Week 6: Part 1

This week i finalized the mapping analysis and chose sites which were deemed most suitable for the field station components.  I then proceeded to map out site conditions and layouts for site interventions which would fit into the DEGENTRIFIED scheme

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Field Station Components

3 community buildings will make up the components of an
urban field station.  These include a Recreational Center, Educational Center and an Arts and Culture Center.  These centers will all be connected by a proposed path along the canal which connects to Gowanus and surrounding context.  The aim of these centers is to act independently from one another but if the need arose, each center could support the other when the opportunity or need arises.

Chosen Sites map and reasoning

Chosen Sites from GIS Overlay

Site A Peninsula: Canal and Street View

Site B: Canal and Street View

The chosen sites will accommodate a Recreational Centre and Educational Centre.

For the Arts and Culture Center, the site chosen would need to adhere to a number of points such as:

-Historic Value
-Abandoned/Vacant
-Direct connection to Canal/Visibility from canal/close proximity to other chosen sites
-Size to accommodate retrofitted interventions 

BRT Power Station

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Proposed site selection to segregated areas through canal circulation