COMPRESSCITY is a speculative architectural intervention that allows for a more sophisticated cross-occupation of urban vacancies by commercial and industrial zones along the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle, Washington.
Commonly, cities are divided into districts along infrastructural lines such as viaducts, expressways, and double-decker roadways. As cities age, it rebuilds itself through a sort of urban regeneration. Large elevated infrastructures are often removed due to age, inefficencies and new traffic technologies. This removal produces a vacancy condition between two districts of potentially opposing zoning codes. Rather than act as a general urban planner who may attempt to reconcile the differences between the two districts, what if the differences was allowed to remain and create a new infill that is more optimal? Instead of a traditional divide, a hybridized connection could be proposed to produce a third, linear district condition from the participation of the opposing districts. This strategic coupling of districts can produce new urban opportunities that may not have been afforded given standard urban development practices.
CREDITS
Garrett Ryan Miller
Advanced Studio_b.price
California College of the Arts_Fall 2012
Garrett Ryan Miller
Advanced Studio_b.price
California College of the Arts_Fall 2012