Urban Design Portfolio:
Maintaining the historical urban fabric and making modern sustainable commuynities
Maintaining the historical urban fabric and making modern sustainable commuynities
Fast passed urbangrowth is creating a thread to cities with historic neighborhoods. Non-friendlytransportation projects have cut through the historic urban texture and ignoredthe social and artistic values that they hold within. This project is a combination of urban mobility, streetimprovement, community development, and place making. The goal was to revitalizethe existing historic neighborhoods shattered into smaller sections due todevelopment of a city arterial. In order to recreate the lost socialinteraction several design criteria were implemented.
1. Traffic calming
2. Traffic simulation
3. Traffic rerouting
4. Streetscape improvement
5. Land use planning
6. Public space design
1. Traffic calming
2. Traffic simulation
3. Traffic rerouting
4. Streetscape improvement
5. Land use planning
6. Public space design