ROOTS
SCOTTSDALE
APACHE JUNCTION
PHOENIX MESA
TEMPE
URBAN FORESTRY IN APACHE JUNCTION
GILBERT CHANDLER
• Use native trees with a high CO2 capture rate. 16th AVE
• Establish a network of green pedestrian, equestrian, and bike pathways through the site.
VISION
• Provide adequate housing designed to encourage outdoor recreation.
To create a community within Apache Junction rooted in a firm ecological understanding and sense of stewardship towards surrounding vegetated urban environments. Community residents and visitors will benefit from a green, living environment, both physically and psychologically throughout their every day lives.
SOUTHERN U.S. 60
BASELINE
• Encourage a community educated in the benefits associated with a healthy “tree-city”.
1”=1 MILE
LAND USE ALLOCATION
1”= 3/4 MILE
EXISTING
DISTRIBUTION
BENEFITS OF TREES • Absorb CO2 and reduce ozone levels
light industrial commercial
High School
• Mitigate Urban Heat Island Effect
residential
U.S. 60 Golf Course
open space institutional
Landfill
• Reduce noice pollution
2% 2% 2% 21% 2% 3% 64%
recreational Canal
TOMAHAWK
1”= 4 MILES
IDAHO
To introduce a strong, comprehendable marriage between urban and natural environments within the southwest quadrant of Apache Junction, focused on enhancing the quality of life for the client, the community, and the local ecology now, and for the future.
• Create 40% Urban Canopy coverage. IRONWOOD
OBJECTIVES MERIDIAN
MISSION
• Community Health • Reduce stormwater runoff
civic
Weekes Wash
• Produces food for community • Community and Social cohesion
PROPOSED
DISTRIBUTION
Proposed zoning in Apache Junction was layed out in an attempt to preserve the unique elemnt of this corner of the city: untouched native open land. Recreational trail systems were increased dramatically to encourage community interaction in outdoor natural environments. Residential zoning was also increased to provide for future middle-class families migrating from Gilbert and Chandler- major technology driven centers to the west becoming increasingly more expensive to live in.
light industrial
High School
commercial
U.S. 60 Golf Course
mixed use
Community Core
7% 4% 2% 35% 4% 34% 11% 2%
multi-family residential single-family residential agricultural
Landfill
Canal
1%
parks/recreational
Weekes Wash
institutional civic/ infrastructure
COMMUNITY CORE - 48 ACRES DISTRIBUTION
ZONING
The shape of the community core was inspired by three natural factors. The Eastern boundary follows existing topography lines to take advantage of the Superstition Mountain views, local roads mimic the winding style of the existing desert arroyos, and housing orientation was based upon sun angles.
13%
8%
8%
IDAHO
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2
15% 21%
23% 12% 1. Tree pallet comprised of species native to the region; primarily
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Palo Verde, Mesquite, and Desert Ironwood
commercial
2. Backyard access to native designed trail system
mixed use multi-family residential
3. Smaller tree species planted around intersections to increase visibility
single-family residential 4. Community open spaces provide opportunities for community gardens agricultural
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5. Pubic parks provide opportunities for community gatherings
parks/recreational institutional
BASELINE
6. Termination of Idaho Rd acts as a pedestrian gateway between urban and natural landscape
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1”=200’
ROADWAY SECTIONS
1”=10’
ARTERIAL
70’
5’
public multi-use plaza
10’
9’
vegetated biowale
5’
12’
12’
bike lane
10’ boulevard median
12’
12’
two-lane oneway traffic
5’
9’
10’
5’
roadway parking
CONNECTOR
5’
LOCAL
5’
10’
vegetated biowale
9’
10’
vegetated biowale
9’
5’
10’
10’
20’ vegetated median with trail
5’
narrower roadways
LDE 361: Fall 2017 Landscape Architecture I
10’
5’
10’
5’
one-way roadways
50’
10’ trailhead access
Student: Katryn Squyres Instructor: K. Brooks and K. Kellogg