P E R F O R M A T I V E P A R K Sc o m p a r i n g b o s t o n l a n d s c a p e s1

BOSTON COMMON

EAST BOSTON MEMORIAL PARK

BACK BAY FENS

JOE MOAKLEY PARK

STREET GRIDTOPOGRAPHY PROGRAM INFRASTRUCTURE

Arlington, Boylston, Park Drive, Chinatown, Downtown Crossing

Massachusetts Turnpike

Storrow Drive

Commonwealth Avenue

JFK/UMass, Andrew

Fenway, Hynes, Symphony, Northeastern, MFA

Airport

Interstate 93

Huntington Avenue

Massachusetts Turnpike

William F. McClellan Highway

U.S. Route 1

Massachusetts Turnpike

26,819

28,588

11,288

27,489

people per square mile

people per square mile

people per square mile

people per square mile

Sources: BRA, City-Data.com

BACK BAY / FENS EAST BOSTON

+ 4 7s q u a r em i l e s— s i n c e —

1630

Back Bay Fens built in the 1890s, while Back Bay was being filled.

Solves drainage and sewage problems, and has civic value.

$$$East Boston Memorial Park built in the 20th century, after East Boston had been settled.

Landscape should shape the urban fabric, but the park is not well integrated and is not an economic driver for East Boston.

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I N T E G R A T I O Ns h a p i n g a n u r b a n f a b r i c2

The pinch between waters in East Boston allows for an opportunity to link two entities while performing for civic value. In studies of barriers, bridges, and buffers, we see how each example is characterized. At East Boston, our barrier is the land, which separates two waters: Chelsea River and Boston Harbor. We shall connect them with a bridge of sorts to provide similar performative quality that the Fens do. As a way to relieve East Boston of sewage, drainage, and storm surge concerns, a new water link will remediate the runoff of different programs.

The link between the two is comprised of the interweaving of water and civic nodes, each of which provide for the city. Civic nodes are characterized by the meeting of water, program, and vegetation. Water nodes are characterized by their function in the remediation process. Runoff water will be collected from new and existing civic nodes. At this pinch, the water will run from Chelsea River and discharge at Constitution Beach after enduring a remediation process which includes sedementation, retention, and aeration.

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STITCH TOGETHER THE PINCH WATER NODES CIVIC NODES

T H E D I S T R I C Tl i n k i n g t w o e n t i t i e s3

MAGDEBURG WATER BRIDGE CHELSEA STREET BRIDGE

PANAMA CANAL GRAND CANYON

BRIDGES

BARRIERS

BUFFERS

TORONTO CONSTITUTION BEACH

E A S T B O S T O N

BARRIER

BRIDGE

BUFFER

CHELSEA CREEK

STORM WATER RUNOFF COLLECTION?

CONSTITUTION BEACH

LACK OF SITE NODES

REMEDIATION EFFORTS?ACTIVATED LANDSCAPE?CIVIC VALUE?

T H E P I N C Hw e a v i n g w a t e r a n d c i v i c n o d e s4

CIVIC NODES

WATER NODES

RUNOFF

EXISTING HOTEL

OFFICE

RESIDENTIAL &RETAIL COMMUNITY

CENTER

BOARDWALK

EXISTING RESIDENTIAL RUNOFF

EXISTING RESIDENTIAL RUNOFF

EXISTING HOTEL

OFFICE

RESIDENTIAL &RETAIL COMMUNITY

CENTER

BOARDWALK

CHELSEA CREEK

WATER COLLECTION

AERATION POND

REMEDIATION

CONSTITUTION BEACH

B U I L D I N G F O R M Sb u i l d i n g s s h a p e d b y t h e i r s u r r o u n d i n g s5

4 C O N D I T I O N S

S T R E E T + W AT E R W AT E R + V E G E TAT I O N V E G E TAT I O N + V E G E TAT I O N V E G E TAT I O N + S T R E E T

4 C O N D I T I O N S

S T R E E T + W AT E R W AT E R + V E G E TAT I O N V E G E TAT I O N + V E G E TAT I O N V E G E TAT I O N + S T R E E T

WATER

bringing the landscape in

VEGETATION

extending out into the landscape

WATER

bringing the landscape in

VEGETATION

extending out into the landscape

WATER

bringing the landscape in

VEGETATION

extending out into the landscape

WATER

bringing the landscape in

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S E C T I O N A L R E L A T I O N S H I P Ss e c t i o n a l r e l a t i o n s h i p s6

WATER

bringing the landscape in

VEGETATION

extending out into the landscape

WATER

bringing the landscape in

VEGETATION

extending out into the landscape

WATER

bringing the landscape in

VEGETATION

extending out into the landscape

WATER

bringing the landscape in

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R E S I D E N T I A L 60% HOTEL 40% DWELLING

M I X E D U S E 71% RESIDENTIAL 29% RETAIL

I N S T I T U T I O N A L 58% COMMUNITY 42% OFFICE

T O T A L 66% RESIDENTIAL 12% RETAIL 13% COMMUNITY 9% OFFICE

COLLECTION &SEDEMENTATION

RETENTION &DETENTION

AERATION POND

D I S T R I C T L A Y O U Ts i t e c o n c e p t7

P E D E S T R I A NL A N D S C A P EB U I L D I N G H E I G H T S

80’ - 10’ | 30’ - 40’ | 50’ - 60’ FORREST | WETLAND | LAWN WEAVE | FINGERS | TANGENTS

T H E N O D Eu n i t i n g p r o g r a m a n d l a n d s c a p e s8

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