Masterplan Progress

Consolidating Our Ideas Into an Early Master Plan.

On March 27th we began to further analyze our master plans and eventually came up with an early stage final plan with cohesive elements from prior explorations. Our goal is to create neighborhood identity through social and physical connectivity. In hopes of connecting Lower Broadway residences with the each other and their surroundings.

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Recap of the First Month

After the first month of collecting and filtering data from the site visit, the studio is moving forward to focus on analyzing maps, historical timelines, and existing information. This will help us get a better understanding of the origins of what makes the city of Newark as we see it present-day. The studio produced a quick time lapse of the site visit that will further be developed into categories that consist of materials, pedestrian activity, cultural factors, etc... The studio is researching the history of Newark and pin-pointing historical movements that will give a better understanding of how Newark came to be. To further filter the amount of information, a group of students will be categorizing the historic events into education, demographics, innovation and infrastructure, and determine any other categories they think fits best. Holding History in our Hands Students developing maps into different categories of development, income areas, ma

Faculty Review Session & Design Charette

How Far We've Come and Where We're Headed. On March 20th we presented our progress to date and received feedback from the faculty and staff at the Landscape Architecture Department. Following our presentation, the next day in studio the students began to sketch preliminary design ideas on trace. Click here to learn more about our presentation and design work!

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