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campus challenges/ proposed solutions Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean ecological Virginia key was originally a valuable producve mangrove at the head of Biscayne Bay. The enre key is now filled. The area in proximity to the University’s marine campus as well as the Seaquarium is currently enrely paved for parking. All ecological value is lost. In addion, the paved areas contribute to the heat island effect. The lack of vegetaon and topographic diversity make the developed structures extremely vulnerable to storm events. Given sea level rise and increasing ocean temperatures the frequency of storm events are predicted to increase. Project Site Miami Beach Miami Virginia Key Rickenbacker Causeway Bear Cut Biscayne Bay Key Biscayne Land-Fill Rickenbacker Marina Hobie Beach Marine Stadium Wastewater Plant Mast Academy Virginia Key Beach Park NOAA Seaquarium NMFS Soluons: • Virginia Key as a gateway to Biscayne Bay Naonal Park • Set Development Boundaries and create clearly defined research district in the Southwest corner of the island • Develop parking structures, shared parking and encourage transit to allow for the conversion of the surface parking to park and restore natural areas • Extend mangroves to restore east/west and north/south connecons between the Bay and Bear Cut • Restore complete habitats where possible following established habitat types • Restore habitat funcon as feasible in developed areas by increasing tree cover, replanng mangroves, vegetang roofs, etc. • Minimize pavement, shade required paved areas to minimize heat island effect • Excavate to restore hydrology favorable to mangroves, berms created from excavaon spoils can be vegetated with coastal strand plants to protect developed area from coastal hazards physical Campus buildings are obsolete in terms of plan, infrastructure and campus urban design. Plan: • nterior circulaon is currently ineffecve or non-existent (e.g. closed cubicle work spaces and labs) • Poor relaonship to exterior • Poor venlaon Infrastructure • Building systems are outdated and inefficient • Lack of passive cooling opons thus heavy reliance on air condioning 12 months a year • Refrigieraon of science equipment retrofit into circulaon space creang addional heat load and inefficient operaon • Limited daylighng and interior corridors do not funcon during power outage • Ground floor spaces not designed for storm surge or weather event • Servicing spaces is difficult and oen presented with a lack of flexibility Urban design • Lack of interior/exterior central gathering space • Parking dominates ground plane • Front/rear building relaonships are not well defined and orchestrated f2 RSMAS
institutional RSMAS is a well respected top level instuon, but research and teaching take place in very fragmented, siloized ways. Faculty and students work on a range of marine and climate topics, but the school lacks a coherent sense of mission with regards to sustainability – humanisc values, connecon and purpose for local region. Lack of communicaon between researchers diminishes potenal for learning synergies. A resilient instuon will have diversity of output within a clear values framework as well as strong communicaon between members. Strong academic instuons usually engage with their communi- es/regions which provide students, staff, and a learning environment –they need to act as engaged corporate cizens. Soluon: • Create more open lab and learning space. • Reverse par of major buildings so that circulaon is on exterior and facing on to posive open spaces. • Add housing to allow for core resident community, vising scholars, and more informal campus life which can strengthen community sensibility. • Facilitate the connecon between campus and its neighbors through improved physical connecons, provision of common space for shared meengs and conferences, enhance connecons to natural physical context. design inspiration • Ruins and tents: meless structures with adaptable skin • Structure of buildings inspired by marine forms (e.g. coral forms, whale and skeletons) program As has been outlined earlier, this project will use relavely expansive definion of program. Specific site and building intervenons will be designed with an eye to the immediate funconal needs of the School, but also with reference to the idea of resilient community. The proposal will include a combinaon of structure, site and landscape intervenons which will support the school in its growth, as well as supporng the Virginia Key community and ecology. Intervenons will include the four primary funconal elements: 1. Addional laboratory and research office space • +/- 60,000sf • Replace and update capacity of buildings to be removed • Provide addional capacity in specific areas • Emphasis on flexibility of space, and infrastructure adaptability • Hierarchy of systems, maximize passive strategies, fully condioned space only where needed • Strong physical and visual connecons to site • Minimize vulnerability to sea level rise and storm events 2. Indoor and outdoor conference and social areas • +/- 10,000sf • Seminar spaces, larger informal gathering areas • Strong connecon to outdoor spaces 3. Indoor Housing for graduate students and vising scholars • 24 units • 400-800sf range for units • Housing placement to enhance sense of community and extend acve use of public areas • Design for adaptability to changing housing needs of community • Design for natural thermal comfort 4. Coastal landscape and mangrove restoraon cells for habitat creaon and research • Ulize at-grade and rooop spaces for potenal habitat develpment • Design spaces in modular way to maximize potenal for quantave urban ecological research • Design to explicitly specified and achievable habitat and ecological funconal goals Site planning improvements will address the following: • Delineaon of posive common open spaces • Strengthening of visual connecons to the Bay • Improving circulaon hierarchy and clarity • Development of pedestrian and habitat areas as primary over parking and vehicular circulaon • Enhancing openness and connecvity with adjacent uses while respecng safety and security of the campus community f3
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