Landscape

CASE STUDY:

Cornell NYC
Tech Campus
Guided By:
Ar. Amruta Barve
Made By:
Keya J, Manasi P, Somya A ,
Swapnali W, Tanvi S
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SITE LOCATION:

Roosevelt Island,
Manhattan,
New York City,
United States .

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 SITE SETTING:

▪ Roosevelt Island overlooking

Manhattan.

▪ It lies between Manhattan

Island to its west and the
borough of Queens, on Long
Island, to its east.
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The Elevated
building entrances
protect the campus
from rising sea
levels and future
storms;
TOPOGRAPHY:
The campus plan
established the
island’s natural
central ridge as the
primary pedestrian
circulation route.
As a result, all primary
building entrances are
located along this
pathway, several feet
above the base
floodplain elevations.
 CLIMATE
Rainfall Temperature

Snowfall Daylight|

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 Need to design campus framework that would
encourage the creative process now and into the
VISION
future, flexibly accommodating a growing and
evolving institution
▪ Focus lies in the
experience of the
campus It’s
relationship to the city
should be.

GUIDING VISION:
▪ The design of the
campus should
express the forward-
thinking academic
vision behind it and be
truly integrated into
the city.
▪ The campus should
put the creativity of
its inhabitants first.
It became the perfect location to offload necessary but undesirable civic HISTORICAL
functions. In this era it was rechristened Blackwell’s Island and was home
to New York’s largest penitentiary. CONTEXT

Circa 1902
Over time the island became infamous for its poor
conditions.
By chance, in 1903, Thomas Edison after a survey quotes,
“Barren, unattractive, and hostile, the island appears
less as a natural outcropping than as man-made
infrastructure, cruelly and efficiently serving its
purpose.”

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An Inversion of the superblock paradigm.
Renderings depict a central spine
HISTORICAL
investments as a partCONTEXT
In the 1930s, when healthcare and research became essential
of the New Deal, the site was renamed
Welfare Island.
Where the Blackwell Penitentiary once stood, Goldwater
Hospital opened in 1939, one of several healthcare facilities
built here during this era.
Circa 1930
Focus on creating a Residential enclave that could
stem the flight of the middle class to the suburbs.
Philip Johnson and John Burgee were hired to
imagine a new kind of community.
Their 1968 master plan focused development near the
center of the island, but placed Circulation in the
middle — an inversion of the superblock paradigm.
Renderings depict a Central Spine.
Even the great architect Louis Kahn played a role,
designing a memorial to Roosevelt for the island’s
Circa 1968
southern tip. Optimism was in the air
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 SIGNAGES

▪ The Vertical totems of the

signage system seamlessly
integrate into an environment
that is both a modern urban
campus and a park

▪ The environmental graphics

acknowledge Cornell with a
dimensional and highly
recognizable “C” shaped ,
including a large and
immersive sculptural
entrance landmark.
SEATING

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 To encourage and facilitate informal meetings and social interaction a diverse range of
seating options have been incorporated in the outdoor spaces.

Other seating
opportunities include
benches, chairs and tables
that allow outdoor eating,
studying, meeting or
working on laptops

Extensive sections of low concrete wall provide seating, define the

different functional areas and discourage pedestrians from walking
across the planting beds

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 VEGETATION

Strategically located deciduous trees provide summer shade and winter solar
access to the outdoor spaces.

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GROUND COVER
▪ Ground level planting
includes a combination of
indigenous grasses,
groundcovers and perennials.
▪ Laid out in informal drifts of
single species the planting
creates a relaxed sense of
order to the vegetation,
which will become more
apparent as it matures.
▪ The use of large boulders
strategically located in the
planting beds adds a
naturalistic element that
contrasts with the rectilinear
form of the seating walls and
plants that border them.
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 The campus is organized around a central
APPROACH pedestrian boulevard called Techwalk, which
connects the island’s Main Street with Four
Freedoms Park.

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One of the great experiences of the New York Subway system is that you can enter it from the context of one
urban area of the City and then pop out in another urban space that has a totally different character. Buildings
and outdoor rooms line Techwalk and offer a number of uniquely programmed spaces to support a diverse mix
of uses. Every outdoor room boasts views of Midtown Manhattan and Queens’ waterfront and is optimized for
its intended use.

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A CAMPPUS IS ORGANISED AROUND A CENTRAL PEDESTRIAN BOULEVARD(ROAD WITH USUALLY ONE SIDE TREES) CALLED
TECHWALK , WHITCH CONNECTS ISLAND’S MAIN STREET WITH FOUR FREEDOM PARK.
THE TECHWALK PROVIDES THE SOLUTION BYCREATING ADATUM THAT EACH BUILDING’S ENTRY NEED TO STAY ABOVE .
PEOPLE ENTER THE CAMPUS FIRST AT ITS CORNERS AND THEN RISE GENTLY THROUGH ITS OPEN SPACES AT ASLOPE THAT
IS LARGLY IPERCEPTIBLE .
ONCE THEY REACH THE CENTRAL RIDGE , THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY PERMEABLE FACADES THAT PUT THE CAMPUS’S
ENERGY ON DISPLAY.
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 • EXTENDING ACROSS
• APARTMENTS, ROOSEVELT ISLAND FROM
WORKSPACES, CAFE, AND RIVERFRONT-TO-
OUTDOOR AMENITIES ARE RIVERFRONT, THE CAMPUS
ALL MIXED TOGETHER IN THE INCORPORATES AN
PLAN, WHILE PARCELS OF INTEGRATED SERIES OF
LAND SHAPED BY PATHWAYS PUBLIC INDOOR AND
PROVIDE AMPLE SPACE FOR
OUTDOOR SPACES.
FUTURE EXPANSION
INFORMED BY DESIGN • VIEWS FROM THE
BRIEFS THAT SUPPORT NEW OUTDOOR SPACES ARE
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. FRAMED BY TREES AND
BUILDINGS AND EXTEND
ACROSS THE EAST RIVER
TO MANHATTAN IN ONE
DIRECTION AND QUEENS IN
THE OTHER.

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• Lawn-covered terraces
separated by low concrete
seating walls are used for
informal sitting and lying
down as well as groups
gathered for talks and
discussions.
• Other seating opportunities
include benches, chairs and
tables that allow outdoor
eating, studying, meeting or
working on laptops.
• Outdoor spaces that are
attractive and comfortable
for students, faculty, staff
and visitors to sit, talk and
collaborate.
• The oval shaped Campus
Lawn is surrounded by
concrete seating walls and
designed for informal
recreation, providing
. spectacular views across
the East River to
Manhattan .
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 ACTIVITIES ON SITE

STUDY SEATING WITH WALKING, EATING

FRIENDS , SOCIAL PLAYING
INTERACTION

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USER GROUP ANALYSIS

• In the cornell tech campus

there are two academic blocks ,
so mostly there are more
number of students ,
• Then there is one company , so
there are people in between age
of 25 to 60 .
• And also there is residential
building ,so there are all age
groups people living .

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VEIW OF THE SKYLINE: FROM SITE TO SURROUNDINGS

STREET AROUND THE CAMPUS

VIEW OF THE BRIDGE GOING THROUGHT THE
EAST RIVER FROM THE SITE

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 FROM SURROUNDINGS TO SITE
AERIAL VIEW OF CORNELL CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTING THE LANDSCAPE

VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE

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COLOURS

▪ RED , PURPLE AND THE WHITE FLOWERING

MEDIUM HEIGHT TREES ARE USED.
▪ GREEN COLOR TREES ARE USED WIDELY IN IT.
▪ TREES ARE DECIDUOUS TREES ,GIVES SHADING
TO THE SEATING.
▪ THE ALL PATHWAYS ARE IN WHITE AND GREY
COLOURS.
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TEXTURES
To avoid monotony in a
planting bed and to add
visual interest they
have used different
texture plants &
hardscape
complementing the
softscape

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SUSTAINABILITY
• Aiming for zero at the new campus took unusual
cooperation among the separate architects and
developers involved. It was an opportunity to
think about sustainability at the level of the
building, but to think about it on the level of the
entire campus.”
• The Phase 1 landscape includes state-of-the-art
sustainability metrics, with porous pavements,
storm-water gardens, native plantings, and
renewable materials.
• 10-acre campus encompasses the largest solar
array
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SERVICES

operable windows
photovoltaic panels
Allowed to exhaust warm air To
slopes 15 degrees for optimal
reduce cooling loads
conversion of solar energy to electric
power
radiant ceiling panels
Acoustic ceiling panels
ceiling panels provide sensible cooling to
acoustic ceiling panels improve occupants utilising a hydronic system
sound quality to create an ideal
learning environment
displacement ventilation
reduces energy consumption while
Raised roof system
increases thermal comfort snd productivity
provides flexibility for future
it needs and allows easy service access to Provides dedicated outside air at floor level
electrical and mechanical systems
to rise to a higher level where and natural
photovoltaic panels slopes 15 degrees for convection forces air to riseto a higher
optimal conversion of solar energy to level where it is extracted within the ceiling
electric power

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CLIMATIC CONTROL
The geothermal system --
Preserving as an array of 400 wells
many mature spread out over four acres - A louver system spans
tress as possible - will use 500-foot deep the building to serve as
holes to extract heat from “gills” where the
the earth to warm heating and cooling
buildings in the winter. live, allowing the
During the summer, the systems to breathe
Rain gardens system will transfer excess
heat from inside the
Divert storm water buildings back into the
from paved areas and ground to provide air
roofs, and channel it conditioning. Wrapped around the
into the ground using a thick-walled sides of
well-draining soil the center, a
reduces the amount of perforated aluminum
polluted water flowing skin will act as both
directly to streams and shade and insulation.
lakes

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• The rain garden is fed by channeled storm
water from the roof into a low area via
gutters. The garden is a ‘bowl’ with high
drier areas and low areas that are more WATER MANAGEMENT
apt to experience temporary saturated
conditions after a rain.
The open space features comprehensive
resilient design, including rain harvesting for
irrigation, subterranean gravel trenches that
hold and slow down storm water; a series of
bio-filtration gardens that treat storm water
runoff non-mechanically before it enters the
river.

A 40,000-gallon
underground tank will
collect rainwater for use in • . Plants that are adapted to alternately wet and dry conditions
plumbing, cooling and are planted to help entrain precipitation and transpire it , which
irrigation systems. Wrapped reduces the amount of water that is drained
around the thick-walled
sides of the center, a
perforated aluminum skin
will act as both shade and
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insulation
LANDSCAPE
VOCABULARY

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 SUMMARY
Potentials
• the campus represents a new vision of a campus for the
digital age where it creates spaces for academics and
entrepreneurs to slow down, talk to one another, and
generate ideas in unprecedented ways
• Promotes pollution free environment in closed pack city
• these open spaces weave the buildings into a unique and
vibrant community, providing a rich identity for this new
21st-century urban campus.
Positives
• Active, public open spaces around the perimeter of the
campus create a substantial public realm and welcomes
visitors and the public in to the campus.
• Throughout the campus, outdoor and indoor spaces are
synergistically connected to allow people to move easily
and comfortably in and out during the course of the day
• campus now houses some of the most environmentally-
friendly and energy-efficient buildings in the world.
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