CULTURE NOW Thom Mayne Karen Lohrmann Dylan Barlow Emily Cheng Grady Gillies Cheng Ha Christopher Harris Matthew Kendall Wayne Ko Jai Kumaran Layton Petersen Stacey Rigley Clayton Taylor Bryan Tranbarger Sepa Sama
Yang Wang
Funding for Suprastudio 2010-2011 has been generously provided by: Herta and Paul Amir Joyce and Aubrey Chernick Ralph and Shirley Shapiro Hathaway Dinwiddie F.J. Sciame Construction Co., Inc. Buro Happold Davis Langdon John A. Martin & Associates Balfour Beatty Construction Supportive research has been provided by: The RAND Corporation
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37.5 75 112.5 150 2009 Philanthropic CONTRIBUTionS ($ IN BILLIONS)
US Cultural Scene: Current Initiative
Mayor’s Institute on City Design (MICD) Grant disbursement 2011
$25,000
Kent, WA
$100,000
New York, NY $50,000
$250,000
$50,000
Madison, WI
Rochester, NY
Milawaukee, WI
$100,000
$200,000
Chicago, IL
Oakland, CA
Paterson, NJ
Easton, PA
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Indianapolis, IN
$250,000
San Francisco,CA
$250,000
Hartford, CT
$200,000
Bethlehem, PA
$200,000
$100,000
Los Angeles,CA
Winston Salem, NC
$225,000
$25,000
Long Beach, CA
Memphis,TN
$25,000
Phoenix,AZ
$100,000
Greensborough, NC
$100,000
Dallas, TX
$100,000
Shreveport,LA
$3 Million divided between 25 Cities
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Searching for Prototype City: Location of cities analyzed
Hard Data: In order to work at a manageable scale, only cities with a population between 50,000 and 400,000 were analyzed. A hard data scan was then used to reduce the list of cities that require immediate action. This scan incorporated statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau including demographic data, population migration, unemployment, and foreclosure trends.
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Searching for Prototype City: Cross reference issues and potential
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Searching for Prototype City: Matrix Analysis
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Searching for Prototype City: Multiple cities analysed
Prototype Cities: Location of cities under investigation
Flint MI Cleveland OH Atlantic City NJ Toledo OH Merced-Atwater CA
Tucson AZ Mobile AL New Orleans LA
selected cities
CLEVELAND
OH
POPULATION:431,639 [CITY] / 2,250,821 [MET AREA]
LEADERS
CULTURAL CLIMATE
IDENTITY
LOCATION
ISSUES GEOGRAPHY / LANDSCAPE Lake front, river, bridges
POTENTIAL
AGING CITY
GEOGRAPHY / URBAN FABRIC Central core, suburban rings ACCESSIBILITY NETWORKS Rust Belt HISTORY / HERITAGE Steel manufacturing INDUSTRY / PRODUCT(ION) Steel, Medical IMAGE Post-Industrial city EXISTING ARTS ECOLOGY High, Traditional Focus
SHIFTING POPULATION
SPRAWL
UNEMPLOYMENT PRIVATE LANDHOLDINGS ALONG RIVERFRONT
ACTIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPs CITY DIVIDED: EAST vs. WEST
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION
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URBAN RIVER
DISCONNECTED PRIVATE & PUBLIC ARTS AGENCIES
RE-CONNECT THE CITY THRU CONVERSION OF INDUSTRIAL LAND TO CULTURAL SPACE
EDUCATION FOCUS Some in High Arts INSTITUTION TYPE Museums, Opera, Theater, etc CULTURAL DEMAND Strong but disorganized DEMOGRAPHICS
RE-PURPOSE INDUSTRIAL LAND FOR PUBLIC USE STRONG PRIVATE ARTS SECTOR
300+ NPO’s
POWER BROKERS Tom Schorgl, CPAC
SIN TAX = $15 MILLION
FUNDING Gund Foundation, Cleve. Fnd.
CIGARETTE TAX TO SUPPORT THE ARTS
LARGE INDUSTRIAL SPACES > AFFORDABLE ARTIST STUDIOS LOCAL COLLABORATION WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ARTS GROUPS
Cleveland, OH: Analysis and Strategy
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The Cuyahoga River is Cleveland’s biggest cultural asset but it is highly underutilized.
We will use the Cuyahoga River to activate East and West Cleveland while also transforming downtown.
Cleveland, OH: Conversation summary
THE CUYAHOGA IS DEFINITIVE OF CLEVELAND’S HERITAGE AND CULTURE
John Kaminski
President Friends of the Crooked River
Gallerist, Artist 78th Street Galleries
CLEVELAND HAS A LONG HISTORY OF ART
WE ARE WILLING TO LISTEN TO YOUR PROPOSAL
Paul Alsenas
Tom Schorgl
Dan Brown
President, CEO Community Partnership for Arts and Culture
Karen Gahl-MIlls
Director Cuyahoga County Planning Comission
Collector, Owner 78th Street Galleries
Funds Manager Cuyahoga Arts and Culture
IT’S EASY TO DO WHAT YOU WANT IN CLEVELAND
Hilary Aurand
THE RIVER IS WHERE IT’S AT!
THE NPO SECTOR IS LARGE BUT LACKS FOCUS AND ORGANIZATION
WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN IN CLEVELAND
Terry Schwarz
Director Kent State Urban Design Collaborative
THERE IS NOT A UNIFIED APPROACH TO THE RIVER VALLEY
WHAT’S SO SPECIAL ABOUT THE RIVER?
David Beach
Robert Brown
Director Green City on a Blue Lake
Director Cleveland City Planning Department
THE RIVER IS GREAT BUT IT’S NOT SAFE FOR HUMAN CONTACT
Elaine Marsh
Conservation Director Friends of the Crooked River
TOLEDO
OH
POPULATION:316,851 [CITY] / 650,955 [MET AREA]
LOCATION
ISSUES
POTENTIAL
GEOGRAPHY / LANDSCAPE
Lake front (Erie), River through city (MAUMEE)
GEOGRAPHY / URBAN FABRIC manufacturing city
ACCESSIBILITY
Rail route between Chicago, NYC
STABLE POPULATIONS
NETWORKS
IDENTITY
Glass, Solar production, Lake Port
PLANTS CLOSED & VACANCY
HISTORY / HERITAGE
FUTURE OF ENERGY + URBAN RE-USE?
GLASS INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION
Auto Manufacturing, Glass Production
INDUSTRY / PRODUCT(ION) Glass, Solar Production
GLASS AND automobile INDUSTRY MANUFACTORY DECLINE
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SOLAR RESEARCH
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CULTURAL CLIMATE
THIN-FILM SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR ENERGY PRODUCTION
EXISTING ARTS ECOLOGY TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO
CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVE INDUSTRY
EDUCATION FOCUS
University of Toledo, Solar research
INSTITUTION TYPE
Music and Preforming arts
CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS
CULTURAL DEMAND
GLASS PAVILION
Interested,
DEMOGRAPHICS 12% unemployment
BY FRANK GEHRY
BY SANAA
LESS THAT 1% OF FUNDING FROM GOVT. America’s Favorite Art Museum BY MODERN ART NOTES-DC BASED BLOG
POWER BROKERS FUNDERS
ARTOMATIC 419!
GM, Owens Corning, Xunlight
ART IN TARTA ART ZONE
LIVE WORK CREATE TOLEDO
Toledo, OH: Analysis and Strategy
VACANT SPACE GREEN SPACE
EMPTY SPACE
ENERGY BELT
Toledo, OH: Conversation summary
THE ADVANTAGE OF TOLEDO COULD HELP THE CITY TO TRANSFER TO A SOLAR CITY
WE HAVE ENOUGH SPAC FOR PARKING IN DOWNTOWN, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH WALKING SPACE
SOLAR MANUFACTURE HAS A GREAT ECONOMY IMPACE TO TOLEDO
WE HAVE STARTED TO USE CULTURE TO REACTIVATE DOWNTOWN TO MAKE PEOPLE ENGAGED
ARTESTS INVESTIGATE IDENTITY OF TOLEDO THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE
Dean Monske Deputy Mayor External Relations
Tom Gibbons
Principal Planner Toledo-Lucas County Plan Commissions
Rob Ludeman
Councilman Chair Economic Development
Michelle Carlson Programs Coordinator Arts Commission
Marc D. Folk
Executive Director for Arts and Culture
FLINT
MI
POPULATION: 124,943 (CITY) / 443,883 (METRO)
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POTENTIAL KEEP GENESEE COUNTY BEAUTIFUL
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Beautification through planting and landscaping
LANDSCAPE URBAN FABRIC ACCESSIBILITY NETWORKS
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ARTS ECOLOGY
CULTURAL DEMAND
Beautification project of 16 landscape sites
FORECLOSURE
HOW DO URBANITY AND LANDSCAPE CO-EXIST?
1100+ HOMES DEMOLISHED
LARGEST US BROWNFIELD SITE “Buick City” adjacent to river
Re-programming of “Buick City” “Buick City” adjacent to river
LAND ART, FILL VOIDS
NEGATIVE IDENTITY
INDUSTRIAL & RESIDENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES
DECLINING INDUSTRY, CRIME, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNCERTAIN FUTURE
GM EMPLOYMENT 80,000 TO 8,000
ELECTRIC CAR = FUTURE?
1970s to 2010
Chevy Volt manufacturing plant in city
TOP 5 US CITY IN CRIME
ARTS INITIATIVE = COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
Four times the national average... Due to de-industrialization?
LARGEST US CITY W/O DAILY NEWSPAPER Became weekend newspaper in 2009
Greater Flint Arts Council, Cultural Center, GBC Anterroom, Redding studios, Creative Alliance
“GOOD BEANS CAFE”
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
“CULTIVATING OUR COMMUNITY”
Coffee/Arts House new community hub “We will not censor your artistic license.”
RACIAL TENSION Due to de-industrialization?
UNIVERSITY CORRIDOR CREATED
connecting two universities through downtown street
ACTIVE IN IMPROVING CITY
Grassroots movement: bike lanes to downtown
LEADERS
ENERGY IMPROVEMENT GRANT
DEMOGRAPHICS
2010 recipient from Department of Energy
“the block”
Legal graffiti rock for citizen comments
LEADERS FUNDERS
ACTIVE MAYOR
“FLINT FUTURE NOW”
Non-profit to improve community
CENTER FOR COMMUNITY PROGRESS Turning Vacant Spaces into Vibrant Places
GENESEE LAND BANK
Turning the blight of the city back around
ACTIVELY RESHAPING FLINT
Flint, MI: Analysis and Strategy VACANT SPACE
VACANCY
Using Flint’s Vacancy as an assest for re-shaping the city. Viewing the city as “SPACE POSITIVE”.
INTELLIGENT RE-USE OF OPEN SPACE
CONNECTED OPEN SPACE
Intelligently organizing vacancy into a network of connected spaces that reshape the city fabric.
Flint, MI: Conversation summary
“Transforming the Flint river from an industrial landscape into a community environment.”
Sara McDonnell Project Coordinator, Center for Applied Environmental Research
“This is a tactile hands on community.”
Kathryn K. Sharaugh Assistant Director of Development, Flint Institute of Arts
The FIA is filling the gap of art education that public schools can no longer fill.
“Not Grassroot “Vacancy has but Grasstop created numerous foundations.” Food Deserts.”
Jonathan Jarosz Interim Director, Center for Applied Environmental Research
“Flint activist bring hope unfortunately they are met with equal desapair.”
Linda L. Moxam
Leyla Sanker
Project Coordinator, Center for Applied Environmental Research
“Flint is going through a renaissance.”
Marsha B. Clark
Director of Development, Interim President and CEO, Flint Cultural Center Flint Cultural Center Corporation Corporation
Tracy Stewart
Development Officer, Flint Institute of Arts
“Growing opportunity, opportunity for reinvention.”
John Bracey
Executive Director, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
Use the land and “A history of populate that land. management Taking control of our landscape. vs. labor.”
Douglas Weiland Executive Director, Genesee Land Bank
Daniel Kildee
President, Center for Community Progress
ATLANTIC CITY
NJ
POPULATION: 39,620 [CITY] / 266,668 [MET AREA]
ISSUES
POTENTIAL
LOCATION
WETLAND TOURISM/ENGAGEMENT Media interventions, advertising, art platform?
GEOGRAPHY / LANDSCAPE
Beach/marsh - city reached by bridge (34% water)
GEOGRAPHY / URBAN FABRIC Casino/comm. buildings, boardwalk, wind farm
WIND FARM
CASINO WEALTH WALL
Five 400’ towers - majority used for wastewater plant
BEHIND CASINOS, IN REAL CITY, INCOME DROPS OFF
ACCESSIBILITY
ECOLOGICAL CRITIQUE Renewable sources to power casino electricity?
NYC - 2 hours (express train), Philly - 1 hour
NETWORKS
Casino/ent. circuit, dedicated rail/expressway
COMPETITION IN ADJ. STATES
IDENTITY
PA, DE, MD, NY, CT
INDUSTRY DIVERSITY
HISTORY / HERITAGE
Resort town > prohibition > hotel/gambling
INDUSTRY / PRODUCT(ION) Gambling + shopping/dining
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NEGATIVE IDENTITY / MONO-CULTURE GAMBLING LIQUOR SEX
City of decline, crime, corruption - Sin City of East
LEADERS
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GAMBLING = CULTURE? EXISTING ARTS ECOLOGY
Visiting musicians/entertainers to casinos
EDUCATION FOCUS INSTITUTION TYPE
Atlantic City Arts Center at Garden Pier
CULTURAL DEMAND
UNEQUAL WEALTH DISTRIBUTION Resorts/Casinos vs. working-class neighborhoods STATE TO TAKE CONTROL OF TOURISM ZONES To “revive flagging economy”
Low - city focuses on shopping, tourism and $
DEMOGRAPHICS
Mixed ethnicities, 23% vacant, 13% unemployed
POWER BROKERS
AC Redev. Authority, Wynn, Trump, Gov Christie
CREATION OF ARTS ECOLOGY LARGE AUDIENCE, BUT ART?
23 % VACANCY RATE, 23% BELOW POVERTY LINE
Who is target audience and are they interested in us?
Poverty, crime, corruption still primary issues - 12,000 CASINO JOBS LOST
WORLD’S LONGEST BOARDWALK
Engage audience outdoors... connecting w/ adj towns
INVESTMENT IN COMMUNITY How can funds divert through community/people?
FUNDERS Casinos, CRDA
DEVELOPMENTS ABANDONED
Due to economic crisis and bankruptcy
REVEL CASINO - NEW BUT EMPTY Finished exterior, empty interior due to funding issues
Atlantic City, NJ: Analysis and Strategy
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MOBILE
AL
POPULATION: 235,626[CITY] / 399,843 [MET AREA]
LOCATION
ISSUES GEOGRAPHY / LANDSCAPE
NO PUBLIC ACCESS TO WATERFRONT Railroads and ports create separation
Diverse ecosystem: Gulf, Mobile Bay, Mobile River
GEOGRAPHY / URBAN FABRIC Port city, protected historic downtown
ACCESSIBILITY
Major city b/t New Orleans and St Petersburg FL
NETWORKS
Rail Port, i-10, Port, two Airports
IDENTITY
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HISTORY / HERITAGE
French colony > port > WWII manuf. > Civil Rights
INDUSTRY / PRODUCT(ION) Shipbuilding, steel, aerospace, healthcare
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Port city - 9th largest in US; Gulf = Katrina / Oil spill
LIMITED ACCESS TO BEACH, WATER REC
4x national cancer rate
CULTURAL CLIMATE
REINTERPRETATION OF MASTERPLAN
MASTERPLAN JEOPARDIZED
industrial fabric w/ little accountability
placed on hold to fund bridge project
EPA NON- ATTAINMENT
Work with industries and communities to create symbiotic solution of co-existing.
Formal designation by EPA as contaminated zone will prevent future industrial growth.
8th largest US port
Coastal initiative to benefit the gulf region
300 mil. invested in the infrastructure in 2004
HURRICANE (KATRINA) Area prone to hurricane damage
BP OIL SPILL
ECOLOGICAL INITIATIVE that benefits INDUSTRY + educates COMMUNITY
Tourism/fishing affected, but city protected via barrier islands
Conduit for regional rehabilitation EXISTING ARTS ECOLOGY
ENGAGE WATERFRONT/DOWNTOWN
45 minute drive to nearest beach
Proximity to Bayou La Batre, New Orleans
Gulf cultural center: high supply / high demand
60% graduation rate
EDUCATION FOCUS
Higher education with religious affiliations
SUPERFICIAL ARTS COMMUNITY
INSTITUTION TYPE
100-1000.org
regional initiative to create redundancy in ecology after oil spill
Downtown retail galleries empty
Art museums, Civic Center, successful opera
CULTURAL DEMAND
BIRTHPLACE OF MARDI GRAS
citizens are active w/ varied interests
LEADERS
Racial tension and segregation part of city history
DEMOGRAPHICS
Mixed - 50% black, 50% white
POWER BROKERS
Corporations: + Austral, Aerospace; - BP
RACIAL DIVIDE
African American population downtown, white in suburbs
CIVIL RIGHTS LOCATION
Racial tension and segregation part of city history
CLEAN WATER ACT
FUNDERS
BP fines for oil spill still need to be allocated.
FUNDING FOR CULTURAL INITIATIVE TO RESTORE THE GULF
Mobile, AL: Analysis and Strategy
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Using exisiting environmental initiatives, we aim to ameliorate the shoreline and reduce the stigma of contamination.
By reconnecting the community with the waterfront, we will instigate dialogue regarding restoration efforts both locally and regionally.
Mobile, AL: Conversation summary
SERVING ABOUT 73% OF NATION’S SEAFOOD, IT’S ESSENTIAL THAT AN AWARENESS IS DEVELOPED ABOUT THE CONDITIONS IN THE GULF.
IT’S RARELY DISCUSSED, BUT SEGREGATION IS AN ISSUE IN MOBILE
Brian Slaton
Bill Finch
Regional Planner Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Senior Fellow 100-1000.org Ocean Foundation
MOBILE WAS THE CENTRAL HUB FOR RESPONDERS DURING THE OIL SPILL
Chastidy Piper
Regional Planner Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
BAYOU LA BATRE SUFFERED THE PIT OF THE DEVASTATION BECAUSE NO ONE TRUSTS THEIR PRODUCT (FISH) ANYMORE .
THERE’S A HUGE DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE WATERFRONT AND THE CITY. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD ACTUALLY REACH MOBILE ART GALLERIES MULTIPLIED FROM 5 TO 38 IN THE SHORELINE! FOUR YEARS
Planner II Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
AS FIRST RESPONDERS, WE SAW THE DEVASTATION OF THE OIL SPILL AND THE COMMUNITY INTEREST TO HELP WE WOULD LIKE
Diane Burnett
Regional Planning Director South Alabama Regional Planning Commission
Bob Burnett
Bert Hoffmann
Director Mobile Arts Council
WE EARN 89% OF OUR SALES DURING THE SUMMER AND THAT’S WHEN THE SPILL OCCURED.
TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU
Bethany Kraft
Executive Director Alabama Coastal Foundation 100-1000.org
Missy Zing
Real Estate Agent Mobile and Daphne Bay Realtors
WE NEED TO STOP SAYING THAT THIS BAD AREA IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR “THOSE” PEOPLE.
Cole Appelman
Director Mobile Housing Board
NEW ORLEANS LA POPULATION:336,644 (CITY) / 1,235,650 (METRO)
LEADERS
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LANDSCAPE URBAN FABRIC ACCESSIBILITY
VACANCY highest blight rate in the country
NETWORKS
KATRINA
+ housing oversupply
NEXT RUST BELT $9 million for home demolishion
exacerbated population loss + vacancy rates
SPOT LIGHT Global attention from Katrina and Tourism
INDUSTRY
LOW EDUCATION Worst preforming School District in LA
RACIAL TENSION
IDENTITY
STRESSED RESOURCES
REDISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION + 50,000 VACANT PROPERTIES NO COHESIVE PLAN FOR REUSE OF THESE PROPERTIES AFTER OR IN LIEU OF DEMOLITION = OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY ARTS AND CULTURE INTO NEIGHBORHOODS
HISTORY
INSTITUTIONS
CULTURALLY DRIVEN CITY
Global attention from Katrina and Tourism
CULTURAL DEMAND
PERCENT FOR ART
DEMOGRAPHICS
ZEMURRAY FOUNDATION
LEADERS FUNDERS
NEGATIVE IDENTITY - from hurricane and racial tension
MEND A HISTORIC CITY
APPLY CULTURE TO BRIDGE GAPS IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC TRENDS.
+ from rich cultural history
ARTS ECOLOGY EDUCATION
Culture intervention?
1% OF BONDS IS FOR PUBLIC ART
DONATES TO THE ARTS
AZBY FOUNDATION
1.2 MILLION A YEAR TO ARTS AND RELIEF EFFORTS
STATE DECENTRALIZED AID CUTBACKS LOSS OF NECESSARY FUNDING FOR THE ARTS
CULTURAL CAPITAL MARDI GRAS, JAZZ, THEATER, VISUAL
ARTS AND CULTURE RELOCATED ART AND CULTURE MOVING INTO HISTORICALLY SEGREGATED AREA
New Orleans, LA: Analysis and Strategy
HIGHEST VACANCY RATES
HIGHEST POPULATION RETURN AFTER KATRINA
CREATE A CULTURAL BRIDGE BETWEEN POPULAITION NODES
New Orleans, LA: Conversation summary
PEOPLE STILL CAN’T AFFORD TO RETURN
Colin
Associate, Make It Right Foundation
CITY IS RECEPTIVE TO CULTURAL EVENTS AT A NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE
LISTEN TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS: NO ONE SOLUTION FOR THE ENTIRE CITY
Kristen Melberg
Project Manager New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA)
THE SOLUTION WILL NOT BE QUICK.
Dr. Michelle Thompson
Assistant Professor Department of Planning and Urban Studies at University of New Orleans
Blight Stat Team
Alison Popper
Associate, Manning Architects
CULTURE IS THE DNA OF NOLA.
Allen Eskew
Director, Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
BLIGHT IS NOT A KATRINA PROBLEM. THE BIG PROBLEM IS WE HAVE 350,00 PEOPLE LIVING IN A CITY BUILT FOR 500,000
Community Meeting
THE COMMUNITIES ARE EXTREMELY INVOLVED IN FINDING A SOLUTION
SOLUTION IS UNIQUE FOR EACH NEIGHBORHOOD
Laura Mellem & Jason Stopa
Neighborhood Coordinator & Development Manager Beacon of Hope Resource Center
TUCSON
AZ
POPULATION: 548,555 [CITY] / 1,023 [MET AREA]
LEADERS
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POTENTIAL
NEGATIVE REGIONAL IDENTITY Border security, immigration, ethnic studies, gun control
INFRASTRUCTURAL OPPORTUNITY
SCARCITY OF WATER Resource consumption vs. conservation
IRRIGATE WITH POTENTIAL
Top 20 Art Destinations in US FORECLOSURES Downtown revitalization efforts not successful SUBVERSIVE ARTS FOCUS
EDUCATION
CONTROL SPRAWL/GROWTH/RESOURCES
can “land-banking” work in a sprawled community?
Forget the downtown core? GO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE UNIVERSITY AS CITY CULTURAL CENTER
INSTITUTIONS
University of Arizona - cultural hub @ downtown location
CULTURAL DEMAND DEMOGRAPHICS
“Downtowns work when there is expensive land locked in near water...when there is night life and private sector jobs. We have neither.”
LEADERS FUNDERS
CITY FOCUS ON TOURISM AND RETAIL
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION REQUIRED FOR ACTIVATION
Tucson, AZ: Analysis and Strategy
Highway/Rail
dry riverbed
active riverbed
2010 - city limits 2030 - city limits
Tucson’s rapid growth and expansive sprawl puts extensive strain on the resource it desperately needs yet abundantly lacks - water.
Existing and future infrastructures represent the instrument and the opportunity to not only manage its water resources, but to irrigate the city with potential for urban transformation
Tucson, AZ: Conversation in progress
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MERCED-ATWATER CA
IMAGE
GEOGRPAHY
POPULATION:102,471 (CITY) / 245,321 (METRO)
LANDSCAPE URBAN FABRIC ACCESSIBILITY NETWORKS HISTORY
INCREASE IN STUDENTS MICHELLE OBAMA PROMOTES UC MERCED
UC Chancellor
Carol Tomlinson-Keasey calls for more culture
Gives her only commencement speech of 2009 and commends the students and the focus of education in the central valley
UC MERCED
INDUSTRY
URBAN NODES GROWING INDEPENDENTLY
IDENTITY
MONOCULTURE
LEADERS
CULTURE
AGRICULTURE BASE - 3
ARTS ECOLOGY
UNEMPLOYMENT
EDUCATION
DUE TO IMMIGRANT LABOR
INSTITUTIONS
6th Largest $ producing AG land in country
CULTURAL DEMAND DEMOGRAPHICS LEADERS FUNDERS
WATER : LIMITED RESOUCRES
CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED RAIL
IMAGE TRANSOFMATION (EDUCATION)
URBAN GROWTH ECOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION WATER REUSE
33% of workforce in AG
EASY ACCESS TO LA & SF IN FUTURE
Merced - Atwater, CA: Analysis and Strategy
Merced - Atwater, CA: Conversation summary
I FOUNDED ART HOP, IT’S A HYBRID OF BUSINESS AND ARTS WE ARE BRINGING IN DOWNTOWN INDUSTRIES TO TOWN SO MERCED, UC MERCED GRADUATES COULD STAY IN TOWN AND IT WORKS
WE TRY TO ACTIVATE ARTS SO IT WORKS FOR MERCED
INNOVATE
Joey Essig
Rentals and Operations Director Merced Multicultural Arts Center
Kevin Hammon
Mark J. Hendrickson
Art Hop Founder
Director Department of Commerce Aviation and Economic Development
I MOVED HERE TO LIVE AND WORK AS AN ARTIST, I HAVE MY OWN HOUSE NOW
Margaret Stevenson Malberti
Artist
IN 1970’S FARMER KIDS USED TO COME TO DOWNTOWN AND CRUISE AROUND, AND SPEND THEIR MONEY, BUT THEY BEAUTIFIED IT AND ITS LIFE STOPPED
THEY BUILD ALL THOSE EXPENSIVE HOUSES OUT THERE ON FARMLAND WHILE THERE IS 20% UNEMPLOYMENT
John
Dee Near
Former Farmer Hotel Manager
Reference Librarian Merced College
I FOUNDED A MUSEUM AND I GOT NO SUPPORT FROM THE CITY
Charlie
Farmer and Agriculture Museum Founder
I AM HERE FROM SACRAMENTO FOR ART HOP
Rob Hernandez
Artist
Summary: Moving Forward Thom Mayne Karen Lohrmann Dylan Barlow Emily Cheng Grady Gillies Cheng Ha Christopher Harris Matthew Kendall Wayne Ko Jai Kumaran Layton Petersen Stacey Rigley Clayton Taylor Bryan Tranbarger Sepa Sama
Flint MI Cleveland OH Atlantic City NJ Toledo OH Merced-Atwater CA
Yang Wang Tucson AZ Mobile AL New Orleans LA national priority list proposed deleted
selected cities
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