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Resilience - University of Miami School of Architecture

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site: connections<br />

• Poor connecons to adjacent instuons (fence to<br />

Seaquarium, Rickenbacker to NOAA, NMFS<br />

• Roadway and parking dominate entry experience<br />

• Campus open spaces have limited physical and visual<br />

connecon to Bear Cut<br />

• No linkage between adjacent waterfronts or pedestrian-friendly<br />

connecon to Virginia Key Beach Park<br />

site: internal<br />

4.<br />

Campus Constraints<br />

useability<br />

• Parking and driveway dominate the site<br />

• No clear pedestrian zone<br />

• No defined outdoor gathering space<br />

• Circulaon connects buildings to parking, but connec-<br />

ons between buildings unclear<br />

• Awkward relaonships between front and rear <strong>of</strong><br />

adjacent buildings<br />

• Site planng, paving, and hardscape treatment lacking<br />

in hierarchy<br />

• Wayfinding difficult<br />

ecology<br />

• All original site vegetaon removed<br />

• Pavement covers most unbuilt porons <strong>of</strong> site<br />

• Planted areas have lile species variety, lile habitat<br />

value<br />

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