4.154 "Invisible" Transfer_Remodeling the Mobility-centered City Development in Jamaica

MIT DESIGN STUDIO 4.154 ARCHITECTURE DESIGN OPTION STUDIO

"Invisible" Transfer Remodeling the Mobility-centered City Development in Jamaica

Professor Alexander D'Hooghe Teaching Assistant: Melissa Gutiérrez Soto Student: Kecheng Huang, Ryuhei Ichikura (In Alphabetic Order)

05/08/2020 Final Review

CONTENTS PART I

Envisioning Mobility

03

PART Ⅱ

Investigating Context

10

PART Ⅲ

Urban Design Strategy

17

PART Ⅳ

Creating Spatial Experience

26

PART I

Envisioning Mobility

Historical Review of Mobility and Urban Life

Primitive Mobility

Industrialized Mobility

With New Mobility Techs...

Intimate

Hostile

Intimate

Integrated

Separated

Re-integrated

Human-Mobility Interaction

City-Mobility Relationship

The Lost Transition: Last One Mile

The Lost Transition: Scale

The Lost Transition: Activity

Centralized System, Single Function, Inert Interface

STATION

Train/Subway Car/Microtransit

Urban Context

Pedestrian/Micromobility

Dispersed System, Multi-function, Activated Interface

Train/Subway Car/Microtransit

Urban Context

Pedestrian/Micromobility

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Investigating Context

Re-organize Local Mobility

Jamaica Station

RAILWAY SUBWAY AIRTRAIN

Disconnection with Local Neighbourhoods

Lack of Public Space and Separated Communities

ASIAN COMMUNITIES WHITE COMMUNITIES BLACK COMMUNITIES PUBLIC SPACE

Disconnected Commercial Pattern

POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT EXISTING PUBLIC SPACES

YEAR 2020 15 new developments transforming Jamaica, Queens. A development boom is happening in Jamaica and it’s resulting in major changes to the neighborhood.

YEAR 2040 After years of development Jamaica is a thriving regional downtown with bustling, multicultural neighborhoods that have maintained aordability while expanding the economy in sync with the growth of nearby John F. Kennedy International Airport.

4 Key Challenges

(1) Disconnection with the Local Neighbourhoods (2) Hindered Local Development (3) Potential Congestion (4) Separated Communities

PART â…¢

Allocating Transit

Intensify Local Commercial Activities

EXISTING COMMERCIAL AREA INTENSIFIED COMMERCIAL AREA

Re-organize Local Mobility

AIR TRAIN TRAIN BUS/VAN VTOL

Providing Public Spaces for Communication

PROPOSED PUBLIC SPACE NETWORK EXTENSION

Programming CLUSTER 01 Node A

Node B

Transmit Lounge

Transmit Lounge

Community Service

Community Service

Shopping Mall

Shopping Mall

Office

Office Space

Residential

Residential

Vertical Park

Vertical Park

CLUSTER 02 Node A

Node B

Transmit Lounge

Transmit Lounge

Community Service

Community Service

Shopping Mall

Shopping Mall

Office

Residential

RESIDENTIAL/OFFICE LAYER

COMMERCIAL LAYER

CLUSTER 03 Node A

Node B

Transmit Lounge

Transmit Lounge

Shopping Mall

Shopping Mall

Office

Residential

MOBILITY LAYER

MASTER PLAN 1:3000

5 9

10

14

13

6

4

3

11 12

1 2 8

7

Legend 1 Complex A

6 Complex D

11 Complex I

2 Complex B

7 Complex E

12 Complex J

3 Air Train Station

8 Complex F

13 Complex K

4 Subway Station

9 Complex G

14 Complex L

5 Complex C

10 Complex H

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Creating Space

B1F (-3m) Underground Connection

2F (+6m) Underground Connection

3F (+10m) Station Platform

ROOF Station

B1F (-3m) Cluster 1 Node A: Underground

1F (+2m) Cluster 1 Node A: Vertical Park

1F (+2m) Cluster 1: Grand Slope

CLUSTER2 NODE

4 Key Values

(1) Connecting to the Local Neighbourhoods (2) Integrating with Local Development (3) Bonding Multicultural Communities (4) Enhancing Ecological Resilience

Thank You for Listening!