What I Hope to Accomplish
In Regards to Site:
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| Laurence Qarmar, Gateway Proposal |
Refine the existing Eco district Urban Renewal plan into cohesive vision that takes into account an Educational Node as its catalyst.
Develop a future framework that shows the important role public transportation e.g. streetcar can play in providing the connectivity necessary for a functional eco-district.
Provide design solutions that are useful/respectful to the work PDC has envisioned for the gateway neighborhood.
Give Gateway a sense of place through form, functions and planning.
In Regard to Program:
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| emily arden wells: Green weave |
Begin to blur the lines between High tech and High touch. How can buildings and nature be synonymous?
Establish relationships between primary program and secondary program that enrich the learning environment and begins to showcase education as something we do together rather than individually.
Set a precedent for future building growth in the area, that provides the answers to self-sufficient building that foster a healthy balance of built and un-built, while placing importance on public interaction.
In Regards To Bio-Synergies:
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| daniel libeskind 54-story garden tower |
Create/preserve habitat, examining how new development can begin to add to the vegetative fabric instead of subtract; something most urban environments lack.
Prove that strong metaphors derived from natural occurring systems/relationships can provide the necessary design solutions when applied to architecture in innovative and appropriate ways.
Demonstrate a clear understanding of what it takes to make a building/region environmentally conscious.
Time Line:
Dec-Jan
Build large site model of Gateway, including topography, building massings, and cutouts for future model making.
Continue to look at precedence for Urban style campus/ large performance spaces
Investigate biosynergetic metephores in regards to site, program organization, building language, and the future development for the area. Most likely Connectivity themed.
Begin planning Streetcar alignment (gateway/adjacent neighborhoods) and Master plan for the immediate Transit center area(Large shopping center area).
Jan-Feb
Refine Urban plan and Alignment.
Determine Best positions/ massing/ figure ground to support proposed programs and new urban plan
*Meet with James McGrath of ZGF/ Meet with Justin Douglas of PDC to review Urban plan
Feb-March
Get into Program
Work out Parti in relation to Transit/ Public spaces (interior)/ Education facility/ large public space (exterior)
Begin schematic design
Work with Grasshopper at its abilities for generating forms in regards to massing/skins
*Meet with James McGrath of ZGF/ Meet with Justin Douglas of PDC to building relationship to area
March-April
Design Development building scale
*Meet with James McGrath of ZGF to dicuss relationship of spaces
April-May
Design development case work scale
*Meet with James McGrath of ZGF to review details. Meet with Justin To discuss Building Aesthetic.
May-June
Work on Final presentation materials
Site model/
Drawing
Diagrams
Section models
Skin Studies
Renderings
June-July
Get Wasted Everyday
Nick, I appreciate the way you are being pro-active about seeking partners to help you develop ideas. I'm wondering how much of your project will be urban design and how much building. While I see them working hand-in-hand, clarity about both the big-picture priorities and the building scale elements would help you a lot. What are the main goals of the urban design: livability, connectivity, ecological restoration, pedestrian / bike friendly development, economic vitality? How do these goals percolate down to the sidewalk landscape and facade?
ReplyDeleteOne possibility is that you look at how plants and minds can grow together.
I know you are interested in the alignment of the light-rail and streetcar systems. I am hoping that you can set the locations of these transit routes so you can develop the site plan relatively quickly and then get into the building design with enough time to develop it for the Winter term review. The Fred Meyer big box across the street from your cultural campus is so egregious that your site plan needs to consider how to ameliorate the parking lot. Otherwise your building will be part of the suburban nightmare because of the acres of asphalt isolation. Let's talk about the possibilities.