history urban context site building u c - robert geddes · louis kahn robert le ricolais ian mcharg...

DEMOGRAPHICS

ZONING

URBAN CONTEXT

Change in Population since 2000

Over 20% Increase

10% to 20%

0% to 10%

0% to -10%

-10% to -20%

Over 20% Decline

Racial Distribution and Ethnic Groups

White

Asian

Black

Hispanic

POPULATION INCREASE ETHNICITY

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BUILDING MASSING POSSIBILITIES 50% Site Occupancy Fl. Area = 500% Lot Area

100% Site OccupancyFl. Area = 500% Lot Area

1/1000 Sq. Ft. Detention Facilities Education Fraternity Saftey Service 1/1000 Sq. Ft. >10,000 Sq. Ft

Library & Exhibits Religious Assembly Entertainment1/2000 Sq. Ft.

Utilities/Service

PARKING REQUIREMENTS FLOOR AREA RATIOS

65ft

300ft

500ft

700ft

900ft

Ground Level

100% of lot area75% of lot area50% of lot area40% of lot area30% of lot area

PeoPle

William Penn

Philadelphia School

Edmund Bacon

Mayor Richardson Dilworth

Geddes, Brecher, Qualls & Cunningham

August E. Komendant

Frank Rizzo

events

Progressive Time of Urban Renewal and Building Technology

City Planning

Politics

Police Brutality

ArchitecturAl significAnce

Schokbeton:Pre-cast Concrete System

Expressionist

“The Roundhouse”

The Philadelphia School

Louis Kahn Robert Le Ricolais Ian McHarg

Robert Geddes Robert Venturi Romaldo Giurgola

Martin Rauch Denise Scott-Brown Ehrman MitchellMelvin Brecher George Qualls Warren Cun-ningham

Edmund Bacon

Levittown - Herbert Ganns

ArchitectS tructural Designer EnviromentalistCity Planner

Karl Linn Herbert GannsDavid CraneZen Buddhism Advocacy Planning “Levittown”Urban Designer

Guild House - Venturi

Design with Nature - Ian McHarg

gBQc schemA notAtion

1 - grids And frAmes 2 - PAths 3 - sPAces 4 - enclosures

5 - grids And frAmes 6 - PAths 7 - sPAces 8 - enclosures

9 - gridded mAtrix 10 - curvilineAr edge 11 - lineAr lAyers 12 - centrAlized cluster

HISTORY URBAN CONTEXT SITE BUILDING