UD_SU21_109

2020

P O R T F OL I O corina fuenmayor herrero

columbia university GSAPP MSAUD new york city

2021

september 2020 september 2020

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c.fuenmayor@columbia.edu | cf2837

selected works

Corina Fuenmayor Herrero Architect | Urban Designer

C ONT E NTS

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FALL

SPRING

SUMMER

Urban Design Studio I PUBLIC FOOD make food public!

Urban Design Studio II ROUTE ZERO a carbon free way

Urban Design Studio III FREE THE RIVER a nature-inspired spillway and vision for Cairo

GIS! mapping Vulnerable Populations in hurricane flood hazard areas

september-december 2020

FA L L S E M ES TER

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PUBLIC FOOD “Make food public!”

LOWER EAST SIDE, NEW YORK CITY Team: Mariana Majima, Victor Lo and You Jin Hwang Urban Design Studio I | Fall 2020 PUBLIC FOOD aims to integrate urban agricultural strategies with public schools and to educate the future generations about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and localized agriculture. By building greenhouses on the rooftop of the schools, not only will the students of the school benefit, residents will also have a better access to fresh and local food.

Demographic aspects illustrate that Lower East Side is one of the most ethnically diverse communities with the lowest income levels, and one of the neighborhoods with most children in Manhattan. Households with children tend to be 1.5 times more food insecure than households with no children. In the current situation, Covid is making even more households to be food insecure. In the long run, this can create a generation with health issues.

More info:

https://indd.adobe.com/view/45853169-77a4-4e4f-bc14-886a4d1f47f1

PUBLIC SCHOOLS GRENHOUSE ROOFTOP

during school hours | playground

during school hours | cafeteria

out of school hours | farmers market

out of school hours | restaurant

PS002 MEYER LONDON

PS184 SHUANG WEN

HURRICANE PATH

mapping

V ULNER A BLE P OPUL ATIONS in hurricane flood hazard areas HOUSTON, TX | NEW YORK CITY, NY Team: Mariana Majima and Lonas Chiu Geographical Information System | Fall 2020

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Floods are the most well-known natural disaster in the history of the United States. They have carried devastation to each state, nearly every county, and numerous territories where total precipitation was extended to decay. In 1921, almost 24 inches of rain fell in 35 hours in San Antonio, Texas. As a result, 215 people lost their lives. In 2005, HURRICANE KATRINA caused the levee system that held back Lake Pontchartrain’s waters, and Lake Borgne was entirely overwhelmed by 10 inches of rain, which resulted in 1,833 fatalities. In most recent years, one of the most damaging floods in the New York area caused by HURRICANE SANDY would take the lives of 233 New Yorkers.

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What common characteristics exist between the population occupying these areas? What are the characteristics of these spaces? Why occupy an area that is defined as a risk zone?

Normally, risk areas tend to be economically more accessible to live in and therefore low-income communities may be more exposed to them. Additionally, the lower property values make it harder for people to move out of these vulnerable areas. Therefore, our hypothesis is: low-income populations often occupy flood zones due to the low costs of living in them. For the research to cover a broad extension of the United States coast, 3 cities in different states will be selected. Reference will be made to parameters that may condition the demographic, economic, and accessibility aspects referent to the housing of the current population within the city, the state, and the country to create a comparison and reach a conclusion.

Therefore, our questions are: What are the characteristics of the vulnerable population affected by flood along the East Coast of the U.S.?

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NEW YORK CITY | NY

As reported by Yale School of Environment, researchers have zeroed in on three factors that have made the southeastern coast of the U.S a regional hotspot of sea-level rise: a slowing Gulf Stream, shifts in a primary North Atlantic weather pattern, and the effects of El Niño climate cycles (Morrison, J. 2018). Additionally, NOAA stated that more than 8.6 million Americans live in areas susceptible to coastal flooding. More than $1 trillion of property and structures is within a few feet of current sea level 1. With the sea level rising and flooding becoming more frequent, buildings and infrastructures will be destroyed, lives will be claimed, and some coastal cities might even disappear underwater (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2016).

The project scope statement is to identify and compare characteristics corresponding to the populations currently occupying the areas identified as flood risk zones in the eastern coastal area of the United States. The objective will be to understand if there is any element or typical pattern between these different populations and the reason for their presence in these risk spaces.

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Hurricane Sandy | 2012

50,000 Meters

HOUSTON | TX

Hurricane Harvey | 2017

10,000

50,000

HURRICANE PATH

meters

meters

HURRICANE DAMAGE

HOUSTON | TX

NEW YORK CIT Y | NY Hurricane Sandy is one of the most destructive hurricanes in history to hit the United States. It not only caused a damaged with an estimated cost of $19 billion only in NYC, but also destroyed 2,000 homes and moderately affected 15,000 in the five boroughs and killed 43 people.

On September 2017, Hurricane Harvey left a third of Houston, Texas underwater, the storm dumped 1 trillion gallons of rain in four days. The flooding forced 32,000 people out of their homes and into shelters, destroyed 300,000 structures and killed at least 68 people.

Harvey Damage Assesment Count_Affected 0-26

216-324

27-80

325-474

81-143

475-906

Sandy Damage Assesment Total_Damage 242-340 0-44

144-215

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8,000 meters

INCOME

486-698

164-242

698-975

Meters

8,000

Sandy Damage

100.000001 - 130.000000

340.000001 - 407.000000

total_dmg

130.000001 - 164.000000

407.000001 - 486.000000

0.000000 - 22.000000

164.000001 - 201.000000

486.000001 - 568.000000

22.000001 - 44.000000

201.000001 - 242.000000

568.000001 - 698.000000

44.000001 - 71.000000

242.000001 - 285.000000

698.000001 - 975.000000

71.000001 - 100.000000

285.000001 - 340.000000

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There is not an specific income level in the communities living in the most affected areas by flooding and hurricanes and New York City is an example of it, in some of the cases, the income of these specific zones even higher than their surroundings.

Legend

Houston Income Demographics Median Household Income (2015)

NYC_Income

71847.000001 - 91037.000000

MEDHINC_CY

91037.000001 - 111310.000000

New York City Income Median Household Income

0,00 - 31,524

77,121 - 101,636

31,524 - 45,130

101,636 - 144,421

0.000000 - 24274.000000

111310.000001 - 137026.000000

0,00 - 24,274

91,037.01 - 137,026

144,421 - 200,000

24274.000001 - 41300.000000

137026.000001 - 174512.000000

24,724.001 - 55,901

137,026.01 - 174,512

41300.000001 - 55901.000000

174512.000001 - 200001.000000

55,901.01 - 71,847

174,512.01 - 200,000

45,130 - 59,990 59,990 - 77,121

71,847.01 - 91,037

55901.000001 - 71847.000000 8,000

8,000 meters

POPULATION

340-486

100-164 8,000 meters

Legend

The income level is an important factor at the moment of defining a population as vulnerable.

44-100

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The great density of population in vulnerable zones, usually is related to the cost of living in the area beside other many factors.

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Houston Population Total Population (2010) 0,00 - 397

1,919.01 - 2,557

397,01 - 986

2,557.01 - 4,489

986,01 - 1,427

4,489.01 - 9,652

8,000 meters

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Although there are many reasons why it is not safe to live in these areas classified as risk zones, they usually tend to have a larger population than their surroundings as you can see in the New York City map to the right.

Legend

1,427.01 - 1,919 8,000 meters

New York City Population Population 5,118-6,244

NYC_Population

2290 - 3244

6245 - 7688

0-994

POPULATION

3245 - 4153

7689 - 10577

995-2,289

6,245-7,688

0 - 994

4154 - 5117

10578 - 27241

2,290-4,153

7,689-10,577

995 - 2289

5118 - 6244

4,154-5,117

10,578-27,241

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8,000 8,000 meters Meters Meters

HOUSTON | TX RANKED MEDIAN INCOME

RANKED COMPOSED BY THE 4 VULNERABILITY FACTORS

NEW YORK CIT Y | NY RANKED MEDIAN INCOME

RANKED COMPOSED BY THE 4 VULNERABILITY FACTORS

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Legend

ECONOMIC

ECONOMIC

Meters Legend

houston_texas_city_P houston_texas_landcoast_P

houstontexashurricaneevacuat1 <all other values>

8,000 Meters

Evac_Zone Zip-Zone A Zip-Zone B Zip-Zone C Zip-Zone Coastal houston_texas_100yearflood_P

overlayHous

RANKED POPULATION

<VALUE>

RANKED POPULATION

1 - 22,223.55556 22,223.55557 - 44,446.11111 44,446.11112 - 66,668.66667

10,000

66,668.66668 - 88,891.22222

Meters

88,891.22223 - 111,113.7778 houston_texas_city_P houston_texas_landcoast_P

8,000 Meters

111,113.7779 - 133,336.3333

Legend

133,336.3334 - 155,558.8889

Reclass_Income_1

2.000000001 - 3

6.000000001 - 7

155,558.889 - 177,781.4444

Value

3.000000001 - 4

7.000000001 - 8

1

4.000000001 - 5

8.000000001 - 9

1.000000001 - 2

5.000000001 - 6

177,781.4445 - 200,004

houston_texas_population 2010_P

SOCIAL

SOCIAL

Legend

SUM_TotPop 0.000000 - 397.000000 397.000001 - 986.000000 986.000001 - 1427.000000 1427.000001 - 1919.000000

EVACUATION ZONES

1919.000001 - 2557.000000 Legend houstontexashurricaneevacuat1 <all other values>

Evac_Zone Zip-Zone A

EVACUATION ZONES

2557.000001 - 4489.000000 4489.000001 - 9652.000000 houston_texas_city_P houston_texas_landcoast_P

10,000

Zip-Zone B

Meters

Zip-Zone C Zip-Zone Coastal

Legend

houston_texas_city_P houston_texas_landcoast_P

2.000000001 - 3

6.000000001 - 7

Value

3.000000001 - 4

7.000000001 - 8

1

4.000000001 - 5

8.000000001 - 9

1.000000001 - 2

5.000000001 - 6

FLOOD ZONES

ENVIRONMENTAL

ENVIRONMENTAL

8,000 Meters

Reclass_Pop_1

FLOOD ZONES

10,000 Legend

Meters

houston_texas_100yearflood_P houston_texas_city_P

Legend

houston_texas_landcoast_P

Hurricane_Evacuation_Zones <all other values>

8,000 Meters

hurricane 0

8,000 meters

8,000 meters

1

5

2

6

3

X

4

january-april 2021

S P R I NG S E M ESTER

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ROUTE ZERO “A Carbon Free Way”

MANCHESTER-CHATEAU, PITTSBURGH Team: Yoo Jin Lee, Chrysothemi Kouloumentas and Nupur Roy Urban Designn Studio II | Spring 2021 Throughout the country, and throughout its years of development, US cities have been divided by highways running through neighborhoods, creating walls and barriers at a local scale.

-Highways in America have contributed to chronic disinvestment, and PA65 is one of them. Manchester-Chateau and every other town along route 65 have experienced declining population, health and infrastructure.Prompted by the Biden administration’s commitment to build climate-conscious infrastructure, we are working with community members and urban development experts on a proposal to decommission PA65. We would like to physically remove it in Manchester-Chateau and provide in its place a Place Oriented Transit system.

In contrast to Transit Oriented Development, which capitalizes on transportation for development, we are taking advantage of unique local resources in the region.

ROUTE ZERO, a new transit typology which will heal the trauma left behind by what once was called urban renewal.

More info:

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5549d8c763614505a1c46069da19ce10

FOREST - SPLASH PARK

june-august 2021

S UM M E R S EM ESTER

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THE BA LD E AG LE

The national symbol comes back to the river (?)

MISSISSIPPI RIVER Urban Designn Studio III - Analysis Mississippi River Objects Summer 2021 The following analysis makes studies one of the most important birds that make life along the Mississippi River, the bald eagle, the national symbol that comes back to the river but we don’t know for how much more time. The title “the national symbol that comes back to the river” is shown as a possible question because, after a tremendous success in rebounding from near extinction, these birds can go back to be extinct again if climate change is not addressed. According to The Audobon Society, climate change will lead to a significant decline of bald eagle habitat, down by 78% by 2080.

One of the many reasons why this eagle was chosen as the national bird in 1782, is because of its way of living, in the middle of nature, on the top of lofty mountains with unlimited freedom.

Additionally, It is one of the many species of birds that migrate through the Mississippi Flyway because of one main reason: food. The bald eagles migrate, building their nests and most of their routine close to water bodies such as river, lakes or coastlines because are their main food source.

Therefore, the Mississippi River is one of its most important allies during the winter, because it doesn’t freeze completely due to the locks. This engineering solution converts the river into a stable food source during this season for these birds.

FREE THE RI V ER

“A nature-inspired spillway and vision for Cairo” CAIRO, ILLINOIS. Team: Mariana Majima, Victor Lo and You Jin Hwang Urban Designn Studio III | Summer 2021 In the past century when climate change was less of an issue, claiming floodways on the Mississippi River provided economic benefits. Nowadays, with water levels rising, communities are suffering from the politicized process of reopening them. During a flood in 2011, a delayed decision almost wiped Cairo off the map, destroyed frontline communities in the New Madrid Floodway, and caused 2.8 billion dollars of damage. Despite these losses, detonating levees remain as a solution for flood prevention.

What if instead we returned these floodways to the Mississippi River? Our intervention utilizes the existing levees as armatures for design operations that empower frontline communities, restore lost floodplains, and connect people through education. It reduces the political dimension for flood prevention, and allows for nature to guide our designs.

FREE THE RIVER consists of three main goals. To empower frontline communities, to revitalize local ecosystems and restore floodplains, and to connect the divided people through education and opportunities.

Our vision is to transform the New Madrid Floodway into the New Madrid Riverway, an area where wildlife, ecosystems, and people can all benefit and coexist.

OUR THREE MAIN GOALS

THE CREATION OF A NEW ALLIANCE

OUR THREE MAIN GOALS

THE CREATION OF A NEW ALLIANCE

CO-OP FARMLANDS SEEDING

BUS STOP

VEHICULAR ROAD

BIKE ROAD

SPILLWAY | SHAVED DOWN LEVEE

NEW RIVERWAY

PEDESTRIAN PATH

FLOODPLAIN WETLANDS

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

FLOODPLAIN FOREST

SPRING

47ft

NEW MADRID RIVERWAY

LEVEE

MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODPLAIN

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2

3

BUS STOP

VEHICULAR ROAD

BIKE ROAD

SPILLWAY | SHAVED DOWN LEVEE

CO-OP FARMLANDS HARVESTING

PEDESTRIAN PATH

FLOODPLAIN FOREST

FLOODPLAIN WETLANDS

FALL

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19ft EXISTING CONDITION

CREATING A PATTERN

SHAVING THE LEVEE

WATER SHAPING THE PATH

RENATURATION METHODOLOGY INSPIRED BY RENATURATION OF THE RIVER AIRE BY SUPERPOSITIONS. http://landezine.com/index.php/2016/06/renaturation-of-the-river-aire-geneva/

NEW MADRID RIVERWAY

LEVEE

MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODPLAIN

PROMOTING COEXISTNCE WITH NATURE

BRIDGIN G CAIRO AN D THE N EW M ADR ID R IVER WAY

TRANSFORMING CAIRO’S LEVEE WALL INTO PUBLIC SPACE

“DON’T FIGHT NATURE. LET IT BE A GUIDE, AND WORK WITH IT INSTEAD”

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august 2021