Portland, Oregon Portland is located in Norheastwern Oregon and sitting at just under 600,000 people, it is one of the largest metropolitan populations in the state. Portland prides itself in being the greenest city in the country and the second greenest in the world. The city of Portland istself nestled along the Willanette and Columbia Rivers. Originally pioneered as a lumber shipping town Portland has grown from an indutrial center to having a thriving artistic community. Due to the lower cost of living, potential for urban development, and internet boom of the early 1990’s the are was flooded with new people. As of the 2000 census the city of Portland contains over 10,000 artist. The city is a hub for music, art, and internet industry. The downtown Hawthorne district is home to many shops, restaraunts, microbreweries, and clothing stores.
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1887 Eastside Mill and Jones Lumber Company arrives Willanette Valley Railroad Open
1912 Portland Rose Garden
1924 Business and Housing beings to develop. Portland Ship Building Company become established.
1963 Portland Downtown Water Plan 1933 Public Market Opens
1972 Portland Downtown Plan
1973 Metropolitan Arts Commision
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1985 First Light Rail Opens Portlandia Statue Arrives 1987 Portland Center for Performing Arts Central City Plan
1906 Sellwood Ferry arrived and stirs development
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1892 Area largely settled with factories, housboats and workers homes
1852 Establishment of Town of Futlon originally established Robert Thompson
1914 Southern Pacific Railroad runs between Lake Oswego and Portland
1990’s Dot Com Boom Influx of people in 20s-30s drawn by nature, urban growth possibilites, and cost of living. 2006 Friends of Trees Replant over 250 trees
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Historical Timeline of Portland SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
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THe Willamette River and Columbia River run through the city and help to divide the city into its distinct districts. The Columbia River also serves as a natural boundary between Washington and Oregon States.
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Portland has a variety of geographical features that affect its regional climate, culture , and daily way of life. Mount St. Helens, Mount Tabor, and Mount Hood, from left to right, dominate the skyline, beyond the iconic buildings and bridges of the city. These mountains are active volcanos and are affected by the west coasts frequent plate boundary changes. Portland , along with much of the west coast, is in seismic zone 3, indicating that the city is near or on a fault line and experiences frequent earthquakes. Earthquakes are felt or cause damage to Portland approximatly every 8 to 12 years.
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The Five Regions of Portland
Northwest Portland The Pearl District, Old Town Chinatown, and the NW District are found in Northwest Portland. This area has both residential and commercial buildings and uses. To revitalize this area, many old warehouses were transformed into loft apartments. A mix of resturants, galleries, and shops cna be found here as well, satisfying the eclectic, and bold nature of Portland.
Human Occupation
North Portland This district of Portland is mainly used for industrial puposes with its proximity to the Willimette River and the Columbia River. It has large cargo facilities and features the St. Johns Bridge.
North Portland
Northwest Northeast
Soutwest Portland This area is the primary downtown of Portland. The streets make up compact square blocks that are pedestrian friendly. This is home to Washington Park, Portland State University, and Wells Fargo Center (the tallest building in Oregon). This is a mixed use region with residential, comercial, and ecademic buidlings and uses.
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Southeast Portland The true ecclectic, bold, unique, and quirky population are found in the Southeast region of Portland. Hisorically blue-collar workers live and work here. Some of the most scenic and popular parks in Portland are located in this region. Northeast Portland The oldest and most expensive homes in the Portland area can be found here. The Oregon Convention Center, Portland’s Hockey Team, and the Rose Garden also call Northeast Portland home.
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Portlands Distinct Neighborhoods SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
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Human Occupation
Demographics
Findings: Portland is a primarily Caucasian population with 72% then Hispanic at 9.4% and Asian at 7%. The median age for Portland is 36 years. Shown on the map (right) are the locations of different minorities within the city. The gray areas represent the highest percentage of race within the Portland area. Though Portland began as a trading town and had early contact with Asian countries, there is not an overly significant of Asiatic peoples living in Portland.
-Area where African Americans make up 29%- 58% of population -Area where Hispanics make up 17%-30% of population -Area where Asian make up 16%37% of population
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Demographical Patterns SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
B.2
Human Occupation
Employment
Findings: The national unemployment rate is 8%, this map show’s the areas above the unemployment rate in Dark Gray and the areas below the national average in Medium Gray. The area our site is located specifically has a 7.6% unemployment rate. The top five jobs of the population include food services, health services, manufacturing, professional business services, and retail. Despite being well known for its arts and crafts industry, that job sector only makes up 1.6% of the total job market in Portland. The arts and crafts industry could be seen as more of a hobby than a means for yearly income.
-Area above 8% Unemployment Rate -Area below 8% Unemployment Rate
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Portland Art Museum
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Employment Patterns SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
B.3
Human Occupation
Income
Findings: The average yearly income for citizens of Portland is $51,400. The national average is $43,000. The cost of living is 7% above the national average of $58,000 per year. As shown in the map, the Dark Gray represents areas in Portland above the national average, Medium Gray reprsents the areas below the national average. The downtown and areas to the west are considered more prosperous in employment and salary.
-Area above National Yearly Income Average -Area below National Yearly Income Average
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Income/Salary Patterns SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
B.4
Human Occupation
Population: 1,166 Households: 965 Median household income: $22,071 Unemployment: 2.4% Population: 1,856 Households: 1,453 Median household income: $79,375 Unemployment: 2.3% Population: 3,055 Households: 2,590 Median household income: $55,694 Unemployment: 10.7% Population: 2,079 Households: 1,804 Median household income: $12,704 Unemployment: 31.6% Population: 961 Households: 472 Median household income: $11,017 Unemployment: 9.7% 0.5mi Population: 753 Households: 538 Median household income: $11,912 Unemployment: 10.5%
Population: 1,521 Households: 1,389 Median household income: $16,607 Unemployment: 3.1%
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Population: 1,167 Households: 983 Median household income: $9,088 Unemployment: 6.4%
Population: 1,452 Households: 299 Median household income: $8,179 Unemployment: 13.4%
Downtown Demographic Map SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
B.5
Housing and Rental Proportions In Portland, the number of white homeowners outnumber white renters 84.1% to 66.3 %. The number of other racial renters, however, outnumber the number of other racial homeowners 19.3% to 8.2%.The majority of homeowners reside on the outskirts of the city but there are residential areas throughout the city.
Modern Home in Portland
The Bungalow, modern homes, and urban apartments are the typical housing types in Portland.
Human Occupation
Housing Distribution Based on Price
Northwest and central Portland have the highest priced housing which coresponds with the most desirerable neighborhoods. Bungalow Style Home in Portland
Urban apartments in Portland
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Most of the housing units in Portland are owned though there is a high percentage of rental units in urban neighborhoods.
Housing Demographics SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
B.6
Human Occupation
Arlington Heights: Zoning
Open Space
Open Space Scenic Resource
Single Dwelling Zone, Max Density: 1 unit per 7,000 ft sq
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Zoning Patterns SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
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Human Occupation
Schools
Neighborhood District
Elementary Schools
Middle Schools
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Regional Schools SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
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The Best of Portland
Public transportation and trees make themselves at home on Portlands streets, creating a dynamic urban environment.
Portland Print: Describes the iconic aspects of Portland
Human Occupation
Iconic images of Portland
Cultural Characteristics The city of Portland can be described as quirky, unique, and artsy, and diverse. The city blends the best of the outdoors, by embracing its natural features and environment, and the urban community. Public transportation, pedestrian friendly streets, and community involvement represent the urbanaity of Portlands downtown. An abundance of parks, natural geographic features, and public spaces liven the city and enhance the greenscene. Local made products and the art scence dominate many of the cities stores and economic growth.
Signage and public art can be found everywhere throughout the city
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Portlands City Skyline reflected off of the Willamette River
Local Characteristics SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
B.9
Portland Architecture The architecture of Portland is eclectic, the skyscrapers are modern where as the midrise buildings show a richer history. Most of the large buildings are located in the downtown area. In the past few decades more modern buildings have begun to fill the downtown areas. In the urban design of Portland there is a mixture of urban centers with nonautomotive transportation linking them together. Through this modern approach the historical, cultural, and biological features of the urban area can be clearly seen.
Prominent Buildings and Site
Visual Taxonomies
Portland Buildings
A Few of Portlands Tallest Buildings: Called Out In Map (right)
1mi Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse
Portland Art Museum
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Buildings Include: Pac West Center, Congress Center, Wells Fargo Center, Portland Building, Standard Insurance Center, U.S. Bankcorp Tower, and Portland Art Museum
Regional Architectural Character Patterns SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
C.1
Urban Growth Boundary
Visual Taxonomies
Nature of the Region
Regional Natural Site The Urban Growth Boundary is a policy to control urban expansion within the surrounding areas of Portland. This policy was implemented in the 1970’s along with a plan for urban greens spaces. This plan, revised in 1993, was put into place to further preserve the existing watersheds and natural habitats located within and around Portland. Though Portland is a large urban environment, the county it resides in still produces almost one fifth of the states farm revenue. This is in largely in part because of the Urban Growth Boundary.
Portland Watersheds
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Local Nature Preserve
Urban Green Features
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The Urban Growth Boundary as of 2012. The Boundary is revised every five years.
Regional Natural and Cultivated Site Patterns SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
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Cultivated Nature Sites In Portland a government agency called Metro helps control the parks and enviromental involvement. They have used local park plans and more regional plans to establish a regionally interconnected greenspace system. The large parks near the project site are Forest Park and Washington Park, both of these parks are connected by biking and hiking trails. Forest Park is the center of a forty-mile loop trail that connects the surrounding neighborhoods of Portland. Metro protects these trails as this system of greenpsaces help maintain the green character of the city.
Trailhead In Nearby Forest Park
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View From Washington Park
Washington Park Amenties
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Visual Taxonomies
Cultivated Nature Near Site
Map shows the abundance of parks and nature preserves in and around the porject site.
Regional Natural and Cultivated Site Patterns SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
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Material Culture The specific culture of Portland is relatively new in comparison to other cites in the United States. The Portlandia statue is located in front of the Portland Building and has become a matron of the city in recent years. Based on the city seal, Portlandia is made out of chased copper and stands thirty-four feet tall. The White Stag Sign, now known under a variety of different names, is a historical landmark seen when crossing the Burnside Bridge into downtown. This sign originated as a sugar advertisement, but has now morphed into the symbol of the downtown district. The Benson Bubbler is another icon of Portland; these public fountains were installed downtown in 1917 by a philanthropic citizen. The Portland Streetcar was implemented in 2001 to aid the copious amounts of public transportation within the city. Through the use of the Portland Streetcar many more citizens have easy access to public transportation and as a result the downtown area.
Portlandia (1985)
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White Stag Sign (1940)
Portland Streetcar (2001)
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Cultural Sites
Visual Taxonomies
A Closer Look
A closer look at the cultural icons in relation to the city and to the site.
Regional Material Culture SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
C.4
Human-Made Features Photo Courtesy of orkposters.com
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Location of Site SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
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Building Site
Human-Made Features
Density vs. Order
Building Site The Portland Children’s Museum is located west of downtown in Arlington Heights off of Highway 26. It’s included in the Washington City Park which also hosts the location for the Oregon Zoo, World Foresty Center, and the Vietnam Veterans of Oregon Memorial. Residential homes, commercial buildings and forestry surround the area.
Arlington Heights Neighborhood
Washington City Park Vietnam Veterans of Oregon Memorial
World Forestry Center Parking Lot
Oregon Zoo
Children’s Museum
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Washington City Park Vietnam Veterans of Oregon Memorial
World Forestry Center Parking Lot
Oregon Zoo
Children’s Museum
Density surrounding the building site
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Density and Order SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
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Highway 26 Exit 72
Highway 26 is used by those West of Portland, it is a major lifeline for the city. Highway 26 connects Portland to the Pacific ocean. It is the most frequented roadway west of the Willamette River, serving around 138,300 cars a day.
Exit 72 serves the Children’s Museum, the Oregon Zoo, the Forrestry Museum and some of the small neighborhoods located near Washington Park.
Highway 405 is the Portland beltway, looping the city, creating a boundary between the urban and suburban districts.
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Human-Made Features
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On average 3,540 cars exit and 4,300 enter the highway daily from Exit 72. This heavy volume of traffic will provide opportunity for the proposed building to flourish.
Infrastructure Roads SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
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Human-Made Features
Washington Park Pathways
Paths, Trails and Walkways The lower Washington Park section is filled with many types of Pedestrian Walks. The character of these meandering paths each speak to their use. Those belonging to the Oregon zoo wander in a casual nature as the patrons observe the many species of animals. The Forestry Center’s hiking trails gradually shift from a sublte bend to a switch-back style as they approach the hillly northern region of the park. The intermingling between these two paths is organic and expressive, creating a more natural journey through the park.
400ft Oregon Zoo Pedestrian Trails
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Forestry Center Hiking Trails
Infrastructure Paths SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
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.5mi This diagram highlights the separation from the more orthogonal grid relationships to the right of the Willamette River and the more irregular grid relationships to the left.
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Order and Measure
Human-Made Features
Order Separation
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This diagram highlights the two distinct grid systems. One is a square and the other is a rectangle.
Order and Vehicular Circulation SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
D.5
Human-Made Features
Rectangles, triangles and trapezoids
Analytical Diagram Description This diagram is looking into the various shapes that resulted from the merging angles of the city blocks and highway system. It’s interesting to note how an orthogonal grid system becomes interrupted by the geographical features of the site, such as the Willamette River. This diagram suggest that new and innovative organizational logics and forms result from this type of interruption.
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Order and Vehicular Circulation SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
D.6
Human-Made Features
Arlington Heights: Circulation
Emergency Routes
Neighborhood District
Primary Pedestrian Routes
Secondary Pedestrian Routes
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Circulation Patterns SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
D.7
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Portland Children’s Museum
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Human-Made Features
Sections through Site
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Construction Sections Through Site SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
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Vietnam Veterans Of Oregon Memorial
World Forestry Center
Summary of Attractions Surrounding the site are a few attractions that seek similar learning and activity goals as the Portland Children’s Museum. For instance, the World Forestry Center seeks to educate about vegetation, ecology and forestry. There are also plenty of hiking trails and nature walks. Another major attraction is the Oregon Zoo that has roads leading visitors to meet and educate themselves about different animals from across the world. Lastly, the Vietnam Veterans of Oregon Memorial is a place to pay homage to soldiers’ and tribute to our country’s history.
Vietnam Veterans of Oregon Memorial
Residencial Area Oregon Zoo
Maze Garden
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Portland Children’s Museum
Construction Local Manmade Features SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
Human-Made Features
Buildings, trails and exhibits
D.9
Human-Made Features
Local Visitors
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Local visitors represent a unique demografic of occupants to the site and its surrounding context. While large, iconic attractions engage tourists on a regular basis, local visitors are more likely to engage exterior community spaces such as walking trails and parks more often than interior public spaces such as the Children’s Museum and the Forestry Center.
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D.10
Use Local Visitors SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
Human-Made Features
Visitors: Age-Range
4-12 Years
+12 Years
+18 Years
Site, Public Routes
Offering numerous exterior and interior activities, the site and its surrounding context serves a wide age-range of occupants. Active attractions such as the Zoo and the Children’s Museum engage a younger audience while more mentally engaging programs such as the Forestry Center and the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial attract more mature visitors.
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BERES | HANSEN | HEMINGWAY | JARRELL
D.11
Use Visitor Age-Range SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
Human-Made Features
Tourists
1-2 Hours
2-4 Hours
4-8 Hours
Site, Public Routes
While local visitors engage the site more regularly and over an extended period of time, a tourists’ experience of the site is often limitted to a single day or afternoon. Attracted to the iconic programs within the site, tourists will most likely engage with larger attractions such as the Zoo and the Children’s Museum rather than visiting more common attractions such as parks and walking trails. 1000ft
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BERES | HANSEN | HEMINGWAY | JARRELL
D.12
Use Tourists SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
Human-Made Features
Interior & Exterior Program
Interior Program
Exterior Space
Exterior Program
Site, Public Routes
The site is characterized by a variety of interior and exterior programs. Interior programs include the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial, the Forestry Center, and the Children’s Musuem. Exterior Programs are limitted to attractions at the Zoo. Exterior spaces such as the surrounding walking trails and parks do not follow a set program.
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D.13
Use Program SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
Human-Made Features
Public & Private Space
Site, Public Routes
Commercial
Community
Residential
Undeveloped, Private Space
The use of the site and its surrounding context is distinctly ordered by its relation to public and private space. Private spaces such as undeveloped land and residential properties surround the perimeter of the site and its immediate context. More public spaces such as community parks, walking trails, and educational buildings are more closely connected to the site. 1000ft
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013
BERES | HANSEN | HEMINGWAY | JARRELL
D.14
Use Public and Private Space SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
Prominent Cultivated Site Features
Character: Cultivated Prominent Features The featured cultivated site features around Portland are man structures that work together to enhance the natural envrionment around the area. At the Portland Children’s Museum, for example, there are many structural spaces designed to provide resting places and observation areas for visitors and occupants. In surrounding areas outside of the Children’s Museum are also man made features, for example railroads and natrual trails.
Baubles, Portland Chirldren’s Museum
Water Spout at Stellar Cove
Railroads near Family Farm
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | MANGALA | MCIVER
Natural Site Features
Trails and Caves
Entrance to Stellar Cove; Tiger Plaza at Oregon Zoo.
Character Positive and Negative Features SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
E.1
Prominent Natural Site Features
Character: Natural Prominent Features The featured natural site features serve their purposes by enhancing the built envrionment in naturally. In thier natural state, and by being maintained in their natural state, with little or no human-made interention, the spaces nature provides take on an interesting role in contributing to the parts of what human cultivate.
Natural Growth of Trees
For example, there are gardens create natural trailes. There are also plants and trees that grow naturally into providing visitors and occupants with a fully based natural experience of Portland. Natural Trail, Garden
Natural Trail, Forrest
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | MANGALA | MCIVER
Natural Site Features
Gardens and Forrests
Naturally Growing Forrest, Portland, OR
Character Positive and Negative Features SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
E.2
Cultivated Landscape
Macrophyte Beds, Yakima River
Lookout Point Dam, Willamate River
Yakima River Basin
Willamte River, Overlook
Marmot Dam, Sandy River
Fall Creek Reservoir
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | MANGALA | MCIVER
Site Features: Natural and Cultivated Growth
Natural Site Features
Natural Landscape
Natural and Cultivated Gorwth, Map of Oregon
Character Positive and Negative Features SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
E.3
Natural Site Features
Sun Chart
December
LEGEND Warm / Hot
> 75 F
(Shade Needed)
Comfort
> 70 F
(Shade Helps)
Cool / Cold
< 70 F
(Sun Needed)
June
Gnomon Height
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | MANGALA | MCIVER
Climate Sun Graph SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
E.4
12 a.m.
2 a.m.
4 a.m.
LEGEND
6 a.m.
Wind Speed (mph) 0% 9% 70% 19% 0%
3 5 10
< >
3
5 10 20 20
Sunrise
8 a.m.
10 a.m.
12 noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
Sunset
Natural Site Features
Wind Variation
6 p.m.
8 p.m.
10 p.m.
January
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | MANGALA | MCIVER
December
Climate Wind Graph SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
E.5
110
100
LEGEND Recorded High Design High
90
80
Average High Mean
70
Average Low Design Low Recorded Low Comfort Zone
60
50
40
Natural Site Features
Temperature Range
30
20
10
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | MANGALA | MCIVER
Climate Temperature Graph SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
E.6
Natural Site Features
Seasonal Rainfall
Fall
LEGEND
Winter
4.73 inches
Spring Summer
4.32 inches 2.20 inches 1.10 inches
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | MANGALA | MCIVER
Climate Precipitation Graph SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
E.7
Site Vegetation Type and Density 6’
Ground Cover
Silver Mist
Ophiopogon Japonicus
Pam Harper
Fescue
6’
Ecology: Vegetation Most of the vegetation coverage is composed of mixed evergreen deciduous forest. This covers approxemtly 79% of the site area. Open woodland/pastural lands make up 7% and perennial grasslands along with deciduous shrubland make up the remaing amout of the vegetational coverage.
Pacific Ninebark
Shrubs
Ophiopogon Japonicus
Maidenhair Fern
78’ 72’ 66’ 60’ 54’ 48’ 42’ 36’ 30’ 24’ 18 12’ 6’
Gaint Sequoia 54’ 48’ 42’ 36’ 30’ 24’ 18 12’ 6’
Oregon Grape
Gaint Sequoia
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM BRINN | MANGALA | MCIVER
Sword Fern
120’ 114’ 108’ 102’ 96’ 90’ 84’
Trees
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Oregon Grape
Dawn Redwood
White Fur
Douglas Fur
Oregon White Fur
Endlicher Pine
Natural Site Features
Types of Vegetation
Size chart comparing human scale to the types of vegetation found around the site
Ecology Vegetation SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
E.8
Diverse Wildlife of Portland Oregon
Natural Site Features
Wildlife
Urban Context: Coyote Little Brown Bat Anna’s Hummingbird Screech Owl
Grassland Context:
Ecology: Wildlife Portlands proximety to the Columbia and Willimette River generates a lush landscape habitable to a vast array of birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles.
American Kestrel Black Tailed Deer Northern Harrier Vagrant Shrew Canada Goose Forest Context: Flying Squirrel Woodpecker Elk Pygmy Owl
Aquatic Context: Western Painted Turtle Bald Eagle Green Heron Chinook Salmon River Otter
Red-legged Frog
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | MANGALA | MCIVER
Ecology Wildlife SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
E.9
Geography: Topography Portlands topography varies greatly from west to east. From the West coast lies the Costal Range, a small chain of foothills and low mountains that run along the coast of Oregon. To the East is the Cascade Mountain Range that runs from Northern California all the way into Canada. Portland rests between these two ranges in the Columbia/ Willamette River Valley. The City developed on both sides of the Willamette River, downtown located on the west side of the river while suburbia located on the east side. Much of the developed land rest on a very low slope along both rivers. The site sits near the top of the Coastal Range which provides views to downtown Portland and regional geology like Mount Hood.
Topograhpy Influencing Development
Natural Site Features
Site Features
South East Perspective
South Eest Perspective
South East areial model of the Portland Childrens Museum located in the Southern portion of Washington City Park accesable by highway 26.
Site section showing the amount and direction of slope on site. North West Perspective
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRINN | MANGALA | MCIVER
E.10
Geography Topology of the Site SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
Sensory Environment
Visual Map
Site Map with Visual Keys This map begins to show the relationship between the different buildings on and around the site. With an abundance of trees and hilly region there are a few lines of sight, where you can stand on one side and see straight to another key feature in the park area. There are also some raised areas in the park that allow for panoramic views of the site.
Line of Site Panoramic View Horizon Line Study Location
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRYANT| LOPEZ | OLSEN
200ft
Visual Views to and from Site SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
F.1
Sensory Environment
Visual Massing
Horizon Line Analysis Based on the hilly region and dense forest that coexist with the site and are a part of the regional identity, there are many unique opportunities to experience the view within the site. Based on the elevation and the immediate surroundings you may experience the typical groundtree line- sky relationship of an open area. But sometimes you may become enclosed by the dense forest and the sky may go below the tree line, or the tree line may peak below your horizon line. Massing the visuals around the park gives you a sense of what types of views make up the identity of this area.
Massing the Ground-Forest Line-Sky-and Horizon Line
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRYANT| LOPEZ | OLSEN
Visual Views to and from Site SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
F.2
Diagram/Image Titles (Helvetica Neue Bold
Regional Color Analysis Color is the melodic element of a region that starts to give it an identity, and is one of the key elements the phenomenology of a place. When you look out you normally pay attention to the visual forms in your line of site, in turn color becomes almost a background noise that meshes everything together. You can say that it is noticed in a subconscious state of mind, but by sampling the panoramic, you can begin to understand the region by its colors. How nature meets with the built environment and the dynamics that occur when the two are interwoven. You can visualize how the color palette of each photo changes with more human interaction with the location.
Natural Color Analysis
Artificial and Natural Analysis
Sensory Environment
Colored Identity
Artificial Analysis
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRYANT| LOPEZ | OLSEN
Visual Views to and from Site SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
F.3
50 Decibels
Auditory Enviroment Within the site, there are three different typologies. We have the Zoological sounds, the occupational and the circulatory. Zoological includes the permanent noises produced by animals and transporation (trains) in the zoo. The occupational and circulatory sounds are temporary and fluxuate through out the day; highest noise pollution during the morning and afternoon. The occupational is mostly caused by the people who come for the zoo, museums, memorials and concerts that are in the park. The traffic noise can increase when there are traffic jams as well as how fast he vehicles are going.
Sound Diffusion
B
Sound A: Zoological
B
Sensory Environment
Sound Typologies
A
C
60 Decibels Sound B: Occupational
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200ft
The diagram on the left is showing the different sounds produced around the site and how they can overlap. This moment allows for a certain blurriness in the sound. When you add the trees, you can see how it diffuses it and further generalizes the different auditory effects.
60 Decibels Sound C: Circulatory
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRYANT| LOPEZ | OLSEN
Auditory Sound Within the Site SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
F.4
Phenomenology The existing sounds can have layers added to them through enviromental factors such as wind and rain. Both of these factors can create different effects or atmospheres to the site. The wind/breeze has been known to create a relaxing atmosphere that is usually experienced during spring and summer. The sound created is a whistle than can rustle the tree branches and allow for a sparatic layer of noise to be added. The rain on the other hand is known to be symbolic for depression and coolness. The sound of the rain hitting water, the road, or windows creates a repitive tapping that can cancel out the existing sounds already in the site allowing fo a filter to be created. Both of these factors are important to our site because they are such a big part of the Pacific Northwest Climate.
Existing Auditory Pollution
200ft
Potential Auditory Effects
Enviromental Diffusion of Auditory Pollution
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRYANT| LOPEZ | OLSEN
Ventilation
Sensory Environment
Precipitation
The diagram above shows the wind travelling WEST/ NORTH WEST. When even the wind travels through the trees, we begin to see certain location around the site allowing for the relaxing atmospehre to be added.
Auditory Phenomenology SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
F.5
C Smell Leaves a Lasting Impression The map to the right is of different smells one may encounter throughout the site. Smell, like the other senses, is an aspect of a place that influences the memory one may have. On our site we have many variables that can add different types of smells. At the zoo, we have different animal exhibits, all of which produce their own unique smells. Smells that come from the parking lot could include: gasoline, rubber, asphalt, and garbage that is left over by others. The trees and other wildlife on our site produce smells that many see as being pleasant. Besides freshening up the air around the site, the trees and wildlife act as a barrier, keeping the “bad” smells away from the children’s museum and the public.
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM BRYANT| LOPEZ | OLSEN
A
B) Parking Lot
C) Trees/ wildlife that are found on the site produce their own smells, but also act as a barrier between the unwanted smells and the public.
ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013
B
A) Animal exhibits at the Oregon Zoo.
Sensory Environment
Smell Map
Smells one can find around in and around the site.
Olfactory Smells Around the Site SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
F.6
Sensory Environment
Seasonal Smells Understanding that Smell Changes Time Yearof Year Time of YearTime of The diagrams on this page and the following three pages show how smells change based off of different variables. The variables used were Time of Year, Heat, Humidity, and Percipitation. These diagrams are abstract representations in how I believe the smells would change when these variables are applied.
The way you read these diagrams are by using the dashed lines as a section line. What ever line is above the dashed line represents “natural smells”, where any line below the dashed lines represents “unnatural smells”. The height in which the line reaches shows the intensity of the smell. For natural smells, I was interested in seeing them as the good smells the trees and other wildlife created. The unnatural smells can range from anything from the smells you would find in the parking lot, to the mulch used around the site, to the highway that encompasses our site, and lastly the zoo animals. Although zoo animals are indeed natural, they are not part of the natural wildlife of our site.
Peak Season (summer) Pre-Season (spring) Peak Season (summer) Peak Season (summer) PRE- SEASON (SPRING) PEAK SEASON (SUMMER) (spring) Pre-SeasonPre-Season (spring) Heat
Heat Heat
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Post Season (fall+winter) Post Season (fall+winter) Post Season (fall+winter) POST SEASON (FALL+WINTER)
Olfactory Diagramming How Smell Changes SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
F.7
Peak Season Peak(summer) Season (summer) Peak (summer) Season
Mid 90’sMid Mid 90’s 70 degrees Mid 90’s 70Degrees degrees 70 (Perfect Weather) 90’s (Hot Summer day for Portland) 70 degrees
Sensory Environment
Pre-Season (spring) Pre-Season Pre-Season (spring) (spring) Heat Heat Heat Heat
Post Season Post(fall+winter) Season (fall+winter) Post (fall+winter) Season
Below freezing Below Freezing (Average Winter Weather) Below freezing Below freezing
Humidity HumidityHumidity PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRYANT| LOPEZ | OLSEN
Olfactory Diagramming How Smell Changes SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
F.8
Mid 90’s Mid 90’s Mid 90’s
Below freezing Below freezing Below freezing
Humidity HumidityHumidityHumidity
Sometimes Smells Interact with Each Other The diagrams to the right show how the site smells change with different levels of humidity. I believe humidity is one variable that brings out the worst smells in everything. As you can see with high humidity, the smells in the site will start to interact and combine with each other, making those smells even stronger than if they were by themselves. Hopefully the barrier the trees create will lessen the impact the mixing smells have on the site.
Very Low Humidity (0-5%)
High Humidity (75-90%)
Sensory Environment
70 degrees 70 degrees 70 degrees
Average Humidity (20-35%)
Precipitation Precipitation Precipitation
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRYANT| LOPEZ | OLSEN
Olfactory Diagramming How Smell Changes SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
F.9
Sensory Environment
Interaction of Smells
PRECIPITATION Precipitation Precipitation Precipitation
Like with humidity, precipitation increases the smell of the site greatly. Precipitation itself has its own distinct smell, but when you add factors like animals and mulch into the equation, the overall smell of the site intensifies. The intensifying smell usually comes from after the percipitation, because during the precipitation any smell that is present is cancelled out or dulled down.
Sunny Day
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRYANT| LOPEZ | OLSEN
After Heavy Down Pour (2” per hr)
During and After Fog
F.10
Olfactory Diagramming How Smell Changes SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
Visual Taxonomy
Imagination Imagination is key to understanding reality and learning about people and events that we may not all directly experience. It allows kids to explore future occupations they may want to have when they grow up. Imagination is a large aspect of the Genius Loci of the Portland Children’s Museum. The museum incorporates interactive scenarios that stimulate a child’s imagination. It has a spirit of the fantasy-world versus the realworld that allows children to grow and use their imagination.
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 RICHARD | SCHMITTER
Genius Loci Imagination SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
G.1
Visual Taxonomy
Free Play Free Play is a very vital part in a child’s life. The Portland Children’s Museum has various activities to allow for children to play without any limits. This gives the museum a feeling of liveliness and playfulness, which is an enjoyable environment for a child to grow and learn in. During free play interacting with other children increases their emotional security and encourages interaction with others.
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 RICHARD | SCHMITTER
Genius Loci Free Play SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
G.2
Visual Taxonomy
Learning Learning should be fun for a child in order to get them engaged and want to learn. The Portland Children’s Museum offers various activities where a child can learn while they have fun and play. The psychologist Jean Piaget says that hands on experience are vital in this process. If all the senses are engaged a child will learn faster and remember what they learn if the environment is fun and enjoyable. All children learn differently so the museum must accommodate that by offering a wide variety of activities.
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 RICHARD | SCHMITTER
Genius Loci Learning SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
G.3
Visual Taxonomy
Overstimulating The use of bright colors and lights and a large variety of choices for a child to play with, stimulates their mind. The stimulation of a child’s mind is a necessity in growth and development but when activities become over-stimulating it is questionable whether it is a positive influence. Using too many senses at once in an activity exhausts a child and could make them frustrated. The Children’s Museum offers a balance of stimulating activities as well as quiet areas.
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 RICHARD | SCHMITTER
Genius Loci Overstimulating SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
G.4
Visual Taxonomy
Outdoors Outdoor activities are a vital part in a child’s daily life, which the Portland Children’s Museum tries to incorporate. Being outside provides healthy development for children. They can learn through first-hand experiences about the environment and world around them. The large open spaces with no boundaries give children the sense of adventure and allow them to take risks and test boundaries. Having a place to run and play stimulates the physical development of children and adds a spirit to the museum that is important in setting apart this museum from others.
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 RICHARD | SCHMITTER
Genius Loci Outdoors SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
G.5
Site Kinetics
Tectonic Plates Sliding
Site Kinetics Sliding Plates Portland is located adjacent to a major fault line, creating a rough, irregular landscape. This convergence of the oceanic and continental plates are extremely influential to the environmental make-up and weather patterns of Portland.
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 ANDREW BERES
Tectonic Slide INITIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SITE
H.1
Overlay of Plan and Sectional Elements
Unstable Land The land our site is located on was formed by two plates merging, buckling and up lifting to create the Cascade Mountain Range. Within this range are valley’s that undulate and many that are eroded by rainfall creating streams and rivers.
Site Kinetics
A Folding Landscape
Our site rests on the upper eastern slope of the Coast Mountain Range located just West of the Cascade Mountain Range. Looking at the motion generated from the formation of the mountains and applying the motion of the people that interact with the site creates a linear relationship between nature and humans. The relation is formed by the choices made on how much the natural landscape is
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 NATE BRINN
Motions of a Sloped Site INITIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SITE
H.2
The Hill as an Accordion The site has a rolling sensation form all of the hills in the area. But taking a closer look the hills have an accordion action to them, naturally the hills want to flatten out because gravity and erosion acting on them. The hills are held up by the ground surrounding them, much like an accordion that has been compressed. But when the action stretches out, the accordion flattens.
Site Kinetics
This is what the hills want to be, they if stretch out, they would lay flat.
Hill is compressed so it keeps its form.
Garvity works on the hillpushing outward, and starts to flatten.
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 BRENDON BRYANT
Hill Compression INITIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SITE
H.3
Rotation Through Nature
Site Kinetics
Natural Motion
SITE WITH SITE SPECIFIC VEGITATION
As the gentle/mild breeze blows across the property of the Portland Children’s Museum, the coniferous tress sway back and forth in a controlled rotation. The tree trunk pivots in the breeze and as a result the branches sway and rotate in small ellipses. Specifically, coniferous trees such as the douglas fir have needles instead of leave, in this way the tree moves as one in the wind. This is as opposed to the thousands of erratic motions of a deciduous tree.
PREVIOUS PARTI
DOUGLAS FIR- A COHESIVE MOTION
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 REBECCA DEVLIN
Controled Rotation INITIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SITE
H.4
The Landscape around the Portland Childrens Museum
On the site of the Portland Children’s Museum, the simple form of the building is representative of an action. The building is not a geometrical figure: square or rectangle, with flat sides. This curved form allows for a more gentle approach and welcoming entrance to the museum. It is also more whimsical; with resemblance to the movement of the swing, visitors “slide” across and into the front facade of the museum. The gardens and play areas surrounding the museum have creativly curved paths rather than straight paths that lead from point a to point b. The curved paths privlege the movement through the gardens, making the journey more important and making visitors pay attention to the way they are moving through the space. The paths wind back and forth so this action can be called accordion.
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 ASHLEY GIRTH
Sliding and Accordion Movement INITIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SITE
Site Kinetics
Buidling Shape Dynamics
H.5
Highway Outline
Site Kinetics
Motions of a point
How this works and what this means: These diagrams suggest a way of designing in three dimensions. The lengths of the lines varying and are attached with a ball point connection which allows each point to move in the x,y and z direction. The lengths are constant but their position is not. These lengths originated from the outline of the highway circulation to the far right located in downtown Portland. This method allows for us to take these random measured lines of circulation at the city scale, pull them out of their original context and think about them in the site context and at a site scale. This analysis could also become circulation and be applied to interior or exterior of the building in both the horizontal and vertical direction. The lengths of the lines could change, based on the necessary lengths of a staircase or hallway.
Accordioning
Folding
Rotating to the Side
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 CHELSEA HANSON
Rotating forward
Plan Schematic
Front Elevation Schematic
Right Elevation Schematic
Rotate and Circulation
INITIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SITE
H.6
Site Kinetics Kinetics Site
Organic Form Hinging from Regulated Grid
Contrasting against the regulated, gridded order of the surrounding suburbs, the site represents an unregulated, organic form ordered by the natural features of the site. Similarly reflecting the relationship between the river’s organic form which borders the Portland’s gridded urban sector, the site kinetically engages its surrounding context, hinging from the immediate suburban context and urban circulation routes.
Movement of the Site Hinges from Movement around the Site
Natural Environment Hinges from Suburban Environment
Site Reflects Hinge of River in Relation to Ubran Environment
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Hinge Hinge INITIAL INTERPRETATIONS THE SITE SITE INVENTORYOF + ANALYSIS
H.7
The Site Kinetically The Portland Children’s Museum is located within the Washington City Park. This park also holds the location of the Oregon Zoo, World Forestry Center, and the Vietnam Veterans of Oregon Memorial. All of them bringing different emotions into one area. They all come together as one, as if they were all collected into a ball. This object could then roll any which way it pleases but still consisting of the same objects. I also looked at each of the individual areas and those could host there own kinetic features as diagrammed to the right.
Building Site
Site Kinetics
Individual Places
Trees acting as a hinged motion to allow sunlight in.
The Zoo sliding from one exhibit to the other.
The Memorial folding up its emotions
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 TAYLOR JARRELL
Rolling Like a Ball INITIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SITE
H.8
Land Rotation
Site Kinetics
Land Slide
Washington Park’s Kinetics The site of the children’s museum produces a few primary actions inspired by the kinetic strategies of my wall. The first is how the land of the site slides; the Children’s Museum is shaped into a form that seems like it can recieve all of the occupants and vegetation. The whole site moves towards museum giving it a movement that slides down hill. The site also rotates around one point which is the Max train station. The way the park’s structures are organized around this one point, causes for the occupants to circulate in a rotating fashion. The circulations creates the already existing form of Washington Park.
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 RAFAEL LOPEZ
The Diagram Shows the MAX Station as the center of the site, allowing for the rest of the park to rotate around it.
Kinetic Actions Slide & Rotation INITIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SITE
H.9
Portland is located in Norheastwern Oregon and sitting at just under 600,000 people, it is one of the largest metropolitan populations in the state. Portland prides itself in being the greenest city in the country and the second greenest in the world. The city of Portland istself nestled along the Willanette and Columbia Rivers. Originally pioneered as a lumber shipping town Portland has grown from an indutrial Sliding and Pivoting center to having a thriving artistic community. Due to the lower cost of living, potential for Two kinetic motions that seen throught urban development, andare internet boom ofthis the site analysis andflooded pivoting. Bynew analysearly 1990’s is thesliding are was with peoing geographically, landscape ple.the Assite of the 2000 censusthe theurban city of Portland appears be 10,000 sliding artist. acrossThe andcity theisland and containsto over a hub for water at thier edges and then apart music,meet art, and internet industry. Thepivot downtown from each other. Hawthorne district is home to many shops, restaraunts, microbreweries, and clothing stores. Through an understanding of Porland’s regional and local context, its building site characteristics, it is evident that the kinetics of the site is found through a combination of many different design aspects that shape and form the city as a whole. These design aspects are primarily made up of ideas of occupation, use of urban space, cultivated site features. With the idea of kinetics, Porland acts as an opening into Oregon’s wide, urban space. The city is inviting and attractive to both visitors and residents. Through a balance of serveral different mechanical kinetics, the city well maintains its purpose.
Portland City Sliding Sscape State Context
1”=50 mi
Neigborhood Context Reigonal Context
City Context
1”=2000 ft
1”=20 mi
Water, Edge with City Background
ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013
Porland City Scape 1.5”=2 mi
Local Conditions SITE INVENTORY + ANALYSIS
GIRTH | DEVLIN | TROWELL
Ground and Water, Sliding Diagram
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM RAVINE MANGALA
Site Plan and Urban View of Portland
Solid Ground, Edge
PORTLAND REGIONAL AND LOCAL CONTEXT
ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013
SiteRegional Kinetics I
Portland, Oregon
Sliding and Pivoting Urban Landscape INITIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SITE
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Site Kinetics
Natural Apertures The trees are rooted to stay The clouds come roll by to play The sun comes and goes but never strays The light flickers in a beautiful array The shadows are here or there by the day The seasons are the ones we portray. The light and warmth seem to sway The leaves then start to break away The trees help us to convey The weather that we seem to obey.
- Ian McIver
This picture by Ryan Kapp demonstrates the changes in coverage a tree makes throughout the year and how that can change the environment around it. The Portland area has numerous trees covering the ground below, providing life to the ones around it. Trees can relate to a natural breathable wall by cycling through being “open” to “closed” like windows. As the seasons progress and the weather alters the amount of protection that leaves provide underneath, the light is then passed through the site differently depending on the time of year.
Ryan Kapp
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 IAN McIVER
Seasonal Window INITIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SITE
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Site Map
Site Kinetics
“Kinetics” of the Site Kinetics in Arlington Heights The diagram to the right shows mY interperitation of kinetics on our site in Portland. When viewing the site for the first time, I was very interested in the amount of trees that surrounded our site. When thinking about trees I thought about how trees create and filter the air. When thinking about the pushing and pulling action the trees create inside of the site, I instantly thought about the accordion action. When thinking of the accordion I thought of a bellow because it does the same type of motion I picture the trees doing in the environment.
A) Trees acting as Bellows
After realizing all the trees that surround our site, I noticed the amount of parking lots within it. I saw the parking lots as doing a folding action. People travel from all over to visit the zoo and museum and end up in one location: the parking lot. In this instance, I see the seperate people being individual pieces that come together to form one master piece. I related this to origami because you have to fold many different pieces to get that one shape you really want. Lastly, I viewed the exit to get to our site as a pivot point. Traffic moves around this one point to bring people from the outside world to our site. The exit is the point in which the public area that is the highway and private which is our site become mixed and a “gray” area is created.
A B
B) Parking lot can be seen as Origami
C
By putting Kinetics into our site, I feel that I have a different perspective on how the site operates and needs to be dealt with from a design stand
C) Exit acting as a pivot point between our site and society
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 ANDREW OLSEN
Breathing, Folding, and Pivoting Portland INITIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SITE
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Influence of Water on a Site Bodies of water such as rivers have been used throughout history to define space and give a place character. The city of Portland is located along a major river. This river is the site of many important aspects of the city and defines it as a place. A river with its rolling, sliding, and rotating actions of the water is a kinetic aspect of any site. It creates movement and circulation of water, air, and living things. This relates to our previous projects ideas of kinetic motion and the act of ventilation and air flow.
Rolling and Rotating
Sliding
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 KATIE RICHARD
Portland
Site Kinetics
Diagram/Image Titles
Portland site map showing the major bodies of water.
Water Rotating, Sliding, Rolling INITIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SITE
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Water
Wind
Sliding, Pushing, Carving The kinetics of the neighborhood scale of our site are influenced by tree things: human activity, water, and wind.
Site Kinetics
Human Activity
Humans slide natural features over to create more room for the build environment. The built environment then rises out of the ground pushing away nature and the wildlife. Water slides and rolls down mountainsides or across the landscape carving out the land it passes, pushing things away, creating rivers, streams and lakes. The filtering air aspect in the wall of our last project is seen through how wind interacts with zthe tree foliage. Trees create natural breathing walls that filter the air as the wind blows the air across the landscape.
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 ANNA SCHMITTER
Forces Effecting Site Kinetics INITIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SITE
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Socio-Economic Pivot
Hawthorne H Haw w Street
Site Kinetics
Economic Grade
The Shift Downtown Portland has many different neighborhoods and each has a very differnt character. The lower most neighorhood is home to many small resteraunt and shop but it also containt the lowesr ratio of population to households as well as the lowest median household income. The red line on the diagram represt the shift of the socio-economic parts of downtown. There is also a increase in median household income as you travel farther aay from the downtown area.
PORTLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ARCH 3101 – 003 • FALL 2013 CHARLES TROWELL
Hawthorne Street Haw
Hinged Economy INITIAL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SITE
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