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Other Projects by FLETCHER STUDIO Landscape Architecture + Urban Design
TERRABANK
SIZE
10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft
The expansive
embankments that cradle the American freeway represent one of the greatest
untapped spatial fragments of the contemporary built environment. What if,
rather than accepting these non-places as the inevitable detritus of sprawl,
these sites could be reclaimed and activated in response to the complex needs
and desires of our cities? Los Angeles has been deemed the homeless capital of the U.S. with roughly 80,000 men, women and children without
basic shelter on any given night. In the face of current economic, social and
ecological realities, it is now both possible and necessary to facilitate the
development of alternative, emergent, and sustainable economies in the ever
densifying urban centers of the world.
Operative landscapes
and programmatically flexible live-work units function synergistically to
metabolize contaminated water, organic waste, industrial excess, and other
recyclable materials from the surrounding city while generating food, shelter,
green jobs, and sustainable revenue. As
outlying suburbs fall further into foreclosure and disrepair, their building
materials are salvaged and grafted within the structures of the Terrabank, thus
minimizing construction costs, and the need for raw material inputs.
A continuous,
monolithic network of circulation provides access to the various landscape
zones, and also serves as a conduit for hydrological processes such as
irrigation and waste water
treatment. Terrabanks
are capable of facilitating a wide range of landscape and program types and can
be deployed using phased development strategies and dynamic land uses that
respond and adjust to existing climatological, topographic, demographic,
economic and local site conditions. As a Terrabank grows more productive and
dense over time, its fate rests on its ability to establish strong cultural and
economic ties to its host community by providing inclusive and valuable
amenities, public spaces, and economic opportunities for local residents.
embankments that cradle the American freeway represent one of the greatest
untapped spatial fragments of the contemporary built environment. What if,
rather than accepting these non-places as the inevitable detritus of sprawl,
these sites could be reclaimed and activated in response to the complex needs
and desires of our cities? Los Angeles has been deemed the homeless capital of the U.S. with roughly 80,000 men, women and children without
basic shelter on any given night. In the face of current economic, social and
ecological realities, it is now both possible and necessary to facilitate the
development of alternative, emergent, and sustainable economies in the ever
densifying urban centers of the world.
Operative landscapes
and programmatically flexible live-work units function synergistically to
metabolize contaminated water, organic waste, industrial excess, and other
recyclable materials from the surrounding city while generating food, shelter,
green jobs, and sustainable revenue. As
outlying suburbs fall further into foreclosure and disrepair, their building
materials are salvaged and grafted within the structures of the Terrabank, thus
minimizing construction costs, and the need for raw material inputs.
A continuous,
monolithic network of circulation provides access to the various landscape
zones, and also serves as a conduit for hydrological processes such as
irrigation and waste water
treatment. Terrabanks
are capable of facilitating a wide range of landscape and program types and can
be deployed using phased development strategies and dynamic land uses that
respond and adjust to existing climatological, topographic, demographic,
economic and local site conditions. As a Terrabank grows more productive and
dense over time, its fate rests on its ability to establish strong cultural and
economic ties to its host community by providing inclusive and valuable
amenities, public spaces, and economic opportunities for local residents.
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