EAST BOSTON POTENTIAL GREEN SPACE
S upportive
zoning
E ast B oston
P reventative
zoning
I mpermeable
surfaces
P ermeable
surfaces
P otential
green space
green space t ypologies
Belle Isle Marsh Wetland Reserve
Bremen Street Park Greenway
Constitution Beach Constructed landscape
Noyes Playground Playground
East Boston Memorial Park Playgrounds & Fields
Wood Island Bay Edge Park Constructed Wetland
Massport Harborwalk Mitigation Project
Condor’s Urban Wild Urban Wild
TAXONOMY &FRAMEWORK Node
Commercial (offices)
Commercial (retail)
Housing
Route 1A
B uilding
gradation
The built environment on the site follows a gradient from dense construction to scattered nodes. Along Saratoga Street, landscape is locked by architecture, resulting in courtyards, while along Route 1A, architecture is locked by landscape, creating pavilions.
Node circulation
Building access circulation
Structural fins
G reen
gradation
In the opposite direction of the built environment, a gradient creates green spaces. Along the heavier & longer stripes more tangible green spaces are created, while the shorter & thinner stripes indicate more open space.
O verlaying
built
&
green gradients
As the two gradients are overlaid, the resulting overlapping spaces dictate how the massing will evolve.
SITE PLAN elevation :
20.5’
SCHEMATICS
Low tide: 0.5’
rain water collection Rain water collects on the upper roofs and begins to collect on the lower roofs until it filtered out into the landscape or canal. Water continues to filter along the terraced landscape as it reaches Chelsea Creek
Average tide: 6.5’
carving of the landscape By carving out underneath and elevating the highway, water can flow freely into the site and boat traffic can access Chelsea Creek. During different tides, there are different levels of accessibility.
High tide: 10.5’
the node hovering over the landscape The section below diagrams how the buildings constructed on the site hover above the landscape (at 18.5’). This allows water to flow freely underneath the buildings, on a tidal level as well as at a super storm level.
The node consists of program dedicated to ecological and historical education. The spaces can act as classrooms, gallery spaces, administration, preservation, among other program. The node is then surrounded by a learning landscape introduced by the constructed canal.
Forecasted tide: 16.5’
Average tide level
roof plan elevation :
95’
S tructural fin elevation : 18’
plan
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS FACADE RULES 5’
All windows must fall on a five foot by five foot grid. Windows may be 5’ x 5’, 5’ x 10’, 10’ x 10’ etc.
5’
10’
along canal
(A-A)
This section is cut through the long axis of the canal, showing the cavity, both ecological and human, which exists along the canal.
All balconies must be constructed on a five foot by five foot grid. Balconies may extrude or recede at intervals of 5’ Windows may also become more dynamic, with slanting, as, long as there remains a thought of a grid.
5’
10’
5’
5’
5’
5’
5’
Apertures must construct some sort of gradation. This gradation may be from open to closed, dark to light, or any variation therein.
Each mass must have a unique facade system. These systems must not bleed into other adjacent massings. The example on the left is correct, on the right is incor rect.
through canal
(B-B)
This section shows the interaction of the buildings with the canal, and the circulation system created to access the ‘floating buildings.’
Parking structures will be wrapped in breakaway metal panels which will be supportive of climbing plant life. These panels will bleed onto the upper facade.
through node
(C-C)
The node truly floats above the landscape, as is evident in this section. The circulation system exists on one plane while the landscape itself is very turbulent.
C
B
A
A
B C
Pedestrian access along hardscape
Section key plan