Berggren Healing Rihour Slides

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Rihourhealing


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Current Condition:


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Current Condition:Rihour plaza currently has anumber of problems whichneed redesigning. The redzones indicates that auto-mobile trafc in this area isto heavy, and that there is tomany parking spaces con-suming the valuable plazaspace. The yellow indicatesthe metro stop which hasbecome dated and needs

remodeling as well as withthe stone monument infront of the visitor center.

All together the plaza has avery hard surfaced feel, whichis made worse due to the tallwalls and reduced sunlight.

-reduce auto trafc

-remove parking

-redesign metro stop

-address monument

-remove phonebooths

-remove carouselle

-redesign bike parking


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Current Condition:

- lack of usable bicycle racks

- outdated and unused phone booths


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Current Condition:

- out of place carouselle

- repaving needs

- dated building facades


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Current Condition:

- unused space

- unkempt stonework


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Case Study:

-Giants Garden


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Case Study:


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Analysis:

-Elements to Keep

movable planters

historic church/visitor center


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Analysis:After taking into consideration all the chaos, I decided to investigate other areas of Lille to gain a more holis-tic understanding of the cities needs. I conducted site visits of parks, researched brown eld areas of the town,and rode the metro all around as a part of transportation research. Finally I came to understand that Lilleneeded development in three areas:

- bicycling

- green spaces

- spirituality

In most of the European cities I have visited, they have had in a place what I would call a public bike sharesystem. Currently Lille does not have one though, and not only that but Lille has little in the way of bicyclelanes. I gured implementing bicycle lanes and a new bike share system would be a great rst step towards

a healthier city (France compared to its surrounding countries seams to lack bicycling enthusiasm). I also feltsomething like a bike rental/repair shop was a necessary and tting addition to the plaza.

The next category of green space is usually one that gets included in all urban planning decisions, but I want-ed to especially emphasize this need for plaza rihour. This space is one of tall buildings and a small surfacesarea, which minimizes the amount of sunlight reaching the inhabitants. The best thing I found to remedy thesituation was an improved green space, possibly drawing inspiration from one of the other parks in town.

The nal key to the puzzle I feel is spirituality. In most of my visits to other cities I have attended a vibrantprotestant church lled with excited Christians, but in Lille I have been unsuccessful in locating one. Europe for

the most part unfortunately is a spiritually dry place. cathedrals serve more tourists than church members. Anewly founded protestant church I believe may be the key to getting Lille back on track spiritually and somesort of partnership with the new bicycling shop may be the spark a church would need to catch peoples atten-tion and build a relationship with the public.

A redesign of Rihour plaza around these concepts would be a generous step towards healing the people of Lille.


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Analysis:

Heart of Lille


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Site: Plaza Rihour

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Analysis:

Water


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Green Space


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Analysis:

Churches

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Analysis:

Notable Destinations

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Analysis:

Shopping Centers

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Brown Fields

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Analysis:

Metro Nodes

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Proposed Bicycle Share Stations

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Analysis:

Proposed Primary Bicycling Routes

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Key

1. existing visitor center

2. newspaper stand

3. metro entrance

4. velille bike share

5. bicycling path

6. bicycling repair shop

7. church

8. coffee shop/ grill

Rihour Redesign

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Design Elements:


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Design Elements:

Drawing inspiration from

the Lille metro symbol, Idesigned the new emblemfor what I would like tocall the velille bike sharesystem. This name is amerger of the french wordbicycle (velo) and thename of the city.

After visiting the giants gardenin the euralille development,I had the idea for large leaf

shaped benches. These bencheswill help create a new freedomfor visitors as they are designedwith wheels so as to be easilyrearranged within the plaza.

Design Elements:


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Design Elements:

As the main theme, bicycling has been the focus of mydesign. Above is a section sketch of how the redesignedmetro top will encourage bicycles to ride over it whilealso allowing light to penetrate to below. The curvingplanter in the top right has spaces for bike parking aswell as a metal mesh wall covered in vegetation.

Perspective:


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Perspective:

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Perspective:The previous image showed the bicycle repair andrental shop. Next door to it will be a newly launch-ing protestant church. My hope is that a connectionbetween these two entities would produce interest inthe new church.

The image to the right shows the movable leafbenches randomly placed in front of the historic visi-tor center. My idea of a new bicycle sharing programwould be based here, with quality bicycles ready tobe checked out. Also here I designed a green wallthat grows taller to create intimate spaces in varyinglocations.


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Andrew Berggren Spring 2011 Professor Paul Gleye Lille, France

Urban planning is not about one space, the right sun lighting effects or the number of visitors.Rather, urban planning encompasses the holistic experience of a population as they engage inmetropolitan life. Plaza rihour is one piece to a giant puzzle that must be carefully and com-pletely analyzed. The whole can be no greater than the parts which comprise it, but when deli-cately woven together create a canvas that goes far beyond the individual elements themselves.

Top ten things I learned about urban design this semester:

1. when redesigning a site, not all of the spaces must be altered

2. there is a larger context that should inform how minor/individual space decisions are made

3. the history of a space/city can be the greatest informer of future design decisions

4. water features seem to make a space appear cleanly and inviting

5. a space must be designed with multiple functions in mind (i.e. nighttime, festivals)

6. seating in a public space is essential and rarely overdone

7. political and economic barriers create the most resistances to a developments progress

8. short term and long term goals are equally important and necessary

9. a garbage man can empty trash bins, or sweep up garbage (provide trash bins!)

10. planning a city works best in a bottom up format

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