So-Jung Lee 2006-2010
Georgia Institute of TechnologyB.S. in Architecture M. Arch Applicant
Architecture + Light & Water Play
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Architecture + Events
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Architecture / Well-being
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Landscape mediating the Architecture & Natures
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Reinterpreting
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Boundaries within Urban Context
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Edgewood Aquatic Center
Microcirculation Therapeutic Resort Center
Oconee River Environmental Resource Center
Trace, Recreate, String Installation
Peachtree Corridor | Street Design, Development, Accessibility
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Conceptual Composite Drawing
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Architecture + Light & Water Play As an antecedent to the Aquatic Center project, a short project focusing on water, light and body was assigned to study the relationships and interesting dialectics that could be created from them. The investigation of different sites of water and lighting as well as light models were recorded at different times of the day. The recordings were then selected to compose composite drawings to visualize a space that reflect the relationships and dialectics. For further experiment, they were transposed onto the site of the Aquatic Center project.
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compositing the existing and composed space
recording of existing space
PURIFICATION
act or process of removing physical impurities; sky becomes the source of purity
TRANSLUCENCY
recording of composed space
transmitting light but causing sufficient diffusion to prevent perception of distinct images
MOVEMENT & FLOW
act or process of contiuing and falling
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FILTERATION
act of letting light filter through a layer; act of spreading, passing and repeating
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each increment equals ten footsteps
Intrenchment Creek
Pedestrian Walkway Pedestrian Arrival Plaza
Circulation for Theater and Pool Users Circulation for Parterres and Entertainment Users
Existing Chemical Building Park Blvd. Crossing
Pedestrian Walkway
Residential Religious Building
Massing
Circulation for Workers and Scientists
Pedestrian Arrival Plaza
Dividers/Retention Walls
Circulation Secondary Circulation for Theater and Pool for Retention Pond and Entertainment for Workers a nd Scientists
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Architecture + Events making ways for users of places
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EDGEWOOD
Aquatic Center Year Three. Prof. Akins Aqua Community Center will be sited in SE Atlanta, south of Grant Park, Zoo Atlanta and along the Beltline. Within this context there is a mixture of residential, public park space, creek that flows from SE direction. The aqua community center will become an interest to many new homeowners and community developers. The design will serve the community by introducing two swimming pools (competition and recreational), a theater, water garden, laboratory and a retention pond. the site will expose its natural landscape features, an exposed creek and filtration plant. The programs will be organized in a NW direction to blend with the direction of the existing chemical science building and filteration creek. Within the design there are retaining walls that gradually die into the earth, giving visitors interesting experiences through usage of light and water. These walls will also serve the site for structural purposes, water gardening, and as a shading device.
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Retention walls cutting into ground
Programs align to the direction of creek
Programs interact over gardens
Placement of programs
Programs interact over water Study Models
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Site Plan
1. retention pond 2. auditorium 3. entrance/restaurant 4. outdoor cafe 5. bar/cafe 6. outdoor bar 7. public activity space 8. public reserved rooms 9. bridge 10. laboratory for scientists 11. greenhouse 12. existing chemical building 13. indoor hall 14. bathrooms 15. stairs & elevator 16. retaining wall
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1. outdoor leisurely pool 2. men’s locker 3. women’s locker 4. first aid room 5. office 6. main lobby 7. parking 8. outdoor garden 9. public outdoor space 10. laboratory for scientists 11. retaining wall
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1st Floor
1. cantilevering competition pool 2. locker rooms 3. seatings 4. terrace/green roof
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2nd Floor
Phsical Model
The structural walls will become a source of an object that is tangible to the users experiencing the Aquatic Center. People will be able to walk along and over the wall as well as observe the changes that occur throughout the site in different seasons, depending on how the walls interact with water and light. For structure to support a large cantilevering pool, gluelam, with the use of flitch beam, is used. Entertainment areas such as restaurants, bars, and social event rooms are spread out on the site in juxtaposition to the water garden for pleasurable views and interactions. The retention walls will control views, make ways for circulation, and act as a shading device.
Structural Diagrams
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Restaurant looking out to water garden
Interior view from bar/restaurant
Cantilevering competition pool
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Exploded Model
Section
View towards cantilevering pool
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Physical Model
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View towards restaurants and retention pond
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Physical Model
Existing Microcirculation Therapeutic Center
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Architecture / Well-being
making integrative places and medicine that feed the soul
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MICROCIRCULATION
Therapeutic Resort Center Professional Work. Schematic Design. The project is a further expansion to the existing Micirocirulation Therapy Centers that are located in Indonesia and Hong Kong. The resort center, located in south eastern part of Henan, China. With the area developing at a very fast rate with high density, it is an attractive spot to tourists as well as to residents and workers. Microcirculation Center will treat many patients with heart problems, drug addiction and aging issues. The therapy does not only treat patients but provide facilities that guide them to maintain wellness and healthy lifestyles. The therapy center is about bringing out the natural, healthy, clean, and restoring sentiments.
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Stepping Farmland
Pavilions and Bangalows
Bridging
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Master Plan
Initial Concept Drawing
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Choosing Farmland
Strips of Farmland
Segmenting and Stepping
Taking advantage of the existing site condition and features was the main design approach. The leisurely open land along the river provide excellent views of nature and make the project more affordable without having to excavate the land.
Land for Exercising and Pavilions
Placement of Pavilions and Bangalows
Stepping Farmland The purpose of stepped landscape is to accomodate physical needs of elderly patients and those with disability. Plants will be planted on land according to the height of their maximum growth; the taller plants will be planted along lower steps, shorter plants will be planted on taller, elevated steps.
Outdoor Pavilions & Bangalows The simple arrangement of pavilions will mainly provide exercising facilities such as for walking, jogging, biking, fishing, and playground for adults. Bangalows will also be situated for patients to stay while healing. Its close accessibility to these facilities will encourage them to enjoy outdoor spaces as well as for exercising.
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Bridging (hospital & indoor facilities) The bridge will contain the primary indoor faciliites such as the hospital rooms, lounge, physio & gym, spa, indoor swimming facilities and rooms for conference, consultation, dietitian. It will bridge the outdoor pavilion and bangalows to the farmlands so the users of the bridge has easy access to the outdoor spaces provided.
Oconee River Site Condition
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Landscape mediating the Architecture & Natures breaking the treshold between the nature and artifiical
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OCONEE RIVER
Environmental Resource Center
Year Three. Professor Kean.
I was interested in ways in which artificial and nature merge together to make smooth transitions, such as between the earth, water, and architecture so that people would be able to interact easily in all spaces. In this project, I figured out the solution to this by planting a concrete walkway that gently slopes into the shoreline of the Oconnee River which continues and extends upwards from the water into the earth in every direction. The rays of concrete walkway continues from the concrete edge to the east of site. The Oconnee River Environmental Resource Center is located along the edge of Oconee River and is identified by four buildings that have different interactions with the earth and water. Each building, each having different function, is connected together by a ramp in juxposition to another.
Elevated Artist’s & Scientist’s Studio
Green Roof Production Building
Activity/conference Building
Sunken Exhibition
River front walk enters the river arrays of concrete walkway continues to act as a mediator and makes it a smooth transition between the river, earth, and into to the buildings.
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street connection
pavement sloping into water
pavement on ground
pavement on roof
primary circulation secondary circulation
public space private space
green space
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2nd & 3rd Floor
1st Floor
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Ground Floor
Exploded Axon
physical model
Installation on Site
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Reinterpreting
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TRACE, RECREATE, STRING Installation | Year Four. Professor Dessault.
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Because Georgia Tech is highly focused on engineering, a discipline researched and studied to achieve complex understanding of science and order, I wanted to provide an escape and opportunity for viewers to create differerent perspective of these systems of order. The site that I have studied has one hundred and twelve patents displayed that present the Mechanical Engineering departments’ achievements. The include devices and theories on mechanical engineering. I represented a contrasting image of the patent, that is displayed on the wall to complete my installation. I took rubbings of the patent plaques, then used sketch pencil to trace the mechanical drawing and reinterpret them as organic forms. To draw connection between the drawings and patents I stringed each drawing to the original patent drawing it was created from. The overlapping and stretching of countless number of strings created an intriguing space.
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Aerial View of Peachtree Street
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Boundaries within Urban Context
Rules and regulations accomodating the past, present and future
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PEACHTREE CORRIDOR Street Design, Development, Accessibility | Year Four. Professor Green. Brookwood is located on the periphery of the core of Atlanta. The neighborhood sits between the major urban growth poles of Buckhead to the north and Midtown to the south. The Brookwood Alliance is comprised of the four neighborhoods of Ardmore Park, Brookwood Hills, Collier Hills and Collier Hills North combined with the commercial corridor of Peachtree Road. Peachtree Road serves as the spine of the community and acts as the major north-south point of access. On either side of this spine, the Alliance neighborhoods consist predominantly of single-family detached homes along with low rise multifamily developments. Peachtree is characterized by low to high rise office buildings interspersed with single story retail. The neighborhood experiences a large volume of vehicular traffic throughout the day, driven by large visitor and employment attractors and a lack of access infrastructure in the area. With few roads capable of distributing traffic, it ends up funneling down quiet residential streets. Land values in both Midtown and Buckhead have risen substantially over the last decade, putting serious development pressure on the Brookwood neighborhood. The recent economic downturn is seen as an opportunity to better define the future of the neighborhood. Our group was charged with engaging the community in their pursuit of a coherent vision of the future of their neighborhood. The intent is to take this vision and arm the community with a set of design strategies that can be used in implementing this vision.
ACCESSABILITY STUDY AREA
STREET DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT STUDY AREA
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Problem: The existing Right of Way on Peachtree Street/Road is 80 feet wide. It consists of six car lanes and a sidewalk on each side. There is no buffer between the fast moving traffic and pedestrians, as well as no bicycle infastructure or any type of vegetation.
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Peachtree Road is characterized predominantly by six lanes of high speed, motorized traffic. This character has degraded the street’s ability to adequately serve the needs of the local community. Rather than establishing a coherent framework for development to adhere to, Peachtree has seemingly repelled street-oriented development along its length. The street serves the needs of regional drivers at the cost of local users. It is a street battling for an identity, despite being bestowed with the most well know street names in the city.
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Goals: Design a street that accommodates the needs of pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users as well as drivers. Design a street that fosters the development of successful neighborhood-oriented retail. Design the public realm so that it can be implemented today but easily adapted to realize the ideal street in the future. Street Design Based on public surveys and meetings, an ideal streetscape was designed to be applied to the whole corridor. It includes wide sidewalks, off-street bike lanes, tree planting strips, onstreet parking, and a median with designated left turn lanes. The proposed right-of-way is 120 feet wide. After overlaying the 120 foot ROW over the existing Peachtree corridor, conflicts were found with some existing buildings. A strategy was developed to solve these conflicts until future development could allow the full realization of the ideal streetscape. A 70 foot section of the street was set as constant, providing for the median/left turn lane and four total travel lanes. Also considered non negotiable were minimum 5 foot sidewalk widths and the provision of bicycle infrastructure--either on or offstreet. Other elements of the streetscape were deemed flexible and could be sacrificed in areas where existing buildings prevented the realization of the ideal street. 42
The 120 foot ideal streetscape 60/60 ft. Streescape
The first variable in the narrowing streetscape strategy: Sidewalk widths in excess of 5 feet. Sidewalks can be added along with redevelopment the most easily of all elements. 60/60 ft. Streescape - 50/50 ft Streetscape
The 100 foot streetscape to be implemented where needed 50/50 ft. Streescape
The second variable in the narrowing streetscape strategy: Off- street bicycle paths shift to on-street bicycle lanes. Parallel parking is removed to make way for the bicycle lanes. A 5 foot striped buffer is retained for bicycle safety.
50/50 ft. Streescape - 45/45 ft Streetscape
The 90 foot streetscape to be implemented where needed 45/45 ft. Streescape
The third variable in the narrowing streetscape strategy: Street tree planting strips. 43
45/45 ft. Streescape - 40/40 ft Streetscape
The 80 foot streetscape to be implemented where needed 40/40 ft. Streescape
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The final step in the street design process was to apply the streetscape and strategy of implementation to the entire stretch of Peachtree Street/ maintains all existing current curb cuts
First Half of the Corridor | Final Ideal Design
Future redevelopment is shown along with the realization of the full street plan. Curb cuts are reduced to ease the flow of traffic and increase pedestrian safety
First Half of the Corridor | Final Existing Design
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First Half of the Corridor | Existing Streetscape
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The final step in the street design process was to apply the streetscape and strategy of implementation to the entire stretch of Peachtree Street/ maintains all existing current curb cuts
Second Half of the Corridor | Final Ideal Design
Future redevelopment is shown along with the realization of the full street plan. Curb cuts are reduced to ease the flow of traffic and increase pedestrian safety
Second Half of the Corridor | Final Existing Design
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Second Half of the Corridor | Existing Streetscape
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Loud concerns have been raised over an appropriate transition from the high activity, high desnity Peachtree corridor into the lower density, quiet residential neighborhoods. This stark juxtaposition has also given rise to concern over the form of development along Peachtree street. Brookwood has a character not unlike many neighborhoods that sit peripheral to urban cores along major arterial streets. Existing development rights combined with the pressure of urban growth has led to a precarious situation where neighborhood residents are worried about future redevelopment rather than excited by the benefits it will bring. We aimed at exploring future scenarios where the corridor developed into a truly urban place while be respectful of a low density residential context. Goals: Our strategy strives to satisfy the needs of developers and residents of Brookwood alliance. In order to implement the concepts derived from the precedents and to retain the existing FAR to maintain development rights we came up with a unique solution to the regulation of development which reinforces the vision of an urban oasis. Current Building Height Regulation Existing height plane regulations can be ineffective at regulating height adjacent to single family development. Currently the same height regulation is applied regardless of adjacent residential context and they do not address exposure to light and air along Peachtree Road. The height plane regulations are regulated by the depth of the parcel rather than through some type of comprehensive height plan. Solution: Development Prototypes Brookwood Development Regulations include Single-Family Protection Zone, Vertical Development Zones 1 & II. Single-Family Protection Zone is applicable to any parcel, or portion of a parcel that is zoned commercial. Single-Family Protection Zone measures parallel from the minimum rear setback line, extending an additional 100 feet into the parcel. The minmum rear setback is 40 feet, 20 feet of which is requried to be a planted buffer. There is a maximum building height of 38 feet under this regulation.
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Vertical Development Zone I applies to all commercially zoned parcels adjacent to a “Single Family Protection Zone.” The setbacks of this zone is measured from the centerline of Peachtree Street. It sets appropriate maximum and minimum height to the bases and pedestals. To establish a constant street wall, the ground floor is to be built to side property lines. This regulations also deals with providing easy access and reducing visual impact of parking decks that face residentially zoned properties. Vertical Development Zone II is applicable to a “Low Density Protection Zone.” Like that of VDZI all setbacks are measured from the centerline of Peachtree Street and all active uses are required along all ground floor levels adjacent to the public streets. It establishes a constant street wall, provide easy access and reduce visual impact of parking decks facing residentially zoned properties. Maximum and minimum height is set to the bases and pedestals. The maximum height will be higher than that of VDZI because of the area’s potential to grow more in density.
Single Family Protection Zone Vertical Development Zone I (lower intensity) Vertical Development Zone II (higher intensity)
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Single Family Protection Zone
Single Family Protection Zone
Vertical Development Zone I (lower intensity)
Vertical Development Zone I (lower intensity)
Vertical Development Zone II (higher intensity)
Vertical Development Zone II (higher intensity)
Vertical development atop a building base. For appropriate development and to maintain existing FAR along Peachtree Corridor we decided to use vertical development on base to meet the goals. As of now the buildings are lower in height but wide which block light and air from reaching Peachtree Street and single-family homes. By making the vertical development taller and slender, it will acqure the same realizable square footage but decrease building mass relative to Peachtree Street and single-family homes. Height and width of the vertical developments are a tradeoff for this design evolution.
Height Plane
Office Height Plane
Height: 225’ max
Rear Setback: 30 ’-50’
Retail Parking
Rear Setback: 30 ’-50’ Height: 225’ max
Existing Development Zone I: Office
Existing Development Zone II: Office
Height Plane
Height Plane Height: 225’ max Rear Setback: 30’-50’ Height: 225’ max Rear Setback: 30 ’-50’
Existing Development Zone I: Residential
Existing Development Zone II: Residential VD Width: 110’-150’ max VD Separation: VD Front 40’-80’ min Setback: 10’-40’ min
VD Width: 80’-110’ max
VD SideSetback: 20’-40’ min VD Separation: 40’-80’ min
VD Front Setback: 10’-40’ min
Height: 225’-300’ max
Height: 225’-300’ max
Pedestal Height: 30’-60’ max Base Height 24’ min/ 45-72’ max
VD Front Setback: 10’-40’ min
Existing Development Build-out
Pedestal Height: 30’-60’ max Base Height 24’ min/ 45-72’ max
VD Width: 80’-110’ max VD Side Setback: 20’-40’ min VD Front Setback: 10’-40’ min
VD Separation: 40’-80’ min VD Width: 70’-100’ max
VDSeparation: 40’-80’ min
VD Side Setback: 20’-40’ min
Pedestal Height: 30’-60’ max
Height: 225’-300’ max Base Height 24’ min/ 45-72’ max Pedestal Height: 24’-48’ max
Base Height 24’ min/ 45-72’ max VD Front Setback: 10’-40’ min
Height: 225’-300’ max
Height: 225’ max Rear Setback: 30 ’-50’
Height: 225’ max
Height Plane
Rear Setback: 30’-50’
Height: Height: 225’225’ maxmax
Setback: RearRear Setback: 30’-50’ 30’-50’ Height: 225’ max
Rear Setback: 30’-50’
VD Width: 110’-150’ max VD Separation: VD Front 40’-80’ min Setback: 10’-40’ min VD Width: 80’-110’ max
VD SideSetback: 20’-40’ min VD Separation: 40’-80’ min
Residential
VD Front Setback: 10’-40’ min
Height: 225’-300’ max
Height: 225’-300’ max
Separation
Pedestal Height: 30’-60’ max Base Height 24’ min/ 45-72’ max
VD Front Setback: 10’-40’ min
Longer, slenderer and deeper office blocks
Pedestal Height: 30’-60’ max
Retail Parking
Base Height 24’ min/ 45-72’ max
Proposed Vertical Development Zone I: Office
Proposed Vertical Development Zone II: Office
VD Width: 80’-110’ max VD Side Setback: 20’-40’ min VD Front Setback: 10’-40’ min
VD Separation: 40’-80’ min VD Width: 70’-100’ max
Pushed back office blocks , and pulled up retail blocks
VDSeparation: 40’-80’ min
Height: 225’-300’ max
VD Side Setback: 20’-40’ min
Pedestal Height: 30’-60’ max
Height: 225’-300’ max Base Height 24’ min/ 45-72’ max Pedestal Height: 24’-48’ max
Base Height 24’ min/ 45-72’ max VD Front Setback: 10’-40’ min
Final Result
Proposed Vertical Development Zone I: Residential
Proposed VerticalDevelopment Zone II: Residential
Proposed Development Build-out
Vertical Development Width: 80’-110’ max Vertical Development Vertical Development Side Separation: 40’-80’ min Setback: 20’-40’ min Vertical Development Width: Vertical Development Width: 80’-110’ 80’-110’ maxmax Vertical Development Front Vertical Development Vertical Development SideSide Setback: 10’-40’ min Setback: 20’-40’ Setback: 20’-40’ min min
Vertical Development Separation: 40’-80’ min
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Height: Vertical Development Side Vertical Development Side 225’-300’ Setback: 20’-40’ Setback: 20’-40’ min min max
Vertical Development Separation: 40’-80’ min
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Height: Height: 225’-300’ 225’-300’ maxmax Vertical Development Side Setback: 20’-40’ min Base Height 24’ min/ 45-72’ max
Vertical Development Front Setback: 10’-40’ min
Height: 225’-300’ max Height BaseBase Height 24’ min/ 45-72’ 24’ min/ 45-72’ maxmax
Vertical Development rtical Development FrontFront Setback: 10’-40’ Setback: 10’-40’ min min
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Base Height 24’ min/ 45-72’ max
Vertical Development Vertical Development Separation: 40’-80’ Separation: 40’-80’ min min
Vertical Development Width: Vertical Development Vertical Development FrontFront 80’-110’ max Setback: 10’-40’ Setback: 10’-40’ min min Vertical Development Vertical Development Side Separation: 40’-80’ min Setback: 20’-40’ min
Vertical Development Front Setback: 10’-40’ min
Base Height 24’ min/ 45-72’ max
Height: 225’-300’ max
Height: Height: 225’-300’ max 225’-300’ maxHeight: Pedestal 30’-60’ max
Pedestal Height: Pedestal Height: Height: 30’-60’ 30’-60’ maxmax 225’-300’ max
Height BaseBase Height 24’ min/ 45-72’ 24’ min/ 45-72’ maxmax Pedestal Height: 30’-60’ max
Base Height 24’ min/ 45-72’ max
Property Line Vertical Development Zone I
Vertical Development Zone I
No Build Zone
Single-Family Residential
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Tower 60’ (Max.) 25’ (Min.)
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Tower Base
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20’ (Min.) Base
20% parcel width (Min.)
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Variation 1: Single Family Protection Zone: Sky Exposure Plane at back of parcel is measured from Residentially zoned parcel, regardless of adjacency. Towers: Only front 50% of base area can be used for tower construction. Only towers can break Sky Exposure Plane. FAR:
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Single Family Protection Zone: Based on base height with a minimum distance from a residential property regard less of adjacency.
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Towers: Tower height and area based on allowable volume. (900000 cubic feet) Only towers can break Sky Exposure Plane.
FAR: Towers:7.0 total. Tower height and area based on allowable volume. (900000 cubic feet)
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Diagram: Commercial and Single Family BROOKWOOD ALLIANCE PLAN
Diagram: Commercial and Single Family BROOKWOOD ALLIANCE PLAN
FAR: 7.0 total.
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Property Line Vertical Development Zone I
Vertical Development Zone II
No Build Zone
No Build Zone
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Sky Exposure Plane stops Multi-Family Protection Zone: after 50% of parcel length is Sky Exposure Plane at reached. back of parcel is measured from multi-family/commercial Towers: parcel, regardless of Only front 50% of base adjacency. area can be used for tower construction. Sky Exposure Plane stops after 50% of parcel length is Only towers can break Sky reached. Exposure Plane.
Multi-Family Protection Zone: Sky Exposure Plane at back of parcel is measured from multi-family/ commercial parcel, regardless of adjacency. Sky Exposure Plane stops after 50% of parcel length is reached.
Towers: FAR: Only front 50% of base 7.0 where 50% must be in area can be used for tower base. construction.
Towers: Only front 50% of base area can be used for tower construction. Only towers can break Sky Exposure Plane.
Only towers can break Sky Exposure Plane.
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7.0 where 50% must be in base.
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Variation 2: Multi-Family Protection Zone: Based on base height with a minimum distance from multifamily/commercial parcel regardless of adjacency.
Variation 2:
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Tower 1 x half ROW width (Max.) .5 x half ROW width (Min.)
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Tower
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Multi-Family Protection Zone: Based on base height with a minimum distance from multi-family/commercial parcel regardless of adjacency. Sky Exposure Plane stops after 50% of parcel length is reached.
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Towers: Tower height and area based on allowable volume. (900,000 cubic feet) Only towers can break Sky Exposure Plane.
Towers: FAR: Tower height and area 7.0 total. based on allowable volume. (900000 cubic feet)
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Diagram: Commercial and Multi-Family BROOKWOOD ALLIANCE PLAN
Diagram: Commercial and Multi-Family BROOKWOOD ALLIANCE PLAN
Proposed Built-out Profile
ACCESSIBILITY Based on Survey Results, Meeting Discussions and Site Evidence, we have determined that overall Brookwood has poor accessibility. Traffic is not effectivley managed by the existing infrastructure and it will be difficult for the existing infrastructure to accommodate future development. The quality of the pedestrian environment is low thus discouraging the viability of walking. Also, few households can reach desirable destinations in a short walk. There is poor overall vehicular connectivity, leading to increased congestion on Peachtree Road and on neighborhood strreets. Finally, access to mass transit is poor, providing no viable alternative for commuting. Problem The problem of vehicular congestion in the neighborhood owes itself mainly to a lack of accessibility. Accessibility can be increased in three ways: By increasing the capacity of the existing network, by increasing the amount of connectivity in the existing network, or by adding alternative means of transport other than driving. As we have seen, the street design strategy provides for the addition of a transit corridor runing down Peacht ree Road in the future. The addition of the Beltline will also add the ability to shift trips away from driving. This section is focused on identifying and categorizing potential future connections should the opportunity arise to make them a reality.
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Goals: Design Peachtree Street to accommodate transit if desired in the future. Create a database to track all proposed improvements to pedestrian and vehicular street infrastructure. Explore all possible options for improvements in neighborhood accessibility.
s1
p2
All Possible Connections Code
Location
a1
South Colonial Homes
a2
South Colonial Homes
a3
Colonial Homes
a4
Biscayne Dr
a5
Peachtree Park
a6
Tulast
a7
Bennet Street
a8
Spadling Street
a9
Peachtree Valley
s1
Golf Course
s2
Tanyard Creek
s3
Tanyard Creek
s4
Tanyard Creek
s5
Tanyard Creek
s6
Colonial Homes
s7
Peachtree Memorial
s8
Tanyard Creek
s9
Junction Ave
s10
Demorest Ave
s12
Peachtree Hills
s13
SouthEast-Creek
s14
Tanyard Creek
s15
Tanyard Creek
s16
Tanyard Creek
s17
Peachtree Valley
s18
Spadling
s19
Peachtree Valley
s20
Peachtree Valley
s21
Brattons St
s22
Ardmore Sq
s23
Ardmore Sq
s24
Ardmore Pl
s25
26th/25th St
s26
I-85/Peachtree St
s27
Palisade Road
p1
Beltline
p2
Golf Course/ Nside Dr
p3
Tanyard Creek
s1
Path Network Brookwood Studio Proposal Beltline/Connect Atlanta Studies Proposed Paths Proposed Streets Proposed Connections
s10
s9
s5 s8 s3 s4
s3
s6
s7
s11
s2 s14
s9
s5
a4
a3
a2
s13
s15
p3
s8
a1
a5
s3a
s14
a6
s4
s6
s7
s17
a7
s16
s11
a8
s3
s18
s2
s12
a9
s14a
s20 p1
s19
a3
a2
a4 s15
a1
s13 p3
a5 s14
a6
s27
s16
s17
a7 a8
s18 s23
s21
s12
a9
s20
s22
p1
s19
s24
s25
s27 s26
s23
s21
s22
s24
s25
s26
In the end, there remains a great dddeal of work to be done in order to secure the future of Brookwood according to the vision that the community has put forth. The studio team believes that this project has been successful in garnering some general agreement over the basic strategies that should be employed when moving forward in this process. As opposed to the assumption that residential and commerical property owners cannot see eye to eye, we have uncovered a middle ground. By recognizing the realities of what can and cannot be done given the existing physical context and regulatory framework, we can begin to build the framework for the future based on a foundation of reality. Moving forward, the concepts proposed by this studio should be utilized in the formation of an overlay district or a new set of zoning classifications for the neighborhood. Whatever road the community decides to take, we must reiterate once more the central strategies proposed over these many pages. -Design Peachtree to accommodate the needs of all users today while allowing for incremental enhancement in the future. -Regulate the form of devleopment in a manner that is straighforward, fair, and responsive to context -Consider the needs of future generations while exploring all possible oppotunities for increasing accessibility.