Tulane Regional Urban Design Center - Student work, Fall 2011

Tulane Regional Urban Design Center Student Work

Professor Grover E. Mouton III Interpretive Urban Design Seminar Fall 2011

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Layers of Development

Eric Baumgartner Fourth Year Design Urbanism Seminar

Fall 2011

I started the development of the Point Cadet North site by looking at the surrounding neighborhood and areas to analyse circulation, commerce, and residential zones. The project includes low rise commercial that wraps around a central courtyard which then flows into a large community park. The shoreline is developed with a boardwalk and small kiosk style buildings.

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Neighborhood and Road Diagrams

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Site Organization The site is organized in to three zones for community occupation. Built occupation, outdoor occupation, and water front occupation

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Site Plan and Section The site is developed west to east with low level commercial development around a courtyard, a large park, and a boardwalk

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Site View

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Connecting Cadet Point

Leland Bailey Berman Fifth Year Design Urbanism Seminar

Fall 2011

The design started by looking at how people would enter the site. From these points the paths on the site were created. A focus was placed on connecting the south side of Cadet Point to the fishing pier, casino, and new shrimping pier. The paths become boardwalks across a marshy area in front of the plaza. Paths also started where roads were removed and one forms into the shrimping pier. By removing the existing road it became easier to work with and change the shoreline.

The program for the project is placed to create a enclosed central park that is focused away from the highway (I-10) to the south. The goal was to move people away from the highway and then allow them to focus out on the water.

On the site a shrimping museum that opens onto an extensive plaza that provides access down into the water. is at the center.

Along the street edge retail space is provided. A restaurant with a second floor dining deck focused out to sea is closest to the museum. Across the lawn is a major retail anchor store and a music venue that could hold crowds on the open ground.

The design seeks to create an urban street edge with an open aired park on the other side, reacting to both the need for commercial and recreational space.

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Fishing Pier

Casino

Road

Shrimping Pier

Walking Paths

I-10

Diagram of Site and Program program The diagram digram was wasused usedtotoestablish establish how how the the most most direct paths would go. It also also helps help show show how how blocks blocks of of space could be programed most appropriately. appropiately.

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Fishing Pier

Retail

Pavilion

Lawn

Shrimping Pier Restaurant

Plaza Water Stairs

Museum

Garden

I-10

Plan

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Birds Eye View

The 3-D model of the site allowed for more more indepth indepth design design and and spatial spatial understanding. understanding. This view aimed at the central lawn shows the nature of the bridge paths and the forms of both the retail and themuseum. museum. an the

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Restaurant

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Lawn

Plaza

Water Stairs Rendering

Water stairs

Viewing Platform

Site Sections The site section shows the transition from urban to nature walk that occurs at the site. The cut shows the restraunt, with the retail behind it, the lawn, plaza, and water stairs, and the viewing platfrom in the marsh land.

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Variating Densities

Nick Cusimano Fourth Year Design Urbanism Seminar

Fall 2011

Biloxi has a rich gambling and tourism history, that has the potential to become greater. The coastline can become as developed and trafficed as similar destinations like Las Vegas, but Biloxi has an landscape like no other. My proposal tries to interlace aspirations of economic growth with regional ecological practices. By looking at contemporary Chinese urban villages with innovative landscaping methods, Point Cadet can be a thriving, sustinable hub in a recovering community.

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Site and Precedents Biloxi has a rich gambling and tourism history, that has the potential to become greater. The coastline can become as developed and trafficed as similar destinations like Las Vegas, but Biloxi has an landscape like no other. My proposal tries to Fallurban 2011 Designaspirations Urbanism Seminar interlace of economic growth with regional ecological practices. By looking at contemporary Chinese villages with innovative landscaping methods, Point Cadet can be a thriving, sustinable hub in a recovering community.

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Commercial Insitutional Residential Park | Greenspace Site

Land Use Survey

Land Use Survey

By researching the different programmatic uses one can see the diverse context of the site. With this date, I envision a microcosm of Biloxi within Point Cadet.

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Greenspace

Pier

Development

Schematic Programming

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Schematic Programming

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Boardwalk Residential Parking

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Greening Point Cadet

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It is important to express and utilize the beauty of the site. There are great views of the Gulf of Mexico. By placing a waterfront park that runs along the length of the site both residents and visitors of the area can benefit from the natural landscape. To promote economic development of the area and bring more tourists, commercial retail stores along with a restaurant are placed on the south end closer to the casino row. The educational components of the site have a separate more intimate entry and location on the north. This area can be more protected and controlled for groups and foster a better learning experience. The community garden and fishing pier are ideally located near the residential zone for security and to promote sustainable lifestyles.

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VISITORS & RESIDENTS -Seafood Industry Museum -Retail

-Community Garden -Marina

--Retail & Park -Fishing Pier

EDUCATION & LEISURE -Seafood Industry Museum + Piers -Community Garden --Ferry

-Park + Play Space/Fountain -Commercial -Fishing Pier

Program Allocation

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Biloxi, Mississippi

SOUTH POINTE PARK MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA

PIER 84 - HUDSON RIVER PARK MAHATTAN, NEW YORK

PRECEDENTS Precedents

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Final Plan

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INTERSTATE

BALL-PARKS

GREENSPACE

BOARDWALK

PIERS

WATER

Site Section

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Point Cadet Waterfront Park Trenton Gauthier Third Year Design Urbanism Seminar

Fall 2011

This project proposes something quieter and less intensive than the typical development scheme.

As such, the project aims to stand in contrast to the gaming district that surrounds the site.

The project is a boat launch.

It also calls for rebuilding a popular hanger for use during community events and the addition of an outfitters, a fuel dock, a bait and tackle shop, and a gas station as well as parkland, a boardwalk, and an elevated peristyle but all of these are to support and enhance the core experience of simply arriving in the pre-dawn light, backing your boat in, and departing.

The park is a simple utility.

It is a celebration of unpretentious living; a peculiar sort of waterfront domesticity I recall disjointedly from my own youth.

You can watch a video flythrough of the project at http://bit.ly/tsa5-ubst-fv

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The History of the Site The History of the Site Fall 2011 Spring

Aerial View Showing the totality of the design.

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Additional Views 1. The Peristyle 2. The Inlet near the Hanger 3. The Boardwalk

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Museum

Waterfront Walk

Outfitters

Convenience Store

Attractive Profits on NonEssentials

Competitive Overlap on Essentials Tackle Shop

Fuel Dock

Existing Marina

Program Diagram The priority is convenience.

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Multi-use Shelter

WPA-esque Peristyle

Boat Launch

Moments Moments concrete concreteplanes planescarving carving through throughrough roughtopography topography; mounds moundsofofrock rockand andshells shells abrupt abruptshifts shiftsininscale scaleand andview view emulatethe theemergence emergence emulate fromcabin cabintotoship’s ship’sdeck deck from vistas spring springfrom fromtunnels tunnels vistas vastness thepark parkisisbuilt built quiet pre-dawn launch the forfor thethe quiet pre-dawn launch

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Aesthetics Simple notions in placemaking.

Precedents include Ando’s Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum as well as his Chichu Art Museum and the Igualada Cemetary by Enric Miralles and Carme Pinós.

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Restoring an Urban Landscape Dixon B. Jelich Fifth Year Design Urbanism Seminar

Fall 2011

The new urban plan for point cadet is focused on the pedestrian walkway and pier. A continuous and fluid circulation plan will provide the user alternate ways to view, experience, and access the piers all from the same path. Returned green space will make up most of the site in an effort to take away from the hard surfaced commercial area and noisy interstate that intersects the site. A return to nature in this area will provide a park like environment in a busy urban setting. The existing maritime museum serves as an educational opportunity for children and adults to gain a perspective on how the gulf coast has sustained life for many years. The topography of the land tappers off towards the water and is lowest at the southern most tip. As a process of bio-remediation, the new landscape will filter all water that is presented to the site as well as runoff from the streets and highway. Cleansing this water before it is returned to the gulf will ensure a positive future for the maritime and seafood industry of the Gulf Coast.

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Site

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Site and Major and Minor Circulation

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Zoning and Flood Plain Map

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“Main Street”

Sarah Knapp Fourth Year Design Urbanism Seminar

Fall 2011

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Looking at Biloxi, MS it is easy to see how the resort and casino industries have taken over what was once a small community town centered around the Air Force base. The site that lies as the entrance into this town the design is made to bring the community back into the site. By creating local industry such as small town shops; creamery, sewing shop, tackle and bait shop, the community is given the opportunity to have an escape of their own. While some may argue that the small town aspect may deter the tourism that is already in place, the design also plays to the strength of tourism. On almost all vacations the fast pace atmosphere becomes too draining for a long period of time and the design of a small town main street on the site allows for that slower pace that the already in place tourist can visit for a slower pace.

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Looking at Biloxi, MS main it is easy see how thegoing resortthrough and casino industries have taken over what was once a small comThe Circles show the stopstoalong US-90 the site. munity town centered around the Air Force base. The site that lies as the entrance into this town the design is made to bring the community back into the site. By creating local industry such as small town shops; creamery, sewing shop, tackle and bait shop, the community is given the opportunity to have an escape of their own. While some may argue that the small town aspect may deter the tourism that is already in place, the design also plays to the strength of tourism. On almost all vacaFall street 2011 Design Urbanism Seminar tions the fast pace atmosphere becomes too draining for a long period of time and the design of a small town main on the site allows for that slower pace that the already in place tourist can visit for a slower pace.

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Precedent Studies

Tourism- Looking at Magazine Street in New Orleans, LA as a way for the small town feel to bring tourism to the site.

Local Revenue- Main Street America allows the idea of bringing in local stores to bring back revenue to the community.

Community- Kitchen Kettle Village, Intercourse, PA, a cluster of smaller shops that the community can partake in.

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Boardwalk Small industry Parking

Seafood Museum Community/ Informational Wall Community Garden

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Aerial Perspective

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Interior Perspective

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Green Connection

Jake McGregor Fourth Year Design Urbanism Seminar

Fall 2011

PROJECT DESCRIPTION The project realizes the disjunction between the north and south sides of Point Cadet and attempts to bridge the gap by use of a programmed landscape. In doing so, the identity of Biloxi will grow beyond a glorified casino corridor and hold an identity that is visually accessible to traffic passing on the 90 freeway. Located along the edge of the natural city perimeter, the new “welcome� sign will be in an optimal position to raise standards of living for local dwellers and act as a precedent for future greenspace/structure developments.

Soft space transitions into hard space via delicately negotiated triangulated slopes, seatings pods, and circulation voids that drop into the programmed structures underneath. While the north end of the site contains the primary commercial amenities of the project, the morphing landscape grows out of the box, passes under the freeway, and rises again to form the secondary commercial zone on the southern end of the site. Compositionally the project will display a process of natural growth that will become more and more evident through construction phasing.

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION The project realizes the disjunction between the north and south sides of Point Cadet and attempts to bridge the gap by use of a programmed landscape. In doing so, the identity of Biloxi will grow beyond a glorified casino corridor and hold an identity that is visually accessible to traffic passing on the 90 freeway. Located along the edge of the natural city perimeter, the new “welcome� sign will be in an optimal position to raise standards of living for local dwellers and act as a precedent for future greenspace/structure developments.

Soft space transitions into hard space via delicately negotiated triangulated slopes, seatings pods, and circulation voids that drop into the programmed structures underneath. While the north end of the site contains the primary commercial amenities of the project, the morphing landscape grows out of the box, passes under the freeway, and rises again to form the secondary commercial zone on the southern end of the site. Compositionally the View from North to South project will display a process of natural growth that will become more and more evident through construction phasing.

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Vicinity Mapping Vicinity Mapping Understanding the site from a large scale is necessary in order to make crucial decisions at a small scale. Point Understanding thethe sitecommercial from a large fabric scale isofnecessary to makegrid crucial at a small scale. Pointthe relaCadet connects Biloxi andinaorder residential anddecisions is responsible for mediating Cadet connects the the commercial tionship between two. fabric of Biloxi and a residential grid and is responsible for mediating the relationship between the two.

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Site Mapping

Site made Mapping The scope of design intervention is compressed at a smaller scale and strategy reflects observations at the The scope ofCirculation design intervention is compressed a smaller andthe strategy reflects observations the larger larger scale. of program is defined at and aims toscale address visitors agenda.

Whether made it be aatmornscale. defined and aimsor toan address the on visitors agenda. Whether it be morn-ing run throughofthe ing runCirculation through of theprogram park, a isday of shopping, evening the restaurant level of thea pier, the placement park, a daymust of shopping, orthe an evening onaccess. the restaurant level of the pier, the placement of structure must consider the reality structure consider reality of of access.

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Site Plan

Site Plan

The site plan reveals the project by illustrating a pallatte of materiality, a layering system for program, and an overall attitude that is evoked through the architecture.

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Exploded Section

Exploded Section

From the skin to the bones, to the organs working within, the project realized in section helps to digest the scope of items that are addressed through architecture. Since many programmatic elements are compressed into a singular body, adjacencies are delicately considered and then tightly wound together to work as one.

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Point Cadet: A New Cove

Sean William McGuire Fifth Year Design Urbanism Seminar

Fall 2011

Recent catastrophic events have called for a revision of the relationship between the water’s edge and development within Point Cadet. Future proposals for the Gulf region must not only capture a spirit of the past, but also introduce a new means of living with the environment rather than upon or against it. While many casinos in the region are located on the water, and some commercial zoning as well, the approach is that of imposing rather than embracing. This proposal seeks to create a new system of living upon the water and creating a cove or boardwalk condition. The proposal contains both commercial and residential units located on the water, similar to early Creole settlements in Lake Pontchartrain. The creation of a U-like boardwalk seeks to promote a frontage to the water and gateway to the city, while still accommodating a serene moment of tranquility within the cove. Recognizing the historic nature of the city, small scale of development was proposed instead of large scale commercial or residential. The importance of restoring a sense of place in the site was a key tenet of this proposal.

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primary pathways and piers Low-rise commerical Beach area

Greenery/ New Coastline Lagoons Parking Maritime Museum/High Rise Commerical

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Site Plan

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View of Pier

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Pedestrian Past Proposa Area of Intervention Vehicular Noise Nodes of Intersection

Site Analysis

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Boardwalk Rendering

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Residential Unit Rendering

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A Site Divided

Ian O’Cain Fourth Year Design Urbanism Seminar

Fall 2011

BILOXI

GULFPORT

OCEAN SPRINGS POP. 17,225

POP. 50,644

6 MIN. AWAY

5 MIN. AWAY

3.2 MILES AWAY

1.9 MILES AWAY

POP. 67,793 20 MIN. AWAY 14.4 MILES AWAY

Site Map

Adjacent polulations to the site Looking at Biloxi, MS and its surrounding areas, it is easy for one to see how this small city can have both the small community feeling while still having a bigger city draw from its resort and casino industry. This duality can most easily be seen by the juxtaposition of the large casino buildings along the coast and the small neighborhoods on the nothern side of U.S. 90.

Seeking to draw from this duality, this proposal is divided along U.S. 90 to separate it into residential and commercial halves.

The northern half of the site is dedicated to the community with a community garden being planned with the already planned museum. The southern half of the site is dedicated to commercial industry. A string of buildings parallel the coast providing commercial shopping and eating opportunities on the second floor and residential floors above with parking for those residents on the ground floor. Acting as a buffer for this commercial building is a large public park area on the inside of the site.

Linking both halves of the site is a long active circulation path that hugs the coast and connects to the water through a tiered sea wall. This narrower path encourages movement along the edge of the site and provides areas for running and biking along the coast.

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RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL

Surrounding Program Analysis of building type surrounding the site.

Surrounding Program Analysis of building type surrounding the site.

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Site Plan Tulane Regional Urban Design Center

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Perspective from Gulf

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Point Cadet

Abigail Readinger Fourth Year Design Urbanism Seminar

Fall 2011

The site is programmed with a boardwalk and low density commercial area along the water’s edge. Bordering this is the community garden, which provides a green separation between the boardwalk and a residential block across the road, which wraps around a green courtyard. In the community garden are small-scale structures for restaurants and additional small businesses.

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A series of walkways provide access to the different areas of the site On the opposite page, the three zones of the site are shown: residential, business, and the waterfront area. These three zones are kept in the final design, with the planning of a residential block (residential), low density commercial (business), and boardwalk area (waterfront).

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RESIDENTIAL BUSINESSES

WATERFRONT

Zoning Analysis

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PATHWAYS

-elevated and ground level

LOW DENSITY COMMERCIAL -along boardwalk

LOW DENSITY COMMERCIAL -along road

COMMUNITY GARDEN

-and additional greenspace

RESIDENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

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MUSEUM

Boardwalk Perspective

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RESIDENTIAL

LOW DENSITY COMMERCIAL

SEATING AREA

SECTION

COMMUNITY GARDEN KOSSUTH SQUARE SAGRA Architects- Budapest, Hungary

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COMMUNITY GARDE

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PIER/BOARDWALK

PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY ground level

BOARDWALK CITY DECK Stoss LU- Green Bay, WI

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Communal Integration

Alexandra Seierson Fourth Year Design Urbanism Seminar

Fall 2011

The development is designed to grow with the budget and is intended with at first a minimal parkspace and boardwalk idea in order to connect the marina space at the south end with a proposed hangar at the north end of the site. Once traffic is attracted to the space, commercial development can then be implemented with a promenade type strip, which if successful can later be expanded. The first phase is for the residents of Biloxi, and the second will also hopefully open it up to tourists as well.

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Hangar

Museum

Pier

Promenade

Marina

Node Allocation

By identifying severl nodes along this connecting boardwalk where the path itself fluctuates, we are able to give visitors several destinations along the way including the city’s new Seafood Industy Museum. Hopefully by leaving the rest of the space open with jogging paths and trees on the south side, and a community garden to the north, I hope to give them an oasis from city life itself.

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Hangar

Community Garden

Jogging Paths

Phase 1 Siteplan

Here is the first phase of the proposal showing the main feature of the boardwalk as well as three other major additions to the site itself. The community garden is left open to interpretation based upon the communities needs with the hope that it will evolve organically.

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Perspective and Section of Integrated Boardwalk Seating The boardwalk takes shape as more than just a pathway through the site with the inclusion of different overlapping bench types which allow visitors take time to stop and appreciate the great water views as well as those of the new parkspace.

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Pier

Commercial Promenade

Marina Expansion

Phase 2 Siteplan Phase 2 is when commercial development begins to get brought into the site. First is the addition of the two-storey mixed use development as well as an extension to the marina and addition of a pier for tourists as well as local fishermen and families. It also brings with it much needed additional parkign on the bottom level.

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PROMENADE RESTAURANT/ ART GALLERY COMBO CONDITION

Promenade Restaurant/ Art Gallery Double Space Condition

PROMENADE RESTAURANT/ ART GALLERY COMBO CONDITION

PROMENADE OFFICE SINGLE SPACE CONDITION PROMENADE OFFICE SINGLE SPACE CONDITION

Promenade Office Single Space Condition

Programmatic Possibilities for Promenade Spaces: -Restaurants -Office Space -Art Galleries

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-Stores -Biloxi Welcome Center -Bars

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Biloxi Bend

Guan Wang Fourth Year Design Urbanism Seminar

Fall 2011

A WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT

BILOXI BEND PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Biloxi Bend focuses development on the underutilized yet a highly valuable portion of the Biloxi coastline. In order to promote outdoor activities along the coastline, a snaking pathway is designed to travel from the southern docking port to the northern casinos. This proposal provides a visually simple and economically modest development that benefits both local inhabitants and tourists alike.

WHY DOES THE PATHWAY SNAKE? The path’s bending allows for the addition of parks, a longer exercise pathway, and the introduction of splash steps along one continuous route.

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PARKS SNAKING PATHWAY SPLASH STEPS

BEFORE

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Drawing explanation or notation...

Etc. Etc. PATHWAY SNAKING PARKS

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RUNNING

BIKING

PARKS Drawing Title SNAKING PATHWAY SPLASHSEATING STEPS SPLASH STEPS INTEGRATED Spring Fall 2011

SEAMLESS SEATING

View from the Gulf The coastal design features grand splash steps that vary in visibility depending on water levels.

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POCKET PARKS

DIRECT WATER ACCESS

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GULF OF MEXICO

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PRECEDENT STUDIES JACK EVANS HARBOR COASTAL SEA ORGAN CHICAGO LAKEFRONT COASTAL URBAN LANDSCAPE DESIGN

ASPECT STUDIO / TWEED HEADS, AUSTRALIA

NIKOLA BASIC / ZADAR, CROATIA

VARIOUS ARCHITECTS / CHICAGO, UNITED STATES

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PRECEDENT RESEARCH

The featured precedents are world class coastal developments that exemplify rich usage of a public space. This research is crucial to learning and understand of how a public space, especially along a waterfront, can both improve the lifestyles and economies.

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Point Cadet Recovery

Jack Waterman Third Year Design Urbanism Seminar

Fall 2011

#4 ENTERTAINMENT BOARDWALK DISTRICT PARK A.

C.

APARTMENTS COMMERCE

B.

#5 COMMUNITY GARDEN

#1 SEAFOOD MUSEUM

MARKET COMMUNITY

#3 SHRIMPING PIER

#2 MARINA EXPANSION

Establish a wetland to recover the land along the coast. With paths and associated educational oppurtunities (Seafood Museum, Shrimping Pier, Communtiy Garden), the coast would become a hub for families, as well as a beacon for joggers and naturalists. Further development would begin at the periphery (restaurants, shops, condos).

The Point is a prime location for a “gateway” because of its location near the Highway 90 bridge connection to Ocean Springs. A public square framed by high rises would provide the necessary monumentality and begin to create a sense of place in Biloxi.

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Diagrams A. Program diagrams (L to R) - Housing, Entertainment, Mixed Use (Commercial + Residential), Recreational.

B. User Gradient - Darker areas indicate more adult use, while lighter areas indicate family or recreational use.

C. Sight Lines to the proposed Public Square - dotted line indicate pedestrain and vehicular circulation.

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Section Perspective

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