Arch3170 2014 fall rkurlbaum jalex hp

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P E R F O R M A T I V E comparing boston landscapes

P A R K S

TO PO GRAPH Y

PRO GRAM

INF RAS T RUCT URE

S T REET GRID

BOSTON COMMON Arlington, Boylston, Park Drive, Chinatown, Downtown Crossing Massachusetts Turnpike Storrow Drive

26,819 people per square mile

JOE MOAKLEY PARK JFK/UMass, Andrew Interstate 93 U.S. Route 1

11,288 people per square mile

BACK BAY FENS Fenway, Hynes, Symphony, Northeastern, MFA Massachusetts Turnpike Huntington Avenue

28,588 people per square mile

Commonwealth Avenue

EAST BOSTON MEMORIAL PARK Airport Massachusetts Turnpike William F. McClellan Highway

27,489 people per square mile

Sources: BRA, City-Data.com

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I N T E G R A T I O N shaping an urban fabric

BACK BAY / FE NS

+ 4 7 s q u a r e m i l e s —since—

1630

Back Bay Fens built in the 1890s, while Back Bay was being filled.

Solves drainage and sewage problems, and has civic value.

EAST BOSTON

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East Boston Memorial Park built in the 20th century, after East Boston had been settled.

Landscape should shape the urban fabric, but the park is not well integrated and is not an economic driver for East Boston.

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T H E

D I S T R I C T

linking two entities

The pinch between waters in East Boston allows for an opportunity to link two entities while performing for civic value. In studies of barriers, bridges, and buffers, we see how each example is characterized. At East Boston, our barrier is the land, which separates two waters: Chelsea River and Boston Harbor. We shall connect them with a bridge of sorts to provide similar performative quality that the Fens do. As a way to relieve East Boston of sewage, drainage, and storm surge concerns, a new water link will remediate the runoff of different programs.

The link between the two is comprised of the interweaving of water and civic nodes, each of which provide for the city. Civic nodes are characterized by the meeting of water, program, and vegetation. Water nodes are characterized by their function in the remediation process. Runoff water will be collected from new and existing civic nodes.

At this pinch, the water will run from Chelsea River and discharge at Constitution Beach after enduring a remediation process which includes sedementation, retention, and aeration.

BARRIERS

PANAMA CANAL

GRAND CANYON

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BRIDGES

STITCH TOGETHER THE PINCH

MAGDEBURG WATER BRIDGE

CHELSEA STREET BRIDGE

TORONTO

CONSTITUTION BEACH

BUFFERS

LACK OF SITE NODES

CIVIC VALUE? CHELSEA CREEK

EAST BOSTON

BARRIER BRIDGE BUFFER

ACTIVATED LANDSCAPE?

REMEDIATION EFFORTS?

STORM WATER RUNOFF COLLECTION? CONSTITUTION BEACH

WATER NODES

CIVIC NODES

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T H E

P I N C H

weaving water and civic nodes

EXISTING RESIDENTIAL RUNOFF BOARDWALK

EXISTING HOTEL RESIDENTIAL & RETAIL

COMMUNITY CENTER

OFFICE

EXISTING RESIDENTIAL RUNOFF

BOARDWALK

EXISTING HOTEL RESIDENTIAL & RETAIL

COMMUNITY CENTER

OFFICE

AERATION POND

CHELSEA CREEK

CONSTITUTION BEACH REMEDIATION

WATER COLLECTION

CIVIC NODES WATER NODES RUNOFF

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4 CONDITIONS

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B U I L D I N G

F O R M S

buildings shaped by their surroundings

S T R E E T + W AT E R

W AT E R + V E G E TAT I O N

V E G E TAT I O N + V E G E TAT I O N

S T R E E T + W AT E R

V E G E TAT I O N + S T R E E T

W AT E R + V E G E

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S E C T I O N A L sectional relationships

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

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WAT E R bringing the landscape in

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WATER

V E G E TAT I ON

b r in g in g th e la n d s c a pe in

extending o u t i n t o t h e l a n d s ca p e

WATER

V E G E TAT I ON

b r in g i ng the lands cape in

ext en d i n g o u t i n t o t h e l a n d s ca p e

WAT E R bringing the landscape in

WATER

V E G E TAT I ON

b r in g in g th e la n d s c a pe in

extending o u t i n t o t h e l a n d s ca p e

3 WATER

V E G E TAT I ON

b r in g i ng the lands cape in

ext en d i n g o u t i n t o t h e l a n d s ca p e

4 WATER br inging the lands cape in

V E G E TAT I ON ext en d i n g o u t i n t o t h e l a n d s ca p e

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D I S T R I C T

L A Y O U T

site concept

INSTITUTIONAL 58% COMMUNITY 42% OFFICE

AERATION POND

MIXED U SE 71% RESIDENTIAL 29% RETAIL

RESIDENTIAL 60% HOTEL 40% DWELLING

TOTAL 66% RESIDENTIAL 12% RETAIL 13% COMMUNITY 9% OFFICE

COLLECTION & SEDEMENTATION RETENTION & DETENTION

80’ - 10’

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30’ - 40’

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PEDESTRIAN

LANDSCAPE

BUILDING HEIGHTS

50’ - 60’

FORREST

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WETLAND

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LAWN

WEAVE

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FINGERS

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TANGENTS

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T H E

N O D E

uniting program and landscapes

C R E AT I N G C O M M U N I C AT I O N BETWEEN PROGRAMS

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