Final Year Project

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[UNDER] BRIDGE SPACES THECASE OF YEREVAN [UNDER] BRIDGE Final Year Project | Kristelle Boulos | 06.05.14 American University of Beirut Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management

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PROBLEMISSUE|INFRASTRUCTUREASPUBLICSPACE Green Public Spacesin Beirut Road Network in Beirut Streets perceived as public spaces Mar Mikhael Downtown Hamra Manara Bourj Hammoud Ain Al Mreisseh Voids in the City Basta Bridge Elias El Hraoui Bridge Charles Helou Bridge Ring Bridge Cola Bridge El Wati Bridge

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PROBLEMISSUE|INFRASTRUCTUREASPUBLICSPACE Green Public Spacesin Beirut Road Network in Beirut Voids in the City Basta Bridge Elias El Hraoui Bridge Charles Helou Bridge Ring Bridge Cola Bridge El Wati Bridge Streets perceived as public spaces Mar Mikhael Downtown Hamra Manara Bourj Hammoud Ain Al Mreisseh

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Bridges in relationto Beirut (Administrative context) PROBLEMISSUE|BRIDGESDISTURBCOMMUNITIES Studied Bridges

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Bridges in relationto Beirut (Community context) PROBLEMISSUE|BRIDGESDISTURBCOMMUNITIES Charles Helou Ring Basta Yerevan El Wati Elias el Hraoui Cola

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VISION | Transformingunderbridge spaces into public spaces OBJECTIVES | Related to the Yerevan Bridge VISION,STRATEGYANDOBJECTIVES Creating a new public place Engaging infrastructure in the design

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VISION | Transformingunderbridge spaces into public spaces OBJECTIVES | Related to the Yerevan Bridge VISION,STRATEGYANDOBJECTIVES Creating a new public place Engaging infrastructure in the design

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ANALYSIS|BRIDGETYPOLOGY TYPOLOGY #1 •BASTA BRIDGE THE COMMUNITY INTRUDER 6.0 5.5 5.5 4.5 DISCRETE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING SHOPS GROUNDFLOOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING SHOPS GROUNDFLOOR BRIDGE INSECURITY STEEL BOX HEAVY NOISE Park Green Empty Lots Religious Shops Services Snacks/Restaurants Pedestrian circulation GROUNDFLOORUSE &PEDESTRIANACCESS VEHICULAR CIRCULATION [UNDERBRIDGE] VEHICULAR CIRCULATION [ONBRIDGE] UNDERBRIDGEUSE 200 m 200 m People Sitting Parked cars Army Tank People Standing

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ANALYSIS|BRIDGETYPOLOGY TYPOLOGY #2 •EL WATI BRIDGE THE LOCAL ATTRACTOR Green Empty Lots Industrial Entertainment Garages/Workshops Snacks/Restaurants 400m People Selling Parked cars Bus stop People Standing Pedestrian circulation GROUNDFLOORUSE &PEDESTRIANACCESS VEHICULAR CIRCULATION [UNDERBRIDGE] VEHICULAR CIRCULATION [ONBRIDGE] UNDERBRIDGEUSE 2.6 16.0 30.0 3.0 11.0 2.5-6 12.0 12.0 STRIP OF LIGHT DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE DYNAMIC INTERACTION EPHEMERAL BAD SMELL CLOSTROPHOBIC INDUSTRIAL BUILDING ROAD BRIDGE SOUK AL AHAD BRIDGE RIVER

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ANALYSIS|BRIDGETYPOLOGY TYPOLOGY #3 •CHARLES HELOU BRIDGE THE FORMAL TRANSPORTATION HUB 43.0 10.0 DANGER HARASSMENT CLAUSTROPHOBIC UNFRESH AIR HOSTILITY HIGHWAY CHARLES HELOU STATION RESIDENTIAL BUILDING Green Empty Lots Industrial Residential Shops Snacks/Restaurants 650 m Pedestrian circulation People Sitting Parked cars People Standing People Selling GROUNDFLOORUSE &PEDESTRIANACCESS VEHICULAR CIRCULATION [UNDERBRIDGE] VEHICULAR CIRCULATION [ONBRIDGE] UNDERBRIDGEUSE

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ANALYSIS|BRIDGETYPOLOGY TYPOLOGY #4 •COLA BRIDGE THE INFORMAL TRANSPORTATION HUB Green Empty Lots Institutions Residential Shops Snacks/Restaurants 450m Pedestrian circulation People Sitting Parked cars People Standing People Selling Bus stop Army tank GROUNDFLOORUSE &PEDESTRIANACCESS VEHICULARCIRCULATION [UNDERBRIDGE] VEHICULARCIRCULATION [ONBRIDGE] UNDERBRIDGEUSE 5.0 9.0 16.0 6.0 CHAOS HONKING MEETING POINT LANDMARK WELCOMING RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ROAD ROADBRIDGE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING SHOPS GROUNDFLOOR

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ANALYSIS|BRIDGETYPOLOGY TYPOLOGY #5 •RING BRIDGE THE EMPTY TRANSIENT SPACE Green Empty Lots Construction Sites Religious Residential Services Snacks/Restaurants 300 m People Sitting Parked cars People Standing Bus stop Pedestrian circulation GROUNDFLOORUSE &PEDESTRIANACCESS VEHICULAR CIRCULATION [UNDERBRIDGE] VEHICULAR CIRCULATION [ONBRIDGE] UNDERBRIDGEUSE 28.0 5.010.0 NO MAN’S LAND DESERT OPENNESS SEPARATION PASSAGE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING ROAD BRIDGE BRIDGE

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28.0 EMPTINESS OPENNESS VEHICLE ISLAND RESTRICTIONS UNAPPRECIATED ROAD BRIDGEROAD ANALYSIS|BRIDGETYPOLOGY TYPOLOGY #6 • ELIAS EL HRAOUI BRIDGE THE GREEN UNUSED SPACE Green Empty Lots Planted Vegetation Shops Civic Buildings Pedestrian circulation GROUNDFLOORUSE &PEDESTRIANACCESS VEHICULAR CIRCULATION [UNDERBRIDGE] VEHICULAR CIRCULATION [ONBRIDGE] UNDERBRIDGEUSE

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ANALYSIS|YEREVAN’SSUBTYPOLOGIES BOURJ HAMMOUD BEIRUTRIVER NABAA SIN ELFIL CHURCH SCHOOL SCHOOL ASHRAFIEH TYPOLOGY #4 THE INFORMAL TRANSPORTATION HUB TYPOLOGY #1 THE COMMUNITY INTRUDER TYPOLOGY #1 THE COMMUNITY INTRUDER TYPOLOGY #1 THE COMMUNITY INTRUDER TYPOLOGY #1 THE COMMUNITY INTRUDER TYPOLOGY #6 THE GREEN UNUSED SPACE BOURJ HAMMOUD MUNICIPAL STADIUM MILITARY BASE FOOTBALL FIELD ELDERLY HOME SCHOOL BAUCHRIEH TYPOLOGY #3 THE FORMAL TRANSPORTATION HUB TYPOLOGY #6 THE GREEN UNUSED SPACE TYPOLOGY #5 THE EMPTY TRANSIENT SPACE Yerevan key map & division of sub-typologies LOCATION MAP | Yerevan Bridge BLIND PEOPLE’S HOME Ashrafieh BEIRUT Bourj Hammoud YEREVAN BRIDGE Nabaa Sin El Fil

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#4 #1 #6 ANALYSIS|YEREVAN’SSUBTYPOLOGIES RampResidential Building Residential Building Residential Building Residential Building StreetStreet StreetBridge Shop Green RoundaboutRoad Bridge Road TYPOLOGY #1 THE COMMUNITY INTRUDER Informal Bus StopRoad Bridge Road TYPOLOGY #4 THE INFORMAL TRANSPORTATION HUB TYPOLOGY #6 THE GREEN UNUSED SPACE

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ANALYSIS LIGHT ANALYSISVERTICALITY ONBRIDGEUNDERBRIDGE BUILDING USE& GROUD FLOOR USE OBSERVATION & ANALYSIS Residential Commercial Institutions Green Open Spaces Construction Sites Vacant Lots ONBRIDGEUNDERBRIDGE PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION OBSERVATION & ANALYSIS Dense Pedestrian Traffic Scattered Pedestrian Traffic Bridge Pillars ONBRIDGEUNDERBRIDGE VEHICULAR CIRCULATION OBSERVATION & ANALYSIS Primary Vehicular Roads Secondary Vehicular Roads TO ASHRAFIEH TO BAUCHRIEH TO BOURJ HAMMOUD

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CONCEPT TYPOLOGIES • Differentdesign typologies STANDARD DIMENSIONS REFERENCE IMAGESSITE SCALE CONCEPT • Hybrid Infrastructure System HYBRIDINFRASTRUCTURESYSTEM Composed of mixed character or parts. Basic physical s t r u c t u r e s needed for the operation of a society. A set of connected things or parts forming a complex whole, in particular. Enclosed Activities Disconnection from context Narrow Surrounding Connection to Context Walking Experience Crossings & Walkways

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CASE STUDY •MFO PARK, ZURICH Raderschall Landschaftsarchitekten Ag + Burckhardt & Partner Ag CASE STUDY • RED RIBBON PARK, CHINA Turenscape Character Identity & Coherence MATERIAL • Steel Steel would contrast with the massive concrete structure. It is much lighter, weight wise as well as texture wise. Grated Steel Steel Flooring Steel Wire Rope Steel chain LIVING SYSTEM • Climbers Climbers would blend in perfectly with the overall “hybrid infrastructure system” by using the verticality of the infrastructure (climbing up, hanging down, wrapping structural elements,etc.) Shade Tolerant Shade Intolerant CONCEPT

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RIVERCROSSING +LARGE INTERSECTION LINKTO BAUCHRIEH +HIGHWAY CROSSING COMMERCIAL ZONE RESIDENTIAL ZONE RESIDENTIALZONE GREENINTERSECTION SCHOOLS &SPORTS RESIDENTIAL ZONE PUBLIC PLAYGROUND BOURJ HAMMOUD MUNICIPAL STADIUM MILITARY BASE FOOTBALL FIELD CHURCH ELDERLY HOME BLIND PEOPLE’S HOME SCHOOL SCHOOL PUBLIC PLAYGROUND INFORMAL BUSSTOP SCHOOL Color Coding | Dividing the space into zones as landmarksPlatform Connectors Walkway Conceptual Model | Top View CONCEPT

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MASTERPLAN Masterplan Overall Section Conceptual Model| Underbridge Intervention WALK IN BETWEEN BLOOMING TUNNEL PLAY[UNDER]GROUND SOUK SIT “DOWN” GREEN LINK LIGHT TUNNEL SKATE PARK WALK IN BETWEEN

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CONNECTOR SECTIONS SIT “DOWN” SOUK

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SECTIONS SKATE PARK SOUND MAZE STOPAND STARE

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SECTIONS WALKWAY LIGHT TUNNEL

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PERSPECTIVES SIT “DOWN” AREA ELEVATEDWALKWAY MAZE BLOOMING TUNNEL

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PERSPECTIVES ELEVATED WALKWAY

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ZOOMIN SketchesPlay[under]Ground Plan Section 1 S1S2 SLIDE SLIDES NET CLIMBING NET SWINGS SWINGS CLIMBINGSTRUCTURE EXISTING PLAYGROUND ZIP LINE

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ZOOMIN Image References Section 2 Play[under]GroundPlan S1 S2 SLIDE SLIDES NET CLIMBING NET SWINGS SWINGS CLIMBINGSTRUCTURE EXISTING PLAYGROUND ZIP LINE

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ZOOMIN Image ReferencesMood Image Section2

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CONCLUSION

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