Grid + Neighborhood = ProtoHood

01.01LA 601 HUDSON YARDS - NYC FALL 2008

Grid + Neighborhood = ProtoHood Horton and Mateo

Community Health

Grid + NeighborHood = ProtoHoodUsing the Manhattan Grid to organize the ingredients of healthy communities to reinvision a new neighborhood at the current site of Hudson Railyards.



Javits Center/Convention

Chelsea Neighborhood

Midtown

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Site InfluencesSite Context

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Healthy Community Ingredients

Economic Activity Activity that is both day and night Variety in retail experiences, retail that is

geared towards day and night, high end and

neighborhood scales

Environmental

Engagement

Bringing people back to their environment,

allowing them to engage with and learn from

their surroundings; engagement of all senses

Stormwater system that plays itself out in

park system which mimics local hydrologic

activity

Social Capital Building a sense of respect and

ownership of and for surroundings

Stewardship of landscape areas, i.e. park

system

Social Inclusion Economic and cultural activities that include

all neighboorhood members

Neighborhood scale retail which speaks to all

members of the community, i.e. cultural

cuisine

Pedestrian Scale Ability to access economic, environmental

and cultural resources via walking

Pedestrian friendly spaces like urban

plazas, neighborhood scale streets, peder-

strian paseos

Iconic Ingredient Social Articulations Spacial Articulations



5th Avenue

Manhattan

Grafton Street

Dublin

Downtown Minneapolis

Minneapolis

Jackson Heights

Queens

Anywhere Chelsea/The

Village

Manhattan

Spatial Typologies

Collector Retail Street

Vehicular and pedestrian scale

Datum for space heirarchy

Two Story Retail/Economic Activation

Urban Plaza

Pedestrian scale

Day/Night activation

Variety of activities

Neighborhood Retail Street

Neighborhood scale retail opportunities

Economic and culturally inclusive

Mom/Pop stores

Paseo

Pedestrian access through blocks

Keeping “eyes and ears” on landscape areas

Intrablock Stewardship

Social capital building

Reduces municipal maintenance cost

70-90’ Road width

15-30’ Sidewalk width

15-40 Story vertical height

Pedestrian traffic only

35-50’ Walk width

Retail spilling into walkway

Vehicular and pedestrian traffic

30-40’ Road width

10-20’ Sidewalk width

Pedestrian traffic only

20-40’ Paseo width

Semi-private pedestrian traffic only

60-70’ Common landscape area

Spatial QualitiesSocial Programming Icon/Example



Placemaking: Following the Grid Collector/Retail StreetCollector Street used as datum to organize and advertise the variety of spaces. Design and programming is consistent with current 11th Ave. Bustling/busy.

Intrablock StewardshipSemi-private areas of which each block takes “ownership.” Quiet more peaceful than other spaces. Layout is consistent with the existing grid. More quiet.

Cultural CenterCity wide draw. Anchor for the Urban Plaza.

K-12 SchoolProvides learning

for all children. Stewards both the

Park and the Marshland Area

ParkCity wide draw. Anchor

for the Urban Plaza. Treats all stormwater

runoff through a microcosm of local

watershed. More quiet.

PaseosOpening up existing blocks and allowing access, light and sonic penetration. Placing “Eyes” on the Intrablock Stewardship areas. Layout is consistent with existing grid. More quiet.

Urban PlazaPlacement is in center

of site to create the economic heart of the neighborhood. Higher

end retail opportunities. Bustling/busy.


Economic and culturally inclusive. Mixture of retail and

residential at the first floor, with retail above. Least busy of

urban spaces.



Master Plan



Land Use as Product of Placemaking

Open Space

First

Second

Third-Fifth

Fifth-Fifteenth

Fifteenth +

Neighborhood Retail

Retail

Cultural/Institution

Hotel/Office

Residential



11th Avenue: Collector Retail Street

80’ Road width

Seating areas w/ awnings 20’ Sidewalk w/ street trees

25-40 Story building height



Urban Plaza

60-70’ Plaza width

3 to 7 Story buildings

25’ Vertical first floor building setback

Retail spilling into plaza

Building footprint jog to create character

Enhanced paving




7-15 Story buildings

30-40’ Road width Front yard planters w/ flowering trees

Retail spilling into sidewalk

20’ Sidwalk width w/ street trees



Paseo

3 - 7 Story building height

30 - 50’ Paseo width

Trees at Residential Areas

Retail spilling into paseo at Urban Plaza



Intrablock Stewardship

60 - 70’ Common landscape area

15 + Story building height

Common landscape area stewarded by residents, aiding in storm water cleansing



Model in Context



The Next Steps

1. Additional research, analysis and design of architecture in urban place-

making

2. Articulation of secondary spaces, i.e. school, park, cultural center

3. Intrablock stewardship areas and their role in the storm water system, i.e.

park and marshland

Documents

Grid + Neighborhood = ProtoHood