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NATALIA HIDALGOarchitecture portfolio

CONTENTS

THESIS: CIVIC ARCHITECTURE IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS

LOUISIANA CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM

MOULIN ROUGE DANCE SCHOOL

PERCIVAL STERN HALL FACADE

HAND SKETCHES IN ROME

CLAIBORNE AVE AS PUBLIC SPACE

POINT CADET WATERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT

GROW DAT URBAN YOUTH FARM

COLLI ALBANI LANDSCRAPER

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

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Greenpoint Avenue & 48th Avenue

Queens, 2014 Pedestrian Safety Improvements

THESIS MENDING THE FRAGMENTED CITY:Linking Formal and Informal Networks Through Civic Architecture in Informal Settlements

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Quito, Ecuador

August 2011-May 2012

Professors Cordula Roser-Gray and Carol Reese

Program: Library/Mediatheque, Market, Daycare,

City Offices, Auditorium, Multi-Use Classrooms

Opportunities for growth and prosperity abound in informal settlements. However they continue to be excluded from the “formal” city networks in terms of infrastructural services, social interaction, the formal economic system, and access to educa-tional and cultural institutions. The exclusionary dynamic can be remediated through a comprehen-sive architectural intervention that brings attention to the settlement and serves as a connecting point for formal and informal networks, making the frag-mented city more inclusive socially and economi-cally.

VIEW FROM MAIN STREET/NIGHT FAIR IN PUBLIC SPACE

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“BARRIOS POPULARES”

DEVELOPING AREADEVELOPED AREASITE

>10.000

PEOPLE PERCADASTRAL ZONE

5.000-10.0002.500-5.0001.000-2.500500-1.000

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URBAN GROWTH PATTERN

PHOTOS AROUND SITE

LARGER “EL CONDADO” AREA

QUITO, ECUADORLOCATION OF CURRENT AND

PRIOR INFORMAL SETTLEMENTSACTIVITY CONCENTRATION

DURING THE DAYRECREATIONAL AND

GREEN AREAS

EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

Quito was founded in 1534 but only began to grow exponentially in the 1970’s due to rural immi-gration. The unprecedented influx of people combined with poor urban planning created informal settlements along the peripheral areas. The site is located in one of these settlements to the northwest of the city. The settlement Jaime Roldos Aguilera has developed significantly but despite its recent “legal” status is still marginalized from economic, social, and cul-tural networks. The site chosen for the intervention is currently the main market area, which ideally will become the new civic center for the neighborhood and its sur-rounding areas.

SITE

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ROUTES

MAIN ACCESS ROAD TO SITE/NEIGHBORHOOD

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL AREAS IN LARGER “EL CONDADO” AREA

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BUS STOPS

MAIN ROADS

SECONDARY ROADS

BUS ROUTE

MAIN NODES ON SITE

RESIDENTIAL

PUBLIC SPACE (SOCCER FIELD)

PUBLIC BUILDING

MIXED-USE COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL

COMMERCIAL

PUBLIC SPACE

CIVIC/PUBLIC BUILDING

RESIDENTIAL

MIXED USE COMMERICAL RESIDENTIAL

COMMERCIAL

CIVIC BUILDING

OPEN PUBLIC SPACE

CIVIC BUILDING PLACED ON HIGH END OF PLAZA IN ORDER TO ACCENTUATE IT’S IMPORTANCE AND MONUMENTALITY

PLAZA SAN FRANCISCO

PLAZA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA

PLAZA DE SANTO DOMINGO

PUBLIC SPACE IN THE HISTORIC CENTER AS PRECEDENT FOR DISTRIBUTION OF MASSING ON SITE

SITE

COLLAGE OF SITE IN RELATION TO CITY FABRIC AND TOPOGRAPHY

SITE CONNECTIVITY CURRENT BUILDING USE AROUND SITE

PROPOSED USAGE OF SITE WITH INTERVENTION

11. LIBRARY ENTRANCE/STUDY AREA

2. AUDITORIUM/MULTI-USE SPACE

3. CITY SERVICES OFFICES (WATER, ELECTRICITY, SEWERAGE)

4. MARKET

5. DAYCARE CENTER AND PLAY GROUND

6. LIBRARY CIRCULATION DESK

7. BOOK STACKS/COMPUTER STATIONS

8. CLASSROOMS

9. BOOKSTACKS/STUDY AREAS

10. OUTDOOR TERRACE/SCREANING

MASSING PROCESS

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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VISIBILITY TO LIBRARY AND CLASS-ROOMS FROM STREET

The program consists mainly of a library/mediatheque and classrooms. This creates a cultural center for the settlement providing the residents with educational ac-tivities for children, adults, and the elderly, something the residents of the area expressed was needed. These main components were placed on the second floor of the building, creating an urban edge along the south side of the site. The ground floor holds the supporting program including the relocated market, a daycare, an office for city services, an auditorium and an entrance to the library. This floor was broken up, making the scale of the building more congruent with the rest of the neighborhood.

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SECOND FLOOR PLAN THIRD FLOOR PLAN

SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE THROUGH MARKET AND

PUBLIC SPACE

AERIAL VIEW -SOUTH ENTRANCE AND OCCUPIABLE ROOF

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The presence of the building as a landmark of the neighborhood was an important component of the design. Through a bold state-ment that would contrast against the fabric of the settlement, the rest of the city will be informed of its presence and importance within the city as a whole. The height of the library component as well as its occupiable roof also provides the settlement of a look-out point to appreciate the city that the residents of the settle-ment are also a part of.

FINAL BUILDING MODELSTUDY MODEL WITHIN CONTEXT

VIEW FROM LIBRARY TOWARDS FORMAL CITY FORMAL

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SECTION THROUGH LARGER “EL CONDADO” AREA AND VIEW FROM FORMAL CITY TOWARDS SETTLEMENT

AND INTERVENTIONINFORMALFORMAL

LOUISIANA CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUMOretha Castle-Haley Blvd, New Orleans, LA

Spring 2010

Professor Irene Keil

Program: Museum, community library and garden,

cafe, auditorium, bookstore

The Louisiana Civil Rights Museum project was envisioned as an opportunity for the once thriving Oretha Castle-Haley corridor to resurface as an im-portant historical and cultural area of the city. The building itself was envisioned as a new landmark for the neighborhood as well as a node for residents to meet, interact, and learn. The parti of the building consists of a fluid circulation path that serves as an interior street. The path culminates in a central atrium space where the exhibition space is located. The shifting form of the atrium provides an enticing space, promoting curiosity in the visitors and lead-ing them up to the various exhibitions. The ground floor itself contains community-oriented program which consists of a library, a meeting room, a café, and in the exterior, a community garden. These ar-eas are located towards the more private northwest corner of the site, while the main entrance to the museum opens up to the boulevard.

2Published in the Tulane School of Architecture’s biannual publication The Review 2009-11

MIXED USE BUILDING (RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL)

RESIDENTIAL / COMMUNITY USAGE

COMMERCIAL / VISITOR USAGE

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SITE PLAN WITH GROUND PLAN

HISTORIC USE OF THE SITE AND INFLUENCE ON PROPOSED DESIGN

1890 1909 1937-51 1994 20101890 1909 1937-51 1994 2010

VIEW FROM ST. ANDREW ST TO ENTRANCE

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SERVICE AREA

VISITOR AREA:MUSEUM

CAFEBOOKSTORE

COMMUNITY AREA:LIBRARY

COMMUNITY MEETINGAUDITORIUM

MASSING STUDY MODELS

PROGRAM COMPONENTS’ LOCATION

BUILDING PARTI GROUND FLOOR PLAN SECOND FLOOR PLAN THIRD FLOOR PLAN FOURTH FLOOR PLAN

CIRCULATION PARTI IN LONGITUDINAL SECTION

ATRIUM STUDY MODEL

2FACADE STUDY SKETCHES

ST ANDREW ST FACADE

LONGITUDINAL SECTION THROUGH MUSEUM ATRIUM AND AUDITORIUM

DETAIL SECTION THROUGH GALLERY SPACE FACADE

2FACADE ORIGIN- WOOD SIDING INSPIRED VERTICAL ELEMENTS COLORED WITH SURROUNDING COLOR PALLETTE

INTERIOR VIEW OF GALLERY AND ATRIUM SPACE IN MUSEUM

VIEW OF EXTERIOR TERRACE SPACE OFF OF AUDITORIUM LOBBY

MODEL OF BUILDING-VIEW FROM ST ANDREW TOWARDS BACK ENTRANCE TO LIBRARY

MOULIN ROUGE DANCE SCHOOL Oretha Castle-Haley Blvd, New Orleans, LA

Spring 2010

Professor Irene Keil

Program: Museum, community library and garden,

cafe, auditorium, bookstore

The Moulin Rouge Dance School is located beside the current Moulin Rouge building in the Pigalle district of Paris. This urban site presented various limitations in terms of codes and restrictions. Apart from the dance school, the program included a mu-seum and an auditorium for visitors. A welcoming and grand gesture was necessary for the building to represent the icon that is the Moulin Rouge and it had to be accomplished within the small space provided. Consequently, a tall atrium at the en-trance with views to the practice rooms and with a red carpet directing visitors to the auditorium and along the museum on the first floor, was devised. The floor heights correspond to those of the sur-rounding buildings, while the façade represents an opening curtain at a theater, differentiating and highlighting the structure as an entertainment ven-ue, much like the windmill at the Moulin Rouge that currently occupies the suggested site.

3Published in the Tulane School of Architecture’s biannual publication The Review 2009-11

3 SKETCHES OF ATRIUM DEVELOPMENT

SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE OF MAIN ATRIUM WITH MUSEUM AND PRACTICE ROOMS MASSING MODEL IN URBAN CONTEXT

INTERIOR FACADE SKETCH

3FACADE SKETCH

SCHOOL COMPONENTS ON TOP/PUBLIC AMMENITIES AT STREET LEVEL

OPEN ATRIUM SPACE AND SURROUNDING VOLUMES MODEL (WITH ADMINISTRATION VOLUME TAKEN OFF )SHOWING INTERIOR FACADE

FOR DANCE STUDIO SIDE

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PLANS FOR GROUND FLOOR-4TH FLOOR

MODEL-MAIN FACADECROSS SECTION THROUGH ATRIUM/DANCE SCHOOL/ ADMINISTRATIVE AREA

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SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE THROUGH PRACTICE ROOM, AUDITORIUM AND CAFE

LONGITUDINAL SECTION THROUGH ATRIUM SHOWING DANCE SCHOOL SIDE FACADE

PERCIVAL STERN HALL FACADE

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Fall 2009

Professor Tiffany Lin

Program: Redesign Facade for Stern Hall Building

Percival Stern Hall was designed in a time where nuclear warfare was deemed eminent, and conse-quently its façade reflects this fear, with few small windows scattered along its concrete structure. This project proposes a removal of the current fa-çade replacing it with a more open and functional one. The new metal paneling system would be at-tached to the existing slabs. The composition con-sists of “cuts” along the façade plane which are lifted at the top or bottom, and translate either into larger glass curtain wall components (on the north side), or perforated steel shading devices creating a double façade (on the south side). The openings vary depending on the interior program that con-sists of classrooms and science labs (where small, or no windows are necessary). Exterior gather-ing spaces are scattered throughout the building and are carved into the facade in order to provide shade, while a larger one is located in the middle of the building, marking the passage underneath the building that connects one side of the campus to the other.

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DETAIL MODEL OF FACADE PROPOSAL SHOWING PANELING, SHADING SYSTEMS AND BALCONY CONDITION

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SECTION THROUGH NORTH FACADE SHOWING CURTAIN WALL PORTION AT CENTER OF THE BUILDING

SOUTH FACADE LOOKING AT MAIN BALCONY

FACADE COMPONENTS DIAGRAM DETAIL OF GLASS CURTAIN WALL CONNECTION TO SLAB

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SECTION THROUGH SOUTH FACADE SHOWING SHADING SYSTEM OVER WINDOWS AND MAIN BALCONY

SOUTH ELEVATION

STUDY MODEL DEPICTING NORTH FACADEDETAIL OF PERFORATED METAL PANEL SHADING SYSTEM

NORTH ELEVATION

HAND DRAWINGS IN ROME

ITALY

Fall 2010

Professor Tiffany Lin

Throughout my semester abroad in Rome, the program had a strong emphasis on recording ar-chitectural details and observations through free-hand drawings. These exercises resulted in a better understanding of the composition and structure of every building as well as proportions and details, important especially in renaissance buildings of the area. Drawings not only consisted of perspectival views, but also of plans, sections and aerial depic-tions derived from observations of the space. Many drawings were also composed to emphasize a par-ticular characteristic of the buildings, producing a more detailed study of a cupola of a church, or the skyline of contrasting structures. My final project consisted of analyzing medieval towers throughout the city, and the detail of the border junction shared with the relatively newer adjacent buildings, as well as how they sit within the block they occupy. This project explored the layering of architectural history that is characteristic of Rome.

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SANT’AGNESE CHURCH AT PIAZZA NAVONA- ROME

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AERIAL STUDY OF TOWERS AND MAIN SQUARE- SAN GIMIGNANO

PLAN AND SECTION FOR THE PANTHEON-ROME

SKYLINE OF PYRAMID OF CESTIUS AND PORTA SAN PAOLO- ROME

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SITE PLAN/DETAIL/PERSPECTIVE- TORRE COLONNA- ROME

SITE PLAN/DETAIL/PERSPECTIVE- TORRE DELLA SCIMMIA- ROME

SITE PLAN/DETAIL/PERSPECTIVE- TORRE TEVERE- ROME

CLAIBORNE AV. AS PUBLIC SPACENew Orleans, LA

Fall 2011

Professor Johnathan Tate

Program: Public space along Claiborne Ave

Claiborne Av used to be a thriving commercial, cul-tural and social corridor, crossing through the tra-ditional neighborhood of Treme. In the early 1960’s an extension of the I-10 highway was constructed directly on the neutral ground, which was used as a linear park. The structure contributed to the decline of the traditional neighborhood, but recently its re-moval has become part of the Master Plan for the City of New Orleans. This project explores a pos-sible urban design intervention once the highway is removed which consists of reimagining the entire corridor as a large public space connected through a paving pattern that serves as a new symbol for the area. The longitudinal public space serves as a park once more, with specialized areas such as a covered market or basketball courts, branching out of the middle ground on to the adjacent blocks and connected by pedestrian walkways identified by the similar pattern. The pattern is derived from traditional mosaic signs for streets or businesses on New Orleans sidewalks, and the colors are as-sociated with Mardi Gras Indians who already oc-cupy this space for parades and exhibitions.

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VIEW TOWARDS COVERED MARKET NEXT TO CIRCLE FOODS FROM MIDDLE GROUND

6NEW ORLEANS STREETS SERVE AS PUBLIC SPACES IN THE CITY- CLAIBORNE COULD BE USED THE SAME WAY

VIEW FROM MIDDLE GROUND DURING ONE OF ITS POSSIBLE USES AS A PARADE ROUTE/ VIEWING AREA

SITE PLAN OF CORRIDOR FROM ST. LOUIS ST TO ST. BERNARD AV (.9 miles long)

ST. CHARLES AV RESIDENTIALPARADE ROUTEDEFINED EDGES

GREEN SPACE NEU-TRAL GROUND

STREET CAR ROUTE

RESIDENTIALCOMMERCIAL

MIXED USE BLOCKSPARADE ROUTE

EVENT SPACEDEFINED EDGES

COMMERCIALTOURIST ATTRACTION

EVENT SPACEDEFINED EDGES

COMMERCIALRESIDENTIAL

CULTURAL HUBDEFINED EDGESPARADE ROUTE

MAGAZINE STREET

BOURBON STREET

FRENCHMAN STREET

6FIGURE GROUND OF CLAIBORNE AV IN 1937 AND ITS MULTIPLE USES BEFORE I-10 INCLUDING PARADES, MARKETS AND BUSINESSES

SPACE OCCUPIED AS PUBLIC ON FRENCHMAN STREET

PUBLIC SPACE DYNAMIC

UNIFYING PUBLIC SPACES AND FILLING IN THE ERRODED EDGES CAN BE USED TO DEFINE THE LARGER PUBLIC SPACE

WIDTH OF CLAIBORNE DOES NOT ALLOW FOR SAME DYNAMIC

OPEN PUBLIC SPACE CAN COMPLIMENT OCCUPIABLE SIDEWALK SPACE, AND FUNCTION AS AN EXTENSION, AS DOES THE STREET SPACE ON FRENCHMAN FOR EXAMPLE.

PROGRAMMATIC DIAGRAM OF POSSIBLE PUBLIC SPACES ACCORDING TO SITE TYPE (KEY TO SITE PLAN)

OFF RAMP SITES: GREEN AREAS, SPORTS FACILITES, LEISURE AREAS

COMMERCIAL PROXIMITY: OUTDOOR MARKET, OUTDOOR DINING, CUL-TURAL STAGES

CIRCLE FOODS AND COVERED MARKET

RESIDENTIAL PROXIMITY: COMMUNITY GARDEN, SKATE PARK, BBQ AREAS, MEETING SPACES

6POINT CADET WATERFRONT REDEVELOPMENTBiloxi, MS

Spring 2011

Professor Grover Mouton

Program: Park and commercial areas in Point

Cadet

Point Cadet is located at the eastern entrance to the city of Biloxi, which was vastly destroyed during hurricane Katrina. The city wants to redevelop this area which serves as a site for the marina and for fishing competitions and, prior to Katrina, housed a seafood museum and a hangar which served as an event venue. My proposal re-envisions this area as a larger entertainment node consisting of park space, which would bring back vegetation lost in the hurricane, a commercial area located near the middle, a new building for the marina and a housing proposal to the north of the site. The seafood mu-seum and the hangar would also be reintroduced. A boardwalk would connect the site and serve as a running and walking route, as well as a viewing platform for boat shows and fishing competitions. The buildings proposed would have to be elevated at least 8 feet to avoid any possible flood damage.

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AERIAL VIEW OF POINT CADET WITH INTERVENTION

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FISHING/SEAFOOD RELATED PROGRAM

COMMERCIAL AREAS

PARKS/GREEN SPACE

HOUSING

HOUSING

HANGAR

SEAFOOD MUSEUM

WALKING/JOGGING/BIKE PATH

PARKING

RESTAURANT/BAR/COMMERCIAL AREA

MAN BOARDWALK/EVENT VIEWING AREA

MARINA EXPANSIONMAIN VIEWS FROM ENTRANCE THAT LED TO

PLACEMENT OF MAIN PATHS

GENERAL PROGRAM LOCATION AND RELATION TO BILOXI LAND USE

WATER FEATURES

FISHING PIER

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VIEW TO MAIN COMMERCIAL AREA

VIEW FROM UNDERPASS TO MARINA

SITE SECTION THROUGH COMMERCIAL AREA AND FISHING DOCK

6GROW DAT URBAN YOUTH FARMCity Park, New Orleans, LA

Spring 2011

Professors Abigail Feldman and Scott Bernhard

Program: Urban farm, classroom/administration

Recieved New Orleans AIA Honor Award for Design in “Unbuilt Architecture” Category and the SEED Award for Excellence in Public Interest Design

Grow Dat is a project developed by the Tulane City Center in collaboration with the New Orleans Food and Farm Network and City Park. This urban farm aims to teach local high school students about community, sustainability and healthy dietary and recreational alternatives through their work of growing and selling produce. The program consists of a classroom and administration area built out of shipping containers, and the landscape design of the farm area. The design was developed between two studios, one that focused on the architecture and the other, which I was part of, focused on the landscape architecture portion.*

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SITE PLAN

Approximate Areas of Poor Drainage

Areas of Recommended Fill

Introduction of Rain Garden

Water Control Point

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Proposed Irrigation Lines

Connection to Main Water Line

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I participated in the landscape design portion the process, which involved talking to our client, (the director of the program) and farmers in order to arrive at a func-tional site plan. I contributed by drawing the base plan for the master plan as well as researching and designing irrigation systems, analyzing water drainage around the site, designing a rain garden at the front of the site, analyzing the relationships between the site and its surroundings, and brainstorming ways in which shipping containers could be transformed into water cisterns for irrigation.

AERIAL VIEW TO CLASSROOMS AND FARMLAND

MAIN WATER LINES AND IRRIGATION PROPOSAL

EXISTING WATER LINE

APPROXIMATE AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE

AREAS OF RECOMMENDED FILL

INTRODUCTION OF RAIN GARDEN

WATER CONTROL POINT

PROPOSED IRRIGATION LINES

CONNECTION TO MAIN WATER LINE

AREAS OF PROPOSED FILL AND RAIN GARDEN FLOW TO POND SITE SECTIONS OF ARCHITECTURE RELATION TO SITE

RENDERING BY: JADE JIAMBUTR

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WATER STORAGE

EQUIPMENT STORAGE

FAUCET

AVERAGE WATER COLLECTION PER MONTH:

COLLECTION SURFACE AREA: 23,040 IN

TOTALS:

jANUARY-----------115,200 in

FEBRYARY----------138,240 in

MARCH-------------112,896 in

APRIL----------------103,680 in

MAY------------------105,984 in

JUNE----------------133,632 in

JULY-----------------140,544 in

AUGUST------------142,848 in

SEPTEMBER--------126,720 in

OCTOBER-----------69,120 in

NOVEMBER--------101,376 in

DECEMBER---------133,632 in

* THERE ARE 122 CUBIC INCHES IN A 2L BOTTLE

COLLECTION DRAINAGE

SLOPED ROOF SURFACE

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SKETCH OF SECTION THROUGH RAIN GARDEN RAIN GARDENS AT ENTRANCE TO CLASSROOMS

VIEW OF FARMING PLOTSIDEA FOR CISTERN AND STORAGE USING A CONTAINER

6Colli Albani, Rome, Italy

Fall 2010

Professors Marcella Del Signore and Tiffany Lin

Program: Cinema and park with spaces designed

for film festival

This park located in Colli Albani, a neighborhood in the outskirts of Rome, explores the horizontal rela-tionship between the public space and its visitors and surroundings. The concept began as a design for a venue that would host a film festival. The rich cinematographic history of Rome, and the rela-tive proximity of the site to Cinecitta film studios, provided an excellent opportunity for cinema to be used as a catalyst for social interaction. To serve as a permanent economic generator, a small movie theater was designed underground. For film screen-ings during the festival, several viewing areas were introduced along the long, narrow middle ground in the form of artificial hills, or carved niches in the ground. These areas can also be used as discus-sion forums following the films. As a park during the day, the design incorporates seating in the form of benches as well as larger grass covered mounds that could also be used in a variety of ways. The park would also promote community interaction.

Published in the Tulane School of Architecture’s biannual publication The Review 2009-11

FILM FESTIVAL VIEWING WITH PERMANENT THEATER BELOW

COLLI ALBANI LANDSCRAPER

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RELATION TO SITE AND CINECITTA WITH METRO STOPS BETWEEN

SITE PLAN WITH MAIN ACCESS POINTS AND PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION

VIEW TOWARDS ENTRANCE TO THEATER

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OCCUPANCY

INTERVENTION COMPONENTS VIEWING AREA DURING THE DAY

CIRCULATION

VIEWING AREAS

SEATING

GREENERY

DAYNIGHTFILM FESTIVAL

LONGITUDINAL SECTION THROUGH ENTIRE SITE

Greenpoint Avenue & 48th Avenue

Queens, 2014 Pedestrian Safety Improvements

Greenpoint Avenue & 48th Avenue

Queens, 2014 Pedestrian Safety Improvements

6Sunnyside, Queens, New York, NY

Summer 2013

Pedestrian Projects Group

NYC Department of Transportation

The intersection of Greenpoint Ave, 48th Ave, and 47th St. was known for being a dangerous three-way intersection for pedestrians. The Pedestrian Projects Group at the NYC Department of Transpor-tation was in charge of making the crossing points shorter and more direct. Cross walks were moved to make crossing points shorter, and pedestrian plazas were added to increase visibility of both pe-destrians and cars. New signage was added, and crossing signals were also modified to give pedes-trians more time to cross.

Built in the summer of 2014. In the process of being turned into a capital project with expected construction in 2017.

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

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Greenpoint Avenue & 48th Avenue

Queens, 2014 Pedestrian Safety Improvements

Greenpoint Avenue & 48th Avenue

Queens, 2014 Pedestrian Safety Improvements

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Greenpoint Avenue & 48th Avenue

Queens, 2014

Pedestrian Safety Improvements

Greenpoint Avenue & 48th Avenue

Queens, 2014

Pedestrian Safety Improvements

Greenpoint Avenue & 48th Avenue

Queens, 2014

Pedestrian Safety Improvements

BEFORE- LOOKING SOUTH ON 47TH ST

BEFORE- LOOKING EAST ON 48TH AVE AFTER- LOOKING NORTH ON GREENPOINT AVE

AFTER- LOOKING SOUTH ON 47TH ST

Greenpoint Avenue & 48th Avenue

Queens, 2014 Pedestrian Safety Improvements

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Greenpoint Avenue & 48th Avenue

Queens, 2014

Pedestrian Safety Improvements

Greenpoint Avenue & 48th Avenue

Queens, 2014 Pedestrian Safety Improvements

LOOKING WEST ON 48TH AVELOOKING SOUTH ON GREENPOINT AVELOOKING EAST ON 48TH AVE

*Grow Dat Studio Project Leads:

Scott BernhardDan EtheridgeAbigail FeldmanJohanna GilliganZach LambSam RichardsEmilie TaylorSeth Welty

*Project Team: Mira AsherZin Min AyeSteven BakerHee ChoSophie DardantMatt DecotiisRachel FinkelsteinSean FisherPatrick FrankeMarianne GraffamSeneca GrayEllen HaileyKatie HealeyJade JiambutrLindsey KieferMike LandryEmile LeJeuneVicky LeungSam LevinJason LevyMarda LugarMary Beth Luster

Jeremy MaloneyRebecca MillerOren MitznerIan O’CainEllanny PageJustin ParkRobert PekaraFernando PoloAllison PowellCameron RingnessJulie SandersAllison SchillerJustin SiragusaChristopher TelloneAna Lucia TeranWilliam TrakasClaire TritschlerErin VaughnNichole WoggonBrad WatsonMichael WelshJen Wickham