John F Kennedy Airport is confusing to mov around in to say the least. It’s structure and layout have raised questions throughout the years but little to no action has been taken. So what can be done to “fix” and better JFK airport? At the beginning of this course, I wanted to combine all the separated terminals of JFK airport to create one large airport structure in which people can move around and change terminals easily instead of taking the shuttle system which JFK has been using to combat the issue of it’s terminals being so far apart and disconnected from one another. Another question then arises. What else can be done to better JFK airport other than making it easier to move around in? The conclusion I cam to was to to transform JFK airport into both an airport for international flights and bullet train station for domestic traveling. Bullet trains can consume only around 12.5% of the energy that planes require, and produce 92% less carbon emissions per seat. Getting rid of domestic flights and using a bullet train system instead would play a great role in reducing air pollution caused by planes.
Successfully transforming a town full of wealth and historic charm that is struggling to regain its purpose in contemporary America and create a sustainable new form of urbanism that promotes social, economic, and cultural mobility in a transit oriented environment. An increasingly common suburban landscape presents at least 2 major failures: a shopping zone anchored by one or more “BigBox” stores surrounded by a sea of asphalt-paved parking lots. In the era of Amazon.com, such big box stores are dying commercially, and the vast paved surface is a hot spot that will only magnify global warming while disrupting ground water percolation and runoff. Can such a financial white elephant and environmental black hole represent an opportunity for not only physical but also social, economic, and cultural regional transformation?
Bakersfield, California is located about an hour and a half North of Los Angeles and is surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, San Joaquin Valley, Mojave Desert, and Sierra Nevada Mountains. The location of the city offers a wide variety of completely different landscapes in each direction. It is a perfect place for communities to grow and families to flourish, that is, if you enjoy breathing in toxic pollution. Unfortunately, the beautiful landscapes surrounding Bakersfield are covered by many, many oil drills. The oil fields surrounding Bakersfield are so large that they have turned the city into one of the most polluted cities in the United States. My Thesis explores a version of Bakersfield where the surrounding oil fields are replaced with renewable energy. As a way to reduce the number of renewable energy needed per community, I also studied walkable communities with Earth-Sheltered Homes. The purpose of this work is to acknowledge the issue of burning fossil fuels and how it directly relates to a community and it’s culture. Since Bakersfield is known for it’s road culture, my goal throughout my Thesis has been to introduce the residents of Bakersfield to this new, clean, and healthier way of living while protecting their culture and preserving the key elements of it’s past.
Athens, Greece occupies a significant role in the history of architecture as the birthplace of classical order. Its associated role in history, however, developed a sprawling city ignorant of its ancient architecture and organizational urban plan order. This congested metropolis is filled with brutal concrete apartment blocks and lack of green space, overall contributing to larger issues of congestion and heat island effect due to climate change. This thesis explores a development of a resilient Athens, equipped for its density whilst promoting sustainability. This thesis explores the design go an efficient city plan that no longer ignores unexcavated archaeological sites to create a poetic relationship of old city to new city while overall improving quality of life.
This thesis celebrates the work of care, caretaking for a person and caregiving by a building. It explores the idea that the architectural design of a building should be driven by care for its user and the environment. This project attempts to create vernacular clinics that respond to specific needs of its location. It serves as a community health clinic where it merges traditional outlooks with modern techniques. Awakening Salone integrates elements to test them in two locations; Bambugu, Falaba district, Sierrea Leone. Boalakarafaia, Falaba district, Sierra Leone.
In recent years, there have been growing concerns of the effects that human activities have had on the environment, specifically regarding pollution and climate change. Several cities across the globe continue to face climate related challenges– whether it is the melting of the ice caps, forest fires, harsh storms, or flooding.
This is requiring monumental adjustments by society to avoid natural destruction of many major cities. Venice in particular, is one of the most affected cities. The city is notoriously known as the “floating city.” To the contrary, this is a misconception as in reality, Venice is inevitably sinking due to its weakening structural foundation. Compouding the problem even further, Venice is dealing with the affects of rising sea level caused by global warming. It floods over one-hundred times annually as the level of the tides have risen to extreme highs. If no adjustments are made towards either issue, experts believe Venice will be completely underwater by the year 2100.
Fear and damages have led Venetians with no other choice but to relocate elsewhere and leave their once-loved home. The architectural planning and structural integrity of Venice is one that is unique from any other city, which is why I am proposing a reinvention of Venice. My project involves the design of a floating city for Venetian climate refugees. I am proposing a new alternative for relocation by designing a city that maintains the architectural planning, techniques, and typology of original venetian islands while allowinging it to float to avoid flooding and sinking. This proposal will analyze other proposed floating city projects by renound designers to determine whether or not their scheme is suitable for Venetians to convince them to willingly move.
Throughout the evolution of humanity, numerous societies have neglected the Mental, Emotional, and Physical health of individuals through implementing a progressive detachment from nature. This link between nature and all living things is responsible for the overall health and well-being of not only “Nature” itself, but also all of its occupants. In heavily urbanized settings, the term “Nature” is surmised as a foreign element, generating organic patterns which contradict the rigidity of modern city models. Thus a deep understanding of the ongoing relationship between man and nature can balance a society’s infrastructural instability and reintegrate metabolic systems, especially important in contexts characterized by unplanned chaos. Throughout this process, new metabolic forces will become opportunities for the necessary improvement of the overall quality of life. This study will explore the extent and boundary to which true nature has eternally projected itself within the field of architecture, and specifically how the harmonization of “Landscape” and its transformative processes through advanced “Technologies” can be used to enhance contemporary environmental conditions while yet reintegrating a healthy symbiosis between society and nature. Such methods which develop more resilient urban communities must be applied in densely populated contexts, interlacing themselves with quickly growing urban systems like Ouagadougou, a West African City in the country of Burkina Faso. While dealing with the problems of lacking infrastructures like access to drinking water, food, and electricity the people of Ouagadougou are extremely hindered by the overwhelming amount of pollution and waste in the streets. All of which can have can be addressed through a city-wide intervention, one which pumps all necessary services through a living, metabolic, transformative, “Eco-Spine”. To come anywhere close to achieving this, a variety of coordinated expertise must be applied creatively towards developing, sustainable, and resilient solutions.
Veterans-- Institutional Care-- United States
Life care planning-- veterans-- United States
Hospital architecture
Space (architecture)-- philosophy
Health facilities-- United States-- Planning
My Thesis is focused on using architecture to create a space designated to the rehab and recovery of US Veterans with specific attention to PTSD. Throughout history Veterans have suffered with mental and physical challenges and creating a space opposite of any war like environment that evokes peace, safety and stress relief is my main goal. Statistically 22% of Veterans suffer from PTSD or depression but only 1 out of 3 actually seek help. Veterans with PTSD commonly suffer from multiple conditions. PTSD usually goes hand in hand with major depressive disorder, drug and alcohol addictions as well as physical pain in veterans. Positive distractions, an abundance of social support, and access to beautiful nature will be the key elements in making a successful inpatient rehab center. When choosing a site it was especially important to select a location that would be easily accessible to both active and inactive Veterans. Fort Hase beach in Kailua is located on the Marine Corps base on the Oahu Island in Hawaii which houses 9,517 Marines , sailors and their families. The main focus when selecting a site was to be able to implement the surrounding natural elements and use them throughout the experience.
Architecture--Environmental aspects.
Architecture and climate.
Nature--Effect of human beings on.
Global environmental change.
Description
A research document submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture School of Architecture and Design New York Institute of Technology May 2023
Courtyards.
Courtyards--History.
Courtyard houses.
Courtyard gardens.
Architecture and climate.
Description
A research document submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture School of Architecture and Design New York Institute of Technology May 2023
City planning.
Urban parks--Planning.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture--Environmental aspects.
Architecture and society.
Description
A research document submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture School of Architecture and Design New York Institute of Technology May 2023
Lighting, Architectural and decorative.
Lighting--Environmental aspects.
Description
A research document submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture School of Architecture and Design New York Institute of Technology May 2033
Facades--Design and construction.
Facades--Conservation and restoration.
Building materials--Service life.
Description
A research document submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture School of Architecture and Design New York Institute of Technology May 2023
Self-reliant living.
Sustainable living--Economic aspects.
Self-reliant living--New York (State)--New York.
Housing--New York (State)--New York.
Description
A research document submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture School of Architecture and Design New York Institute of Technology May 2023
Concrete--Environmental testing
Concrete houses--Design and construction.
Concrete construction.
Description
A research document submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture School of Architecture and Design New York Institute of Technology May 2023
Windows--Design and construction.
Windows--Thermal properties.
Mechanically-operated doors.
Description
A research document submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Architecture School of Architecture and Design New York Institute of Technology May 2023