areej sabzwari

AREEJ SABZWARIDESIGN PORTFOLIO 201

Bachelor of Architecture + Master of City & Regional Planning

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CommunityOrganized with an emphasis on student engagement and the ability to use the new Allied Health facility as a destination for interaction, collaboration, and study, this concept strategically locates student-centric spaces throughout the floor plan and within the vertical organization of the program.

Concept:

Student Space

Classrooms & Computer Labs

Campus Services

Wellness Center

Allied Health

Natural Sciences

Arrival – Wellness Clinic and Dental Hygiene

The entrance is positioned on the northeast corner to provide an identifiable destination point when approaching the site from the center of campus and the metro station. The wellness clinic and Allied Health dental hygiene clinics are located immediately adjacent to a double height entrance lobby, providing clear wayfinding for patients and visitors who are coming to receive clinical services.

General Classrooms and Computer Labs

General classrooms, seminar spaces, and shared computer labs are clustered at the northeast end of the building adjacent to student community spaces. The student spaces provide ample space for surge between classes and break-out sessions before and after class. General classrooms are located on mid-height floors, bracketed by Allied Health and Natural Sciences instructional labs to promote cross-disciplinary opportunities.

Student-focused Spaces

Double-height student study and amenity cores anchor the north and south ends of the floor plates. Functioning as a social link between programs that reside on different floor levels, student spaces are filled with light, provide great views, and function as the “go-to” places in the building for students before and after classes. At the south end, the student spaces lead to an exterior roof terrace, while the student spaces in the northeast corner mark the entry façade into the facility with student activity animating the views into the building.

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CommunityConcept:

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looking north: student terrace

Community and IdentityThe building massing is organized with a north-south orientation, which will require solar control along the east façade on Walton Avenue. Architectural articulation and materials respond to the vertical organization of the building, with an opportunity for istinctive and unique elements that correspond with the student-centric communityspaces in the building. These architectural elements will mark the prominent corners along Walton Street, providing clear indication for building entrance. These can be developed as large glazed areas that provide views into the student activity spaces and animate the building with an expression of Hostos Community College’s commitment to the student community.

Existing Site Conditions


CommunityConcept:

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Vertical Organization

Key Components

Ŷ Singular entrance at corner of Waltonand 144th Street

Ŷ Gracious entry space for patients,visitors, and students

Ŷ Ground floor access to communitywellness clinic and dental hygieneclinics

Ŷ Zoned vertically to provide dedicatedareas for clinic patients and students

Ŷ Clear security zoning and access

Ŷ Student community spaces animatethe exterior facades, creating a changing tableau that celebrates Hostos’ student population

Ŷ Student-centric spaces provide essential “mixing spaces” proximate to

classrooms and academic departments

Ŷ General classrooms and computer labsoccupy mid-level floors for ease of access and use by all academic

departments

Ŷ Service and loading entry is discretelylocated on 144th Street to minimize

traffic impact

looking south: main entry

looking north: student terrace

The program spaces are zoned vertically within the building to create distinctly identified areas for each of the academic programs. The wellness clinic and Allied Health clinics that serve the community are located at the ground floor level for ease of access for patients. Instructional spaces are located on upper floors to provide a clear separation between community clinic and student components. Student social spaces are located to provide pleasant and productive social and study spaces. These are envisioned as a series of double-height student activity zones that function as “mixing spaces” for students, providing connectivity between Allied Health, Natural Sciences, campus services, and general education spaces.

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POYNTCITY


STREET STRATEGY

Primary Streets

Secondary Streets

New Streets

PHASE IIDevelop waterfront Attract new residents Establish a local agricultural economyConnect neighborhood through a Water Taxi

PHASE IIIFurther add value to neighborhood with a community center

PHASE IConnect neighborhood to downtown center Build a strong residential communityEstablish a neighborhood retail corridorDismantle negative perceptions

PHASING STRATEGYDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Plaza & River Walk (247,382 sq.ft.)

Open Space

Urban Agriculture

Office

Parking

Residential

(922,040 sq.ft.)

(247,382 sq.ft.)

(199,489 sq.ft.)

(421,920 sq.ft. / 2.744 spaces)

(2,455,200 sq.ft. / 2,126 units)

Civil Facility (98,000 sq.ft.)

Retail (176,024 sq.ft.)

Total Units after Redevelopment : 3,435 Units (Exising + Newly Built)

Average Value of Demolished Parcels : $35.00 per sq.ft.

GREEN SPACES RELOCATION STRATEGY

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Open Landscaped Green

Green Roof

Community Green

School Green

Reccomended Relo cation

Reccomended Relocation

CAMDEN REDEVELO

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WATER FRONT

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The Urban Remediation Wrapper is an interim housing solution that utilizes prefabricated container homes, large industrial buildings, and the phyto-extraction process to simultaneously house displaced urban dwellers and remediate the contaminated industrial landscape. This prototype provides an architectural category 3 or larger hurricane, while also reinvigorating a decaying industrial landscape.

Phyto-Remediation ProcessUtilizing Urban Wrapper and Existing Industrial Buildings

Key Concerns

Ŷ Dull street scape

Lack of parks

Contaminated sites

Key Design Features

Ŷ Density

Surplus of shipping containers

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Transformed Street Scape

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Building Section (above) Typical Floor Plan Module (Top Right)

Building Elevation (above)

Urban Remediation WrapperConcept:

The design consisted of invigorating the street scape, wrapping the industrial building with container housing. Although this study was conducted in Newark, New Jersey, there are industrial urban areas whether or not they are facing an imminent threat of flooding.

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Intertwined CampusConcept:

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to create a new graduate institution for engineering and applied science. Program elements

auditoriums and support space, 200,000 sqft of residential and dining facilities, 100,000 sqft to

The program calls for an investigation of edge conditions, networks, and circulation through the campus. It is also a site of tremendous visibility with an opportunity to create a dynamic.

Lounge/ “Common Space”

Housing

Academic

Entry

Central Courtyards

Semi-Private

Semi-Public

Public

Private

Program Breakdown Public vs. Private

The key initial concept behind this scheme is to synthesize the site,architecture, and functional elements of the campus as one entity.In addition, differentiating between private and public spaces is thedriving force behind the location of program elements and the form.

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