PROJECT
4 : STREETSCAPES PROJECT VISION
This last project is the one where you
generate an overall vision to better the environment of the square, using
the experience of the first three sketch-exercises, our class materials
(film/readings) and the field trip. This vision of an improved
street/square vision needs to boldly engage the site using industrial
design elements to impact urbanity in the neighborhood. It is suggested
that you use a straightforward program for daring high end design results.
You are not bound by the elements you designed previously and you should
use the class discussion about our sketch projects throughout the semester
to generate some of the elements that you did not engage with previously.
Please remember that time is short and you should focus all your efforts
onto the site: By this Tuesday, the 18th, you need to have a clear program
outline for the kind of project you are engaging and sketches for the
overall and various parts.
Use the criteria below as your guide and to maintain a strong project
integrity .
Key criteria:
- Overall design. Concept (s),
location, situation, orientation etc.
- Catalogue of parts. Create a
catalogue of the several parts that compose your improved street
environment, keeping in mind that this is an industrial design studio.
Example: Lighting, seating, waste disposal, surface/pavers textures,
planters.
- Magnet. An element or elements
that serve as a magnet to draw in people in the neighborhood, both
visitors, by passers and residents alike. This may be a singular design
element. Example: Fountain or an outdoor market.
- Malleability. Define to which
extent the new square will provide for flexibility for different users
and at different times of the day so as to increase the activity levels
of the square. Think of how different but straightforward configurations
are incorporated into your design to provide for a variety of uses.
Example: Stairs are also seats, a summer fountain becomes a glazed in
winter area.
- User definition. Who, and at
what times of the day and/or season does a user occupy the square.
Behavioral patterns and pedestrian support. Example: Bus shelter
combined into a stationary street vendor.
- Business. What sort of business
can generate an improved central square. What business condition at the
site perimeter could be suggested to further strengthen the viability of
the entire urban space. Example: A street vendor at day gets transformed
into a small movie theater at night.
- Shelter/enclosure. The design
needs to provide for sufficient enclosure to provide for a level of
comfort without losing the visual advantage of our sites compromising
security issues related to a large city. Example: Sun shading or rain
shading device, overhead canopy of trees, low fence element.
Project due: December 4th, final project
review with visiting critics.
It is important that you follow the following layout, using 4 boards, each
33h"x24w", leave a space for a 2" border on the bottom. Work off of the
boards throughout the project. Your model should be placed in the site
model. A text of 2-3 paragraphs (max 100 words) is
required at presentation. Models of each of your street object are highly
recommended. |