STEPPINGINTOTHELANDSCAPE
Vertical Workshops | VII - XIII - IX
ANDREA MEDINA
JUANMADRIZ
Verticalworkshop|Arq.FrancoMicucci+Arq.GuillermoFrontado
UniversidadSimónBolívar+UniversityofFlorida
LOCATION PLAN
Lot 1 to Lot 2
1.2 miles
Walking Distance: 13min
Car: 4 min
Lot 2 to Lot 3
0.8 miles
Walking Distance: 17 min
Car: 3 min
LOT SITE ANALYSIS
Disorganization
Direct connection with a commercial zone
Poor living conditions
Actual zone situation that shows low living possibilities and growth
Area of Intervention: current conditions
LITTLE RIVER LOT 2 TRAILER PARK
KEY POINTS
Private lot
Transitioning proposal
Permanet project
Semi permanet Trailer housing
7.72 acres
(830,973.9 sq ft)
Residential zone
Commercial opportunities
Accessibility in and out of the zone with different types of transportation opportunities
ACTUAL TARGET
Young people 25-35 years old
(Mainly single parents home)
PROPOSAL
Very young people 15-24 years old
Middle age 40-60 years old
SCHEMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSAL
REMOVAL OF PREEXISTENT CLUTTER
REPURPOSING LANDSCAPE GRID
GENERATION OF NEW URBAN AXES
ADDING FUNCTIONS TO EACH AREA
URBAN PROGRAM
First housing layer
Plot area: 830,973 sq ft
Existing: 184 units
Proposal: 201 units
Loft: 46
Single Family: 98
Multifamily: 57
STEPPING INTO THE LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN PROPOSAL
MAIN AND SECONDARY ROADS
GREEN SPACES INVOLVED IN THE MASTER PLAN
URBAN STRATEGIES: The Superblock
PARKING LOT LEVEL
160Publicparkinglots availableforcommercialuse 9ftundergroundwithagravel surfacedesignedtoslowand filterstormwaterflow, encouraginginfiltration, recharge,andmaintainingthe abilitytoquicklyrecoverafter stormevents.
GROUND LEVEL
UPPER LEVEL
Gravelsurfacedesignedtoslowandfilterstormwaterflow, encouraginginfiltrationandrecharge,andmaintaining theabilitytoquicklyrecoverafterstormevents.
CULTURAL AND SPORTS AREA
Section E-E'
PUBLIC CONNECTIONS
Create connections between the areas that allow people to enter the community in between level in other to enhance accessibility
PLANNING THE URBAN EDGE
PLANNING THE URBAN EDGE
PLANNING THE URBAN EDGE
Developing the urban edge with the aim of maximizing the Pedestrian quality around the block
APARMENT UNITS
FIRST LEVEL
SECOND LEVEL
APARTMENT UNITS
SECTION FIRST LEVEL PROPOSAL
SECTION MULTIPLE LEVEL PROPOSAL
OVERALL STRUCTURE
Metal structure
Provides efficiency and weightless vertical sensation on top of the trailers
STRUCTURE DETAILS
Steel
Concretebaseinstalledwithsteel columnswhichprotectthestructure fromtheweightoftheunitsandprevent anystormorclimateeventfromany structuraldamage
Concrete
CIRCULATION
Independent circulation systems for both wings
SERVICE MODULE:
Water Collection System
+Water tank
+Solar panels
+Downspout
3 Story-Staircase
ECO-STRATEGIES: the Block
Solar panels
Water collection system + Water Tank
Vegetation as natural barrier + wind cool down system
ECO-STRATEGIES: Vegetation
SHRUBS PALMS
* Low to medium maintenance; tolerant to different kinds of weather, flooding included; aesthetically pleasant; functional purposes
GRASS
Heliconia Rostrata Cocos Nucifera Roystonea Regia
Adonidia Merrillii
Cynodon Dactylon
Hanging Lobster Claw Coconut Tree Florida Royal Palm Manila Palm Bermuda Grass
ECO-STRATEGIES: Vegetation
The proposal
Thousand Yards Pavilion - Dezeen
https://www.dezeen.com/2017/01/19/penda-thousand-yards-pavilion-modular-wooden-village-beijing-horticultural-expo/
Quinta Monroy - ArchDaily
https://www.archdaily.com/10775/quinta-monroy-elemental
Neutimanu 1 - Architizer
https://architizer.com/projects/neutinamu-1/
Affordable Housing in Miami
https://affordablehousing.miami.edu/housing-timeline/change-neighborhoods/index.html
Google Maps
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.849642,-80.1986473,3a,75y,20.28h,71.26t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sfFMF3Q8EgpUf52dJMk6fvg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixel spagoogleapiscom%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DfFMF3Q8EgpUf52dJMk6fvg%26cb client%3Dmaps svtactilegps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D3 53.2089%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i3328!8i1664?hl=en https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=1vEIXpMwQDA
Music: Haiti (Lofi Beat) - Diego Mora
STEPPING INTO THE LANDSCAPE
ANDREA MEDINA
JUAN MADRIZ
GREENWAY HOUSING
Vertical Workshop | VII+VIII+IX
POPULATION
ETHNICITIES
Equitablediversity ofagegroups
MORPHOLOGY
CHARACTERISTICS
Equitablediversity ofracegroups
Accessibility: BiscayneBoulevard
Proximityto:Little River
Neartocommercial andindustrial
Young Hispanic Caucasian Afro-americans
80 young people
120 families
100 elderly
Young people Families
Elder people
PROPOSAL OBJECTIVES
A large space wasted and disarticulated by borders dividers
Urban continuity
Nature preservation and inmersion
Productive community
BISCAYNEBOULEVARD
PROPOSAL STRATEGY
Productive community
Preserve most of the original green
Create border with vegetation and parking
Urban traces
Access plazas
Integrate the river into the proposal
Volumes modulation that allows criss cross wind
Diverse scales
Commercial border along the new urban traces
Open green spaces that encourages communities interaction
Connecting with the new environmental corridor of the Little River
Access by flexible plazas
Introduce the Little River into the proposal
THE PUBLIC SPACE GREENWAY HOUSING
Use the pavement lines to generate a new language
Maintain most of the trees
Using both diagonal and orthogonal to generate new permanency spaces along all the routes and corridors
A reborn from the abandoned footprint
Plazasoneachcorner(north,west andeast)
Courtyardsforeachresidential module
THE HOUSING UNITS GREENWAY
HOUSING
400,877
River
Commerces
Residences
5TH FLOOR - COMMON
Gym Workshops Verticalcirculation
6TH FLOOR - FLOOR TYPE B
Residences Workshops
THE HOUSING UNITS CONSTRUCTIVE SYSTEM
Typesofmodule: highandlow
Mixed materialsand techniques
SteelHEAand HEB
Concreteto groundfloor
Recyclable woodin facade
Recycled
CONSTRUCTIVE SYSTEM
materialsand techniques
Concreteto groundfloor
Recyclable woodin facade
Recycled
SteelHEAand
LOW MODULE
DUQUE + VILLALOBOS
Vertical workshop | Arq. Franco Micucci + Arq. Guillermo Frontado
Universidad Simón Bolívar + University of Florida
Sources
N. John Habraken books and biography | Waterstones https://www.waterstones.com/author/n-john-habraken/740654
Open building (John Habraken, 1961) https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Open-building-John-Habraken-1961_fig1_278849415
Best Neighborhood Miami, FL
https://bestneighborhood.org/rent-cost-miami-gardens-fl/
Habraken, Nicholas John and Mignucci, Andres (2010). Soportes: Vivienda y Ciudad. Instituto de Arquitectura Tropical. Editorial on line.
Paricio, Ignacio and Sust, Xavier (1998). La vivienda contemporánea: programa y tecnología. Cataluña: ITCC.
Urban Interventions in Miami TROPICAL GATEWAY
Vertical Workshop | VII + VIII + IX
A solution to urban housing problems through tropical architecture
Community
LOCATION : Little River
1924 - Untamed Land
2023 - Vacant Plot
1998 - Vacant Plot
LAND USE
MOBILITY
FLOODING
CURRENT SITUATION : Public Lot
Presence of the I-95 Highway
Public service station
Bounded by the river and the highway
Flood risk
Highway noise
Disconnection between zones
Urban housing needs
Water as an opportunity
Planned residential area
Accessibility
Proximity to the city center
URBAN PROPOSAL
Module Connection - Tropicality - Production - Dwell - Community - Shifts of Dynamics
Proximity with administrative infrastructure aimed at immigrants
Temporary housing for immigrant singles and families
URBAN PROPOSAL
The project seeks to form a complex for the community from a grid system that generate solid volumes containing community centers and integration and recreationprogramsonthelower levels and temporary social housing programs for immigrantsontheupperlevels.
Integration Center
Waterfront
STRATEGIES
Borderconditions
Footbridge AcousticSolution
Acoustic Solution : Relation with the highway
*approximate amount of decibels
Waterfront Linear Park : Concept proposal
Linear Park - Interactive - Modules - Recreation
PROJECT PROPOSAL
Cobble
Gravel
URBAN EQUIPMENT
Wetlands
Playground
Interactive water fountains Terraces over the river
Little
Housing - Grid - Integration - Sustainability - Immigrants
CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM
Timber
Ecologic
Concrete Floodable
12ft 12ft
VOLUMETRIC STRATEGIES
Generated by modules
Floodable ground level
Finish line of the waterfront park Responds to the adjacent highway
105 Housing Units 256 people max.
77 Units → 72-144 people
Modules
28 Units → 84-112 people
PROGRAM
- Temporary assisted housing
- Communal dining room
- Job Training Center
- Toddlers and youth care - First aid station
- Multipurpose rooms Single Modules
- Fitness and sports areas
FACADE TREATMENTS : Ecological strategies
Small vegetation
Tall vegetation
Double facade with vegetation
ROOFING USES : Ecological strategies
Cultivation terrace Roof
Water collector
Solar Energy Collection
Floor Plans
Mezzanine
Floor Plans
Internal Atrium
Cultivation Terraces
Floor Plans
HOUSING UNITS
HOUSING UNITS :
Interactive stairways
Vertical workshop | Arq. Franco Micucci + Arq. Jose Guillermo Frontado
Universidad Simón Bolívar + University of Florida
SCARLET BERNAL
LUIS RENDÓN
References:
Best Neighborhood Miami, FL
https://bestneighborhood.org/rent-cost-miami-gardens-fl/
Affordable Housing in Miami
https://affordablehousing.miami.edu/housing-timeline/change-neighborhoods/index.html
Google Maps
https://www.google.com/maps/place/West+Little+River,+Florida,+EE.+UU./@25.8532129,-80.2063031,465m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x88d9b055d316a5d9:0x36217dfafd3df746!8m2!3d25.8570407 !4d-80.2369934!16zL20vMHJuX2o
Purpose and Planning of Expressway Noise Walls
https://www.cfxway.com/purpose-and-planning-of-expressway-noise-walls/
Federal Highway Administration
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ENVIRonment/noise/noise_barriers/inventory/trends/tintro.cfm#:~:text=Most%20barriers%20have%20been%20made,per%20square%20foot%20in%20cost.
Music: Business - e-soundtrax https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy7hBavx5AI
Little River Conservancy https://littleriverconservancy.org/
TRANSITIONAL HOME
Affordable housing in Gladeview
Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB) and University o Florida (UFL) I Department o Desi n, Architecture, and Plastic Arts
Vertical workshop I Arq. Franco Micucci + Arq. José Guillermo Frontado
URBAN ASPECTS
● Public land
● Over time, it has not been intervened except by a temporary structure in the southern zone.
● Historically it does not seem to be a point of interest
GLADEVIEW
Timeline
URBAN ASPECTS
Current situation 2023
Surrounded by multiple industries
Proximity to a point in charge of transporting waste
Bounded on the south by the tracks of the Miami Cargo Train
In contact with a pre-existing residential area
Close sources of work in various fields
Potential connection with surrounding green areas
Wide walkable areas weaknesses
URBAN ASPECTS
Area m2 (Square meter) (square Feet) A 34.743,81 B 33.092,11
Zone scale: Small (1-2 levels)
Buildings typology: Single family residences and industrial sheds
Year built: 2000-2009
85.606,28
URBAN ASPECTS
Cargo transport
metallurgical industries
healthcare center
Residences
Miami cargo train
PUBLIC SPACE |
Diversity of recreational and productive spaces according to the conditions of each area around a boulevard
BIKEWAYS SHADED BREAKWAYS
WATER COLLECTORS
SPORT AREAS
PUBLIC SPACE |
Diversity of recreational and productive spaces according to the conditions of each area around a boulevard
PUBLIC SPACE
|
Distributed recycling points converging on the recycling workspace in conjunction with the waste hauling industry
RECYCLING SPACE
Recycling spots
RECYCLING SPOTS
Waste transport
RECYCLING WINDOWS
Treatment in recycling space
RECYCLING CONTAINERS
PUBLIC SPACE |
Wide areas evaluated to offer various uses according to the characteristics of the site
SPORT FIELDS
SPORT AREAS
COVERED SPACES
PRODUCTIVE CROPS
BIKEWAYS
CHILDREN'S PARKS
TRANSITIONAL HOME
Mesh structure with wooden modules
Crops terrace
Group of 3 floors of apartments Mesh steel
Modules assembled in wood supported by a metal structure.
Modules assembled in wood supported by a metal structure.
Crops
terrace Group of 3 floors of apartments
Simple - 1 PERSON
39,13 m2 = 421,19 ft2
Mesh steel structure
Mezzanine
Ground floor
Simple - 2-3 PERSON
53,02 m2 = 522,69, ft2
55,40 m2 = 596,32 ft2
Duplex - 4-5 PERSON
MESH AND WOODEN APARTMENTS |
Modules assembled in wood supported by a metal structure.
TROPICAL SPACES
CELL - Type plant
A Section B
Section
Crops
terrace
MESH AND WOODEN APARTMENTS |
Modules assembled in wood supported by a metal structure.
Apartments
Mezzanine
Marketand
shops
TROPICAL SPACES
Stacked container structure
Crops terrace
Coupled container modules posing on a metal structure base TROPICAL SPACES
Group of 3 floors of common rooms
Mesh steel structure base
Mezzanine
Ground floor
Stacked container structure
Crops terrace
Group of 3 floors of common rooms
Mesh steel structure base
Group room - 12 PERSON
89,12 m2 = 959,38 ft2
Group room - 6 PERSON
44,98 m2 = 484,16 ft2
Mezzanine
Ground floor
Stacked container structure
CELL - Type plant
Section A
Crops terrace
Stacked container structure
Apartments
Mezzanine
An affordable space for the population of Miami, including immigrants and homeless people, where they can develop personally and productively and integrate into their social context.
REFERENCES
Satellite images and views from streets
https://earth.google.com/web/search/Gladeview,+Florida,+EE.+UU./@25.84239216,-80.23233111,2.37794059a,9533.77359342d,35y,-2.16499471h,14.5 4709118t,0r/data=CoUBGlsSVQolMHg4OGQ5YjBlMmY1ODYyNTQ1OjB4OGY3ZDRjMzYxNzFmMTdhNhnQCgxZ3dY5QCFKp7-o7g5UwCoaR2xhZG V2aWV3LCBGbG9yaWRhLCBFRS4gVVUYAiABIiYKJAkz554tKzo0wBHREd0YIzs0wBk217-TdIhRwCFnTtY68ohRwA
Miami plane
https://www.bibliocad.com/es/biblioteca/plano-urbano-miami-eeuu_80630/
Miami Dade data
https://www.miamidade.gov/planning/library/reports/planning-documents/2017-10-initial-recommendations-application-no-8.pdf
Maps and data of the site
https://gis-mdc.opendata.arcgis.com/
https://www.oldmapsonline.org/map/usgs/5627672
Arq.
Universidad
Teresa Rodrigues Edgardo Gómez
Vertical Workshop |
Franco Micucci + Arq. José Guillermo Frontado
Simón Bolívar + University of Florida