Metropolitan Area

Hunters Point South, New York

Compositional- Panoramic View and Context Ricky Shum

Hunters Point South Site Plan Hunters Point South Figure Ground P lan

Compositional- Site Plan Ricky Shum

Documentary- Street Perspectives Ricky Shum

North View on 47th Road

South View on 47th RoadGround Perspective

Site

Documentary- Plan and Sections Ricky Shum

The site is located in Hunters Point in Long Island City, Queens. Adjacent to the West of the site is Gantry State Park with the view of the Manhattan skyline including the United Nations building. Immediately to the north of the site is a 32 story high-rise apartment building. Further north there is a food/drink stand for the kids playground, that functions with solar panels. Then the infamous Pepsi- Cola sign is on the far north edge of Hunt-ers Point, with a view of the Queensboro Bridge. Across the street to the east of the site is a 39 story high-rise apartment building, These surrounding buildings are designed “pancake-style” construction where all the fl oors are typical and repeat on top of each other. To the south of the site there is a circular seating area that is framed around a drain. Adjacent to the south of that is a public open plaza for pedestrians to sit and enjoy the view or sometimes concerts. To the east of this plaza is the Riverview restaurant. There also traces of two old gantries and indications of old train tracks.The site is six blocks away from the 7 train at Vernon Jackson Avenue. Between the site and the train station there are multiple restaurants on Vernon Jackson Avenue, a police presinct and a playground for kids.

Ricky ShumCompositional

Compositional Ricky Shum

South View on 47th Road

Gantry State Park, which is right next to the site possess high attraction for tourists and photographers for wedding pictures. They would use the Manhattan skyline as a backdrop.

However, there is still a high sense of community around the site. There is a great amount of parents walking their dogs and kids. There are a lot of open spaces for pedestrians to sit and enjoy the view, or to watch their children and pets play. There are multiple types of seating, with some implied by the structural attachments and other various types of benches. These parents could potentially be working from home or the mothers may have recently given birth up to a two years ago. There is a elementary school south of the site where kids would leave from to go to the park or playground that is to the north of the site. These parents may also have an artistic background based on the paint on their clothing and due to the high amount of artist studios and musuems such as P.S. 1 in the neighbor-hood.

Compositional Ricky Shum

Conceptual Ricky Shum

Square Mesh Openings with Circular Shadows

Mesh with Organic Vines

There are various experiential indications of meshes and skin physically and conceptu-ally on the site. These may act as boundaries, dividing spaces, structurally or act as a sort of enclosure.

There are various types of vegetation which may combine with the use of meshes and structure. There are also different indications of textures and material imperfections. This may be due to the tye of decay, material, time, weather, physical contact or install-ment. This leads to the issue of the strengh and life of a material that should and should not be used on this site.

Conceptual- Textures Ricky Shum

Conceptual- Texture/ Material Decay and Imperfections Ricky Shum

Conceptual- Meshes Ricky Shum

Conceptual- Structural Connections Ricky Shum

Conceptual- Vegetation Catalogue Ricky Shum

Conceptual- Seating Catalogue Ricky Shum

Legend

Residential

Commercial

Industrial

Special Purpose District

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1 & 2 Family Residential

Mult- Family

Mixed- Use

Commercial

Industrial

Zoning

Land- Use

Hunters Point is currently pre-domi-nantly industrial and mixed- use.

Zoning Map Amendments:

Rezone from M3-1 (2.0 FAR) to R10 (12. FAR) with a C2-5 (2.0 FAR) overlay

Rezone from M1-4 (2.0 FAR) to R7-3 (5.0 FAR) with a C2-5 (2.0) overlay

Legend

<$25,000

25K to 45K

45K to 65K

65K to 85K

85K to 105K

Income

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0.3-10%

10.1-20%

20.1-30%

Population

The population is generally low towards the edge of Hunters Point due to the high amount of industrial facilities. The new residential proposal for Hunters Point South should attract more of the middle class population to move towards the area.

The income/costs near the edge of Hunt-ers Point is higher due to the waterfront and the view of the Manhattan skyline.

Documentary- Zoning, Land-Use, Population and Income Maps Ricky ShumBased on information from Oasis.com-(2010)

Open Spaces

Transportation

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Open Green Spaces

Parking

Vacant Lots

Gantry Plaza State Park, Hunters Point Park, Andrew’s Playground and John Murray Playground are the immediate open green spaces in Hunters Point. There is an ample amount of interior and exterior parking lots in Hunters Point.

The 7, E, M, R, AND LIRR provide ac-cess to the site.

Legend

Institutions

Institutions

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Open spaces

Cultural Institutions

Civic or Education

Artist Studios

5 Minute Walking Radius

Institutions

There are over 15 cultural institu-tions and over 5,000 individual art studios including PS 1/ MOMA. The Court House Square Library is roughly 3/4 mile from the site.

The new public school will contain 1,100 seats for the developing com-munity.

Documentary- Open Spaces, Transportation and Institutions Maps Ricky ShumBased on information from Oasis.com-(2010)

Hurricane- Flood Zones

The proposed site location is in Zone A, a potential fl ooding from any hurricane near NYC.

The proposed site location is in Category 1 Evacuation Zone, a po-tential fl ooding from any hurricane near NYC.

Documentary- Flood Zones Ricky ShumBased on information from FEMA-(2010)

The ground temperature is warmer when measured closer to the ground in the summer months, but cooler as the measurement rises above the ground. The ground temperature is low when measured closer to the ground in the winter months, but warmer as the measurement rises above the ground.

The mean temperature, design high and low temperatures are annually below the comoft zone

There is the most sky cover usually in February and less in October. The annual mean amount of sky cover is about sixty- eight percent.

The mean average wind velocity is roughly 8-13 mph.

Documentary- Ground Temperature, Temperature Range, Sky Cover and Wind Velocity Range Ricky ShumBased on information from Climate Consultant 5-(2011)

Summer Solstice- Morning

Summer Solstice- Noon

Summer Solstice- Evening

Winter Solstice- Morning

Winter Solstice- Noon

Winter Solstice- Evening

Spring Equinox- Morning

Spring Equinox- Noon

Spring Equinox- Evening

Solar Analysis Ricky Shum

Spring Equinox- Morning

Spring Equinox- Noon

Spring Equinox- Evening

Summer Solstice- Morning

Summer Solstice- Noon

Summer Solstice- Evening

Winter Solstice- Morning

Winter Solstice- Noon

Winter Solstice- Evening

Solar Analysis Ricky Shum