BAYLANDS - A Leaf for the Region

A Leaf for the Region

Burden to Asset

BAYLANDS

A Project by:

Tamanna Tiku Pei Chi Chen Lydia Kontozoglou

Berkeley

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Present day state of the site: A landfill surrounded by beautiful mountains and a Bay

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The Bay Area is in a peculiar position.

Not only is it facing serious threats of climate change and sea level rise, it is also highly prone to issues of social inequity and a massive housing crisis.

In such a dire scenario, the lack of interest in the development of 950 acres along the Bay is a massive burden on the region.

The proposed design attempts to acknowledge the existing barriers - physical, political and environmental - in the city of Brisbane and turn them into assets not only for the new city of Baylands, but for the entire region.

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Present day state of the site

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CONTENTS

BURDEN 07 10 12

Context Stakeholders Barriers

ASSET 21 23 25 30

Lessons from History Sequence of Proposal Zoning - Density - Heights Special Places

LEAF 34 38 44 48 49

Connectivity Water Farming Wind Waste

MICROCLIMATE 54 56 58

Block Types Local Neighborhood Commercial Corridor

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BURDEN

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CONTEXT

The site is full of barriers - physical, infrastructural, environmental and social. There is resistance from Brisbane in any kind of investment in upgrading its neighbor and a baggage of heavy infrastructural investment from the past.

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CONTEXT

The site holds prime real estate, parts of which are in San Francisco county as well as San Mateo county.

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CONTEXT

BAYLANDS

Area

A comparison to a part of Downtown Oakland shows how criminal the waste of this land is.

900 acres

DOWNTOWN OAKLAND

870 acres

Train Stations

1

2

Population

700

300,000

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STAKEHOLDERS SAN FRANCISCO Housing!

DALY CITY Access to the Bay!

BRISBANE CITY HALL Tax Revenue!

BRISBANE RESIDENTS No change!

The city of Brisbane, to whom this land currently belongs, has resisted the development of this massive landfill because they want to discourage any change to their ‘suburbian’ city.

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A NEW CITY SAN FRANCISCO Housing!

DALY CITY

BAYLANDS

Access to the Bay!

BRISBANE RESIDENTS No change!

Thus, the Association of Bay Area Governments is leading an effort to rightfully design this chunk of Brisbane - as a display of a realistic alternative.

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FIRST BARRIER Highway 101

The existing Highway 101 blocks visual as well as physical access to the Bay. Baylands - Burden to Asset

FIRST BARRIER

Response: Rerouting to free the water edge

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SECOND BARRIER Caltrain

The existing Caltrain line bisects the site into two disconnected portions.

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SECOND BARRIER

Response: A Green Spine through the city

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THIRD BARRIER Sea Level Rise

+0 m

+1 m

+2 m

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THIRD BARRIER Sea Level Rise

+3 m The threat of Sea Level Rise is most clearly manifested in the heart of the site at the edge of Bayshore Blvd.

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FOURTH BARRIER Landfill

+22m

+4m

+5 5m +5.5m

EXISTING

+10m +4m

+6m

+6m

SLR +5.5m +5.5m

PROPOSAL

KT +2.5m HT +2.5m LT +0.5m DATUM +0m Baylands - Burden to Asset

FOURTH BARRIER

Response: Proposed resculpting of the site

+22m

+4m

+5 5m +5.5m

EXISTING

+10m +4m

+6m

+6m +5.5m

PROPOSAL

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ASSET

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LEARNING FROM HISTORY Construction of Highway 101

Highway 101 was constructed along the site in the 1950s. These historic images gave us the courage to sculpt the edges of the site again.

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LEARNING FROM HISTORY Construction of Highway 101

Bayshore Blvd

Bayshore Blvd

1910: Bayshore Blvd ran along the shore of the Bay

1947: Introduction of heavy Railway lines

1956: Introduction of Highway 101

1993: Only Railway Line along Tunnel Ave remains

Bayshore Blvd

Highway 101

Tunnel Ave

Bayshore Blvd

Highway 101

Tunnel Ave

The evolution of Baylands Baylands - Burden to Asset

LEARNING FROM HISTORY Sculpting a new water edge

Existing watershed

Introducing a lake and canal to combat Sea Level Rise

Rerouting 101 to free the waterfront

Beginning work on the green and blue to mend the toxic soil

The rerouting of 101 will be enabled by the landfill mountain that will be cut during the construction of the new landscape.

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INTRODUCING LOCAL PARKS

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ZONING

Retail Office Public Buildings Hotel Residential Low Density Residential 25

PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION

Retail Office Public Buildings Hotel Residential Low Density Residential Baylands - Burden to Asset

ENTIRE BUILT FORM

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BUILDING HEIGHTS

High Rise Mid Rise Low Mid Rise Low Rise Baylands - Burden to Asset

DENSITY

110 DU/ Acre 85 DU/Acre 75 DU/Acre 40 DU/Acre 29

SPECIAL BUILDINGS Police + Fire Station School

Hotel Train Station City Hall Post office Library + Day Care + Agricultural Center

Childcare Services Public Services Luxury/Entertainment Services Baylands - Burden to Asset

SPECIAL PLACES

The Geneva Avenue marks the only diagonal in the scheme. The avenue is a commercial corridor which has a wide linear park in the middle.

The edge of the Bay has water storage units and views to the Bay.

The Lake marks the edge of the Bayshore Blvd and offers gathering places.

The site offers places for reflection and recreation, apart from being self-sufficient in terms of public establishments.

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LEAF for the region

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OVERALL SCHEME

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CONNECTIVITY Baylands Train Station

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CONNECTIVITY Bus Routes

Area Bus

Area Bus: 5 minute radii

Local Bus

Local Bus : 5 minute radii

With a new train station at the heart of the new development and various important public buildings sprinkled across the site, a bus network makes the public transit system robust and the site walkable.

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CONNECTIVITY

Pedestrain Friendly Areas + Bike Routes

Pedestrian friendly regions close to the Canal and the Lake

Bike Lanes in all he major streets on site and along the Bay

The walkability is enhanced by a network of local parks, portions of the site reserved for pedestrians and ample room for bikers.

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GIFTS TO BRISBANE

Since Brisbane was so stubborn about the status quo of the site, the new design offered some gifts to Brisbane residents so as to expedite the process and please this important Stakeholder.

- A Regional Park -A new Train station - A Waste Management system - Access to the Bay 37

WATER

Resilience + Treatment

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STORMWATER WATER Stormwater Treatment

water filtration / treatment Gravity and Terrain assist the water filteration and treatment before stormwater is dispersed into the canal, lake and the Bay. 39

WATER Canal

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WATER Lake

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WATER

Resilience EDGE OF THE BAY

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WATER

Treatment EDGE OF THE BAY

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FARMING

Office Botanical Gardens (Employed) Local Farming Blocks (Voluntary) Agriculture (Employed + Voluntary) Baylands - Burden to Asset

FARMING

275.00

60.00

10.00

60.00

14.00

60.00

10.00

60.00

AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY

Detailed description of the Residential Farming blocks.

5

15

200.00 0

30

45

10.00

60.00

14.00

The sequence of the eshtablishment of a system.

0 5 60.00

10.00

Built Form 60.00

0 5

275.00

60.00

10.00

60.00

Streets and Blocks

14.00

60.00

5

275.00

0

60.00

10.00

10.00

60.00

60.00

10.00

60.00

14.00

275.00

14.00

275.00

60.00

60.00

10.00

60.00

ORDERING SYSTEMS

60.00

60.00

10.00

FARMING

200.00 15 30

200.00 15 30

200.00 15 30

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60.00

10.00

60.00

14.00

0 5 60.00

10.00

Local Green System 60.00

0 5

275.00

60.00

10.00

60.00

Units and Cores

14.00

60.00

5

275.00

0

60.00

10.00

10.00

60.00

60.00

10.00

60.00

14.00

275.00

14.00

275.00

60.00

60.00

10.00

60.00

ORDERING SYSTEMS

60.00

60.00

10.00

FARMING

200.00 15 30

200.00 15 30

200.00 15 30

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60.00

WIND

One 3MW windmill powers 1ooo units.

20 windmills for 20,000 units.

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WASTE

Precedent: Hammarby Waste Management System

Each block has a waste disposal system.

The network is connected underground to the Waste Management Facility on site.

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WASTE WATER

Precedent: Hammarby Waste Management Plant

The Agriculture blocks process their waste water through living machines.

The waste water on the rest of the site gets processed in the waste Management plant. The biofuel thus produced is used in cooking and the processed water is used for irrigation.

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GRAY WATER

Precedent: Hammarby Waste Management Plant

The Agriculture blocks process their gray water through living machines. The gray water on the rest of the site gets processed in the waste Management plant. The biofuel thus produced is used in cooking and the processed water is used for irrigation.

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MICROCLIMATE BLOCK TYPES

D

D A

B C

C

B

A

A

D

B

104 m

152 m

63 m

C

D

57 m

200 m

60 m

D

85 m

65 m

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MICROCLIMATE STREET TYPES

C

Major Street Type

14.00 60.00

10.00

60.00

275.00

60.00

10.00

60.00

Local Street Type

5

15

200.00 0

30

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MICROCLIMATE AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY

5 0

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MICROCLIMATE AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY

5 0

WASTE MANAGEMENT 55

MICROCLIMATE

Commercial Corridor OFFICE BOTANICAL GARDENS

ce ail den dential king area spring rays winter rays

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MICROCLIMATE

Commercial Corridor OFFICE BOTANICAL GARDENS Sun and Wind

n ntial ng area spring rays winter rays

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BEFORE Baylands - Burden to Asset

AFTER

At an average of 70 DU/Acre, Baylands can provide housing for 80,000 people.

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BAYLANDS

No longer in the middle of nowhere.

December 2017