1. [UNDER] BRIDGE SPACES
THE CASE OF YEREVAN [UNDER] BRIDGE
Final Year Project | Kristelle Boulos | 06.05.14
American University of Beirut
Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences
Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management
2. PROBLEMISSUE|INFRASTRUCTUREASPUBLICSPACE
Green Public Spaces in Beirut
Road Network in Beirut
Streets perceived as public spaces
Mar Mikhael
Downtown
Hamra
Manara
Bourj Hammoud
Ain Al Mreisseh
Voids in the City
Basta Bridge
Elias El Hraoui Bridge
Charles Helou Bridge
Ring Bridge
Cola Bridge
El Wati Bridge
3. PROBLEMISSUE|INFRASTRUCTUREASPUBLICSPACE
Green Public Spaces in Beirut
Road Network in Beirut Voids in the City
Basta Bridge
Elias El Hraoui Bridge
Charles Helou Bridge
Ring Bridge
Cola Bridge
El Wati Bridge
Streets perceived as public spaces
Mar Mikhael
Downtown
Hamra
Manara
Bourj Hammoud
Ain Al Mreisseh
4. PROBLEMISSUE|INFRASTRUCTUREASPUBLICSPACE
Green Public Spaces in Beirut
Road Network in Beirut Voids in the City
Basta Bridge
Elias El Hraoui Bridge
Charles Helou Bridge
Ring Bridge
Cola Bridge
El Wati Bridge
Streets perceived as public spaces
Mar Mikhael
Downtown
Hamra
Manara
Bourj Hammoud
Ain Al Mreisseh
5. PROBLEMISSUE|INFRASTRUCTUREASPUBLICSPACE
Green Public Spaces in Beirut
Road Network in Beirut Voids in the City
Basta Bridge
Elias El Hraoui Bridge
Charles Helou Bridge
Ring Bridge
Cola Bridge
El Wati Bridge
Streets perceived as public spaces
Mar Mikhael
Downtown
Hamra
Manara
Bourj Hammoud
Ain Al Mreisseh
6. Bridges in relation to Beirut (Administrative context)
PROBLEMISSUE|BRIDGESDISTURBCOMMUNITIES
Studied Bridges
7. Bridges in relation to Beirut (Community context)
PROBLEMISSUE|BRIDGESDISTURBCOMMUNITIES
Charles Helou
Ring
Basta
Yerevan
El Wati
Elias el Hraoui
Cola
8. VISION | Transforming underbridge spaces into public spaces
OBJECTIVES | Related to the Yerevan Bridge
VISION,STRATEGYANDOBJECTIVES
Creating a new public place Engaging infrastructure in the design
9. VISION | Transforming underbridge spaces into public spaces
OBJECTIVES | Related to the Yerevan Bridge
VISION,STRATEGYANDOBJECTIVES
Creating a new public place Engaging infrastructure in the design
10. ANALYSIS|BRIDGETYPOLOGY
TYPOLOGY #1 • BASTA BRIDGE
THE COMMUNITY INTRUDER
6.0
5.5
5.5 4.5
DISCRETE
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
SHOPS GROUNDFLOOR
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
SHOPS GROUNDFLOOR
BRIDGE
INSECURITY
STEEL BOX
HEAVY NOISE
Park
Green Empty Lots
Religious
Shops
Services
Snacks/Restaurants
Pedestrian circulation
GROUNDFLOORUSE
&PEDESTRIANACCESS
VEHICULAR
CIRCULATION
[UNDERBRIDGE]
VEHICULAR
CIRCULATION
[ONBRIDGE]
UNDERBRIDGEUSE
200 m
200 m
People Sitting
Parked cars
Army Tank
People Standing
11. ANALYSIS|BRIDGETYPOLOGY
TYPOLOGY #2 • EL WATI BRIDGE
THE LOCAL ATTRACTOR
Green Empty Lots
Industrial
Entertainment
Garages/Workshops
Snacks/Restaurants
400m
People Selling
Parked cars
Bus stop
People Standing
Pedestrian circulation
GROUNDFLOORUSE
&PEDESTRIANACCESS
VEHICULAR
CIRCULATION
[UNDERBRIDGE]
VEHICULAR
CIRCULATION
[ONBRIDGE]
UNDERBRIDGEUSE
2.6
16.0
30.0
3.0
11.0
2.5-6
12.0 12.0
STRIP OF LIGHT
DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE
DYNAMIC
INTERACTION
EPHEMERAL
BAD SMELL
CLOSTROPHOBIC
INDUSTRIAL
BUILDING
ROAD BRIDGE
SOUK AL AHAD
BRIDGE
RIVER
12. ANALYSIS|BRIDGETYPOLOGY
TYPOLOGY #3 • CHARLES HELOU BRIDGE
THE FORMAL TRANSPORTATION HUB
43.0
10.0
DANGER
HARASSMENT
CLAUSTROPHOBIC
UNFRESH AIR
HOSTILITY
HIGHWAY CHARLES HELOU STATION RESIDENTIAL
BUILDING
Green Empty Lots
Industrial
Residential
Shops
Snacks/Restaurants
650 m
Pedestrian circulation
People Sitting
Parked cars
People Standing
People Selling
GROUNDFLOORUSE
&PEDESTRIANACCESS
VEHICULAR
CIRCULATION
[UNDERBRIDGE]
VEHICULAR
CIRCULATION
[ONBRIDGE]
UNDERBRIDGEUSE
13. ANALYSIS|BRIDGETYPOLOGY
TYPOLOGY #4 • COLA BRIDGE
THE INFORMAL TRANSPORTATION HUB
Green Empty Lots
Institutions
Residential
Shops
Snacks/Restaurants
450m
Pedestrian circulation
People Sitting
Parked cars
People Standing
People Selling
Bus stop
Army tank
GROUNDFLOORUSE
&PEDESTRIANACCESS
VEHICULARCIRCULATION
[UNDERBRIDGE]
VEHICULARCIRCULATION
[ONBRIDGE]
UNDERBRIDGEUSE
5.0
9.0
16.0
6.0
CHAOS
HONKING
MEETING POINT
LANDMARK
WELCOMING
RESIDENTIAL
BUILDING
ROAD ROADBRIDGE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
SHOPS GROUNDFLOOR
14. ANALYSIS|BRIDGETYPOLOGY
TYPOLOGY #5 • RING BRIDGE
THE EMPTY TRANSIENT SPACE
Green Empty Lots
Construction Sites
Religious
Residential
Services
Snacks/Restaurants
300 m
People Sitting
Parked cars
People Standing
Bus stop
Pedestrian circulation
GROUNDFLOORUSE
&PEDESTRIANACCESS
VEHICULAR
CIRCULATION
[UNDERBRIDGE]
VEHICULAR
CIRCULATION
[ONBRIDGE]
UNDERBRIDGEUSE
28.0
5.010.0
NO MAN’S LAND
DESERT
OPENNESS
SEPARATION
PASSAGE
INDUSTRIAL
BUILDING
ROAD BRIDGE BRIDGE
15. 28.0
EMPTINESS
OPENNESS
VEHICLE ISLAND
RESTRICTIONS
UNAPPRECIATED
ROAD BRIDGE ROAD
ANALYSIS|BRIDGETYPOLOGY
TYPOLOGY #6 • ELIAS EL HRAOUI BRIDGE
THE GREEN UNUSED SPACE
Green Empty Lots
Planted Vegetation
Shops
Civic Buildings
Pedestrian circulation
GROUNDFLOORUSE
&PEDESTRIANACCESS
VEHICULAR
CIRCULATION
[UNDERBRIDGE]
VEHICULAR
CIRCULATION
[ONBRIDGE]
UNDERBRIDGEUSE
16. ANALYSIS|YEREVAN’SSUBTYPOLOGIES
BOURJ HAMMOUD
BEIRUTRIVER
NABAA
SIN EL FIL CHURCH
SCHOOL
SCHOOL
ASHRAFIEH
TYPOLOGY #4
THE INFORMAL
TRANSPORTATION HUB
TYPOLOGY #1
THE COMMUNITY
INTRUDER
TYPOLOGY #1
THE COMMUNITY INTRUDER
TYPOLOGY #1
THE COMMUNITY
INTRUDER
TYPOLOGY #1
THE COMMUNITY
INTRUDER
TYPOLOGY #6
THE GREEN UNUSED SPACE
BOURJ HAMMOUD
MUNICIPAL STADIUM
MILITARY
BASE
FOOTBALL
FIELD
ELDERLY
HOME
SCHOOL
BAUCHRIEH
TYPOLOGY #3
THE FORMAL
TRANSPORTATION
HUB
TYPOLOGY #6
THE GREEN UNUSED SPACE
TYPOLOGY #5
THE EMPTY TRANSIENT SPACE
Yerevan key map & division of sub-typologies
LOCATION MAP | Yerevan Bridge
BLIND
PEOPLE’S
HOME
Ashrafieh
BEIRUT
Bourj Hammoud
YEREVAN BRIDGE
Nabaa
Sin El Fil
20. ANALYSIS
LIGHT ANALYSISVERTICALITY
ONBRIDGEUNDERBRIDGE
BUILDING USE & GROUD FLOOR USE
OBSERVATION & ANALYSIS
Residential
Commercial
Institutions
Green Open Spaces
Construction Sites
Vacant Lots
ONBRIDGEUNDERBRIDGE
PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION
OBSERVATION & ANALYSIS
Dense Pedestrian Traffic
Scattered Pedestrian Traffic
Bridge Pillars
ONBRIDGEUNDERBRIDGE
VEHICULAR CIRCULATION
OBSERVATION & ANALYSIS
Primary Vehicular Roads
Secondary Vehicular Roads
TO ASHRAFIEH
TO BAUCHRIEH
TO BOURJ HAMMOUD
21. CONCEPT
TYPOLOGIES • Different design typologies STANDARD DIMENSIONS
REFERENCE IMAGESSITE SCALE CONCEPT • Hybrid Infrastructure System
HYBRIDINFRASTRUCTURESYSTEM
Composed of
mixed character
or parts.
Basic physical
s t r u c t u r e s
needed for the
operation of a
society.
A set of
connected things
or parts forming
a complex whole,
in particular.
Enclosed Activities
Disconnection from context
Narrow Surrounding
Connection to Context
Walking Experience Crossings & Walkways
22. CONCEPT
TYPOLOGIES • Different design typologies STANDARD DIMENSIONS
REFERENCE IMAGESSITE SCALE CONCEPT • Hybrid Infrastructure System
HYBRIDINFRASTRUCTURESYSTEM
Composed of
mixed character
or parts.
Basic physical
s t r u c t u r e s
needed for the
operation of a
society.
A set of
connected things
or parts forming
a complex whole,
in particular.
Enclosed Activities
Disconnection from context
Narrow Surrounding
Connection to Context
Walking Experience Crossings & Walkways
23. CONCEPT
TYPOLOGIES • Different design typologies STANDARD DIMENSIONS
REFERENCE IMAGESSITE SCALE CONCEPT • Hybrid Infrastructure System
HYBRIDINFRASTRUCTURESYSTEM
Composed of
mixed character
or parts.
Basic physical
s t r u c t u r e s
needed for the
operation of a
society.
A set of
connected things
or parts forming
a complex whole,
in particular.
Enclosed Activities
Disconnection from context
Narrow Surrounding
Connection to Context
Walking Experience Crossings & Walkways
24. CONCEPT
TYPOLOGIES • Different design typologies STANDARD DIMENSIONS
REFERENCE IMAGESSITE SCALE CONCEPT • Hybrid Infrastructure System
HYBRIDINFRASTRUCTURESYSTEM
Composed of
mixed character
or parts.
Basic physical
s t r u c t u r e s
needed for the
operation of a
society.
A set of
connected things
or parts forming
a complex whole,
in particular.
Enclosed Activities
Disconnection from context
Narrow Surrounding
Connection to Context
Walking Experience Crossings & Walkways
25. CONCEPT
TYPOLOGIES • Different design typologies STANDARD DIMENSIONS
REFERENCE IMAGESSITE SCALE CONCEPT • Hybrid Infrastructure System
HYBRIDINFRASTRUCTURESYSTEM
Composed of
mixed character
or parts.
Basic physical
s t r u c t u r e s
needed for the
operation of a
society.
A set of
connected things
or parts forming
a complex whole,
in particular.
Enclosed Activities
Disconnection from context
Narrow Surrounding
Connection to Context
Walking Experience Crossings & Walkways
26. CONCEPT
TYPOLOGIES • Different design typologies STANDARD DIMENSIONS
REFERENCE IMAGESSITE SCALE CONCEPT • Hybrid Infrastructure System
HYBRIDINFRASTRUCTURESYSTEM
Composed of
mixed character
or parts.
Basic physical
s t r u c t u r e s
needed for the
operation of a
society.
A set of
connected things
or parts forming
a complex whole,
in particular.
Enclosed Activities
Disconnection from context
Narrow Surrounding
Connection to Context
Walking Experience Crossings & Walkways
27. CONCEPT
TYPOLOGIES • Different design typologies STANDARD DIMENSIONS
REFERENCE IMAGESSITE SCALE CONCEPT • Hybrid Infrastructure System
HYBRIDINFRASTRUCTURESYSTEM
Composed of
mixed character
or parts.
Basic physical
s t r u c t u r e s
needed for the
operation of a
society.
A set of
connected things
or parts forming
a complex whole,
in particular.
Enclosed Activities
Disconnection from context
Narrow Surrounding
Connection to Context
Walking Experience Crossings & Walkways
28. CASE STUDY • MFO PARK, ZURICH
Raderschall Landschaftsarchitekten Ag + Burckhardt & Partner Ag
CASE STUDY • RED RIBBON PARK, CHINA
Turenscape
Character
Identity
& Coherence
MATERIAL • Steel
Steel would contrast with the massive concrete structure.
It is much lighter, weight wise as well as texture wise.
Grated Steel
Steel Flooring
Steel Wire Rope Steel chain
LIVING SYSTEM • Climbers
Climbers would blend in perfectly with the overall “hybrid infrastructure system” by using the
verticality of the infrastructure (climbing up, hanging down, wrapping structural elements,etc.)
Shade Tolerant
Shade Intolerant
CONCEPT
29. CASE STUDY • MFO PARK, ZURICH
Raderschall Landschaftsarchitekten Ag + Burckhardt & Partner Ag
CASE STUDY • RED RIBBON PARK, CHINA
Turenscape
Character
Identity
& Coherence
MATERIAL • Steel
Steel would contrast with the massive concrete structure.
It is much lighter, weight wise as well as texture wise.
Grated Steel
Steel Flooring
Steel Wire Rope Steel chain
LIVING SYSTEM • Climbers
Climbers would blend in perfectly with the overall “hybrid infrastructure system” by using the
verticality of the infrastructure (climbing up, hanging down, wrapping structural elements,etc.)
Shade Tolerant
Shade Intolerant
CONCEPT
30. CASE STUDY • MFO PARK, ZURICH
Raderschall Landschaftsarchitekten Ag + Burckhardt & Partner Ag
CASE STUDY • RED RIBBON PARK, CHINA
Turenscape
Character
Identity
& Coherence
MATERIAL • Steel
Steel would contrast with the massive concrete structure.
It is much lighter, weight wise as well as texture wise.
Grated Steel
Steel Flooring
Steel Wire Rope Steel chain
LIVING SYSTEM • Climbers
Climbers would blend in perfectly with the overall “hybrid infrastructure system” by using the
verticality of the infrastructure (climbing up, hanging down, wrapping structural elements,etc.)
Shade Tolerant
Shade Intolerant
CONCEPT
31. CASE STUDY • MFO PARK, ZURICH
Raderschall Landschaftsarchitekten Ag + Burckhardt & Partner Ag
CASE STUDY • RED RIBBON PARK, CHINA
Turenscape
Character
Identity
& Coherence
MATERIAL • Steel
Steel would contrast with the massive concrete structure.
It is much lighter, weight wise as well as texture wise.
Grated Steel
Steel Flooring
Steel Wire Rope Steel chain
LIVING SYSTEM • Climbers
Climbers would blend in perfectly with the overall “hybrid infrastructure system” by using the
verticality of the infrastructure (climbing up, hanging down, wrapping structural elements,etc.)
Shade Tolerant
Shade Intolerant
CONCEPT