Final Presentation [Round One]

This past Thursday was our presentation for the department; we presented a lot and we got a ton of feedback from professors and fellow students. Moving forward we have a lot of work to do but we're excited to prepare for our community presentation on May 13th. Click the link to head to the student work page for more details!

http://nicholavenueproject.blogspot.com/p/student-work.html

Preparing the Final Presentation

With the final deadline quickly approaching, we're producing more work than ever! Click the links below to see a sample of how your survey responses turned out graphically and more importantly, head over to the student work page to see what we presented in our "dry-run" this afternoon! As always you can get even more visuals over on our Flickr page!

Click here to check out Chelsea's survey graphics...

Click here to check out our dry-run presentation...

Check back in with our Flickr Photostream...

Meet our 3rd Group!

Click the link below to check out yet another studio group; see who they are & learn a little bit about what they've been doing and what you can expect from them in the final presentation. As always, keep checking back for a peak at the work we're doing. The final deadline is quickly approaching so there's a lot to be seen!

http://nicholavenueproject.blogspot.com/p/student-work.html

Meet Our Next Group & See What We're Doing

Another week means another group to unveil. Click the link below to head to the Student Work page to meet another final presentation group, read up on the work they're doing & get a sneak peek of what we've produced so far as a whole!

http://nicholavenueproject.blogspot.com/p/student-work.html

P+OS+P Addressing the Rutgers Strategic Plan

This week students in the Praxis Studio submitted a proposal to the Rutgers Strategic Plan Group. The proposal advocates for the use of open space as a catalyst to imporove the interaction among all people at Rutgers and in its surrounding communities.

see the full proposal: http://nicholavenueproject.blogspot.com/p/student-work.html
 

Taking a Closer Look

Now that you have a good idea of what we're doing as a studio, take a closer look at just who we are & what our individual contributions to the studio are! Each week we'll be taking you inside studio to see us in action. Head over to our student work page to meet our first group:

http://nicholavenueproject.blogspot.com/p/student-work.html

Physical Master Plan Forum

Head to our 'Community Workshop' page to check out what we heard today at the Physical Master Plan Forum on College Ave. There you can also check out "The Swarm" video which depicts student movement between the five Rutgers campuses on a typical day. Also find links to the master plan webpage and how you can get more involved with the process, just click the link below!

http://nicholavenueproject.blogspot.com/p/community-workshop.html

Facilities Workshop

Head to our Community Workshop page to check out what happened when we met with some representatives from the university to discuss what goes on on Nichol Avenue and the surrounding campuses.

http://nicholavenueproject.blogspot.com/p/community-workshop.html

In studio and in the field

The studio has required a great deal of field work and observation, but the actual coming together in the studio space helps communicate and consolidate information

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Exploring options for a concept design

Mid-Review Pin Up

We're already at the middle of the semester which means it's mid-review time! Head to our student work page to take a closer look at what we discussed and presented at our mid-review pin up:

http://nicholavenueproject.blogspot.com/p/student-work.html

UPenn Case Study Visit

To wrap-up our case study visits, we checked out the University of Pennsylvania's seam between residential and campus communities along 40th Street in west Philadelphia. Click the link below & head to our 'Case Studies' page to see what we learned & saw as we headed out to UPenn:

http://nicholavenueproject.blogspot.com/p/case-studies.html

Case Study Visits & Traffic Study

Check out what we saw when we visited our Columbia University & City College of New York case studies this weekend & how we explored the various boundaries they presented:


http://nicholavenueproject.blogspot.com/p/case-studies.html

Also take a look at our video footage at the Cabaret Theater bus stop as we start our traffic & circulation studies for Nichol Avenue:

http://nicholavenueproject.blogspot.com/p/existing-conditions_28.html

Case Study Visits

This past Saturday we took advantage of the warm temperature & headed into NYC to navigate, observe and document our Columbia University and City College of New York case studies. Things we looked at & discussed included:

-materials that seemed to define a boundary between campus & neighborhood
-what kinds of activities took place on the boundaries &

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See Our Community Workshop

To see more photos click below:

http://nicholavenueproject.blogspot.com/p/community-workshop.html

Community residents came by to discuss their concerns along Nichol Avenue.

 

See our Mapping Projects

Our first few weeks have culminated in various mapping projects. View our maps here:

http://nicholavenueproject.blogspot.com/p/student-work.html

And our final Existing Conditions Mapping: http://nicholavenueproject.blogspot.com/p/existing-conditions_28.html

See our Case Studies

Case Studies The studio has begun the Case Study Phase. For more information see: http://nicholavenueproject.blogspot.com/p/case-studies.html

College Avenue, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

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The Nichol Avenue Project: visible and invisible connections between community and campus.

Overview

Like any town or city a campus has visible and invisible limits. These limits, be they legal (property lines), physical (walls, fences and changes in topography), socio-political (campus vs. neighborhood, citizen vs. denizen) create edges and borders that are specific or implied. Not all limits are antagonistic or binary, but the edge of a campus, specifically in urban areas, is complex and worth exploring. This studio will study Nichol Avenue as an edge condition between the Cook Campus and the adjacent neighborhood. The studio will propose designs and programs based on analysis, community workshops, digital and analog mapping, campus site visits and social media. The goal of the studio is to engage actively in the process of community design, place making, and programming.

House on Nichol Avenue-Jack Peters



George Street Intersection-Maria Torres

Views along Nichol Avenue-Ari Salant