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Opportunistic Park(ing): A Distributed Pedestrian Network

SITE ANALYSIS: Powell BART Station & Context

Thesis 2012: California College of the Arts Instructor: Brian Price This thesis proposes ulterior public space within the city.

means

producing

The research has focused on where current policy for public space making is ineffective and where there are opportunities to propose alternative strategies in both locating and implementing these spaces.

BOEDDEKER PARK

This design experiment exploits an economy of means both politically and conceptually to illuminate how policy may be augmented to produce public space that will better serve the city.

KEARNY

Population Density

BAY ST

D ST

LOMBAR

ST KEARNY ST

LINCOLN WAY

KIN G

FELL ST OAK ST

D W AR

BLVD

CASTRO ST

16TH ST

MARK ET ST

3RD ST

19TH AVE

ST NG

Civic Center

24TH ST

SLOAT BLVD

HO W AR

GEARY

GREAT HWY

PARK PRESIDIO BLVD

LL ST

POWEL BART

GEN

ALEMANY BLVD

EVA AV

CURRENT SECTIONAL DISCONNECTION MEDIATED BY HOST BUILDINGS

DESIRED GROUND LEVEL CONNECTIVITY

SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC SPACE: DEPENDANT ON NEW DEVELOPMENT CONNECTED AT GRADE DISCONNECTED VIA HOST BUILDING

SECTIONAL SHIFT ONE FLOOR ABOVE STREET LEVEL PARKING LOTS

LAYERING OF CONTIGUOUS OPEN SPACE WITH GRADE CONNECTION

DISCONNECTED PUBLIC SPACE: DEPENDANT HOST BUILDINGS

IDENTIFY INAFFECTIVE PUBLIC SPACE MAKING PRACTICES:

STRATEGIES TO ENCOURAGE OCCUPATION OF PUBLIC SPACE:

-DETERMINE FACTORS THAT CONTRUBUTE TO UNDERUTILIZED PUBLIC SPACE -LOCATE AREAS OF THE CITY WITH BELOW-AVERAGE OPEN SPACE -LOCATE AREAS OF THE CITY WITH HIGH POPULATION DENSITY

-USE OF MATERIALS ASSOCIATED WITH OPEN SPACES -PROVIDE CIRCULATION ROUTES THROUGH THE SPACE

SITE LINES: SPACE UNDERSTOOD AS DEAD END

SITE LINES: SPACE UNDERSTOOD AS A THOROUGHFARE

URBAN STRATEGY:

THOROUGHFARE BLOCKS:

LOCATING SITES (AGGREGATION OF OPEN SPACE)

SITE LINES AS STRATEGIES FOR SURGICAL INTERVENTION MASON ST.

TAYLOR ST.

MASON ST.

TAYLOR ST.

BOEDDEKER PARK

EDDY ST.

TURK ST.

T KE

N GOLDEN GATE AVE.

GOLDEN GATE AVE.

EXISTING OPEN SPACE

STREET LEVEL PARKING LOTS

POTENTIAL OPEN SPACE

PARKING STRUCTURES

VACANT PROPERTIES

PARKING STRUCTURES AS THOROUGHFARES SITE LINES THROUGH BLOCK ZONES FOR SURGICAL CUTS

MODEL: MAPPING THOROUGHFARES & SITE LINES

MODEL (UNDERLAY): THOROUGHFARES & SITE LINES

IDENTIFY URBAN STRATEGIES FOR NEW PUBLIC SPACE:

METHODS OF INTEGRATING NEW SPACES WITH PARKING PROGRAM:

-STREET LEVEL PARKING LOTS USED AS SITES FOR NEW OPEN SPACE INCREASE PUBLIC SPACE SQ. FOOTAGE TO CITY AVERAGE 17 % -THESE SPACES CAN BE CONNECTED WITHIN EACH BLOCK THROUGH MINIMAL SURGICAL CUTS IN THE URBAN FABRIC USING SITE LINES

-DEVELOP PUBLIC SPACE ABOVE EXISTING STREET LEVEL PARKING LOTS -USE A STRUCTURAL GRID THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE PARKING LOTS BELOW -ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THE NEW SURFACE OF PUBLIC SPACE FOR LIGHT AND AIR AS WELL AS SECTIONAL CONNECTIVITY

NEW SURFACE FOR PUBLIC SPACE

SUBDIVISION FOR LIGHT AND AIR BELOW

SUBDIVISION FOR SECTIONAL CONNECTIVITY

SECTIONAL SHIFT ALLOWS FOR BRIDGING

STRUCTURAL STRATEGY FOR PARKING COMPATABILITY

PLAN: CONTIGUOUS PUBLIC SPACE NORHT-SOUTH GRAIN

VIEW: VISUAL CONTINUITY THROUGH BLOCK

*NTS

SECTION PERSPECTIVE

EAST-WEST GRAIN

ELLIS ST.

MASON ST.

GRAINING OF SITES:

BOEDDEKER PARK EDDY ST.

TAYLOR ST.

SECTION E-W

TURK ST.

GOLDEN GATE AVE.

DENSE GRAIN: GRAIN DENSITY:

SECTIONAL BEHAVIOR

SCALES OF RESULTING PROGRAM

MA 20’

10’

5’

A-

A 7” 7”

CONNECTION TO SIDEWALK

CIRCULATION: 5’ WIDTH, (GREATEST FLEXIBILITY FOR ACHIEVING SECTIONAL SHIFTS) WATER FOUNTAIN INDIVIDUAL BENCH

NEW FRONTAGE BUILDING ABOVE PERMEABLE PAVERS:

PROGRAM A

FURTHEST FROM MARKET ST.

14”

30”

CIRCULATION: 10’ WIDTH GROUP SEATING 2-6 INDIVIDUAL CART VENDOR BUILT IN BOARD GAMES SMALL SCALE PUBLIC ART EXERCISE STATION STORM WATER CATCHMENT

PROGRAM B

WOOD DECKING: ONCE REMOVED FROM MARKET ST.

PLAN: PROGRAM TYPES

C D

B C C

B B B B B

20’ WIDTH GROUP SEATING >15 JUNGLE GYM UNIT SMALL SCALE REC SMALL INDOOR SPACE LARGE ART INSTALLATION BATHROOM/LOCKER ROOM DOG PARK

PROGRAM C

BOARDERING MARKET ST.

PROGRAM D

CONCRETE PANNELS:

PARKING STRUCTURES: 2ND FLOORS AS THOROUGHFARES

D-

60’ WIDTH+ LARGE AGGRICULTURE LARGE REC FIELD LARGE INDOOR SPACE LARGE ASSEMBLY SPACE LARGE PLAYGROUND AREA

PUNCH THROUGH GROUND FOR VISUAL POROSITY

DEVELOP PROGRAMMING STRATEGIES FOR MULTIPLE SCALES:

EAST-WEST SECTION SHOWING CONTIGUOUS PUBLIC SPACE:

-BASED ON THE STRUCTURAL GRID, EACH NEW SPACE IS SUBDIVIDED -DENSITY INCREASES AT THE EDGE AND PINCH POINTS FOR FLEXIBILITY -GREATEST FLEXIBILITY OCCURES AT CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING SIDEWALKS

-SURGICAL CUTS ARE MADE THROUGH EXISTING BUILDINGS WITHIN THE BLOCK -PARKING LOTS ARE MAINTAINED AND EVEN DEVELOPED AS COVERED PARKING -NEW FRONTAGES ARE CREATED BY THE SITE LINE CUTS THAT HELP TO ACTIVATE THE SPACE

30 10

160 80

Architecture/Policy Precedents: Precedent strategies policy.

analysis provides of architecture as

- Re-conceptualize space as public, with Rebar's Park(ing) project (1).

Provide an open frame work for programming and interaction, as with KGDVS & Dogma Architecture's urban strategy for Seoul, Korea (2). - Provide a pedestrian thoroughfare as an alternative to, or extension of the sidewalk, expanding and contracting into a variety of public spaces. These strategies are exemplified in the Highline, by Diller Scofidio Renfro and James Corner Field Operations (3).

EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC: SYSTEMS OF NEW PUBLIC SPACE

AXONOMETRIC: IN SITU

-POSSIBLE PROGRAMMING IS DETERMINED BY COMMUNITY OUTREACH -NEW FRONTAGES/BUSINESSES CREATE STUARDSHIP OF NEW PUBLIC SPACES

-NEW THOROUGHFARES PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORGANIC DEVELOPMENT OF NEW FRONTAGES ADJACENT TO THESE SPACES ONE LEVEL ABOVE GRADE

VIEW: VISUAL CONTINUITY THROUGH THE BLOCK

TYPICAL STREET LEVEL PARKING & MIXED USE BUILDING STOCK

OPPORTUNISTIC PARK(ING): CREATING NEW ADJACENCIES

PHASING: SPEC’ING PUBLIC SPACE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

ADJACENCIES ARE DEVELOPED ALONG EDGE OF NEW PUBLIC SPACE

CONCEPTUAL PERMINANCE: NEW DEVELPMENT REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN QUALITIY & CONNECTIVITY OF NEW PUBLIC SPACE NETWORK

SECTION PERSPECTIVE: CONNECTION TO THE SIDEWALK

CAMPUS PLAN 0

10’ 20’

200’

FORMAL MALL

HERITAGE TREES: CREATE NEW SITE BOUNDARY

INFORMAL ARBORETUM

PLAN: 5TH FLOOR

5TH FLOOR

INSTRUCTORS:

ALL WORK BY:

KATE GANIM ALEX SPAUTZ SEAN STILLWELL

WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PERFORMANCE HALLS TO THE SOUTH AND NORTH EAST, OUR SITE AND THE NEW UC DAVIS MIXER PLUS BUILDING WILL BECOME A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE ON CAMPUS. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE THRESHOLD BETWEEN THE FORMAL MALL LEADING TO MRAK HALL AND THE INFORMAL ARBORETUM, AND HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING STUDENTS FROM THE ARTS, SCIENCES, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES TOGETHER IN BOTH SCHOLASTIC AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS, ENCOURAGING COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION ON THE UC DAVIS CAMPUS. THE MIXER PLUS BUILDING ACCOMPLISHES THIS BY ALLOWING ACCESS THROUGH THE SITE BY TOUCHING THE GROUND AS LIGHTLY AS POSSIBLE. THE ATRIUM SPACE IS CIRCLED BY THE THICKENED PROCESSIONAL CIRCULATION, BRINGING LIGHT AND AIR DOWN THROUGH THE ENTIRE BUILDING, AND EXTENDING SOCIAL SPACES OUT OVER THE ATRIUM. THE VISUAL AND ACOUSTICAL CONNECTIVITY AROUND THE ATRIUM CREATES AN ATMOSPHERE OF COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION.

MIXER SP

1. EXTRUDE CUBE

2. MEET GROUND LIGHTLY

3. CUT ATRIUM: MIXER SPACE

4. ERODE AT ARBORETUM AND FORMAL MALL

5. INSERT PUBLIC PROGRAM

UC DAVIS MIXER PLUS

PACE & MAIN CIRCULATION: ACTIVATION OF ATRIUM

VIEW OF ATRIUM: MIXING SPACE

MODEL: 1’ = 1/16” VIEW FROM ARBORETUM

MODEL: 1’ = 1/16” BIRDS EYE, FORMAL MALL

EXISTING: ART ANNEX

GROUND LEVEL VIEW: WEST

SITE PLAN 0

SECTION PERSPECTIVE

10’

20’

40’

GROUND LEVEL VIEW: WEST

VIEW OF BLACK BOX THEATRE: FLEXIBLE PERFORMANCE SPACE

EAST - WEST SECTION *NTS

SECTION PERSPECTIVE: VIEWS OF GALLERY ATRIUM, & BLACK BOX THEATRE

VIEW FROM FORMAL MALL

VIEW FROM ARBORETUM

Saadiyat Island: Gateway to Abu Dhabi

Compressed Site Plan: *NTS

19th Floor Plan:

Longitudinal Section

Facade Operation

Transverse Section

Operational

Weight Based & Operational

Fixed System

Weight Based

5’ 10’

20’

Compressive

Compressive Exotic Variables Instructor: Thom Faulders Spring 2011

Abu Dhabi is a car culture. The vast distances between destinations, the extreme heat and sand storms, the quality of the existing public transportation systems, and the current low cost of petrol in the United Arab Emirates make the automobile the default means of travel.

Transverse Section View Approaching

Underpass

(North)

Uncompressed State

Compressive looks at this existing condition and more specifically, the car as a representation of human beings’ very worst and very best achievement. The way western society, and emerging societies around the world have implemented the automobile is both irresponsible and inexcusable. While the resources consumed to manufacture and operate the car are astounding, the personal freedom the car affords is something that every society should strive for. The car is an integral component of our existing lifestyle, and one that will not fade without a reexamination of our entire public transportation system. Compressive reexamines the interaction between the person and the car at various scales and questions the current understanding of the parking lot as a type of “service space.” It looks forward to a time when emissions will be reduced and people and cars may inhabit the same spaces comfortably given that safety, congestion, and the integration of various forms of transportation have been resolved. These “service spaces” that we call parking lots may eventually be seen as destinations in themselves.

Sectional Model 1’=1/8”

Gateway:

View to Abu Dhabi

(west)

5’10’

20’

Compression: Indicates Occupation

Uncompressed State

Compression: Indicates Occupation

0 to 16’

0 to 11’

0 to 5’

0 to 1’

0 to 16’

0 to 11’

0 to 5’

0 to 1’

0 to 11’

0 to 5’

0 to 1’

0 to 11’

0 to 5’

0 to 1’

0 to 11’

0 to 5’

0 to 1’

Longitudinal Section

VIEW:

5’ 10’

Precedents: WEST

20’

LTL: Park Tower

Foster +

Pedestrian /Automobile Interaction

Uncompressed State

Compression:

Indicating Occupation

erzog & de Meuron, 1111

Plan Diagram

Parking Ramp Radius Study

Museum of the Future & Restaurant

Real Estate Offices & Cafe Tourist Bureau

Transportation Hub & Cafe

Partners: Masdar City

Perspective Diagram

Programatic Expansion & Contraction

3RD FLOOR PLAN: 1 =1/24

A0.2: DETAIL THROUGH FACADE *NTS

LEUTSCHENBACH SCHOOL ZURICH, SWITZERLAND 2009

CHRISTIAN KEREZ ARCHITEKT ETH/SIA

ADVANCED TECHNICAL SYSTEMS CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS SPRING 2011 INSTRUCTOR: JUDITH MUSSEL ALL DRAWINGS BY: KELLY LAWLEY & SEAN STILLWELL Reproduction of Plans, Sections, Details, & Structural Analysis of the Leutschenbach School by Christian Kerez Architects in Zurich, Switzerland.

Programs Used: Rhinoceros 3D AutoCAD Adobe CS6

ALL IMAGES FROM: ARCHITECTURAL RECORD

A0.1: DETAIL THROUGH FACADE GANGWAYS *NTS

STRUCTURE: FORCE FLOW DIAGRAM

TRANSVERSE SECTION: 1 = 1/16

plan unit detail: 1st

infrastructural truss utilizing existing structure

*NTS

N section: east - west

1st Floor Plan *NTS

section: north - south

japan town: peace plaza

post street

geary street

hong kong: kawloon walled city: circa 1960

Living in Japantown: Housing Studio Instructors: C. Falliers & A. Sparks “We have no choice but to reformulate the dialectical constituents of the world, to determine more consciously the necessary links obtaining between place and production, between the ”what” and the “how.”... With the manifest exhaustion of non-renewable resources the techno-topic myth of unlimited progress becomes somewhat discredited and, at this juncture, the production of place returns us by way of economic limit not to architecture, but to the... [Heideggarian notion] of Blaukunst ... Since what is fatally tied to the relevant optimal sub-categories of production, not only those of built form itself, but also those structurally productive forces that implicitly shape the built environment as elements of our relations to nature.” - Kenneth Frampton The erosion of the Peace Plaza at JapanTown enabled a more direct access between the existing sidewalk elevations at Post and Geary street using ADA ramp standards to influence the path and location. This erosion also exposed the existing structural columns that could be exploited for new construction. This project explored parasitic architecture as the most extreme form of Critical Regionalism and the future of Car/Pedestrian interaction.

post street

hong kong: kawloon walled city: 1992

birds eye view north

view from integrated space

section: north - south *NTS

geary street

view from AT&T Park

WEEK 1:

interior view Combined Hair Modeling Studies

Initial Dynamic Hair Modeling Studies

phase frame 0

phase frame 4

phase frame 8

view to at&t park

phase frame 0

phase frame 13

phase frame 22

SCRIPTING THE WATERFRONT instructors: FERDA KOLATAN JENNY SABIN ANDREW KUDLESS all work by: John Fulton & Sean Stillwell Studio 3x3x3 is a 3 week intesive summer course at CCA. Three, 1 week charettes, were developed for the China Basin waterfront in San Francisco. Week 1 introduced Maya hair diagramming as a design tool to develope a Ferry Terminal & Event Pavilion at peir 48. Week 3 utilised Grasshopper for Rhino as a design tool for a pedestrian bridge from Peir 48 to AT&T Park.

phase frame 0

phase frame 6

birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye: south east

phase frame 11

pedestrian bridge: formal variation

birds eye : north north west

eye level : south east

model: laser cut plywood 1â&#x20AC;&#x2122; = 1/16â&#x20AC;?

Mec

Wind Turbi

education center

Reading Room

ST. N IO

S MIS

Installat Gallery

The Mode

Draping Architectural Topography as it Traverses MA+C Site

North - South

Interpreting Drape: Formal Strategy

Wind Turbine

Acknowledging Architectural Topography

Plans Ground - 10th

*NTS

Instructor: T. Faulders The architectural amplification of topography throughout San Francisco, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;city of hills,â&#x20AC;? is a condition that the museum of architecture communicates. While this condition will continue to evolve with the built environment, the amplification is a product of code at the scale of the city, the neighborhood, the block, and the building. The buildings surrounding the MA+C site step down from 40+ stories to 15+ stories and finally to the ground level of the plaza adjacent to our site & the Yerba Buena center. The existing flow of architectural topography cuts through the proposed volume of Architectural Museum creating a novel condition of interior and exterior spaces.

Ticketing Lobby

Coffee Bar

Urban Model Receiving &Storage

Book Store

Galleries: Secial Shows

Admin. Offices

View From Yerba Buena

Lecture Space & Roof Garden

chanical

ines Permanent Collection