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Urban Masterplan Neighborhoods

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Shieh District Timeline

Urbanism

Plan view of a mountainous model by student Stephen Adrian depicting ribboned layers of housing built into Camelback mountain

Plan view of a mountainous model by student Stephen Adrian depicting ribboned layers of housing built into Camelback mountain

Plan view of a mountainous model by student Stephen Adrian depicting ribboned layers of housing built into Camelback mountain

Plan view of a mountainous model by student Stephen Adrian depicting ribboned layers of housing built into Camelback mountain

Site plan of a massing set with the farmable landscapes on the perimeter of Phoenix by student Zihao Li

Site plan of a massing set with the farmable landscapes on the perimeter of Phoenix by student Zihao Li

Site plan of a massing set with the farmable landscapes on the perimeter of Phoenix by student Zihao Li

Site plan of a massing set with the farmable landscapes on the perimeter of Phoenix by student Zihao Li

Unit plans showing the various typical plan layouts and user types that will resettle the Salt River by student Cecile Kim

Unit plans showing the various typical plan layouts and user types that will resettle the Salt River by student Cecile Kim

Unit plans showing the various typical plan layouts and user types that will resettle the Salt River by student Cecile Kim

Unit plans showing the various typical plan layouts and user types that will resettle the Salt River by student Cecile Kim

Urban plan illustrating various stacked housing canopies attached to towers above Phoenix by student Yuchen Zhao

Urban plan illustrating various stacked housing canopies attached to towers above Phoenix by student Yuchen Zhao

Urban plan illustrating various stacked housing canopies attached to towers above Phoenix by student Yuchen Zhao

Urban plan illustrating various stacked housing canopies attached to towers above Phoenix by student Yuchen Zhao

External courtyard perspective of a modular housing proposal for Tempe, Arizona by student Weicheng Wang

External courtyard perspective of a modular housing proposal for Tempe, Arizona by student Weicheng Wang

External courtyard perspective of a modular housing proposal for Tempe, Arizona by student Weicheng Wang

External courtyard perspective of a modular housing proposal for Tempe, Arizona by student Weicheng Wang

Perspective of the open public space converted from existing golf holes between housing by student Adrisda Maulsi

Perspective of the open public space converted from existing golf holes between housing by student Adrisda Maulsi

Perspective of the open public space converted from existing golf holes between housing by student Adrisda Maulsi

Perspective of the open public space converted from existing golf holes between housing by student Adrisda Maulsi

Urban plan showcasing modular housing masses merging with valleys of Phoenician mountains by student Lamarra Carter

Urban plan showcasing modular housing masses merging with valleys of Phoenician mountains by student Lamarra Carter

Urban plan showcasing modular housing masses merging with valleys of Phoenician mountains by student Lamarra Carter

Urban plan showcasing modular housing masses merging with valleys of Phoenician mountains by student Lamarra Carter

Plan view showing the growth of lifted city above Phoenix by student Brennan Richards

Plan view showing the growth of lifted city above Phoenix by student Brennan Richards

Plan view showing the growth of lifted city above Phoenix by student Brennan Richards

Plan view showing the growth of lifted city above Phoenix by student Brennan Richards

Conceptual image of a dense future city born of organic forms that contrast existing Phoenix forms by student Brayan Munoz

Conceptual image of a dense future city born of organic forms that contrast existing Phoenix forms by student Brayan Munoz

Conceptual image of a dense future city born of organic forms that contrast existing Phoenix forms by student Brayan Munoz

Conceptual image of a dense future city born of organic forms that contrast existing Phoenix forms by student Brayan Munoz

Urban plan illustrating the extension of the parkway system through the SPCS project and down to the adjacent park

Urban plan illustrating the extension of the parkway system through the SPCS project and down to the adjacent park

Urban plan illustrating the extension of the parkway system through the SPCS project and down to the adjacent park

Urban plan illustrating the extension of the parkway system through the SPCS project and down to the adjacent park

Section drawing of the potential for ININ infill and transport infrastructure above the unused median of Park Avenue

Section drawing of the potential for ININ infill and transport infrastructure above the unused median of Park Avenue

Section drawing of the potential for ININ infill and transport infrastructure above the unused median of Park Avenue

Section drawing of the potential for ININ infill and transport infrastructure above the unused median of Park Avenue

Animation highlighting the various related zones around the airport with an entry point for the HEL insertion

Animation highlighting the various related zones around the airport with an entry point for the HEL insertion

Animation highlighting the various related zones around the airport with an entry point for the HEL insertion

Animation highlighting the various related zones around the airport with an entry point for the HEL insertion

Site plan for a new community of stepped housing units along the canal by student Isabelle Borie

Site plan for a new community of stepped housing units along the canal by student Isabelle Borie

Site plan for a new community of stepped housing units along the canal by student Isabelle Borie

Site plan for a new community of stepped housing units along the canal by student Isabelle Borie

Photo of an accumulation of gray housing towers set within a park in Hong Kong

Photo of an accumulation of gray housing towers set within a park in Hong Kong

Photo of an accumulation of gray housing towers set within a park in Hong Kong

Photo of an accumulation of gray housing towers set within a park in Hong Kong

Section of student Brayan Munoz's proposal for a neighborhood forms that self shade through organice future perimeter forms

Section of student Brayan Munoz's proposal for a neighborhood forms that self shade through organice future perimeter forms

Section of student Brayan Munoz's proposal for a neighborhood forms that self shade through organice future perimeter forms

Section of student Brayan Munoz's proposal for a neighborhood forms that self shade through organice future perimeter forms

Section drawing of a single diamond shaped housing mass revealing a diversity of internal spaces by student Lamarra Carter

Section drawing of a single diamond shaped housing mass revealing a diversity of internal spaces by student Lamarra Carter

Section drawing of a single diamond shaped housing mass revealing a diversity of internal spaces by student Lamarra Carter

Section drawing of a single diamond shaped housing mass revealing a diversity of internal spaces by student Lamarra Carter

Massing perspective looking at layering skinny linear bars of housing as a porous web student by Julien Gutierrez

Massing perspective looking at layering skinny linear bars of housing as a porous web student by Julien Gutierrez

Massing perspective looking at layering skinny linear bars of housing as a porous web student by Julien Gutierrez

Massing perspective looking at layering skinny linear bars of housing as a porous web student by Julien Gutierrez

Section sketch of the concept for a moving room that extends the CART shared spaces and links to the park below

Section sketch of the concept for a moving room that extends the CART shared spaces and links to the park below

Section sketch of the concept for a moving room that extends the CART shared spaces and links to the park below

Section sketch of the concept for a moving room that extends the CART shared spaces and links to the park below

Perspective showing the splitting of the ININ housing bar into separate projects with captured landscape opportunities

Perspective showing the splitting of the ININ housing bar into separate projects with captured landscape opportunities

Perspective showing the splitting of the ININ housing bar into separate projects with captured landscape opportunities

Perspective showing the splitting of the ININ housing bar into separate projects with captured landscape opportunities

Animation diagramming the most damaged parts of Haiti compared to the YELE site after the 2010 earthquake

Animation diagramming the most damaged parts of Haiti compared to the YELE site after the 2010 earthquake

Animation diagramming the most damaged parts of Haiti compared to the YELE site after the 2010 earthquake

Animation diagramming the most damaged parts of Haiti compared to the YELE site after the 2010 earthquake

Pair of study models looking at the two endpoints of the HEL insertion with relationships to the mountain suburbs and the sea

Pair of study models looking at the two endpoints of the HEL insertion with relationships to the mountain suburbs and the sea

Pair of study models looking at the two endpoints of the HEL insertion with relationships to the mountain suburbs and the sea

Pair of study models looking at the two endpoints of the HEL insertion with relationships to the mountain suburbs and the sea

Perspective from the terrace decks of the combined farming and tower typology proposed by student Zihao LI

Perspective from the terrace decks of the combined farming and tower typology proposed by student Zihao LI

Perspective from the terrace decks of the combined farming and tower typology proposed by student Zihao LI

Perspective from the terrace decks of the combined farming and tower typology proposed by student Zihao LI

Exploded axon diagram of a concept proposal to develop housing about the highway interchange by student Genevieve Miller

Exploded axon diagram of a concept proposal to develop housing about the highway interchange by student Genevieve Miller

Exploded axon diagram of a concept proposal to develop housing about the highway interchange by student Genevieve Miller

Exploded axon diagram of a concept proposal to develop housing about the highway interchange by student Genevieve Miller

Series of aerials showing the ability to transform suburban communities into a natural landscape by student Amberley Johnson

Series of aerials showing the ability to transform suburban communities into a natural landscape by student Amberley Johnson

Series of aerials showing the ability to transform suburban communities into a natural landscape by student Amberley Johnson

Series of aerials showing the ability to transform suburban communities into a natural landscape 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

Conceptual collage illustrating a landscape being devoured by sprawl with housing contours above by student Stephen Adrian

Conceptual collage illustrating a landscape being devoured by sprawl with housing contours above by student Stephen Adrian

Conceptual collage illustrating a landscape being devoured by sprawl with housing contours above by student Stephen Adrian

Conceptual collage illustrating a landscape being devoured by sprawl with housing contours above by student Stephen Adrian

Concept diagram illustrating the growth of a border city on the fringe of Phoenix by student Nadya Lakaeva

Concept diagram illustrating the growth of a border city on the fringe of Phoenix by student Nadya Lakaeva

Concept diagram illustrating the growth of a border city on the fringe of Phoenix by student Nadya Lakaeva

Concept diagram illustrating the growth of a border city on the fringe of Phoenix by student Nadya Lakaeva

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

Section of downtown Phoenix showing relation between a new diagrid city and the existing city by student Brennan Richards

Section of downtown Phoenix showing relation between a new diagrid city and the existing city by student Brennan Richards

Section of downtown Phoenix showing relation between a new diagrid city and the existing city by student Brennan Richards

Section of downtown Phoenix showing relation between a new diagrid city and the existing city by student Brennan Richards

Early massing study looking at an organic layered community within a Phoenix wash by student Brayan Munoz

Early massing study looking at an organic layered community within a Phoenix wash by student Brayan Munoz

Early massing study looking at an organic layered community within a Phoenix wash by student Brayan Munoz

Early massing study looking at an organic layered community within a Phoenix wash by student Brayan Munoz

Section perspective drawing of the proposal by student Stephen Adrian for a community carved into the mountain contours

Section perspective drawing of the proposal by student Stephen Adrian for a community carved into the mountain contours

Section perspective drawing of the proposal by student Stephen Adrian for a community carved into the mountain contours

Section perspective drawing of the proposal by student Stephen Adrian for a community carved into the mountain contours

Perspective from inside a unit showing the potential programming of communal spaces as events by student Ian Birl

Perspective from inside a unit showing the potential programming of communal spaces as events by student Ian Birl

Perspective from inside a unit showing the potential programming of communal spaces as events by student Ian Birl

Perspective from inside a unit showing the potential programming of communal spaces as events by student Ian Birl

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