RESILIENT [Sub]URBANISM post-sandy

Stitching Staten Island w/SOCIO-SPATIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Grant City Presentation

Jean You

INTRO : Resilience

Source: NY Times, News

SOCIAL CAPITAL + Resilience

social ties and the ability of communities to mobilize are important in facilitating successful post-disaster recovery

SOCIAL CAPITAL

RECOVERY RATE

RISK

Source: Aldrich, Building resilience: Social capital in post-disaster recovery

URBAN TREND + Resilience

Modern Ideal Urbanism

Splintered Urbanism

Central planning

Decentralized planning

Equality in service
Unitary goals

Fragmentation

Traditional core
dominted cities

Polycentric and extended

urban regions

Urban infrastructure is
both technical and
social
Urban infrastructure
integral to social life in
cities

Urban Infrastructure =
social and spatial
inequality
Over simplication of
infrastructure abstracted
from social world

LA

Source: Graham, Splintering Urbanism . Duany Urban to Rural Transect

SOCIAL+ SPATIAL Relationships

Modern Ideal Urbanism

Social

Infrastructure

Splintered Urbanism

Social

Infrastructure

Individuals
+ Families

Economic
Institutions

SOCIAL INTERACTIONS

Community
Institutions

SOCIAL
CAPITAL

INFRASTRUCTURE
Built
Environment

Natural
Environments

Source: Graham, Splintering Urbanism

SOCIAL+ SPATIAL Relationship

Modern Ideal Urbanism

Social

Splintered Urbanism

Infrastructure

Social

Infrastructure

Individuals
+ Families

Economic
Institutions

Individuals
+ Families

SOCIAL INTERACTIONS

Community
Institutions

Economic
Institutions

SOCIAL INTERACTIONS

SOCIAL
CAPITAL

SOCIAL
CAPITAL

INFRASTRUCTURE
Built
Environment

Community
Institutions

INFRASTRUCTURE
Natural
Environments

Built
Environment

Natural
Environments

Source: Graham, Splintering Urbanism

CASE STUDY: Staten Island

Effects on Response + Recovery

Source: NY Times, New Articles

KEY ISSUE : SIR

SOCIAL+URBAN FRAGMENTATION: Station + Context sectional studies

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SOCIAL+URBAN FRAGMENTATION: Station + Context sectional studies

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DEMOGRAPHICS + Ridership

US Census

OPPORTUNITIES : SIR + Neighborhoods

OPPORTUNITIES : SIR + Commercial Zone

OPPORTUNITIES : SIR + Bus Network

OPPORTUNITIES : SIR + Bicycle Routes

OPPORTUNITIES : SIR + Green Space

OPPORTUNITIES : SIR + Other Infrastructure

OPPORTUNITIES : SIR + Future Projects

NYCEDC

SI Community Needs

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

DESIGN PROPOSAL : Precedents, Social Urbanism and Urban Acupuncture

Source: Medllin

Resilient STRATEGY : Suburban Acupuncture

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STATION STUDY : Grant City Station context

STATION STUDY : Grant City Station history

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DESIGN PROPOSAL : Reimagining Grant City Station

Integrating Existing Community Programs and Activities

SI Live

DESIGN PROPOSAL : Reimagining Grant City Station

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DESIGN PROPOSAL : Reimagining Grant City Station

PHASING

Other Design Interventions : Dongan Hills, Clifton, Stapleton

Multi-layer Approach

Geographic Impact/Network

STATEN ISLAND Resilience Network

STATEN ISLAND East Shore Map 2025

STATEN
ISLAND
EAST SHORE
ATTRACTIONS

RAILWAY ! BUS ROUTE ! BIKE PATH

Harvard GSD Fall 2014

MDesS: Risk and Resilience

JEAN YOU
Thesis

Next Steps
Active organizations + civic
associations + community
involvement: Si OutLOUD,
Staten Island Hunger Task
Force, Staten Island Community
Supported Agriculture (CSA),
Staten Island Grow to Give, and
SI Partnership for Community
Wellness

Grant City/
Communities
STATEN
ISLAND

Train and build

farms+temporary structures
for cultural programs

Send
Proposal

EAST SHORE
ATTRACTIONS

RAILWAY ! BUS ROUTE ! BIKE PATH

Harvard GSD Fall 2014

MDesS: Risk and Resilience

Approved Bid

JEAN YOU

Thesis

Funding
Dot NYC plaza Program Fund
Project for Public Spaces Fund
Local Businesses

MTA HQ
Real Estate Dept

RFP

Small initial alterations

for more public spaces
and amenities

MTA Improvements
Better maintenance/management
of the stations
Begin renovating the stations
Upgrade the railcars

Frank Phillips, senior consultant

Meetings, Workshops

City Planning Dept

Bus routes/ bike paths/ pedestrian
paths begin to intersect w/stations
Resiliency Themed Hubs
Trained mobilization points

Nodes/Stations begin to connect :

food distribution + plaza network