ZILIN GUI
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
CONTENTS 04
A SCHOOL TO CULTIVATE
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PEOPLE’S PLAZA
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LIFE PATH OF A PHILOSOPHER
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COMPREHENSIVE BIKEWAY NETWORK
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OTHER WORKS
RADIO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DOWNTOWN HERITAGE PLAZA
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE MEMORIAL
SPRING CREEK WATERSHED ANALYSIS & PLANNING
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ONE-WEEK DESIGN CHARRETTE SURVEY & COMMUNICATION SPATIAL STUDY CERAMIC 3D PRINTING
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A SCHOOL TO CULTIVATE
RADIO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2016 Fall State College, Pennsylvania Studio Type Project Type Professor Architecture Partner
Sustainable Practice Design Cooperative Design, Design Competition Tim Baird, Christine Gorby Hajir Khusaibi
The reconstruction of Radio Park Elementary School attempts to emphasize this place’s identity with initiative reason, present sense, and future aim. Surrounded by fragmented forests, commercial and residential grids, the Radio Park Elementary School is located in State College on peculiarly fertile land. This gift from nature brought people together followed by commercial development. While the agricultural field started to decline, schools were established for various age brackets. Subsequent generations went through a food deterioration that resulted in austere childhood obesity. The purpose of this project stems from remarkable characteristics of the site, the memorable history of agriculture, and mitigate childhood obesity. A comprehensive agricultural system is put into practice to enrich kids’ experience and to enhance their sense of honour studying in such an unparalleled place. An intensive area of activity shifts from indoor classroom to outdoor landscape. School life in Radio Park extends the emotional resonance to further generations. While the geological feature and characteristic of rich agriculture lay the foundation of past development, the emphasis on cultivation brings this region the hope of future.
EXPERIENCIAL ACITVITIES
HEALTHY DIET
RECALL NATURE
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City Scale Analysis
Childhood Obesity Research
Land Use Transformation agriculture
forest
commercial
1937-1942
McDonald’s
Burger King
35,000+
Wendy
14,000+
6,500+
Surrounding Stores & Restaurants
Surrounding stores and restaurants has very limited number of healthy or organic amenities.
1957-1962
1967-1972
fast-food restaurant
restaurant
well suited
moderately suited
poorly suited
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OxB HaB
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childhood obesity
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property line
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soil unit symbol
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HaB
OxD OhB
shops
Childhood Obesity Influence OxB
OxB
organic grocery store
Conclusion and Concept
Soil Suitability for Hand Planting HaB
grocery store
OhC
HcB
Approximately 12.7 million or 17 percent of children and adolescents in the United States are obese.
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poor s perfor
Foods high in s energy depleti it difficult for ch concentrate fo periods of time
Fast Food Restaurants Coverage Fast food restaurants in America serve 50
million customers per day. The average American spends an estimated $1,200 on fast food each year. Children consume an estimated 12 percent of their calories from fast food. 44 percent of
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people report eating out at least once a week.
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school rmance
sugar causes ion that makes hildren to or extended e.
McDonald’s sells an average of 75 hamburgers
every second.
35.0 30.0
6-11year old
25.0 20.0
2-5year old
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Childhood Obesity
Children in kindergarten and elementery school has higher index in childhood obesity. This period is a sensitive time that needs special care.
Calorie Study
34% of Kids Eat Fast Food on a Given Day
N ATHERTON ST
1 cup = 182 Calories 44 g Sugar
1 item = 195 Calories 11 g Sugar
1 leg = 285 Calories 16 g Fat
1 tem = 354 Calories 17 g Fat
1 slice = 285 Calories 10 g Fat
1 serving = 365 Calories 17 g Fat
Proposed Life Pattern
Diverse Activities
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depression
Kids with a diet high in processed food are 51 percent more likely to suffer from depression.
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chronic conditions
Proper Diet
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Kids who ate fast food three times a week or more had increased risk of asthma, eczema and rhinitis. 06
Programmatic Concept Agriculture
as a linkage from urban to natural environment
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welcoming yard
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3
indoor cultivation
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outdoor cultivation
natural playground
urban
nature
meadow
science lab
art studio
classroom
research field
reading space
wetland
camping deck
parking
music room
library
gymnasium
botanic garden
cultivation
farm
sports field
drop off
hallway
lounge
indoor track
alameda
food garden
outdoor dining
birds habitats
bus access
study room
kitchen
dining hall
playground
lawn
shady tree
forest
sedan access
locker room
urban agriculture
nature
1 2
3 4
educational
experiential
amphitheater
recreational
foundamental
natural wetland
indoor
outdoor
Programmatic Development indoor
outdoor
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indoor
outdoor
Activity Space
not limited to indoor and surrounding of the building
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Activity space become more dynamic with high interaction to outdoor environment c c’
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Cultivating Field a. drop off b. parking c. bus parking d. unloading e. food garden f. constructed wetland g. pond h. farm i. playground j. soccer field k. base ball field l. amphitheater m. proposed forest n. existing forest o. camping deck p. sand playground q. bird houses’ meadow r. viewing deck s. natural wetland
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Cultivating Base
Bioretention
Grading for Stormwater Management
54000 sq ft of parking sapce can capture
201960 gallons of rainwater per year
35000 sq ft of roof surface can capture
130900 gallons of rainwater per year
Roof Water Collection
Forest 87600 sq ft of forest area can treat
327600 gallons of rainwater per year
Constructed Wetland 9000 sq ft of constructed wetland can handle
0.24 million gallons of greywater per day existing 1ft contour existing 5ft contour proposed 1ft contour proposed 5ft contour
Natural Wetland 39000 sq ft of wetland can handle
145860 gallons of rainwater per year
Ecoculture
Education of Living Connection Food Garden
Lawn
Forest
beautifying
inhabiting
purifying moisturizing
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Meadow
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ANIMA L
pollinating
communicating managing
walking
Planting bed
Wetland
Bioretention
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Facilities and Activities PLAYGROUND • RECESS
AMPHITHEATER
WOOD DECK
• MUSICAL PLAY • ART EXHIBITION
• WEEKEND CAMPING
GRASS FIELD
• EXTRACURRICULAR
Diverse Ecosystem
Architecture rendered by Hajir Khusaibi
Amphitheater
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Forest Playgroud
MEADOW
• BIRD WATCHING
FOREST
• ALAMEDA
WETLAND
• WANDERING
Architecture Model made by Hajir Khusaibi
Classroom & Amphitheater
Forest & Wood Deck
Drop Off
Dinning Hall & Constructed Wetland
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Comprehensive Agricultural System
fertilizing compost
Kitchen
Food Garden organic vegetables and fruits organic meat
Crop Cultivating Calender Jan
Feb
break
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
break
greywater to be purified feeding fodder
Pet Farm fostering water
irrigating water
Pet Farm Animals meat production
milk production
pet
Constructed Wetland
Constructed Wetland Species bison
hen
pig
sheep
pond
Nymphaea odorata
Peltandra virginica
Sagittaria latifolia
Acorus americanus
Alisma subcordatum
Andropogon gerardii
Carex lacustris
Dulichium arundinaceum
Elymus virginicus
Eupatorium fistulosum
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Juncus gerardii
wetland cow
dog
goat
cat
donkey
rabbit
llama
horse
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PEOPLE’S PLAZA
DOWNTOWN HERITAGE PLAZA
2016 Spring Altoona, Pennsylvania Studio Type Project Type Professor
Plaza Deisgn Individual Project Ken Tamminga, Tawab Hlimi
Benefiting from its remarkable history, Altoona is an industrial city with treasured heritage and stories. While downtown is facing an economic decline, redesigning of the Heritage Plaza has the potential to recall the glory of its industrial age. This realization can only be achieved by the engagement of people, which give the new plaza an inviting name—People’s Plaza. Accordingly, the intent of this design is to delineate the story though the media of green spaces and to make this plaza a priority concern of people. The railroad-relevant elements identify the plaza; representing the initial purpose of this city. Responding to the need for ecological urbanism, the implementation of native species enhances the sense of railroad habitat and promotes the connection between the urban and natural environment. The plaza is located at the dynamic, historical district in the city centre. Hence, the new design intends to hold a wide range of demographics; for example, students that study in the nearby campus and residents that come to downtown in their leisure time. People’s Plaza will turn into a post-industrial landscape that attracts people by varied activities and unparalleled experiences through the integration of rail structures with rich ecological meadow habitat.
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City Scale Analysis RAILROAD + GREEN SPACE
The railroad delineates an extraordinary character of Altoona. On the other hand, surrounded by many parks and cemeteries, the city centre is lacking to a defined public green space for relaxation.
Fairview Park
Altoona Fairview Cemetery
Altoona Downtown
site
Oakridge Cemetery
Garfield Park
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Prospect Park
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Altoona History 1811
1846
1896
1925
1930
steam locomotives
Before 1930 Poulation Growth After 1930 Poulation Decline
diesel & electric locomotives
Altoona is initially dedicated to the production of iron. The city owes its origin and growth to the Pennsylvania Railroad. As a result of shifted demand, the construction of new locomotives ended in Altoona.
90,000 67,500 45,000 22,500 0
1870
1890
1910
1930
90,000 67,500 45,000 22,500 0
1930
1950
1970
Revitalization Linkage
1990
Revitalization Concept
Heritage Plaza
Existing Attractions
The linkage from red to green with highly involvement helps to achieve the revitalization.
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Future Development
Transit Center
P R R Expy Heritage Painting
The First Defined Green Space
in Downtown Altoona
Different Demands heritage
visitor
nature Heritage Railcar
People’s Plaza
forest
residential area
commercial area
site
commercial area
residential area
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Design Formation
boundary
The layout imitates the form of a railroad laying in a natural environment.
design elements
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Design Elements
vegetation
events zoning
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circulation
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Green Infrastructures
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Facilities green wall
green-exhibition planting bed
heritage painting
performance deck
seating heritage railcar
canopy tree welcoming tree
waving iron structure
seating grass buffer
welcoming tree
ground fountain
bathroom tall grass boundary
rail pavement
turf
Plants & Materials Trees Amelanchier arborea Juniperus virginiana Zelkova serrata
Shade / Buffer / Threshold / Space
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Water Recycling and Reuse
Perennials Actaea pachypoda Adiantum pedatum
Grasses Brunnera macrophylla Campanula glomerata ‘Caroline’
Bouteloua gracilis
Vines Clematis tangutica ‘Bill MacKenzie’
Molinia caerulea ‘Moorhexe’
Clematis montana ‘Mayleen’
Amorpha canescens
Eupatorium perfoliatum
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Clematis x triternata ‘Rubromarginata’
Amsonia hubrichtii
Penstemon digitalis ‘Husker Red’
Nasella tenuissima
Lonicera sempervirens ‘Major Wheeler’
Amsonia tabernaemontanta ‘Blue Ice’
Phlox pilosa ‘Lavender Cloud’
Aruncus ‘Horatio’
Porteranthus trifoliatus
Baptisia x ‘Purple
Sedum acre
Color / Atmosphere / Texture / Seasons
Panicum virgatum ‘Heiliger Hain’ Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’
Schizophragma hydrangeoides ‘Moonlight’ Wisteria frutescens ‘Amethyst Falls’
Sporobolus heterolepis Volume / Buffer / Texture / Water Purification
Grenn wall / Color / Screening
Materials Wood Seating / Stage / Natural
Stone bricks
Permeable Pavement
Railway form / Water infiltration
Water Engagement / Sound / Atmosphere
Corten steel Railway form / Raised structure / Story telling element
Infiltration Field Collection
Programmatic Zoning
Red Heritage+Green Vegetation
1. Stage
a
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Plaza Plan
2. Watching Area
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3. Open Space 4. Relaxation Area
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5. Welcoming Entrance
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Five zones intend to hold diverse possible events that invites people to find its own linkage to this plaza.
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1. permeable screening
seating steps
performance stage
seating along greenary
threshold
periphery seating
railway-like pavement
green-exhibition planting bed
water plaza
evergreen screening
open activity space
indoor seating
threshold
grading for water movement
rail-exchanging structrue
turf for broad view
structure construction
2.
3.
4.
5. swing
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Subtle zoning allows easy transition from one to another.
1 2 3 Welcoming
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Green Celebrating
Entertaining
History Recalling
Amenity
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Events Calendar
Program Matrix
This matrix studies hierarchical importance of programs linking with phisical features.
Reference Population
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Music Festival
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Program Art Exhibition
Picnic Shade Clean
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Physical Feature
Ground Lighting
Drinking Fountain
Street Lighting
Christmas Event
Bathroom
Turf
Rail Car
Crossover Structure
Steel Pavement
Raised Steel Structrue
Steel Swing
Wood Seating
Wood Amphitheater
Native Speices Planting Bed
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Tall Grass
Rain Celebration
Spray Plaza
Farmers market
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LIFE PATH OF A PHILOSOPHER FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE MEMORIAL 2017 Fall Urban Context Studio Type Project Type Professor
Memorial Design Individual Project Jennifer Birkeland
Friedrich Nietzsche is a German philosopher and cultural critic whose ideology is famous for uncompromising criticisms of traditional European morality and religion. Many of his criticisms rely on psychological diagnoses that expose false consciousness infecting people’s received ideas. While many cities are going through further urbanization, scads of people are suffering from brittle mental health because of uncertain consciousness of their own characters. Thus, this memorial creates a pondering space framed by tracing of Nietzsche’s life path that engenders the audience to explore the answer that guides to a meaningful life. This memorial intends to memorize this great philosopher following through his life path. As Nietzsche stated, “All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.” A square structure representing his life path guides people for a trip experiencing the ups and downs, the distinction and confusion that shaped Nietzsche and his achievement. The journey follows by an abstracted sculpture in center field that incarnates Nietzsche’s core ideologies regarded by Nietzsche as a movement to free people’s mind. A visit to pondering memorial helps people compose themselves and find their inner equilibrium.
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LIFE TIMELINE
Early Life 1844-1869 1844
Pursuing Philosophy 1869-1879
1849
Birth in Röcken, Germany
1864
Death of Nieztsche’s Father
Study of theology and classical philology at the University of Bonn
1868
Injured as an artillery division in Naumburg
1869
1872
1873
1878
Became the Chair of Classical Philology at the University of Basel
The Birth of Tragedy
Untimely Meditations
Human, All Too Human
FOUR PHASES Waving structure intends to abstract each phase of Nietzsche’s life path.
a. INCEPTION
b. PURSUIT
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MEMORIAL FORMATION
NEGATIVITY
CONFUSION
DESOLATION
SELF-DENIAL
DEPRESSION
SOLITUDE
PONDER
GRIEVANCE
DISAPPOINTMENT
ANXIETY
This momerial serves as a pondering space in a urban field of any big cities in which people suffer from mental health problem because of fast urbanization.
EMPTINESS
URBAN FIELD
b c
a
d
LINE
Writing Career 1879-1888
Mental distresses 1888-1900
1881
1882
1883
1886
1888
The Dawn
The Gay Science
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Beyond Good and Evil
The Case of Wagner
1889
Suffered a mental breakdown in Turin
1890
Moved Back to Naumburg
c. DISPUTATION
PLANE
1897
Death of Nieztsche’s Mother
1900
Death of Friedrich Nieztsche
d. AGONY
STRUCTURE
CIRCULATION
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SECTIONS IN SEQUENCE
MEMORIAL PLAN
INCEPTION This space represents simplicity. In early period of Nietzsche’s life, he concentrated mainly on pursuing literature and music.
PURSUIT This space represents Nietzsche’s rising stage. His talent in literature brought him numorous achievements. However, the most distinct and clearest moment was when he started to pursue philosophy.
DISPUTATION This space represents the process of mental deterioration because of queries. However, Nietzsche achieved triumph in spirit—“However little they acknowledge it, one later discovers that they were among the most powerful promoters of decadence.”
AGONY This space represents a complete mental and physical deterioration in last 10 yeas of his life journey. Chaos boxes (borrowed from center pondering field) carved in and bulged out in this space reference a good wish to this great philosopher—“one must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.”.
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MEMORIAL STRUCTURE DETAIL Using various key elements about Nietzsche to create a space for conversational experience.
philosophy field edification glass box contradiction wall chaos sculpture power roof
music glass wall
rhythm stairs
high wall low seating wall
solitude structure
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DESIGN ELEMNTS IN LIFE PATH STRUCTURE
SOLITUDE
CENTER PONDERING FIELD IDEOLOGY CONNECTED BY WORDS appy marriages.” ing misunderstood.” INTERPRETATION uld be a mistake.”
WISDOM
“Without music, life wo “I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset
TRUTCH LOVE “Most people are far too much occupied with the
“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'
“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unh FRIENDSHIP
“There are no facts, on
“My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.”
PHILOSOPHY IN ABSTRACTION
“Every deep thinker is more afraid of being understood than of be
POWER
SPIRIT
m upset that from now on I can't believ
PURPOSE
NIHILISM
mselves to be malicious.”
that from now on I can't believe you.”
“Rhythm casts a veil over reality; it causes various artificiality’s of speech and obscurities of thought; by the shadow it throws upon thought it sometimes conceals it, and sometimes brings it into prominence.”
hat the truth is.”
TRUST
much occupied with themselves to be malicious.”
RHYTHM
ETERNAL RECURRENCE
“Most people are far too
“Faith: not wanting to know w
“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
CHAOS
e you.”
MUSIC
ly interpretations.”
ABSTRACTED PHILOSOPHICAL SCULPTURE
POWER “My humanity is a constant self-overcoming.”
EDIFICATION “To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.”
CLARITY AND AMBIGUITY
CHAOS “One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.”
CONTRADICTION “One is fruitful only at the cost of being rich in contradictions.”
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The sculpture and its shadow forms clarity and ambiguity that represent Nietzsche’s fast change in overturn and rebuilding during his career searching philosophy.
CENTER PONDERING FIELD PLAN CONCEPTUAL VIEW OF CLARITY AND AMBIGUITY
Color of blue embodies water—the only beverage Nietzsche drank, because it helped him to keep mind clear.
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PROLOGUE
LIFE PATH STRUCTURE
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PONDERING FIELD
“All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.”
CONVERSATION SPACE
CONTRADICTION SPACE
RETROSPECT
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COMPREHENSIVE BIKEWAY NETWORK SPRING CREEK BIKEWAY SYSTEM
2016 Fall Spring Creek, Pennsylvania Studio Type Project Type Professor
GIS Analysis and Planning Individual Project Larry Gorenflo, Neil Korostoff, Frans Padt
Bicycling, as a substitute for driving a vehicle, has close connections to numerous environmental, health, and economic benefits. Though many bike trails have been constructed, people are still looking for improvement in the Centre Region. According to the Comprehensive Plan Community Survey made by Centre Regional Planning Agency, adding more off-street bikeways and proving connections between existing bikeways are taken into big consideration. Hence, this bikeway network proposes a better-connected system with defined biking space, strengthend security measures, and more convenient facilities that encourages people to choose biking as their daily transportation In order to promote people to bicycle, the network also put emphasis on embellishing scenic biking experience. The proposed connecting routes cut through or pass by many public green space, which also provides people rest points while biking. Environmentally friendly bikeway is as well framed by hedge plants like canopy trees and flowering shrubs. Green paint attracts and directs people a safer and clearer direction of biking. The comprehensive bikeway network, in this way, improves environmental quality and enhances people’s psychological and physical well-being.
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Biking Environment Study Comprehensive Plan Survey 1. How far is your typical ride? Less than 2 miles
2. On average, how often do you bike? Daily
2-5 miles
19%
Main Concerns
A few times a week 21%
36%
34%
10%
Never
20%
24%
More than 10 miles
5-10 miles
Interests of various distances of bicycle riding are evenly divided. Hence, any kind of length for new bikeway construction has potential to be applied in the watershed.
17%
19%
A few times a year
A few times a month
More than half of the people that took the survey bicycle at least few times in a week. Accordingly, bike paths for daily use may be the most important category for consideration.
Existing Routes Connection
3. Facility + +
facilities should be made in the Centre Region?
Provide connections between existing sidewalks, trails, and bikeways
54% 41%
Add more bike lands on roads
38%
Add more facilities that reduce conflicts between pedestrians and vehicles
34% 14%
Make cross more visible
35
8%
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Convenient Facilities
56%
Add more off-street bikeways
Expand the system of sidewalks and pedestiran trails
Safety Enhancement
4. Experience
3. What improvements in bicycle or pedestrian
Other
2. Safety
1. Connection
Scenic Riding Experience
Intent Healthy & Environmentally-Friendly Means of Transportation
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Suitable Land Analysis
The research direction is to look for potential areas for constructing bikeways. More service facilities are also looking for suitable installing places. unsuitable
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LAN
Comprehensive Suitability
suitable
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1 Commercial & Residential
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3 Other Land Use
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Most Suitable Land
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<people/mile^2>
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1 P>5000
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2 2500< P ≤5000 3 P≤2500
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K PAR
Suitability Land Use 1 Commercial & Residential 2 3 Other Land Use
1 Park
Population Density P>5000 2500< P ≤5000 P≤2500
The comprehensive map displays information on suitable areas for construction. On a large scale, the maps, “distance to existing trails” and “slope” dominate general positive or negative values of land in the Spring Creek Watershed. These maps help reduce further exploration in the least suitable areas in order to construct in the most optimal areas. For example, the “100ft stream buffer” map clearly limits areas within the region. On the other hand, the “land use”, “population density”, and “park” maps allow more detailed research for suitable areas to happen. Evidently, the map shows the relatively valuable areas and relatively limited areas. The southwestern part of the watershed where State College is located is the largest area of suitable land for the achievement of a bikeway network. The northern part of the watershed where Bellefonte is located has the biggest potential for the reform. Also, fragmented pieces of suitable areas are distributed along the direct connection between State College and Bellefonte. These three groups are the most suitable areas that will be considered next for reforming the comprehensive bikeway network plan.
Parks Park Area
Distance to Existing Trails <0.5 mile to Existing Trails
Stream Buffer Outside 100ft Buffer
Other Area
>0.5 mile to Existing Trails
Inside 100ft Buffer
Major Town Size & Transportation
Bellefonte
3 Other
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Pleasant Gap
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1502 1502-2879 2879-3722
State College
3722-6187
1 <0.5 mile to Existing Trails
6187-42034
Boalsburg
3 >0.5 mile to Existing Trails
Pine Grove Mills
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Major Roads Railroads
Existing Trails
Airports
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3 Inside 100ft Buffer
Transportation
PE
Forest Agriculture Recreation
1 S<7% 2 7%≤S<10%
The data index shows a clear hierarchy of five major town sizes. Among these, State College and Boalsburg and the surrounding area has the most concentrated and the biggest area of population density. Linking the five cities (Bellefonte, Pleasant Gap, State College, Boalsburg, and Pine Grove Mills), the transportation system is a representative of a cultural resource that relates intimately to many physical conditions while reflecting the needs of human characteristics in the Spring Creek Watershed. As shown on the map, railroads, highways, and air transports are the main modes of transportation that add connections between people from one town to another and from this watershed to another. The connection indicates a referential place for new linkage.
Land Use
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Land use analysis has a critical influence to site selection. It helps to define area that has been occupied for commercial use, which becomes the most influential and essential of bikeway construction. Other land uses like a forest, agriculture, and recreation is also considerable land for implementing the new paths. In addition, existing transpiration systems can provide matured facilities for connections. As shown on the southwestern part of the map, Spring Creek has the highest potential as a start point for the bikeway network.
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Existing Bikeway Analysis
Existing Bikewyas analysis shows area that needs connection and enhancement. Four places are selected, accordingly, for future improvement.
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According to Professor Padt, many people work in the Innovation Park area located in northern State College. With only one direction for bikeways, the biking system around the Innovation Park is not very friendly. In this area, the hospital, as a place with a lot of people working and visiting there, it also has the potential to become a biking connection to other places.
Forest Park Village
Park Forest Village is the residential area for many. This is a suburban development for mostly families. Though some bike friendly roads have been defined in this area, the bikeway system of the neighborhood is not fully interconnected. In consideration of the relatively narrow road width in the neighborhood, shared roadways are most likely to be implemented.
Boalsburg holds clusters of neighborhoods where many instructors live. Serving a similar function as Park Forest Village, Boalsburg has the opportunity to construct shared roadways. In addition, many intersections occur along Boal Avenue and South Atherton Street. Thus, intersection treatments are extremely considerable for safety purposes.
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Intersection Management Bike Box
The bike box will be put into effect at traffic light intersections with high numbers of queuing bicyclists. The bike box allows the bicyclists to stop in the area between the cars and the crosswalk so that the bicyclists have priority to go to the head of the line. This implementation also allows the bicyclists to have a wide view of the intersection and the left-turning bicyclists to position themselves to the left prior to getting a green signal. Accordingly, the safety of cyclists will be increased considerably.
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The motor vehicle lanes have to be reduced for more space for bikeways. According to the Bikeway Design Guide, the typical lane width is nine to twelve feet; the narrowed lane must meet the minimum requirement. If the space is not wide enough to meet this requirement, painted buffered bands with bollards will be used instead of green buffer bands. In low traffic areas, the motor vehicle lanes may be narrowed to ensure the best conditions for bikeway construction.
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Two-way Bike Lane & Greenway
In order to create an environmental friendly bikeway, a bollard will be constructed at the entrance of the greenway to stop motor vehicles from entering. With no vehicles allowed in this bikeway, less pollution will disturb the natural habitat. Also, the safety of bicyclists is ensured so that people will be more willing to bike with a friend or a family member.
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Low traffic use is common on residential streets. Therefore, the shared roadway is highly practical in neighborhoods because of the limited width of these streets. The shared roadway encourages low disturbance to the adjacent houses and less impervious surfaces when implementing the new bikeway network plan. Also, the shared roadways ensure the low speed of motorists for safety considerations.
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OTHER WORKS Stormwater Management One-week Design Charrette Survey & Communication Spatial Study Ceramic 3D Printing
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Stormwater Management Grading and Bioretention
Professor: Stuart Echols and Hong Wu
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Pipe Data
Bioretention Data
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One-Week Design Charrette
1. Beethovenhalle Bonn
Bonn, Germany
2. Promenade
Study Abroad Workshop: Rhine Riverfront in 20 Years
Group Member: Karen Kuo, Madeleine Franz, Franziska Bräuninger This workshop challenges us to consider possible changes that might occur in the future. Our group choose Rhine Riverfront as our site, because this place holds both buildings that refers to the city’s history and a promenade that is open to varied design possibilities. After the phase of conceptual design, Karen and I completed a detail design in connecting of two historical building—Beethovenhalle Bonn and Theater Bonn Opernhaus.
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Raised Landform around both buildings creates a sense of rhythm which echoes the purpose of these two buildings—the music. The consistency of these raised landform leads to an automatic connection in experience.
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Survey & Communication
Phetchaburi Province, Thailand
Site
Summer Internship Workshop: Mangrove Ecotoursim & Reservation
Group Member: Koii Chamnanvit, Mirin Pituchjamnong
This is an internship workshop held at SHMA Design. Every Friday we met up with group members and work on the project with a senior college. Having a limited budget, we were challenged to think critically for final solutions and installations. The site survey helped us to achieve a better understanding of what the locals truly desire for.
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Parpiticipated Design Phases Site Research
Conceptual Design
Site Survey
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Site Survey Process
1. Select the locations for survey
4. Complete the survey in selected locations & Visit the site
2. Discuss the questions to ask
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3. Confirm survey questions (with guiding the locals to discover what they need)
6. Make further change of design according to the survey
Survey 1
Survey 1: Wat Samut Tha Ram School
Survey 2: Fisher Farm & Neighborhood
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Spatial Study
Model without Glue
Professor: Ann Tarantino
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Ceramic 3D Printing
Hacking Materials and Production Methods Professor: Benay Gßrsoy Toykoç
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Thank You
Zilin Gui zgui@gsd.harvard.edu