Humboldt Parkway Deck Modeling and Economic Impact StudyThe Urban Design Project and the University at Buffalo Regional Institute

"Bridging the Gap”Decking over the Kensington Expressway in Buffalo New York

A Joint Architecture and Urban Design Studio

Professors Hiro Hata & Harry Warren

Spring 2013:ARC 608/ARC 404/PD 581/PD 499

Inspired By:

Acknowledgements:

ROCC Community GroupRobert Shibley, Dean and Professor, University at Buffalo,

School of Architecture and PlanningOmar Kahn, Chair, Department of ArchitectureErnest Sternberg, Chair, Department of PlanningAlfred Price, Associate Professor, Department of PlanningHenry Taylor, Professor, Department of PlanningMark Mortenson, Director of the Buffalo Museum of ScienceMembers of the local communitiesArchitecture & Planning Students, University at BuffaloAnd many others…

NYSDOT = Project Sponsor

UDP/UBRI =Economic Impact Study

UB CCR = Digital Simulation

ROCC = Primary Stakeholders

UB Architecture / Urban Design StudioAlternative UD Plans + Physical Model

Studio Context

What is Urban Design?

Architecture Urban Planning

Landscape Architecture

Urban Design

What binds urban designers is their

commitment to improving the livability of cities, to

facilitating urban investment and

maintenance, and indeed to enhancing urbanity.

UD is the bridge connecting UP + ARC + LA and other disciplines

togetherto create more livable,

sustainable and economically robust

places.

Ecology Geography

+/- 1 Mile

+/- 1.5 Miles

1927

1995

1927 1995

201319631915

Studio Themes

• “Repair”…What did Olmsted do?• “Recreate”…What would Olmsted have done?• “Reinvent”…What could we do with Olmsted?

A Process of Healing the Neighborhoods….

Reconnecting…Cross-Stich?

Reconnecting…Zipper?

Studio Process:• Precedent Studies• Inventory & Analysis• Concept Development• Concept Refinement• Physical, 3D Models, & Report• Final Presentation

Precedents

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Inventory & Analysis

Four Preliminary Concepts: “Traffic Calming”

“The Dig”“The Dig Plus”“Pure Olmsted”

Two Final Concepts: “Limits”

“No Limits”

Working Within the Limits

Alternative Master Plan A:Restoring neighborhoods and Olmsted

Master Plan

No Limits

Alternative Master Plan B: HUMBOL(d)T

Master Plan