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Site analysis for Mt Airy Forest,CincinnatiLocationCincinnati is located in south-east Ohio on the north bank of the Ohio River in Hamilton County. It was settled in later December 1788 as Losantiv-ille. In 1790 Arthur St. Clair, governor of the Northwest Territory, changed the name to Cincinnati. Mt Airy Forest is located in the northwest of Cincinnati. It is 1,471 acre forest, the largest of the Cincinnati, Ohio parks.
Mt Airy Forest in Cincinnati
Mt Airy Forest in relation to UC campus
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Site Analysis for Mt Airy Forest,Cincinnati
Site Redevelopment for Mt Airy Forest
Redevelopment of Local Raod in Neighborhood Center Unit, Middle East
Conceptural Planning for Hot Spring Resort, Kaili
Background Analysis
Conceptural Planning
Hand Drawing
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Capital facilities and Utinities
There are some schools and firehouses around the Mt Airy Forest and one police sstation in the site. In term of transpota-tion, there are 3 bus routes across and passing the site (Route19, 40X and 51) As indicated map, tremendous amount of utility poles and gas utilities exist in or around the Mt Airy Forest.
Schools
Police stationFirehouse
LegendUtinity poles
Gas utinities
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Landuse
This map is showing landuse condition around the Mt Airy Forest. Most of land is used for residential areas, particularly single family around the site. Some edu-cational areas are close to the Mt Airy Forest.
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Zoning
This map is showing zoning condition around the Mt Airy Forest. Most of land is used for single family.
Existing conditions
There are one freeway across the Mt Airy Forest called I74, and some collector streets connecting residential streets to the freeway. Meanwhile, flexible walking trails provide neighbor-hoods and visitors with a place to exercise. All streams flow down to the Ohio River.
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Elevation, Soil and VegetationDuring site planning and design studio, the professor asked us to choose one part of Mt Airy Forest to design. We need to place some types of housing, parking, roads, and parks accord-ing to topography, soil map, vegetation map. As a group, our site is located in southeast of Mt Airy Forest. For elevation map, we conducted a 8-layer topographic map with 1/8’’ thickness and each layer presents 50 ft in change, from 500 to 850 ft. There are 3 types of soil in the site, silt, clay and sand. Two types of vegetaion exist in the site, heavy vegetation and grass.
Site redevelopment Site plan
Single family
Apartment
Mixed-use
Community center
Parks
Parking
LegendBecause of topography, soil and vegetation conditions, we had placed mixed-use buildings along main road sincew they provide more convenient services with their neighborhoods, and placed single family houses along residential roads, and placed 6-floor apartment on some relatively flat places.
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The conventional local raods are de-signed with setbacks at the both sides of the road used purely for ver-tical car parking so that there are no spaces for pedestrians. In addition, residents seldom walk in the Middle East because of sand and dust weather.
This terrible condition can be greatly uplifted by converting part of the set-back into parallel parking, leaving the rest 3.2 meters for pedestrian walk-ways with landscape featured at resi-dents’ doorsteps
Temporary parallel parking, provide convenience for friends coming to visit
Bulged waling entrance,provide better streetview for prople
Jointed entrance for sectack garages of two units,save land and increase land use rate
Redevelopment of local road in NCU, Middle East
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Better landscape and safer public sidewarks,encourage more peole to walk and adopt this healthier trip mode
More beautiful, pleasant and walkable local raod
More harmonious, healthy and liveable neighorhood
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Conceptural Planning for Hot Spring Resort, Kai liLocation
Guizhou is a province of the People Repubilic of China located in the southernpart of the country. Our project is located in Kaili, a coun-ty-level-city of Guizhou. It is located in the east-ern part of Guizhou and a center of Miao cul-ture. Kaili has a population of 478,642.
Backgound Analysis
Culture
Kaili is hosting more than 120 festivals ecah year, indluding the Lusheng Festival, Sisters’ Meals Festival and Bull Fighting Festival and so on. In addtion, there are lots of scenic spots, the typical spots are Miao Village and Feng Yu Bridge.
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LegendThe site
Provincial road
HighwayRailway
Two cities are closely connected with Kaili, Guiyang and Duyun. Residents and vistors often visit and shop among these three cities. Connection with Guiyang:Drive 1 hour and 50 minutes to arrive by G320 and G210; 2 hours to arrive by railConnection with Duyun:Drive 55 minutes to arrive by G320 and G210
Connectitvity Connectitvity
LegendThe site
Planned high speed railway station Development zoneOld townHighwayPlanned railwayProvincial roadNational road
The site is very close to development zones, existing roads, planned roads and planned high speed railway station, provid-ing more convenience. The site is 4 km away from development zones, 6 km away from existing highway, 1.5 km away from planned belt freeway, and 4.5 km from planned high speed railway station.
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Existing River Existing Farmland Existing Steep Hill Existing Road Existing Landuse
The length of the site is 920 meters from the north to the sorth. The northern land is smooth while the sorthern land is steep. The area of the total site is 11.78 hectares. Existing river: there are several fishponds in the site, two drainage trenches on the ridge of mountains.Existing farmland: the farmland close to the road are flat. The closer to steep hills, the steeper the farmland are, which become terrace. Existing steep hills: the hills close to mountains are steeper. Existing road: the west of the site is a 14-meter wide road, and several mountain roads in the site.
Existing landuseConnectitvity
The site has a good geographical location. The eastern part of the site is over 100-meter mountains and the western part of the site is a 50 wide river. Through the county road and newly-built road, the site is conveniently connected with other sites.
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County roadNewly-built roadRiver
The site
Villages
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Elevation and Slope
ElevationS lope
Elevation: The east is higher and the west is lower in the site. The highest point is 685 meters, the lowest points is 629 meters and the dispersion of these two points is 56 meters.
Slope: The farmland close to the road is flat. About 5.6-hectare lands of the site is under 25%, which are easy to construct. However, more than 25% lands are difficult to construct.
Stack analysis
Stack Analysis
First grade land
Second grade land
Third grade land
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Through grading four factors, including slope, -
best one, which is easy to construct.
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Opportunities and Threats
HotelThe site
Hot spring
The site
Railway
station
The site
Old town
Development zone
Development zone
The siteDevelopment zoneAncient town
Agricultural parkMiao village
Opportunities:1. High grade hotels are marketable. 2. Hot spring resources are rare in Kaili so that they are advantages to create places base on hot spring.
4. Hot spring, agriculture, and local miao culture attract more people to visit and promote local tourism.
Threats:1. Only three 4-star hotels are in Kaili, which doesn’t satisfy
2. Existing hot spring doesn’t satisfy visitors’ demand.3. It lacks of high grade sites with increasing consumption level. 4. Though there are several scenic spots around the site, it lacks of programs of seminarians cultivation.
Landuse
Conceptural Planning
Green space Fountain square
Courtyyard of art
Commercial blocks
Museum of art
Hot spring hotel
Seminarians cultivationhotel
Hot spring center
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Street classification
Landscape sidewalkLocal roadCollector road
Riverside sidewalkMountain sidewalk
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Renderings
Ps: As a intern student, I made models of courtyard of art, museum of art, and seminarians cultivation hotel. After that, the company sent models to professional department to do renderings.
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Renderings
Seminarians Cultivation Hotel
Site Section
Hot Spring HotelTwo-point Perspective
Drawing from the PhotoGraphy
Illustrator Site Plan
Hand Drawing
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