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PETER MIELNICKIM.ARCH
GRADUATE SCHOOL FOR ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITYNEW YORK CITY
2016
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CONTENTS
JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER
INTRODUCTION
48
5
stars not stripes
surplus and self-spectaclization
SNIFFPORT
HARLEM WATERSHED & BLOCK PARTY
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DISINTEGRATE MERKATO
SELFBANK
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dissecting dynamic in an Addis market and light rail
presence of memory
INHERIT INHABIT
THERE WILL BE WASTE
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cable cars and walls in Mexico City
trash, trains and trusses for public housing
CONCRETE BED, PROTOTYPE, & OIL-CAN BANJO
EPILOGUE
EISBURG 2040
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110
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an ol.factory
a waypoint and a party
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SCALE MODELJuvenile Detention Center, p.48
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INTRODUCTION
ARCHITECTURE ARISES out of a surplus of skills, time and material. As the act of building is from the beginning of history a function of human settlement, the craft of building is a function of tectonic, political, and economic risk-taking and experiment.
My training in economics for nearly a decade prior to my start in architecture gives an analytical edge to my act of design. The benefit of economic thinking is seeing an unfolding chain of relationships through past and present, across disciplines and events. Tracing chains of value reveals more unexpected information. It is in my new training in architecture that I have recognized personal conviction and compassion for habitat emerge in my evolution in design. Given my two merged viewpoints, I understand that in any field, 'realities' are conceived, conveyed, and narrated. Meanwhile, my reinterpretation of architecture is not only in material terms, but in a reality grounded in the value of architecture's ideas, patterns, and its relevance to society...the frontier of intangible consequences and a tangible art.
What is the nature of surplus at the present moment? For most of the developed world, we live in times of unprecedented surplus and exploitation to a point that our own existence is arguably at risk. More interesting and often overlooked, what deficits persist or have emerged? How can they affect the value of architecture?
Consumers or the Consumed
Chaos at the horse races is perceived out of the self-orchestration of simultaneous and independent roles. In extending that metaphor to our world of high capital mobility, information oversaturation, fashion cycles, instant gratification, extant threats of nuclear war, machine intelligence; defining the real is blurred amid, well, chaos.
We are the generators of this noise, engaged in self-satisfaction at a modern tempo. Meaning itself becomes as cluttered as our physical reality and the virtual one that reinforces it. As consumers of our own realities, we must keep moving. To prevent our own consumption? But that act has already taken place.
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In Individualism, Isolation
What is often sold as a novelty belies a sacrosanct sameness and adhesion to plutocratic order. Furthermore, the public sphere is marginalized to make way for enterprise of individualism. Its a brilliant twist: the public sphere is where our morals are tested and remade; through its depreciation, our values are vetted only within the consumptive chorus competing for our ever-shorter attention spans.
This engenders a thumbs up, thumbs down mentality, a value system of likes and dislikes. The side-effects of capital and societys introversion have the compounding effect of distancing design from its purpose not a good of surplus, but in service of surplus. This paradoxically resists relevance to the present; by readily subscribing to an all-out liberal market agenda, design becomes a public non-good. We are not advocating revolution (yet), however there is a richness lost in unconscious perpetuation of this formula. By divorcing from the commerce of negligence, an antidote architecture commits to forthright engagement of the present and to an enterprise of ideas.
Self-spectaclization
Consumer society has the odd effect of expressing individuality through the display of certain products to
convey personal traits (in reality, tastes), although these very products are widely available and consumed. That solicited display morphs into a self-spectaclization, reinforced by the displays of others engaged in the same task. Distinction is coded in an array of display, itself a function of disposable capital. While this portends well for consumption, it is rather unnerving for our planet, civic fabrics, and architecture as well.
As a resource, money is a means of communicating and addressing need. As a surplus commodity, money is left composing its own shrines. In the public realm, architecture risks entrapment within fashionable displays of consumption, self-spectaclization, and a competition of objects. It decontextualizes to the point of floating above its domicile, in many cases quite literally (new cities in China or Billionaires Row in New York). Dangerous associations for architecture are as shells for the private societies of the owners. No longer public, but still within the public, it is a spectacle removed from its surroundings.
So, where is architecture for the rest of us?
Sure, architecture has always been subject to the whims of its clients. But when the client no longer feels responsibility toward any checks or balances, then architecture - as the most public form of art - will
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shoulder all of the visible blame. This doesnt mean the architect should avoid certain projects (or money) deliberately. Instead, it is to be understood that within our system is limitless creativity. Architecture is an art of engaging circumstance while reflecting on value, and systems of value. New technologies, accessibility to information, and an ability to tap into and infect the social pulse are all powerful tools with which to inject potential into our domain. Defining systems of value is trickier. Architecture should not refrain from pushing the limits of the possible, but it cannot neglect to push the limits of the probable as well.
Small and accumulated changes in the everyday support an architecture for the rest of us. This is how much of the built environment evolved over millennia, as people reacted and attuned to their habitat. The history of culture furthermore shaped an aesthetic narrative within the living experiment of city fabrics. The modern movement injected too much hubris, decoupling from the environment and to some deleterious extent, established patterns of habitation. Modern capital in the post-war era emerged with its own systems of logic, injecting further distance - and concurrent homogeneity - in our ways of living.
Sensitivity to habitat and sensibility toward information are required to consider long-term, positive outcomes, with the inherent rigidities of the modern movement nuanced by a more flexible and democratic direction of design.
This action will dehomogenize modernism, consumption, and a presumptive future; rather than going against the current, it pulls separate currents together to simulate productive turbulence. While architecture was never really good at revolutionizing socioeconomic concerns, it is through interrogation of routine we engage more fully the act of living.So as such, architecture is not a consequence, or an ultimate consequence maker - these are extremes - but an intimate part of the loop of our evolving habitat. In this circulation and open to healthy interrogation, it is a powerful currency.
The capacity of design to make meaningful change is tangible, not just in material well-being, which is itself a limiting factor, but in how we perceive space and ourselves (in and even out of that space). An act of architecture is one of living experiment, perceiving changes while consciously and conspicuously testing boundaries with the hope of achieving intangible and simultanesouly visible change.
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HARLEM
BLOCK
WATERSHED
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A stop between two parks, separated by two dead ends. In between is an urban context under rapid development.No linking indicators, a disjointed flow in recreation by the chaning urban environment.
Robert Mosess vision for public housing was his private concern. The Frederick Douglas houses in the Upper West Side are symptomatic of his formulae, now flanked by upper-income development to the south.
Provide a mirror onto development, not of it. A visual cue materializes the transition of the urban context. Deliberate on urban development. Re-establish the flow of recreation.
A public pool and recreational facility that takes on the spirit of the neighborhood. Taking the logic of typical NYC public housing typology, while inverting the flaws and accommodating for recreational patterns of the neighborhood.
Materials are simple, referring to the immediate context of brick and steel. Bathroom and water amentities must be provided on this 13.6mi stretch of recreational paths.
A sister project to the WaterShed, however within an existing development. Demographic felixibility must couple with an openness and public accessibility. Merging with the existing landscape while confronting the negative subtext of public housing projects.
CONTEXT
GOALS
CONSTRAINTS
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Harlem WaterShed is a landmark in a restless neighborhood. WaterShed stakes its ground adjacent to the massive Manhattanville viaduct, within sight of the newest edition of the famed Cotton Club. Unlike its neighbor, which reincarnates the past in a new brick building, WaterShed is a product of local demolition, a public utility and present promontory. It is a sort of temple of perennial tempo, a present that simultanesouly will be at each instance of change - built of materials from the past, while not marking a particular point in time.
Recycled utility ducts, steel rafters and bricks re-assemble into a space for the public and of the public; a brick and pipe canvas for expression of urban talent in grafitti. High-grade plastics make the durable slats and sliding doors that shelter the toilets. The wrapping pipes follow the curve of the inter-park path, while providing a shelter for the toilet pods.
WATERSHED
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...We shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time.
T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding
HARL
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STREET-LEVEL PLANS
AMTR
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0 50'
...And the ragged rock in the restless waters,Waves wash over it, fogs conceal it;On a halcyon day it is merely a monument,In navigable weather it is always a seamarkTo lay a course by: but in the sombre seasonOr the sudden fury, is what it always was.
T.S. Eliot, The Dry Salvages
What is a waypoint? What is its meaning in relation to time, its relationship to a space, or a journey through space? For that matter, a journey through time?
This public toilet is an element of a physical journey - a liminal node on a path connecting two parks, one land-based and the other on the water edge; further, it is built during a time of great flux in Harlem. The fabric of the neighbrohood is changing, while leftover facades of brick seem to inhabit another history.
Such a landmark attends neither past nor present. By occupying the unexpected familiar, it is at once everything, what it always was - therfore, a waypoint of timebut not subservient to it.
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125th ST
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WAY VIAD
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SCALE MODEL1" : 4'
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NORTH ELEVATION
PLAN VIEW
0 50'
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SUBTERRANEAN PLANS
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0 50'
BLOCKPARTY
moat gulf bird bath mere inlet well slip & slide lakelet reservoir sluice narrows aqueduct olympic pool harbor culvert gutter container fjord watercourse tank estuary hot tub cove slew canal shallows sound waterpark strait natatorium bath
lagoon puddle millpondreservoir basin lock tub watershed runnel bayou
The above terms can all be associated with the word pool. The challenge is to build a public pool on an existing public housing development. Before asking what is a public pool, it is critical to offer a definition of public good and pool that suits the context and simultanesouly is flexible enough to accommodate a wide demographic range and rapid urban change.
What about some elderly individuals who cant swim, or persons afraid of the water? How do we engage and excite everyones participation to the fullest? How do current neighbors accommodate and new ones join in?
Beyond a recreation center: vista, fountain, swimming pool, quiet space, loud space, amphitheatre, skate bowl, barbecue pit.
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STREET LEVEL PLANS
0 100'
SKATE BOWL
SHALLOW POOL
SWIMMING HOLE
PLAZA
AMPHITHEATER 2
PARTY DECKS
AMPHITHEATER 1
UNDE
RGRO
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ACCE
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AXONOMETRIC
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SELFBANKHow do we re-form our identity; what is it to be the person that is ourself? What role do physical objects play in the [re]formulation of our identity?
Science may never know. Patients with chronic memory loss have been documented to recover lost memory at the sight of a once familiar object, only to lose it all again in some instances. The process of memory formation and retention may never be fully understand.
A public space is proposed in which to deposit memories in their physical form - these are private catalysts in a public context. In exchange for safekeping, all deposits are accessible to the general public. Rentable overnight facilities and other amenities make full immersion in a public memory vault possible.
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CONCEPTPROGRAMMATIC DIAGRAM
It is a theme park where all thrills are unique and personal. Discovery is perpetual. Identities subtly reformulate with each visit - private context in a public catalyst: a memory bank.
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RENDERINGINTERIOR
RENDERINGSTREET VIEW
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AXONOMETRICPROGRAM / UTILITIESAXONOMETRICPROGRAM / UTILITIES
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SUB-LEVELSG-1,2
GROUND LEVEL MEDIA LEVELG+1
RETRIEVAL LEVELSG+3,4
THERAPY LEVELG+2
SMALL VAULTS
SMALL VAULTS TOILETS
STAFF(ONE LEVEL DOWN)
RECEPTION
FULTON STENTRANCE
DEKALB AVENUE ENTRANCE
FIRE ESCAPE
LUNCHROOM
RENTALLODGING
COMMON HALL
TOILETS
MEDIACENTER
SCREENINGTHEATRE
RENTALLODGING
THER-APY
SHOWERS
OBSERVATION DECK(ONE LEVEL UP)
COMMONS
THERAPYLOUNGE
0 50
PLANS
SUB-LEVELSG-1,2
GROUND LEVEL MEDIA LEVELG+1
RETRIEVAL LEVELSG+3,4
THERAPY LEVELG+2
SMALL VAULTS
SMALL VAULTS TOILETS
STAFF(ONE LEVEL DOWN)
RECEPTION
FULTON STENTRANCE
DEKALB AVENUE ENTRANCE
FIRE ESCAPE
LUNCHROOM
RENTALLODGING
COMMON HALL
TOILETS
MEDIACENTER
SCREENINGTHEATRE
RENTALLODGING
THER-APY
SHOWERS
OBSERVATION DECK(ONE LEVEL UP)
COMMONS
THERAPYLOUNGE
0 50
PLANS
SUB-LEVELSG-1,2
GROUND LEVEL MEDIA LEVELG+1
RETRIEVAL LEVELSG+3,4
THERAPY LEVELG+2
SMALL VAULTS
SMALL VAULTS TOILETS
STAFF(ONE LEVEL DOWN)
RECEPTION
FULTON STENTRANCE
DEKALB AVENUE ENTRANCE
FIRE ESCAPE
LUNCHROOM
RENTALLODGING
COMMON HALL
TOILETS
MEDIACENTER
SCREENINGTHEATRE
RENTALLODGING
THER-APY
SHOWERS
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COMMONS
THERAPYLOUNGE
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GROUND LEVEL MEDIA LEVELG+1
RETRIEVAL LEVELSG+3,4
THERAPY LEVELG+2
SMALL VAULTS
SMALL VAULTS TOILETS
STAFF(ONE LEVEL DOWN)
RECEPTION
FULTON STENTRANCE
DEKALB AVENUE ENTRANCE
FIRE ESCAPE
LUNCHROOM
RENTALLODGING
COMMON HALL
TOILETS
MEDIACENTER
SCREENINGTHEATRE
RENTALLODGING
THER-APY
SHOWERS
OBSERVATION DECK(ONE LEVEL UP)
COMMONS
THERAPYLOUNGE
0 50
PLANS
SUB-LEVELSG-1,2
GROUND LEVEL MEDIA LEVELG+1
RETRIEVAL LEVELSG+3,4
THERAPY LEVELG+2
SMALL VAULTS
SMALL VAULTS TOILETS
STAFF(ONE LEVEL DOWN)
RECEPTION
FULTON STENTRANCE
DEKALB AVENUE ENTRANCE
FIRE ESCAPE
LUNCHROOM
RENTALLODGING
COMMON HALL
TOILETS
MEDIACENTER
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THER-APY
SHOWERS
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COMMONS
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VERTICALCIRCULATION
UTILITIES
STRUCTURALSYSTEM
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FELLS POINT WTS DELIVERY60TD/REACTOR
WASTE REMOVAL ANDPROCESSING
HVAC
RADIANT HEATING
VEHICLEPARKING
ELEVATOR
EGRESS STAIR
SPACEFRAME AND GLAZING
OPAQUE PANELS
Plasma gasification technology is not new. Rather than burning waste, it zaps waste with plasma gas at temperatures exceeding that of the sun, turning it into silica (sand), recoupable liquid metals, and a net output of energy. Greenhouse gas is net negative.
Our site along the Harlem River in the Bronx has a strong industrial past, located under a mile from the Hunts Point waste processing facility. Here, plasma plant will join 300 housing units in five towers. Not only does the plant benefit from proximity to NYC waste, but housing benefits from energy, heating, and a 'truss lifestyle,' generating unique housing opportunities as well as a structurally daring cantilever over the Harlem River.
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SOUTH ELEVATION
EAST ELEVATION
RENDERINGSTREET VIEW
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Bronx Pop 1.419M
avg Income 26.7275
pct Pop svy 0.14
td 265.35
COMMERCIAL
avg Income 27.464
pct Pop 14%
td 691.46
Zip Population Pct Total Tons/Pop Income (Ks) Pct Total Tons/Income
10451 45713 22.7% 157.0 29.0 0.2 146.2
10454 37337 18.5% 128.2 25.2 0.2 126.6
10455 39665 19.7% 136.2 26.4 0.2 132.9
10474 12281 6.1% 42.2 26.3 0.2 132.5
10472 66358 33.0% 227.9 30.4 0.2 153.1
201354 137.3
BREAKDOWN
Commercial C&D C&D
weighted 50/50 Diff Putriscible Non-Putriscible Clean Fill
155.91 151.60 4.30 40.71 35.88 79.31
128.06 127.43 0.63 33.44 29.47 65.15
135.88 134.57 1.31 35.49 31.27 69.13
51.21 87.35 (36.14) 13.37 11.78 26.05
220.40 190.50 29.90 57.56 50.72 112.12
RESIDENTIAL
Zip Pop Ratio Pop adj Income Drv GDPsub Wt. GDP adj FINAL ADJ
10451 22.7% 60.24 29.04 0.211476842 56.12 59.83
10454 18.5% 49.20379845 25.15 0.183148849 48.60 49.14
10455 19.7% 52.27170543 26.4 0.192251675 51.01 52.15
10474 6.1% 16.18 26.32 0.191669094 50.86 19.65
10472 33.0% 87.45 30.41 0.221453539 58.76 84.58
137.32
What does 10451 generate?
59.41TD Residential Waste
2.6 lbs / person
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CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS700
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ONLY STATEN ISLAND IS WORSE THAN THE BRONX AT RECYCLING COMMERCIAL WASTE, AT JUST 19%
MANHATTAN 29%BROOKYLN 29%QUEENS 28%BRONX 19%STATEN ISLAND 14%
IN-CITY TRANSFER STATIONS
RESIDENTIAL C&D DEBRIS 6%COMMERICAL C&D DEBRIS 15%NON-BUILDING RELATED C&D DEBRIS 79%
NEW YORK CITY CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS BREAKDOWN
CONSTRUCTION
FINANCE AND INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE RENTAL AND LEASING
MANUFACTURING
WHOLESALE TRADE
RETAIL TRADE
TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING
UTILITIES
INFORMATION
PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
MANAGEMENT OF COMPANIES
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES
HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
ACCOMODATION AND FOOD
OTHER SERVICES
UNCLASSIFIED AND OTHER
STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FOOD
ORGANICS
MGP
PAPER
OTHER
TOXICS
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RESIDENTIAL WASTE CONSUMED, TONS PER DAY
COMMERCIAL WASTE CONSUMED, TONS PER DAY
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10.3 UG/M3
17.8 UG/M3
18.9 UG/M3
17.4 UG/M3
14.6 UG/M3
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17.8 UG/M3
A B C D E F G H J K L M N P Q R S T V W X Y Z
PRELIMINARY TREATMENT
UASB REACTOR
PRIMARY TREATMENT
SLUDGESUCTION PVC 3
INFLUENT
SEDIMENTATION TANKS; FLOATING TRASH TO LANDFILL; PRIMARY SLUDGE TO CYCLONE DEGRITTERS, GRIT TO LANDFILL
SCREENING CHAMBER WASTE TO LANDFILL
INFLUENT PVC 10
SLUDGE ACTIVATION REACTORAERATION TANKS
SECONDARY SLUDGE RECIRCULATED AS SEED TO ACTIVATION; REMAINDER COMBINED WITH PRIMARY SLUDGE FOR FURTHER TREATMENT
POTENTIAL PHOSPHOROUS REMOVALTO DISINFECTION TANKS, TO ENVIRONMENT
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ANAEROBIC UPFLOW
LEACHATE
RECIRCULATION
FAN BLOWERSMOTOR
RECIRC. PUMP
PUMP
FINAL SETTLING TANK
RIAS
RIAS
WIWW
WIWW
SMSR
SMSR
D115D115
D115D115
HARLEM RIVER YARD TRANSFER STATION
HRY:TS
HRY:TS
A:MRF
ACTION MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY
A:MRF
WIWW
WIWW
ONLY STATEN ISLAND IS WORSE THAN THE BRONX AT RECYCLING COMMERCIAL WASTE, AT JUST 19%
MANHATTAN 29%BROOKYLN 29%QUEENS 28%BRONX 19%STATEN ISLAND 14%
IN-CITY TRANSFER STATIONS
RESIDENTIAL C&D DEBRIS 6%COMMERICAL C&D DEBRIS 15%NON-BUILDING RELATED C&D DEBRIS 79%
NEW YORK CITY CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS BREAKDOWN
CONSTRUCTION
FINANCE AND INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE RENTAL AND LEASING
MANUFACTURING
WHOLESALE TRADE
RETAIL TRADE
TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING
UTILITIES
INFORMATION
PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
MANAGEMENT OF COMPANIES
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES
HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
ACCOMODATION AND FOOD
OTHER SERVICES
UNCLASSIFIED AND OTHER
STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FOOD
ORGANICS
MGP
PAPER
OTHER
TOXICS
85% 100%
RESIDENTIAL WASTE CONSUMED, TONS PER DAY
COMMERCIAL WASTE CONSUMED, TONS PER DAY
WIWW
WIWW
Lets face it; our modern economy depends on accelerated consumption. In fact, over 80 percent of U.S. products are used once, then thrown away. We generate massive quantities of waste, much of it toxic.
Short of a cataclysmic change in global consumption patterns, waste will follow us wherever we go - from under our beds, to the exosphere (yes, space trash).
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CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS700
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ONLY STATEN ISLAND IS WORSE THAN THE BRONX AT RECYCLING COMMERCIAL WASTE, AT JUST 19%
MANHATTAN 29%BROOKYLN 29%QUEENS 28%BRONX 19%STATEN ISLAND 14%
IN-CITY TRANSFER STATIONS
RESIDENTIAL C&D DEBRIS 6%COMMERICAL C&D DEBRIS 15%NON-BUILDING RELATED C&D DEBRIS 79%
NEW YORK CITY CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS BREAKDOWN
CONSTRUCTION
FINANCE AND INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE RENTAL AND LEASING
MANUFACTURING
WHOLESALE TRADE
RETAIL TRADE
TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING
UTILITIES
INFORMATION
PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
MANAGEMENT OF COMPANIES
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES
HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
ACCOMODATION AND FOOD
OTHER SERVICES
UNCLASSIFIED AND OTHER
STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FOOD
ORGANICS
MGP
PAPER
OTHER
TOXICS
85% 100%
RESIDENTIAL WASTE CONSUMED, TONS PER DAY
COMMERCIAL WASTE CONSUMED, TONS PER DAY
WIWW
WIWW
RiverBend Houses 624
ABC
MIDRISE DUPLEXGARDEN TOWNHOUSE
A
B
C2BR
3BR
CELLAR
2BR
2BR
Harlem River Houses 5711100 Patterson Houses 1788 222Sugar HIll 124 124
Arth
ur A
. Sc
homb
urg
Plaz
a
Observatory Place
Edw
ard
Ston
e Ho
use
Waterside Plaza
225
East
81S
t
171
1 Fi
rst
Aven
ue
One
Car
negi
e Ha
ll
East River Plaza Project
119
And
Thi
rd
Fift
h on
the
Par
k
Via Verde
The
Mont
erey
Sugar Hill Development
21
E 96
St
Abra
ham
Linc
oln
St.N
Icho
las
Hous
es
Morr
isan
ia A
ir R
ight
s Ho
usin
g
Jack
son
Hous
es
Twin Parks Northwest
Mel
rose
Hou
ses
Mott
Hav
en H
ouse
s
Mithchel
Pat
ters
on
U.P.
A.C.
A. S
ite
5
Mar
tin
Luth
er K
ind
Jr.
Hous
es
1440
Tel
ler
Ave
White, Gaylord Houses
2950
Gra
nd C
onco
urse
, Br
onx
2330
Bro
nx A
ve
Harlem River Houses
Riverbend Houses
The
Balt
on A
pt
CL T
ower
Fift
h Av
e La
kevi
ew A
pt
1255
Fif
th A
venu
e
1212
5th
Ave
4 The Mile
Obse
rvat
ory
Plac
e
1974
Hu
ghes
Ave
nue,
Bro
nx
THE
STAC
K
Edward Stone House 215The Savoy The Lucerne 225 East 81St The Strathsmore
Arbor House
Paul Rudolph Residences
10.3 UG/M3
17.8 UG/M3
18.9 UG/M3
17.4 UG/M3
14.6 UG/M3
15.8 UG/M3
13.8 UG/M312.8 UG/M3
BA
CD
E
F
G
H
J
K
L
M
NP Q
R S
T
V
W
X Y
Z
6/1000
9/1000
12/1000
12/1000 12/1000
7/1000
12/1000
11/1000 11/100010/1000
8/1000
6/1000
POLLUTION (CONCENTRATION OF FINE PARTICULATE MATTEREPA STANDARD = 15 UG/M3
17.8 UG/M3
A B C D E F G H J K L M N P Q R S T V W X Y Z
PRELIMINARY TREATMENT
UASB REACTOR
PRIMARY TREATMENT
SLUDGESUCTION PVC 3
INFLUENT
SEDIMENTATION TANKS; FLOATING TRASH TO LANDFILL; PRIMARY SLUDGE TO CYCLONE DEGRITTERS, GRIT TO LANDFILL
SCREENING CHAMBER WASTE TO LANDFILL
INFLUENT PVC 10
SLUDGE ACTIVATION REACTORAERATION TANKS
SECONDARY SLUDGE RECIRCULATED AS SEED TO ACTIVATION; REMAINDER COMBINED WITH PRIMARY SLUDGE FOR FURTHER TREATMENT
POTENTIAL PHOSPHOROUS REMOVALTO DISINFECTION TANKS, TO ENVIRONMENT
-
ANAEROBIC UPFLOW
LEACHATE
RECIRCULATION
FAN BLOWERSMOTOR
RECIRC. PUMP
PUMP
FINAL SETTLING TANK
RIAS
RIAS
WIWW
WIWW
SMSR
SMSR
D115D115
D115D115
HARLEM RIVER YARD TRANSFER STATION
HRY:TS
HRY:TS
A:MRF
ACTION MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY
A:MRF
WIWW
WIWW
ONLY STATEN ISLAND IS WORSE THAN THE BRONX AT RECYCLING COMMERCIAL WASTE, AT JUST 19%
MANHATTAN 29%BROOKYLN 29%QUEENS 28%BRONX 19%STATEN ISLAND 14%
IN-CITY TRANSFER STATIONS
RESIDENTIAL C&D DEBRIS 6%COMMERICAL C&D DEBRIS 15%NON-BUILDING RELATED C&D DEBRIS 79%
NEW YORK CITY CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS BREAKDOWN
CONSTRUCTION
FINANCE AND INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE RENTAL AND LEASING
MANUFACTURING
WHOLESALE TRADE
RETAIL TRADE
TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING
UTILITIES
INFORMATION
PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
MANAGEMENT OF COMPANIES
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES
HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
ACCOMODATION AND FOOD
OTHER SERVICES
UNCLASSIFIED AND OTHER
STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FOOD
ORGANICS
MGP
PAPER
OTHER
TOXICS
85% 100%
RESIDENTIAL WASTE CONSUMED, TONS PER DAY
COMMERCIAL WASTE CONSUMED, TONS PER DAY
WIWW
WIWW
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10035 10037 10031 10026 10027 10030 10451 10454 10455 10474 10472
10035 10037 10031 10026 10027 10030 10451 10454 10455 10474 10472
90
80
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60
50
40
30
20
10
20
40
60
80
100
120
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160
0
CONSTRUCTION
FINANCE AND INSURANCEREAL ESTATE RENTAL AND LEASING
MANUFACTURING
WHOLESALE TRADE
RETAIL TRADETRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING
UTILITIES
INFORMATION
PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
MANAGEMENT OF COMPANIES
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
ACCOMODATION AND FOOD
OTHER SERVICES
UNCLASSIFIED AND OTHER
STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FOOD
ORGANICSMGP
PAPER
OTHER
TOXICS
RESIDENTIAL WASTE CONSUMED, TONS PER DAY
COMMERCIAL WASTE CONSUMED, TONS PER DAY
ZIP
ZIP
Waste generation is a largely a function of income, locale, and population density. We assembled waste data and ran simple regression analysis to determine types of waste generation in the Bronx, N.Y.
Our findings are illustrated here.
10454
50
100
150
200
250
300
10
20
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
10454
RESIDENTIAL WASTE
COMMERCIAL WASTE
CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS700
350
60
40
20
ONLY STATEN ISLAND IS WORSE THAN THE BRONX AT RECYCLING COMMERCIAL WASTE, AT JUST 19%
MANHATTAN 29%BROOKYLN 29%QUEENS 28%BRONX 19%STATEN ISLAND 14%
IN-CITY TRANSFER STATIONS
RESIDENTIAL C&D DEBRIS 6%COMMERICAL C&D DEBRIS 15%NON-BUILDING RELATED C&D DEBRIS 79%
NEW YORK CITY CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS BREAKDOWN
CONSTRUCTION
FINANCE AND INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE RENTAL AND LEASING
MANUFACTURING
WHOLESALE TRADE
RETAIL TRADE
TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING
UTILITIES
INFORMATION
PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
MANAGEMENT OF COMPANIES
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES
HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
ACCOMODATION AND FOOD
OTHER SERVICES
UNCLASSIFIED AND OTHER
STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FOOD
ORGANICS
MGP
PAPER
OTHER
TOXICS
85% 100%
RESIDENTIAL WASTE CONSUMED, TONS PER DAY
COMMERCIAL WASTE CONSUMED, TONS PER DAY
WIWW
WIWW
RiverBend Houses 624
ABC
MIDRISE DUPLEXGARDEN TOWNHOUSE
A
B
C2BR
3BR
CELLAR
2BR
2BR
Harlem River Houses 5711100 Patterson Houses 1788 222Sugar HIll 124 124
Arth
ur A
. Sc
homb
urg
Plaz
a
Observatory Place
Edw
ard
Ston
e Ho
use
Waterside Plaza
225
East
81S
t
171
1 Fi
rst
Aven
ue
One
Car
negi
e Ha
ll
East River Plaza Project
119
And
Thi
rd
Fift
h on
the
Par
k
Via Verde
The
Mont
erey
Sugar Hill Development
21
E 96
St
Abra
ham
Linc
oln
St.N
Icho
las
Hous
es
Morr
isan
ia A
ir R
ight
s Ho
usin
g
Jack
son
Hous
es
Twin Parks Northwest
Mel
rose
Hou
ses
Mott
Hav
en H
ouse
s
Mithchel
Pat
ters
on
U.P.
A.C.
A. S
ite
5
Mar
tin
Luth
er K
ind
Jr.
Hous
es
1440
Tel
ler
Ave
White, Gaylord Houses
2950
Gra
nd C
onco
urse
, Br
onx
2330
Bro
nx A
ve
Harlem River Houses
Riverbend Houses
The
Balt
on A
pt
CL T
ower
Fift
h Av
e La
kevi
ew A
pt
1255
Fif
th A
venu
e
1212
5th
Ave
4 The Mile
Obse
rvat
ory
Plac
e
1974
Hu
ghes
Ave
nue,
Bro
nx
THE
STAC
K
Edward Stone House 215The Savoy The Lucerne 225 East 81St The Strathsmore
Arbor House
Paul Rudolph Residences
10.3 UG/M3
17.8 UG/M3
18.9 UG/M3
17.4 UG/M3
14.6 UG/M3
15.8 UG/M3
13.8 UG/M312.8 UG/M3
BA
CD
E
F
G
H
J
K
L
M
NP Q
R S
T
V
W
X Y
Z
6/1000
9/1000
12/1000
12/1000 12/1000
7/1000
12/1000
11/1000 11/100010/1000
8/1000
6/1000
POLLUTION (CONCENTRATION OF FINE PARTICULATE MATTEREPA STANDARD = 15 UG/M3
17.8 UG/M3
A B C D E F G H J K L M N P Q R S T V W X Y Z
PRELIMINARY TREATMENT
UASB REACTOR
PRIMARY TREATMENT
SLUDGESUCTION PVC 3
INFLUENT
SEDIMENTATION TANKS; FLOATING TRASH TO LANDFILL; PRIMARY SLUDGE TO CYCLONE DEGRITTERS, GRIT TO LANDFILL
SCREENING CHAMBER WASTE TO LANDFILL
INFLUENT PVC 10
SLUDGE ACTIVATION REACTORAERATION TANKS
SECONDARY SLUDGE RECIRCULATED AS SEED TO ACTIVATION; REMAINDER COMBINED WITH PRIMARY SLUDGE FOR FURTHER TREATMENT
POTENTIAL PHOSPHOROUS REMOVALTO DISINFECTION TANKS, TO ENVIRONMENT
-
ANAEROBIC UPFLOW
LEACHATE
RECIRCULATION
FAN BLOWERSMOTOR
RECIRC. PUMP
PUMP
FINAL SETTLING TANK
RIAS
RIAS
WIWW
WIWW
SMSR
SMSR
D115D115
D115D115
HARLEM RIVER YARD TRANSFER STATION
HRY:TS
HRY:TS
A:MRF
ACTION MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY
A:MRF
WIWW
WIWW
ONLY STATEN ISLAND IS WORSE THAN THE BRONX AT RECYCLING COMMERCIAL WASTE, AT JUST 19%
MANHATTAN 29%BROOKYLN 29%QUEENS 28%BRONX 19%STATEN ISLAND 14%
IN-CITY TRANSFER STATIONS
RESIDENTIAL C&D DEBRIS 6%COMMERICAL C&D DEBRIS 15%NON-BUILDING RELATED C&D DEBRIS 79%
NEW YORK CITY CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS BREAKDOWN
CONSTRUCTION
FINANCE AND INSURANCE
REAL ESTATE RENTAL AND LEASING
MANUFACTURING
WHOLESALE TRADE
RETAIL TRADE
TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING
UTILITIES
INFORMATION
PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
MANAGEMENT OF COMPANIES
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES
HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
ACCOMODATION AND FOOD
OTHER SERVICES
UNCLASSIFIED AND OTHER
STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FOOD
ORGANICS
MGP
PAPER
OTHER
TOXICS
85% 100%
RESIDENTIAL WASTE CONSUMED, TONS PER DAY
COMMERCIAL WASTE CONSUMED, TONS PER DAY
WIWW
WIWW
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RENDERINGNORTH VIEW
THE BRONX
MAJOR DEEGAN
EXPY
METR
O NOR
TH RA
IL BR
IDGE
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MANHATTAN
MADI
SON
AVE B
RIDG
E
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AXONOMETRICUTILITY DIAGRAM
Plasma gasification produces enough energy to maintain the reactor plant, with a typical net surplus of up to 50%. Pollution is minimal; CO2 is a byproduct, but far less than a comparable natural gas plant energy output.
Heavy metals are collected, while toxins are broken down by extreme heat. This is a growing technology used worldwide, including in the U.S.A.
IKEB
E &
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LNIC
KIFA
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cs L
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K
WASTE DELIVERY BY CSX RAIL
and
PLASMAPLANT
RESIDENTIALWASTE VAC
RESIDENTIALRADIANT HEAT
RESIDENTIALFILETERED AIR
POWERGENERATION
SHREDDER
REACTOR
CONDENSOR
COLLECTORAIR FILTER
GENERATOR
TRANSFORMER
HIGH VOLTAGETRANSMISSION FORREGIONAL EXPORT
LOCAL POWER SUPPLY
GAS + SILICA + METALS
EXPORT
WASTE DELIVERY BY CSX RAIL
and
PLASMAPLANT
RESIDENTIALWASTE VAC
RESIDENTIALRADIANT HEAT
RESIDENTIALFILETERED AIR
POWERGENERATION
SHREDDER
REACTOR
CONDENSOR
COLLECTORAIR FILTER
GENERATOR
TRANSFORMER
HIGH VOLTAGETRANSMISSION FORREGIONAL EXPORT
LOCAL POWER SUPPLY
GAS + SILICA + METALS
EXPORT
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WASTE DELIVERY BY CSX RAIL
and
PLASMAPLANT
RESIDENTIALWASTE VAC
RESIDENTIALRADIANT HEAT
RESIDENTIALFILETERED AIR
POWERGENERATION
SHREDDER
REACTOR
CONDENSOR
COLLECTORAIR FILTER
GENERATOR
TRANSFORMER
HIGH VOLTAGETRANSMISSION FORREGIONAL EXPORT
LOCAL POWER SUPPLY
GAS + SILICA + METALS
EXPORT
Hunts Point, in the Bronx, is a twilight outsourcing zone, a temporary host to New York City waste before it is shipped via rail and truck to states as far as Ohio.
Consequences are measurable so close to home - as alarming as the highest rates of asthma in NYC's population adjacent to the waste facilities.
The outsourcing and infrastructure of the waste disposal is primitive, as most waste ends up buried in landfills or burned in dirty ways.
What's the missed opportunity here?
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SCALE MODEL1" : 6'
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AXONOMETRICFLOOR LAYOUT
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STUDY MODELSITE MASSING
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SCALE MODELPERSPECTIVE VIEW
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G + 3 : 4 units
G + 4 : 6 units
G + 5 : 5 units
G + 6 : 12 units
G + 7 : 16 units
G + 8 : 16 units
Roof : PublicG + 10 : 6 units
UNITS TOTAL : 78of whichSINGLES : 26STUDIO : 61 BED: 172 BED: 183 BED: 3DUPLEX(1-2 BED) : 8
15,500 ft 2 FACILITIES60,500 ft 2 RESIDENCE
avg 775 ft2 RESIDENCE, OF WHICH1/3 SHARED COMMONS
SINGLESTUDIO1 BED2 BED3 BEDDUPLEXFACILITIES
G + 9 : 6 units
G + 2 : program (day care)
G + 1 : program (salon / laundry)
TYPICAL CONFIGURATION & HOUSING UNITS PER TOWER
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SCALE MODELWELDING DETAIL
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MIE
LNIC
KISP
15.
criti
c KI
M
McMillan Water Treatment Plantin Washington, DC is an abandoned water filtration site. Around 25 acres of vaulted catacombs housing sand filters lie underground, dormant for decades.
A juvenile detention facility and high school bring the the site back to life, bulding on while making full use of the catacombs underneath. The detention facility revolutionizes the site and its typology.
DETENTIONCENTER
JUVENILE
G + 8' PLANS
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PUBLIC CIRCULATION
SECURITY LEVEL 3
SECURITY LEVEL 2
SECURITY LEVEL 1
ACTIVITY CENTER
CAFE
PUBLIC PLAZA
SAND ROOM
INDEPENDENT HOUSING
TECHNICAL SCHOOL
NATIONAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
INTAKE CENTER
MAIN THEATRE
ECKINGTON ACCESSNORTH CAPITOL ST
PUBLIC BATHS
AMPHITHEATRE
BATHS WATER COLLECTOR
BLOOMINGDALE PARK AND FIELDS
SPORT FIELDSWEST GATE
EXCHANGE POINT
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
PROMOTED HOUSING
CLASSROOMS
Over 70 students live on site, while a further 400 DC students with disciplinary records attend the school.
Public baths revamp the sand filters, instigating interaction with an adjacent university and a major childrens hospital and its overworked staff.
Importantly, a detention theatre company adds critical dynamism to the interactions between inside and outside worlds, fantasy, and reality.
FIR
ST S
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FACILITY AND SITE DIAGRAM
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BOOKING & PROCESSING
SAND TUNNEL BACKSTAGE PUBLIC PLAZA BATHS ENTRANCE
INDOOR THEATER LIBRARY COMPUTER CENTER
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STITCHED SECTION
0 100'RECEPTION AND TICKET HALL
LECTURE HALLS CLASSROOMS OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER
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ROOF PLAN
0 150'
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BREAKOUT: The facilities break out in unexpected ways; the only juvenile detention center where the public audience plays a critical role.
BATHS: Capitalizing on the aquatic history of the site, the general public is drawn intimately into the baths, in an exchange of trust with the school.
RENDERINGPUBLIC BATHS
RENDERINGPLAZA TO COURT
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RENDERINGBUILDING ON SITE
RENDERINGOPEN AIR ROOF PARK
SNIFFPORT
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an OL.FACTORY
We are all aware that odors tr igger memories, emotional, and physical responses.
It was recently discovered that odors can elicit phsyiological responses, which can be used to our benefit. The mechanism by which they interact with our olfactory receptors does not take place in the nose, but on our major organs - kidney, heart, liver, and skin, among others. This isnt aromatherapy; its far more sohpisiticated, with enormous potential benefit for our health and well-being.
Not to mention industry.
Odorant treatment br ings together a clinical resort, high-tech medical facility, a taxonomic stockpile of artificial odorants, and a research facility to accommodate a high degree of specificity of therapeutic administration. As no two tastes for perfume are the same, our organisms respond very differently to subtle chemical shifts and var iations of a theme.
The Sniffport makes a home in the desert landscape of Tucson, Arizona. It combines research, therapy, restoration, and manufacture.
Like an odor molecule, it recombines into infinite combintations to adapt to the landscape, program specificity, and the sheer opportunity and promise of an emerging medical field.
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a) RESIDENTIAL
b) CLINICAL
c) RECREATION
d) MANUFACTURE
PROTOTYPE 'COMMONS' CONFIGURATION
a.
b.
c.
d.
PROTOTYPE MULTIPLE LEVEL
PROTOTYPE MULTIPLE FLOORS
PROTOTYPE TWO LEVEL, OPEN PLAN
MIE
LNIC
KISP
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c AR
AND
A
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ROOF PLAN
GLAZING
DESERT VEGETATION ROOF
SECOND FLOOR
0 250'
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RESIDENTIALCOURTYARDRENDERING
RESIDENTIAL COURTYARD
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0 250'
INTERIOR PLAN
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RECREATION: The facilities weave into the terrain, becoming a geometric mirror of the desert landscape.
CONSONANCE: Each geometric 'prototype' adjusts its orientation and configuration to adjust for climate and program needs.
LEFT PAGE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: SITE MODEL PERSPECTIVE; SITE MODEL TOP; PROTOYPE MODEL SIDE; PROTOTYPE MODEL PERSEPCTIVE; PROTOTYPE MODEL ROOF DETAIL
THIS PAGE, TOP TO BOTTOM: RENDERING, RESIDENCE COMMONS; RENDERING, CLINIC SECOND LEVEL WITH ROOF ACCESS
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0' 250'
THERAPEUTIC ROOMS
ROOF GARDENS & GREENMWAYADVANCED TREATMENT
CLINICAL LABS WELCOME CENTER COURTYARD INDUSTRIAL LABS
RESIDENCES
CHEMICAL MANIFACTURE, STORAGE, & DELIVERY
STORM WATER CISTERN
SECTION
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ROOF GREENWAY
SECOND LEVEL STRUCTURE
FIRST LEVEL STRUCTURE
ENCLOSURE
INDOOR PROGRAM AREA
SECTION CU
T
AXONOMETRIC
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PHOTOGRAPHADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIAMERKATO. JUNE 2015
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INTEGRATEDIS MERKATOStudy through drawing: the dynamics of a new light rail line bisecting Africa's largest market, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Elevate
d track
s create
a new
intersti
tial gal
lery: an
island
ecosyst
em of
shelter
s, vend
ing
areas, a
nd ped
estrian
mall.
Tracks
closer
to grad
e verit
ably
cut the
street
in hal
f, rende
ring it
impassa
ble. Ho
wever,
by cut
ting tra
ffic
in two
one-w
ay stree
ts, the
rail for
ms
an inte
rmedi
ate ver
tical sid
ewalk;
people
shuttle
alongi
sde do
nkeys a
nd goo
ds.
The n
ew lig
ht rail
cuts
Merka
to in h
alf; Me
rkato
adjusts.
Dynam
ics shif
t
as the
rail is p
artially
subsum
ed by
Merka
tos
own in
frastru
cture a
nd
comme
rcial pa
tterns.
Merka
tos dis
tinctly
inform
al resil
ience
redefin
es the
light ra
il
toward
a new
condi
tion.
The ra
il line
is reap
propria
ted by
vendin
g and se
rvice st
alls, sh
elter,
storage
, and p
edestri
an cro
ssings a
nd
thorou
ghfare
s.
Station
s take
on sur
roundi
ng
marke
t qualit
ies - ar
riving
rail
passen
gers ar
e absor
bed by
the bu
sy junc
tion, am
idst
shoesh
iners, p
eddlers
,
porters
, and p
atrons.
At
grade-
level se
ctions,
the sta
tion is a
vital
crossin
g for th
e
marke
t.
1b
3b
1a
3a
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LNIC
KISU
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itic
ADM
ASSU
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0 250m
STATIONED PERSON
CURBSIDE ACTIVITY
PEDESTRIAN
VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
STOPPED TRAFFIC
PEDESTRIAN SPEED
Elevate
d track
s create
a new
intersti
tial gal
lery: an
island
ecosyst
em of
shelter
s, vend
ing
areas, a
nd ped
estrian
mall.
Tracks
closer
to grad
e verit
ably
cut the
street
in hal
f, rende
ring it
impassa
ble. Ho
wever,
by cut
ting tra
ffic
in two
one-w
ay stree
ts, the
rail for
ms
an inte
rmedi
ate ver
tical sid
ewalk;
people
shuttle
alongi
sde do
nkeys a
nd goo
ds.
KEY
slow
fast
The ra
il line
is reap
propria
ted by
vendin
g and se
rvice st
alls, sh
elter,
storage
, and p
edestri
an cro
ssings a
nd
thorou
ghfare
s.
Station
s take
on sur
roundi
ng
marke
t qualit
ies - ar
riving
rail
passen
gers ar
e absor
bed by
the bu
sy junc
tion, am
idst
shoesh
iners, p
eddlers
,
porters
, and p
atrons.
At
grade-
level se
ctions,
the sta
tion is a
vital
crossin
g for th
e
marke
t.
2a2b
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PERSPECTIVESGliding above traffic, the tram cuts time traveled to many places in Addis. Unfortunately, it cuts the city in many places, too - Merkato among them.
From the east, we enter the first station in Merkato, next to the Anwar Mosque. The station is the site of many intersections - of roads, commerce, and religion. Station entrances are used to cross the rail at the divided market. On leaving the station, the ride offers a singular perspective of market activity just beyond the rail fence.
When you stand in place all day with a lot of stuff, congested sidewalks are good for business. Not only does the elevated rail provide shelter above the road median, but it is also a valuable intersection where once chaotic traffic now funnels into Merkato. Relentless construction supports a flow of construction workers looking for relief and refreshment - only one side of traffic is crossed to access the now commercial median.
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Our donkey, once participant in the chaotic dynamics of the sidewalk and street curb, dis-covers a gateway to the market under the new elevated rail portion. The 750m passage south along the rail line as it descends toward grade along a concrete embankment is a fresh route, offering protec-tive cover at the median. Its something of a relief to have traffic only on one side...take off one blinder, perhaps?
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There is no return to the previous condition of the market. The new light rail line will become a critical part of Addis Ababa's insfrastructure since it opened in late 2015, with future expansions already planned. Although the market was physically interrupted, its fluid condition has reappropriated parts of the rail line, imposing market conditions back onto the infrastructure.
In reality, it is an evolving dynamic of commerce, movement, and opportunity redefined. Drawing allows us to focus on the interactions of these forces in some measurable way, and graphically explain their dynamics. Hopefully we gain insight toward reinforcing positive symbiosis of market and infrastructure, and advocate for as of yet unseen or untested formulas.
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The expanding city copes with complex issues beyond infrastructure - socioeconomic marginzalization, political territorialization, and informal development, to name a few. Urban sprawl is partly opportunistic settlement for the vast population, much of it informal in nature.
In the vast expanse of Mexico City, areas of high geographic and socioenomic marginalization and political factionalization fray the city fabric. Marginalized city dwellers are affected by social and physical boundaries, long commutes, and a real and perceived lack of ownership of the city.
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Such is the case in the neighborhood of Tlacalel. Against but with these odds, our intervention here will stretch across barriers, appropriate them, link territories physcially and socially, while encouraging residents' realization of an urban identity.
A cable car system will inhabit these barriers, transforming existing walls and fences into stations, stitching together hilly terrain, and integrating with major bus routes into the city.
A viable quality of life sought by residents at the fringes of the city and its metro is offset by long commute times, up to 8 hours per day, to the city center where income is earned. Our proposal can replicate across the cityscape, traversing geography, servicing the pockets of high density on the margins, bringing new programmatic possibility to marginalized areas, shortening - and expanding - connection to the heart of the city.
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Urban expansion is held in check by a few factors, including, but not limited to, availability of vacant land, federal influence at the local level, topograhpy, as well as rival political factions. Many of these apply in Tlacalel. To elaborate, Tlacalel is higly territorialized. Friction results in fragmented neighborhoods, social exclusion, and stagnant integration into greater Mexico City fabric.
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Federal infrastructure, including a regional recreation center, UACM satellite campus, mental health facaility, and a SACMEX water plant populate the river valley area. Additionally, a federal prison lies to the south of Tlacalel.
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In exchange, they provide land, services, and representation in federal and local government. However, these areas remain highly marginalized and politicized. Residents lack quality services and access to opportunity. Physical barriers are endemic.
Ultimately, we imagine a fringe that is drawn, or stitched, back into the urban core, encouraging and promoting its full participation. This requires a necessary physical intervention - a direct link to modes of physical and economic mobility.
In particular, informal settlement since the 1980s has been encouraged and guided by political factions, such as Antorcha Campesina. They exert influence on regional and federal government, with the power to move people, provide civic amenities, and install or influence political candidates. Antorcha relies heavily on informal settlement, using residents as foot soldiers for its political goals.
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Our cable car directly intervenes into these constraints. In a twist, we dissect those walls and barriers that demarcate lines of economic and political control. They transform into new currency for commerce and movement.
To do that, we must take scope of physical and socioeconomic conditions of our site, and challenge their current logic with new circumstances. We focus our initiative on the physical barriers that entrench stasis on our site.
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Antique oil-can, scrap wood, old utensils, and spare instrument parts reharmonize and repurpose to endow a new poetry of music. Inspiration permeates through a new resonant core.
This is the first banjo of a series built from 2012-2014. Oil cans are a special choice for the banjo pot: the sheet metal acts in a similar way to both the head and resonator of a conventional banjo that give the 'snare' quality of its sound. Oil can shape and density affect the volume, tone, and resonant qualities of the instrument. The unique graphics enhance personality and presence.
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By Andras Balla, Allie Calaguire, and Peter Mielnicki
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SEA CITY: A submerged city of pods, each trading and producing specialized resource. Thousands of pods float below the surface.
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continued well past the eleventh hour. While noticing the water creeping in, we continued dancing until it became an absolute swim. While civilization goes under, some visionaries have, too - with the intent to thrive.
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A REFUGE: Precise, futuristic pods belie the turmoil taking place on land.
We are telling and giving audience to the biggest story of our lives. Consumption has now consumed the creators; humanitys original coastlines have been subsumed by risen oceans, leaving geographically - and politically - disorganized and contested interiors. It is a collective bargain in which our collective has no bargaining power.
Landscapes have irrevocably changed due to radical shifts in climate. Those left on the surface grapple with vast desertification, intense and frequent natural disasters, newly inhospitable high altitudes, and biosphere destruction. Beyond this are social consequences of extreme political destabilization, economic distress, migration and refugee crises, and conflict.
While interplanetary travel is now an almost unattainable reality, some have turned to overlooked opportunities within our limited biosphere. For a determined group of scientists, designers, and entrepreneurs, the last viable refuge is all around us - albeit in the vast, largely sterilized oceans.
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FROM ABOVE: Like a coral reef, the underwater colony evokes mystery amidst the waves.
They refer to themselves as Eisburgs: part homage to melted icecapes inundating dry land, part token to their visible footprint - where surface activity belies the bulk below. Communities resemble vast networks of floating seaweed pods, where all activity takes place - water filtration, food harvesting (both grown and captured), and manufacture. Individual pods specialize and trade with each other. Few shared resources include air and power, provided by a political collective.
These water patrons build movable, interconnected, and submerged communities, isolated from the hostile surface.
No formal application process exists, participants find themselves typically drawn in - under - by their sheer talents. Life is far from utopic, however; almost fanatical tribalism is too much for some, over 75 percent to return to the surface.
Why isnt there a stampede toward the water? This environment is not for the faint of heart or mind. Exigencies of this medium require technical determination, mental resilience, and high coordination and cooperation. Work on land to develop sub-marine infrastructure is critical; a first true test before going under.
The constraints and harsh realities of the water minimize inefficiencies, disengagement, and rivalry - in exchange for shelter, dissociation, and so far, an overlooked space to flourish. The product is kind of a self-selecting caste of virtuosos, hyper-tuned to their collective survival.
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VIBRANT ARCHITECTURE respects environment and its people. Perhaps there is public crisis today - ongoing social stratification as the fallout of liberalism - and it is evident in the physical manifestation of the public realm, from marginalization of the powerless, altered cityscapes, and conspicuous displays of wealth. It is a reality that we should neither hide nor celebrate, no part of it is sacrosanct but should be perpetually open to scrutiny and reevaluation.
As a designer and thinker, my philosophy is one of inclusion. This is not limited to an appeal to the largest number, but a change in inhabitants perception of themselves and their role in the space or event - the feeling of belonging to or influence on a process. Sensitive design sets the stage for questions that we take home: to reflect on our own well-being and consider how we respect our environment. Heritage also contributes to our sense of place, even when it is not our own. For that reason, it can also be appropriated in positive ways and deployed by outsiders with interesting and profound outcomes.
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Contemporary dialogue can obsess over image and object, and its failure to cultivate the living fabrics of communities has had disastrous results. The legacy of heritage is often marginalized or itself objectified, and its original sensibilities used to understand complex problems are lost. Ideally, we look past the object itself or the immediate result, but exact a position on the long-run without sacrificing efficiency or flexibility, conscious toward intangible details throughout the design process.
A productive process refrains from over-simplified us and them' dichotomies, but instead accommodates a client and takes ownership of collective consequence. This requires heightened sense of awareness, responsibility, and sensitivity, as well as enterprising ways of deploying and managing materials and information. This attitude is a major counterweight to elitism and object orientation that is self-assuring, which slowly erodes our capacity for relative discourse for the sake of nominal perspectives.
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Architects become well-informed opportunists. We are privileged in a sense of our exposure to actors on all sides - from developers, policymakers, the public, engineers, to the design community at large. We are highly tuned to the environment; resourcefulness that benefits the highest number of participants is rewarded. As the sum of arts, science, and information, architecture can push the unfamiliar, engage the unseen, letting unique formulas fill the inevitable cracks in the fabric of the everyday not to wedge into a breaking point, but to provide cohesion within the overlooked and thus new propositions and methods for the design of living.
Realistically, we work for a client, and in practice, we tend not to look too far over the horizon. Enlightenment is everyones responsibility, and a lack from one side is not an excuse to abandon the pursuit of detail. Channels of information must be kept fluid, and insight must be sought beyond traditional or expected boundaries. Everything is fair game - religion, politics, geology, zoology, finance - and institutions that have survived hundreds or thousands of years certainly deserve judicious scrutiny for their continuous relevance.
In Sum
Our built environment gives us a sense of place and rhythm, and therefore a sense of belonging and a means with which to make sense of
our world. This powerful contextualization erodes when architecture totally folds into the movement of globalization and commodification of place.
At the same time, architects are not necessarily gatekeepers of tradition or advocates of the vernacular. With any growth there are new forms and styles; the architect studies a place with the hope to appropriate and redeploy its norms and rhythms. Visions arent imposed, information is instead accepted and reemerges within a cadence of pattern. Each instance of belonging is a continuous conversation with a place, its look, texture, sounds, and smells.
With that said, good architecture is greater than the sum of its parts. It is some combined quality that conveys a sixth-sense reaction in the user - a type of feeling beyond ownership or belonging...transcending even these localizing tendencies - towards perceptions of universality instilled in the new consciousness it generates. Something akin to the rich voids of the great cathedrals of Europe, the eerie cosmic sensation of Jantar Mantar, the precariously present waterscape of Suzhou, or the architectonic timelessness of the streets of old Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Perfection as an earthly quality is a dynamic balance, where beauty is instinctively expressed and recognized as a consequence of the act of putting together.
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The professors and mentors listed in these pages, & colleagues who have enriched my design and education.
With special thanks to
Sara, who believes in my talent
Stephanie, for your humor and intuition
Mama, who made everything possible.
With loving thanks to