CLEVELAND, OH: forest city infillusing forest as infill to create social, environmental and economic opportunities in the kinsman neighborhood of cleveland, ohiothird year - capstone semester

1951 22,109population

5,010population

2012

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mn winter

sum

mer spring

compostingturf grass

weedsleaf litterfruit waste

stormwater

transplants

cut flowers

seeds and cones

bark

nuts

limbs and boughs

biomass

carbon

built materialmetal

concretewood

asphalt

fruit

wood product

applecurrantblackberryblueberryraspberrygrapes

sycamoretulip treewalnutpecansassafras

walnutpecanohio buckeye

native treesnative forbsnative shrubsphytoremediation plantsbulbs

green ashamerican elmwillowbig toothed aspenwalnutsycamore

flowering dogwoodtulip treepeonyrosedaylilytuliphyacinth

pulplumber

aspenwillow

switchgrass

big toothed aspentulip treered maple

scarlet oaksassafras

appleflowering dogwood

serviceberryphytoremediation plants

heritage treesrain gardens

working fields

heritage treesrain gardens

working fields

The design implementation in Kinsman happens on multiple scales. To begin, traditional zoning is conceptualized and changed to include more detailed information about what kinds of zones can become working forest for economic benefit.

Once the necessary areas are zoned and given the policy base needed to implement important landscape changes, the landuse plans can be put into place.

Three new categories of landuse are born in Kinsman. Source, flex and firm. These three landuse categories apply to the working forest spe-cifically but can be edited and molded to fit any economic, social, or environmentally beneficial temporal parcel plan. The working forest infill applied through these three lenses creates a strong scaffolding from which Kinsman can grow.

EXISTING CONDITIONS

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flex forest2855 E 79th Street

removal and compost of exotic species and urban fill

seeding and subsequent har-vest of cut flowers and bulbs

growth of tree line and harvest of limbs and boughs, bark, seeds and cones

improvement of market stalls and additional renovation of church building

harvest of bark and seeds from sycamore trees

sale of transplants from other parcels

harvest of grape vines on chain link fence

flex forest7798 Trenton Avenue

planting of rain garden plants

harvest of rain garden plants and seeds

seeding of hops vines on fence

planting of tulip and scar-let oak trees

tulip trees planted

harvest of tulip tree transplants

heritage tree growth

scarlet oak growth

harvest of scarlet oak trees

sassafras and maple planted

harvest of sassafras and maple transplants

rain garden seeding

growth and harvest of tulip and oak trees

harvest of hop flowers

source forest

20357701 Kinsman Avenue

greenhouse materials seed-ed and harvested

seeding and growth of walnut trees

harvest of walnuts

street removed and groundcov-er seeded

seeding and growth of biomass grasses

harvest of biomass grasses

tulip trees planted

tulip tree transplants har-vested

heritage tree growth

carbon sequestrationstorm-water collection

planting of tulip trees

harvest of tulip transplants