Resilience - University of Miami School of Architecture
Resilience - University of Miami School of Architecture
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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