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Charlottesville City Market

watereshed analysis
initial concept diagram  :  finding the site through drawing
urban framework mapping  :  cultural (red) and ecological (blue) flows interact on the site, connecting downtown Charlottesville to its periphery network of riparian parks and trails through a corridor of social and ecological activity
concept model #1  :  bathtup gin - site topography suggests stormwater retention landscape
concept model #2  :  scartissue - site edges are heightened and used to hold social program
concept moel #3  :  supercollider - infrastructural intersections as collisive moments of programatic intensity 
conceptual section/perspective sketches
site strategy diagram sequence
plan
sections
section model : market edge + daylit stream
section/perspective + section/axon  :  two-story market edge + daylit bioswale stream + oak bosque
material palette  :  oak bosque, riparian edges, bioswale stream, and market canopy 
ideogram rendering  ;  oak forest + market canopy 
ideogram rendering  :  IX urban playground 
Charlottesville City Market
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Charlottesville City Market

This project reimagines the edge of an urban stream valley as a two story line of market clusters linked to a daylit stream and an urban playgrou Read More

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