eddie diaz: portfolio 2011-2015

eddie diaz

urban design portfolio2011 - 2015

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PARKS & TRAILS

MULTI-DAY TRIPS IN THE VALLES CALDERA 04Spring 2012

CITYWIDE PARKS IN ALEXANDRIA 12Spring 2013

WEST TRENTON WATERFRONT 20Spring 2014

STREETSCAPES

A NEW CIVIC CORRIDOR FOR PHILADELPHIA 28Fall 2014

STREETS FOR KIDS 36Fall 2014

MIXED USE

AN URBAN TRANSECT IN NEWPORT NEWS 44Summer 2011

SUPERBLOCKS 52Spring 2014

REDEVELOPING TEMPORARY HOUSING 60Spring 2015

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PARKS & TRAILS

MULTI-DAY TRIPS IN THE VALLES CALDERA

The Valles Caldera National Preserve’s vast open spaces and many natural landmarks provide an opportunity to rethink how visitors interact with federally preserved land. In this project a new trail system creates more choices for hikers, giving them the possibility of long-range hiking for a more solitary experience. As a counterpoint, this project also considers collapsible shelters to be located at regular intervals along the trails. They and the visitors center provide communal space for groups of visitors who wish to share their experiences of the preserve, but do not intrude on the visitor experience when not needed.

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MAKING A TRAIL SYSTEM

Because the preserve’s current trails are disconnected, and because visitors cannot drive their own vehicles around the preserve, staff must drive visitors to each trailhead. Connecting the existing trails allows visitors more self-sufficiency, and allows more visitors total due to less need for staff supervision.

existing shuttle routes

Valles Caldera National Preserve

existing trails


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Redondo Peak

San Antonio Mountain

Valle Toledo

Valle Grande

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Valles Caldera

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Context maps

Existing conditions

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41 mile hike 15 mile hike 4 mile hike new trails

shuttle route converted to trail

removed shuttle route

new shuttle route

existing trails

existing shuttle route

shelter clusters

existing staging areas

new staging area

2 miles

Route 4

mile markers


New trail system

Riding areas Hiking areas Fishing areas

Riding/Hiking share

shuttle route/highway

Fishing/Hiking share

shelter clusters

existing staging areas

new staging area

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mile markers

Land Use

9th Mile cluster

visitors’ cemter

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SITE PLANNING

Shelter sites are located off of main trails. All buildings are positioned to take maximum advantage of natural lighting to regulate their local microclimate.


9th mile shelter cluster site plan

New staging area/visitor’s center site plan

9th mile shelter cluster sunlight range

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12pm Dec 21 (31°)


Visitor’s center elevation

Shelter elevation

Shelter set-up process

SHELTERING

The shelters themselves provide private indoor space,semi-public space under their canopies, and public space between them. They fold up when not in use.


Visitor’s center interior perspective

Shelter cluster perspective

PARKS & TRAILS

CITYWIDE PARKS IN ALEXANDRIA

As the population of Alexandria, Virginia increases, demand for open space in the city will grow correspondingly larger. However, the small city is running out of new open space to acquire. It is therefore very important that Alexandria make more effective use of the open spaces it already has, especially large ones which can accommodate uses that do not fit on smaller sites. This professional project proposes varying levels of redesign for each of Alexandria’s six large parks. To avoid redundancy, only two are exhibited in full here; final versions of all of them can be seen in Alexandria’s Citywide Parks Improvement Plan.*

*http://alexandriava.gov/uploadedFiles/recreation/parks/Citywide%20Parks%20Plan_PRC%20Endorsement.pdf

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CONTEXT

Alexandria’s park planning staff began developing improvement plans for the city’s large parks in summer 2012. As an intern I collaborated in the design process and developed the plans’ graphics during the project’s first-draft phase in spring 2013. After I left the city the planning staff modified my drawings for the plans’ final drafts. Each draft was preceded by a round of community feedback to inform further changes.

Holmes Run

Four Mile Run


Alexandria, VA

Plan’s primary author: Dana Wedeles, RPCA staff

Ben Brenman Park

Chinquapin Park

Simpson Stadium Park

Four Mile Run Park

Holmes Run Park

Hensley Park

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PROCESS

The first round of community feedback set priorities for improvements in the parks. The staff held several charrettes to determine locations and access frameworks for these improvements, and I afterwards developed our sketches into detailed plans. Each plan comes with a list of specific improvements.

4Eugene Simpson Stadium Park 2012 Community Feedback

with other people, whether it is by interactions between parents and kids in the playground or watching a baseball game. The one exception is the garden, which park users enjoying visiting for its serene setting. These type of park uses exemplify a vibrant urban park that weaves together, recreation, community, and nature in a compact open space.

ImprovementsParticipants identified parking as having the highest need for Park improvements, with the dog area as the second highest need. The following page has selected statements that support the need for identified improvements. The comments are shown in prioritized order, (all participants selected a need but did not always provide

additional comments on their selection):

Parking“More available parking and easier access to •soccer fields from parking”“With the new soccer fields, parking (especially •on the weekends), is crazy!.”“Parking. Weekend users of the park are •parking far into the neighborhoods. The crosswalk at Leslie and Monroe is unsafe due to poor sight-lines. Some traffic calming is needed on Monroe east of Leslie.”“The city rents out the soccer fields to anyone •(non-residents) but provides no additional parking. The old fields had plenty of dedicated parking.”“It is almost impossible to find a place to park •when there are several soccer practices ”“Definitely parking! With games, the local •streets are overcrowded. Just create a

Priorities are based on the number of responses to needed improvements and then weighted by how participants prioritized their answers


Public Feedback on existing conditions (graphic by D. Wedeles)

2. Staff land use charrette 3. Staff access framework charrette

4. Combination & refinement of diagrams 5. Final

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EXAMPLE: FOUR MILE RUN PARK

EXAMPLE: HENSLEY PARK

Upgrade fields with National Federation of State High School Association’s standard dimensions

Reorganize sport lighting to accommodate new fields

Convert soccer field to artificial turf and replace slope with retaining wall & access ramps

Expand parking lot

Formalize driveway with turnaround and handicap parking

Relocate bathrooms central to entry areas

Build accessible ramp to connect upper and lower fields

Create “festival area” with expanded hardscape slope seating and event staging area

Plant new trees to replace trees removed in field expansions

Build new parking lot

Extend driveway with turnaround and parallel parking

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Renovate & restripe parking lots

Complete implementation of community building & park expansion

Relocate & fence dog area

Relocate & cluster playground & courts

Add wayfinding & mile markers along existing path

Add new hard & soft trails

Improve perimeter trees to create “green alleys”

Install new bridges

Establish new community garden

Improve field conditions

Move turnabout & reestablish green space

Construct stormwater management element with educational features

Install bike share station

Implement Four Mile Run Restoration

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HARD TRAILS

ENTRANCE PLAZAS ATHLETIC TURF TIDAL WETLANDS

PARK BOUNDSSTREAMBANK RESTORATION

FESTIVAL AREA SEATING

STAIRS

Existing Conditions

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Draft Plans

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DETAILING

In addition to large scale plans for the parks, as part of a separate initiative I developed a series of standardized park details intended to complement the city’s Park Facility Standards Manual. As the city implements its Citywide Parks Plan, many of these details will be present in the accompanying new construction.

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Park Facility StandardS Manual

Department of recreation, parks anD cultural activities city of alexanDria, virginia


Manual’s primary author: Bethany Znidersic, RPCA

staff

Tennis netting installation

New tree planting

Bollard installationPavement edging

OTHER WORK FOR ALEXANDRIA

My work on standardized details was accompanied by work on a few specialized ones. I designed several dedication plaques for new parks then currently under construction, including these ones for the Kelley Cares Miracle Field.


Dedication Wall plaques

Entrance gate plaques

PARKS & TRAILS

WEST TRENTON WATERFRONT

Some of Trenton, New Jersey’s most historic neighborhoods lie in a privileged position near the city’s Delaware River waterfront. However, these neighborhoods have limited water access due to a waterfront highway, and furthermore, they are vulnerable to the river’s frequent floods. This project proposes a comprehensive design to improve connections between the city’s neighborhoods and a renovated waterfront park. The design also helps mitigate flooding and protects the neighborhoods’ residential character.

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CONTEXT

This project was one element of a comprehensive plan covering two of Trenton’s planning districts. The plan was drafted by a team of University of Pennsylvania students. We decided to recommend changes to the West District’s waterfront because of persistent

flooding issues, a need for additional corridors for non-motorized travel, and prior success in the city’s efforts to renovate its South District waterfront. I was responsible for developing a design that would meet our recommendations for the waterfront.


Districts of Trenton, NJ

Team members for the Trenton NW District Plans: Dongqi Cheng, Eddie Diaz, Claire Feeney, Joe Huennekens, Mengwei Jian, Jie Liu, and Tess Pula

Cadwalalder Park and the West District waterfront: existing conditions

West Trenton Waterfront

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EAST

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Delaware and Raritan Canal Trail

Existing waterfront trail

West Trenton High School

Cadwalader Park

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Topography and floodplains in the NW Districts (by Tess Pula)

Proposed additions to bike network

New bike lane

100 year floodplain

500 year floodplain

Existing bike lane

Existing trail

Cadwalalder Park and the West District waterfront: proposed improvements

FACTORS & RECOMMENDATIONS

5.23 milesof new bike lanes needed to complete existing network

Extend berm trail

Add New passive recreation sites

Improve active recreation site

add new sidepaths

1/2 mile


Bioswales

Flood berms

Pedestrian Trails

Recreation areas

Bike trails/sidepaths

Cadwalalder - West Trenton High - Waterfront connection

Berm Trail Bioswale

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DESIGNING FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS

The design’s largest intervention, replacing a highway interchange with a boulevard intersection, allows easy passage between the district’s high school and the waterfront’s largest open space. The design also locates access points for a new trail built atop a flood control levee.


Route 29 and Parkside Avenue sidepath intersection detail

Route 29 Sidepath

Southwest-Northeast section across the new Route 29

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Waterfront aerial perspective

OTHER WORK FOR TRENTON

As a member of the planning team I also illustrated other proposals we made for the two districts. Many of these other recommendations also focused on providing alternative forms of access.


Entrance to proposed light rail station

Proposed intersection improvements

STREETSCAPES

A NEW CIVIC CORRIDOR FOR PHILADELPHIA

A civic space that defines a city should be iconic, should be engaging, should belong to everyone, should allow citizens to express themselves, should provide cultural experiences, and should be connected in sequence to other civic spaces as well as the city’s neighborhoods. Working with these principles, my team aimed in this group project to make an engaging corridor which would connect three iconic spaces within Philadelphia- City Hall, Independence Mall, and Penn’s Landing- by redesigning the whole of East Market Street.

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5 min walk = 1300 ft

CONTEXT: A FOUR-PART PROJECT

Each of the street’s three “focal points,” as well as the street itself, currently have a number of issues that prevent them from functioning as true civic spaces. Each member of our team took primary responsibility for the design of one of these four elements. We coordinated to make sure they fit together into a unified experience. I took responsibility for designing the connecting streetscape between the three focal points.


City Hall: Ran Yang

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12th Street

Connecting Streetscape

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City Hall:ReinvigoratedCivic space

Independence Mall:Enhanced culturalExperience

Penn’s Landing:A new waterfrontDestination

Connecting streetscape:An activated Market Street


Independence Mall: Yarou Zhang

2nd Street

4th Street

6th Street

Penn’s Landing: Teng Teng

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City Center Independence Mall

Commercial Core

I SOLATED BENCHES

DISORGANIZED AND BLAND

STREETSCAPING

BUFFER?

LITTLE SPACE FOR ENGAGING

STREET LIFE

ICONIC VIEW BELONGS

TO CARS

Iconic views

belong to cars

Disorganized and bland

landscaping

Little space for engaging street life

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Market Street is currently a space built primarily for cars. Pedestrians may pass though, but there is no incentive for them to stay on the street for any significant amount of time.

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The street’s redesign involved narrowing the roadway, recomposing the street’s transit system, and giving the street distinctive landscaping to set it apart from other streets in the city. The elements and spaces of the street can be flexibly arranged to meet the different needs of different segments of the corridor.


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10th Street

12th Street

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Independence Mall

Waterfront Approach

2. VARIABLE STREET SPACES

3. APPLICATION TO STREET SEGMENTS

Existing traffic lanes (before)

New bike lanes Narrowed street (after)

Subway Exits Bus StopsTrees Light poles

1. CONSTANT STREET ELEMENTS


Small, regular spaces Small, irregular spaces

Medium sized, regular spaces Medium sized, irregular spaces

Large, regular spaces Large, irregular spaces

Small, regular spaces

Medium sized, regular spaces

Large, regular spaces

Small, irregular spaces

Medium sized, irregular spaces

Large, irregular spaces

2nd Street

4th Street

6th Street

Small, irregular


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STREETSCAPE

The street’s redesign makes it into a space that supports long-term occupancy for traditional street activities, such as outdoor dining, public performance art, and street markets.

Street section

Medium, regular


Market Street from 9th Street (left) to 7th Street (right)

Market Street near 8th Street subway station

STREETSCAPES

STREETS FOR KIDS

To grow up and leave poverty, kids must have access to resources that further their educational and personal development. However, the streets of Philadelphia are not safe enough to give them that access. Kids find themselves stuck at home because the city’s streets are not designed to let kids get around on their own; their parents, especially poorer ones, often do not have time to take them places. This project therefore aims to empower children to reach critical resources by changing the design of Philadelphia’s streets, so that they are easily navigable and readable by kids.

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2 out of 5Philadelphia Children

live in Poverty


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Number of children in poverty by

census tract

170 - 429

430 - 739

740 - 1329

1330 - 2500

CONTEXT & SITING

In Philadelphia, high child poverty rates are prevalent in many of the city’s oldest, most urban neighborhoods. However, these neighborhoods do have resources kids can use. The pilot site here has both relatively high poverty rates and a concentration of local resources. It also has a hierarchical network of roads that indicates where the neighborhood’s most dangerous traffic can be found. Inverting this network’s hierarchy reveals many potential routes for kid-friendly streets away from traffic, which can connect between and to the neighborhood’s resources.

Vehicular street hierarchy


Community Garden

LOCAL RESOURCES AND KID FRIENDLY STREET ROUTES

PlaygroundSchool

Park 5 min to Fairmount

10 min 20 min

Secondary Route

Local Street

Primary Route

Inverted Hierarchy

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4. REDUCE SPEED

3. INCREASE VISIBILITY2. IMPROVE LEGIBILITY

1. MAKE A CONTINUOUS PATH

PRINCIPLES OF KID-FRIENDLY STREETS

The new kid-friendly streets need special features to distinguish them from ordinary streets. Every feature of the redesigned streets is based on one of the four principles below. The first two principles come from the need to show kids which parts of the street are theirs to use. The second two principles come from the need to increase drivers’ awareness of kids on the streets, and, correspondingly, their caution while driving.


DESIGNS FOR KID-FRIENDLY STREETS

Raised intersection with footprint crossing (to increase visibility and

improve legibility, respectively)

New street labeling visible from sidewalk (for better legibility)

Kids’ pathway

Kids’ pathwayKids’ pathway

Two-way lane (to reduce speed)

SECONDARY ROUTE

PRIMARY ROUTE

Chicane (to reduce speed)

Intersection example: Paxton Street & Haverford Ave

Intersection example: 42nd Street Bridge & Mantua Ave

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MIXED USE

AN URBAN TRANSECT IN NEWPORT NEWS

Newport News, Virginia is a linear city, having grown to the northwest from its historic downtown at the mouth of Hampton Roads. This form of development has over time created a need for a new, second downtown area more centrally located to the city’s neighborhoods. Though some mixed use development already exists at the city’s chosen location at Oyster Point, more is needed before the area can truly be called a downtown. This professional project seeks to guide future development through the application of New Urbanist principles in order to fulfill the city’s vision.

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Jefferson Ave

Thimble Shoals BlvdNewport News, VA

Study Area

Earlier plans by H+A Architects & Engineers (www.haengineers.com)

Canon Blvd

Code Compatibility - Existing Future Plans

CONTEXT

Before I came to Newport News, the city hired H+A Architects & Engineers to create a development plan for Oyster Point. This plan lacked two things: a zoning scheme and a green space system city staff were happy with. The staff introduced me to the SmartCode model ordinance designed by

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planning firm DPZ, and asked me to use it to both zone the development and design a better green space system. I also had to develop a presentation explaining the SmartCode, as many of the city’s planners were unfamiliar with its principles of density-based zoning.


Examples of existing development fitting in with transect framework

1/4 Mile Radius Pedestrian Shed

Transect Zones (zoning based

on density instead of

use)

Civic/green Space

Community Unit

Graphic created to explain elements of SmartCode Model Ordinance (www.smartcodecentral.org)

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Bernard Village

Rock Landing Jefferson

Merchant’s Walk

Town Center Drive


Identifying Main Civic Spaces

Adjusted Pedestrian Sheds

PROCESS

The SmartCode suggests having one major green space for each “community unit,” areas roughly 1/2 mile wide that have a balance of different transect zones in them. Connecting these major green spaces with

1. Identify main civic spaces

3. Add new street grid 4. Draw community units based on sheds

2. Draw pedestrian sheds for civic spaces

greenways along existing streams and rights-of-way creates a green space system pedestrians and bicyclists can use to navigate the downtown. This proposal calls for about 7 miles of urban trails.


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PROPOSED ZONING & GREENWAYS

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Detail Plan of northeast quadrant

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Greenway in T4 zone

Greenway in T3 zone

MIXED USE

SUPERBLOCKS

In 1969 much of the eastern portion of Philadelphia’s Callowhill neighborhood was demolished to make room for new industrial development, and since then the area has lacked the urban vitality of Old City to the south or Northern Liberties to the north. This project proposes redeveloping the neighborhood once again, this time using a mix of building typologies that make room for residential, commercial, and recreational uses as well as industrial ones. The mix includes both traditional building typologies and newly invented ones appropriate to the density and vitality sought for the neighborhood.

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<= CONTEXT

The neighborhood’s industrial redevelopment closed streets and created extra-large parcels, hence its current moniker as the Superblocks area. The superblocks together with the nearby highway interchange do not block access between Old City and Northern Liberties, but do make access more difficult.

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This project introduces a new network of small streets while keeping some original parcels intact for the largest building typologies. The project rezones the area to allow uses appropriate to the new block sizes. Buildings are placed based on zoning so that new public spaces and the neighborhood’s underground typology are an emergent property of their placement.


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Callowhill superblocks

Urban renewal ca. 1969

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Residential Commercial Mixed Use Institutional Park

Emergent public spaces Entries to underground

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2nd St

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4th St

5th St

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8th St

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Proposed zoning

New building footprints, emergent public spaces, and entries to underground

TYPOLOGIES

The project’s traditional typologies are rowhouses, high and mid rises, and perimeter blocks. In addition to these it introduces a form of podium mixed use that takes advantage of the remaining large parcels, and a form of underground retail that supports both density and open space.


Rowhouses with accessory structures

High and Mid-Rises

Podium Mixed Use

Perimeter Blocks

PODIUM MIXED USE

UNDERGROUND RETAIL & ENTERTAINMENT

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truck driveway + loading bays

common entrance courtyard

skybridges

signage tower

skylight

perimeter elevators

Residential

Commercial

Industrial

Section- underground portions

Plan- aboveground portions


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SECTION

New building Existing building

SITE PLAN

The new narrow streets are reminiscent of those in Old City and help better connect the new development to that neighborhood. Older and wider streets on the other hand help serve the industry that continues to work in the area. Generous open space balances the high density created by many of the new typologies.

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SECTION

Street rendering

Public space rendering

MIXED USE

REDEVELOPING TEMPORARY HOUSING

The oil extraction boom that began in western North Dakota in 2009 led to a housing supply crisis in the region. In response, many oil companies started housing some of their workers in company housing. Built to be temporary, this housing cannot serve the long term needs of the region, which will include accommodations for families attracted by permanent industry jobs. This project therefore proposes a strategy for gradually redeveloping temporary housing sites as the local mix of temporary and permanent residents changes. It was my focus area in a larger team studio project planning for the future of the region.

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CONTEXT

The effects of the oil boom have been felt all over North Dakota, but most deeply in the Bakken Region’s three largest cities, which previously grew to be centers of trade through the state’s agricultural network. My studio decided to focus its efforts on these three cities.

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2009 Oil Boom

Network of cities and towns

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63% market capture1,023 acres developed

53% land savings

25% market capture32 acres developed55% land savings

16% market capture259 acres developed56% land savings

We developed three growth strategies designed to both accommodate housing demand and limit outward sprawl, the better to save on infrastructure costs for cities already borrowing to keep up with the investment demanded by new industry. I calculated the land savings of our three strategies and also developed the temporary housing redevelopment strategy.

SUBDIVISIONS IN DICKINSON INFILL IN MINOT TEMPORARY HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT IN

WILLISTON


existing temporary housing sites

study area

Williston, North Dakota

THREE CITIES, THREE GROWTH STRATEGIES

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Camp amenities

Mixed Use Area

Moved Muster Area

Continuing Camp

The work camps most likely to be successfully redeveloped will be close to highway access and existing residential neighborhoods. New camps, like the one above, can be sited according to these principles. As the camp’s temporary worker population decreases over time, a new mixed use

area that brings outside interest to the area can be developed. This ultimately leads to more public amenities and new housing types for new demographics. Depending on the demand available, the redevelopment can in some cases also catalyze more development nearby.

Transitioning Housing

PHASE 1 PHASE 2


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TEMPORARY HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT PROCESS

Continuing Operations

Tree Buffer

Upgraded Amenities/Community Center

Kernel Development

Dirt RoadsIndustry Traffic

Commercial/Residential Traffic

Pedestrian Only Traffic

Temporary Housing

Mixed Use Parks

Single Family

Mixed/Temporary Civic

Townhomes

Transitioning Housing

PHASE 3 PHASE 4


Section Cut 1

Neighborhood Center

Community Center

School

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Section Cut 1

Section Cut 2

Two-Way Road

Active Recreation

School

Two-Way Road

Neighborhood Square

Community Center

Three Lanes

Ground-floor

Commercial

Three Lanes

SITE PLAN

This site plan shows the likely extents of new development that can be catalyzed from a former temporary housing site. It includes housing appropriate to younger and older families, younger and older couples, and single people, in the form of single family homes as well as denser townhomes and apartment buildings.

NORTH DAKOTABOOMTOWNSPENNDESIGN STUDIO | SPRING 2015

Amanda Mazie | Eduardo Diaz-Etchevehere | Ian Lazzara | Kelsey Wickel

Kyle Little | Qiannan Ling | Shuai Wang | Tess Pula | Yeon Kim | Yingjia Xu


Team members for the North Dakota Boomtowns Studio: Amanda Mazie, Eddie Diaz, Ian Lazzara, Kelsey Wickel, Kyle Little, Qiannan Ling, Shuai Wang, Tess Pula, Yeon Kim, and Yingjia Xu

Summa o uaiiations

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Master’s Degree in City Planning, Certifi cate in Land PreservationGraduated from the University of Pennsylvania

Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Minor in Global SustainabilityGraduated with high honors from the University of Virginia

Work-Study, Philadelphia City Planning CommissionAs part of the Commission’s Implementation Team for the Phila2035 Comprehensive Plan:

Researched property legal descriptions to delineate precise boundaries of new zoning parcels in the city’s remapping process Maintained databases of zoning ordinances and district plan recommendations Conducted land use surveys of industrially-zoned properties to determine the potential impacts of a proposed ordinance legalizing residential uses

Intern, City of Alexandria Division of Park Planning & Capital ProjectsWorking for the planning division of the city’s parks department, contributing to their Citywide Parks Improvement Plan and other efforts:

Translated design charrette sketches for the plan’s six large parks into graphic draft plans, annotated with specific recommendations Compiled a library of standard construction details to be used in conjunction with the department’s Park Facility Standards Manual

Independent Contractor, Victoria Kiechel ArchitectCreated design development drawings for architect’s residential projects, supported with product, building, and zoning code research

Intern, City of Newport News Department of PlanningDrafted a transect and green space concept plan for the city’s new central business district, working with the design guidelines of the SmartCode model ordinance

Philadelphia, PA08/2013 - 05/2015

Charlottesville, VA08/2008 - 05/2012

Philadelphia, PA09/2013 - 05/2015

Alexandria, VA01/2013 - 05/201305/2012 - 08/2012

Washington DC01/2013 - 07/2013

Newport News, VA06/2011 - 08/2011

Programs:• ArcGIS • Adobe Creative Suite • Microsoft Office • AutoCAD • Rhinoceros & Other 3D modeling programs

Techniques:• SWOT • Plan alternatives • Cost-Benefit analysis • Field surveys • Census research & demographic projections

Planner and urban designer with 1 1/2 years combined experience in city planning and park planning offices, with firm grounding for a career delivering a well-designed public realm to local communities. Areas of expertise include urban land preservation for parks and trails, zoning and other land use management techniques, and physical design of public places. Project-oriented, knowledgeable of best practices, and a fast learner who quickly adapts to new tasks.

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6206 Winston Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20817

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