTJ PROGRAM PERMANENT PROGRAM J J F F F D D D KARATE DOJO YMCA YMCA N M NWORKSHOPS M N WORKSHOPS M + + + O A O A O CLASSROOMS KARATE DOJOA COFFEE + S M S + M S M COFFEE COFFEE A J A J A J

HAPPENING DOJO HAPPENING DOJO PERMANENT PROGRAM EVENT ACTIVATION J J F F D D LAST SATURDAYS WORKSHOPS N MYMCA N M + A O AO KARATE DOJO + M S M S A J A COFFEE J J

F M

PARTY FILM TOUR

MUSIC FAIR

HAPPENING DOJO TRANSITION PHASE J F D KARATE DOJO N M + O COFFEEA

RITZ THEATRE

SE N

KET

HAPPENING MARKET TRANSITION PHASE

H ED

M A

M N

AO S

M S A

D M

M A

A S

M A

NEWBURGH OPEN STUDIOS

A S

M A

76 HAPPENING MARKET

BOXING CLUB

LAST SATURDAYS

D M

M A

A S

RKET TION

OJO ON YS

PRE-SCHOOL

HAPPENING HOUSE PERMANENT PROGRAM

HAPPENING MARKET + BASKETBALL COURT

PLAYGROUND

FILM STUDIO

HAPPENING MARKET HAPPENING MARKET

HAPPENING MARKET

KET ASE

JO SE

HAPPENING MARKET PERMANENT PROGRAM

OUTDOOR THEATER

JO GRAM

OPS

F M

A S

M A

HAPPENING WINTER CLASSROOMS + CAFE

N O

N HAPPENING DOJO M O A PERMANENT PROGRAM

YMCA WORKSHOPS +A J J KARATE DOJO + COFFEE S

HAPPENING DOJO PERMANENT PROGRAM

GENESIS ACADEMY INC PLAYGROUND

YMCA WORKSHOPS + FILM STUDIO CLASSROOMS + COFFEE

PRE-SCHOOL

BOXING CLUB

HAPPENING HOUSE PERMANENT PROGRAM

ATER

RESTORANTS

FARM

USE GRAM

RKET GRAM

HAPPENING MARKET PERMANENT PROGRAM

WINTER KITCHEN LAST SATURDAYS

HAPPENING MARKET + RESTAURANTS

A S

M A

HAPPENING MARKET PERMANENT PROGRAM

RESTORANTS

CAFE MACCHIATO

THE WAREHOUSE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RITZ THEATRE

A S

M A

NEWBURGH ILLUMINATED STREET FESTIVAL

HAPPENING HOUSE WINTER KITCHEN

HAPPENING DOJO PERMANENTJ PROGRAM F

YMCA N WORKSHOPS M + O A CLASSROOMS + S M COFFEE A J J

HAPPENING HOUSE PERMANENT PROGRAM

WINTER KITCHEN

NEWBURGH FREE LIBRARY MOVIE MATINEES D

A S

M A

77 HAPPENING MARKET

Water Rites!

Co Author December 2015 - May 2016 MSAUD GSAPP

Male Rickshaw Driver

Description: A content family man not shy to working long hours and an expert in the virtue of patience. He has owned an auto richshaw for 6 years, and has rapidly witnessed both an increase in the demand for his services as well as in his competition.

Chairman Karumuttu T.Kannan

Maneesha - the student

Description: Chairman of Thiagarajar University, the Trust of the Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple and member of the Planning Board of the Kamaraj University. An example of the male high class of Madurai.

Description: An ambitious young female studying architecture at the prestigious Thiagarajar College of Engineering in Madurai. She lives at a female hostel on the university’s campus.

Brahmin Archaka - the priest

Description: A male Vaishnava priest, expected to enter the priesthood the moment of birth due to gender and the expectations of being born into the Brahmin Caste. This priest works dutifully in the Meenakshi Amman Temple.

SMP Colony Woman

Aminata - the tourist

Paddy Field Woman

Pilgrim

Description: A mother of several, and an integral part of her community, she relies on the inconsistent flowing of the river Vaigai for basic services and for income.

Description: A tourist in Madurai, Aminata has come to briefly study the city’s relationship to water with the architecture and engineering students of Thiagarajar University. She stays at the Heritage Madurai, one of the city’s premier Hotel and Resorts.

Description: Female agricultural workers are an important part of Indian society. Many work from the beginning of the morning out on the paddy fields. Sometimes they bring the kids to the fields to take care of them. The stern conditions of work are a raw representation of the conditions of life they have in a society that is taking distance of the reality of agriculture.

Description: A middle-aged pilgrim from Delhi, whose pilgrimage to Madurai for the Chithirai festival was funded through the efforts of his family. He is unable to afford lodging a local hostel/temple. He sleeps, like many, along the Vaigai’s banks.

Madurai is one of the most important religious cities in southern India. Every year, during the festival month of Chithirai, the city hosts a rapid influx of around 1.000.000 domestic pilgrims, who temporarily inhabit the city’s streets and riverbed, giving the city an incredible transient population. Like most large cities, its population and urban density have also significantly increased over time because of an accelerated flow of people leaving rural areas seeking alternative jobs and education. One of the most crucial contemporary infrastructural issues is water (its sourcing, its distribution, its access, its reuse, its relationship with sewage, and its political governing). The current water distribution system of the Madurai Corporation entirely depends on the Vaigai Dam piping water to a network of overhead water tanks that distribute the amenity through purchasable domestic and commercial plumbing infrastructure. As a result of this primarily financial constraint, 50% of the city’s population does not have formal access to potable water for the rituals and necessities of daily life, and is dependent on informal water sources such as private wells, the River Vaigai, and “natural” surface tanks for basic water-related amenities. In addition, 28% of the city’s population is using open space for toilet-related amenities.These fundamental problems of water-related equity are not only affecting the physical environment, they are producing increasingly widespread societal conflict. We propose using the edges of the River Vaigai and the municipal overhead tanks as tools to address this inequity for the diverse residents and pilgrims of Madurai: 1. River Vaigai Edges: We are proposing public pools and ecological filtration areas to support and formalize sites for the bathing, laundry, commerce, and recreation that have long occurred along the river’s edges. These interventions will be located at critically active nodes along 8km of the river Vaigai, interfacing with the Chithirai Festival’s main riverbed concentration point, informal residential areas, bus stations, and institutions. 2. Municipal Overhead Tanks: There are currently 28 overhead tanks and a network of pipelines that extend across 72 of the 100 wards of the city. There is an abundance of publiclyowned open space below and around these tanks that is presently made inaccessible by a variety of fences and physical barriers. Rather than extend the dense pipelines of these tanks further into the growing city, we propose the regulated opening of these sites to their surrounding urban fabric, so that they may become sites for public toilets as well as for the retrieval of potable water. Our intention is to make the role of these overhead tanks more transparent, and the water they hold and distribute more accessible.

5. 4.

Site prototyping / relevant adjacencies 1. Kooldal Nagar Railway 2. E.S.I. Hospital 3. Crematorium 4. Arapalayam Bus Station 5. Government Hospital 6. Capron Hall Girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Secondary School

7. Madurai Junction Railway Station 8. Bus Stop 9. Meenakshi Amman Temple 10. Sri Meenakshi Government College 11. Annamalai Theatre 12. Government Rajaji Hospital Madurai Medical College The American College Playground

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Overhead Tank Canal Bridge Temple / Shrine Chithirai Footprint Civic Bath Infrastructure

12. Rajaji Park Gandhi Memorial Museum 13. Sourashtra Boys Higher Secondary School 14. Raghavendra Hospital 15. Adlabs Ganesh Cinema 16. BIG Cinemas 17. Nirmala Girls Higher Secondary School

18. Muktheeswarar Temple Meenakshi Sundareswarar Girls Higher Secondary School 19. Thiagarajar College 20. Teppakkulam 21. SMP Colony 22. Madurai Corporation

Bioremediation Treatment Along Existing Canals of Madurai NEW DEVELOPMENT AREA

VAIGAI RIVER WASTE CANAL

waste discharged through pipes

Phytoremediation Treatment along the planting areas In Water Thefiltrating Riverbed Interventions NEW DEVELOPMENT AREA FILTERED WATER CANAL DISCHARGE

Species

VAIGAI RIVER PHYTOREMEDIATION AREA

BRIDGE

Amorpha frutiosa

Accumulate Lead

Azolla pinnata

Biosorbs metals

Bacopa monnieri

Accumulate metals

Hydrilla verticillata

Hyperaccumulate metals

Myriophyllum aquaticum

Transforms and degrades a variety of contaminants

Phragmites australis

Used in reed bed treatment systems VAIGAI RIVER

SHRUB

Taking avantage of the unique capabilities of plant root systems - translocaton, bioaccumultion, and contminant

WET MEADOW

OPEN WATER

Species Chrysanthemums

Morifolium

SHALLOW MARSH

Edges Intervention With New “Ghats”

Current Condition: Limited Access to Vaigai River

Drinking water taps Public Space with security

Men Toilets

Women Toilets

WATER IS SIPHONED FROM OVERHEAD TANKS AND IS DISTRIBUTED ON-SITE FOR TOLIETS AND POTABLE WATER

GAS FROM STORED WASTE IS COMBUSTED TO GENERATE ON-SITE ENERGY

ORGANIC LIQUID WASTE AND STORMWATER RUNOFF ARE TREATED THROUGH A SERIES OF BIOREMEDIATION FILTERS WITHIN THE CANALS OF MADURAI

TREATED MATERIAL IS THEN RELEASED FROM CANALS INTO A SERIES OF PHYTOREMEDIATION POOLS THAT ARE NOW BUILT INTO THE VAIGAIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S EDGE

2. 6.

INDIVIDUAL FAMILY / SMALL GROUP

160.00 mm

Madurai Rainfall

9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Rainy days

Rainfall (mm)

POOL SCALES

180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0

Rainfall (mm)

MALE

Rainfall (mm)

VAIGAI FLOW

180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0

Rainfall (mm)

VAIGAI FLOW

180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0

VAIGAI FLOW

Madurai Rainfall

160.00 mm

Madurai Rainfall

160.00 mm

Madurai Rainfall

160.00 mm

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Madurai Rainfall

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Rainy days

FEMALE

9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

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9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

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9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

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SAND SHAPING

Rainfall (mm)

VEGETATION

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160.00 mm

Madurai Rainfall

Chithirai Festival At The Vaigai River

Normal Day At The Vaigai River