WHAT ONCE WAS

PATHWAY OF SPACES AND THRESHOLDS ARCH 300 // AUTUMN 2022

From landfill to restored greenspace, this project exemplifies the path towards restoration, calling attention to the environmental detriments of the human hand, its a rejection of the unchanging and a push to improve what it once was.

This project follows the progression of the union bay natural area from its previous state as a landfill to its current state as a restored green space and natural area.

PROGRAMS USED: PHOTOSHOP, ILLUSTRATOR

Preliminary Study: Mapping of Pond Conditions from 2009-2022

NO. 01

The first pavilion represents the landfill period of the natural area. It was found that the landfill reached a height of approx 60 ft. That being the main focus, the pavilion is meant to encase the user and create this feeling of frustration, congestion, and obstruction. The form is made up of 2 diagonal spaces which stop the user from cutting through and removing that aspect of a flowing circulation.

NO. 02

Pavilion 2; Equilibrium: where fluctuations equalize. Walkways in the intervention are split up into sections, the flat walkways leading to this central area where the bridge form curves and the fluctuations carry from the supports to the floor.

The 2 flat walkways on the ends have boards missing in order to force the user to slow down, pay attention, and look at the water once the user reaches this middle section, it’s bracketed by this rectangular structure as the safer walking area.

Site Plan

NO. 03

The circulation of the pavilion is a reflection of the restorative process, and how it’s challenging with abrupt obstructions with the path becoming more fluid towards the end.

Its orientation towards the horticulture center nods to the notion of the union bays ongoing restoration as well as the world’s need for sustainability and intentionality.