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House BC
House C
Coahuila-Texas Museum
Playa del Carmen Plaza
PLC Lincoln Lofts
Urbania Lofts
Magma Towers
Puerta del Sol Complex
Staten Island Works!
Freight Link
Live-Work UrbanismRe-igniting Kharkov
The house was designed to be higher in relation to its surrounding neighbors to enjoy excellent views of the Chipinque National Park and the Cerro de la Silla Mountain. It is made up of simple geometric volumes with challenging structural solutions intending to evoke an image of lightness.The interiors are plain, although the central concrete circulation tower
contains a sculptural staircase with a surprisingly high space, where natural light is captured through a series of museum-like skylights. The BC house is also a study on energetic efficiency. It was provided with diverse systems of insulation and a landscape project made out of native vegetation.
HOUSE BCDeveloped schematic design and construction documents as part of the design team for GLR Arquitectos
Top, entry level floor plan. To the right, study model of the early massings.
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LOSA DE CONCRETO ARMADA SEGÚN PLANO ESTRUCTURAL E-05
LÁMINA DE GRANITO NEGRO S.M.A. (VER PLANO DE DESPIECE)
VIGA METÁLICA C.S. (VER PLANO ESTRUCTURAL E-05, CORTE 1-1)
DALA DE CERRAMIENTO 15x15 CMS. ARMADA CON 4 VRS. #3, Y ESTRIBOS 1/4" @15 CMS.
PLAFOND DE TABLAROCA CON SUSPENCIÓN OCULTA MARCA USG, S.M.A.
VIGA METÁLICA V-3 (VER PLANO ESTRUCTURAL E-05, CORTE 1-1)
PELÍCULA DE MORTERO DE YESO
VER DETALLE DE COLOCACIÓN DE ZOCLOS Y PISOS EN PLANO CORRESPONDIENTE
VIGA METÁLICA C.1 (VER PLANO ESTRUCTURAL E-04, CORTE 1-1)
PLAFOND DE DUROCK CON SUSPENCIÓN OCULTA MARCA USG, S.M.A.
VIGA METÁLICA V-3 (VER PLANO ESTRUCTURAL E-04, CORTE 1-1)
VER DETALLES DE PLAFOND EN PLANO CORRESPONDIENTE
COLUMNA K-1 (VER PLANO ESTRUCTURAL E-01)
SIFÓN DE 3" (VER PLANO DE DETALLES DE CANCELERÍA CORRESPONDIENTE)
CRISTAL DUOVENT 1" (VER PLANO DE DETALLES DE CANCELERÍA CORRESPONDIENTE)
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DALA DE CERRAMIENTO 15x15 CMS. ARMADA CON 4 VRS. #3, Y ESTRIBOS 1/4" @15 CMS.
FOMULAR EXTRUIDO 2"
EMPASTADO C/ALIGERANTE TERMOLITA PARA PENDIENTES
PLACA TERMOAISLANTE CONTEC 2"
IMPERMEABILIZACIÓN A BASE DE CAPAS TERMOFUSIONADAS S.M.A.
ANCLAJE METÁLICO PARA GRANITO, COTEJAR PLANO DE FABRICACIONES ESPECIALES CON PROVEEDOR
DREN PLUVIAL (VER PAQUETE DE PLANOS HIDROSANITARIOS)
VER DETALLE DE PISO PARA DESCARGAS PLUVIALES
(VER PLANO DE DETALLES DE CANCELERÍA EN PLANO CORRESPONDIENTE)
CRISTAL DUOVENT 1" (VER PLANO DE DETALLES DE CANCELERÍA EN PLANO CORRESPONDIENTE)
PLACA TERMOAISLANTE FOAMULAR 1 1/2"
BARRERA RADIANTE SUPER R PRREMIUM (ALUMINIO) REVISAR CON PROVEEDOR EN OBRA
AISLAMIENTO ACÚSTICO: 0.5" ESPESOR/ QUIET ZONE ACOUSTIC FLOOR MAT, REVISAR CON PROVEEDOR EN OBRA
PLACA TERMOAISLANTE FOAMULAR 1 1/2"
3" ESPESOR AISLAMIENTO ECOLÓGICO ESPREADO BY "BIOBASED INSULATION"REVISAR CON PROVEEDOR EN OBRA
3" ESPESOR AISLAMIENTO ECOLÓGICO ESPREADO BY "BIOBASED INSULATION" REVISAR CON PROVEEDOR EN OBRA
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To the right, view of the library from the garden.
To the right, view of the main entrance
To the left and right, view from the pool. Below, the roof garden helps cool down the solar heat gained during the afternoon.
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EMPASTADO C/ALIGERANTE TERMOLITA PARA PENDIENTES
PLACA TERMOAISLANTE CONTEC 2"
IMPERMEABILIZACIÓN A BASE DE CAPAS TERMOFUSIONADAS S.M.A.
PLACA TERMOAISLANTE
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On a sloping site, adjacent to the Sierra Madre Moun-tains and with impressive views of the city, we were given a site for a single-family house of five.
The house has large street presence and was solved in various levels that responded directly to the site’s to-pography allowing us to design a very open project that still gave plenty of privacy to the family. The concrete base served as a strong support for the white stucco and black volcanic rock volumes that rest on top of it.
House C is a project that explores the relation between the outside and inside living areas connecting them visu-ally and directing the views towards the city. On the front garden level we have the kitchen and laundry room, the family living areas and the formal areas. The sleeping quarters on the top level are ventilated towards a more private recreational back lawn.
HOUSE CProject Architect in charge of: schematic design, design development and construction documents for GLR Arquitectos
0 2 5 10mfirst and second floor plans
To the left, back garden. top, rendering showing facade studies. To the right, section showing the complex topography.
Located in the city of Monclova, this historical building has undergone several reformations to serve different uses. It dates from the late 18th century, when it was originally built to serve as a Hospital for the then province of Coahuila. After that, it was used as a prison during the war of independence. In 1906, it was designated district jail and in 1910, a century after Mexico’s Independence, a monument was built in its plaza to commemorate Don Miguel Hidalgo. Its last formal use was strictly military before it turned into government offices and a museum of regional history.With the idea of rescuing the historical edifice, a very important steel company from the city of Monclova
proposed its restoration to serve both as its current Museum use and as a cultural center.Even though the building was structurally strong, our proposal projected the maximization of space with new uses including a climate-controlled central patio, art facilities, permanent and temporary exhibition galleries, a restaurant, storage facilities, historical archives, a public library and a parking lot. The landmark of the project was its new roof cover that would replace an old glass cover that created a green-house effect.
COAHUILA-TEXAS MUSEUMLead the schematic design team and rendering consultants for GLR Arquitectos
Axonometric showing the roof intervention. Below, current facade of the Museum
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Model studies for the roof intervention
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New secondary entrance connecting to the parking and storage extension
View of the multi-use patio with the new roof cover
This shopping center was designed to extend the most vibrant area in Playa del Carmen to a residential zone blooming with tourism. The program takes advantage of the maximum allowed density resulting on a three-story shopping center with large roof terraces that can serve as extensions of the restaurants, bars and cafes adjacent to them.
This semi-enclosed plaza, becomes a meeting point for locals and tourists alike because of the vast offer of services and gastronomical options. The material palette was carefully chosen to achieve a project that is both contemporary and respectful of the existing context.
PLAYA DEL CARMEN PLAZACompetition entry, Project Architect lead a team of three.
Aerial view of the retail space.
Section showing parking spaces and retail areas.
Above, pedestrian feel inside the plaza.
Lincoln East is a mixed-use building located in the historic district of Miami Beach. Like many of the buildings by Enrique Norten, this project is a careful study of volumes assembled to fit a structural module. The white concrete façade offers a structurally simple and economical solution to this elegant complex. This development is formed by a four-story, L-shaped volume that breaks and slides to continue five more stories up. The remaining space created opens the
building to the surrounding city and forms a roof terrace with a pool area. Opposite to the residential area are retail spaces framed by a huge overhang that welcomes the visitors.
The residential units range in size but are planned as vacation homes and offer one and two-bedroom condominiums.
PLC LINCOLN LOFTSParticipated in the design development phase as part of the team for TEN Arquitectos
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Formerly “Edificio Monterrey”, Urbania used to house the headquarters of a local insurance company. It was designed and built in 1958 by Architect Ricardo Gua-jardo and Armando Ravizé. Fifty years later, the former office building was re-planned to become a 130-unit building with apartments that range from 45 to 150 square meters.
Our intervention was carefully thought out to respect the history of the property but to revive its use. The first two levels of the project continue to serve as retail spaces, the third and fourth levels were designed for office spaces and the rest of the structure and original brick
walls underwent a careful restoration process to rescue the building’s original architectural modern character and become lofts. Also, the addition of 4 levels to the 15 story structure accentuates the verticality of the building and the transition between the original façade and the new addition.
Urbania will bring new life to Monterrey’s city center, an area that has been gradually abandoned by its inhabit-ants. It is a project surrounded by pedestrian areas and with easy access to restaurants, shops, cafes, as well as subway and bus stations.
URBANIAProject Manager in charge of: schematic design, design development, and construction documents for GLR Arquitectos
Section showing the new intervention and the loft proposal for the brick building.
Initial sketches of the four-story proposal to go over the existing 15-story structure.
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* REVISAR PLANOS DE INGENIERÍA CORRESPONIENTES A NIVELES 16, 17, 18 Y 18.5, PARA UBICACIÓN Y ESPECIFICACIÓN DE ESTRUCTURA.
IMPERMEABILIZANTE A BASE DE CAPAS PLÁSTICAS TERMOFUSIONADAS, TRASLAPADAS EN EL SENTIDO CONTRARIO A LA PENDIENTE
REVISAR PENDIENTES PLUVIALES EN AZOTEAS, VER PLANOS DE INGENIERÍA HIDROSANITARIA.
PLAFOND MCA. PANEL REY, VER PLANO DE ACABADOS CLAVE ALY PLANOS DE PLAFONES CLAVE PL.
MURO DE TABLAROCA MARCA USG, CON ACABADO FINAL A BASE DE PINTURA VINÍLICA MARCA SHERWIN WILLIAMS O SIMILAR, VER PLANOS DE ACABADOS CLAVE AL.
MURO DE TABLAROCA MARCA USG, CON ACABADO FINAL A BASE DE PINTURA VINÍLICA MARCA SHERWIN WILLIAMS O SIMILAR, VER PLANOS DE ACABADOS CLAVE AL.
MURO DE TABLAROCA MARCA USG, CON ACABADO FINAL A BASE DE PINTURA VINÍLICA MARCA SHERWIN WILLIAMS O SIMILAR, VER PLANOS DE ACABADOS CLAVE AL.
VENTANAS DE ALUMINIO EN COLOR NATURAL, CON CRISTALES DE 9.5 MM. Y PELÍCULAHÜPER OPTIK O SIMILIAR S.M.A.VER PLANOS DE CANCELERÍA Y VENTANAS DEL PROVEEDOR.
* REVISAR PLANOS DE INGENIERÍA CORRESPONIENTES A NIVELES 16, 17, 18 Y 18.5, PARA UBICACIÓN Y ESPECIFICACIÓN DE ESTRUCTURA.
CANAL DE ACERO CPS, ACABADO EN PINTURA AUTOMOTIVA COLOR S.M.A. REVISAR DETALLE EN PLANOS ESTRUCTURALES.
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MURO DE LADRILLO EXISTENTE.
COLUMNA METÁLICA APARENTE, VER PLANOS DE ACABADOS CLAVE AL.REVISAR PLANOS ESTRUCTURALES DE AMPLIACIÓN.
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PISO DE DUELA LAMINADA, VERPLANOS DE ACABADOS CLAVES AL.
AISLANTE INERIOR MARCA OWENS CORNING DE 2", REVISAR ESTRUCTURACIÓN DE MUROS EN PLANOS ESTRUCTURALES
MURO DE TABLAROCA MARCA USG CON ACABADO FINAL A BASE DE PINTURA VINÍLICA MARCA
SHERWIN WILLIAMS O SIMILAR, VER PLANOS DE ACABADOS.
MURO DE TABLAROCA MARCA USG CON ACABADO FINAL A BASE DE PINTURA VINÍLICA MARCA
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MURO DE TABLAROCA MARCA USG CON ACABADO FINAL A BASE DE PINTURA VINÍLICA MARCA
SHERWIN WILLIAMS O SIMILAR, VER PLANOS DE ACABADOS.
ACABADO INTERIOR DE YESO MUESTREADO SOBRE MALLA Y ACABADO FINAL A BASE DE PINTURA VINÍLICA MARCA
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VENTANAS DE ALUMINIO EN COLOR NATURAL, CON CRISTALES DE 9.5 MM. Y PELÍCULAHÜPER OPTIK O SIMILIAR S.M.A.VER PLANOS DE CANCELERÍA Y VENTANAS DEL PROVEEDOR.
BASTIDORES DE ALUMINIO PARA ALOJAR ACABADO FINAL DE CRISTAL NEGRO S.M.A. VER PLANOS DE ESPECIFICACIONES Y DE INSTALACION DEL PROVEEDOR.
MURO DE DUROCK MCA. USG EN EXTERIOR CON 2" DE AISLANTE MARCA OWENS CORNING Y TABLAROCA INTERIOR CON ACABADO EN PINTURA VINÍLICA MCA. SHERWING WILLIAMS COLOR S.M.A.VER PLANOS DE ESTRUCTURACIÓN DE MUROS.
VENTANAS DE ALUMINIO EN COLOR NATURAL, CON CRISTALES DE 9.5 MM. Y PELÍCULAHÜPER OPTIK O SIMILIAR S.M.A.VER PLANOS DE CANCELERÍA Y VENTANAS DEL PROVEEDOR.
BASTIDORES DE ALUMINIO PARA ALOJAR ACABADO FINAL DE CRISTAL NEGRO S.M.A. VER PLANOS DE ESPECIFICACIONES Y DE INSTALACION DEL PROVEEDOR.
MURO DE DUROCK MCA. USG EN EXTERIOR CON 2" DE AISLANTE MARCA OWENS CORNING Y TABLAROCA INTERIOR CON ACABADO EN PINTURA VINÍLICA MCA. SHERWING WILLIAMS COLOR S.M.A.VER PLANOS DE ESTRUCTURACIÓN DE MUROS.
COLUMNA METÁLICA APARENTE, VER PLANOS DE ACABADOS CLAVE AL.REVISAR PLANOS ESTRUCTURALES DE AMPLIACIÓN.
COLUMNA METÁLICA APARENTE, VER PLANOS DE ACABADOS CLAVE AL.REVISAR PLANOS ESTRUCTURALES DE AMPLIACIÓN.
VENTANAS DE ALUMINIO EN COLOR NATURAL, CON CRISTALES DE 9.5 MM. Y PELÍCULAHÜPER OPTIK O SIMILIAR S.M.A.VER PLANOS DE CANCELERÍA Y VENTANAS DEL PROVEEDOR.
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View of the South Facade from the street
Perspective. 1950’s watercolor portraying the original proposal
Interiors of the lobby and the typical loft apartment. Below, typical floor plan
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Above, view from the pedestrian street. To the right, the Sky lounge looking outwards through the terrace.
Magma Towers is a mixed-use complex with residential, commercial and retail spaces located in the exclusive area of Valle Oriente in Monterrey, Mexico.Its two-story base forms a retail wall towards Frida Kahlo Street, leaving prime storefront space towards this busy city corridor while designating the back street for office space. This pedestal holds two monolithic gray towers that create amenity space
between them that includes: lobby, pool, bar and common areas.To comply with the market’s needs for the project, the façade helps create the necessary mix of apartment types and sizes generating an image of great compositional freedom. Inside a same building double height lofts meet penthouses, and one and two bedroom apartments of various dimensions.
MAGMA TOWERSDeveloped concept and design development as part of a 3-person competition team for GLR Arquitectos (winning entry)
Section through tower, showing parking, commercial and retail areas.
Retail storefronts at the base of the towers.
Main facade
Typical floor plan
Studio apartment type
The Puerta del Sol Complex is a mixed-use residential, commercial and retail project in the city of Monterrey, Mexico.
It sits on a site with a complicated topography, but the shape of the buildings help it enclose a private area that opens up to amazing views of the city.
PUERTA DEL SOL COMPLEXCompetition entry, lead designer in a team of six
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View of the enclosed garden
Section showing two massing studies and the topography of the site.
Retail space at the street level.
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As the Panama Canal expands in 2015, The New York Harbor, namely Staten Island’s North Shore will see a growth in maritime industry. This project intended to harness the potential growth of Staten Island’s maritime industry as a catalyst for job creation and the re-consideration of existing infrastructure.
New infrastructural typologies will provide the maritime industry of the North Shore with much needed commercial space, as well as provide residents of St. George new jobs, job training and a transit system to access these, all while addressing issues of boundary and access to the waterfront.
STATEN ISLAND WORKS!Urban Design Studio I at Columbia University. Prof. Earl Jackson & Faculty. Design Team: G.Garcia, E.Adame, E. Salas
DRYDOCK + COMMERCIAL
New commercial space in Dry Docks
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New York became an industrial and commercial center because of the connective potential of the regional water system, extending from the Atlantic Ocean, through the Hudson and East Rivers, connecting to the Erie Canal and gaining western connection into the Great Lakes. Today, its uses are fragmented by the region’s increasing dependence on inefficient roadways and truck transport, wasting time, money, fuel, and potential.
Currently this wasted potential is affected by the inefficient road-based system of freight transport in the New York City Region. Additionally, the city’s regional water system is not being used to its potential
and its inherent connectivity between industries could be improved.
FREIGHT LINK is a “freight ferry” system which will fuse NYC’s industrial network, allowing it to work more efficiently and stimulate economic growth. This mediating infrastructure will reconfigure the current freight supply and distribution system, usually centralized (Port Elizabeth) and then trucked to individual locales; by creating a network of secondary ports along NYC’s waterfront. Additionally, a network of smaller barges or freight ferries will transport and expose both small and large industries to more efficient regional connections.
Trucks in NYC:* Constitute more than 30% of particulate matter. * Emit about 20% of all smog-forming Nox
Barge Benefits* The most fuel efficient transportation available and reduced air pollution* Fewer trucks adding to highway congestion* Increased access to markets
FREIGHT FERRY: New York City’s Freight Ferry SystemUrban Design Studio II. Profs. Mojdeh Baratloo, Sandro Marpillero, Justin G. Moore, Angela Chen-Mai Soong, Frank Ruchala Jr., Ward Verbakel. Design Team: E.Fallon, P.Woods, E.Salas
Red Hook’s Market port will contribute economically to the community.
Market port with barges and green trucks
Section through the Market port and distribution center at Red Hook
View from the street. The Market respects the current scale in Red Hook
The new commercial activity happening where products are produced provides opportunities for mixed used communties.
Barges bring products from the New York Region and from Port Elizabeth and leave with goods produced in Red Hook.
The relatively recent opening of the former Eastern Block countries leaves Ukraine, and Kharkov especially, open to the potential of market-driven networks. There is promise here within this fabric for Kharkov to become an important commercial and business center for Eastern Europe. Live-Work Urbanism intends to spur development via the catalytic injections of incubator-platforms; the intention is to reignite professional and educational networks as well as leverage for the surrounding development of housing, services, amenities, and businesses, creating a denser, more vibrant city which can compete within the world market.
Kharkov possesses a number of important assets that are currently not being utilized to their fullest potential. These assets include a substantial student population, as well as a number of higher educational institutes in a variety of fields, including medicine, art, aerospace engineering, architecture, and information technologies, among others. However, these institutions remain autonomous and fragmented within the city fabric, currently unlinked to industry, and unable to mutually benefit from symbiotic relationships that currently do not exist. The incubator-platform is a solution because it provides the opportunity for these connections to exist in key places within the fabric, not only strengthening the social and educational landscape of the city, but the spatial landscape as well.
Industries, which at one time were the great economic generators for the former machine city, now often lay fallow in the city fabric, unused and abandoned. Furthermore, patches of vacant land located strategically proximate to this industrial fabric, existing tram lines, as well as educational institutions can be seen as ideal opportunities for deliberate development opportunities for the city of Kharkov, in direct opposition with the city’s current growth model.
Development is presently directed by a master plan strategy with focus on outward growth. This plan values inexpensive farmland, the expansion of wider roads and the removing of tram lines. This model reduces the viability of the urban center and promotes an abandoned middle ring.
Kharkov is slowly transitioning from a former Soviet regime into a free market economy. Our proposal identifies key places that will promote the change needed to both boost development in the core and bring new economic opportunities for its citizens.
This project utilizes social motivations and triggers in order to spur infrastructural and spatial development, to repopulate towards the city core in order to regain life and vibrancy. It identifies important sites which will act as urban centers with an incubator-platform as its economic engine from within repurposed industrial buildings. Important support programs and infrastructure will develop in adjacent vacant space, including housing, services, and revitalized tram lines and stops. Scalar and architectural cues from the existing city fabric will allow for a more sustainable type of growth. Finally, these new neighborhoods will resultantly fill in adjacent low-density areas over time with new businesses, housing and services to create a resilient and restored middle ring.
In the current world economy, urban transformation in Kharkov will require investment in strategically located projects. Redevelopment of live-work culture within the middle ring will serve as catalysts for change by leveraging a range of actors: both local and international students, faculty, professionals, and create networking, idea exchange and business opportunities in a global economy.
LIVE-WORK URBANISMRe-Igniting KharkovEugenio Adame, Matthew Clapper, Elizabeth Fallon, Enrique Salas A.
The relatively recent opening of the former Eastern Block countries leaves Ukraine, and Kharkov especially, open to the potential of market-driven networks. There is promise here within this fabric for Kharkov to become an important commercial and business center for Eastern Europe. Live-Work Urbanism intends to spur development via the
catalytic injections of incubator-platforms; the intention is to reignite professional and educational networks as well as leverage for the surrounding development of housing, services, amenities, and businesses, creating a denser, more vibrant city which can compete within the world market.
URBAN DESIGN STUDIO III: Live-Work UrbanismUrban Design Studio III. Profs. Richard Pluz, Petra Kempf, Geeta Mehta, Michael Conard, Alberto Foyo. Design Team: E.Adame, E.Fallon, E.Salas, M.Clapper
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21 Opening of Eastern block countries in 1992
The new incubator-platform typology will reignite professional and educational networks while functioning as an economic engine from within repurposed industrial buildings. It will act as a catalyzer of new neighborhoods that will resultantly fill in adjacent low-density areas over time with new businesses, housing and services to create a resilient and restored middle ring.
Enlargement and networking of the European Union brought more commercial opportunities
Kharkov’s geographic importance and central position in Europe serves as a bridge to Russia
Connected to a Fiber Optic data network with the Trans Asia Europe Project which runs from Frankfurt to Shanghai through 27,000 km of cable running through railways
the incubators
UKRAINEKharkov
RUSSIAChina
GermanyGermany
Eastern Bloc
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Eastern Bloc
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Eastern Bloc
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incubator platformdata infrastructuretransport infrastructure
negotiation
networkingidea exchange
students
faculty faculty
professionals professionals
US
SR
Our proposal identifies key places that will promote the change needed to both boost development in the core and bring new economic opportunities for its citizens. . It identifies important sites which will act as urban centers with an incubator-platform as its economic engine from within repurposed industrial buildings.
Rescue current transportation networks: rail, tram, bus trolley, metro to connect the urban fabric efficiently
methodology
The network of educational institutions can be seen as ideal opportunities for deliberate development
Patches of vacant land located strategically proximate to the industrial fabric
Expand and widen roads Identify context for adequate development, 6 key places that will promote a reignition
Remove Tram Develop a middle ring to stitch back the urban fabric
Grow outwards taking over cheap farmland
center
midring
Create urban centers with business incubators, as platforms that promote global connectivity and mixed uses for a more urban life
existing growth plan proposed strategy
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Housing
Tram
PublicSpace
Services
Density Scale
Matrix Examples
context matrix
node design Framework
1. Site divided by River
Recovered Tram Lines and New Tram and Bus Stations
Break down the Blocks and create Pedestrian Paths
Stitch back the Green Network
EXISTING CONDITIONS
STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT
2. Roads disconnected from surrounding fabric
3. Tram Lines being ripped apart
triggers
Node Site Plan Example
Covered Public Space as Forum for interaction and exchange
Incubator and Refurbished Industrial Buildings
Reclaimed Industrial Buildings
New Business Development
Revitalized Tram LinesWider Sidewalks BRT System
Bridges as Incubator Links Covered Outdoor Gathering Space
phasing strategy
CITY-SCALE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTAL GROWTH
PHASE1: Incubators and Nodes Implemented
Existing Condition
PHASE 2: New Incubator Businesses Infill Surrounding Fabric
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