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Forest in the city Isaac, Katherine Michelle
Abstract
The goal of this project is to design an urban place which incorporates the power of the forest, specifically water, canopy, green and light. The site chosen is an area proposed for residential development, a site which is presently functioning as a parking lot in the 'Mid-Campus' section of the University of British Columbia. The area of concentration is the area proposed as open space and its connections to the community centre and the surrounding neighbourhood. In order to create a place of powerful experience, I chose phenomenology and associated strategies as a method, working through stages of 'landing', pattern articulation and precedent exploration. These qualitative elements were combined with site structure and program analysis to produce a final design which incorporates three main spaces: Main Mall Plaza, Thunderbird Centre and a reflection pool and rehabilitated forest area. Main Mall Plaza joins the rest of campus with this site, also serving as a social hub and place of prospect over the ocean. Thunderbird Centre provides space for many of the ammenities needed by this new communitity, and is designed with a terraced pool plaza which accentuates the presence of the forest beyond the plaza edge. Numerous walks then wind through the forest and into an existing second growth wood, where the experience of canopy, green and light is accessable.
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Forest in the city
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University of British Columbia
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2003
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Description |
The goal of this project is to design an urban place which incorporates the power of the
forest, specifically water, canopy, green and light. The site chosen is an area proposed
for residential development, a site which is presently functioning as a parking lot in the
'Mid-Campus' section of the University of British Columbia. The area of concentration
is the area proposed as open space and its connections to the community centre and
the surrounding neighbourhood. In order to create a place of powerful experience, I
chose phenomenology and associated strategies as a method, working through stages
of 'landing', pattern articulation and precedent exploration. These qualitative elements
were combined with site structure and program analysis to produce a final design which
incorporates three main spaces: Main Mall Plaza, Thunderbird Centre and a reflection
pool and rehabilitated forest area. Main Mall Plaza joins the rest of campus with this
site, also serving as a social hub and place of prospect over the ocean. Thunderbird
Centre provides space for many of the ammenities needed by this new communitity,
and is designed with a terraced pool plaza which accentuates the presence of the
forest beyond the plaza edge. Numerous walks then wind through the forest and into
an existing second growth wood, where the experience of canopy, green and light is
accessable.
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eng
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2009-11-03
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0091342
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University of British Columbia
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2003-11
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Graduate
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