ryan koraen
urban design
PORTFOLIO
New London City Hall Type: capstone Year: 2021 Location: London, Ontario School: Fanshawe College Level: Fourth year (summer)
The purpose of this project was to locate a site in Central London, Ontario to facilitate the needs for a new city hall along the BRT corridor that will act as a multi modal transit hub and live, work, play mixed use residential/ commercial development. Furthermore, it will also serve as a pilot site for future transit oriented developments and transit villages. It also provides a perspective of how infrastructure should be designed to inspire a more resilient London as we enter a transitional phase in sustainable planning.
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A multi modal transit hub outside of the new mixed use City Hall. This space incorporates a two way cycle track with bus shelter, bicycle storage facility, and outdoor garden seating area.
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Limiting car access to create a connected, and safe pedestrian public space. This view is of a pocket park patio at a cafe located beside the Transit Hub creating an active edge and place for people to have a shaded area to work, relax, or enjoy a coffee. 03
Site Selection
Desired Site Lot
Bike Lane Signed Bike Rout Sharrow
Selected Lots With Proposed BRT Stops and Access to Bike Lanes
BRT Stop
BRT Route
Selected Lots Along BRT Corridor
Parking Lots
Selected Parking Lots Within Central London, Ontario
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The site was selected for resilient planning by re-purposing a parking lot to reduce the heat island effect that is located along the proposed BRT corridor with easy access to a transit stop.
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Master Plan
Ridout Street
Street Parking With Permeable Paving Silva Cell Street Trees
Planted Bollards
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Service Access
Underground Parking
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Grass Median
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P Tree Lined Urban Swale Bump Out For Traffic Calming
A master plan was created using adobe suite to produce a 2D visual representation of how the site has been redesigned to create meaningful spaces that inspire change in our communities by discovering new ways to connect people to places. 05
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Improved intersection of Queens Avenue and Talbot Street with reduced lanes, curb bump outs, and designated bus and bicycle signals.
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Green roof bus BRT shelter with ticket booths, seating, and public wifi.
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Green roof locked bicycle storage facility with monthly membership. This facility allows for 60 bicycle pass users to lock their bike securely year round.
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Bioretention focused area with rain garden and linear silva cell tree plantings as a canopy covered path to help mitigate on site water due to lack of natural topography.
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Civic Square at the entrance of the City Hall. A multi use wading pool and event space with water feature as the main attraction . Multiple types of seating surround the area with wooden benches, concrete seating, and movable chair dining areas for cafe. Multi coloured paving identifies active edges or paths of movement with dyed concrete plank pavers, and light pavers to reduce heat island effect.
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Tree planted grass areas flush with the concrete retaining wall/public seating as an extended public space that people can sit, lay, or enjoy other activities such as yoga.
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Signaled Pedestrian Crossing
Fullarton Street
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Buffered Cycle Track
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Queens Avenue 1
Dedicated BRT Lane
Talbot Street
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Public Bicycle Racks
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20m
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Improved intersection of Queens Avenue and Ridout Street with designated BRT and Cycling signals. Curb extension and grass median are introduced on Ridout Street to calm traffic.
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Pocket Park with outdoor restaurant dining areas and public movable chairs, next to the BRT garden outdoor seating.
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A 16000 sq. foot City Hall building with green roof, and additional multi use community first and second stories.
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Twenty three storey mixed use residential buildings with 90 affordable housing units green roof, and third storey public terrace.
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Tweny nine storey multi use residential building with 130 affordable housing units, and lower level grocery store.
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Site Plan
PRODUCED BY AN AUTOD
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EXISTING INSTITUTIONAL
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Service En 6.00m
17.59m
Ridout St South
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
9.00m
38.33m
BLDG 1 OFFICE
17.51m
29.86m
105.09m
EXISTING COMMERCIAL
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2.00m
1.50m
19.12m
Legend
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ROAD WIDNENING BRT ROUTE
VEGETAION
ESK STUDENT VERSION
SITE BOUNDARY
DESK STUDENT VERSION
EXISTING MMERCIAL
Parking Entrance
ntrance
R3.65m
R6.15m
56.07m
BLDG 3 MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL
BLDG 2 MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL
EXISTING COMMERCIAL 66.98m
12.52m
38.41m
47.51m
3.00m
3.50m
Queens Ave West 77.62m
163.21m
EXISTING COMMERCIAL
North
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
22.29m
5.70m
PRODUCED BY AN AUTO
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38.72m
Talbot St
Fullarton St
204.52m
Scale 1:900
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Sections
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3m
3.5m
Swale Bioswale Outer Stone filter
Silva Cell
Permeable Paving
17m Public Space
A hybrid section of Queens Avenue demonstrating the relationship of vehicular and pedestrian focused space while using low impact development strategies.
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Flushed Curb Perforated Piping
City Drainage System
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95m
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Street sections showing the relationship between he proposed mixed use City Hall development with the existing, and future built form. The proposed building has a maximum height of 95m, with the neighbouring Old Oaks development reaching 129m. The residential buildings offer three storey podium to create better pedestrian realm and sense of enclosure.
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200m
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Shadow Analysis The Sun Shade Analysis compared casted shadows of 9a.m., Noon, and 3p.m. for the Winter solstice, Summer solstice, and spring Equinox. Areas in bright orange represent full sun. This was used in planning of seating areas and planting plans to ensure optimal growth of vegetation according to plants that do well in full sun or full shade. June 21
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STREET TREE The only street trees found on site are five honey locusts found within the additional vegetated island that will be allocated for the design.
Site Analysis
PERMEABLE Site permeability currently accounts for only 6% of the lot surface with the addition of the land south of the Queens Avenue cut through. IMPERMEABLE Impermeable surfaces represent the majority of space in the surrouding neighbourhood which not only drains runoff towards the Thames River, but adds to the heat island effect.
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TOPOGRAPHY
248m
247m
246m
The site has a south west orientation and an elevation of 247m. With contours set to 1m intervals, the site has an elevation change of approximately 1m. The percentage angle of slope is around 1.5% towards the south to the Thames River.
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HYDROLOGY
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Following the topography of the site, the natural drainage flows south west. This will be important for the site in locating and placing stormwater management systems including street trees along the perimeter of the site, permeable paving along Fullerton St, and bioretention garden in the south west corner of the development site at the intersection of Queens Ave and Ridout St. The inclusion of these will allow for better drainage and act as filtration to vehicular pollutants.
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MWMO Centre of Expertise Type: Final Project Year: 2020 Location: London, Ontario School: Fanshawe College Level: Third year (Winter)
The purpose of this project was to locate a site in Teeswater Ontario for a new Centre of Expertise as an engineering test facility that will develop materials and equipment to be used in the repository. The new centre will also house demonstration equipment that displays the entire packaging and container placement process.
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A pedestrian friendly parking lot and bus drop off zone lead people to the main entrance with human scale lighting and curved road for traffic calming.
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Addition of Balsam Fir, Eastern Hemlock, and Red Spruce to existing tree line as natural buffer between COE site and neighbouring farm field Celebration forest in partnership with the First Nation and Métis communities in the area to be planted when the project begins
Representation of the gardens found in the path network
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Main entrance
The building design is a representation of breaking the surface underground. The path network south of the Centre of Expertise serves as an educational path network in the shape of a CANDU reactor, such as the south bruce plant, to engage the community to learn about the proccess of nuclear energy and what waste is being created and deposited. This does not only offer a great path network, but a landmark for the site as it will be a visual key for people looking on Google Maps. Furthermore, a celebration forest will be planted in partnership with First Nation and Métis cummunities in the area. 15
Bus a zone visitin Service Truck / bus / RV entrance
am turbine sculpture garden h colour represented paths de from recycled rubber 35.8 Hectares of prime agricultural land to be undisturbed
r service truck access for plies and garbage pickup Center of Expertise bulding featuring dedicated space for community gatherings, research and test facility, and education.
Pedestrian focused parking lot to ensure a safe and enjoyable walk to the main entrance
192m
Lot selected for Center of Expertise
479m
Teeswater
and RV parking / drop off for school fieldtrips as well as ng tourists staying the night
The location was chosen with close proximity to Teeswater, Ontario to allow residents to walk, while also becoming a part of the towns identity.
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Westminster Ponds Environmental and Sustainability Center Type: TD Design Competition Year: 2019 Location: London, Ontario School: Fanshawe College Level: Second year (Fall)
The purpose of this project was to redesign the existing grounds of Westminister ponds to increase active transportation, enhance the local ecology, and foster environmental education.
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A new education center Bringing the city together by promoting active transportation to the new education center through integrated bus routes, bike storage, and improved trail network. 18
Bike Racks/Repair Station Green House Solar Panels Parking lot
Celebration Forest Trail
Bike Lane
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Bike Lane 278 279
Adittional Parking
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Outdoor Meeting Space 279 278 277 281
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Water f into a n retained wetland Saunde
Lawn for Camp Activities
Dock with canoe parking and benches
This design was created as a team to offer a space to work, learn, play, experience nature, and celebrate history. The diverse programing opportunities located throughout the site will encourage change, and showcase London’s natural heritage. 19
Welcome Sign For Trail
Assisted Migration 289
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Bus Drop Off Outdoor Classroom Plaza Canopy Play Structure Boardwalk
from the north is directed newly created pond, to be d and filtered by native d plants before entering ers Pond under the ground
An outdoor classroom providing the opportunity for people of all ages to learn about our natural heritage and the importance of protecting the environment while being surrounded by nature.
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