This presentation is about the first-generation urban designer James Corner.pptx

James Corner

1. James Corner is an internationally known Landscape Architect and theorist with numerous works exploring the meaning and depth of contemporary landscape architecture. 1/8/2011 Faten Alsarayrah 1

2. Born in : 1961 Bachelor's degree : at Manchester Metropolitan University in England with first class honors in 1983 Masters : in Landscape Architecture in 1986 : Urban Design Certificate from the University of Pennsylvania.   1/8/2011 Faten Alsarayrah 2

3. Essays in Contemporary Landscape Architecture by James corner This book Recovering Landscape collects a number of essays that discuss why landscape is gaining increased attention today, and what new possibilities might emerge from this situation 1/8/2011 Faten Alsarayrah 3

4. His focus is on “developing innovative approaches toward landscape architectural design and urbanism” and he is recognized for his modern designs and theories. 1/8/2011 Faten Alsarayrah 4

5. Projects Designs of notable significance are those of  Fresh Kills Park   on Staten Island and the  High Line  design in New York and Stockholm Arsta Field in Stockholm, Sweden. 1/8/2011 Faten Alsarayrah 5

6. development opening up the arsta field for transformation into a new destination park amenity for all of south Stockholm. The 12 million sq ft of new development at the edges of the site is balanced by a 100 acre park at its center featuring urban plazas, play fields, meadows, bosques . 1/8/2011 Faten Alsarayrah 6 Stockholm Arsta Field- Stockholm, Sweden

7. The New York High Line In May 2003, James Corner Field Operations with Diller Scofidio + Renfro competed against 720 teams from 36 countries to win the infrastructure conversion project of the New York City High Line 1/8/2011 Faten Alsarayrah 7

8. Corner says, describing his initial thought process. “It’s not an exercise of trying to design a fantastic park; it’s an exercise of trying to design a method to get from what it is now to something that is green, public, and safe. And that process would then produce a park that had very unique spatial and aesthetic experiences and properties.”  1/8/2011 Faten Alsarayrah 8

9.   The long: 1.45 mile-long elevated Made of: steel structure built in: 1930s for freight trains the last train ran on it in 1980.  Stretching across the west side of the city, it runs from Gansevoort Street, in the Meatpacking District, through the West Chelsea gallery neighborhood, and ends at 34th Street, next to the Jacob Javits Convention Center. In 2003, an open competition was held to convert the existing infrastructure into a public park. 1/8/2011 Faten Alsarayrah 9

10. The new park offers an alluring break from the chaotic city streets as users have an opportunity to experience an elevated space with uninterrupted views of the Hudson River and the city skyline. 1/8/2011 Faten Alsarayrah 10

11. Inspired by the wild seeded landscape left after the line had been abandoned, the team created a paving system that encourages natural growth which creates a ‘pathless’ landscape.  ”Through a strategy of agri-tecture  - part agriculture, part architecture – the High Line surface is digitized into discrete units of paving and planting which are assembled into a variety of gradients from 100% paving to 100% soft, richly vegetated biotopes,”  This undefined and unobtrusive environment allows the public to meander and experience the park as they wish. 1/8/2011 Faten Alsarayrah 11

12. Before the new landscape could take form atop the High Line, every component of the structure was tested and treated to ensure its structural strength.  As each piece of rail was removed, it was marked and mapped so that later, it could be returned to its original location as an integrated planting piece. 1/8/2011 Faten Alsarayrah 12

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