Larc2140 2015 spring giersbach saassiri

The Ultimate Nature vs Human Duel

Salman Assiri ARCH 2140 Spring 2015 Prof. Lisa Giersbach

‘The Duality Between The Natural and The Human Produced World’ The meaning behind my images is to impose a “duality”. The “duality” is between the natural world and the human produced world. It is between the past and the future, what we found in the natural world and what we added to it. This ‘transition’ or ‘transformation’ imposes a new challenge that we are responsible of overcoming. How to build a world that can be harmonic as nature? Are we building a world that is fragile or sustainable? Is it benefiting the human kind or are we harming it? These questions come to surface with the duel of natural world and human produced world. The more we contemplate about nature while we are “transforming” to the human produced city, the greater the good it is for our ecological system and environment.

Both the model and the collage illustrate the dualism. It is represented by a faceoff that splits the model into two half. The first half shows the natural world and the other shows a human produced world. In the first model I used clay to allow me the freedom of hand crafting, and form the shapes that I had in mind, in reference to the collage. In the model the goal was to mimic the collage and represent New York City before the interference of humankind and after the development of a concrete jungle city.

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The Ultimate Nature vs Human Duel

Salman Assiri ARCH 2140 Spring 2015 Prof. Lisa Giersbach

‘The Duality Between The Natural and The Human Produced World’ Where in the collage I chose to be more imaginative, by first showing an actual images of that difference, and secondly representing an abstract art of the dualism that is imposed by the transition between what used to be and what is present now.

Collage:

ON THE TOP PLAN AND ELEVATION VIEW OF CLAY MODEL MODEL 1.

ON THE RIGHT VIEW OF MODEL 2.

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CITY OF WALTHAM

LEXINGTON ARLINGTON

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CITY OF WALTHAM

Waltham is a metropolitan city of 57,878, situated nine miles from Boston, encompassing a total area of 13.6 square miles. The Charles River cuts a path through the southern section of Waltham used throughout history for transport, water, and industry.

Waltham has a diverse housing stock, with dense multi-family housing in the southern section of the City and larger lot single-family housing in the northern section. The City also boasts large park and open space facilities such as Prospect Hill Park an the Robert Treat Paine Estate.

With an aggressive revitalization program, Waltham is witnessing the rebirth of its historic downtown and is providing better public access to its greatest natural resource, the Charles River.

CITY OF WALTHAM WALTHAM WATCH FACTORY (1857)

FORMER BOSTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY (1813) Charles River Musuem of Industry and Innovation

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Charles River Musuem of Industry and Innovation

CITY OF WALTHAM TRANSPORTATION AND ACCESS Waltham is situated in the Greater Boston Area, which has excellent rail, air, and highway facilities. State Route 128 and Interstate Route 495 divide the region into inner and outer zones, which are connected by numerous "spokes" providing direct access to the airport, port, and intermodal facilities of Boston.

Rail Commuter rail service to North Station, Boston is available from Brandeis (travel time: 25 min; 70 MBTA parking spaces) and Waltham (travel time: 19-22 min.; City Parking Lot). Freight rail service is available from the Springfield Terminal Railway, contact number: (508) 663-1073

Bus Waltham is a member of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). The MBTA provides fixed route service to neighboring communities.

Major Highways The MBTA also provides THE RIDE, a paratransit service for the elderly and Principal highways are State Route 128, the inner loop around Boston, and disabled. cross-state highway U.S. Route 20, which intersect in Waltham.

CITY OF WALTHAM Geography: Location Eastern Massachusetts, bordered by Lexington on the north,Belmont and Watertown on the east, Lincoln and Weston on the west, and Newton on the south.

Waltham issituated on the Charles River 9 miles west of Boston, 33 miles east of Worcester, and 215 miles from New York City.

Total Area: 13.61 sq. miles Land Area: 12.70 sq. miles Population: 57,878 Density: 4,557 per sq. mile

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THE TELESCOPE

Form Analysis Wind Flow

Bird Wing

Airplane Wing

Bridge Concept

Studies of water passing obstacles and falling.

Leonardo Davinci

Duck feather form analysis

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CITY OF WALTHAM DESIGN PROPOSAL THE ROCKOFEATHER PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE Form Analysis Wind Flow

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Bridge Concept

BRIDGE AMENITIES THE TELESCOPE

WALL OF VIEWS

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SALMAN ASSIRI LISA GIERSBACH spring 2015 LARCH 2140

CITY OF WALTHAM PROPOSAL THE ROCKEFEATHER BRIDGE

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WALTHAM CITY MAP

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THESIS STATEMENT : THE ROCKEFEATHER BRIDGE OBJECTIVE IS TO REVIVE THE ECONOMY OF WALTHAM. THE ADDITION OF A NEW PEDESTRIAN LINK BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES OF THE RIVER AIMS TO STENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE RECREATIONAL AREAS AND MOODY STREET. THE SITE INSPIRED FORM COMES FROM THE STUDY OF DUCK FEATHERS FOUND IN THE CHARLES RIVER. THE FORMS ENHANCE THE CIRCULATION EXPERIENCE OF THE USER AND SERVES AS CONNECTIONS BETWEEN HUMAN AND NATURE.

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WALL OF VIEWS

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