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Urban Masterplan Neighborhoods

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Munoz Study Regional Aerial

Landscape

Section drawing showing the scale and relationship of the PEP canopy with the palms and university buildings along Palm Walk

Section drawing showing the scale and relationship of the PEP canopy with the palms and university buildings along Palm Walk

Section drawing showing the scale and relationship of the PEP canopy with the palms and university buildings along Palm Walk

Section drawing showing the scale and relationship of the PEP canopy with the palms and university buildings along Palm Walk

Combination section and isometric drawings of a study for a vertical terraced farm by student Zihao Li

Combination section and isometric drawings of a study for a vertical terraced farm by student Zihao Li

Combination section and isometric drawings of a study for a vertical terraced farm by student Zihao Li

Combination section and isometric drawings of a study for a vertical terraced farm by student Zihao Li

Urban section illustrating the layers of landscape, housing, and canopy cover for creating a new city by student Cecile Kim

Urban section illustrating the layers of landscape, housing, and canopy cover for creating a new city by student Cecile Kim

Urban section illustrating the layers of landscape, housing, and canopy cover for creating a new city by student Cecile Kim

Urban section illustrating the layers of landscape, housing, and canopy cover for creating a new city by student Cecile Kim

Perspective of the desert wash landscape with visitor trail in front of the glowing RACA gallery extension at night

Perspective of the desert wash landscape with visitor trail in front of the glowing RACA gallery extension at night

Perspective of the desert wash landscape with visitor trail in front of the glowing RACA gallery extension at night

Perspective of the desert wash landscape with visitor trail in front of the glowing RACA gallery extension at night

Concept diagram showing a strategy for terraced retreat from the rising water levels and storms below CISL

Concept diagram showing a strategy for terraced retreat from the rising water levels and storms below CISL

Concept diagram showing a strategy for terraced retreat from the rising water levels and storms below CISL

Concept diagram showing a strategy for terraced retreat from the rising water levels and storms below CISL

Urban site plan of the GBN Ministry of Parks merging with the functions of each urban force adjacent to the project

Urban site plan of the GBN Ministry of Parks merging with the functions of each urban force adjacent to the project

Urban site plan of the GBN Ministry of Parks merging with the functions of each urban force adjacent to the project

Urban site plan of the GBN Ministry of Parks merging with the functions of each urban force adjacent to the project

Animation of a strategy to return the suburbs into native desert landscapes over time by student Amberley Johnson

Animation of a strategy to return the suburbs into native desert landscapes over time by student Amberley Johnson

Animation of a strategy to return the suburbs into native desert landscapes over time by student Amberley Johnson

Animation of a strategy to return the suburbs into native desert landscapes over time by student Amberley Johnson

Isolated zones of study throughout the proposed CISL section for rewilding and allowing nature and lifted infrastructure

Isolated zones of study throughout the proposed CISL section for rewilding and allowing nature and lifted infrastructure

Isolated zones of study throughout the proposed CISL section for rewilding and allowing nature and lifted infrastructure

Isolated zones of study throughout the proposed CISL section for rewilding and allowing nature and lifted infrastructure

Perspective of mountain dwellings merging into Camelback Mountain as a new form of living by student Lindsey Griffith

Perspective of mountain dwellings merging into Camelback Mountain as a new form of living by student Lindsey Griffith

Perspective of mountain dwellings merging into Camelback Mountain as a new form of living by student Lindsey Griffith

Perspective of mountain dwellings merging into Camelback Mountain as a new form of living by student Lindsey Griffith

Animated diagram showing the mutation of CISL as part natural ecology, part urban context, part absurd theme park

Animated diagram showing the mutation of CISL as part natural ecology, part urban context, part absurd theme park

Animated diagram showing the mutation of CISL as part natural ecology, part urban context, part absurd theme park

Animated diagram showing the mutation of CISL as part natural ecology, part urban context, part absurd theme park

Perspective of desert housing masses camouflaged as mountains by student Claire Hinchman

Perspective of desert housing masses camouflaged as mountains by student Claire Hinchman

Perspective of desert housing masses camouflaged as mountains by student Claire Hinchman

Perspective of desert housing masses camouflaged as mountains by student Claire Hinchman

Elevation of an urban community of towers below a shade canopy as a new model for desert living by student Tiffany Hartono

Elevation of an urban community of towers below a shade canopy as a new model for desert living by student Tiffany Hartono

Elevation of an urban community of towers below a shade canopy as a new model for desert living by student Tiffany Hartono

Elevation of an urban community of towers below a shade canopy as a new model for desert living by student Tiffany Hartono

Unit plans of the three floors of the housing units embedded in a farmable landscape by student Alejandra Lobato

Unit plans of the three floors of the housing units embedded in a farmable landscape by student Alejandra Lobato

Unit plans of the three floors of the housing units embedded in a farmable landscape by student Alejandra Lobato

Unit plans of the three floors of the housing units embedded in a farmable landscape by student Alejandra Lobato

Aerial perspective showing the layouts of stacked housing units along Camelback Mountain by student Donglei Cao

Aerial perspective showing the layouts of stacked housing units along Camelback Mountain by student Donglei Cao

Aerial perspective showing the layouts of stacked housing units along Camelback Mountain by student Donglei Cao

Aerial perspective showing the layouts of stacked housing units along Camelback Mountain by student Donglei Cao

Urban plan drawing of interconnected towers and shade platforms within an existing dry riverbed by student Brayan Munoz

Urban plan drawing of interconnected towers and shade platforms within an existing dry riverbed by student Brayan Munoz

Urban plan drawing of interconnected towers and shade platforms within an existing dry riverbed by student Brayan Munoz

Urban plan drawing of interconnected towers and shade platforms within an existing dry riverbed by student Brayan Munoz

Plan drawing of all of the Alternative Desert City proposals located in various sites across the city of Phoenix by students

Plan drawing of all of the Alternative Desert City proposals located in various sites across the city of Phoenix by students

Plan drawing of all of the Alternative Desert City proposals located in various sites across the city of Phoenix by students

Plan drawing of all of the Alternative Desert City proposals located in various sites across the city of Phoenix by students

Urban plan to foster a microclimate between paired housing bars on the northern face of Camelback by student Donglei Cao

Urban plan to foster a microclimate between paired housing bars on the northern face of Camelback by student Donglei Cao

Urban plan to foster a microclimate between paired housing bars on the northern face of Camelback by student Donglei Cao

Urban plan to foster a microclimate between paired housing bars on the northern face of Camelback by student Donglei Cao

Model of the CISL lifted city and the barrier archipelago extensions above a layered shifting landscape

Model of the CISL lifted city and the barrier archipelago extensions above a layered shifting landscape

Model of the CISL lifted city and the barrier archipelago extensions above a layered shifting landscape

Model of the CISL lifted city and the barrier archipelago extensions above a layered shifting landscape

Conceptual section for simple housing bars topped with gardens set against the Phoenix mountains by student Michael Felix

Conceptual section for simple housing bars topped with gardens set against the Phoenix mountains by student Michael Felix

Conceptual section for simple housing bars topped with gardens set against the Phoenix mountains by student Michael Felix

Conceptual section for simple housing bars topped with gardens set against the Phoenix mountains by student Michael Felix

Long section of a compressed combination of various relationships between the CISL urban infrastructure and the landscape

Long section of a compressed combination of various relationships between the CISL urban infrastructure and the landscape

Long section of a compressed combination of various relationships between the CISL urban infrastructure and the landscape

Long section of a compressed combination of various relationships between the CISL urban infrastructure and the landscape

Exploded isometric diagram of the layers for a topographic housing community by student Camille Medeiros

Exploded isometric diagram of the layers for a topographic housing community by student Camille Medeiros

Exploded isometric diagram of the layers for a topographic housing community by student Camille Medeiros

Exploded isometric diagram of the layers for a topographic housing community by student Camille Medeiros

Collage concept from one of the possible art studio spaces observing the landscape of UI and the urban quality of the towers

Collage concept from one of the possible art studio spaces observing the landscape of UI and the urban quality of the towers

Collage concept from one of the possible art studio spaces observing the landscape of UI and the urban quality of the towers

Collage concept from one of the possible art studio spaces observing the landscape of UI and the urban quality of the towers

Exterior perspective of the RACA gallery opening up to the desert landscape for a nighttime performance

Exterior perspective of the RACA gallery opening up to the desert landscape for a nighttime performance

Exterior perspective of the RACA gallery opening up to the desert landscape for a nighttime performance

Exterior perspective of the RACA gallery opening up to the desert landscape for a nighttime performance

Collage landscape perspective of a future Phoenix of independent cities scattered in the desert by student Kyron Hardy

Collage landscape perspective of a future Phoenix of independent cities scattered in the desert by student Kyron Hardy

Collage landscape perspective of a future Phoenix of independent cities scattered in the desert by student Kyron Hardy

Collage landscape perspective of a future Phoenix of independent cities scattered in the desert by student Kyron Hardy

CISL masterplan concept showing the archipelago strategy for allowing the island to morph back into nature

CISL masterplan concept showing the archipelago strategy for allowing the island to morph back into nature

CISL masterplan concept showing the archipelago strategy for allowing the island to morph back into nature

CISL masterplan concept showing the archipelago strategy for allowing the island to morph back into nature

Concept drawing of an idea for a lifted and additive urban lattice on the city, the suburbs, and farms by student Amy Dicker

Concept drawing of an idea for a lifted and additive urban lattice on the city, the suburbs, and farms by student Amy Dicker

Concept drawing of an idea for a lifted and additive urban lattice on the city, the suburbs, and farms by student Amy Dicker

Concept drawing of an idea for a lifted and additive urban lattice on the city, the suburbs, and farms by student Amy Dicker

Concept animation for channeling the forms of the desert into a new community by student Claire Hinchman

Concept animation for channeling the forms of the desert into a new community by student Claire Hinchman

Concept animation for channeling the forms of the desert into a new community by student Claire Hinchman

Concept animation for channeling the forms of the desert into a new community by student Claire Hinchman

Satellite image of the RACA site illustrating the city of Phoenix as a landscape of carved symbols

Satellite image of the RACA site illustrating the city of Phoenix as a landscape of carved symbols

Satellite image of the RACA site illustrating the city of Phoenix as a landscape of carved symbols

Satellite image of the RACA site illustrating the city of Phoenix as a landscape of carved symbols

Concept collage study for a housing built into the contours of the mountains above Saguaro Lake by student Camille Medeiros

Concept collage study for a housing built into the contours of the mountains above Saguaro Lake by student Camille Medeiros

Concept collage study for a housing built into the contours of the mountains above Saguaro Lake by student Camille Medeiros

Concept collage study for a housing built into the contours of the mountains above Saguaro Lake by student Camille Medeiros

Series of exterior perspectives of housing and communal program blended into the desert landscape by student Amberley Johnson

Series of exterior perspectives of housing and communal program blended into the desert landscape by student Amberley Johnson

Series of exterior perspectives of housing and communal program blended into the desert landscape by student Amberley Johnson

Series of exterior perspectives of housing and communal program blended into the desert landscape by student Amberley Johnson

Model photo of the hinge point between the helipads and the roof botanical garden of the GBN Ministry of Parks

Model photo of the hinge point between the helipads and the roof botanical garden of the GBN Ministry of Parks

Model photo of the hinge point between the helipads and the roof botanical garden of the GBN Ministry of Parks

Model photo of the hinge point between the helipads and the roof botanical garden of the GBN Ministry of Parks

Elevation perspective of Camelback Mountain in Phoenix lined with new layers of housing by student Stephen Adrian

Elevation perspective of Camelback Mountain in Phoenix lined with new layers of housing by student Stephen Adrian

Elevation perspective of Camelback Mountain in Phoenix lined with new layers of housing by student Stephen Adrian

Elevation perspective of Camelback Mountain in Phoenix lined with new layers of housing by student Stephen Adrian

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