This project is from a Fall 2012 course at USC highlighting transit oriented development in Inglewood, CA. My project focused on transitions in scale and program.
Old Road, New Directions: A Plan for Adelinermadlo119
This proposal for Adeline Street and the Ashby BART Station in South Berkeley, California was created by graduate students in the University of California Berkeley's Department of City and Regional Planning as part of the Transportation Planning Studio during the spring semester of 2010. Our project’s goal was to redesign Adeline to make the neighborhood easier to visit and more inviting to linger.
Old Road, New Directions: A Plan for Adelinermadlo119
This proposal for Adeline Street and the Ashby BART Station in South Berkeley, California was created by graduate students in the University of California Berkeley's Department of City and Regional Planning as part of the Transportation Planning Studio during the spring semester of 2010. Our project’s goal was to redesign Adeline to make the neighborhood easier to visit and more inviting to linger.
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Presented at Station Fryslan 6 nov 2009.
1.The city of Leeuwarden
2.1988-1998-2008-2018
3.Virtual is fake. Everything is real.
4.People are losing themselves in fake.
5.The virtual world is now a screen
6.Real is a city.
7.The development of a city in Fryslan. The biggest tower has the power at the moment.
8.The city with all its organs: healthcare, financial, education, shops, press etc.
9. For one on the ground world is chaos
10. Too much information, overflow, back into capsule.
11. Living in compartimentalized organisations/ societies.
12. Bosses on top to regulate information and organization/
13. Chaos on the floor. Is like weather. You cant predict what happens next.
14. Weather found solution. Zoom out and you can predict.
15. Our world on ground is very complicated.
16. With google maps, tomtom it becomes navigatable
17. the weathermaps are the next step in getting overview in all your information.
18. social weathermaps
19. Top-down world. The boss gets everything. The branches dont communicate with each other. Bottom up. Striving for similar ambitions.
20. Capsule topdown companies fighting for growth and attention vs bottom up organism organizations born out of passion.
21. TomToms sudden collapse because of Google Maps Navigator. Information will become open.
22. Network organizations. Cells working together.
23. Back to fryslan
24. Braincell.
25. Roads in fryslan show information flow. Show which cities are important.
26. We zoom out to get context of surroundings.
27. Further zoom out. Germany and rest of Holland
28. We as Fryslan are in a very important economic region in the world. the 3rd largest in the world. Lights show information.
29. Creative class. Talent, Tolerance & Technology.
30. Fill in the picture.
31. Radical Transperancy. Show everything so people know what is happening and can connect. World upside down.
32. Law of the handicap of a head start
33. Networks on internet look like brain
34. Maslov desire map. Our highest goal is transcendence.
35 Exclusion vs Inclusion
36 The city is becoming intelligent. A collective intelligence. With different organs that more and more connect.
37. Story of a 16 year old boy.
38. What about these boys and girls in 2018?
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White wonder, Work developed by Eva TschoppMansi Shah
White Wonder by Eva Tschopp
A tale about our culture around the use of fertilizers and pesticides visiting small farms around Ahmedabad in Matar and Shilaj.
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This presentation was made to help designers who work in publishing houses or format books for printing ensure quality.
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So, this presentation points designers to some important things that may be missed by an editor that they could eventually discover and call the attention of the editor.
Can AI do good? at 'offtheCanvas' India HCI preludeAlan Dix
Invited talk at 'offtheCanvas' IndiaHCI prelude, 29th June 2024.
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2. Florence/La Brea Station TOD Downtown Inglewood, CA Base Map: Existing Conditions
Disconnect Issues
- North side of Florence is disconnected from
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Downtown because of the rail line
ela
- Crossing Florence is dangerous because of no
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clear pedestrian pathway
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c Scale Issues
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E - Large big box store against the single family
housing
- High speed roads (Florence and La Brea)
surround walkable Downtown
N Hillcrest Blvd
Program Issues
- Not enough housing to accommodate a TOD
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- Numerous vacant buildings and lots
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e - Vacant block (D3 lot)
- Insufficient green space Downtown
N
La
Bre
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Project Site
Ave
N Market St
Single Family Residential
N Locust St
Ave
W Flor ence
Multi Family Residential
Commercial
E Regent St
Institutional (School and Cemetery)
N La Brea Ave
Recreational (Park)
Civic Use (Government Facility)
Light Industrial
E Queen St
Parking Lot or Structure
Railroad Tracks
E Manchester Blvd N
250 feet
Stephanie Byrd
3. Florence/La Brea Station TOD Downtown Inglewood, CA Site Plan: Boardwalk Inglewood
New Connective Measures
- Continue streetscape of Market Street
Ce
n
ti n
- Recess and cap rail tracks between Centinela
ela
and La Brea
Av
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- Increase walkability with defined pathways
- Provide a “Downtown Boardwalk” with
canopies, public art, paving, and landscaping
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New Scaled Development
- Increase variety of housing downtown
- Scale gradation of program and soft vs.
N Hillcrest Blvd
hardscape for ease of understanding site
- Selectively demolish repetitive program and
vacant buildings for public space
New Public Space
at sit
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Av
St ran
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T ac
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- Increase public and green space downtown
N
- Increase use of local businesses with plazas
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- Connect local businesses through alleys
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- Expand civic center with flexible plaza space
Ave
- Reinvigorate historic theater with plaza space
Housing
Block
Single Family Residential
N Market St
N Locust St
A
Multi Family Residential
Ave
W Flor ence
A
Commercial
Office
Block
Mixed Use (Commercial and Multi-Family)
E Regent St
Institutional
N La Brea Ave
Entertainment
Block Recreational
Civic Use Hardscape
Commercial
Block
E Queen St Light Industrial Iconic Canopy Structure
Parking Large Scale Public Art
Railroad Tracks Tree-Lined Street Furniture
E Manchester Blvd N
250 feet
Stephanie Byrd
4. Florence/La Brea Station TOD Downtown Inglewood, CA Circulation Plan: Pedestrians Connections
Existing Vehicular Circulation
- Florence and La Brea are the highest speed
Ce
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ti n
streets in the surrounding area
ela
- Two existing parking structures, one on La
Av
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Brea, the other on Locust
e Proposed Vehicular Circulation
e Av
enc - Add underground parking structures to newly
lor
EF developed lots
- Extend alley system in newly developed lots
N Hillcrest Blvd
Existing Pedestrian Circulation
- Park and Cemetery paths are both used for
recreational uses
- Walkability is the most improved on Market
Street
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Av
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Proposed Pedestrian Circulation
N
La
- Cap rail tracks to ease access from the North
Bre
- Add large crosswalk across Florence for safety
a
Ave
and increasing walkability
- Design elements to string the TOD site to
Downtown (canopies, paving, hard/softscape)
- Program alleyways to encourage use
N Market St
N Locust St
Ave
W Flor ence
parking
structure
E Regent St
N La Brea Ave
parking
structure
Pedestrian Access
E Queen St
Vehicular Access
parking
structure New Underground Parking Structures
E Manchester Blvd N
250 feet
Stephanie Byrd
5. Florence/La Brea Station TOD Downtown Inglewood, CA Precedent: Boardwalk Design
Cleveland, Ohio
Perk Park redesign (2012)
- Variety of spaces
- Streetfront canopy acts as buffer
- Different tree groupings signify different uses
and spaces
- Incorporated lighting to provide 24-hour use
Chicago, Illinois
Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo (2010)
- Iconic structure
- Provides sense of arrival
- Programmable space
- Incorporated lighting to provide 24-hour use
Lattice Canopy Tree Canopy Buffer Canopy Colored Canopy
Stephanie Byrd
6. Florence/La Brea Station TOD Downtown Inglewood, CA Precedent: Alleyway Design
Los Angeles, California
Green Infrastructure for LA (2008)
- Mission: Transform uninviting, concrete
corridors into safe, green, community spaces
- Players: The Trust for Public Land, City of
Los Angeles’ Community Redevelopment
Agency, Bureau of Sanitation, USC’s Center
for Sustainable Cities
- Techniques: Pavement in light colors; street
signage and lighting to bring people in; native
plants; storm water capture from streets
Chicago, Illinois
Green Alleys (2006-2007)
- Mission: Improve storm water management
- Players: Chicago Department of
Transporation
- Techniques: Use local, recyclable materials
to repave streets; install lighting; create a book
of manageable options for improvements
Different Paving Tree-Lined Continue Canopies Continue Plaza
Stephanie Byrd
7. Florence/La Brea Station TOD Downtown Inglewood, CA Precedent: Street Furniture and Features
Bilbao, Spain
The Garden that Climbs the Stairs (2009)
- Different textures and materials in the planter
- Draws attention to the site
- Can be about moving up and down the stairs
or resting
- Uses both the vertical and horizontal plane
- Acts as linkage between spaces
Madrid, Spain
Plaza de Santo Domingo (2007)
- Incorporate landscaping in furniture
- Plays with ground plane
- Added green space
Material Changes Plane Changes Paths B
Business Incorporation
Stephanie Byrd
8. Florence/La Brea Station TOD Downtown Inglewood, CA Precedent: Plaza Design
Chicago, Illinois
Federal Center Plaza (1959-1974)
- Iconic sculptural art
- Open space for farmer’s market and large
gatherings
- Low benches and raised planters marking the
edges of the plaza
Be’ersheba, Israel
Ben-Gurion University Square (2009)
- Strips of concrete and greenery
- Incorporated lighting to provide 24-hour use
- Sporadic seating arrangements
- Non-linear pedestrian paths
Public Art Projects Plaza Furniture Greenery Access Points
Stephanie Byrd
9. Florence/La Brea Station TOD Downtown Inglewood, CA Site Section A-A: Undulating Levels
New Connective Measures
- Public art projects direct visitors in and out of
plazas, allowing for easy Downtown circulation
- New alley in between Market St and Locust St
eases vehicular circulation
New Scaled Development
- Scale of projects grow as the get farther away
from the single family residential neighborhood
and closer to the Civic Center
New Public Space
- Plaza spaces welcome visitors with greenery,
street furniture, and public art
- Underground parking structures free up the
ground plane for buildings, open space, and
greenery
Existing Commercial La Brea Ave Office Towers Market St Mixed Use Development Alley Apartment Complex Locust St Existing Residential
50 ft
Stephanie Byrd