"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:
Humboldt Parkway Deck Modeling and Economic Impact Study
The Urban Design Project and the University at Buffalo Regional Institute
Acknowledgements:
ROCC Community Group
Robert Shibley, Dean and Professor, University at Buffalo,
School of Architecture and Planning
Omar Kahn, Chair, Department of Architecture
Ernest Sternberg, Chair, Department of Planning
Alfred Price, Associate Professor, Department of Planning
Henry Taylor, Professor, Department of Planning
Mark Mortenson, Director of the Buffalo Museum of Science
Members of the local communities
Architecture & Planning Students, University at Buffalo
And many others…
Studio Context
NYSDOT = Project Sponsor
UDP/UBRI =Economic Impact Study
UB CCR = Digital Simulation
ROCC = Primary Stakeholders
UB Architecture / Urban Design Studio
Alternative UD Plans + Physical Model
What is Urban Design?
Ecology
Geography
Urban
Planning
Architecture
Urban Design
UD is the bridge
connecting UP + ARC +
LA and other disciplines
together
to create more livable,
sustainable and
economically robust
places.
Landscape
Architecture
What binds urban
designers is their
commitment to improving
the livability of cities, to
facilitating urban
investment and
maintenance, and indeed
to enhancing urbanity.
+/- 1.5 Miles
+/- 1 Mile
1927
1995
1927
1995
1915
1963
2013
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:
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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