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ALMUBARAK STUDIO II

MAITHAM ALMUBARKPROFESSOR RYAN MADSON

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO IIWINTER 2013

IN A WORLD WHERE EVERYBODY SCREAMS, SILENCE IS NOTICEABLE.- MASSIMO VIGNELLI

TO BAHRAINWHERE THE HEART IS

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CONTEXT

TABLE OF CONTEXTS

INTRODUCTION

URBAN ANALYSIS

SITE ANALYSIS

CASE STUDIES

CONCEPT

DESIGN

FINAL

SITE VISIT

HISTORY

RESIDENTIALINDUSTRIALBUSINESSTRANSPORTATIONCOMMERCIALMIXED USEINSTITUTIONALGREEN AND OPEN SPACE

LOCATIONDEMOGRAPHICSVIEWSCLIMATEPROPERTIES

KOLSTRAND BUILDINGWAKEFIELD MARKET HALLHOLLAINHOF SOCIAL HOUSING

PROGRESSIONDIAGRAMS

SITE AXONSITE PLANHOUSING DESIGNMARKET DESIGNPERSPECTIVE VIEWS

HOUSING MODELFINAL BOARDS

NEW ORLEANS PHOTOS

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The area now known as Bywater was mostly plantation land in the Colonial era, with significant residential development beginning the first decade of the 19th century as part of what was known as “Faubourg Washington”, part of the predominantly Francophone “Downtown” section of New Orleans. Many people from France, Spain and the French Caribbean settled here. During the century, it grew with both White Creoles of French and Spanish descent, as well as other mixed raced.

INTRODUCTION HISTORY

SITE PHOTOINSIDE THE HORSE STABLES

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URBAN ANALYSIS

LAND USERESIDENTIAL

Residential densities vary based on geographic desirability, topography and public transit infrastructure. After Katrina, some areas remain depopulated while others increase as the density of the city reestablishes equilibrium. This map displays in varying shades of orange the level of residential density reestablished after Katrina. It is not uncommon to see that spreading around these densely repopulated areas the level of density lessens progressively. This again is due to d sireability of pre existing residential conditions as well as knowledge of potential flood areas.

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URBAN ANALYSIS CITY LAND-USE PROFILES

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Industrial use is located with convenient access to the Mississippi River and the industrial canal connecting the river to Lake Pontchartrain. These industrial areas are heavily used and have a dramatic effect on the hydrology of the city.

LAND USEINDUSTRIAL

LAND USEBUSINESS

The industrial areas of the city are largely responsible for pollutant runoff in flood events, when levees fail; areas in districts at lower elevations are at risk.

URBAN ANALYSIS CITY LAND-USE PROFILES

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LAND USETRANSPORTATION

This pollutant concentration dramatically effects the New Orleans ecology and water quality. Adjacent business properties and transportation corridors round out New Orlean’s industrial infrastructure.

LAND USECOMMERCIAL

Commercial development has historically been at the waterfront ports, on the river and lake, but has recently developed in mid-city areas. The areas highlighted in blue are almost purely commercial but are not separate from the activities found in adjacent mixed use areas. New Orleans is a highly diverse and heterogenous city, so it is not uncommon to find other business in small pockets around the city. Additionally, future land use designation indicates commercial districts at the city periphery.

URBAN ANALYSIS CITY LAND-USE PROFILES

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LAND USEMIXED USE

Pockets of mixed use development have evolved with infrastructure along primary corridors in the city. They consist of small businesses, churches, residences, hospitals and nightlife. Sucessful mixed-use streets that have developed run east to west between residential developments establishing these corridors as a place for community and social engagement. Primary of these mixed use streets include Magazine St, St. Charles Ave, South Claiborne Ave, and Tulane Ave. Other mixed-use development has reestablished in renovated bodegas throughout the city.

LAND USEINSTITUTIONAL

Tulane University; Loyola New Orleans; Louisiana State University; Xavier University; Delgado Community College; Dillard University; University of New Orleans. These colleges reside heavily on the west side of New Orleans, often at higher elevations in the city or on the ridge. The colleges act as catalysts to for social and cultural change in the city. Economic develo ment is fostered by the colleges in their respective neighborhoods, most of which are characterized by mixed-use districts within a walking radius of campus, lower density housing development and caucasian majorities.

URBAN ANALYSIS CITY LAND-USE PROFILES

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LAND USEGREEN AND OPEN SPACE

Preserved vegetation within the parish is a small fraction of the wetlands that used to exist in the delta. The city’s two major parks (Audubon Park to the south and City Park to the north) are the primary greenspaces available to city residents. Due to the density development, few pocket parks exist in the urban fabric of the city, not including under-utilized vacant lots. The large expanse of park to the east is one of few r maining wetland areas, and lies outside of t he m ajority o f d evelopment i n t he parish.

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SITE ANALYSIS

The neighborhood of Bywater is East of the French Quarter and Central Business District, located on a canal connecting the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne. This neighborhood’s demographics have undergone major shift since Hurricane Katrina, in racial distribution, median age and average household size. The combination of these factors suggests a socioeconomic group of a higher status moving into the area, a possible recognition of its beneficial siting

SITE ANALYSIS LOCATION

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AERIAL VIEWBYWATER NEIGHBORHOOD, NEW ORLEANS, LA.

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SITE ANALYSIS DEMOGRAPHICS

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On the above sea-level banks of the Mississippi. The shift in racial makeup could be the result of active redevelopment aimed toward this higher socioeconomic group, a form of gentrification. Its adjacency to the Lower Ninth Ward, an area still plagued by crime, could hinder the development.

5,096POPULATION

DENSITY

HOUSING UNITS

VACANT UNITS

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HOUSEHOLD INCOME

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56% White, 33% Black

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Car at 67.8%

32% White, 61% Black

$ 35,652

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$ 43,504

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AERIAL VIEWUPPER NIGHT WARD, NEW ORLEANS, LA.

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The block-site does not have any significant views. Its located on the corner of two major avenues: St. Claudes Ave on the north, and Poland Ave on the west. The other two streets are rather minor. Lesseps st. on the east and N Rampart st. on the east.

DIAGRAMSITE CONTEXT/ SURROUNDINGS

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ALESSEPS ST.

BST CLAUDES AVE.

CPOLAND AVE.

SITE ANALYSIS CLIMATE

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52% of the year days in new orleans are discribed to be “too hot”.being in the hot, humid climate, new orleans have long, hot, humid summers, and cool, short cool winters. thus, climatic design priorities would be to Allow natural ventilation to both cool and remove excess moisture in the summer. To Protect from the summer sun, And to avoid creating aditional humidity during the summer.

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Only 30% of the year days in new orleans are discribed to be “too cold” when the tempreture become as low as 40 degrees. New Orleans have short, cool winters were climatic design priorities like letting the winter sun in, and protect from the cold winter wind coming mostly from the east can be applied.

DIAGRAMWINTER SUN AND WIND.

1/ LICKETY SPLIT’S RESTURANT.2/ BYWATER MARKET.3/ DOLLAR GENERAL.4/ CHURCH’S CHIKEN.5/ LOUISIANA DENTAL CENTER.6/ ST. CECILLIA HEALTH CENTER.7/ CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD UNITY.8/ AVANT GARDE ART STORE.

SITE ANALYSIS PROPERTIES

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NOISE

BUS STOP

IN-STREET PARKING

DIAGRAMSITE PROPERTIES AND SURROUNDINGS and site section.

GOD IS IN THE DETAILS.

- LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

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CASE STUDY ABSALON

Absalon designed by denzer & poensgen is located in a new developing area, exclusively situated on a hillside, just above the city centre of Trier. The aim of this new developing area is to create examples of good buildings in an attractive landscape which is integrated in its surrounding.

Located in Trier, one of the old German cities founded by the romans, this project connects to the old roman building culture, which is still omnipresent in Trier. The house is divided in three different volumes with an atrium in its middle.

Architects/ denzer & poensgenLocation/ Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany2010

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CASE STUDY CONVERSION OF MIES VAN DER ROHE GAS STATION

Nun’s Island is part of the Hochelaga archipelago located immediately southwest of Montreal. It’s urbanization followed the opening of the Champlain bridge in 1962 under an ambitious master plan carried out by Metropolitan Structures, a real estate giant who had built numerous projects in Chicago with the collaboration of Mies van der Rohe. The new community included three high rise apartment buildings by Mies office and it led, in 1966, to a commission from Standard Oil to design a prototypical gas station.

Architects/ Les Architectes FABG – Éric GauthierLocation/ 201 rue Berlioz, Verdun, Québec, Canada2011

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CASE STUDY HOLLAINHOF SOCIAL HOUSING

The Hollaninhof is a social housing complex located in the center of Gent. The project aims at creating an attractive habitat combining the quality and density of the urban surroundings with privacy and peacefulness. This is achieved by updating the traditional residential type. The result is a complex that fluctuates from public to private, open to closed, large-scale to small-scale.

Architects/ Neutelings, Willem Jan, Michiel Location/ Gent, Belgium1993 - 1998

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CASE STUDY WAKEFIELD MARKET HALL

A new market hall in Wakefield forming part of a wider regeneration of the Trinity Walk and Marsh Way area close to the town centre. The market consists of three halls which are related to one another by a flat roof supported on a steel frame and, with this plane as the dominant reference, the halls define two external spaces.

Architects/ Adjaye AssociatesLocation/ West Yorkshire, England2008

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CASE STUDY KOLSTRAND BUILDING

The Kolstrand Building is an adaptive reuse of a 1910 marine supply building in the industrial neighborhood of Ballard. The upgraded building stretches the urban core south with a mix of new services: offices, retail and restaurant space. (1 retail/cafe, 3 restaurants, 4 commercial offices, and 1 wine storage) The goal of adaptive reuse of the historically significant building is to preserve a vernacular that is quickly disappearing in Ballard.

Architects/ Graham Baba ArchitectsLocation/ Seattle, Washington, USA2010

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CONCEPT

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The terrace-style housings response to the summer breeze with an outdoor space angled to the true south. Each unit is designed to have a unique look, and at the same time, they create a rhythm from the repetition.01_ Unique shape of the second floor, with room for future expansion.02_ Outdoor space (porch).03_ Private garden and main entrance.

The community garden has an easy circulation based on a very basic grid with a shed on a platform.04_ Storage shed, and community gathering space.05_ Concrete raised beds.06_ Wooden walk-board between the raised beds. s

The family public park adopts the minimal design approach of the block with open meadows and terraced grass separated by a series of travertine walls.07_ Open meadow.08_ Terraced grass facing south with circular seating.09_ Playground.

The square provides the main circulation to the block, as well as the western and eastern thresholds to the different spaces.10_ Green space.11_ Threshold.

The market have easy access from the street, the public park and the circulation square. It provides both indoor and outdoor market spaces, as well as the outdoor events area.12_ Outdoor market space.13_ Market events main entry.14_ Market storage space.15_ Market seating.16_ Market green gathering space.17_ Permanent market.

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COMMUNITY GARDEN

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DIAGRAMGreen Spaces.

CONCEPT PROGRESSION

DIAGRAMCirculation

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01_ site trees.

02_ ADA parking.

03_ site’s green.

04_ main square.

05_ drainage and site seating.

06_ housing main circulation route.

07_ northern accessible unit.

08_ southern accessible unit.

09_ housing units.

10_ northern garden raised beds.

11_ northern garden walkboard.

12_ southern garden raised beds.

13_ southern garden walkboard.

14_ park’s open meadow.

15_ pakr’s round group seating.

16_ park’s terraced grass.

17_ park’s travertine wall.

18_ park’s grass with bike racks.

19_ park’s (half) travertine wall.

20_ park’s two playgrounds

21_ park’s picnic space.

22_ market’s green space.

23_ market’s seating.

24_ market’s courtyard.

25_ market’s public restrooms.

26_ indoor market space.

27_ outdoor market space.

28_ mixed-use commercial.

29_ mixed-use phase 2 housing.

30_ phase 2 housing.

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DESIGN HOUSING

DIAGRAMSFLOOR PLANS.

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DESIGN MARKET

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GOOD DESIGN IS NEVER BORING, ONLY BAD DESIGN IS.- MASSIMO VIGNELLI

I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT DESIGN SHOULD NEVER BE BORING, BUT I DON’T THINK IT SHOULD BE A FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT.

MAITHAM ALMUBARKPROFESSOR RYAN MADSON

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO IIWINTER 2013