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ItemBeyond Metrics: Designing the Master Street Plan(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010) Knight, PaulOur current system of development regulations attempts to mechanize the design process by molding the complexities of urbanism into simple and naive ratios. This regulatory machine acts only on the parcel and fails to accommodate for the city. As an alternative I will propose a principle-based system of design for the generation of a master street plan that will lead to a more sustainable and holistic form of urbanism.
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ItemEducating The Edge City: Anchoring a Mixed Use Neighborhood with a College Campus(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010) Farr, RobertA variety of uses are stronger when integrated together than apart. By integrating a community college into a mixed-use redevelopment of a strip mall, I am resolving two distinct problems: fragmentation in edge cities and the town-gown isolation of conventional campus planning. I propose that the design of a hybrid mixed-use public space and college quad condenses this dual problem into a singular social space. This will allow for a variety of people with different backgrounds and experiences to interact within a dynamic environment elevating both the college and the community.
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ItemThe Trace: San Diego(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010) Thompson, Claire ; Combs, Jason ; Johnson, Louis ; Wilkinson, Luke ; King, BenThree overlapping systems exist within the context of the East Village site: The Geologic Setting is the most fundamental of systems San Diego sits atop the seam of two vast tectonic plates, the jagged movements of which have created the broken line of faults that lie beneath East Village. The Urban Framework was established unaware of the forces below. William Heath Davis and Alonzo Horton laid out the orthogonal grid of New Town San Diego in the latter half of the 19th century. It survives intact. Though such a grid of streets and blocks is a boon to city growth and flexible development, in some places its pattern is at odds with the geologic faults beneath it. One of these places is East Village. The Temporal Order is the ever-changing pattern of human inhabitants, their structures, and their activities, all of which fill the gridiron and make it their own. "The Market" is the expression of this pattern in the here and now. The time is ripe for human activity to re-inhabit East Village more fully, and change it once again to suite its needs. Not an obstacle, but an opportunity Yes, the geologic faults must be heeded in regards to future development. In some places streets and blocks cannot be used in the way that was originally intended. However, this does not mean a loss of utility. Instead, the trace of the faults becomes a framework upon which to build a system of open spaces. These open spaces, when designed correctly and surrounded with the proper uses, can be a catalyst to the revitalization of East Village.
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ItemBrookwood Alliance Plan(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010) Duy, Laurence Nguyen ; Bano, Salma ; Lawrence, Nathan ; Lee, Sandy So-Jung ; Delinsky, Michael ; Tittle, Derrick ; Tuura, LoganBrookwood is located on the periphery of the core of Atlanta. The neighborhood sits between the major urban growth poles of Buckhead to the north and Midtown to the south. The Brookwood Alliance is comprised of the four neighborhoods of Ardmore Park, Brookwood Hills, Collier Hills and Collier Hills North combined with the commercial corridor of Peachtree Road. Peachtree Road serves as the spine of the community and acts as the major north-south point of access. On either side of this spine, the Alliance neighborhoods consist predominantly of single-family detached homes along with low-rise multifamily developments. Peachtree is characterized by low to high rise office buildings interspersed with single story retail. The neighborhood experiences a large volume of vehicular traffic throughout the day, driven by large visitor and employment attractors and a lack of access infrastructure in the area. With few roads capable of distributing traffic, it ends up funneling down quiet residential streets. Land values in both Midtown and Buckhead have risen substantially over the last decade, putting serious development pressure on the Brookwood neighborhood. The recent economic downturn is seen as an opportunity to better define the future of the neighborhood. The Georgia Institute of Technology Urban Design Studio was charged with engaging the community in their pursuit of a coherent vision of the future of their neighborhood. The intent is to take this vision and arm the community with a set of design strategies that can be used in implementing this vision. This report will begin with a brief overview of the existing conditions in Brookwood, followed by a detailed explanation of each of three design strategies relating to: the Peachtree Street Design, Peachtree corridor Development and transportation Accessibility. Through multiple public meetings, this organizing scheme emerged as a means of focusing on the core problems facing the neighborhood.
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ItemInternational Urban Design Studio : Shanghai 2010(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010) Getty, Drew ; Thompson, Claire ; Williams, Galen ; Jones, Paul ; Murphy, Diana ; Tabor, Reginald ; Johnson, Louis ; Sanders, Julie ; Ghizoni, Renato ; Morrow, Edward ; Wallace, RossIn response to a lack of urbanity and a voided public realm, this project is an attempt to redefine the fabric of Lujiazui through tactical interventions in the urban landscape. Part of our approach is to accept the existing condition of the site and respond to the site through the imposition of a new order. This new order will take advantage of the existing movement systems which pulse potential energy through the site. Given this flux condition, the tactics are thought of as interations of a flexible framework. The design framework is composed of 3 elements (path, node, cofetti) which adapt to interpretation and contingency yet provide a clear foundation for urban development.
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ItemRe-Envisioning the Market: San Diego(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010) Tolentino, Arman ; Ghizoni, Renato ; Tabor, Reggie ; Curlet, Alex ; Smith, TrentToday’s unprecedented market conditions of simultaneous low real estate demand and low capital investment have severely altered the economic landscape. In order to redevelop San Diego’s East Village, an area with potential for great change, we must reenvision the market as an unpredictable force to which we respond with flexibility and patience. Our initial development plan targets smaller, less desirable sites to capitalize on the value of primary parcels near mass transit and the proposed East Village Park. Our prudent approach, rooted in the access to capital, will help transform the East Village into an economically, ecologically and socially vibrant place.
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ItemLessons from Ten Cities(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010) Presley, Gabriel ; Piatkowski, Robert ; Perko, Claire ; Ali, Najia ; Johns, Gavin ; Beza, Beza A. ; Bacher, Emily ; Wilkinson, Luke W. ; Bush, Dereth ; Yu, Jianqiu ; Perez-Carro, Carlos F. ; Einarsson, Amber ; Ciccone, Sarah ; Spaht, Holden C. ; Herndon, Joshua ; Fuson, Ellen ; Mooney, Amanda ; Radomski, Kirsten ; Herndon, Joshua ; Dagenhart, RichardThis project focuses on the primary ingredient of urban form: the subdivision of urban territory into public and private domains (or public and private usage in some situations). Every project in existing urban cores - urban design, building or landscape - must understand the arrangement and dimension of lots, blocks and streets and their relationships to pre-existing ecological conditions, prior human occupation, previous interventions, political imprints and cultural desire. It is these relationships that irrigate this basic urban form with architecture and landscape potentials. Ideally at least one member of each team will have visited the selected city. The research must be accomplished quickly - realizing that the internet plus the library will have substantial information about each city. The documentation and analysis of each city will be presented in common format and graphics in three parts. First is the urban form in the city’s regional context, which may be geographic, topographic, ecological, political or some combination of those. This should reflect an understanding of the reasons for its location and its origins. Why was the city developed there in the first place? Second is the urban form itself, in three scales: 15K x 15k area of the urban core to show the primary urban form; a 7.5k x 7.5k area showing the urban core itself and its primary form characteristics, and a 1k x 1k area of blocks. The identical scales will allow visual comparisons among the five cities. Third will be a series of diagrams, illustrating the major design moves that created the distinctive urban form for each city. This might be understood as retroactive urban design - looking backward and then rebuilding them in sequence, based on your interpretation of the city's formal history. The conclusion of these diagrams will be a composite.
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ItemFrom Strip Mall to Small Town: The Incremental Redevelopment of a Parking Lot(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010) Buck, AlyshaMy research indicates that the most vibrant historic plazas exhibit Evolution of Place, Civility, and Tophophilia, yet these qualities seem to be absent from many of Atlanta’s public spaces. By looking to the Medieval City as a model for urbanization, designers can emphasize pedestrian activity, sensory awareness, and incrementalism in the redevelopment of transit-adjacent greyfields.