Shiva Ghomi Design Book _ 2017

Design Book

“a glimpse to my creative world�

Shiva Ghomi MA [Urban and Regional Design] MA [Urban Design] Bachelor of Architecture

Cad Operator

TAJIR Consultants, engineering & Construction Co

Cad Operator

SAMANEH GOSTAR POOYESH Co

Intern Architect

2008

SARMADESTAN Consultants, engineering & Construction Co

Architect

LOWSHAN Steel & Iron Co

Architect

RAHANSAZEH Consultants, Engineering & Construction Co

Urban Designer & Architect

2006

MA - Urban Design

NYIT

Naghsh-e-Jahan Pars Architecture Corporation

Urban Designer & Architect

FIUZI International Architecture Co

Project Coordinator & Atchitect

Safe Zone Ballistics LLC Coordinator Intern

2010 2012 2014

DfRR- AIANY Committee

2002 2004

Tehran Azad University

2016

Urban Designer Intern

Bachelor - Architecture

Tehran Azad University MA of Architecture in Urban & Regional Design

Academics

NYC Department of City Planning

Designer/Project Manager

Perez Architecture

NYIT

Professional

Graduate Research Assistant

Contents 2015-2016

2014

Post-Sandy Recovery - Build it Back Program (single/muti Family) Residential 4

Resilient Retail Study 6

The Edible City; Milan-Italy 10 Cool District for a Hot City; Redhook-Brooklyn 20

Active Art-Zone; Gowanus Canal-Brooklyn 38

2013

Picture a Coherent Center for Downtown Brooklyn

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Public Nodes; Comparison between Lincoln Center Plaza & Madison Square Park

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Architectural Museum Garden 54 Cinema Studio Complex 58 2004-2011

Pedestrian Passage: Improve the Quality of Life

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Urban Plaza, Farahzad; Toursim Axis 62 Safe Neighborhood; Crime Preventation throgh Environmental Design (CPTED) 64

Hand Sketches 66

Retrofitting Buildings for Flood Risk This is a single family, detached two-story, dwelling on a dirt crawlspace in Gerritsen Beach neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY to be elevated above the Food Resistant Construction Elevation (FRCE) as part of Post-Sandy housing recovery eorts in New York City and State under the Mayor's OďŹƒce of Housing Recovery Operations (HRO) and New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) for the BuildIt Back program for single family residential buildings.

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Non-Substantial Damage/Improvment Strategy Non-substantially improved buildings within the floodplain are not required to comply with Apendix G of the NYC Building Code. This allows for greater flexibility in adapting buildingd for flood resileincy.

The blue icons below illustrate adaptive measures that receive full reduction of NFIP premiums. If the lowest occupiable floor is left below the DFE, life safety must be considered. Residents should always follow evacuation procedures. below the DFE may be used as parking, access, crawl space or storage. story addition within the adjusted bulk envelope. Restrict all uses below the DFE to parking, crawl space, access or storage.

Elevate the entire structure on a new foundation system.

Elevate critical systems above the DFE. Relocate to new mechanical room within existing structure.

Stair access provided from below, adjacent to or in front of the elevated building. feet above the sidewalk grade, two streetscape mitigations are required.

Full NFIP premium reduction.

Residential

Parking/Access/Storage

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RESILIENT RETAIL STUDY

Cross Bay Boulevard is a major road connecting the Belt Parkway with Howard Beach, Broad Channel, and the Rockaways. It is wide and lined primarily with auto-oriented commercial uses to the north, and lower-density housing and retail as it passes through Broad Channel.

The portion between the Belt Parkway and Jamaica Bay, in Howard Beach acts as a major thoroughfare with little pedestrian connectivity.

The focus of this study was to improve the condition of the waterfront edge.

The corridor is located entirely in the 100 year flood zone. The flood elevations minus ground elevation average 3.2 feet, and the maximum is over 6 feet along Shellbank Basin.

Cross Bay Boulevard is a hub of larger retail options for shoppers in the south Queens, including Broad Channel, arriving by car. This case study will focus on business resiliency in light of the importance of having resilient anchor businesses serving customers from a wide geography.

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Resilience Edge Condition, CrossBay Blvd-Queens ۱٦۰th AV.

Type I Cross Bay BLVD.

۹۲nd St.

C۲-۲

۱٦۱st AV.

Landuse

Zoning

Commercial Parking

In the block

ex.۹+'

- Type (I) : Commercial + Parking - ۱۳۲ parking spots - Commercial entrance on the ground level - ۱ double curb cut along the corridor - C۲-۲ zoning lot

Section ۱٥۷th AV.

C۲-۲

Cross Bay BLVD.

۹۲nd St.

Block Typolog

R۲

Type II ۱٥۸th AV.

Landuse

Zoning

Commercial Residential Parking

In the block

ex.٦-‘۷+”

- Type (II) : Commercial + Residential + Parking - ٤٥ parking spots - Commercial entrance on the ground level - ۲ single curb cut along the corridor - R۲ and C۲-۲ zoning lot - Residential: one and two family buildings

Section ۱٦۱st AV.

۱٦۲nd AV.

Zoning

Type III

C۲-۲

Cross Bay BLVD.

۹۲nd St.

R۲

Landuse

Commercial Residential Parking

In the block

ex.۷+'

Section

- Type (III) : Commercial + Residential + Parking wish setback from the sidewalk - ۷۸ parking spots - Commercial entrance on the ground level - ٤ single curb cut along the corridor - R۲ and C۲-۲ zoning lot - Residential: one and two family buildings

CrossBay Blvd Scale 1:1000

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Activating Waterfront, CrossBay Blvd-Queens

Activating Water Front (161st St.) -New Development Parking

Existing Parking

Existing Parking

Existing Parking

Parking

Existing

Phase (I)

Phase (II)

-Street End Park -Planting -Seating -Active Edge (Waterfront)

Activating Water Front (162nd St.) The existing parking lot The existing space between the property line and bulkhead line

Parking

The street end park

Parking

Parking

New Building’s Floor area: ٤,۷۳۹ sq ft Required parking space: ۱٦

۱٥

Built area: ٥,٥٦۹ sq ft Required parking space: ۱۹ Existing parking space: ۳۷

Parking

Existing

Phase (I)

Phase (II)

-Street End Park -Planting -Seating -Active Edge (Waterfront)

-New Development -elevate the new building -expanding the street end park

Elevating Scenarios

۱) DFE level is not high enough (less than ۸’) ۲) DFE level is high enough (more than ۸’) to build parking beneath the building

CrossBay Blvd Scale 1:1000

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RESILIENCY EDGE CONDITION Activating Water Front (162nd St.) New Development Scnearios

Existing

Scenario (1)

DFE level is not high enough (less than 8’)

Scenario (2)

DFE level is high enough (more than 8’) to build parking beneath the building

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THE EDIBLE CITY

Resilient, adaptive infrastructure cannot be built easily.

It grows slowly but extensively, building up relationships in steps and bounds, integrating into surrounding systems, flows and entities; it evolves and shifts till it is essential and invisible. With urban populations growing in Milan, the productive landscapes is capable of operating at an urban scale, potentially growing in scale and capacity in step with the populations they aim to support. In this project, the potential of existing agricultural lands has been used as the driving factor to turn the suburben area, Segrate, to a sustainbale urban infrastructure by connecting the existing farmlad patterns an create the new landscape network that variety of activities take place within it.

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01- COUNTRY

02- PROVINCE

03- SITE

MILAN SEGRATE ITALY

MILAN

CONTUNUOUS PRODUCTIVE URBAN LANDSCAPE TRANSITION FROM URBAN FARMLAND TO HOUSING COMPLEX & Research Center

FARMERS MARKET MOVEMENT IN ITAY

1 mile walking radious

URBAN FARM

SLOW FOOD MOVEMENT

URBAN GROWN FARMS & GARDENS

GREEN CITY’S MOVEMENT

URBAN FARM 11

Urban Fabric, Continuous Productive Landscape

+

=

Milan

Southern Agricultural Park

Dense Urban Fabric

Existing Farm Pattern

Agricultural Clusters

New Agriculture & Urban Pattern 12

Farmlands Pattern

Segrate

Lambrate

vertical connections

Milan

horizontal connections

San Bovio

Lambro

existing farmlands

new farmland patterns

Milan

relation with the city

urban development

farmlands around development 13

MILAN

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER

LIVE & WORK MIXED-USE

FARMERS MARKET

URBAN FARMERS CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS

TEENAGERS & KIDS

community

Urban development

Diversity, High Standards for Living

FAMILY

landscape

YOUNG ROFESSIONALS

AGRICULTURE

COMMUNITY OPEN SPACE

ENTERTAINMENT RECREATION

URBAN MARKETS 14

MILANO

V IA

Activities, High Standards for Living EST

DI

CIMIANO

TA N

GE N

ZIA LE

ROVAGNASCO

water access FELTRE

2 miles

bike/walkig trail VIA

ROMBON

open space I IN

SS

BA

VIA

M

community gardens

market hall

TREGAREZZO

VIA R.

S.P. ۱٥B

ERI PITT

NOVEGRO

recreation area

agriculture institution

ORTICA

ORTICA NOVEGRO

CASCINA PESSINA

FORLANINI

VIALE

FORLANINI

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Green System, Continuous Productive Landscape

CITY

current scenario EAT

SHOP

SHIP

HARVEST

FARM

proposed scenario EAT

LOCAL FARMERS MARKET

URBAN AGRICULTURE PRACTICE

INDUSTRY MEDICINE/RESEARCH

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Farmland typology, Continuous Productive Landscape

+ Standard Average Farm land Size

Type (I)

Intergration of two large Parcels

8 (ha) = 862 (sqft) +

+

+

Type (II)

Integration of four Small Parcels

TYPE (I)

TYPE (II) 17

Productive System, High Standards for Living

n Prepration URBAN AGRICULTURE PRACTICE

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

RESEARCH

EAT

LIVEABILITY

ECONOMY

INDUSTRY

PRODUCTIVE GREEN SYSTEM

Soursing Sourcing

Consumption

URBAN FARMS

COMMUNITY GARDENS

MARKETS

Distribution

ativities

product

market

public enter the farm

enter the site

services

food production research

enter the home enter the wok

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Markets Prodution, High Standards for Living I) Urban Farms %70 [8-5 ha] o nuts (walnut, chestnut,...) o grains + legumes + coffee o burries + fruits (grapes, ďŹ g, olive,...) o nurseries

o herbs + owers II) Community Gardens %30 [5-3 ha] o sheeps + chickens o composting o veggies

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COOL DISTRICT FOR A HOT NEIGHBORHOOD This project engages Red Hook, Brooklyn as a design laboratory and introduces the ideas, representations, and techniques of contemporary urban design and discourse through the lens of a resilient built environment.

Red Hook is home to a diverse population of residents and workers, and heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy (2012).

With the help of the comprehensive catalog of climate-resilient urban forms, the goal was to design a compact, mixed-use housing project as part of a proposed Red Hook eco-district in Brooklyn, New York.

Compact communities are desirable for mitigating climate change by reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions through spatial efficiencies, pedestrian access to public transportation and preservation of open space and habitat. However, in the New York metropolitan region, students will confront the energy-efficiency challenge to respond simultaneously to strong winds, flood risks, extreme temperature/humidity events, and deteriorating air quality.

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2050 Forecast Climate at JFK Airport based on an IPCC Emission Scenario JANUARY

-0.28

Wind Speed (%)

-2.28

Relative Humidity (%)

-3.08 -2.28 -2.72

JULY

0.46

ANNUAL

1.83

Total Percipitation Rate (%)

21.37

9.13 -1.50 -2.24 -3.50

Total Cloud Cover (%)

JANUARY

-1.66

Horizontal Solar Radiation (w/m2)

2.70

289

Minimum Temperature (C)

2.70 2.15

Maximum Temperature (C)

2.54

JULY

6.82

ANNUAL

3.07

JANUARY JULY ANNUAL

3.10

2.65 2.12 2.64

Daily Mean Temp Temperature (C) -155

-10

-5

0

10

15

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Climate change affects the Nrotheast!

Higher Temperatures and Percipitation Rates in the Northeast region “Heat waves, coastal flooding, and river flooding will pose a growing challenge to the region’s environmental, social, and economic systems. This will increase the vulnerability of the region’s residents, especially its most disadvantaged populations.”

- Key Message, National Climate Assessment

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Climate Resilient Urban Design Elements, Natural Ventilation GREEN CORRIDOR

URBAN PERMEABILITY

WIND CORRIDOR

AIR RE-CIRCULATE

LINKAGE OF OPEN SPACE VEGETATION CORRIDOR, GREEN OPEN SPACE

BUILDING SEPERATION

WATER FRONT

SCALE OF PODIUM

GETAWAY OF SEA BREEZE, AVOID BUILDING BLOCKAGE

INCREASE PERMEABILITY TO PODIUM STRUCTURE, VENTILATION CORRIDOR, SETBACK IN PARALLEL TO PREVAILING WIND

BUILDING ORIENTATION

AIR WASH STREET OUT

URBAN GRID

۱

۲

۳ BUILDINGD SEPERATION

ORIENTATION

GROUND COVERAGE

PERMEABILITY, GAPS AND VOIDS

۱ PARALLEL ROWS ٤٥ ۲ ORIENTATION ۳ ALTERNATE ROWS

OPEN SPACES, BUILDING SET BACK, NON-BUILDING AREA

ROUGHNESS/TYPOLOGY

o

ROUGHNESS/TYPOLOGY

BUILDING HEIGHTS

BUILDING HEIGHTS

HEIGHT VARIATION, BUILDING ROUGHNESS, BUILDING TYPOLOGY, HEIGHT DECREASE IN DIRECTION OF PREVAILING WIND

HEIGHT VARIATION, BUILDING ROUGHNESS, BUILDING TYPOLOGY, HEIGHT DECREASE IN DIRECTION OF PREVAILING WIND

URBAN VOID

NO BUILDING AREA - VOID NO CONGESTED BUILDING MASSES AVOID BUILDING BLOCKAGE

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Climate Resilient Urban Design Elements, Green Infrastructure PLANTED COURTYARDS

SHADED MICROCLIMATES

GREEN CORRIDORS

Cool Microclimates through Green Infrastructure

Cool Microclimates through Green Infrastructure

Creating contiguous green corridors and open space networks made up of parks, back gardens, allotments, trees and hedges, waterfronts and left over land

°۸-٤C

LOCALISED WATER BODIES

COMMUNITY GARDENS

ROOFTOP REED BEDS ROOFTOP REED BEDS

Su

n

an

gl

e<

50

fo r

REDUCED HEAT ADMISSION

%

75

da yt

COOL AIR (COOLING BY EVAPORTATION)

im

e

15 m

50 m c/c %60 shade x %75 = %45 shade (average in a day) PROTECTION FROM HOT DUSTY WIND

COOL AIR DRAWN THROUGH ROOMS

POOL

storage capacity and evaporative cooling

mes through its high thermal

Providing for vegetable gardens in new property developments to provide for fresh food.

Providing for rooftop reed beds in new property developments to recycle water for use in kitchen sink and the bathroom

EVAPORATIVE COOLING PLANTS

PERMEABLE SURFACES

LANDSCAPE SHADING

GREEN SURFACES

POROUS PAVEMENT BLOCK

GREEN ROOFS

505 building @ 5

CLEAN WIND

DUSTY WIND

RAINWATER/ SURFACE RUNOFF

BACK TO GROUND

green roof

۷۰ C reduction

temperature

as compared to bitumen

green wall

۳۰ C reduction

temperature

٪۸۰-٤۰

radiation

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Climate Resilient Urban Design Elements, Solar Impacts Orientation

Solar Gain Morphological approach Noon

A.M.

Winter

Summer

Solar Gain Control

Winter

P.M.

Summer

Winter

Summer

N

Solar Gain Control Block and Building Level approach

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Baseline Ecological Footprint, Redhook Ecological Footprint of Existing Red Hook Population= 69,000 Global Hectares

Food Tr anspo rt ation

Ener gy

waste

Building

TONS PER YEAR

ENOUGH TO COVER A LAND AREA THAT IS APPROX 87% OF THE SIZE OF NEW YORK CITY

รท

Annual Tons per Hectare

=

GHA

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PROXIMITY 1

20 mins

30 mins

05 mins

PROXIMITY 2

25 mins

40 mins

60 mins

15 mins

PROXIMITY 3

30 mins

60 mins

180 mins

25 mins 1

PROXIMITY 4

Diï¬&#x2020;ances from various transport modes

PROXIMITY

15 mins

90 mins

40 mins

360 mins

60 mins

2

3

4

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Site Analysis, Redhook Site Analysis, Redhook Nodes NODES KLY N

XP Y

BRO O

SE NU WA

GO

QU EEN SE

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Transportation TRANSPORTATION

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NODES

!٥

!

۱۲

!۲

!

۱۱

!

۱۰

!٤

!۷

!۹ !٤

۲/۱ MILE

!۹

!۲

!۳

LEGEND

!۱

!۷

Subway Line Subway stops Vehicle only street Red Hook Boundary Water taxi stop ۸۷٥

۱,۷٥۰

۳,٥۰۰

٥,۲٥۰

Feet ۷,۰۰۰

۰

Site Sections

۸۷٥

۱,۷٥۰

۳,٥۰۰

٥,۲٥۰

Feet ۷,۰۰۰

Ikea Occupy Sandy Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Fariway Market Lugage Factory(Artist’s Loft) Chritstie’s Fine Art RedHook Library RedHook Volunteers Post Office, RedHook Station

CULTURAL,NATURAL

۱.

۲. ۳. ٤. ٥. ٦. ۷. ۸. ۹. ۱۰. ۱۱. ۱۲.

Bike Routes

۰

!۸

!٦ !٥

۱. ۲. ۳. ٤. ٥. ٦. ۷. ۸. ۹.

Pioneer Works - Center For Art & Innovation Coffey Park Valentino Pier Pier ٤٤ Waterfront Garden Erie Basin Park Added Value Community Farm Red Hook Recreation Area Red Hook Recreation Center/Pool Cora Dance Studio NYCHA Red Hook West Urban Farm PS ۱٥ Playground/Recreation Area Falconworks Artists Group

Red Hook Boundary

Landuse ZONING AND OPEN SPACES Hamilton Ave.

Hamilton Ave.

LANDUSE

W ۹th Street

Residential Mixed-use Commercial

۱۷th Street

Industrial Transportation/Utilities

۱۸th Street

Public Facilities Open Space Parking

۱۹th Street

Vacant

Feet ۰

٥۰

۱۰۰

۲۰۰

۳۰۰

٤۰۰

۰

۸۷٥

۱,۷٥۰

۳,٥۰۰

٥,۲٥۰

Feet ۷,۰۰۰

Red Hook Boundary

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Existing

Proposed

POPULATION 11.500

50,000

4.5 times

GREEN SPACES 230 acre

78.69 acre

3 times

%12 OF OVERAL L SITE

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, RED HOOK

%36 OF OVERAL L SITE

Note: According to STAR guidlines, ٪۳٥ of the land area of protected vegetated surface performing localised cooling through tree canopy cover, green roofs/green walls.

Water management through wetlands, stream buffers and permeable surfaces.

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BREAKUP OF SPACES

COOLER MICRO COLIMATES WOODLANDS GREEN TRAILS WASTEWATER TREATMENT WETLANDS HABITAT

BIKE TRAILS PICNIC SPOTS CHILDREN’S PLAY AREA COURTS/ OPEN PLAZAS PLAYGROUNDS

COMMUNITY GARDENS FARMER’S MARKETS BIO-GAS PLANTS / COMPOSTING EXHIBITION SPACES/ PUBLIC ART EVENTS/ HAPPENINGS

GREEN LUNGS

STORMWATER MITIGATION

ECONOMIC SUSTAINERS INTERACTIVE SPACES

ACTIVE RECREATION

PASSIVE RECREATION

Activities, Highrise Development

WATER TAXI URBAN FARMING PUBLIC ART/ PERFORMANCE

WETLANDS AQUATIC HABITATS 29

Transit-Oriented, Highrise Development

Water Taxi

Bike paths

BRT Routes

Bus lanes

Street Cars

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Climate Resilient Strategies, Highrise Development

CRUD CATALOG

NATURAL VENTILATION

GREEN CORRIDOR

MIDDAY

EVENING

MORNING

SOLAR ACCESS

AIR FLOW

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CRUD CATALOG

WINTER WIND SUMMER SUNRISE

PLANTED COURTYARD

SUMMER SUNSET

GREEN CORRIDOR WINTER SUNRISE WINTER SUNSET

SOLAR ACCESS

SUMMER WIND

CLIMATE CONCEPTS

BUILDING PODIUM

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Greenway, Models

Mixeduse Housing Buildings, Models

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Climate Performance Analysis Pedestrian Level Wind Before

Thermal Comfort Mean

After

Before

After

Before

After

Summer Before

After

Winter

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Mitigation Hot Spots, Landscape Design

PROPOSED SCHEME WITH LANDSCAPE

IMPROVED THERMAL COMFORT MEAN

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Existing Redhook

Proposed Redhook

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ACTIVE ART-ZONE

The Gowanus Canal is in a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is situated between the communities of Redhook and Carroll Gardens on the west and Park Slope on the east. The main channel is 1.3 miles long. The Canal has three major spurs, also known as turning basins. The three main turning basins together add 0.5 miles to the total length of the waterway.

Today, the area remains a vacant manufacturing hub of warehouses and parking surfaces. The city is proposing to rezone the area along the Gowanus canal to allow for mixed use, and residential buildings. Beyond the notion of rezoning the land-use area, the canal’s serious environmental infrastructure challenges human occupation among this toxic site. Mapping the existing physical conditions and area toxicity within the Gowanus study area (with the help of various EPA and USACE Reports) will lead a better understanding of the surrounding neighborhoods and how each community interacts with this post-industrial void.

By stitching sides of the waterway together, we can connect existing commerical and residential areas on two sides of the canal by emphesising on “artistic and active open urban spaces” to enforce the pedestrain circulation, social interaction and thriving night life, over the Gowanus Canal.

The current experence of the area is one of streets ending abruptly into viewless dead-ends.

Connections over Canal

10 min walk (0.5 mile)

Existing art studio Proposed public open space

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Site Analysis, Gowanus Canal

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN

COBBLE HILL

CAROLL GARDENS

SM ITH

0.5 M (10 ILE WA min LK )

4T HA VE NU E

3R DA VE NU E

FG

HO YT ST RE ET

ST RE ET

BOERUM HILL

REDHOOK

R

FG

GOWANUS

FG

R

PARKSLOPE

Firgure ground Gowanus Canal

north

Zoning Gowanus Canal

north

Art Studios Gowanus Canal

north

Subway Access Gowanus Canal

north

Building footprint

Residential

Artistic Studio

Subway Station

Area Neighborhood

Manufacturing/ Vacant Buildings

Art Space

10 min walk radius

Supporter

Commercial Street

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Gowanus Canal

north

1. CIRCULATION areas o f the existing bridges and t he north/ south adjacent streets. Very little exists along the waterway t o entice a pedestrian experience. The bridges arching over the canal will increase pedestrian access.

Communities Gowanus Canal

north

2. INTERACTION The existing canal divides communities. Once circulation is established, i solated neighbor hoods will interact with each other. They will share community institutions, recreational fa cilities, and the waterfront.

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Connections Gowanus Canal 3. CONNECTION Currently circulation and activity are restricted to the streets running parallel to the waterway.

New experiences o f connection will occur when the banks of the canal are linked at the human scale.

Activaties Gowanus Canal 4. ACTIVATION By developing a network of spaces along the Gowanus Canal in both directions, accessing the edge of the canal is now possible.

Board walks at the waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sedge will allow pe destrians to activate the pleasures of the waterway enjoy outdoor activities (like outdoor performance and concerts, art exhibitions,...)

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PICTURE A COHERENT CENTER FOR DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN Downtown Brooklyn is the city’s third largest central business district after Midtown and Downtown Manhattan. Because of its close proximity to lower Manhattan and excellent local and regional mass transit access, Downtown Brooklyn occupies a valuable and unique position in New York City.

On the map the area is bounded by Tillary Street to the north, Ashland Place to the east,Atlantic Center and Schermerhorn Street to the south, and Court Street to the west, but there is no clear image as “downtown” in people’s mind when you ask them where “downtown” is! Although it’s covered by diverse area with a high concentration of major office buildings, regional stores, residential buildings, government offices and a number of major academic and cultural institutions.

This project is an effort to re-define the lost image o downtown Brooklyn by focusing on “Cadman plaza” area.

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Site Analysis, Downtown Brooklyn Persentage of Brooklyn Subwaylines by Usage D B D

55.3%

20.2%

15.8%

7.9%

0.6%

N

R

Manhattan

Brooklny (72% of subwaylines in Downtown Brooklyn)

Queens

Bronx

Staten Island

Q

Z

Q

L G

F

L

B

F

SUBWAY LINES USAGE

Z

G

J

L

B

N

J

LGA

JFK

Downtown Brooklynâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

J

Q

F

D

J

L

in Tra A ir in JFK

S

G

J

ra AirT

G

R

South Bronx

G

L

Q

R D

N

F N

Q

D

B F

Flushing

B

Q

S S

Soho

Downtown ,Brooklyn JFK Staten Island

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Persentage of Downtown Brooklyn Land usage

40%

Commercial/O ces

30%

Residential

15%

15%

Parks, and Other Open Space

Mixed use

Commercial core

Downtown Brooklyn’s

St. James Cathedral Pavilion

LANDUSE

Concord Market

Civic core

New York City College of Technology

Kings County Family Court

Kings County Brooklyn

Downtwon Brooklyn’s

Metro Tech Commoncs

1

2

3

5

8min

M [R] M [2,3]

DIFFERENT CORE

Brooklyn Borough Hall

1

M [4,5]

2

3

5

8min

M [A,C,F]

M [R] Fox Square

Brooklyn Law School

M [ B,Q,R]

M [2,3}

Albee Square

Fulton Mall Street

Cultural core Commercial core

Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)

1

Atlantic Terminal

2

3

5

8min

M [B,Q] M [D,N,R]

Barclay’s Center

PEDESTRIAN INTENSITY

VEHICULAR INTENSITY

RESIDENTIAL DENTIA DENT DEN IAL AL NEIGHBORH NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBO EIGHBOR B R RH HO H OOD OO O OD O D Flatbush Ave. Extension

Dumbo

Brooklyn Queens Expressway

Downtown Brooklyn (Proposed)

Downtwon Brooklyn’s

DIFFERENT NEIGH BORHOODS

COMMERCIAL C OM O MME MM MM MEER NEIGHBORHOOD N NEIG NE EEIG IG GHBO GHB G HBO BO

Commodore Barry Park Fort Greene Park

Brooklyn Bridge Park

Brooklyn Navy Yard

Brooklyn Bridge Park

East River

0.5

mil e-1

0m

ins

1m

ile -2

0m

ins

CULTURAL CU C U NEIGHBORHOOD N NE E

ISOLARION BT TRANSPORTATION

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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN IMAGE Business

Opportunities

y m o on

ec

Local Businesses Demolished

Rezoning

Urban Islands

Complete St.

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pol

tion a t or

p

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Diverse users

on

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COMMON IMAGE

DOWNTOWN IMAGE map

1936 1954-90 1977

(A train expandded,Thousands of African American people moved to Brooklyn)

2004 1980-90 2007 2003

1883 1909

(Rezoning Developement)

(population decreased to 1/2)

(Brooklym Bridge)

(Manhattn Bridge)

(BIDs)

(Major Large-scale Developement)

(3rd Largest Business District)

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ANALYSIS DIAGRAMS

green spaces commercial

government buildings

downtown Brooklyn Residential core

educational buildings

Educational district

residential mix use

Civic core

Commercial core

Commercial district

Governmental district

Bike Lane Bus Lane Subway Line

Cultural core

Residentail district

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Current

Design Strategies

Proposal

Vision

1- Add programs Plaza

Open Spaces

PLAZA OPEN SPACE

2- New building Typology

OPEN SPACE

TRANSPORTATION HUB DOWNTOWN

DOWNTOWN

LIVABLE DOWNTOWN 3- Add Green markets (Food Scrap Collecting Program)

CIVIC CORE

Downtown Brooklyn

Downtown core

Downtown Brooklyn

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Proposal, Downtown Brooklyn Current

Proposal

Current

Proposal

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PUBLIC NODES

This is a comprison between two important and active public open space in New York city; Lincoln Center Plaza and Madison Square Park as a mapping practice.

The goal is to compare these two urban spaces in terms of number of users, accessibility, historical context and activities distribution.

MANHATTAN PUBLIC ANNUAL FOOTFALL 39m

Times Square

38m

Central Park

19m

Rockefeller Plaza

3.2m

Statue of Liberty

DAILY FOOTFALL Privately Owned public spaces

LEGEND

Green spaces

Public Plazas

350,000

Times Square

160,000

350,000

Central Park

Rockefeller Plaza

15,000

3,036

Statue of Liberty

Lincoln Center

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Archeological Mapping, Lincoln Center Plaza/Madison Square Garden ARCHAEOLOGICAL MAPPING

1962

1964

1965

1966

1969

MADISON SQUARE PARK

Lincoln Center Plaza

Alice Tully Hall The Julliard School

Metropolitan Opera House

Library & Museum of Performing Arts

David H. Koch Theater Fountain

Phiharmonic Hall

LINCOLN CENTER PLAZA - APRIL 1963 LINCOLN CENTER PLAZA - SEPTEMBER 2013

2013

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Classification of Spaces, Lincoln Center Plaza/Madison Square Garden 66 St- Lincoln Center

66 St- Lincoln Center

The Julliard School

66 St- Lincoln Center

The Julliard School

Lincoln Center Theater

The Julliard School

Lincoln Center Theater

Avery Fisher Hall

New York Public Library

Lincoln Center Theater

Avery Fisher Hall

New York Public Library Metropolitan Opera House

Avery Fisher Hall

New York Public Library Metropolitan Opera House

David H. Koch Theater

Metropolitan Opera House

David H. Koch Theater

David H. Koch Theater

Broadway Street

Broadway Street

Broadway Street

LEGEND

Grid size: 12m x 12m Gathering spaces Circulation area

Columbus Circle

Columbus Circle

Columbus Circle

Seating

E 26TH ST

AY ADW E 25TH ST

E 25TH ST

E 24TH ST

MADISON AVE

MADISON AVE

MADISON AVE

E 25TH ST

E 24TH ST

E 24TH ST

E 23RD ST

5TH AVE

E 23RD ST

5TH AVE

E 23RD ST

5TH AVE

E 26TH ST

BRO

BRO

BRO

AY ADW

AY ADW

E 26TH ST

LEGEND

Grid size: 12m x 12m Gathering spaces Circulation area Seating

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MADISON SQUARE PARK

LINCOLN CENTER PLAZA

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Shiva Ghomi, Assoc. AIA 714.925.9447 ghomi.shiva@gmail.com