readings of urban fabric

grid Tissue origins 1874

green inTervenTions

edge condiTions

working waTerfronT sTrip

red hook houses 1939 & van brunT sTreeT

working waTerfronT TransiTion zone

primary direcTions

exclusive endpoinTs

4

5

1

1. louis valenTino Jr. park

van br

unt

dwight

colum

bia

coffey

2

van br

unt

dwight

colum

bia

coffey

2. waTerfronT museum & park

exclusive endpoinTs

3

van br

unt

dwight

colum

bia

coffey

3. fairway supermarkeT

exclusive endpoinTs

van br

unt

dwight

colum

bia

coffey

4

4. ikea

exclusive endpoinTs

van br

unt

dwight

colum

bia

coffey

5

5. erie basin promenade

exclusive endpoinTs

readings of social fabric

12,95%

36,3%

54,6%

populaTion below poverTy level

79,35%

52,1%

44,9%

age 25+ wiTh high school degree or higher

32,75%

11,7%

3,4%

age 25+ wiTh college school degree or higher

crime prevenTion & red hook youTh courT

farm based learning & youTh empowermenT

youTh Training againsT inTergeneraTional poverTy

a communiTy empowermenT cenTer on red hook’s waTerfronT

youTh “rehabiliTaTion”

cenTer

red hook youTh courT °1998

shifT in Juvenile JusTice sysTem 1990s

key componenTs: educaTion, recreaTion, communiTy involvemenT, prevenTion

programs, ending repeaTed offences

Juvenile booT camp: sTrucTure & discipline

youTh “rehabiliTaTion” cenTer

youTh “rehabiliTaTion”

cenTer

individual consulTaTion roomsgroup consulTaTion roomsclass roomsworkshopsfarm based learning faciliTies

cafeTeriaTeen acTiviTy roommedia roomdormiTory

red hook “needs” 2011

“idenTify poTenTial resources for educaTional programming needs & expanded employmenT programs”

communiTycenTer

communiTy “educaTion” cenTer

officesconference roomsclass roomsaudiToriumlibrarycaféwaTerfronT museum

communiTycenTer

sporTrecreaTion

sporT & recreaTion faciliTies

ouTdoor sporT fieldslarge gymnasium/communiTy hallchanging roomsfiTness room

Three “pillars”

youTh “rehabiliTaTion”

cenTer

sporTrecreaTion

communiTycenTer

waTerfronT siTe

waTerfronT siTe

“beTween Two morphologies”

siTe condiTions 1911

The old waTer Tower

siTe condiTions 1924

siTe condiTions 1951

siTe condiTions 1996

siTe condiTions 2002

siTe condiTions 2004

waTerfronT park

siTe condiTions 2006

waTerfronT museum

siTe condiTions 2008

siTe condiTions 2012

youTh cenTer

sporTrecreaTion

communiTycenTer

exploring The organizaTion of a complex program

design sTudy

design sTudy

design sTudy

design sTudy

“beTween Two morphologies”

“beTween Two morphologies”

“beTween Two morphologies”

“beTween Two morphologies”

“beTween Two morphologies”

indusTrial / manufacTuring residenTial vacanT TransporTaTion unknown

“beTween Two morphologies”

a new morphology

design sTraTegy

design sTraTegy

design sTraTegy

50m

composiTion

Three volumes

posiTioning

space in beTween volumes