Funky Promenade
Unlike other studios at UBC SALA, comprehensive studio is meant for students to take their designs from a conceptual phase through to construction drawings. After the site analysis and concept design phases, my studio partner, Chris, and I were able to develop a design solution that integrated the sloping landform, vegetation, drainage, program, circulation, lighting, and more into our site design.
comprehensive studio,
spring 2018
Daniel Roehr, Isabel Kunigk
in collaboration with
Christopher Walker
spring 2018
Daniel Roehr, Isabel Kunigk
in collaboration with
Christopher Walker
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Selected Details
Spanning an entire city block, our site was located at Main St. and 7th in Vancouver. We were asked to respond to the longstanding neighborhood character of Mount Pleasant as well as the coming changes, which include a social housing building slated for the block to the south, a modern complex of HootSuite buildings to the north, and a new row of residential buildings along Main St. Our proposal was to create a park that would welcome everyone, whether that be tech workers looking for a lunch spot, neighborhood kids playing basketball, or senior citizens looking to chat with their friends in a friendly environment.
There was an obvious takeaway from this studio for me: I learned to take an initial design concept and apply it to everything from broad landform decisions to small design details. The following is our project statement that drove all of our design decisions:
In the face of increasing pressures from external forces, Mount Pleasant is undergoing rapid change and risks losing the identity which has defined it for so long. The prospect proposed is that the best way to preserve this character is to put it on display for all to see, creating a flexible, vibrant, and celebratory public space that represents all of the neighborhood. Its character is not defined by the form or the material but by the diversity of life which animates it.
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There was an obvious takeaway from this studio for me: I learned to take an initial design concept and apply it to everything from broad landform decisions to small design details. The following is our project statement that drove all of our design decisions:
In the face of increasing pressures from external forces, Mount Pleasant is undergoing rapid change and risks losing the identity which has defined it for so long. The prospect proposed is that the best way to preserve this character is to put it on display for all to see, creating a flexible, vibrant, and celebratory public space that represents all of the neighborhood. Its character is not defined by the form or the material but by the diversity of life which animates it.
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Concept Collages
Site Model
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