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203.668.3809 [email protected]

Las Vegas Reload, Las Vegas,NVInstructor(s) : Jerry Van Eyck

The Las Vegas Strip, an approximately 4.2 mile stretch, is striving to become a pedestrianized boulevard akin to Champs Elysees in Paris. The Venetian Hotel and Casino built in 1999 is part of the largest integrated casino resort in the world. Its full scale architectural replicas and details of iconic buildings from Venice both attract visitors but also detract from achieving quality public space. How can the Venetian public space be rebranded and recontextualized to adapt to changing trends in hotel-casino design??

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Regional Rail Ecological Park, Philadelphia, PAInstructor(s) : Lucinda Sanders

The active, elevated regional rail is an infrastructural barrier running north-south, crossing Girard Avenue. Underneath and adjacent to the regional rail are vacant and underutilized parcels and buildings. The Regional Rail Ecological Park utilizes different methods of collecting, treating and distributing water. A primary pedestrian pathway connects these different systems. The park becomes a lowline that eventually connects to development of the Reading Viaduct.



Masterplan

Terraced Wetland

Stormwater Wetland

Fog Harvester, Pucusana, PeruInstructor(s) : Xavier de Kestelier / Jethro Hon

Currently, 4 out of 10 people worldwide have no access to clean water or must walk to retrieve it. Many of those whom retrieve the water are women and children. Traditional fog collectors are tall,vertical structures with set dimensions and parameters. The proposed fog collector is a tent-like structure that engages the community through the stages of construction, water collection and growing of crop material. The density of the fabric pattern changes depending on the type of crop, amount of water and light needed.



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Olympic Park Eco-Spine, Beijing, ChinaInstructor(s) : Evan Rose/ Stefan Al

The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, ushered the developing megacity onto the world stage but five years later the site has become a shell of its former glory. The revitalized canal becomes an eco-spine that is inspired by the traditional structure of the hutong. This eco-spine connects the existing Forest Park to the Olympic Green and transforms the park into a self-sustaining model for the rest of Beijing.

Masterplan

Sectional Perspective

Perspective Terracing

Pre-Fill

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4ft Sea Level Rise

6ft Sea Level Rise



Liminal Ground: Restructuring the Dredging Process, Miami, FLInstructor(s) : Karen M’Closkey

The Deep Dredge Project for the Port of Miami looks to dredge the bay from -40’ to -52’ to accommodate for Super Post Panamax cargo ships. Currently the dredge is dumped offshore at an EPA designated site. Watson Island becomes a staging and demonstration ground for the beneficial usage of dredge spoils (limestone, gravel, sand and silt). And how these sediment types can create human activity and foster vegetation growth.

Bird’s Eye View

Long Section

desalination wall

SWSystems Section_ 1/4”= 1’

clear plastic pipes

vertical living wall

water wall reverse osmosis desalination

water cisternraised floor system

nursery_phytoremediation plants

porous concrete pavers

rainwater collection

water channel indoor water park double facade systemolympic size swimming poolhyperaccumulator zone_pine

market space_ brine re-usebus route

pipe to desalination plant pipe to water cistern + filter



Aquatic Therapy and Fitness Center, Bridgeport, CTInstructor(s) : Vasilena Vassilev/ Anne Munly

Steel Pointe Harbor in Bridgeport,CT is a post industrial peninsula that was a former steel mill. Situated near major cities such as New York City and other major coastal cities in Connecticut, Steel Pointe has the ability to reduce reliability on other water resources and utilize Long Island Sound, a saltwater water body. Passive desalination relies on natural systems since traditional desalination is expensive and is not energy efficient. The complex embraces the process of passive desalination while simultaneously generating a new space where people are confronted by water infrastructure and are allowed to interact with it.

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6 LECTURE HALL7 GALLERY8 ATRIUM5 SOLAIR OFFICES

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Virgin Charter Airport, Brooklyn Navy Yard, NYInstructor(s) : P. Michael Pelken

The Virgin Solair Charter Airport addresses “lightweight” through the idea of compression and release, inspired by the dynamics of an airfoil. In plan, different circulation routes allow for both optimal movement towards the charter flights and visitor interaction. Sectionally, the idea of compression and release is expressed through the formal language and the environmental implications for the design; the atrium allows for stack effect and cross ventilation.

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Sectional Perspective

Model in Site

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