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ANACOSTIA PLAN INSTALLATIONBURASWORKS * OPEN URBAN DESIGN STUDIO WASHINGTON DC * NATIONAL CIVIC ART SOCIETY

ANACOSTIA PLAN INSTALLATION

No-Man’s Land to All Man’s Land

ANACOSTIA PLAN INSTALLATIONBURASWORKS * OPEN URBAN DESIGN STUDIO WASHINGTON DC * NATIONAL CIVIC ART SOCIETY WASHINGTON IS HEIR TO THE HUMANISTIC TRADITION



L’ENFANT PLAN


MCMILLAN PLAN

ANACOSTIA PLAN INSTALLATIONBURASWORKS * OPEN URBAN DESIGN STUDIO WASHINGTON DC * NATIONAL CIVIC ART SOCIETY DC AS WE KNOW IT … LOVE IT … THINK OF IT

ANACOSTIA PLAN INSTALLATIONBURASWORKS * OPEN URBAN DESIGN STUDIO WASHINGTON DC * NATIONAL CIVIC ART SOCIETY P R O G R E S S ?


U R B A N C A N C E R ?


NO MAN’S LAND?


U R B A N L I F E / T H E L I F E O F A C I T Y


CLASSIC PLANNING ALWAYS WORKED


• When unpenalized, people choose to use beautiful places over others.

Beautiful spaces are functional and economical.

• Beautiful spaces elicit statements of “it’s beautiful” regardless of their date of construction. People

often choose to maintain them for generations.

Beautiful spaces are fundamentally sustainable.

• People in beautiful places are often on their “best behavior”, generally seem less prone to

aggression and frequently less easy to victimize.

Beautiful spaces are calming, encourage respect and are safer,

THE PURPOSE OF URBANISM IS TO DESIGNA LEGACY OF BEAUTIFUL PLACES

FOR PEOPLE


• We take the 100 year perspective.

• The Federal District was formed around the persona of George Washington. It is based on the stability of humanistic values.

• The L’enfant Plan is the urban DNA of the District of Columbia.

• The McMillan Commission’s interpretation of the L'enfant Plan and the Commission’s own proposals provide a basis for the continued development of the City.

• Design in any scale must be sustainable and withstand the test of time.It will be judged on Firmness, Commodity and Delight:

FIRMNESS = longevity and sustainability.

COMMODITY = functional flexibility, easy adaptation, regional appropriateness.

DELIGHT = timelessness and beauty.

DESIGN PRINCIPLES


ANACOSTIA 2038


ANACOSTIA SEINE

Width 1000 feet 500 feet

Bridge Frequency 1 mile ¼ mile

Pedestrian access 0 all

Freeways and RRmile wide no-man’s land under quays

SW and 295 Freeways divide the city with a mile NO-MAN’S LAND.

They carry together less traffic than the CHAMPS ÉLYSÉES

RIVERS COMPARED

RIVER QUAYS

“… the activity of the waterfront would really add to the interest of the parkway and give a character to it possessed by no other in this country. In several European river cities, notably Paris, Vienna and Budapest there are such combinations of a commercial quay with a promenade at a higher level and they form in many cases the most popular and delightful resorts for the people, but in no case we believe, are the conditions so favorable as at Washington…”


THE PLAN


THE PLAN


The 100 year perspective is a holistic,

organic approach that pays for itself

with benefits across the board. It

retains and builds memory into the

urban fabric and heals gaping social,

economic and political wounds with

common heritage, meaning and

utility.

THIS PLAN HAS 4 GOALS...


DESIGN GOAL #4

MAKE DC A WORLD-CLASS CITY

i. Create a beautiful urban waterfront to vie with Paris.

ii. Replace blighted freeways with beautiful boulevards

and parks.

iii. Express a river gateway at the mouth of the Anacostia.

iv. Create a great aquatic urban space at Naval Basin.

v. Connect pedestrians and bicyclists to the entire city with

frequent bridges.

vi. Create center-city resources on a scale hitherto unimaginable.

vii. Create r a national legacy for the leaders of our time.


NOT A MYTH


DESIGN GOAL #3

DO THE PRACTICAL, LONG-TERM, SENSIBLE THING

i. Resolve storm water, freeway, and train issues and

ii. Protect the City from 1000 year floods,.

iii. Provide unobtrusive functional space for commercial

and private uses.

iv. Support a diverse array of landscape environments,

from river to city.

v. Maintain the high city-wide percentage of accessible

green spaces .

vi. Meet regional sustainability, smart growth, and

“green” goals.


HOW IT WORKS


BRIDGES


DESIGN GOAL #2

THE DEVELOPMENT PAYS FOR ITSELF

i. No payment of damages to residents.

ii. All land is reclaimed or Federal. Sale of land pays

for infrastructure.

iii. Small lots retain the urban and societal expression

of democracy,

iv. Do not enable oversized, inhuman projects, while

v. Creating an economic opportunity for developers,

the neighborhoods, the city, and the region.


EXAMPLE: SOUTHWEST WATERFRONT

US NAVY MUSEUM


DESIGN GOAL #!

AN ECONOMIC PLAN WITH GREAT SOCIAL BENEFITS

i. Create unprecedented opportunities for the residents of Anacostia without resorting to

welfare or social programs.

ii. No residents displaced and all residents receive property.

iii. Generate jobs and economic opportunity for locals.

iv. (Re-) establish high-level educational institutions.

v. Provide opportunities to learn useful skills and enter the middle class.

vi. Retain in the urban fabric community memories linked to the river and its settlements.


i. accommodates and guides future functional development consistent with DC’s L’Enfant “DNA” and

McMillan Plan.

ii. creates innumerable places of timeless beauty and character setting Washington as the national standard.

iii. librates decision-makers from ephemeral politics and provides ample opportunity to build consensus.

THIS PLAN MAKES SENSE


AVANT GARDE


Stephanie Bothwell Larry BradyKalinda Brown Nir BurasMichael Curtis Julia GarzaAlex Moll Virendra RawatEverett SchramPeter Seidel

STUDIO TEAM 2006 STUDIO TEAM 2013

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