NEWYORK THE journey through a DENSE, SOCIAL CITY

WRITTEN AND DESIGNED BY TAYLOR HOOD

FIGURE GROUNDNEW YORKS BUILT ENVIRONMENT THROUGH A NOLLI MAP N

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SECTIONSGET DOWN TO STREET LEVEL

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SITE SECTION

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LAFAYETTE STREET

BROADWAY

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cutting through new yorks streets

Not all Public Space is above ground. New York boasts one of the most exten-sive subway system's in the world with hundreds of public stations. It is impor-tant to understand the public space that exists underneath New Yorks streets.

This street section shows the NYU subway station and its interaction with Broadway.

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Street ELEVATION

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NEW YORKS UNIQUE BUILDINGS

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MAPspeeling the layers

LAND USEmapping new york's extensive land use patterns

Being a built up city, New York was always going to have a huge variety of land uses mased together with some patterns coming to light. NYU can now be easily identified in the north-west part of the map. It is interesting to note the

scattered industrial uses that still litter an inner city neighbourhood such as this one. There is a significant amount of mixed use in the area which is a

trademark land use type for New York.

Commercial

Industrial

Institutions

Mixed Use

Residential

Transportation/Utilities

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BUILDING HEIGHTSMAPPING NEW YORK'S EXTENSIVE BUILDING HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION

New York is an old city with a variety of different building ages (refer to building age map) thus certain styles of architecture promote certain building heights. Tall building heights are constructed around the two main streets of Lafayette and Bowery that cut through the site, these buildings are typically not residential also. Residential areas seem to promote a low building height. >5 Floors

<30 Floors

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5-10 Floors

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ROAD HIERARCHYNEW YORK'S TAKE ON THE GRID

New York's road network resembles something of a grid pattern, especially in the residential dominant areas. What is fasinating about New York's road

pattern is you get these wide dominant roads that just cut through the grid at whatever angle suits, this makes for some interesting blocks around the city

such as the block where the Flatiron building resides.

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TRANSITONE OF THE MOST EXTENSIVE PUBLIC TRANSPORT NETWORKS

IN THE WORLD

New York has one of the most extensive public transport networks in the world. Because of this, residents in the city do

not need to rely on a vehicle to go about their life. This is one of the many reasons that makes New York one the the most livable

cities in the world.

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Subway Station

Bus Stop

Subway Line

Bus Route

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SEMI-PRIVATE OPEN SPACETHE SEMI-PRIVATE SIDE TO ONE OF THE BUSIEST

CITYS IN THE WORLD

New York is one of the busiest and dense cities in the world, yet

throughout this concrete jungle there a pockets of semi-private

space enjoyed only by those who have access.

Semi-private open space

Parks

Public Open Space

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BUILDING AGETHE MELTING POT OF NEW YORK’S BUILDING AGES

The variety of age between the buildings in New York make a very unique character. New York boasts some of the finest architecture in the world,

notable the Empire State Building and the Flatiron Building.

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Cafes and Resturants

Bars and Pubs

SOCIAL HUBSTHE CRAZY CLUSTER OF NEW YORK'S FINEST

BARS, CAFES AND RESTURANTS

New York is renowned for its superb cafes, bars and resturants. This map shows the crazy clusters of social hubs throughout East Village and West

Village.

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LIVELEHOOD CHECK-INSHOWING WHERE PEOPLE CHECK-IN THROUGH FACEBOOK AND TWITTER

People love to checking-in to places. You wont check-in to work but you will check-in to your favorite bar on a friday night. This map shows where people like to go wether it be a popular resturant or a nice park. This map peals back another layer on the complex built environment that is New York City. The data was sourced from Twitter and Facebook through an additional website

called foursquare. The data was compiled by a research group and made availa-ble to the public in 2012.

- Facebook/Twitter Check-In

#NEWYORK#EAST VILLAGE#BESTMEALEVERThis pizza is awesome!

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free wifi for all!re-purposed telephone booths to enahnce quality of life

New York's state Governent underwent a revitilisation of all the un-used telephone booths in the City, turning them wifi hotspots!

WIFI Coverage Area

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modelputting things into perspective

model photosputting the site into perspective

This model, made out of blue foam, puts the site into perspec-tive and is a very important pomponent to understand the built

environment.

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