Redevelopment of Iwanai

Winter School and Competition - Urban Redevelopment

Location : Iwanai , Japan

Supervised by Luke

Year:2022

The Redevelopment of Iwanai port project was designed in the Winter school that I did with Curtin University in Australia.

Iwanal port has long been a symbol of economic activity in the area, with many ships entering as one of Hokkaido›s leading fishing bases. So it is a potential area for redevelopment sense. it is suffering from many issues like the lack of interaction between residents and the sea due to the lack of urban designed areas and services, the port does not contain any area for tourist attractions, and the port does not represent the Ainu Culture. so we started thinking about how we can reconnect. so as a solution for this, we build along the sea wall in a specific area in the port.

Site Selection : relocate Funstiones and Zones :

The Site selected near to the center of the Town to be accesseble and to achive the idea of reconnecting between human and nature features.

We did rezoning for the port and became a port with three zones instead of one zone, one of the three zones is for tourism because it's the nearest one to the city center and Cultural facilities, and for the sea bath location that we suggested for indoor activities in winter like swimming or having a cup of coffee on one of its' balconies with view to the ocean and mountains.

Goals :

-Reconnect the town to the Ocean

-Activating tourism and creating job opportunities

Objectives:

- Create a place to spend time with family, reflect, and be active, a community space.

-Provide the area with facilities that attract investments and tourists.

Actions:

- Build along the sea wall

- vegetate the coastal area

- Adding sculptures along the sea, incorporating Ainu culture and perspectives.

- Separating functions from each other ( commercial, industrial, Urban and tourism area ),Provide the area with more functions ( Visitor center, parks, shops, restaurants and cafes.

Reclaiming the Roads of the “Ballad”

The project aims to develop the downtown area «Quraysh Street, King Talal Street and Al Hashemi Street» through transitoriented development (TOD) and strategies of sustainable urban mobility planning (SUMP]. The site area is vital since it connects the Jordan museum bus station and the old Raghadan bus station. As well as encouraging citizens to use sustainable transport.

National competition- Top 5 projects short list

Location: DownTown Of Amman

Year : 2022

Location: Amman, Jordan

Category: Urban Design

Role: Group Work

Site Assessment notes

Poor sustainable transportation planning.

Low engaging of the locals with the decision making. A questionnaire has been done in the Downtown of Amman and these are the issues the locals have highlighted in the area.

Site Assessment notes

What is the problem?

Poor sustainable transportation planning.Low engaging of the locals with the decision making. A questionnaire has been done in the Downtown of Amman and these are the issues the locals have highlighted in the area.

How Amman is a frozen city in time where the buildings stay the same, the systems stay the same with just little changes. This may have given Amman’s Downtown the identity throughout the years but the world is developing in a rapid pace and the Downtown has to adapt to that change to meet the technological and sustainable standards in 2022.

What is the problem?

The Ballad’s roadways have long been ruled by automobiles; it’s time for a change to give the people control of these roads once again. Transit oriented development is the solution for all these problems.

Action

How

Methodology

Our plan is to offer the public a strong transportation network in the downtown that serves the city center individually and connects with the transportation terminals. Therefore, automobiles traffic will be reduced radically and the spaces for cars will be redesigned to enhance walkability and other modes of transportations like e-scoters, bicycles and public busses.

How Amman is a frozen city in time where the buildings stay the same, the systems stay the same with just little changes. This may have given Amman’s Downtown the identity throughout the years but the world is developing in a rapid pace and the Downtown has to adapt to that change to meet the technological and sustainable standards in 2022. The Ballad’s roadways have long been ruled by automobiles; it’s time for a change to give the people control of these roads once again. Transit oriented development is the solution for all these problems.

Methodology

in the Downtown

Our plan is to offer the public a strong transportation network in the downtown that serves the city center individually and connects with the transportation terminals Therefore, automobiles traffi will be reduced radically and the spaces for cars will be redesigned to enhance walkability and other modes of transportations like e-scoters, bicycles and public busses.

Relieving the congestion in the

Performance Design after the implementation of the action plan:

Our costumer arrives to the Downtown via any transportation method. He can use 1 of the 16 bus stops. The maximum waiting time for the bus is 4 min. The bus is equipped with a smart payment method (Magnetic card / Qr Code). He can pay using a 1 card that can be used in all the transportation network in Amman ( Big busses, articulated busses, Costars, service cars, etc). The card can be charged online or at the new Raghadan station. For tourists, they can by a transportation pass that allow them to access everything from tourists sties and transportations. In the end, the costumer can reach the BRT station or Old Raghadan Station where he can access different areas across Amman.

Street Section

The street sections were redesigned by adding a special lane for an articulated bus and a path for bicycles, the sidewalks were redesigned to satisfy current needs.

User Experience

Finding your way: The locals now have less options to choose from the provided transportations and have different mode of traveling other than walking like e-scooter, bicycles and internal articulated buses.

Reliability: People now have a clear schedule for the bus and its capacity and the expectancy rate for the service.

Articulated bus Network

An internal transport network has been developed that connects the Jordan Museum bus station and the old Raghadan bus station with articulated bus with rapid frequency, which connects public transport complexes, commercial centers, and tourist and heritage areas.

Transportation lines redestribution

A redestribution for the existing transit netwrok was needed to let transportation line communicate with each other. This reduced the number of the lines in the site area from 90 line to only 4 while keeping in mind the user expereince and service quality for the locals.

Travel distance was shortend by %33 for each transportation line which means 540 km on average. Gas emissions have been lowered by almost %84 too due to the articulated bus being an electrical bus.