Urban Design Portfolio

Design Portfolio

Tamanna Tiku Urban Design + Architecture January 2022 September 2018

Mustin District

A waterfront-led mixed use development Philadelphia Navy Yard

Urban Design Staff, Perkins Eastman Client: Gilbane Development Company

A response to PIDC’s RFP at the Navy Yard, focused on bringing life sciences R&D, corporate headquarters and mixed-use residential buildings, to the Navy Yard’s Historic Core and Mustin District.

The vision brought together a focus on green and blue infrastructure, the historic relevance of the site and Philadelphia’s traditional building typologies, to achieve a lively public realm.

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Rendering by Shanghai Maggie Rendering

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Places Diagram

Historic Philadelphia Townhomes District Wharf, Washington, DC

Commonwealth Avenue, Boston Urban Design Staff, Perkins Eastman

District Wharf, Washington, DC

General Gordon Square, Woolwich, UK

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Rendering by Shanghai Maggie Rendering

View of downtown Philadelphia along the proposed Mustin Canal

Flood-zones

Water diagram

Rendering by Shanghai Maggie Rendering

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Rendering by Shanghai Maggie Rendering

Improvements to the existing Historic Core District

Adaptive Reuse of Existing Buildings

Rendering by Shanghai Maggie Rendering

Public realm improvements and new buildings along existing streets Urban Design Staff, Perkins Eastman

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District uses Rendering by Shanghai Maggie Rendering

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Green Leaf Community

A phased approach to urban development and affordable housing Southwest Washington, DC

The proposal is a seven-phase, 15-year, development plan in which the 493 units of public housing are demolished, redeveloped and incorporated into a 1,933-unit mixed-use development project, that includes an additional 193 affordable units, as well as market rate multifamily apartments and townhomes.

Urban Design Staff, Perkins Eastman Client: The National Housing Partnership Foundation

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Rendering by Dariush Watercolors

Residential mews

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Ground Floor Uses

Typical Floor Uses

Height Zones

Types of Open Spaces

Phasing

Bicycle Facilities

Rendering by Dariush Watercolors

‘Greenleaf Plaza’ Urban Design Staff, Perkins Eastman

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Rendering by Dariush Watercolors

‘Delaware Place’

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American University Campus Plan 2021 Washington, District of Columbia A 10 year road-map that supports American University’s educational and research missions through a thoughtful and measured approach to campus growth. The plan identifies opportunity sites for new academic facilities and additional student housing to encourage students to remain on campus during their time at AU. The public realm improvements are proposed to enhance access to the famous and historic arboretum and gardens on campus.

Urban Design Staff, Perkins Eastman Client: American University

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Existing conditions and campus extents

Proposed massing at opportunity sites

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Urban Design Staff, Perkins Eastman

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Existing Conditions

Proposed Development Sites

Campus Uses

Special and Heritage Trees

Parking and Loading

Circulation

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Hangar District An atypical mercantile vision Downsview, Toronto The Hangar District will kick-start a framework plan that re-imagines 350 acres of the Downsview Airport lands in northern Toronto. The existing Hangar buildings have an enormous footprint on site and offer a unique diversity of workplaces for the future. They lend an industrial visual grammar to the site, that the new residential and office development shall continue to embody. With a focus on reforesting the existing taxiway and connecting to the nearby Downsview Park through a pedestrian bridge, the Hangar District envisions a special confluence of natural and mercantile forces.

Existing Taxiway and Hangars

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Urban Design Staff, Perkins Eastman Client: Northcrest Developments

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Existing hangars

Precedent: Urban Outfitters, Philadelphia Navy Yard

Precedent: Cherry Blossom Ave, Bonn

District Uses

Public Streets

Types of Roadways

Traffic Movement

Transit Plan

Bike Plan

Proposed mid-rise built form and existing buildings

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Existing Hangars

New and Old: Existing Hangars and possible development

Precedent: Mercantile building typology

The existing buildings and proposed development along Hangar Street Urban Design Staff, Perkins Eastman

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Neighborhood Park across from The Hub

The Hub

Hangar Street

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The Taxiway as a visual and physical connector to the Framework Plan Taxiway Section by DTAH

Cherry Blossom Avenue, Bonn

District Wharf, Washington, DC Urban Design Staff, Perkins Eastman

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Diversity of workplaces Key ‘Places’ within the district

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Burden to asset burden A leaf for the region Brisbane, California The Bay Area is facing serious threats of climate change and sea level rise. It is also highly prone to 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.

Graduate Student, UC Berkeley

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Wind Energy Generation along revamped highway 101

A floodable Lake along Bayshore Blvd

Big regional amenities:

Graduate Student, UC Berkeley

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For an entirely new development that was addressing the Bay Area’s housing areas, attracting diverse users was essential.

This was carried out through integrated block-types and building types.

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Reciprocal Resilience reciprocal resilience Addressing London’s Industrial and Housing Crises Old Oak Common, London London is going through a housing shortage as well as a rapid displacement of local industry. This project brings the solutions the twoinstead crises together instead of two crisesto together of addressing them addressing separately.

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The High Speed Rail is coming to London

Graduate Student, UC Berkeley

The neighboring Park Royale is considered the kitchen of London

The existing ecology of the Grand Union canal must be preserved

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Block Type 1 A residential block for economically and socially diverse users

Block Type 2 A mixed-use block with street-facing ground floor PDR and interior residential buildings - amply served by alleys for loading and docking

Block Type 3 A block with all ground floors dedicated to PDR and residential units ranging from apartments to micro-units

Graduate Student, UC Berkeley

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Block Type 1 Residential courtyards, activated by a central park and criss-crossing alleys to slow down the vehicles and accentuate the pedestrian experience.

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Activated inner-block courtyards with maker-spaces, exhibition areas and alleys shared by vehicles as well as pedestrians

Block Type 2 An activated street with customized ground floor uses

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Canal Park

Graduate Student, UC Berkeley

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Areas between the restored Rolls Royce building and the Canal Park, activated by street bazaars

The curvilinear street by the Grand Union Canal, activated by boat bazaars, ground floor retail, and bridges across the canal.

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