Larc5110 2015 fall royce mcnally

occupy: infrastructure mitigating dis orientation molly mcnally | final crit | fall 2015

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(decontextual) LARGE SCALE CONNECTIVE, SITE SCALE DISRUPTIVE

LAYERING OF THE SITE

+ INFILL OF NATURAL ECOLOGY

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LAYERING OF THE SITE

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LAYERING OF THE SITE + COMMUTER RAILWAY

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LAYERING OF THE SITE result RESIDUAL PEDESTRIAN NETWORK

LAYERING OF THE SITE result DISCONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS

CHARLESTOWN

CAMBRIDGE

NORTH END

WEST END

LAYERING OF THE SITE result UNREALIZED OPEN SPACE

NORTH POINT PARK

LAYERING OF THE SITE result UNDERUTILIZED, INTERSTITIAL SPACES

LAYERING OF THE SITE result LARGE SCALE CONNECTIVE, SITE SCALE DISRUPTIVE

NATURAL RESOURCE controlled + seperated

HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE cuts off local circulation

GREENSPACE available but lack connection

SPATIAL GRADIENT

STRUCTURAL INFORMANTS

SPATIAL GRADIENT

EXPERIENTIAL INFORMANTS

MENTAL DISCONNECT

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VISUAL ACCESS

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FORCED INTERACTION

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CLARITY

FRAMEWORK

SECTIONAL UNDERSTANDING

large volumes

structures divided

divided, multilayer

spaces between modes

multilayers

no visual connection

multi-levels

elevated above

street edge

elevated with structure

BELOW TRANSIT

ABOVE TRANSIT

BETWEEN TRANSIT

ADJACENT TO TRANSIT

OCCUPY INFRASTRUCTURE: utilizes and leverages the 3-dimensional quality created by transportation structure. These left-over, residual spaces create a connective tissue between neighborhoods by minimizing disorientation and improving the spatial memory of the users.

intervention UTILIZING SECTIONAL AND PLANAR QUALITIES

PEDESTRIAN + STRUCTURE + CITY

SECTIONAL

PLANAR

PLANAR

SECTIONAL

REVELATION

LAYERED INTERVENTION EXPLODED AXON

MONOLITHIC STRUCTURES aid visual orientation and solve sectional challenges

HYPER REALIZED NETWORK connects adjacencies

VIEW PLANES

focuses views to orienting elements

NAIVE WAYFINDING improves spatial memory

FLEXIBLE SURFACE

responds to the needs of the city

STRUCTURES

STRUCTURES + NETWORK

STRUCTURES + NETWORK

APPROACHING

BENEATH

ELEVATED

STRUCTURES + NETWORK SECTIONAL RELATIONSHIP

STRUCTURES + NETWORK + CONES + WAYFINDING EXPERIENTIAL CONDITIONS

APPROACHING

<<BOSTON

CAMBRIDGE

BENEATH

ELEVATED

SURFACE

SURFACE BLOCKING vertical productive utility

MOUNTAINS

UNDERSTORY

STORAGE

VERNAL POOL

POOL

HUMAN HABITAT

EXPRESSION

VISUAL OCCUPATION orizontal ecological hydrologic

MEADOW

SOCIAL CONVERGENCE multidimensional interactive unique

CLEARING

SURFACE

BLOCKING << >> VISUALLY OCCUPIABLE

BLOCKING << >> SOCIAL CONVERGENCE

VISUALLY OCCUPIABLE << >> SOCIAL CONVERGENCE

AREAS OF INTEREST NEIGHBORHOODS + IMPORTANT NODES AREAS OF INTEREST

CONNECTIVITY

PEDESTRIAN NETWORK ELEVATED GROUND PLANE BENEATH STRUCTURE CONNECTIVITY TO NEIGHBORHOOD