antonino saggio

FitzGibbon Visiting Professor Chair
Department of Architecture
Carnegie-Mellon

ext: 81963 mm204a
http://128.2.125.248

Antonino.Saggio@Uniroma1.it

as4m@andrew.cmu.edu


Riverfront Plan

Eyes

Site analysis organization



The Riverfront Development Plan
city of Pittsburgh 1998

available on line here:

http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/rfp/


 

All subsequent citations and images are coming from The Riverfront Development Plan
City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh 1998 and should be quoted accordingly

..... From Introduction


 


Tom Murphy, Mayor
 

The District structure and the content of the Plan
 


 

The credo


 

Implementation 1997-2007


 

The riverfront districts


 

The book will follow showing project and guidelines for each of the selected Districts
We may call these "district" using our terminolgy selected areas accordingly a specific driving force

The Strip area is presented a

Consumers Produce Buildings
as well as
Cultural District

In the final Section are provided zoning information
of our interest particularly

906.02 Fp-O Flood play overaly district
page xxviii and following

and

906.03 RF-O Riverfront Overlay District
page xxxviii and following
 
 


Analysis of the site

****Natural forces shaping the site

Components:
 

Analysis: Landscape, river edges, research in floodway and considerations, trail structure, bikes route eccetera. Contact somebody in city plannin or recreational facility
Comaparables: Similar projects developed in the United States or Abroad to follow and enhance Natural forces.

Guidelines: general guideles and specific structures, maps
 

***Historical forces
 

Components:

Analysis: City structure, presence of the noticeable buildings, history of the neighbourhood and the community, Contact somebody in the historical landmark or similar organization
Comaparables: Similar projects developed in the United States or Abroad to follow and enhance Historical forces.

Guidelines: general guidelines and specific structures of historical or urban values


***Day and night life forces
 

Components:

Analysis: Activities and type of uses, community groups and organization, obervation at different time of the day contact community organization I.e. River fife task force Lisa Schroeder, architect 412 258 6638
Comaparables: Similar projects developed in the United States or Abroad to follow and enhance activities.

Guidelines: general guidelines and specific structures to engance activities
 
 

***Model Coordinator, maps book and information
 

Components:
 

Requirements

study a strategy that allows an efficient model construction 1"= 100' in which different projects will fit>

Work for a presentation on Friday 1:30
including web sites of the differenty

Wndsday meeting with the group visit and stydt the site>

>

The eye: your eye not grandmummy

a. Look also for ibridation complex overlapping in whic realities present itself

Pop

Soft Pop

gard edge assembled poo


 

Other eyes

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Here is the plan: