Four seasons resort oahu | landscape renovation
PBR HAWAII & Associates
Client: The Resort Group
Size: 6.3 Acres
Client: The Resort Group
Size: 6.3 Acres
STudio project: Brooklyn bridge park pier 5
Cornell University - LA7010 Urban Design and Planning Graduate Studio (Fall semester 2011)
Professor: Peter Trowbridge
With permission from MVVA, Inc., we were able to use base plans from Pier 5 for educational purposes in our studio. The goal of the studio was to analyze Pier 5 in context with its surrounding demographic, economic, ecological, and infrastructural needs and propose suitable and sustainable design and programming for the future pier.
My approach was to provide multi-functional, flexible space that allowed for different experiences of Pier 5 so that every visit sees it in a different condition. A sculpted concrete park serves as a skateboarding area for teenagers, especially those who live in Brooklyn as a large skate park is not yet an amenity in this borough. An open lawn area serves on as recreational space as well as event space for future restaurants across the street. A wooden deck ( a "stage") that cantilevers over the water uses the Manhattan skyline both as a focal point and as a backdrop for planned events as well as the everyday stroll. A pebble beach draws out the minute tidal change experience as well as another spot for kayaks to launch.
Materials such as wooden benches or granite curbs and steps would be reclaimed. Underground stormwater retainment serve to reduce surface runoff as well as provide irrigation for plants onsite. I also graded the site so that access throughout Pier 5 is ADA-compliant.
Professor: Peter Trowbridge
With permission from MVVA, Inc., we were able to use base plans from Pier 5 for educational purposes in our studio. The goal of the studio was to analyze Pier 5 in context with its surrounding demographic, economic, ecological, and infrastructural needs and propose suitable and sustainable design and programming for the future pier.
My approach was to provide multi-functional, flexible space that allowed for different experiences of Pier 5 so that every visit sees it in a different condition. A sculpted concrete park serves as a skateboarding area for teenagers, especially those who live in Brooklyn as a large skate park is not yet an amenity in this borough. An open lawn area serves on as recreational space as well as event space for future restaurants across the street. A wooden deck ( a "stage") that cantilevers over the water uses the Manhattan skyline both as a focal point and as a backdrop for planned events as well as the everyday stroll. A pebble beach draws out the minute tidal change experience as well as another spot for kayaks to launch.
Materials such as wooden benches or granite curbs and steps would be reclaimed. Underground stormwater retainment serve to reduce surface runoff as well as provide irrigation for plants onsite. I also graded the site so that access throughout Pier 5 is ADA-compliant.
ULI / Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition - 2011
About the competition:
"The ULI/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition, now in its ninth year, offers graduate-level students the opportunity to form their own multidisciplinary teams and engage in a challenging exercise in responsible land use. Student teams comprising at least three disciplines will have two weeks to devise a comprehensive design and development program for a real, large-scale site full of challenges and opportunities. Submissions will consist of boards that include drawings, site plans, tables, and market-feasible financial data."
Other Team Members:
Chevone Hall (Cornell Program in Real Estate '12)
Corinne Blackford (Cornell Master of Regional Planning '12)
Dawn Kang (Cornell Master of Architecture '13)
Competition dates: January 17 - 31, 2011. Original board size: 51 x 22 inches
"The ULI/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition, now in its ninth year, offers graduate-level students the opportunity to form their own multidisciplinary teams and engage in a challenging exercise in responsible land use. Student teams comprising at least three disciplines will have two weeks to devise a comprehensive design and development program for a real, large-scale site full of challenges and opportunities. Submissions will consist of boards that include drawings, site plans, tables, and market-feasible financial data."
Other Team Members:
Chevone Hall (Cornell Program in Real Estate '12)
Corinne Blackford (Cornell Master of Regional Planning '12)
Dawn Kang (Cornell Master of Architecture '13)
Competition dates: January 17 - 31, 2011. Original board size: 51 x 22 inches
Transbay Transit Center - San Francisco, California, USA
PWP Landscape Architecture
Design Principal: Peter Walker
Managing Partner: Adam Greenspan, Paul Sieron
Project Manager: Jenny Henry
Associate: Julie Canter
Worked on phases: Schematic Design, Design Development through Construction Bid Set
Below are images retrieved from the TJPA's Transbay Transit Center website.
All renderings below were done by steelblue (a 3D architectural rendering firm). In-house PWP drawings are not publicly disclosable.
Design Principal: Peter Walker
Managing Partner: Adam Greenspan, Paul Sieron
Project Manager: Jenny Henry
Associate: Julie Canter
Worked on phases: Schematic Design, Design Development through Construction Bid Set
Below are images retrieved from the TJPA's Transbay Transit Center website.
All renderings below were done by steelblue (a 3D architectural rendering firm). In-house PWP drawings are not publicly disclosable.
Madinaty Open Air Mall - Cairo, Egypt
SWA Group - Laguna Beach
Principal: David Berkson
Associates: Kevin Slawson, Mehrdad Mohregi
Worked on phase: Schematic Design through Design Development
Principal: David Berkson
Associates: Kevin Slawson, Mehrdad Mohregi
Worked on phase: Schematic Design through Design Development
Pu River Park - Shenyang, China
SWA Group - Laguna Beach
Principal: David Berkson
Associate: Yige Sun
Worked on phase: Schematic Design
Principal: David Berkson
Associate: Yige Sun
Worked on phase: Schematic Design
St. Regis Resort - Mexico
SWA Group - Laguna Beach
Principal: Larry Pearson, David Berkson
Associates: Worasak Luangwansan, Amy Oliver
Worked on phase: Conceptual Design
Principal: Larry Pearson, David Berkson
Associates: Worasak Luangwansan, Amy Oliver
Worked on phase: Conceptual Design
