Thursday, March 27, 2014

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



Wednesday, March 19, 2014

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

See Studio photos in FLICKR


Exploring options for a concept design

Friday, March 14, 2014

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



Thursday, March 6, 2014

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


Thursday, February 27, 2014

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 &

Tuesday, February 25, 2014