Design Portfolio by Payam Tabrizian

DESIGN PORTFOLIO

Payam Tabrizian

Design projects

academic projects Paving(A)Way : Envisioning 21st Century Public Markets

Foundational grid : Forest+River+Highway

Mediating the Pace : adapting to the rythms of upstate NY

Recalibrating the multi-scaled city

Riverscape plaze

PROFESSIONAL PROECTS Chehel bazeh national park

Khorshid mountain park

(De)constructing the Cultural emmergence

LG Mashhad headquarters

Khayyam Trade center

Koohsangi media park

Interior design /3d rendering

Academic projects

MASTER Thesis Project PARSONS NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN and K.U LEUVEN “Urbanism of Inclusion” Advisors : Bruno De Meulder, Brian McGratch Jury : Kelly Shannon, Paola Vigano, Bernardo Secci,Hilde Heynen K.U Leuven Sep 2011

1.Heysel - s (60.000 m ), centre (>50 hall (15.000 stadium me stantards

Paving(A)Way Envisioning 21st Century Public Markets Location Theme

Molenbeek /Brussels Urbanism Of Inclusion

2.Tour & Tax offices (40% park 20 ha, swimming p

‘Urban revitalization’ …’economic ‘development’… ’Internationalization.’ The billions of Euros in public and private investment justified by these catchwords – and by the jobs that presumably go with them – have produced pitifully little in Brussels. The financial rewards of the “Flagship projects” – whether it is Big shopping mall in Place du Flagey, an office complex in European Quartiers, or a huge stadium replacing the historic Schaerbeek station have tended to intensify unemployment, the exclusion of job market and produce menial jobs rather than meaningful ones. This thesis is an effort to recognize that new definitions of “urban revitalization” and “economic development” are needed today. More specifically, it investigates how public markets enhance the potential for social integration in public spaces – attracting diverse income levels, ages, and ethnicities – and thereby create a sustainable vehicle for upward mobility and individual empowerment for low-income communities. The research kicks of by understanding the efficiency of public markets as an instrument for inclusion and empowerment, their internal dynamics and their synthesis with the rhythms of everyday life and urban flows. In the second part it explores the dynamics, potentials and delimitation of the existing public markets in Brussels. The results of the first two chapters will serve the research with appropriate methods and design tools for develop an integrated landscape development concept for the West-station area in Sint Jans-Molenbeek .

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3.West Stat station, new offices and

4.South Sta new housin businesses, 'convivial an 2

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5.Monts de Brussels Info Meeting Ce shops

6.Delta - ne offices, urba

7.European with offices and convivi , housing(M

8.State Adm offices (35% facilities (5%

9.Josaphat with offices community Ten strategic sites Highlighted in the International Development Plan.

10.Schaerb logistics act football stad standards (?

Socio-spatial duality of the city %

Unemployment of the young in Brussles Project Site Sint-Jans -Molenbeek municipality Brussels Regional Boundries

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LANDSCAPE CAPACITY ANALYSIS

Inclusion Dirt

Parking accessessibility scheme

Contaminated surface Metal / derelict Rail lines Metal / Operating rail lines

Primary streets / National roads Secondry streets Downgraded street Local access only Parking zones In-door storage places Metro

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Train/RER

Dirt

Metal / Fences and Gates

Contaminated surface

Train electric poles

Metal / derelict Rail lines Metal / Operating rail lines Metal / Fences and Gates

Dirt , Contaminated surface and metals

Train electric poles

Parking accessessibility scheme

One-day Market Two-days Market Three-days Market Everyday Market

Primary streets / National roads Secondry streets

Downgraded street Local access only Parking zones

In-door storage places

Metro

Train/RER

Molenbeek Municipality

Existing tress Dirt , Contaminated surface and metals 3

Proposed tress

Mon. Tue. Wed Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun.

Market flows Market hall

Metro /Train flows Metro Stops

Park Flows

Public markets

Parking

cellar) , Event Ethnic shopping venue 2. Tou r and streets

Bicycle

1. Abattoir( the

Taxis , Events

,Music festiva 3. Belle Vue l 4. Place Sainte Catherine ,W inter festival 5. Boulevard du Midi (South fair ) 6. Canal Zone

Municipality division

dicrafts

ReR connection to the western periphery

West station

Low income agglomoration

RER statations

hs & Textile

ond-hand

West station as the hub for low income agglomoration of Brussels suburbs

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taurant & Fastfood

Vacant / Possible future development

ad & Cheese and Pastry

Appropriated Parking spaces

& Chicken & Meat

Extended or covered surfaces

me and Toy

d court

In-site Buildings Influencial edge Hard surface analysis

Removed station building

& Vegetable

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Hard surface analysis

Platforms

Downgraded Streets

Fields

Bridges

Galleries

West station and the Brussels ethnic markets and European headquqrters Market Alder

5 Red maple , Sugar maple Market flows

Little leaf linden

Park Flows

Metro Stops Public markets RER Ethnic shopping streets Metro Public markets

Municipality division Brussels main headquarters

honey locus Proposed tress

Alder Maple and whirte Poplars

European Hornbea

Donald Wyman Red maple , Sugar maple

Little leaf linden

Parking Bicycle Metro

Ethnic shopping streets

Alder

Tulip poplar

Donald Wyman

Public Markets

RER

Metro

Ethnic shopping streets

West station and the Brussels ethnic and European metro loop West station

RER Incomelevel higher than Brussels average income

Transformed Buildings

European Hornbeam Existing tress

Market hall Tulip poplar Metro /Train flows

RER statations Income level lower than Brussels average income

walk

Products

RER

Maple and whirte Poplars

Public Markets

Public markets RER stations West station RER connection to the western (dender)valley Brussels main headquarters Source : SPF Finances .RN Ministère de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale - IBSA

Proposed flows RER stations Income level lower than Brussels average income West station RER connection to the Main streams Source : SPF Finances .RN Ministère de la Région de Br Incomelevel higher than Brussels average income Vegetation analysis Market system components Secondry streams Tertiary streams

Hard surface analysis In-site Buildings

Crosspassing/Emmergency In-door flows

Influencial edge Bridges Hard surface analysis Platforms Fields Galleries

Metro Train/RER Parkings Hubs/Distribution nodes

Proposed flowsand meadows Grass Main streams Shrubs and perenials Secondry streams Trees by hights (onsite 2 estimation) Tertiary streams 4 8

Crosspassing/Emmergency In-door flows Bridges Metro Train/RER Parkings

Open market Vegetation analysis II Market shed 1

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Grass and Market hall meadows Shrubs and perenials Gallery

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Loading/unloading space Trees by hights (onsite estimation) Parking space

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Empowerment

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Abattoir( the cellar) , Event venue Tour and Taxis , Events ,Music festival Belle Vue Place Sainte Catherine ,Winter festival Boulevard du Midi (South fair ) Canal Zone

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Ethnic public matkets and Shopping streets

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Abattoir( the cellar) , Event venue Tour and Taxis , Events ,Music festival Belle Vue Place Sainte Catherine ,Winter festival Boulevard du Midi (South fair ) Canal Zone

Situating the site withing the green patches of the Northern Beussels

Brussels main Event spaces

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Abattoir( the cellar) , Event venue Tour and Taxis , Events ,Music festival Belle Vue Place Sainte Catherine ,Winter festival Boulevard du Midi (South fair ) Canal Zone

Market-PATK 1

Making links with the existing commercial fabric and giving coherence to what should be added there, the developments necessary for empowerment of the neighborhood, namely, a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Public market â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;

Provide necessary infrastructure, which is able to efficiently interpret, anticipate and convey programmatic flows of every kind (Market, every day, events and etc.)

Situate the site in its surrounding biotic environment provide the continuity of the park system

Site analysis

Buildings

Hard Surfaces

vegetation

The integrative method of landscape urbanism was primarily used to inspire a creative and experimental working methodology. In viewing the site as a layered system, all the existing surfaces (paved, natural or cultivated, those left in neglect or already built) isolated and analyzed for their productive and experiential potential .The process of layering allowed for the discovery of underlying characteristics and exciting associative possibilities of the site. An application of these surfaces in addition to set of minimal interventions defined the structure of the market system and created the necessary links providing the ground structure (network of flows).

Paved Surface

2 4 8 10 14 16 Meadows Perenials or mix meadows

RER connection to the western (dender)valley MinistĂ¨re de la RĂŠgion de Bruxelles-Capitale - IBSA

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Market system

network of flows

Market system components

and meadows

Open market

and perenials

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platforms

Market shed

Market hall Gallery

Parking space

Loading/unloading space B

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Main streams

T R ER

In -site proposed Pedestrian flows

Secondry streams Tertiary streams Scape Routes

Mobile Truck 1.5 X 2.5 m

In-door flows

Food courts Large 4 x 10 m Bridges Metro Train/RER Hubs /Distribution nodes

Food court 2 x 5 m

Basic stall with table 2X5 m

Demonstrator 2 x 3 m

trees

Autonomus water management system 1

3.5 m 2

A-A 6m

1.Percipitation 2.Collecting , retaining the rain water A-A 3.Cleaning ,serving the market 1.Percipitation 4.Infiltration 2.Collecting , retaining the rain water 5.Purification 3.Cleaning ,serving the market 4.Infiltration 6.Passing through the park 5.Purification 7.Evacuated to the city sewage system

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6.Passing through the park 7.Evacuated to the city sewage system

Clean water Rain and market run-off

Planted water basins Marshland Permeable Surfaces

Clean water Rain and market run-off Planted water basins Marshland Permeable Surfaces

Orientation of the proposed trees inspired by the existing geometry of the adjacent parks, stresses on the continuity and coherence as a whole while conducting the proposed flows on the site scale. The veil of the trees emphasize on the privacy and while the single rows stress on the linear movement of the market.

When a market system is integrated with a park ,the question of water supply and evacuation of the dirty run-off becomes an issue, specially when the surface is partly contaminated. The project sought to tackle the issue trough proposing an autonomous low impact water management system. The specific topographic condition of the site infrastructure became an asset for directing the water in two different directions and using a wetland system as a sponge for purification of the polluted run-off.

Planted sidewalk detail

At the highest point of the site a 1600 cubic meters rettion pool collects and stores the rainwater and serving the requirements of the market and the park. A parallel system of ditches are providing the clean water and collecting the contaminated surface water simultaneously. Using the natural topography of the site, the water passes through permeable surfaces partly infiltrates, purified in the wetland and directed to the site. Time by time the clean water forms the linear water basins creating aesthetic qualities while providing the water for landscaping. The other system takes form of planted ditch that collects rain water of the roof, market and side walk runoffs. The water is stored until it is removed by infiltration absorbed by plant roots, evaporates or for excess amounts flows into the

Handicrafts

Cloths & Textile

ReR connection to the western periphery Low income agglomoration

Second-hand

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Catwalk

Cafe & Bar

Transformed Buildings

Restaurant & Fastfood

Vacant / Possible future development

Bread & Cheese and Pastry

Appropriated Parking spaces

Fish & Chicken & Meat

Extended or covered surfaces

BIO

BIO Products

Fruit & Vegetable

Flower

Game and Toy

Food court

Removed station building Downgraded Streets Bridges

Market Alder Sugar Maple

Indoor market Open Market Event

Terrace Parking

Poplar

Selling with truck

Marshland Hedges

Mixed Vegetable and fruit

Meadows and shrubs perrenials

Textile and cloth

Water features Only-morning accessibility All trucks

Loading-Unloading zones

In-door storage places Truck Parking areas Metro

Marshland Market stream flow

Cross passing and emmergency zone Benches

Maket stall

Park Secondary connections

Primary streets / National roads Secondry streets Downgraded street Local access only

Parking zones

In-door storage places Metro Train/RER

Platforms Fields Bridges and Galleries

Train/RER

European Hornbeam

Max 6 meters trucks

Tulip poplar

Handicrafts

Cloths & Textile

ReR connection to the western periphery Low income agglomoration

Second-hand

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Catwalk

Cafe & Bar

Transformed Buildings

Restaurant & Fastfood

Vacant / Possible future development

Bread & Cheese and Pastry

Appropriated Parking spaces

Fish & Chicken & Meat

Extended or covered surfaces

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BIO

BIO Products

Fruit & Vegetable Section A-A

Flower

Game and Toy

Food court

Removed station building Downgraded Streets Bridges

Market Alder Sugar Maple

Indoor market Open Market Event

Tulip poplar

Terrace Parking

Poplar

Selling with truck

Marshland Hedges

Mixed Vegetable and fruit

Meadows and shrubs perrenials

Textile and cloth

Water features

Only-morning accessibility Section C-C All trucks

Max 6 meters trucks

Loading-Unloading zones

In-door storage places Truck Parking areas Metro

Train/RER

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300

400

500 m

5 km

50 m

European Hornbeam

Marshland Market stream flow

Cross passing and emmergency zon Park

Benches

Primary streets / National roads Secondry streets Downgraded street Local access only

Parking zones

In-door storage places Metro Train/RER

Platforms Fields Bridges and Galleries

Anchoring the ethnic markets The project envisioned a possible agenda for working days of the market and the zones which can operate in each day. The dynamics of the existing markets were instrumental in this projection. The aim was to be complementary, not to compete by any means. Taking benefits of the existing flows while reinforcing the current shopping stream. This means providing the products and services, which is lacking in each of the other ethnic markets . The involved commercial fabric taking benefit of this synergy is projected as well.

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

The complementary products and range of different events and activities offered by the market park stresses on provides the magnet effect necessary for inclusion. Weekends, station peak hours, and availability of the parking spaces and diversity of the commuters in each day were the other factors determining the operating days of the markets.

Possible Scenarios Thursday

If the aim of this proposal is to prepare a ground structure to generate economic impulses,and if it is about increasing the capacity of the surface to accommodate certain and uncertain activities associated to the 21st century public market, then concluding with a concrete programmatic prescription for the landscape appears to be naive. What seems to be necessary is to evaluate the capacity of the surface through building scenarios for different programmatic conditions. For this thesis it was achieved through exploration of associative possibilities and interesting programmatic juxtapositions that can occur in different spatial scales ;from the entire envisioned network to the a single experiential space. Public market

Spin-off effect

Possible programmatic embodyment of the surfaces

Normal day

Market day

Possible programmatic embodyment of the surfaces

Festival

Public Events

Exhibition

Market

Sports field and play ground

Sunday

F ull market day

What would be the spatial manifestation of the 21 century market in the West station site? How landscape design can respond to the place shifting and unpredictable requirements of the 21st century public market?

Monday

For the research,these questions initiated a discussion into the shifting purpose of approach both to the landscape and the market. The public market is not anymore a mono-functional economic engine neither the landscape was not used to denote a park or place of natural growth, They both contribute in definition of the market and continuity of the landscape. Flexibility and adaptability became fore fronted as design objectives. landscape as a “functioning matrix of connective tissue that organizes not only objects and spaces but also the dynamic processes and events that move through them.”(Wall ,1999)

Wednesday , Full market day

“The urban Surface is dynamic and responsive, like a catalytic emulsion, the surface literally unfolds events in time. “ ( Wall 1999:233) Music Festival

Turnhout Studio

Department of Architecture and Urban Planning Bruno De Meulder - Christian Nolf-Oana Bogdan K.U Leuven Fall 2010 Advisors : Bruno De Meulder, Brian McGratch Jury : Kelly Shannon, Paola Vigano, Bernardo Secci,Hilde Heynen K.U Leuven Sep 2011

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Foundational Grid

Forest , Urban and river morphology

Turnhout /Belgium 320 Hectares Water Urbanism

roads The project ‘foundational Grid ‘ focused on the southern industrial zone using the water and industrial sprawl issues as a medium approach the context and develop the design strategy. The project.historical proposedevolution a multi–layered grid structure based on rationalized existing geometry of the context. The forest hybrid-grid embraces ecological and infrastractural demands of the project.

Forest

Location Area Theme

roads

Water + Forest + Highway

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Urban

The first layer is an autonomous storm water management system ,Slowing down the drainage system of the highway and the industry while giving the room to the river to provide flooding extensions. The second layer defines spatial structure of industrial zone by introducing new typologies of tree plantation and afforestation techniques.` forest The third layer is envisioned as a matrix of primary roads and secondary infrastructures fusing the highway to the surrounding landscape giving an urwater ban boulevard character to it .

river

Payam Tabrizian, Conor O’Brien & Esther Jacobs - FOUNDATIONAL GRID - general context

water

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Payam Tabrizian, Conor O’Brien & Esther Jacobs - FOUNDATIONAL GRID - general context

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water Payam Tabrizian, Conor O’Brien & Esther Jacobs - FOUNDATIONAL GRID - general context

AA river water basin

Southern Turnhout floodable zones

Existing green patches

Proposed rationale for run-off management

Runoff management techniques

Envisioned water structure

Foundational Grid Water+Forest +Highway [water.]

.summerfloods / winterfloods summer peak showers + dry soils

winter constant showers + saturated soils

design strategy: rainfall interception deciduous forest

design strategy: space for the river + drainage + retention pools

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‘blue fingers’ as expansions river valley

normal rainwater-runoff effect of afforestation

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slowed down drainage system

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‘restored’ river valley

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rainfall

interception evaporation transpiration

interception

throughfall stem flow

infiltration run off

leaf litter as sponge

deep seepage

base flow root uptake

(Fig 6) The conceptual grid integrated with the restored vally .Drawing:Conor O’Brien,2010

Payam Trabizian, Conor O’Brien & Esther Jacobs - FOUNDATIONAL GRID - design strategies

d by highway and industry’s runoff is main chaled water demands treatment and storage before erlying industrial grid comprised by Draining chantematically regulates water treatment and evacu-

oofs, paved surfaces and highway water run-offs espect to the topography . cally placed in the network efficiently slowdown e contaminated water.

hannel and retention ponds. Middle : Sculptured and scratched -off. Right :the site Water management system ,Weilacher,2008:62,64

Proposed insustrial development ‘Platue de Kirchberg’ project inplot Luxemburg by Latz ent storm water management system for the highthe landscape through open ditches and retention rainwater channels reduce the speed at which the

21 Tree typology

Envisioned forest

[roads.] [forest.] [water.] .highway boulevard

interchange profile

Proposed industrial service loop

Bus

Parking access

Car access

Payam Trabizian, Conor Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien & Esther Jacobs - FOUNDATIONAL GRID - design strategies

Motorway

Shuttle stop

Proposed interchange

Proposed car loop and parkings

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Erie Canal Studio Department of Architecture and Urban Planning Amaechi Okigbo-Ward Verbakel K.U Leuven Spring 2010

MEDIATED PACE I Adapting to the rhythm of upstate NY INTRODUCTION

Mediated Pace Adapting to the Rhythm of Upstate NY

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Looking at the Erie Canal today, the remnant infrastructures of a fast developing industrial corridor are still 1800 1790 apparent. This particular piece of infrastructure made it possible to comfortably cross the barrier of the 1790 Appalachians and continue the colonizing march to the1700 West. The rhythm of travelling over the canal greatly 1700 1700 influenced the urbanisation patterns in the upstate region of NY; cities sprouted where ships had to wait New Amsterdam New New york st.louis Amsterdam st.louis inside locks, paradoxically locating settlements on rugged topography. Over timesanta technological innovations fe have led to the development of competing infrastructures, which facilitated industrialisation and propelled new orleans orleans economic growth in the region. Natural to thisnewprocess is the creation of dross: abandoned buildings, MEDIATED PACE and I Adapting to the rhythm of upstate NY infrastructures open spaces. The Erie Canal, in a way, acts as a datum that structures the distribution of MEDIATED PACE I Adapting to the rhythm of upstate NY INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION these industrial remnants and wasted spaces in Upstate New York, creating what is now known as part of the “Rust Belt”, a region formerly focused on manufacturing industries and now characterized by shrinking cities.

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Erie Canal development pop. < 5,000

Canal rochester Erie development

river settlement pop. 15

canal relics shrinking city? pop. 34,950 8.5 % vacant

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Barge Canal development pop. 26, 331

canal relics shrinking city? pop. 219,773 6.97% vacant

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Population growth in rust belt cites after implmentiation of Erie canal

rome

1910 423,715 20.2% 1920 506,775 19.6% 1890 1930 573,076 13.1% 49.8% 64.8% 4.6% 1880 1940 575,901 0.5% the ‘rust-belt’ a region formerly known industries now characterized population91.7% numbers 43.2% 31.8% for its manufacturing 20.3% by shrinking 30.7% 1830 24,209 1950 580,132 0.7% 1870 1840 33,721 39.3% 29.4% 45.1% 53.1% 1960 532,759 −8.2% 11.3% 1860 1850 50,763 50.5% 32.4% 1970 462,768 −13.1% 26.3% 22.9% 92% 1850 1860 62,367 22.9% 1980 357,870 80.3% The rhythm of travelling−22.7% over the 132% canal greatly influenced80.3% the urbaniThis flourishing economy made it11.3% possible to fully 50.5% recover the ini1840 1870 69,422 1990 328,123 −8.3% 67.3% 39.3% 110% 55.3% 1880 90,758 dollars 30.7% sation patterns in the upstate tial investment of 7 million for the construction of the ca1830 2000 292,648 −10.8%region _of NY; cities sprouted where ships + 1890 94,923 4.6% had to2008* wait 270,919 inside locks,−7.4% slowing down the flow of goods and people, nal within merely 8 years. When this flow of transaction carried 1900 94,151 −0.8% and therefore providing an ideal location for economical transactions. by the Erie Canal slowed down, 6.5% so did the development of these 1910 100,253 1920 of113,344 13.1% life took on a slower pace. cities and in many these locations 1930 127,412 12.4% $300,000

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Historical populations Year Pop. %± 1698 4,937 — 1712 5,840 18.3% 1723 7,248 24.1% 1737 10,664 47.1% 1746 11,717 9.9% 1756 13,046 11.3% 1771 21,863 67.6% 1790 33,131 51.5% 1800 60,515 82.7% 4.4% 1810 96,373 59.3% 9.4% 1820 123,706 28.4% 3.5% 1830 202,589 63.8% -10.4% 1840 312,710 54.4% 1.5% 1850 515,547 64.9% -1.4% 1860 813,669 57.8% 1870 942,292 15.8%rochester 1880 1,206,299 28.0% 1890 1,515,301 25.6% 1900 3,437,202 126.8% 1910 4,766,883 38.7% 1920 5,620,048 17.9% 1930 6,930,446 23.3% 1940 7,454,995 7.6% 1950 7,891,957 5.9% 1960 7,781,984 −1.4% 1970 7,894,862 1.5% 1980 7,071,639 −10.4% 1990 7,322,564 3.5% 2000 8,008,288 9.4% 2008* 8,363,710 4.4% New York

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Historical populations Year Pop. %± 1790 3,498 Historical populations — Historical populations 1800 5,289 51.2% Year Pop. Year%±Pop. %± 1810 10,762 103.5% 1790 3,498 1698 4,937 — 1820 12,630 17.4% 1712 5,840 18.3% — 1830 24,209 91.7% 1723 7,248 24.1% 51.2% 1840 33,721 39.3% 1800 5,289 1737 10,664 47.1% 103.5% 1850 50,763 50.5% 1810 10,762 1746 11,717 9.9% 1860 62,367 22.9% 1820 12,630 17.4% 1756 13,046 11.3% 1870 69,422 11.3% 1830 24,209 1771 21,863 67.6% 91.7% 1880 90,758 30.7% 1790 33,131 51.5% 1840 33,721 39.3% 1890 94,923 4.6% 1800 60,515 82.7% -1.6% 4.4% 50.5% 1900 94,151 −0.8% 1850 50,763 1810 96,373 59.3% 9.4% -5.4% 62,367 22.9% 1910 100,253 6.5% 1860 1820 123,706 28.4% 3.5% -0.6% 1920 113,344 13.1% 1870 69,422 11.3% 1830 202,589 63.8% -10.4% 1930 127,412 12.4% -12.1% 1840 312,710 54.4% 1880 90,758 30.7% 1940 130,577 2.5% -10.7% 1850 515,547 64.9% 94,923 1.5% 4.6% 1950 134,995 3.4% 1890 -6.3% -3.9% -1.4% -1.6%57.8% 1860 813,669 −0.8% 1960 129,726 −3.9% 1900 94,151 1870 942,292 -5.4%15.8% -10.1% 1970 115,781 −10.7%1910 100,253 6.5% 1880 1,206,299 28.0% -13.7% 1980 101,727 −12.1%1920 113,344 1890 1,515,301-0.6%25.6% 13.1% 1990 101,082 −0.6% 3,437,202 -3.7% -12.1%126.8% 1930 127,412 190012.4% 2000 95,658 −5.4% 1910 4,766,883 38.7% 2.5% -8.7% -10.7%17.9% 2007* 94,172 −1.6% 1940 130,577 1920 5,620,048 1950 134,995 19303.4% -2.1% 6,930,446-3.9%23.3% 1960 129,726 1940−3.9% 7,454,995 7.6% 7,891,957 5.9% 1970 115,781 1950−10.7% 7,781,984 −1.4% 1980 101,727 1960−12.1% 1970 7,894,862 1.5% 1990 101,082 1980−0.6% 7,071,639 −10.4% 2000 95,658 −5.4% 1990 7,322,564 3.5% Historical populations 2000 8,008,288 9.4% 2007* 94,172 −1.6% Year Pop. %± 2008* 8,363,710 4.4% 1790 3,498 1790

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Historical populations Year Pop. %± 1840 20,191 — Historical80.3% populations 1850 36,403 Year Pop. %± 1860 48,204 32.4% 1870 62,386 29.4% 1840 20,191 1880 89,366 43.2% — 1890 133,896 49.8% 1850 36,403 80.3% 1900 162,608 21.4% 1860 -5.9% 48,204 32.4% 1910 218,149 34.2% 1870 -5.1% 62,386 29.4% 1920 295,750 35.6% 1930 328,132 10.9% 1880 -4.2% 89,366 43.2% 1940 324,975 −1.0% -18.4% 1890 133,896 49.8% 1950 332,488 2.3% 1900 -7.0% 162,608 21.4% 1960 318,611 −4.2% -7.4% -5.9% 1910 -4.2% 218,149 34.2% 1970 296,233 −7.0% -10.8% -5.1% 1980 241,741 −18.4% 1920 295,750 35.6% 1990 231,636 −4.2% -8.3% 1930 328,132 10.9% -4.2% 2000 219,773 −5.1% 1940 324,975 −1.0% -22.7% -18.4% ``2008* 206,886 −5.9% 1950 332,488 2.3% -13.1% -7.0%

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Erie Canal development pop. 2,400

Barge Canal development pop. 506,775

the ‘rust-belt’ a region formerly known for its manufacturing industries now characterized by shrinking population numbers

the ‘rust-belt’ a region formerly known for its manufacturing industries now characterized by shrinking population numbers 4

Urban growth in buﬀalo rust belt cites after implmentiation of Erie canal

canal relic shrinking city? pop. 292,648 8.22% vacant

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The rhythm of travelling over the canal greatly influenced the urbani-

This flourishing economy made it possible to fully recover the ini-

its fast end hythm.

In the current trend of globalization, the creation of strong transnational regions and providing fluid connectivity is crucial to drawing and facilitating flows of transaction. This idea of megaregions changes our perspective on upstate New York completely. The east with New York City as its main node is part of the East Coast Mega-region; in the west Buffalo is envisioned as the new gateway to the Great Lakes Mega-region, whereas the rest of the hinterland is turned into an “in-between” space. On the other hand one of the major cyclical processes affecting both megaregions and the hinterlands are the seasonal changes with cycles of freezing winters and warm comfortable summers. Adapting to these natural processes has been one of the assets of the region and continuing to do so will be crucial in its sustained development. The current regional dynamics areofoften seen as ‘problematic’ ‘useless’ at best. area But has ourextended researchacross position argues that The fast process suburbanisation in the Greater or Buffalo metropolitan the Canadian border these “terrains vagues” can a critical rolethe in cities mediating between fast processes of the development towards the metropolitan area ofplay Toronto. Together, of Toronto and Buffalo could become new commerand cycles of Mega-region. change. To advance this investigation, we have selected two cial andslower culturalprocesses gateway to and the Great Lakes Slightly adjusting the proposed high-speed rail connection for the region would facilitate this global vision and partnership. sites: one situated in Buffalo, an important node in a global network of competing mega-regions, and one in the Mohawk Valley, the hinterland “in-between”.

Buffalo used to be one of the main commercial nodes and distribution ports for goods going to and coming Proposed HST connectivity network from New York City via the Erie Canal. Its industrial activities were mainly located around the Buffalo River, which acted as an extension of the Canal. Therefore it is currently also the location of many waste-spaces, disconnecting the suburbs (to the south of the river) from the shrinking city centre. Locating the new HST station just south of the Buffalo River, close to the waterfront, will not only connect the city of Buffalo to the global network, but the proposed development could also generate a new impulse in this part of the city. 4. These waste-spaces are the result of the rhythm of industrialisation and deindustrialisation. But some of these industrial relics, caught in a pace of decay, still hold esthetical value and great potential for reuse.

27 But since the site is located in and around wetlands any future development should also take the critical slower processes of seasonal flooding and freezing into account, giving them room to happen and using them as assets if possible.. To be able to reintroduce a new urban pace in this location we not only need to connect it to the global network, but also reconnect it to the city centre. . Extending the existing mobility network and

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Buffalo used to be one of the main commercial nodes and distribution ports for goods going to and coming from New York City via the Erie Canal. Its industrial activities were mainly located around the Buffalo River, which acted as an extension of the Canal. Therefore it is also the location of many dross spaces, disconnecting the suburbs (to the south of the river) from the shrinking city centre. The process of suburbanisation in the Greater Buffalo metropolitan area has extended across the Canadian border towards the metropolitan area of Toronto. Together, the cities of Toronto and Buffalo could become the new commercial and cultural gateway to the Great Lakes Mega-region. Slightly adjusting the proposed high-speed rail connection for the region would facilitate this global vision and partnership. Locating the new HST station just south of the Buffalo River, close to the waterfront, will not only connect the city to the global network, but the proposed development could also generate a new impulse in this part of the city. But since the sites are located in and around wetlands any future development should also take the slower processes of seasonal flooding and freezing into account, giving them room to happen and using them as assets as possible. For example by providing alternative modes of transportation in different seasons, both fast and slow, adapting urban programs to the seasonal cycles and recycling old industrial infrastructures to facilitate this. South Buffalo development proposal Ferry Stations Water Taxi Station Water Taxi Path Bicycle and pedesterian path Grain elevators Grain elevators

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10. The next collages show we can mediate between these different paces. By for example reinforcing them through shown here in the HST station. 10. The nextconfrontation collages showaswe can mediate between these different paces. By for example reinforcing 11. through Or by recycling the industrial to facilitate a new urban cultural program along a pedestrian ecothem confrontation as shownheritage here in the HST station. trail consisting of reused tracks. heritage to facilitate a new urban cultural program along a pedestrian eco11. Or by recycling therail industrial 12. consisting The waterfront trail of reuseddevelopment rail tracks. is organised around the skyway (highway), which we downgraded and turnedThe intowaterfront a linear park and providing a safe connection to the city (highway), centre for pedestrians and cyclists.and 12. development is organised around the skyway which we downgraded 13. into Thisalast image the seasonal transformation this can the pace in the station turned linear parkshows and providing a safe connection toand the how city centre forinfluence pedestrians and cyclists. development by shows drawing the water system in and using rhythm of change as the an asset. 13. This lastarea image the seasonal transformation andits how this can influence pace in the station development area by drawing the water system in and using its rhythm of change as an asset.

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The future development of the mega-regions is intertwined with the Mohawk Valley as a continuum of the same regional network and ecological corridor. Though bundles of infrastructure are packed together in this valley, this in-between condition is a sharp contrast from the character associated with mega city-regions. But the Mohawk Valley is emblematic of the nuanced patched development characterized by cultural landscape, dense vegetative masses and dramatic rolling hills that buffer the interior region of New York State from the accelerated urban conditions found in the port cities as New York City and Buffalo. The strategy for this area would be one of reorganizing the little development there is on the south-facing slope of the valley, outside the flood zone, together with the crop-yielding fields, while the pasture lands could be located on the north-facing slope. This process would be guided by adapting the existing water system. By widening the main river’s flood zone using the Erie Canal and existing infrastructures, and creating wetlands to slow down the fast runoff the seasonal flood problems downstream would be greatly decreased. On the slopes of the valley the landscape is organized by the creeks and the strips of woodland surrounding them. Reinforcing this system by strategically adding forest patches, but on other places revealing the organizing water system by moving the forest further way.

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MOHAWK VALLEY adapting a slower pace MOHAWKto VALLEY adapting to a slower pace Frost generally stays longer in the Mohawk Valley, lasting on average from mid November until beginning Aprilrendering part of This shift in pace brings us to theof Mohawk valley,this which in the esregion dormant during thiswe period . sence literally is emblematic of what identified as being a slowThe rate of characterized the water flow by also subtly affects the speed oflandscape the frost-ander pace, changing texthaw-cycle, as vegetative the fast flowing water rugged terrain tures, dense masses andin dramatic rollingfreezes hills later that and thaws faster. region of New York State from the accelerated urbuffer the interior

A direct consequence of this is the seasonally recurring problems of ice and continual swelling of thefrom Mohawk River posinginherited a seasonal Thejams Native American tribe of Mohawk which the Valley its threat to the settlements downstream. name were also known as the “Keepers of the Eastern Door”, as they pro-

tected their nation from invasions from that direction. We believe that To this reoccurring weagain propose toindirect enhance the existthisaddress area- secluded as it may problem be- is once under pressure ining wetlands the floodplain of the valleymega-regions segment between Littleside, duced by the in future development of these on either

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Falls and St Johnsville, as a sample of the area. This intervention could be implemented in parallel rearrangement of settlement patsince it is a continuum of with the the same regional network and ecologiterns in the valley, as isbundles shown inofthe sequence of valley sections below, cal corridor. Though infrastructure are packed together by properly programming it and moving crop-yielding in this valley, this area acts mainly as asettlements corridor of and flows (both literfields further uphill on and the south facing aside of the valley ally and figuratively) thus offers condition which is in sharp

and dedicating the north facing one mainly to a less demanding productive Mohawklandscape. valley is also characterised by its long and harsh win-

ters, which in combination with its rugged terrain and inaccessibility gives the area its slow paced dynamics, highly regulated by cyclical natural processes to which it is continually exposed.

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Agriculture has been one of the most important activities in the Mohawk Valley ever since people started inhabiting the area. Even today it is the main occupations of its inhabitants, but the locally slower pace of agriculture is under pressure of accelerated conditions in the mega-regions as mentioned before The pace of the local agricultural facilities follows the cyclical processes of the seasons. This graph represents how these processes affect the growth and distribution of various kinds of pasture grasses. Since the economy of the valley is highly dependent on pasture based animal rearing practices and dairy-farming consideration of these processes is of paramount importance.

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Our intervention on this scale consists of the implementation of the earlier proposed densification of the existing forest patches along the creeks, and also use it to mediate between this ecological intervention and the little development there. Small wooden cabins could exist within these forests, but they will focus on the experience instead of ownership. On the other hand we try to adapt the local agriculture to the current pace of development to be able to sustain their pace of living. By promoting and facilitating agro-tourism for people that want to take it slower, by constructing terraces and smaller parcels to facilitate this and suggest a more sustainable use of soils and water.

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Kortrijk Studio

Department of Architecture and Urban Planning Bruno De Meulder - Bieke Cattoor - Catherine Vilquin K.U Leuven Fall 2009

Re-Calibrating the Multi -scaled City : Collectors and connectors as frames for re-scaling Location Kortrijk Belgium Theme Re imaganing the center

The euro region and the ladder system

North-South connections

Within the economic space of Euroregion, in which subregions and cities are positioning themselves, the re-organization of school and hospital sites in Kortrijk is taken as an opportunity to reconsider levels of agregration and specialization within the newly organizing school and health campuses. This ladderstructure of the region is exploited to induce the large scale and relate it to the local scale. Different spatial systems of built-open spaces (collectors (east-west orientation) and connectors (northsouth orientation) are identified and further articulated as frames for future urban development: envelops of landscape rooms with specific atmospheres, open space structures (galettes) with specific programs, step-stones of urban environments that link the new Kortrijk to its origins. . Crossing scales of the city allowed for an up-scaled vocabulary and hybrid tactics: municipal roofs/ canopies, the ribbon becomes a tissue, the street alters to a public space, the valley as the urban garden, the former railway yard as an event space, staircases and urban terraces as meeting points, â&#x20AC;Ś

The proposed open space structure

East-West connections

Proposed System of collectors

Proposed System of connectorsural

System of soft transportation connecting diffrent schools

IAUM THESIS PROJECT Department of Architecture and Urban Planning IAUM 2000-2005 Advisors : Khosrow Afzalian

Riverscape plaza Program Location Area

THESIS PROJECT

Cultural inter- urban complex Ghasem abad valley Mashhad/Iran 250 hectare

Professional projects

40 bazeh national PARK Competition winner Principal Architect , head of the design team Fazazist urbanism and architecture consultants Employer : Mashhad Municipaliy

40 bazeh national park Location Area

Mashhad/Iran 120 hectare We commissioned to design 120 hectares of completely derelict land stretched along a historical river to construct a national theme park. The intent was to shape a positive and transformative image for an abused landscape both to inspire public interest and generate many refurbishment projects around it. Although the site suffered from heavy soil pollution and highway noises, it revealed a great opportunity to envision a â&#x20AC;&#x153;public waterfront demonstration parkâ&#x20AC;?, which acts as an ecological infrastructure for the city, a thick buffer for the highway and a green front yard for the adjacent residential tissue. Inspired by the Persian ancient tradition of Madi irrigation, the Park benefits from a storm water management and remediation system using sequential interlocking channels that transfer gray water from adjacent urban tissue and the highway to staged landscape patches and biological treatment ponds and eventually to the main river stream. We build on the site attributes--in this case the Madi networks, the meandering river, the discrete watershed, the surrounding tissue and the existing trees and riparian plant species. This provides not only the wild life habitat and recreational opportunity, also makes the historic river evident as a significant identity for the city.

location of the site in western Mashhad

site condition before construction

40 bazeh water shed

site condition before construction

Since 1980 the site has been used for disposing construction spoils. Our proposal was to construct artificial mounds and hills out of disposals in order to collect and navigate runoff and to buffer the site from the highway. The hills also provide great opportunity for envisioning various views and perspectives to the river .

Mounds buffering the site from urban and highway

Mounds under construction

Sections of green mounds , park paths and canal

The main park path and its relation to urban flows

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kHORSHID MOUNTAIN PARK Competition winner Principal Architect , head of the design team Kavosh memari Urbanism and architecture consultants Employer : Mashhad Municipaliy

Khorshid national park Location Area

Mashhad/Iran 480 hectares

Khorshid Mountain Park has emerged as a huge ecological and geological wealth reclaimed from a landscape endangered by uncontrolled urban development. Located along the ridgelines of the southern mountains, the 480 hectares park weaves into the new urban tissue, anchors cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new green infrastructure and spurs distinctive opportunities for recreational facilities and infrastructures. The main design initiative was to identify, preserve, unveil and eventually transform the site, to fit with what is already there, in other words, Disclosure & celebration of the existing landscape and its specificities. The other initiative was to safeguard the landscape while creating the capacity to implement diverse programs and facilities including Biking and running trails, light rail, aerial tramway and camping sites, Consequently, the process of design involved in-depth site reading and precise on-site cartography making. During 10 month of analyzing process, we walked more than 100km on site, captured and inspected more than 3 million images, and received up to 23 specialists in different disciplines related to nature restoration and ecological preservation. The autonomous hydrological system designed to collect the mountain runoff and separate it from the groundwater stored and employed for irrigation uses .The seeded species all selected with soil creation and indigenous planting methods in mind. Via the artistry of landscape architecture, this integrated landscape brings together biology, horticulture, architecture, ecology, and art to create the largest mountain park devoted to Iranian flora and Fauna. Site before construction

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Section of terraced platforms

Camping zone (after first year of pine plantation)

Retentionzone Camping ponds (after first year of pine plantation)

Detail of the seating and water supply using vernacular techniques

(De)constructing the Cultural emmergence Program Location Area

Sazvareh no engineers 2008

Cultural inter- urban complex Ghasem abad valley Mashhad/Iran 3 hectares

Architecture IAUM

LG MASHHAD HEADQUARTERS Program Context Area

Sazvareh no engineers 2008

Administrative Commercial Sanabad Mashhad/Iran 34000 Sqm

Khayyam Trade center Program Commercial Context Khayyam Mashhad/Iran Area 20000 Sqm

Sazvareh no engineers 2007

Koohsangi media park Program

Context Area

Kooshsangi Mashhad/Iran 3 hectares

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