ARC 658 (356) - Studio Louisville - 2018
Stay At Home Future City
Professor: David Biagi
Satellite Professor: Dan Wood with WORKac (WORKac)
Project Overview:
In conjunction with Dan Wood of WORKac, Studio Louisville was tasked with investigating what our future cities might look like. The studio started with researching the Congress of New Urbanism and the impact that it has had in the areas where its philosophy has been implemented. The studio broke down what it believed its positive impacts were on the surrounding community as well as its negative impacts. The studio used this breakdown as a steppingstone for constructing what the philosophy might look like for the Congress of Next Urbanism. We then projected what our cities might need in the future. With the ever-changing environment of technology, our social structure is inevitably going to change and in turn, our cities must adapt and response to the needs of society. This project is a breakdown of what that future city might look like.
Stay At Home Future City:
The Stay At Home Future City, designed by myself and three other students, is constructed to accommodate a future population of 40,000 people in 100 years. Our site for the city rest in an old rail yard in Portland, Kentucky. Our goal for the project was to provide residents with a convenient, healthy and sustainable lifestyle. The city is split between twelve sectors; six sectors containing a living, ecological and mixed used program and 6 sectors being a recreational public green space.
Transportation:
Public and private transportation will always be an infrastructure that will need to be accounted for within our communities. With the growth in self riving cars, ride sharing, and public transportation, we wanted to convert what is typically felt industrial and segregated from the human scale and inverse the relationship. By integrating a live-work program into the train station, we believe we accomplish this goal.
SECTOR INFO:
-Contains 606 Live-Work Units
-Contains 16 Student Dorms
-Contains Train Station
-Contains hubs, retail space and bus hubs
-Building Size: 661,750 SF
UNIT INFO:
-622 Total Units
-96 1 Bedroom units (700 SF)
-354 2 Bedroom units (900 SF)
-237 3 Bedroom units (1100 SF)
-48 Studio units (500 SF)
-16 Student 2 Bedroom units (900 SF)
Total Residential SF: 440,654 SF
Amusement Park, Aquaponics and Artist Living Sector:
One item that we kept projected as an issue with the Stay At Home City was segregation between communities. This is how the Amusement Park sector got developed. Located on the edge of our site, the amusement sector serves as a waterpark for residents and of the Stay At Home city and a resource for inviting residents who live outside the community into the city. Furthermore, the amusement sector contains apartments for artist living and space for communal aquaponic farming.
SECTOR INFO:
-Contains 200 Artist Living Units
-Contains Water Park and amusement rides
-Contains communal aquaponic gardens
within housing zones
Building Size: 166,696 SF
UNIT INFO:
-80 1 Bedroom units (700 SF)
-30 2 Bedroom units (900 SF)
-60 3 Bedroom units (1100 SF)
-30 Studio units (500 SF)
-Total Residential SF: 164,000 SF
Educational Sector:
One staple in all communities is education. It’s the foundation for our civilization. The brick-and-mortar footprint of our educational campuses vary drastically based on their location and needs. With the growing use of technology in our schools, we are projecting the footprint required for educating our youth will become standardized. We believe the need for vast campuses and multiple buildings will become unmerited. We used this presumption to design our educational sector. The educational sector is comprised of various schools, a public library and dorms in a single high-rise structure.
SECTOR INFO:
- Contains a series of 8 school for students K-12.
- Contains a trade school for students and residents.
-Contains a public library for students and residents.
-Contains a school for adults who wish to continue education.
-Contains a student hub for academic gatherings.
-Contains space for recreation and athletic events.
UNIT INFO:
-84 2 Bedroom Units (900 SF)
-Total Residential SF: 75,556 SF
Live-Work Sector:
The focus of the Stay-At-Home City is the appealing factor of having access to all your needs without leaving your home area. The live-work sector supplies that ability with housing and office space. It also hosts the main delivery hub for the residents of the area. With an under-ground delivery system, people get their packages delivered straight to their home with no interference on the streets. This makes the site more pedestrian friendly and encourages the social gathering of people outside.
Hutong Apartments, Senior Living & Concert Hall Sector:
With the growing innovation of modern medicine, the average life expectancy is continuing to rise. This is a factor that we must consider when developing the future city. Seniors are very reluctant to moving away from the communities where they have spent most of their life. This is why its imperative that we incorporate a senior living area in our Stay At Home city. This sector not only houses seniors but also serves as the central energy and water hub for the site. We designed the roofs for this sector in a way for them to perform as a system to divert water into water ponds on ground level that not only serve as the main water storage for the rest of the site, but also an aesthetics for its inhabitants. Taking advantage of the sloped roofs, rows of solar panels align the roofs to maximize the solar energy captured each day. Like the amusement park sector, it is located on the edge of our site. Incorporating a concert hall into the program will be another staple in bringing in surrounding communities.
Central Farming Biosphere Sector:
Food is another staple in any community. The biopshere sector is meant to address the issues of availability of local, fresh food and strengthen the connection between the community and its local farmers. Its central location joins together the farming zone and educational sector to emphasis the future’s healthy living and learning environment
Sector Info:
-350’ Biosphere containing gardens for non-domestic foods
-Rooftop private gardens for residents of sector
-Four housing zones surrounding the bio-sphere @ 112,000SF each
-900’ public walkway through biosphere connecting the school sector and central park
Museum and Waterfall Hotel Sector:
Visitors, as well as tourist, will need a place to stay when they travel. This is where our Museum and Waterfall Hotel sector was developed. The sector houses an open concept museum with conventional space; a large hotel with views of the Ohio River and amusement park for visitors; and local residences above the railroad with views of the Louisville skyline. Fuel cells provide sustainable heat and power to the large building while also incorporating a water-fall feature to provide water for the amusement park and aquaponics.
Sector Info:
-Open concept museum with conventional spaces
-10 story hotel along inner curve with balconies and views of waterfall and Ohio River
-Housing built up over railroad in relation to adjacent housing in Portland
-Two 100’ waterfalls - one private - one public
Water, Energy, and Fabrication Sector:
Sanitary infrastructure is a key element to any city, and this will still be the case in the Stay At Home city. Instead of stockpiling our waste in dumps, we believe technology will advance to the point where we can repurpose our waste into more purposeful matters, like energy. We see the waste sector as an important part of any Next Urbanism city. It will serve as the hub for all the waste and recycling within the area, including areas from outside the site as well. A methane tank within the building produces biogas providing sustainable fuel for the area. The fabrication buildings incorporate the use of reusable and recycled materials.
Sector Info:
-100’ diameter methane tank
-Micro-unit housing adjacent to central park
-Fabrication buildings in relation to outside of site to bring in more local waste
-700’ connection between micro-units and fabrication plant for circulation of people and energy through sector
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