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Alternative Desert Cities 1
Pedregon Urban Plan

Alternative Desert Cities 1

Urban plan for an infill system of branches housing that increases suburban density and adds parks by student Rikkie PedregonUrban plan for an infill system of branches housing that increases suburban density and adds parks by student Rikkie PedregonUrban plan for an infill system of branches housing that increases suburban density and adds parks by student Rikkie PedregonUrban plan for an infill system of branches housing that increases suburban density and adds parks by student Rikkie Pedregon
Urban plan for an infill system of branches housing that increases suburban density and adds parks by student Rikkie Pedregon

Proposal to infill suburban cul-de-sacs with linear cities that would accelerate the decline of single family urban sprawl.

Urban plan for an infill system of branches housing that increases suburban density and adds parks by student Rikkie Pedregon

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Infill

Landscape

Teaching

Urbanism

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Concept diagram for reducing housing infrastructure to furniture units by student Brittany ClevelandConcept diagram for reducing housing infrastructure to furniture units by student Brittany ClevelandConcept diagram for reducing housing infrastructure to furniture units by student Brittany ClevelandConcept diagram for reducing housing infrastructure to furniture units by student Brittany Cleveland
Perspective of desert housing masses camouflaged as mountains by student Claire HinchmanPerspective of desert housing masses camouflaged as mountains by student Claire HinchmanPerspective of desert housing masses camouflaged as mountains by student Claire HinchmanPerspective of desert housing masses camouflaged as mountains by student Claire Hinchman
Aerial site perspective of urban masses that collect and harvest water along the canal by student Isabelle BorieAerial site perspective of urban masses that collect and harvest water along the canal by student Isabelle BorieAerial site perspective of urban masses that collect and harvest water along the canal by student Isabelle BorieAerial site perspective of urban masses that collect and harvest water along the canal by student Isabelle Borie
Perspective of a collection of housing embedded within Camelback Mountain by student Lindsey GriffithPerspective of a collection of housing embedded within Camelback Mountain by student Lindsey GriffithPerspective of a collection of housing embedded within Camelback Mountain by student Lindsey GriffithPerspective of a collection of housing embedded within Camelback Mountain by student Lindsey Griffith
Perspective image proposing housing infrastructure above the highway interchanges of Phoenix by student Genevieve MillerPerspective image proposing housing infrastructure above the highway interchanges of Phoenix by student Genevieve MillerPerspective image proposing housing infrastructure above the highway interchanges of Phoenix by student Genevieve MillerPerspective image proposing housing infrastructure above the highway interchanges of Phoenix by student Genevieve Miller
Aerial perspective of an urban mass that adds density and shades Phoenix's Margaret T Hance Park by student Yamileth PonceAerial perspective of an urban mass that adds density and shades Phoenix's Margaret T Hance Park by student Yamileth PonceAerial perspective of an urban mass that adds density and shades Phoenix's Margaret T Hance Park by student Yamileth PonceAerial perspective of an urban mass that adds density and shades Phoenix's Margaret T Hance Park by student Yamileth Ponce
Massing perspective of a proposal for a self-sustaining community set in the desert landscape by student Monique PaulisMassing perspective of a proposal for a self-sustaining community set in the desert landscape by student Monique PaulisMassing perspective of a proposal for a self-sustaining community set in the desert landscape by student Monique PaulisMassing perspective of a proposal for a self-sustaining community set in the desert landscape by student Monique Paulis
Plans of various levels of public spaces within a linear housing infrastructure by student Rikkie PedregonPlans of various levels of public spaces within a linear housing infrastructure by student Rikkie PedregonPlans of various levels of public spaces within a linear housing infrastructure by student Rikkie PedregonPlans of various levels of public spaces within a linear housing infrastructure by student Rikkie Pedregon
Model of a proposal to combine the highway, housing, and parks as a new urban infrastructure by student Genevieve MillerModel of a proposal to combine the highway, housing, and parks as a new urban infrastructure by student Genevieve MillerModel of a proposal to combine the highway, housing, and parks as a new urban infrastructure by student Genevieve MillerModel of a proposal to combine the highway, housing, and parks as a new urban infrastructure by student Genevieve Miller
Urban section proposing a stepping mass that embeds itself into and on top of the warehouse district by student Israel LozoyaUrban section proposing a stepping mass that embeds itself into and on top of the warehouse district by student Israel LozoyaUrban section proposing a stepping mass that embeds itself into and on top of the warehouse district by student Israel LozoyaUrban section proposing a stepping mass that embeds itself into and on top of the warehouse district by student Israel Lozoya
Site plan drawing of a porous limit to Phoenix made of stepping housing units by student Angel RodriguezSite plan drawing of a porous limit to Phoenix made of stepping housing units by student Angel RodriguezSite plan drawing of a porous limit to Phoenix made of stepping housing units by student Angel RodriguezSite plan drawing of a porous limit to Phoenix made of stepping housing units by student Angel Rodriguez
Model of a pair of housing bars built above the lightrail lines that run through Phoenix by student Lexie SanchezModel of a pair of housing bars built above the lightrail lines that run through Phoenix by student Lexie SanchezModel of a pair of housing bars built above the lightrail lines that run through Phoenix by student Lexie SanchezModel of a pair of housing bars built above the lightrail lines that run through Phoenix by student Lexie Sanchez
Concept diagram of a skinny desert housing typology that infills and shades downtown Phoenix by student Yuchen ZhaoConcept diagram of a skinny desert housing typology that infills and shades downtown Phoenix by student Yuchen ZhaoConcept diagram of a skinny desert housing typology that infills and shades downtown Phoenix by student Yuchen ZhaoConcept diagram of a skinny desert housing typology that infills and shades downtown Phoenix by student Yuchen Zhao
Site plan for a new community of stepped housing units along the canal by student Isabelle BorieSite plan for a new community of stepped housing units along the canal by student Isabelle BorieSite plan for a new community of stepped housing units along the canal by student Isabelle BorieSite plan for a new community of stepped housing units along the canal by student Isabelle Borie
Urban perspective drawing of a collection of branched housing towers that shade downtown Phoenix by student Yuchen ZhaoUrban perspective drawing of a collection of branched housing towers that shade downtown Phoenix by student Yuchen ZhaoUrban perspective drawing of a collection of branched housing towers that shade downtown Phoenix by student Yuchen ZhaoUrban perspective drawing of a collection of branched housing towers that shade downtown Phoenix by student Yuchen Zhao
Community made up of self-made housing units by student Brittany ClevelandCommunity made up of self-made housing units by student Brittany ClevelandCommunity made up of self-made housing units by student Brittany ClevelandCommunity made up of self-made housing units by student Brittany Cleveland
Section illustrating the layers and functions within a proposed self-sustaining housing block by student Monique PaulisSection illustrating the layers and functions within a proposed self-sustaining housing block by student Monique PaulisSection illustrating the layers and functions within a proposed self-sustaining housing block by student Monique PaulisSection illustrating the layers and functions within a proposed self-sustaining housing block by student Monique Paulis
Section drawing of a community of lifted housing units that mirror the landscape below by student Evan EppersonSection drawing of a community of lifted housing units that mirror the landscape below by student Evan EppersonSection drawing of a community of lifted housing units that mirror the landscape below by student Evan EppersonSection drawing of a community of lifted housing units that mirror the landscape below by student Evan Epperson
City plan to use housing bars to define and connect the edges of Phoenix with infrastructure by student Nadya LakaevaCity plan to use housing bars to define and connect the edges of Phoenix with infrastructure by student Nadya LakaevaCity plan to use housing bars to define and connect the edges of Phoenix with infrastructure by student Nadya LakaevaCity plan to use housing bars to define and connect the edges of Phoenix with infrastructure by student Nadya Lakaeva
Urban site plan for an infilled stepping housing mass that integrates with Margaret T Hance Park by student Yamileth PonceUrban site plan for an infilled stepping housing mass that integrates with Margaret T Hance Park by student Yamileth PonceUrban site plan for an infilled stepping housing mass that integrates with Margaret T Hance Park by student Yamileth PonceUrban site plan for an infilled stepping housing mass that integrates with Margaret T Hance Park by student Yamileth Ponce

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Utilizing built form as a strategic carrier of culture in opposition of the status quo, the Hellinikon project links the disconnected suburban mountain communities to the east with the sea to the west while splitting the Hellinikon International Airport and Olympic Park into distinct zones.
The challenge of creating a pair of studio apartments that can fill a lifted 16'x16' void necessitates the creation of a quick, mobile, and opportunistic building system that can react to the found conditions of the site. Access to the site is limited and the ground must be free.
Coney Island will remain a MUTANT appendage at the farthest shore of New York City. Coney is an agglomeration of all of its histories and should continue to simultaneously move each agenda forward. Coney will continue to evolve through mutations— this vision will accelerate its hybridity.
Seating design is vital in fostering communal interactions in shared spaces. Rooted in the organic growth principles of the Metabolist movement and the transformational geometric language of digital Metaballs, Meta-Bench forms an experiential seating system which individuals can move and adjust.
Infrastructure as urban performance. Serving as both a backdrop to elegant theatrical dances and a framework for holding a wandering public, the Dance Machine enacts performance through both its program and its existence as a merged urban extension of the Queensboro Bridge.
QTCT is tasked to blend these two identities onto one site—a give and take relationship between beach ambitions and urban necessities. QTCT is a sampling of two worlds: on one hand it is the embodiment of the language of the beach and on the other it is a detailed and exacting built urban space.
The RACA project must meet two demands: A. REFLECTION (museum) or B. CONTINUATION (practice + addition). The current program and its stagnancy has left the site forgotten—it is a typical static museum on a living site. The site and addition must constantly change through the participation of people.
Space has become redundant again. Popular culture is uninterested in the goings-on in space. Once achieved, mans absurd relation with space becomes yesterdays news. To become relevant to the public, CASIS must be an amenity and not a mission. Instead of promoting an HQ, make it a public interface.

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