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CURIOCITY 77 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NY FALL 2010 - 3 MONTH PROJECT
LIBRARY The New York Public Library system consists of 91 branches in Manhattan, Staten Island, and the Bronx. The NYPL’s crowning jewel is Carrère and Hastings’ 42nd St. Library. Well known and frequented by tourists and residents alike, it unfortunately hosts as a research library, lacking the public programs hosted in branch libraries - leaving New York without a true “central” library. The responsibility of providing public access falls to the branch libraries. Situated to serve residential areas of the city, the branch library system attempts to provide public amenities, but as the city develops, gaps in coverage occur. One such gap service is Lower Manhattan, with a rapidly increasing residential population and a daily influx of workers and tourists. This populous area of the city is completely devoid of a library.
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A COLLABORATION WITH LINA BONDARENKO AND EDITH GAWLER - 33% OF TOTAL EFFORT (IMAGES SHOWN PRODUCED BY ME UNLESS ATTRIBUTED)
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LOWER MANHATTAN With the closing of the Mid-Manhattan Branch (the library’s second largest branch), a site in Lower Manhattan has the opportunity to create a new “Central” Library for the NYPL. The combination of easy access and vacant office space in this quickly changing neighborhood make it well suited for a new library - to say nothing of its currently under served, and rapidly increasing, residential population. The site for the project is a vacant office building, 77 Water Street. The library’s program of approximately 250,000 SF occupies about half of the building’s available area, the remainder available for lease by other tenants.
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Traditionally, libraries have separated different types of media according to format. This creates conditions of continual change and frustration. We contend that organizing media by content, rather than format, will improve search and storage efficiency.
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As well as serving as essential public space, libraries are the curators of free knowledge. They offer access to a wide variety of materials which will change over time, especially with the proliferation of digital media such as e-books, video, and other forms of interactive content. regardless of format, libraries will continue to play a role in how we access information - and as such we have taken a position which enables the library to contain much more than (old fashioned?) books and periodicals.
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USE At the same time that they separate media according to format, any and all activities which take place in libraries are shoehorned into a few spaces designed to accommodate a broad range of functions. While they may “accommodate” multiple activities, patrons would be better served by spaces which acknowledge differences between different types of program, and are designed to better suit specific functions. This way, each specific “use” of information gains its own space, with specific lighting, acoustic controls, spatial requirements, and finishes suited to the program. These spaces act independently of one another, ensuring acoustic isolation and optimum working and learning environments.
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INFO CORE The decision to treat all formats of media as a continuous run of storage has several implications for the library. A large, continuous zone must be created to accommodate access to a collection which will expand and contract over time. The standard dimensions of the “Class A” office tower floor plates and ceiling heights were unsuitable for the amount storage that was desired. The result is the removal of an area of the tower to accommodate an “Info Core” devoted to material storage. That core was then placed as an extension of the building’s existing core, and manipulated to optimize the spaces around it for desirable views, light, and air.
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INSERT The program volumes are then inserted into the building, following a logic that allows circulation to take place on top of larger programs to access smaller programs. Existing floor plates, unsuited to the library program due to their low floor to floor height, are removed to make way for the specifically designed, independent enclosures of the various use spaces. The space between and around the individual use spaces is left open to public imagination. The structure of the building is radically rethought: a series of trusses located in the floor above the library (an unoccupied mechanical floor) transfer the loads from the rest of the building above the library to the core, which is reinforced by the added structure of the “Info Core.�
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MODEL WITH LINA BONDARENKO AND EDITH GAWLER
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK SPRING 2012 - 1 WEEK PROJECT
LIVING MEMORIAL AIDS, like many crises, was addressed through education and advocacy. By hosting an future outreach function, the memorial will bring together spaces not only for reflection, but also for living and education. Maintaining an educational role, the memorial park will serve many needs for the community - as a living, well used monument to personal struggles with AIDS. To better link living with remembrance and outreach, the park is fractured, allowing interaction between what otherwise would have been isolated activities. This also improves the outreach spaces, otherwise confined to a basement. Lifting the park allows light to penetrate into the spaces below. Three caissons for quiet contemplation support the park: A moment of remembrance amidst the activities of daily life.
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A COLLABORATION WITH BRANDON MALDONADO - 50% OF TOTAL EFFORT (IMAGES SHOWN PRODUCED BY ME UNLESS ATTRIBUTED)
RENDERING WITH MARK SHALAMIAN
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CIRCOLO SAN FREDIANO SAN FREDIANO, FLORENCE, ITALY SPRING 2011 - 1 MONTH PROJECT
PUBLIC SPACE The San Frediano neighborhood is located south of the River Arno in Florence, and is home to a concentration of artisans and elderly residents. However, the composition of the neighborhood is changing, with an influx of young families creating demand for recreational space in the city. The main enclosed program for the project is a “Circolo Recreativo,” similar to a YMCA. Host to community functions and sports, it hopes to foster inter-generational learning and community building. The site for the project consists of an existing “piazza” - dedicated to parking - and an unused strip of space alongside the city’s medieval wall, and a portion of riverbank with access to the Arno River.
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LINK TO CITY The project addresses several issues - the first of which relates to connecting the small neighborhood with the city as a whole. The Arno was an essential infrastructure in the founding and history of Florence. Now, its waters are polluted and access is limited to a few places along the bank. A city wide system of public access and pathways could return the river to its former role; and better connect the neighborhoods of the city, and provide a pedestrian alternative to the city’s car-choked streets and narrow sidewalks. In addition, the green space that such a system would create is essential to improving quality of life, access to green space, and helping to control air pollution in the dense, medieval center.
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HYBRIDIZE PARKING The given program statement allots almost 50% of the area to parking. While this bias towards cars might be seen as a handicap, perhaps it can become a benefit. If parking consumes so much area, why not tweak the way that parking works, to create a space that works both for parking, and in support of other desired activities? The remainder of the program calls for a market, outdoor theatre, and a variety of recreation space. The “parking” area can accommodate these functions with a few simple changes - allowing each of the other programs to occupy a much larger portion of the site, reclaiming area from parking when it is not needed.
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PEDESTRIAN LINK While the realities of automobile use dictate certain parts of city life, the forum excavates a pedestrian route from the core of the neighborhood to the established recreation route along the Arno River. While the concept of separating pedestrians from automobiles is not a new one, in this case it will allow for unfettered access to the river - and also make the slope down more accessible by stretching the descent over a long distance. This slope is also home to a series of markers which explain the history of the Arno in terms of flooding. The city and river have a somewhat tragic history, with major floods occurring at least once per century - most recently in 1966.
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CNY FOODCENTER SYRACUSE, NEW YORK SPRING 2010 - 3 MONTH PROJECT
FOODOGRAPHY This project is the product of a multi-disciplinary studio focused on food investigated the various issues of the Central New York regional food system, especially those of the City of Syracuse. The studio brought together students from several disciplines: architecture, landscape architecture, and industrial + interaction design. The issues which the project engages are Food Access, Education, Advocacy, and Identity. Stakeholder meetings, programming charrettes, and strategy discussions led to programming, phasing, and planning based on a location and program for a Regional Food Center, devoted to addressing these issues, adjacent to the Central New York Regional Food Market in North Syracuse.
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A COLLABORATION WITH CAITLIN PONTRELLA - 75 % OF TOTAL EFFORT (ALL IMAGES SHOWN PRODUCED BY ME UNLESS ATTRIBUTED)
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SPREAD Occupying the vast site with a relatively small program was part of the design challenge. To do so, we created different zones enclosed by berms, bioswales, and raised bed planters. Parking was thought of as the alternate means of accessing the food center, and the lot itself included empty “parking gardens� which replaced storm drains to ease run off issues while making the lot a more people-friendly space.
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FOOD Food Systems are addressed specifically as a design element, primarily in the form of modular, “eat-in” kitchen, for teaching and eating - part of a large, open space combining information and exhibition areas. Other elements could be interchanged depending on the use and development of the FoodCenter, for example, a starter-gardening station, compost station, GIS mapping, FoodJobs Board, “Liquid Food,” or merely using a few kitchens in a mix with tables and chairs for eating, meeting, and gathering. 1 - Grain Retail 2 - Storage Modules 3 - Crop Catalog 4 - Raised Bed Units
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EXHIBITS Garden Starters - Herbs, seedlings, and the means to start new gardens. A means to promote biodiversity by offering a wide range of species which otherwise would be inaccessible. Tool Library - a community resource to share tools which would otherwise be prohibitively expensive for individual ownership. Info-GIS Station - Links visitors with information including recipes, nutrition, food related jobs, events, and activities. Also, the GIS component helps people understand their “foodshed� by mapping where it comes from. Drinking (food) - information about liquid nourishment, from dairy to daiquiris. Using and preserving produce through beverages, to encourage people to try new food experiences.
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DISTRIBUTION Grain Dispensers - The retail space adjunct to the bus terminal is designed to display and seal grain in reasonable quantities to visitors in a fun and usefully different method than expected. Grain Storage Modules - palletized, recycled thermo-molded plastic modules which are sealed against moisture for energy efficiency in storage and safe crisis distribution. Crop Catalogue - Aeroponic catalog of regionspecific plants. A low maintenance, high impact display of possibilities. Raised Bed Garden Seating - A space for instruction, leisure, and testing. Mkt Carts \\ Mobile carts are to be filled with fresh produce biweekly and shipped out to small corner stores to augment produce supply.
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BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK, NEW YORK, NEW YORK FALL 2011 - 3 WEEK PROJECT
PUBLIC HOTEL? This mixed use development was based on a recent RFP for the development of a site adjacent to Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn. The hotel was a means to provide funding for the maintenance of the park; the essential design considerations were how to make a private development better serve the public both spatially and fiscally (through increased tax revenue) . The basic program provided by the city consisted of a hotel, a food and beverage outlet, and parking. Additional program was allowed, and rather than an FAR limit, the site had only a view corridor based 100’ height restriction from the nearby Brooklyn Promenade. Coupled with a relatively large site, created an opportunity for public space because the available volume was much larger than the allotted program.
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PROGRAM 150 Hotel rooms, a food and beverage outlet, and additional elements which were left up to the individual proposer. The goal set forth by the city was to balance the interests of finance and public welfare. On one hand, more volume equates to more revenue for the park, but on the other, it makes it harder to mask or provide additional outdoor public space. To make the project financially beneficial, while providing additional public space, the mass of hotel rooms is lifted, while at the same time the service functions and parking area are buried, creating a public underpass allowing the restaurant, pool, and other facilities to be accessible to the general public. This outdoor space also enables the banquet facilities direct egress, allowing them to be lifted to better take advantage of the site’s views.
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CITTA + CAMPO INCISA, VAL D’ARNO, ITALY SPRING 2011 - 1 MONTH PROJECT
URBAN? DEVELOPMENT Incisa, a satellite of Florence, is determined to grow. It serves as a bedroom community for people who work in the larger city. The municipal government wants to capitalize on this relationship to attract tourism, new businesses, and residents. However, years of poor planning allowed the small city to balloon outside of its historically dense core, leaving it depleted of urban amenities necessary to foster growth. The municipality wants to encourage new development closer to the center of the town, around the train station which offers transportation to Florence. Citta + Campo is a strategy to bolster Incisa’s appeal by re-imagining a vacant train yard. A mix of housing, offices, public services, retail, transportation infrastructure, and a hotel were determined to provide a suitable programmatic mix by the municipality.
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COMBINING CITY + COUNTRY The first decision was to expand the site to include a future park. The park and city were then connected with a series of strips programmed with “urban” and “landscape” activities which worked to stitch the park and the city together while organizing a strategy for future expansion.
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SKIDDY CITY SYRACUSE, NEW YORK SPRING 2009 - 6 WEEK PROJECT
CENTER This project is situated in one of the few “dense’” residential areas in Syracuse. However, while it offers the possibility of urban life, the neighborhood lacks amenities such as a library, day care, or a food market. The given program is based on creating a microcosm of urban life, a center for activity in the neighborhood. Adjacent to a park, playground, and large elementary school, the building acts as a bookend to these public programs, defining a band of public program within the larger residential area.
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SYRACUSE, NEW YORK SPRING 2009 - 1 MONTH PROJECT
MEDIA Libraries have two roles: first, as storage for information in all forms, and second, to provide a free, public space for the use of that information. In this small community library in the heart of downtown Syracuse, these two roles are the focus of the project. The library is reduced to a storage machine - 6 rows of shelves, stacked 3 stories high. Modular shelving units were designed for the many different formats of media with which we engage today - and in addition, all of the spaces for reading, meeting, and working within the library are accommodated by these shelves. People, as bearers of information, become part of the library’s collection.
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COMMUNITY The remainder of the program is devoted to community activities - a teaching kitchen, auditorium, market, children’s library, and roof garden. These are cut from the rows of shelves, and are expressed as solid amidst the light structure and thin shelves of the storage machine. The library of storage and the library of community, though different, are brought together by the strategic insertion of the community programs into the machine of information storage. Around these moments of intensity, people and agendas will collide - a forum for public debate and interaction.
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PROTOVOTING SU CAMPUS, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK FALL 2008 - 1 MONTH PROJECT
INTEGRITY? This project began with an analysis of the voting experience; from which we designed a prototype voting environment. Three key areas were in play: Perceptions, connotations, and effects. Perception was the image held in the voter’s mind, of the candidates, of the process itself. Connotations were the actual votes, the process, the space. Effects were the ensuing results and political events to follow. Engaging these three areas of the process was key to the design, which aimed at achieving integrity and security for the voting process. As this was a new space solely for voting, we created a program for the other 364 days in a year: what can a polling place become when not used for voting?
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USE Polling regulations drove the design: A 100’ radius around the polling place must be a “safe zone,” kept clear of electioneering, exit polling, or the display of biased signage. This is marked by depressing the ground into an amphitheater around the voting environment. Only voters may enter the theater. To ensure a record of all votes cast in the event of a dispute, a camera system is used to record votes and poll worker actions. This feed, with the tally of votes (time scrambled for anonymity) is broadcast on the voting enclosure. As a prototype, the design was tested in multiple site conditions. The key to its effectiveness in ensuring integrity lies in the section of the voting area.
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POLLING PLACE SECURITY Ensuring proper process No one, other than a voter, poll clerk, poll watcher, or official Is allowed within 10 feet of the polling place Inside the polling place, no one is allowed to solicit votes or To electioneer (directing people how to vote) no one is allowed to enter an occupied voting booth No one is allowed to return to a voting booth. Only voters, constables, overseers, and poll watchers are Allowed to enter the voting area. Only 10 voters are allowed within the polling place at one time Election security is the responsibility of the judge of election All issues are taken care of by officer’s of the peace No police officer is allowed within 100 feet of the polling place
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CNC SCREEN THE WAREHOUSE, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK SPRING 2010 - 1 WEEK PROJECT
FABRICATION An experiment with digital form generation and fabrication, this screen was developed from a winning entry for a design competition hosted by the Syracuse Industrial design program. It was based on creating a gradient of transparency using a repeated, rotating element - mimesis of the machine it would both conceal and reveal. Using grasshopper to generate the form, rhinoceros to develop it, and rhinoCAM to prepare it for milling, was a learning experience in the field of digital fabrication. The resulting screen suffered from fabrication limitations - we reduced the complexity of the initial proposal to reduce the required cut time from 22 hours to 1 hour.
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601 TULLY SYRACUSE, NY 2010 - 11 MONTH PROJECT
COLLABORATION A year long class followed by a summer of hard work, 601 Tully as been an important experience in several regards. Working with 15 students and members of the local community, this house and adjacent vacant lot were transformed into a community education center. A series of architectural interventions in the house were complemented by furniture and landscape elements. A focus on recycled materials and multifunction spaces created opportunities for design in an otherwise tightly constrained project.
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PROGRAM A single space on the lower floor was designed to accommodate multiple programs - and to be flexible over time. 1 - Bathroom 2 - Book Wall 3 - Classroom 4 - Gallery 5 - Moving Wall 6 - Cafe Counter
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WHAT IF...? SYRACUSE, NY SPRING 2010 - 3 MONTH PROJECT
INTERACTION A collaboration with a small group of students to produce an interactive installation based on the use of SMS messaging to engage with the city. A series of posters and tickets were printed inviting people to TXT a thought about Syracuse - from whimsical to serious - responding to very open prompt “What if...” Those who responded received an invitation to a public event, during which the aggregated messages were displayed, along with a slideshow of architecture and urban projects for Syracuse, with the aim to spark debate about the future of the city. The project also has a future - and will be installed in several vacant storefronts in the downtown in the fall of 2011.
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SYRACUSE, NY - WWW.SYRECUSE.BLOGSPOT.COM FALL 2009 - 1 MONTH ASSIGNMENT
STRATEGY When faced with unfavorable conditions for vibrant urbanity and limited agency with which to change them - what can be done for a city? Part strategy, urbanism, architecture, marketing SyREcuse was both a campaign for change and a series of strategies to accomplish it. The project consisted of three phases: research, strategy, and presentation. First, we focused on learning about systemic issues for Syracuse, dealing with food, energy, the post-industrial economy, transportation, and waste and water management. We then developed a kit of strategies that addressed the issues in a very basic, easily digestible manner. From there, we presented the strategies as booklet and as a series of posters to raise awareness to the issues that we addressed.
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A COLLABORATION WITH LINA BONDARENKO, ALEX TAFROV, AND MARK SHALAMIAN - 50% OF TOTAL EFFORT (ALL IMAGES SHOWN PRODUCED BY ME)
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SYRACUSE, NY FALL 2009 - 1 MONTH ASSIGNMENT
LAND USE
One issue which Syracuse faces in the current day is the way in which barriers – real and perceived, have divided the city into relatively isolated neighborhoods and areas in terms of pedestrian access. These barriers fragment the city, contributing to the low walkability of the city (Or the availability of the necessities of daily live within a comfortable 15 minute walk – approximately one mile) – a condition aggravated by cold winter weather.
A chapter within a broader research project on the city of Syracuse and its development, SYR:LU was meant to inform an urban design proposal for our studio that semester, with broader implications as a resource for the entire school. Extensive GIS work and research into the history of land use in the city allowed us to reconstruct several elements of the city’s growth, changes in land use over time, and and development. Especially poignant for Syracuse is the impact that transportation has had in shaping the city - drastic land use changes accompany the rise and fall of different modes of transportation such as the Erie canal, railroad system, and Interestate 81.
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The solution to the fragmented nature of the city is the automobile – and as such, the city, even the densest areas of the downtown, is plagued by the suburban necessity of owning an automobile or relying heavily on bus transportation in order to carry out daily transactions. These barriers include Onondaga creek, I-81, I-690, Rail lines, West Street, Erie Boulevard, etc. Some of the perceived barriers are also the images that certain areas have been burdened with, or the inaccessibility of the downtown / west side from university hill. While other cities have similar issues (i.e. NYC, with Manhattan, with limited accessibility), Syracuse’s relatively low density allows it to sidestep these barriers with outward; rather than connective development. This outward development further reduces density, and increases dependence on the automobile due to the decentralized arrangement of land uses. Whereas in the early 1900s people lived, worked, and played in proximity to the city core, this lifestyle today is lived only by those who cannot afford to, or choose not to own autos. The downtown area, however – once you park your car for a weekend jaunt or business activity; is a very walkable area, as are certain street based strips – Salina, Genesee, Fayette, Geddes, Lodi, Butternut, Inner James – certain areas on these streets preference walking due to concentrations of commercial / mixed activities. However, these strips are contested by the draw from more auto centric areas such as Erie Boulevard, Carousel Center, and Shoppingtown Mall.
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Postwar Development Trends Up until WWII, Syracuse experienced continuous growth and development based on a manufacturing / transport based economy. This began to change with post war development, which can be traced here; from 1943 to 1970, the focus of land development, especially for new residential areas, was outside the city proper. This suburbanization of the population is one of the contributing factors in the current state of the city. The lack of natural barriers on the outskirts of the city in the era of the automobile and military-industrial interstate system allowed for such expansion, and provided an “escape” from any issues associated with city life. This lack of boundaries is one of the contributing factors in this expansion; in other cities, the topography, water bodies, etc, created containers for growth, influencing the density of areas. Other socioeconomic issues drove people out of the city, and while there were good things associated with the city, people preferred the image of the front lawn – manufactured – home – communities which sprouted outside the city.
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As such, development of open space into residential areas was a simple prospect, and it appealed to many returning GIs and middle class families. The succession of development, expanding away from the city, best illustrates the creation of the suburban city which Syracuse operates as today.
Postwar Development Trends Up until WWII, Syracuse experienced continuous growth and development based on a manufacturing / transport based economy. This began to change with post war development, which can be traced here; from 1943 to 1970, the focus of land development, especially for new residential areas, was outside the city proper. This suburbanization of the population is one of the contributing factors in the current state of the city. The lack of natural barriers on the outskirts of the city in the era of the automobile and military-industrial interstate system allowed for such expansion, and provided an “escape” from any issues associated with city life. This lack of boundaries is one of the contributing factors in this expansion; in other cities, the topography, water bodies, etc, created containers for growth, influencing the density of areas. Other socioeconomic issues drove people out of the city, and while there were good things associated with the city, people preferred the image of the front lawn – manufactured – home – communities which sprouted outside the city.
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Evolving Modes of Transportation / Infrastructure The City was incorporated in 1847, officially joining the Villages of Syracuse and Salina towns into a larger unit. The railroad network reached Syracuse in the 1840s, with the completion of the Syracuse + Binghamton Railroad, once again offering opportunities for transport and manufacturing related businesses. As the use of railroads increased for transportation, so did their influence in the city. This influence was matched by a declining emphasis on the use of the Erie and Oneida Canals. Also, as salt production became less and less the focus of production, manufacturing and industry moved into the marshland at the south end of Onondaga Lake. Access to Transportation played one role in the explosive growth of Syracuse in the late 1800s, other factors being access to raw materials such as coal ( locally available from Northern Pennsylvania ), Timber and Stone (From Canada and Western US), and Iron Ore (Watertown, Rome, Ogdensburg). Thus the city profited not only from the transport / distribution economy of the canal, but also of the access it brought for processing / marketing goods.
130 The proliferation of railroads in the city grew through the late 1800s, and reached its peak in 1900, with railroad tracks/sidings on Salina St, Genesee St, Washington St, Burnet Ave, and Lodi Street, with numerous loading / unloading stations and yards in between Fayette and Genesee Streets on the West side. This proliferation of railways ensured that local manufacturing companies would have a broad market for their products, and as a result, the manufacturing and industrial sectors of the city thrived, especially during World War One, when their capacity expanded again. This prosperity brought density, in the forms of commerce and retail to the downtown of Syracuse, and areas such as South Salina Street were filled with department stores, hotels, and cultural institutions. The University also began to play a larger role in the community as it grew.
Natural Resources Determined the Situation; initial growth (to 1825) Syracuse was originally settled and occupied by the Onondaga Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy. In the late 1700s, French Explorers, followed by settlers inhabited the area, and recognized the value of the salt marsh and springs at the south end of Lake Onondaga. Also, the intersection of the Genesee Turnpike and Salina and Chenango Turnpike offered transportation opportunities for any goods. The valley consisted of a creek, offering a water supply, salt springs - the original natural resource, and a relatively flat area in which to farm. The salt resource was initially developed (by European Settlers) in the 1790s, and was socialize by the state of New York in 1797, after a series of “modernizations� to the production process. At the beginning of the 1800s, the settlements / villages known as Salina, Geddes, and Lodi began to grow, based on an economy of salt production – a key preservative in pre-refrigeration food preparation. As the towns expanded inward towards the intersecting highways, the marshy areas to the south of the creek were drained and filled, to create more land area for salt production. Around 1820, construction of the Erie Canal began, and the Towns lobbied to have it routed through their combined settlements. With the completion of the canal in 1825, the towns grew at a much faster rate, as the growing village took on the role of transport hub, and officially incorporated as a village. The streets and areas surrounding the canal also deflected to become transport- oriented, beginning a pattern of use associating transport thoroughfares with business in
Growth of the City Diagram of Street Development: Syracuse was initially dependent on access to natural resources; and the subsequent processing and distribution of finished goods; 131 This is reflected in the growth pattern, and changes in transportation mode can also be
ANDREWWEIGAND REX
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Intern - Architecture - New York
Summer 2011
Prepared schematic design models, drawings, diagrams Prepared presentations and concept books
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Intern - Architecture - New York
June 2011
Prepared contract and schematic design documents Designed competition boards, diagrams for ARTBAR project
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Coordinator - Installation - Syracuse
May 2011
Designed, coordinated, and installed interactive installation with Arc500 Spatial ConTXTs Team
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Intern - Renewable Energy - Clayton
2009 - Ongoing
Prepared schematic design documents, permit applications Designed and fabricated furniture, operable partition, signage Participated in deconstruction and materials reclamation processes Summer 2009
Prepared photovoltaic and small wind cost-benefit analyses Contributed narrative and calculations to RFPs and grant applications
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Intern - Multidisciplinary Design - Syracuse Contributed to design development of product design projects
Spring 2009
Prepared CNC prototypes, renderings, sketches, models
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Assistant - Installation - Syracuse
Spring 2009
Designed and assembled display boards
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School of Architecture - Renee Crown Honors Program Bachelor of Architecture - Dean’s List - GPA 3.93 - Thesis “Learning from Parks” Study Abroad Florence - NYC Urban Studio with critic Joshua Prince-Ramus, REX
May 2011
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Intern - Multidisciplinary Design - Syracuse Contributed to design development of product design projects
Spring 2009
Prepared CNC prototypes, renderings, sketches, models
SIBYLLINE
Assistant - Installation - Syracuse
Spring 2009
Designed and assembled display boards
SYRACUSE
School of Architecture - Renee Crown Honors Program
May 2011
Bachelor of Architecture - Dean’s List - GPA 3.93 - Thesis “Learning from Parks” Study Abroad Florence - NYC Urban Studio with critic Joshua Prince-Ramus, REX
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High School - Malvern, PA
2007
Diploma with Distinguished Honors - Economics Award - GPA 4.2
SOFTWARE FABRICATION
Adobe CS5 - Rhino - V-Ray - AutoCAD - Office CNC - Laser Cutter - Wood - Foam - Plexiglass
GRANT WINNER EXHIBITED FINALIST SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP 2ND PRIZE SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP
Crown Award - Thesis Research and Travel ARTBAR - “By the City/For the City” Competition (with Medium) Syracuse Works - Student Visions for the City of Syracuse King and King - Comprehensive Design Studio Prize Robert W Cutler Memorial Scholarship Myron Jordan Memorial Scholarship Contemplative Bathing Space Competition United States Sign Council Chancellor’s Scholarship
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