INSPIRED BY MY PREVIOUUS WORKS, THE FALSE CREEK EMORPHOUS EDGE PROJECT IS A MANIPULATION OF THE EXISTING EDGE OF A COASTAL CITY, VANCOUVER, IN ORDER TO ADAPT TO RISING WATER LEVELS.
THE CURRENT CONDITION AT THIS EDGE IS THE “SEAWALL” INFRASTRUCTURAL PATH FOR CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS(WALKERS/JOGGERS): A 28KM WATERFRONT PATHWAY (THE LONGEST UNINTERUPTED WATERFRONT PATH IN THE WORLD). THIS EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURAL EDGE STANDS AS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SEA AND PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE UTALIZED AND MANIPULATED IN ORDER TO DEFEND AND ADAPT TO SURGING WATER LEVELS WHICH THREATEN TO BREACH THE CITY IN THE FUTURE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN VANCOUVERS FALSE CREEK INLET, WHERE THE SEAWALL INTERACTS WITH PUBLIC SPACES, PARKS, RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, COMMERCIAL SPACE, AS WELL AS OCCUPYING THE INLET ITSELF(PIERS:BOATS, WATER TAXIS). THE PROJECT AIMS TO FIRST ANALYZE THESE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THE WAY THE PATH RESPONDS: EXPANDS, CONTRACTS AND WEAVES THROUGH THE URBAN FFABRIC. THE PROJECT WILL MANIFEST AS A MANIPULATED COMPILATION OF THESE EXISTING CONDITIONS WHILE ALSO ADAPTING TO A DEVELOPING SCENARIO WHERE THE WATER LEVELS AT THE CITY EDGE ARE RISING.
THE PROJECT IS LOCATED ON THE 1.4 MILLION SF. OF UNDEVELOPED WATERFRONT LOTS ACROSS FROM THE SPORTS STADIUMS (NHL,MLS,CFL) FORMERLY THE SITE OF THE PLAZA OF NATIONS(EXPO 86) WITH A PORTION CURRENTLY CONCORD PACIFIC PLACE (A SITE OWNED BY CONCORD PACIFIC(RESIDENTIAL POTENTIAL) AND THE CITY ZONING A LARGE PORTION FOR PARK AND OPEN COMMUNITY SPACE.
THE PROGRAM FOR THE PROJECT LOOKS TO ADDRESS THE RISING WATER LEVELS AT THE GROUND PLANE AND ESTABLISH COMMERCIAL SPACE, A REVITALIZED ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT (CONNECTING TO THE STADIUMS AND NEW CASINO: A PROJECT CURRENTLY BEING BUILT), PUBLIC SPACE (INCLUDING COMMUNITY GARDENS AND OPEN PARK SPACES), WHILE RESIDENTIAL TOWNHOUSES, MIDRISES, AND TOWERS SPROUT FROM THIS NEW GROUNDPLANE. THE PROJECT REPRESENTS A THICKENING OF THE WALL AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW WATERFRONT COMMUNITY INTEGRATED WITH THE CHANGING TIDES AND A NEW MODEL FOR LIVING IN A CHANGING COASTAL ENVIRONMENT.
