Red Hook Community Youth Center

red hook neighborhooddesigning a youth education center

readings of the urban fabric

grid tissue origins 1874

green interventions

edge conditions

edge conditions

working waterfront strip

residential concentration

red hook houses 1939

working waterfront transition zone

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concentration axes

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concentration axes

primary directions

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“exclusive” endpoints

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1. LOUIS VALENTINO JR. PARK

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2. WATERFRONT MUSEUM & PARK

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3. FAIRWAY SUPERMARKET

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“exclusive” endpoints

4. IKEA

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5. ERIE bASIN PROMENAdE

defining the program

“for the community by the community’

youth population under 21

22%

22,8%

38,3%

below poverty level

12,95%

36,3%

54,6%

age 25+ with high school degree or higher

79,35%

52,1%

44,9%

age 25+ with college degree or higher

32,75%

11,7%

3,4%

red hook “needs” 2011

“identify potential resources for educational programming needs & expanded employment programs”

red hook youth court 1998

farm learning & youth empowerment

youth training against intergenerational poverty

SPORTS

COMMUNITY FARM

MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS

OFFICES

CAFETERIA MEdIA LAb

FLORICULTURE

WORKSHOPS

GREENHOUSE

MUSIC LAb

youth center schematic

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERING

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

defining the site

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“between two axes”

“between two morphologies”

“on the waterfront”

current land occupation

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surroundings

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surroundings

access points

waterfront museum & park

“the water tower”

anno 1911

design proposal

youth center functions

SPORTS

COMMUNITY FARM

MULTIPURPOSE ROOMS

OFFICES

CAFETERIA MEdIA LAb

FLORICULTURE

WORKSHOPS

GREENHOUSE

MUSIC LAb

schematic

thesis contents

1. REd HOOK NEIGHbORHOOd2. REAdINGS OF THE URbAN FAbRIC3. REAdINGS OF THE SOCIAL FAbRIC4. YOUTH EMPOWERMENT & COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERING5. SITE dEFINITION6. dESIGN PROPOSAL