Thesis Proposal

Portland Ecological Aquatic Center

jim lutzkethesis proposal

willamette central reachuniversity of oregon

m. arch fall 2011

INTRODUCTION - Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION Contents Thesis Statement

PROGRAM Overview Key Elements Concept/Adjacency Diagram Space Requirements Space Matrix

SITE Willamette Waterways Context / Neightborhood Profile Location Analysis Site Photographs Site Activity Diagram

PRECEDENTS Hammarby Sjostad Stockholm Tennessee Aquarium Chattanooga Monterey Bay Aquarium Monterey Riverquarium Albany Genoa Aquarium Genoa Quai du Chatelet Orleans

SOURCES Publications Websites Interviews

INTRODUCTION - Thesis StatementPortland Ecological Aquatic CenterHistorically Americas cities have been founded on waterways for ease of transport and commerce. The working waterfront has been diminished or even disappearred in many cities and has cut off the public from the waterfont. Cities across america have placed an importance on the connection between the residents and the water and rehabilitating what was once a money making source and business presence back into a community asset.

Oregon is known for its connection to nature and even leads the nation with the most designated Wild & Scenic Rivers at 48. Portland has been leading the way in many sustainable practices but in terms of waterfront rehabilitation and restoration the impact has been minimal. Portland’s Office of Healthy Working Rivers is working to change this. There is an opportunity to enhance the river’s connection within the downtown area and be a global example of how urban waterfronts can be habitat friendly areas for indigenous wildlife.

The Ecological Aquatic Center is a preservation and conservation aquarium for freshwater wildlife in the Pacific Northwest (PNW). The project is focused on the creation and preservation of the Willamette Valley and greater Pacific Northwest ecosystem. The specific goal is to restore a natural environment in which wildlife can be seen without the need for a large tanks. And to provide a place for researching this restored habitat in the urban setting.

The Program will have three key elements:

• Discovery

• Exploration

• Revitalization

The site for the PEAC is on land owned by the Portland Development Commission know as the Crescent (between the Hawthorne and Marquam bridge). Similar to past proposals for this site by both Martha Schwartz and George Hargreaves the PEAC site will be a natural environment. With the emphasis on research the PEAC program also fits in with the Central Reach Plan recently designating the SE as the Innovation Quadrant.

PROGRAM - Overview

The Portland Ecological Aquatic Center (PEAC) is a place to see nature thrive in an urban setting. Instead of clearing away nature for building; the natural environment plays a big role in the built environment. The PEAC is a space for public education and scientific learning of the ins and outs of the Pacific Northwest waterways, from glacier streams to coastal estuaries.

Client:

Collaboration between METRO (who operates the Oregon Zoo) the Willamette River Restoration (operated by the Meyer Memorial Trust) and possibly in conjuction with Oregon State University (who runs the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport)

Users:

Biologists and other Ecologists with university graduate student studying the Willamette and Columbia watersheds

Children, in school groups and individual families coming to discover the aquatic world above and below the waters surface.

Everyday Portland commuters travelling on the Eastbank Esplanade

Location:

Portland Oregon: Eastside of the Willamette River

001 Southeast Clay Street: between the Hawthorne Bridge and the Marquam Bridge

PROGRAM - Overview PROGRAM - Key Elements1) Discovery:

An hands on interpretive center for the community: giving lessons to children to encourage fishing & other river recreation activities providing a closer connection to the water downtown.

2) Exploration:

A place for research and study (from school children to graduate research) of the local river, associated water shed, and its aquatic wildlife.

3) Revitalization:

Riverfront restoration, removal of riprap and/or sea wall to recreate the natural waters edge and support wildlife friendly habitat areas along the central reach of the Willamette.

PROGRAM - Concept/Adjaceny Diagram

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DISCOVERYPublic Spaces 01 Entry Lobby 02 Ticketing 03 Event Gathering 04 Cafe 05 Store 06 School Gathering 07 Enclosed Exhibit

EXPLORATIONResearch Spaces 08 Reseach Labs 09 Science Office 10 Curatorial Office 11 Food Prep 12 Holding Tanks 13 Life Support 14 Storage

REVITALIZATION Outdoor Spaces15 Large Habitat16 Interactive Exhibit 17 Salmon Ladder 18 Viewing Platforms

PROGRAM - Space Requirements

Indoor Spaces Area (sf)Entry Lobby 1000Ticketing 400Event Gathering 2000Cafe 1200Store 1200School Gathering 1000Enclosed Exhibit 2400Reseach Labs 6000Science Office 480Curatorial Office 480Food Prep 400Holding Tanks 2000Life Support 4000Storage 1000 23,560 Total Indoor SF Outdoor Spaces Area (sf)Large Habitat 12000Interactive Exhibit 2400Salmon Ladder 800View Platforms 1400 16,600 Total Outdoor SF 40,160 Total Built Space SF

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Experiential Goals Function Occupancy

1000 16 N/A

Ticketing 400 8 Next to lobby Ticket revenue.

2000 24

Cafe 1200 12

Store 1200 12 Store sales profit.

Indoor Spaces

Area (sf)

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Equipment/ Furnishings

Systems & Sustainability

CriteriaAdjacency

RequirementsContribution to

Operating Budget

Entry Lobby

Building program introduction and gateway encouraging tourists, schools, and everyday Portlanders to visit.

Direct street access, clearly viewed from the street and or esplanade.

Visitors and staff passing into the building

Wayfinding signage, vertical circulation, seating

Access to daylight and operable fenestration.

Access off Clay Street or Water Aveune

Welcoming first interaction with visitors

Collects entry fees.

Two - four guest services staff members

Queue line formation, reception desk

Mechanically ventilated to offset entrance lobby.

Event Gathering

Wow place for relaxing, meeting friends, and watching fish & people. The place everyone wants to have their wedding, dance, meeting.

Gathering and wayfinding point for groups and tours.

Accommodate over 100 people seated at tables

Free standing tables and chairs for varying events

Mechanically ventilated, acoustic separation for daytime events.

Near lobby, visible from entry, outddor acess for larger crowds, close to restrooms.

Rentable space to varying functions: fashion show, weddings, dances, conferences...

Laid back space with relaxing break from hustling of exhibits

Offering snacks and drinks to patrons.

Accommadate 12 patrons and 2 staff.

Tables, chairs, counter space, refridgerator, POS terminal

Access to daylight and operable fenestration.

Near Event space and close to exhibits.

Exclusive caterring of inhouse events.

Goodbye to the researchers and animals

Exhibit exit with space for display and sales of merchandise

Accommodate 30 patrons at a time

Shelving, display racks, POS terminals

Daylight if possible.

Next to exhibit space.

PROGRAM - Space MatrixIndoor Spaces

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School Gathering

Aquatic themed space for classroom type learning.

Large conference room with space to leave belongings.

Accommadate large class size and chaperones, up to 35 people.

Chairs and tables.

Mechanically ventilated, daylight if possible.

Near lobby and restrooms.

Rentable space for school groups.

Enclosed Exhibit

Experiential space with lighting to showcase exhibits.

Exotic or delicate wildlife exhibitions.

Capacity for 50 people to roam freely.

Exhibit tanks, staff presentation tables

Mechanically ventilated and away from daylight.

Near enty and other exhibit spaces.

Attraction that draws patronage.

Reseach Labs

Views from public space exhibiting the research as much as the wildlife.

Space for biologists and other researchers to study and experimentation.

Accommadate upto 16 scientists and assistants

Fixed cabinets and counters, holding tanks, shelving, stools

Mechanically ventilated, piping to holding tanks, laboratory gas, multiple sinks

Next to large exhibit for research access.

Research grant funding.

Science Office

Research sanctuary for quiet meetings and contemplative study.

Office space for researchers.

Accommodate 6–10 peple during business hours

Desks, Chairs, Conference tables, partitions

Access to daylight and operable fenestration

near the laboratories; biologists active in the science

Possible extra office space to be rented out to researchers.

Curatorial Office

Open, closed offices and conference rooms overlooking entry/ticketing or event space or exhibit space

Office space for building staff.

Accommodate 4-8 peple during business hours

Desks, Chairs, Conference tables, partitions


Away from but in view of public and gathering spaces.

Assists in booking events and managing research department.


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Food Prep 400 8

2000 16

4000 24 N/A

Storage 1000 24 Shelving N/A

23,560 Total Indoor SF

Indoor Spaces

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CriteriaAdjacency


Operating Budget

Spacious well lit space for making food.

Wildlife meal kitchen.

Accomadate 2-4 people.

Refridgerator, sinks, counters

Mechanically ventilated with access to daylight.

Near holding tanks, research labs, and exhibits.

Supports patron attractions.

Holding Tanks

Open and roomy for moving and treating of animals

Tanks for animals not in exhibits.

Accomadate 2 people per tank.

Tables, shelving, tanks

Mechanically ventilated and away from daylight.

Near exhibits and research labs.


Life Support

Ample space for adjustment to water filtration piping systems

Filtration piping for exhibit water.


Few chairs, shelving

Mechanically ventilated and acoustically separated from public space.

Close to support fed exhibits and away from public space.

Efficient and organized space for keeping unsed and overstok items.

Stoarge for all departments.



disbursed throughout for use by all departments, near elevator


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12000 N/A Natural habitat. N/A

2400 N/A N/A

800 N/A Waterfall. N/A

1400 N/A Benches N/A

16,600 Total Outdoor SF

40,160 Total Built Space SF

Outdoor Spaces

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CriteriaAdjacency


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Large Habitat

Natural habitat in the hear tof the city.

Open air recreated natural habitat.

Thriving micro ecosystem.

Near Salmon ladder, research labs, and gathering space.


Interactive Exhibit

Playful and engaging total sensory experience.

Open enclosures with ability to touch the animals.

Accomadate 40 patrons and 4 staff.

Benches, tables, created habitat.

Near holding tanks, research labs, and public space.


Salmon Ladder

Space for kinetic wildlife.

Shallow waterfall for salmon to swin up and spawn.

Space for upstream jumping salmon.

Wildlife access between large habitat and river.


View Platforms

Calm dais with 360 degree sight lines.

Elevated decks for viewing large habitat and downtown across the river.

Accomadate 10 people per platform.

Sight lines to large habitat, salmon ladder, and Willamette.


PROGRAM - Space MatrixOutdoor Spaces

SITE - Willamette WaterwaysWillamette River and associated waterways in

Oregon and WashingtonWillamette River in Portland

Eastbank Crescent

SITE - Context / Neighborhood ProfileThe south end of the central reach could bridge gaps between central city/down-town and residential/neighborhoods with a industrial district. The site between the Marquam Bridge and Ross Island Bridge could help spur development in much of the now vacant south waterfront land and would have great public access with the new Portland-Milwaukie light rail bridge. This location near OMSI and the Opera House also creates an interesting museum district with potential to revitalize under used, abandoned, or blighted urban areas. The crescent site adjacent to OMSI also benefits from the strong connection with the IMAX theater.

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SITE SIZE approx. 3.9 ACRES

The new PEAC is sited along both the downtown river walk and public transit.

Traffic flows with & crosses the river but the river is not the destin ation.

The PEAC builds upon existing attractions near the eastbank esplanade.

SITE - Photographs

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SITE- Site Activity Diagram

DISCOVERYPublic Spaces 01 Street 02 Eastbank Esplanade 03 Viewing Platforms

EXPLORATIONResearch Spaces 04 Portland Ecological Aquatic Center 05 Large Habitat 06 Interactive Exhibit

REVITALIZATION Outdoor Spaces07 Salmon Ladder 08 Restored Shoreline09 River

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SITE- Site Activity Diagram PRECEDENTS

PROJECT

Hammarby SjostadStockholm, Sweden

Tennessee AquariumChattanooga, TN

Monterey Bay AquariumMonterey, CA

RiverquariumAlbany, GA

Genoa AquariumGenoa, Italy

Quai du ChateletOrleans, France

PRECEDENT TYPE

BUILDING PROGRAM WATERFRONT

PRECEDENT - Hammarby Sjostad

The Hammarby Sjostad development south of downtown Stockholm is an global model for development focused on the environemnt. City bought land is privately developed under district guidelines es-tablished by the Stockholm City Planning Bureau.

PROJEC T RELEVANCErestored natural shoreline

urban ecological development

water remediation turned into public park

PRECEDENT - Tennessee Aquarium

The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, TN is part of the cities overall urban devel-opment plan, including a 2 acre plaza on the river that connects with a 22 mile long river walk. Increasing development in all aspects of the community Chattanooga has become a two or three day destination with the freshwater aquarium at its center.

PROJEC T RELEVANCEdevoted freshwater aquarium

public park with numerous water features

part of overall river master plan

public water access

PRECEDENT - Monterey Bay Aquarium

Pacific winds bring cold nutrients to Mon-terey Bay making it an extremely friendly habitat for all aquatic wildlife. The Mon-terey Bay Aquarium has revamped one of the old cannery plants and turned the industrial waterfront into a civic attraction.

PROJEC T RELEVANCEoutdoor tidal pool exhibit

undirected circulation for self discovery

renovated/recreated old sardine cannery

PRECEDENT - Flint Riverquarium

The Flint Riverquarium by Antoine Predock focuses on a Blue Hole ( a geological fea-ture of southern Georgia where the water stays a constant 68 degrees). The design can be described, “as if the Riverquarium had risen around an untamed condition” - Alemar. The building is off the water to stay clear of the 100 and 500 year flood plains that damaged much of the town with a 4 year stretch.

PROJEC T RELEVANCElarge recreated natural habitat

visitor has spatial engagement with exhibit

exterior forms evoke a landform

PRECEDENT - Genoa Aquarium

The Genoa Aquarium (the first modern aquarium in Europe) was built as part of numerous project on the harbor in con-junction with a Columbus festival. The Mediterrenean focused exhibits are above and below sea level while pedestrian movement is unimpeded at grade.

PROJEC T RELEVANCEpart of large urban revitalization project

public access all along waters edge

local ecosystem exhibits

PRECEDENT - Quai du Chatelet

The river Loire which lost its status as a waterway due to navigability had turned into an abandoned urban purlieu with little relation to the city. UNESCO named the Lorie Valley as a natural and cultural world heritage and changed Orleans ideas about the river from turning its back on the water to embracing it. The Loire Green Grid proj-ect was founded to use natural and built potential of the valley to increase tourism and relationships with the river. The main implementation is a 25 meter wide prom-enade park.

PROJEC T RELEVANCEnatural shoreline

public water access

long public waterfront path

SOURCES - PublicationsMinton, Eric. Staying in the Swim: Why aquariums succeed or fail. 2003. Planning. June.

Look at three aquariums at differing levels of success: Denver, Tampa, Chattanooga. Formerly city owned Denver Aquarium is soon to reopen as a for profit facility. Florida Aquarium in Tampa Bay bought by the city with a large amount of adjacent land to create a visitor centered distict. And the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, TN that has been one part of a larger downtown community revitalization including: restaurants, housing, cineplex, hotel, and pedestrian bridge. Even with the Gatlinburg, TN zoo and Aquarium of the Smokies not far away all three facilities are thriving.

Breen, Ann. Whose watrerfront is it anyway. 1990. Planning. February.

Dicusses four issues involved in waterfont access with examples of each. Proving public access is possible and successful; Newport, RI costal path skirts hundred year old mansions. Physical- see, touch, hear, and step out over. Psychological- open space that also feels accessible. Visual- lowrise & views but latent wall at water versus highrise & no view with open space. Economic- avoidance of very rich or very poor ghettos along the waterfront.

Guskind, Robert. Fish or Foul: Just how many aquariums does the world really need. 1990. Planning. May.

Emphasis on urban planning of aquarium additions creating a miracle in development similar to how festival marketplaces around the country have failed after coping Faneuil Hall model. Aquariums in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, and Monterey have made successful aquariums look easy, but they are all grade A facilities. Differing themes and exhibits in well run first class aquariums will allow for more smaller aquariums to succeed.

Holzer, Christoph. Riverscapes: Designing Urban Embankments. 2008. Birkhauser. Basel

Analysis of the urban areas along the Rhine river in the Colonge/Bonn region. Focused identification of riverfront projects that add quality, visibly enhance, and increase value to the region. Analysis also provides suggestions for other riverscapes. Ecologically centered projects including: Berges du Rhone-Lyon, FR, Parc de Gerland-Lyon, FR, Klenzenpark & Donaupromenade-Ingolstadt, DE, and Quai du Chatelet-Orleans, FR.

Genoa Aquarium. 1994. Process : architecture.

The first modern aquarium in Europe came about for the Columbus Exposition. The building attributes include: a public attraction, educational institution, research center, and marine mammal rescue center. The whole Genoa harbor now blends history (15th and 20th century), habitat, animals, and cultural perpectives. The aquarium has levels above and below sea level leaving the grade open to the public.

Schmertz, Milfred F. 1985. A new Aquarium for Cannery Row: Monterry Bay. Arch Record Feburary.

Old sardine processing plant saved by daughters of Hewltt Packard founders and the Hopkins Marine Station. Cold ocean winds create unique ecosystem in Monterey Bay. Most of existing facility torn down and rebuilt for aquairum use in the same footprint. Strong contextual relationship with cannery row. Open and undirected circulation inside.

C.R.S. Boston’s Underwater Environment. 1969. Progressive Architecture. December.

The New England Aquarium is considered an Aquaseum with its graphic displays, underwater photograhpy exhibit, and other visual variety inside of a simple box exterior. The main feature is a giant 40’ diameter 23’ tall salt water tank visitor circle up to view the wildlife. It is like the “Guggenheim spiral inside the Corbu scheme and filling the space of the Guggenheim with water” says Peter Chermayeff. Includes diagrams of tank support piping and tank edge details.

Gunts, Edward. Cathedral of Conservation. 1992. Architectural Record. September.

Cambridge 7 project with a emphasis on freshwater habitats and the Tennessee River ecosystem. Peter Chermayeff says about the design, “the river as a story line, linear sequence, literally from its beginning in the Great Smoky mountains through its midstream and down to the Mississippi delta.” Also covered is the two acre plaza along the river that include many water interactive features.

SOURCES - Publications, Websites, InterviewsAmelar, Sarah. After torrential floods, Albany, Georgia, reinvents itself with a centerpiece by Antoine Predock : a Riverquarium celebrating local aquatic culture. 2005. Architecural Record. May.

“smalltown USA, meets a poweful natural system” - Antoine Predock on the Flint Rivers 1994 500 year flood and 1998 100 year flood. This article discusses the Flint Riverquarium in Albany, GA. The main attration, which exterior but viewed from inside, is a the Blue Hole a local southeast geolocial feature which has a unique microclimate. The building has a blank/muted exterior that shields and frames the interior experience.

HAMMARBY SJOSTADT

Hargreaves Assocites, Planners. Eastbank Riverfront Park Master Plan. Portland. 1994.

Master plan proposal for new parks, public space, and civic amenities along Portland’s eastbank. Conditions and considerations analyzed include: regional context, hydrology, zoning, and river use. The proposed park concept is drawn from the former use of the eastbank; farmland. Object structures surrounded by public space. Some of the new amenities proposed by Hargreaves are a park at the cresent, a public market, a beach, a marsh, a riverwalk in addition to the esplanade, and an overlook restaurant.

Portland Development Commision. 2009. Central Eastside urban Renewal Area. Portland. http://www.pdc.us/ura/eastside.asp. 12.october2011.

PDC website outlines objectives and goals of the eastside URA. Covering zoning, completed & current projects, and future potential.

Martha Schwartz Partners. Cresent Eastbank Riverside Park. Cambrige. http://www.marthaschwartz.com/projects/crescent.html. 25.november.2011

Proposed project for public park along Portland’s eastside in the crescent location.

Meyer Memorial Trust. Willamette River Restoration. Portland. http://www.mmt.org/willamette-river-basin-restoration. 08.november.2011.

The Meyer Memorial Trust has or will invest upto $12 million by 2014 to increase the health of the Willamette River. Through projects focused on both the mainstream and tributaries the MMT looks to tackle ecological, institutional, and social challenges of restoring the Willamette.

Campbell, Lee. Project Manager Oregon Zoo. interview. 25.october.2011.

Cascade Stream and Pond & penguin exhibit details

Bates, Jocelyn & Cusak, Dennis. SRG Partnership – Oregon Coast Aquarium. Intervierw. 09.november. 2011.

aquarium design / northwest influence on layout / themes

Kilduff, Kevin & Brier, Ann. Office of Healthy Working Rivers - Portland. Interview. 01.november.2011.

Portland locations / habitat friendly features

Carpenter, Tim. Curator of Fish and Invertebrates - Seattle Aquarium. Interview. 05.november. 2011.

general aquarium layout / behind the scenes operations / security

jim lutzkethesis proposal

willamette central reachuniversity of oregon

m. arch fall 2011

Documents

Thesis Proposal