2 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0
overflow point ANNUAL RAIN EVENTS
60
%
(inches)
city
of the is serviced by combined
sewer
systems
POPULATION
1940
2008 1970
2.1 million
2 million
1.4 million
TRANSIT SERVICE
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2
3
4
5
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GLOBAL INTEGRATION
H2O SYSTEM
chris BLEAKLEY
GRAYS FERRY
yuanling ZHANG
PASSYUNK
Schuylkill THE LOWER
CONFLUENCE
lou HUANG
CONVERT. PRODUCE. CREATE.
SYSTEM // DEVELOPMENT SMART AS INNOVATIVE
danae TILGHMAN
PRODUCE LOGICAL INTELLIGENCE + RESEARCH / DEVELOPMENT + INNOVATION CENTER + INSTITUTION / BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS
rana BOLAND
CREATE ART / MUSIC / LINGUISTIC INTELLIGENCE + FLEXIBLE ART SPACE + MUSIC INSTITUTION + LANGUAGE INSTITUTION
yang DAI
CONVERT NATURAL INTELLIGENCE + URBAN AGRICULTURE + CONSTRUCTED WETLAND + URBAN FOREST / TREE NURSERY + CLEAN ENERTY
LEGEND
Existing Parks & Open New Parks & Open Space Pilot Study Site Forest Wetlands Water
Residential Commercial Institutional Industrial Existing Curblines Light Rail Transit
Trolley Broad Street SubMarket-Frankford SubRegional Rail Freight Rail New Bike Paths
MASTER PLAN scale
1” = 750’
SMART BY DESIGN Within the Urban Realm Studio, crossdisciplinary teams of five persons each work together to develop a master plan for the entire lower Schuylkill River site. This project, called “Smart by Design,” envisions redevelopment along the Schuylkill that focuses on reversing the “brain drain” by retaining graduates of Philadelphia’s stellar educational institutions, who have been leaving the city for work elsewhere. It explores the idea of smart growth and smart design strategies in landscape, transportation infrastructure, knowledge-based industry, and community development.
group 3
a project by
URBAN DESIGN
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