Elizabeth Fallon
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The semester-long course included two large projects in which we were given real plots of land in a Copenhagen neighborhood known as Nørrebro. The first couple of weeks of each project were spent interviewing residents and locals and walking around to explore and understand the space. The rest of our time was spent ideating and making many, many site plan iterations. I was encouraged by my architecture-major teammates to take on the role of drawing each of the plans for both projects, with which I had no prior experience.
The images I included are the final site plans for the two projects and highlights from our project presentations to show our full process, also detailed below.
Final site plan
40 x 70 meters squared
Group members— myself, Hannah, and Monty
INTENTIONS-Celebrate pre-existing features (fruit trees, flag pole, sculpture)
-Spotlight natural pathways of residents’ daily lives
RESEARCH METHODS-Ethnography
-Field interviews
RESEARCH FINDINGS-Visibility is crucial to safety of resident children, currently too many covered structures (such as trash rooms) to use to hide
-Not enough protected bike parking for cold months
-Sunlight has to be maximized because of how little sun there is during the winter
REDESIGN KEY FEATURES
-Reconfiguration of pathways to fit pre-existing resident routines, lined with covered bike parking
-Playground moved to center for visibility and extra sunlight. Redesigned to include more natural elements such as logs and hills
-Community firepit to encourage year-round use of the courtyard
-Clear, corrugated plastic roofs for visibility and easy maintenance
102,000 meters squared
Group members— myself, Monty, and Tia
INTENTIONS-Increase connectivity with the rest of the neighborhood
-Encourage community building
-Increase housing
-Repurpose car dealership buildings to include needs for the community
RESEARCH METHODS-Ethnography
-Field interviews
RESEARCH FINDINGS-Majority of site is abandoned and covered in trash and metal waste
-Portion of land next to the train tracks is used as temporary student housing made from shipping containers
-Limited privacy
-With the help of Jan Gehl’s Twelve Quality Criteria for Urban Design, we found the space seriously lacks trees, greens, and shrubbery
REDESIGN KEY FEATURES
-A Ferris wheel, encouraging both tourists and locals to visit Nørrebro and marking the final stop of the long park and bike pathway that runs diagonally through the neighborhood
-Multi-cultural food hall, library, movie theater, and community center
-Bike and pedestrian path that runs through the entire site to increase connectivity, lined by small ponds, green spaces, bushes, and trees
-More affordable housing