THE OVERVIEW
WHAT DOES SUSTAINABILITY MEAN FOR SHERMAN PARK? In this case study of a Sherman Park neighborhood, sustainability translates to walkability. A walkable neighborhood today includes the integration of a variety of assets into the existing area which the community can use to live, work, and grow as individuals and together. PROJECT ABSTRACT As this Sherman Park neighborhood originally developed in the early 1900s, the design rhythm relied heavily on the notion that everything needed to work, live, and grow as individuals was within walking distance (approximately 1/2 mile) of where residents live. Work relied heavily on the industrial plants along the 30th Street Corridor rail line. Growing occurred along the bustling W Center St and W North Ave. Living began filling in the gaps between W Center Street and W North Ave, spawning west from The 30th Street Corridor. This neighborhood was originally designed for a walkable and sustainable life. The issue that exists today is that this area has lost the elements of work and growing, and the living has suffered greatly as a result. The solution is to return what was lost. This project takes 19 vacant residential lots and transforms them into a public pedestrian park. Within this park are nodes of program. Reserved spaces for community, development, and entrepreneurship will plug into the circulation path. The modular nodes are composed of a series of industrial shipping containers, renovated to fulfil the needs of the community today. These containers are specifically composed and placed to promote the program within and ultimately promote new urbanism and sustainability. References: (1) Vant, Edward, and Gregory Squires. Racially and Ethnically Diverse Urban Neighborhoods. 2nd ed., vol. 4, U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, 1998. (2 ) Walker, Gordon. 2012. Enviromental Justice. New York: Routledge. (3) “Geocortex Viewer.” MCLIO Map Application, Milwaukee County Land Information Office, lio.milwaukeecountywi.gov/Html5Viewer/index.html?viewer=MCLIO-Map.In-text Citation (4) Seniuk, Kelly. “Camo Community A Neighborhood Designed For Veterans.” University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 0AD.In-text Citation (5) Berman, Ila. Urbanbuild Local Global. William Stout Publishers, 2009. (6) Wolfgram, Susan. “Milwaukee's Sherman Park – My Childhood Home: Is It Now a Throw-Away Community?” Chippewa Valley Post, 27 Oct. 2016, cvpost.org/milwaukees-sherman-park-childhood-home-now-throw-away-community/. (7) “A Flexible Form.” CITIZEN ARCHITECTURE STUDIO, citizenarchitects2017.weebly.com/a-flexible-form.html. |
Jeremy Campbell
Citizen Architects Studio. Fall 2018 Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |