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hi-story plaza Public plaza Boone, IA | 0.18 acre
growing city Residential design Chicago, IL | 136 acre
river valley park Park design Ames, IA | 50 acre
relinking midtown Urban planning Atlanta, GA | 20 acre
free-for-all embu Urban planning Embu, Kenya | 230 acre
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HI-STORY PLAZA Wall
Pavement with texts
Stairs Ramp
Bell structure Bench
Facing West This is a SMALL SCALE design. The design intends to combine several elements in it. Firstly, curves in this design break grid boring pattern in Boone, and control the whole space.
Secondly, since history of Boone relates to coal and the site close to railway, coal-shape pavements represent coal and break plan shape, and I-beam benches represent rails.
In general, elements in this design can make this city distinctive, and create a place for relaxation.
Rail way Roads Site
Facing North DESIGN TYPE: Public Plaza LOCATION: Boone, IA AREA: about 0.18 acre, (112ft x 72ft) COURSE: LA 202, Spring 2014
GROWING CITY LOOP
Residential Area
13 miles
Public Facilities
SITE
Commercial
Metra Stations Metra Line Schools
Senior Center Hospital
Office
SITE
Public Facilities
Residential Area
Library Hospital
Art Center
Because the metra is not close to the site, car is main vehicle. Because public facilities are far away from the site, resident should include them. Because green spaces are not enough, resident should provide more green spaces.
Commercial hub was in middle of the site, and public facilities were on two sides of the hub. Public areas include library, art center, hospital, and senior senter, etc. Residential areas include high and low density types, which suitable for different demonds.
During daytime, commercial hub and publi areas are the most dense. From the center outside, the density gradually goes down.
For all ages, sustainable idea, and design patter Design for all ages
Sustainable Design
Educational & Entertainment
Demographic - Ages (31,64,100)
Proposed design provided more green spaces in order to create a comfortable environment.
Education and entertainment provide completed lifestyle for residents.
65 and Up: 11%
19 and under: 33%
Between 20 - 64: 56% This is a RESIDENTIAL design,which is located in Chicago. Individual part focused on middle part of the whole site, which should be a commercial hub.
Concept of the design is ‘Growing City’. In order to make this design unified with Chicago, some features are borrowed from famous buidings, such as Willis Tower and Marina City.
Green roof, which is recommended by chicago government, was another important component in the project. Both concept and physical patterns represent ‘Growing City’.
Individual Part - Commercial Hub Commercial hub with green roofs and skywalk
Residential area Offices
Commercial Front Plaza
Green space
Green spaces out of the site
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GROWING CITY
Physical Pattern Patterns of vertical and horizontal designs represent the concept - growing.
DESIGN TYPE: Residential Design LOCATION: Chicago, IL AREA: about 136 acre COURSE: LA 301, Fall 2014
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Outside green space attracts people
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Front plaza highlights the hub
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Green space all along channel
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Main road streetscap
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Green roof provides more green spaces
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Green spaces, like a buffer, surround the site, in order to create a 'city' in the nature. Public places along the channel make the water more accessible.
Parkings with large scale are all located in commercial and mix-use areas, and they are all underground parkings. Parkings with smaller scale are located in residential areas.
Skywalk is an elevated circulation system for bicyclists and pedestrian. Besides, it is also the connection of green roofs in the site, and it provides different experiences as well.
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Vegetation Perspectives
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Low dense residence
The site provides different life experiences for people, in order to create a 'city' in Chicago.
Water body PLAN
Commercial area and offices in the site are all along the channel. It is similar to the loop, which is along the lake.
Parking
PARKING ENTRANCE
Building height Lower than 50' 51' - 100' 0
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101' - 200' Higher than 201'
Circulation
Main Road (for cars) Road (for pedestrian) "Skywalk" Bike Way
District
Commercial Hub
SECTION DIAGRAM
Bulidings in the commercial hub from west to east generally go down, in order to make sure all of them can get enough sun light during daytime.
Commercial & Residence
Low Density Residence Commercial & Office Public Lands DESIGN TYPE: Residential Design LOCATION: Chicago, IL AREA: about 136 acre COURSE: LA 301, Fall 2014
GROWING CITY
Commercial hub as a core of the whole site is the highest part. Low-density residences are the lowest part. Therefore, heights of the site gradually go down from the center to outside.
Not only the heights of buildngs, density also goes down fron the center to the outside. Than land use changes to a mroe natural spaces, and ends in the lake.
All shapes of plan and elevations represent 'growing' from the center. It is a dynamic site which means more opportunities for everyone.
DESIGN TYPE: Residential Design LOCATION: Chicago, IL AREA: about 136 acre COURSE: LA 301, Fall 2014
RIVER VALLEY PARK ANALYSIS
WATER element
Site
Entrance
Entrance
River
Flow line
Water drops
Flooding in 2010
Circulation line
Nodes
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m syste Woods create both open and enclosed spaces.
The site is located at one end of the whole river system. Secondary entrance Entrance Circulation link all nodes and three of them follow proposed contours.
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Main entrance should be strong to attract people. Secondary entrance was needed to link the site to other part of the river system.
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Proposed design removed the ballfields, in order to create a natural place.
Flood
Flooding Map This is a park design project. The exsiting park is located in a flooding zone, in Ames, Iowa. Also, it is one part of whole river valley park system, which is all along the South Skunk River.
Proposed design The existing park is more like a sport filed. It includes five ballfields and more than 200 parking areas. Considering about floods in this area, the less structures here the better for proposed park.
Since the park is along the river, "water" was a main design element. Instead of protecting the site from flooding, it's better to import water, to creat a unique scenery during flooding season.
Open space
Enclosed space
Dog park
Wood deck
Terrace Plaza Wood Deck
Open Space
Entrance with parking
Dog Park
Entrance
Parking
Open space in the center almost followed existing ballfields shape, in order to make an open space which makes a contrast with other spaces in the site. Two main entrances were developed from the existing entrances. Terrace plaza was the scondary entrance links other place of the river system. DESIGN TYPE: Park Design LOCATION: Ames, IA AREA: about 50 acre COURSE: LA 504, Fall 2015
RIVER VALLEY PARK
Entrance
Entrance
Parking
Mound 13th St
Terrace plaza
Bioswale Driveway
Main Parking
Main Entrance Main entrance in a semi-circule shape represents welcome. Parking along the driveway provides convenience for prople. A main parking area is along the 13th street near the main entrance.
During the flooding season, all the site will be flooded, except the main entrance. Therefore, visitors can see a huge natural 'mirrir' from the entrance. Flooding in 2010 is the reference.
Terrace plaza is the secondary entrance which links the site to the river system. It includes three paths going to three levels. Difference of elecation made the plaza more interesting.
Pavilion in terrace plaza
Pavilion Terrace Plaza Path with slope
Pathes with slope in terrace plaza
Open space links plaza and river
River
Terrace Plaza DESIGN TYPE: Park Design LOCATION: Ames, IA AREA: about 50 acre COURSE: LA 504, Fall 2015
RELINKING MIDTOWN
TEAM WORK | OTHER TEAM MEMBERS
Part of Atlanta midtown
Major Traffic Intersections (weekday)
Current Transit Connectors
LAND USE CODING HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
MAJOR TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS WEEKDAY
MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL
MAJOR TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS CIVIC / INSTITUTIONAL WEEKDAY
SURFACE PARKING GREEN SPACE
SURFACE PARKING GREEN SPACE
AUTO TRAFFIC PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC BICYCLE TRAFFIC
MAJOR TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS WEEKDAY 6 MINUTE WALKING RADIUS
STORMWATER FLOW 5TH STREET
STREET LOW POINT
Stormwater management
PROPOSED BIKE LANES
6 MINUTE WALKING RADIUS
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PARKING STRUCTURE SINGLE RESIDENTIAL
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COMMERCIAL /LEGEND RETAIL PARKING STRUCTURE
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3RD STREET
LAND USE CODING
BIKE FRIENDLY STREETS (NO DESIGNATED LANES)
NECTOR
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CIVIC / INSTITUTIONAL
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BICYCLE TRAFFIC
Map 5. Primary competition area blocks. All red blocks must be addressed in the team’s development proposal as part of the challenge. The Partnership owns blocks A, B, and C, and is tasked with acquiring and developing the block E air rights. Block D (the Varsity) and Block F (Bank of America Plaza) are optional development blocks for the Partnership, but each team must assess the potential of integrating improvements to their public realm in its development proposal. The study area offers several other opportunities for infill development that the teams can choose to address in order to support the full neighborhood vision.
MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL
PARKING STRUCTURE
LEGEND Bicycles traffic BICYCLE TRAFFIC
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HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
COMMERCIAL / RETAIL
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SURFACE PARKING Surface parking GREEN SPACE Green space AUTO TRAFFIC Auto traffic PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC Pedestrian traffic
LEGEND
AUTO TRAFFIC
LAND USE CODING
OFFICE
PROPOSED
Farmers market 6 MINUTE WALKING RADIUS
3RD STREET
11 PONCE DE LEON AVENUE
NORTH AVENUE
NORTH AVENUE
PEACHTREE STREET
WEST PEACHTREE STREET
SPRING STREET
LEGEND
PROPOSED BIKE LANES Proposed bikelanes EXISTING BIKE LANES Existing bikelanes Bike friendly BIKE FRIENDLY STREETS streets
PIEDMONT AVENUE
PEACHTREE STREET
WEST PEACHTREE STREET
5TH STREET
SPRING STREET
LEGEND
STORMWATER FLOW Stormwater flow STREET HIGH high POINT Street point STREET LOW POINT Street low point
NORTH AVENUE
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PROPOSED FARMER’S MARKET AREA area Farmers market EXISTING FARMER’S MARKET AREA (GEORGIA TECH FARMER’S MARKET)
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3RD STREET
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PIEDMONT AVENUE
The development centers around creating connections on a physical and social level through public greenspace, mixed land use development, integrated residentce, and job opportunities.
PEACHTREE STREET
WEST PEACHTREE STREET
SPRING STREET
NORTH AVENUE Relinking Midtown seeks to achieve connectivity, diversity, density and sustainability. It is a reestablished network between Uptown and Downtown, as well as Georgia Tech Institute.
PIEDMONT AVENU
PEACHTREE STREE
WEST PEACHTREE
SPRING STREET
PIEDMONT AVENUE
Project site is segregated by the Downtown Connector, and two main streets that are highly NORTH AVENUE tracked: North Avenue and West Peachtree Street.
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Office Mixed use residence Commercial/Retail RENOVATED STRUCTURE COMMERCIAL / RETAIL OFFICE LAND USE STRUCTURE Renovated structure RENOVATED COMMERCIAL / RETAIL GREEN SPACE HIGH MIXED USE HighDENSITY density mixed use RENOVATED STRUCTURE MIXED USE USE RESIDENTIAL MIXED RESIDENTIAL HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE OFFICE OFFICE
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DESIGN TYPE: Urban12 Planning LOCATION: Atlanta, GA AREA: about 20 acre 13 COURSE: DSN 546, Spring 2016
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RELINKING MIDTOWN
TEAM WORK | OTHER TEAM MEMBERS
Tunnel
Linear park
Facing to Matra station Project site is segregated by the Downtown Connector, and two main streets that are highly tracked: North Avenue and West Peachtree Street.
Relinking Midtown seeks to achieve connectivity, diversity, density and sustainability. It is a reestablished network between Uptown and Downtown, as well as Georgia Tech Institute.
The development centers around creating connections on a physical and social level through public greenspace, mixed land use development, integrated residentce, and job opportunities.
S: Ebulimiti Aikebai, Taylor Goetzinger, Evan Jeanblanc, and Nikole Self
DESIGN TYPE: Urban Planning LOCATION: Atlanta, GA AREA: about 20 acre COURSE: DSN 546, Spring 2016
RELINKING MIDTOWN
INDIVIDUAL WORK
SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES
Increase Species Diversity Plants provide natural environment for species.
Pavilion
Vine is on the top
Wood Deck
Section-Perspective Bioswale
Street light
Ground light Bench
Reduce Runoff Plants can store stormwater.
Section-Perspective Rain Garden
Public space
Cool Environment & Buildings Plants can cool environment through transpiration. Green materials can help the project to achieve the goal of sustainability. Three sustainable strategies here are green roof, rain garden, and bioswale along the roads.
Section-Perspective
Stormwater storage
Grating
Plants underneath
Planting Bed
Wood Deck
GREEN ROOF
Perspective
STREETSCAPE
Perspective
RAIN GARDEN
Perspective
Crosswalk
Bikeway
goes through the linear park
Linear Green Buffer Rain Garden
Stormwater storage
DESIGN TYPE: Urban Planning LOCATION: Atlanta, GA AREA: about 20 acre COURSE: DSN 546, Spring 2016
FREE-FOR-ALL EMBU Existing and Proposed Analysis
Green space and parking Pedestrian movement Green space
TEAM WORK | OTHER TEAM MEMBERS
Block typology Green parking Informal market
Bus stop Business Industrial
Parking
Business block
EXISTIN
Different scales of business activity we spaced spontaneously, and were disjoi ed by transportation and parking.
Road Hierarchy
Secondary road Main road Highway Commercial promenade
Bussiness-Industrial block
Parking, commercial, and industrial buildings are mixed together. This redu es the capacity of the used space.
Building Program
Industrial block
Hotel/Motel Residence Hospital Industrial Social amenity Education Culture Large bussiness mix with residence medium bussiness mix with residence
Parking and industrial buildings are un organized and mixed together; this reduces the capacity of the used space. FREE-FOR-ALL concept: 1. Free Movement: it breaks down transportation networks, and building block typologies based on peoples' needs and convenience.
By providing the hierarchy and orientation in transportations, green spaces and informal activities as magnets to formalize the friendly pedestrian movement without constraint.
2. Free amenities: it provides free public a m e n i t i e s w h i c h i s p re s e n te d b y p u b l i c spaces, electricity, business and recreational opportunities.
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Reorganizes building footprints to clarify various scales of business activities, and allows penetration of green space and informal business inside the block while connecting to adjacent green corridors
Interior open space is used to mediate commercial and industrial buildings while providing designated parking.
parking and industrial buildings are seperated to provide access for large vehicles. Green space is used to mediate space between buildings
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DESIGN TYPE: Urban Planning LOCATION: Embu, Kenya AREA: about 230 acre COURSE: DSN 546, Spring 2016
FREE-FOR-ALL EMBU PROPOSED STREET HIERARCHY Business promenade
Wide side walk combined with business
planting 9’
Highway
Four-lane drive way
2-lane road Pedestrian Parking & commercial commercial promenade promenade Zone 16’
TEAM WORK | OTHER TEAM MEMBERS
Parking & planting 9’
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Pedestrian Zone 16’
Pedestrian highway highway
4-lane road with median
Zone 8’
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SITE TRANSECT
Residential
Business mixed with Residential
Hierarchy Transportations System The roads will be organized in a hierarchy with four main types of roads: highway, business promenade, main roads and secondary roads.
Business mixed with Social Amenity
Block Typologies Here are three typical block typologies which are business blocks, business – industrial blocks and industrial blocks.
Mixed use Sport Area
Each block will be adjusted slightly based on existing conditions, and have new building footprints, green corridors with removable canopy, and designated surface parking.
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Mainroad
Secondary road
Bike-lane and sidewalk separated
Pedestrian Zone 4’
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Wide side walk combined with bike-lane
Sidewalk with bike lane
2-lane road secondary 24’
Business mixed with Industrial
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Industrial mixed with Social Amenity
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Business mixed with Residential
DESIGN TYPE: Urban Planning LOCATION: Embu, Kenya AREA: about 230 acre COURSE: DSN 546, Spring 2016
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TEAM WORK | OTHER TEAM MEMBERS
Views to sunken People Plaza
Water square in heavy rain days & dry surface public Tunnel under the amphitheater in dry days Earth Bridge Bantu Alphabet mural
Bantu sculpture
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PLAZA SECTION
Urban Furniture The removable canopies were designed to enhace urban quality through directly supporting the informal business activities.
They aim to provide lighting, potable water, solar engery and shading. This will be an indirect, but effective, tool for government to manage and orient informal business and social activities.
People Plaza The place with a sunken plaza is normally used as a gathering point or public amphitheather, but also as a water plaza on rainy days.
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Bus station
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New Stairs with underneath space can be used as shop and temporary accomodation for sellers.
STADIUM SECTION DESIGN TYPE: Urban Planning LOCATION: Embu, Kenya AREA: about 230 acre COURSE: DSN 546, Spring 2016
CRAFT BENCH
TEAM WORK | OTHER MEMBER: XIAOYU MO ERGONOMICS DESIGN
Heights of the bench were the same with standards of seat height (about 18 inches) and elbow height (about 25 inches). Therefore, when one perpson uses the bench, the higher (25 inches) part of the bench can be a temporary table.
Recycled wood cannot be all in ideal sizes; cannot have the same quality; may not be strong enough to support a bench.
Proposed bench should be made by recycled wood with different sizes. It should have more than four legs, and most wood were not load-bearing components. Inspried by MINECRAFT
STRUCTURE
LOAD-BEARING: Steel Rods (d=0.375")
Two rods supported other 12 perpendicular rods.
FIXATION: Round Poplar Dowels (d=0.375" & 0.75")
Two thin dowels were inserted into thicker dowels. Fraction can replace gel or nails to fix the bench.
Each individual part of the bench was supported by steel rods, and fixed by wood dowels. DESIGN TYPE: Bench Design Heights: 18" & 25" AREA: about 18" x 18" x 2 COURSE: LA 581x, Fall 2015
CRAFT BENCH
TEAM WORK | OTHER MEMBER: XIAOYU MO
Lower Part - 18" High
Higher Part - 25" High
Legs
Outside
AXON DRAW
NOMETRIC WING DESIGN TYPE: Bench Design Heights: 18" & 25" AREA: about 18" x 18" x 2 COURSE: LA 581x, Fall 2015
INTERNSHIP
Project: SW 9th Street Corridor LOCATION: Des Moines, IA Position: Research assistant Semester: Spring 2015
INTERNSHIP
TYPOLOGIES & BENEFITS ON-STREET PARKING
• creates safer interactions between cyclists and motorists • establishes clearer delineation between travel lanes and bike lane
PLANT
• can be movable to accomm flexible use • enhance street aesthet community identity
• provide permea • allow fo cyclists
TYPOLOGIES & BENEFITS
SAFETY BENEFITS
• can shorten crossing distance, control turning conflicts, and reduce traffic weaving • can make drivers feel moderately or very comfortable driving near bikes • can slightly improve rush hour traavel times • can improve people’s driving behavior • can reduce bike-related intersection injuries
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
• can increase retail sales • can increase city’s traffic capacity • can increase the value of properties within one block • is much cheaper than roadway • can result in fewer commercial vacancies • can increase commercial loading
PROTECTED BIKE LANES
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PLANTED MEDIANS
• enhance street aesthetic and community identity • create intensive physical barrier between travel lane and bike lane • increase environmental benefits
PAINTED MEDIANS
• provide visual delineation between lanes and cue to drivers • allow for flexibility of use and easy access to adjacent properties
PROTECTED BIKE LANES Project: Ames Healthy Street LOCATION: Ames, IA Position: Research assistant Semester: Fall 2015 - Spring 2016
community design lab
INTERNSHIP
Tow lanes | Bioswale
Two lanes | median | Energy-saving street light
Three lanes | Linear park with bioswale Creating a pedestrian friendly streetscape is the key point of this porject. Existing condition of the street is four traffic lanes without sidewalk.
We proposed three options of traffic lanes, which are three-lane road, two-lane road with median in the middle, and two-lane road with bio-swale in the center.
Besides, we proposed 1. a linear park with sidewalk along the road; 2. only a shaded path way, in order to make a pedestrian friendly space near the Iowa State Fair.
Entry of Iowa State Fair
Proposed intersection with three lanes Project: East 30th Street Corridor LOCATION: Des Moines, IA Position: Research assistant Semester: Spring 2016
INTERNSHIP
A1:+Plaza + Stormwater Buffer Persp A1: Plaza Stormwater Buffer Perspective
ExistingExisting Site Site
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Sewer Drain
Sewer Drain
Flow Lines
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W L PI NR EO SP O&S EPDR ORPOOUSTEEDS R O U T E S DOWNTOD W ONWF NL TO OWWL N I NFELSO &
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N
N 0
100’
Proposed Proposed Site Site
300’ 0
100’
300’ 700’
700’
Stormwater Stormwater Stormwater ISU Community Design Lab ISU Community Design Lab Capture Plaza Capture Plaza November 13, 2013
Capture Plaza
November 13, 2013
ExistingExisting ParkingParking Existing Parking
Permeable Permeable Permeable ParkingParking Parking Riparian Riparian
Existing ExistingExisting Businesses Businesses Businesses
Riparian Buffer Strip Buffer Strip Buffer Strip NativeNative Grass Native Grass Grass Buffer Buffer Buffer
Multi-use Multi-use Multi-use ParkingParking Parking
Raised Bed Plaza + Bed Plaza RaisedRaised Bed Plaza Demonstration
+ Demonstration + Demonstration
Existing Existing Existing Greenhouse Greenhouse Greenhouse
Stormwater WaukonWaukon Stormwater ExistingExisting Site Site
Existing - facing to planting area
Stormwater Stormwater Stormwater Management Management Management Program CatalystCatalyst Program
N
Catalyst Program
N Scale 1”=40’ Scale 1”=40’
Stormwater WaukonWaukon Stormwater Proposed Proposed Site Site
Existing - facing to greenhouse
A2
A2
pective
A1
Proposed - facing to greenhouse
N
Scale 1�=40’
A1: Stormwater Management Catalyst Program
Proposed - facing to planting area Project: Wter management LOCATION: W Main St, Waukon, IA Position: Research assistant Semester: Spring 2016
DRAWINGS
LEFT: SKETCH COURSE: LA 578G, Fall 2013 RIGHT: VILLA LANTE AXON COURSE: LA 202, Spring 2014
DRAWINGS
IMAGE: Scroll drawing - Liuyuan MEDIA: Hand drawing & Computer program COURSE: LA 373, Fall 2013