WU Urbanism-Cape Eleuthera

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Cape Eleuthera, Bahamas
DISTRIBUTED URBANISM: STRATEGIES FOR DIVERSIFIED INHABITATION

CAPE ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS
Foreword to the Student Report

The architectural design studio setting is particularly well suited to the evaluation and exploration of unprecedented circumstances. Cape Eleuthera, with its 4,000+ acre composition of vibrant educational and research campus, newly minted marina and townhome development, layers of infrastructure and land modification dating from pre-colonial at Palm
Island, colonial and modern ruins at Deals Point and Powell Pointe respectively, certainly quailifies as a unique context for design analysis and proposition. The work of the Cape
Eleuthera Design Studio, which follows below, was also shaped by the recognition by the stewards of the Cape that the conventional wisdom of pre-2008 real estate development
practice is unsuitable to its future.
At the outset of our work, we were provided with the following guidance by the Cape management team representative and studio advisor, Monica Sekulich:
Wed like to see creative ideas as to how the property (and in particular how different areas of the property) could be used/developed/enhanced in a manner that retains the local
feel, flavor and natural habitat of Eleuthera not trying to make it like Hawaii, Jamaica or even Nassau but genuinely Eleutheran. We see this as many uses being blended together to create one cohesive natural-feeling (i.e. not staged) environment. We also see a great opportunity to tie future uses into the Island School and its mission.
The Island School merits mention here, not only as an initiator and a co-sponsor of this studio, but also as a primary amenity at the Cape to be linked to future development as
Monica states above. Along with the marina, the Island School and Cape Eleuthera Institute is the most important developed asset at the property. To some extent, because the
school was seen as successful by the students, you will see only a few examples in the work that follows of how the schools expansion might be tied to new value-adding experiences and land uses at the Cape. That said, all of the students were inspired by the active research and sustainable practices of the Island School and CEI, which found its way
into many of the proposed extensive land management approaches to follow, notably sustainable/artisanal agriculture and ecological restoration strategies for adding direct and
amenity value.
We are grateful to the management team of DP Fox and the Island School for funding and hosting our initial pre-studio visit to the Cape, for their participation that guided the work
of the studio, as well as for their unique collaborative history that inspired our work. The Island School began with the philanthropy of the DeVos family and gift of Cape coastal
land, and the energy of the schools founders, Chris and Pam Maxey. 15 years later, this combined vision has created a success story at the Cape, a catalyst for its conservation
as well as an economic generator for the local community. In particular, we thank Monica Sekulich and Christian Henry for their guidance and mid-review visit to provide input in
the early stages of design research and proposal development. Going back further, we thank The Kinship Foundation and Kinship Conservation Fellows Christian, Dan Tonnes,
and Scott Gillilan for identifying and funding my first visit to Eleuthera as Architect/Planner for the market-based conservation strategies team.
Although the parameters for the Cape Eleuthera study were shaped by our sponsors, defined by the course syllabus and guided in twice-weekly working sessions over a 15 week
period, the visions, narrative and content that follows is entirely that of a motivated and imaginative group of 15 undergraduate architecture students. It was a pleasure to work with
them, not only as capable young designers with distinct personalities and perspectives, but also to see how their generation of 20-somethings views the world and its future. Although a formal market study was not a component of our studio effort, the work of these students reflects their values and motivations, and so in a way provides a glimpse of the
next generations market preferences. Design for development and management that is socially and ecologically responsible, while making productive and imaginative use of the
lands resources was clearly a priority for these students:
Abdullah Alessa
Vivi Colin-Torres
Jagruti Eadala
Juan Guardado
Jung-Mi Kim
Robert Ko
Tarek Mustapha
Matt Nguyen
Tomas Ortiz
Grace Park
Harold Ramirez
Alfredo Sanchez-Mendoza
Gerardo Sandoval
Armen Sarkisian
Sal Vargas
We hope that the students work presented below
will be useful to generating the next stage of positive transformation at the Cape, one that benefits
both the Stewards and the inhabitants, human and
more-than-human alike.
Clark Stevens, Architect

Professor of Practice
Woodbury University School of Architecture
May 6, 2014
Topanga, California
Acknowledgements
Thank you to our primary hosts and sponsors:
DP Fox Ventures, LLC
Monica Sekulich, SVP & General Counsel
The Island School
Christian Henry, Administrator and Kinship Conservation
Fellow
Woodbury University School of Architecture
Norman Millar, Dean
Thank you to our advisors:
Kinship Conservation FellowsScott Gillilan
Dan Tonnes
Review PanelistsWarren Wagner, Architect
Stefanos Polyzoides, Architect, Urbanist
Ali Jeevanjee, Architect
Marwan Al-Sayed, Architect
Cary Bellaflor, Architect, Developer
Michael Pinto, Architect and Adjunct Faculty, Woodbury
University
Mark Ericson, Architect and Faculty,
Woodbury University
Kate Harvey, Landscape Architect and Adjunct Faculty,
Woodbury University
Hadley Arnold, Director, Arid Lands Institute
Peter Arnold, Director, Arid Lands Institute
Paulette Singley, Professor, Woodbury University
Additional Panelists via on-line meeting from MichiganDan DeVos, Chairman/CEO of the Cape entities and DP Fox
Bob Schierbeek, COO of RDV Corporation
Diane Maher, President/COO of DP Fox
Scott Gorsline, SVP of DP Fox
Tom Rothwell, VP of Project Development DP Fox
Susan Howe, VP of Finance DP Fox
Jana Bulthuis, VP of Finance DP Fox
Thank you to our technical support team:
Jestin Simon, DP Fox
James Ly, Woodbury University
LOCATION
CHAPTER
PROJECT
POWELL POINT
RESTORATION
C.E. REVITIALIZATION
STUDENT NAME: SAL VARGAS

- Revitalizing the vegetation Powell Point by utilizing Deep Creeks trash field and spreading
soil around Powell Point to help the growth of vegetation.
VARGAS 1
VARGAS72
VARGAS82
VARGAS94
ORTIZ 1 10
LOCATION
CHAPTER
PROJECT
STUDENT NAME
POWELL POINT
LAND-USE/
STRATEGIES
RESTO-URBANISM
TOMAS ORTIZ
ORTIZTR@GMAIL.COM
Point Town
High-End Community
Educatioanl Addition
(+10 Acres)
(+20.5 Acres)
(+36 Acres)
Trail System/Park
Agriculture
(+56 Acres)
Traditional Town
(+23 Acres)
(+27 Acres)
Eco-Retreat
(+13 Acres)
Beachfront Community
(+14.5 Acres)
Tidal Flats Comm.
Schooner Bay
(+/- 280 Acres)
0 400800
1600
(Development Proposal)
Powell Point
(+25 Acres)
(Development Proposal- all phases)

(+/- 300 Acres - developed areas)
north
0 400800
1600
north
Energy Production
(+27 Acres)
ORTIZ 2 11
Phase 1
As follows:
-Continue current development at
the restaurant location
-Boutique hotel adjacent to restaurant
-First part of coomerce along the marina
-1/3 of Park/Trail System
-Restoration of tidal flat (public space)
at Tidal Creek Community
-1/4 of Energy Production
-1/3 of Agriculture
Phase 2
As follows:
-First 1/2 of Point Town
-1/2 of Services/Commerce
-First 1/2 of Beachfront Comm.
-Second 1/3 of Park/Trail System
-first set of houses
at Tidal Creek Community
-First finger at Eco-Retrear
-Second 1/3 of Agriculture
-First 1/2 of School Expansion
Phase 3
As follows:
new Buildings
excisting buildings
lots
beach
-Second 1/2 at Point Town

-High-end Community
-Residantial area at Traditional Town
-Last 1/3 of Park/Trail System
-Second Finger for Eco-Retreat
-Last 1/2 of Beachfront Comm.
-Second set oh houses at Tidal
Creek Community
tidal flats restoration

sold properties
agriculture
trail system
0 100 200
400
north
Phase 4
As follows:
-Second 1/2 of Services/Commerce
-Last set of houses at Tidal Creek Comm.
-Last 1/3 of Agriculture
-Last 1/2 of Education
-last 3/4 of Energy Production
ORTIZ 3
9 Acres of
restoration
+90% Perserve
7.5 Acres of restoration

& recreational space
excisting buildings
Loading & un-loading

(industrial dock-11 acr)
5% Max foot print

from total area
Private Beach
35 Residential Lots
18 Residential lots
First finger
(+4 acres 15% Building)
Second finger
(+8.5 acres 3% Building)
Drive Paths
10-20% of buildable
foot print for each lot
Proposal Area
(13 Acres)
Proposal Area
(20.5 Acres)
Proposal Area
(10 Acres)
Private Beach Community
Point Town
0
150
300
600
north
Eco-Retreat
150
300
600
north
150
300
600
north
ORTIZ 4 13
Beach access
5% Max foot print of total area
Commerce/ Marina Service

(+3.5 acres - 15 lots)
Current development
(+2 acres)
10 % Max foot print per lot
Boutique hotel
(+2.5 acres)
New secondary roads
Residential
(+4 acres - 15 lots)
Excisting road
Water treatment
Services/commerce
(+8 acres - 33 lots)
Walkways within homes

2-3 Feet high green wall
Research Institute
Island School Addition

Walking and golf kart path
Proposal to activate
marina (boat traffic
generator)
Faculty,alumni & Parents Club
Drive path
Administrataion
34 Single familiy units

Lot A
+/-8,490 sq.ft. (15 lots)
Lot B
+/- 12,000 sq.ft. (7 lots)
Lot C
+/- 19,500 sq.ft. (6 lots)
Lot D
+/- 39,500 sq.ft. (5 lots)
Lot E
+/- 77,00 sq.ft. (1 lot)
Proposal Area
(23 Acres)
Proposal Area (25 Acres)

Proposal Area (14.5 Acres)
Traditional Town
0
150
300
600
north
Education Expansion
150 300
600
north
150 300
600
north
ORTIZ 5
eye-level- beachfront Community
aerial view overlooking Beachfront Community and Tidal Flats Restoration Community
37 homes with 11 sharing docks
ORTIZ 6 15
2% of buildable space within total area
Sold properties
Road relocation
Tidal flats restoration along edge

(potential site for bone fishing)
Excisting beach
Proposal area (25 acres)
Tidal Flats Restoration

0
150 300
600
north
LOCATION
POWELL POINT
CHAPTER
RECREATIONAL
PROJECT
BIKE TRAILING
SANCHEZ-MENDOZA 1
- Bike road as an amenity and generating housing units through the plan of bike roads
- As the need for housing grows, the bike roads set up a grid for housing to be constructed
- Thinking about future housing development
- Connected with another student project to develop the villas of her strategy
STUDENT NAME: ALFREDO SANCHEZ-MENDOZA
Bike activities Aproximate
Altered Land
Water Treatment
Bike Trails
Potential land recovery
Hiking Routes
Future Housing
250m
Site Circulation
Unaltered Land
2000m2
500m2
50m3
400m
250m2
500m
24units
Site Program
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LOCATION
CHAPTER
Powell Pointe Golf Course
YOUR CHAPTER
SANDOVAL 1
PROJECT
DeVos Agriculture
Re-grown graded Landscape
Barren sand fill
Untouched Landscape
Manipulated landscape (sod)
Shallow Ocean
Underwater Dredging
Using the rich soils that are located in the abandoned golf course, I propose an agricultural branding
approach to cape Eleuthera, where tuourists as well as
locals are an essential part of the branding process.
The proposed sugar cane crop would add biofuels, a
harvest by-product known as begasse that can be used as
a mulch to build soil over and restore scraped interior
land and Bush over time, and add value and jobs with
eco-manufacturing approach to distilling boutique brand
Rums and assembling Eleutheran cigars, using wind,
solar, and biofuels to power production.
DeVos
Rum
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Sugarcane Fields
Rum Consumption 2012/
Litres/ bn
0.2
Liters per person
0.4
India
.3
United States
.6
Philippines
1.4
Cuba
Global Consumption
Vodka
4.44/ Litres/ bn
4.9
Germany
.5
Spain
Rum
1.7
.7
Dominican
Republic
3.3
Canada
.9
France
.4
Britain
.4
Tobacco Curing Plant

Scotch
Whisly
.86
Gin
.44
Tequila
.23
Area Distribution
71%
Golf course
589.5 Acres
Devos Rum Factory
15%
Agriculture
10.%
Deep Creek Development
125.6 Acres
80. Acres
Worker Training Facility
3.3%
Revitalization Area
.7%
Sold Property
5.07 Acres
100%
Total Development Area
828.17 Acres
28. Acres
Biofuel Plant
Program Axonometric
1 - 1000
Tobacco Fields
SANDOVAL 2
Deals Point
Ruins
38,000 Stalks = 1Acre

1Acre = 38tons of sugarcane
Nicotine
SANDOVAL 3
Air Cured Tobacco
4%
Process:
4 - 8 Weeks
Taste:
Ligero
Filler
for Stronger flavor
Low in Sugar
Light Sweet Flavor
Nicotine: High content

Results:
1 ton of Sugar Cane

1ton = 2000lbs
Cigar tobacco
1000 Stalks
1Stalk = 2lbs
3%
Seco
for Flavor
Filler
Capote
Binder
Cane juice
1900lbs = 861kilos
Heat Cured Tobacco
Volado
Combustion
Filler
Process:
3 Days - 10 Weeks
Taste:
1%
Low in Sugar
Light Sweet Flavor
Nicotine: High content

Results:
Sugar
Molasses
200lbs = 90kilos 200lbs = 90kilos
Alcohol/ Rum
About 57 Liters
40% Rum
915.6grams per liter
Sugarcane to rum
Tobacco Plant
High Density
Pipe Tobacco and

Chewing Tobacco
together to insure a continuity of flavor in brands of Rum from year to

year. Some aged Rums will give age statements stating the youngest Rum in
the blend (e.g., 10-year-old Rum contains a blend of Rums that are at
least 10 years old). A small number of French island Rums are Vintage
Tobacco Plant Compartments
Dated.
Low Density
Replanted Native
Flora
Green Top:
80 - 88% Moisture
Bagasse Layer
Attatched Leaves:
18 - 30% Moisture
Stem:
70 - 75% Moisture
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20
Medium Density
Neglected Land
Sugar cane Plant
Row A
Row B
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Day 1
Day 30
Day 30+
Low Density
Sugarcane Spacing
Sugarcane Compartments
Permacultural Land Revitalization
Low Density
Low Density
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20
Powell Pointe Expansion Diagrams
Gulley Hole Expansion Diagrams
LOCATION
LOCATION
POWELL POINTE /
POWELLGOLF COURSE
POINT
CHAPTER
CHAPTER
BRANDING
BUILDING
SARKISIAN 1
STUDENT NAME
PROJECT
ARMEN SARKISIAN
CAPE CAVE ELEUTHERA
Agricultural settlement
Reclaiming the ruin lands and educating the townie with soil use in an
advantage of the island.
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LOCATION
CHAPTER
POWELL POINTE /
GOLF COURSE
PROJECT
BRANDING
CAPE CAVE ELEUTHERA
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SARKISIAN 2
01
LOCATION
CHAPTER
POWELL POINTE /
GOLF COURSE
PROJECT
BRANDING
CAPE CAVE ELEUTHERA
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SARKISIAN 3
01
LOCATION
CHAPTER
PROJECT
STUDENT NAME
GURADADO 1
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Phase
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Initial Analysis
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Initial research of the cape lead to the usage of herds of goats to find and
Initial Analysis
create soil inin the gold course area close to the exisiting Marina. The goats
create soil the gold course area close to the exisiting Marina. The goats
Initial Analysis
would not only drive agriculture through finding soil and creating soil but would
also create developable areas within the bush to place low capital housing. The

goats would further development by also creating valuable product in the form of
create soil in the gold course area close to the exisiting Marina. The goats
cheese,Initial research of the cape lead to the usage of herds of goats to find and
cheese, milk, and meat.
milk, and meat.

The entire project would be phased based on how long it would take a goat
create soil in the gold course area close to the exisiting Marina. The goats
herd to browse an area and how long it would take for previously worked areas to
grow back milk, and meat.
grow back
cheese,

cheese, milk, and meat.

grow back
grow back
Phase
IV
2.
School and Temporary Unit Growth

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7.
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IV
School and Temporary Unit Growth
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Phase IIIIII
Phase
1.
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Intial Intial Lodging and Cheese House

Lodging and Cheese House
ft
6.
2.
1.
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III
4.
Intial Lodging and Cheese House
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Intial Lodging and Cheese House

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Phase II II
Phase
45
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6.
Pasture and Reforesting

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Phase I
Phase
Intial Intial Browsing

Browsing
ft
6.
2.
1.
2.
Powell Point Analysis

Powell Point Analysis
Phasing I Strategy
Phasing
Phase Strategy
Intial Browsing
Phase
Phases:
I - II
Land
Development
GURADADO 24
2
Phases:
III- V
Land and Capital

Development
Initial Bush Height

Results
Herd Size
Meat
Site Map
Scale: 1=1000
Herd Size
Products
Initial Browsing of Golf Course

Herd Size
Herd Size
Products
Meat
8.
Herd Size
5.
Pasture Browsing
Herd Size
Products Results Over Time
Meat
Key Phasing Nodes
6.
Products
GURADADO 3
Cheese House Node
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LOCATION
CHAPTER
PROJECT
STUDENT NAME
KO 1
PALM ISLAND
(SNORKELING RENTALS)
INTERIOR
ECO/ EDU-TOURISM RESEARCH OUTPOST
ROBERT KO
My proposal lies in the interior; Sea to sea transect from Palm Island to Deals Point. I researched events, such as the Junkanoo and
activities in Cape Eleuthera such as scuba diving. I also researched bonefish and common areas to find them. Lastly, I researched the
Kirtlands Warblers which is an endangered species that migrates to the Bahamas, more commonly at Eleuthera, for the winter.
Having been there and
analyzing aerial photographs of the Cape, I
highlighted the dierent landscape patterns
due to the color of
the bush. That led to
the finding that in
between Powell Point
and Deep Creek there
is untouched bush.
Then after reviewing a
document accessible to
us called the E.D. Stone
document, I found out
that there is a patch of
soil located near the
intersection between
Powell Point and Deep
Creek. That led to
creating an agriculture
and Farmers Market at
the intersection.
FARMERS MARKET
KIRTLANDS WARBLERS
CE
AGRICULTURE FIELD
KIRTLANDS WARBLERS LIKE DISTURBANCE

- WILFIRES
- BULLDOZERS
- HURRICANES
- SLASH/BURN
- GOAT BROWSING
MIGRATE TO MICHIGAN FOR SUMMER

MIGRATE TO BAHAMAS FOR WINTER
SUMMER HABITAT
TREE HEIGHT MAPPING IN ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS
Helmer said that a unique feature of warblers winter

habitat is that the age of this forest correlates very
strongly with its height.
WINTER HABITAT
KIRTLANDS WARBLERS
HOW/ WHEN THEY OCCUPY
RESEARCH OUTPOST
ENTRANCE
2 MILES
UPLAND ECOLOGY UNITS

3250
4230
FLATS ECOLOGY UNITS

2 1/2 MILES
RESEARCH OUTPOST
2600 acres
MAIN BUILDING
BEACH UNITS
RUINS
At the Intersection between Powell Point and Deep

Creek, I proposed a farmers market and agriculture
production. This would provide work for people at
Deep Creek, and produce food to keep and export.
Having a farmers market space in the intersection
would create an event space to be used by Powell
Point, the Island School, and Deep Creek.
Connecting with Juans project of using goats to
find and produce soil for agriculture, I would do the
same because the Kirtlands Warblers are attracted
to the disturbance of the goat browsing. The goats
eat the invasive plants which are not good for the
Warblers.
The interest in making the Kirtlands not endangered led to proposing a research outpost. The
research outpost would be a hybrid of education
and vacation. The location of the outpost would be
at Deals Point, adjacent to the existing ruins. The
research outpost would be
at a remote location and
relates to the tidal flats,
the untouched bush, the
cultural and historic ruins,
and a nice beach. There
is already visitors visiting
Deals Point for the ruins
which makes Deals Point
a great destination. Focusing on the studying the
Kirtlands Warblers, the
upland ecology research
units would aid in learning and understanding the
birds and other upland
N
species in Eleuthera.
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KO 2
GOAT BROWSING AREA
FROM E.D. STONE DOCUMENT
SOIL AREA
FARMERS MARKET
SELL PRODUCE, SEAFOOD
RENTAL BIKES, GOLF CARTS
EVENT SPACE
1/4 mile
AGRICULTURE LOTS
UPLAND ECOLOGY UNITS

UNITS: 1, 1H, 2, 2H
MAIN BUILDING
LODGING
TOURIST
RESEARCHERS
FACULTY
STUDENT
COMMON DINING SPACE
CLASSROOMS
LECTURE SPACE
OPEN SPACE
MACHINE/CONTROL HOUSE
BEACH/FLATS EATING SPACE

SPA & YOGA
BEACH LOUNGE SPACE
DEALS POINT BEACH
RESEARCH OUTPOST
SCALE: 1 = 200
FLATS ECOLOGY UNITS

UNITS: 1, 1H, 2, 2H
RUINS
FLATS
LOCATION
LOCATION
INTERIOR
INTERIOR
CHAPTER
CHAPTER
ECO-TOURISM
ECO-TOURISM
PROJECT
PROJECT
WITHIN TREES
WITHIN TREES
STUDENT NAME: ADBULLAH ALESSA

- Extracted well field geometry and extended the lines to develop a grid to organize the place-
- Extracted for lodgesgeometry and extended the lines to develop a grid to organize the placement
ment well field
for lodges delineate the line between nature and hardscape
- To
- To delineate the line between nature and hardscape for visitors who want to be more connected to
- Inexpensive to construct, provides hospitality
- Inexpensive to construct, provides hospitality for visitors who want to be more connected to
nature and the landscape.
nature and the landscape.
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ALESSA 2
LOCATION
CHAPTER
PROJECT
INTERIOR
ECOTOURISM
WITHIN TREES
The proposal revolves around two parts; agriculture and ecotourism. The organization of the
two parts was inspired by the geometry of well fields. Through extending the lines of well fields
I was able to create a unique grid system that guides the organization of programs. By using
the grid to subtract trees to create spaces for living as well for circulation.
LOCATION
CHAPTER
PROJECT
INTERIOR
ECOTOURISM
WITHIN TREES
The proposal revolves around two parts; agriculture and ecotourism. The organization of the
two parts was inspired by the geometry of well fields. Through extending the lines of well fields
I was able to create a unique grid system that guides the organization of programs. By using
the grid to subtract trees to create spaces for living as well for circulation.
ALESSA31
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LOCATION
Eco Urbanism
CHAPTER
Eco Lodges & Community
INTERIOR
ECO-TOURISM
KIM 1
PROJECT
ECO LODGES
-Creating a new market of eco-tourism that will help with the growth of
economy with jobs and revenue, and help the growth of population in
school and Cape Eleuthera residency.
STUDENT NAME: JUNG-MI KIM
Bamboo Roof
-Growth of economy will be used to invest in eco-villas for permanent

Eco Urbanism
residency.
Eco Lodges & Community
-Using the nearby pocket soils to provide a space for agriculture to grow
sustenance for the future residents and visitors.
-Creating a new market of eco-tourism that will help with the growth of
eco e my n i u o a and eve w t , an he p h whel wi h f pop r l c on
- P r e s e r vn ot h e watth rj a lbls n d s cra p e n ui eh o u tdt h e l o vte re g r om t n go c o n s tuua ttiio n i n
scho a e.
o f h a r d s co l pa n d C a p e E l e u t h e r a r e s i d e n c y .
Bamboo Roof
Wood Roof Structure
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-Using the nearby pocket soils to provide a space for agriculture to grow
sustenance for the future residents and visitors.
-Preserve the natural landscape without the overwhelming construction
of hardscape.
-Creating roads while maintaining the character of the natural landscape.
Benefits: Expansion of Cape School Powell Point and strengthen economy in Deep
Creek
Wood Roof Structure

Limestone Units
Limestone Units
Wooden Platforms
Eco Lodge Site Plan

Benefits: Expansion of Cape School Powell Point and strengthen economy in Deep
Creek
Wooden Platforms
Eco Lodge Site Plan
Generator
Water Cistern
Water Collecting System
Water Purification Garden and Water Collecting Cistern System
Phragmite
Iris Pseudacorus
Water purification Plants
Schoenoplectus Lacustris
KIM33
2
2014: Current State
1/4 MILE RADIUS
2020: Eco Lodge test

ground and initial farming
phase
1/4 MILE RADIUS
2027: Expansion of Eco

Lodge test ground and
development of eco vilage
and residential houses

Lodge test ground, houses, eco villages and
farming

Lodge test ground, residential houses, and eco
villages
Additional farming phases
and initial solar and water
collecting center
2
0

Lodge test ground, residential houses, and eco
villages
Farming expansion and
solar and water collecting
center
180
90
Site Plan
270
KIM34
3
Section 1
Building Programs
Resident Houses
Eco Lodges
Open Plaza
Eco Lodges
Eco Lodges
Yoga, Spa, Stores, Supplies
Diving Center
Stores & Markets
Open Plaza
Eco Villages
Reception Entry
Farms
Proposed School
Diving Center
Section 2
Bali Eco Village
Circulation
Bike Path
Open Path
Cliff Area
Open Plaza
Paths
Eco Village
Soil Pocket
Stores & Markets
Tunnel of Love, Ukraine
Section 3
Agriculture
Desa Atas Awan
Eco Village 1
Cliff Area
Eco Village 2
Eco Village 3
Eco Lodge Area
Path
Water Cistern Collecting Center
Forest Carve Out

Rice Farm China
Section 4
Resident Houses
Paths
Farming
Cliff Area Diving Center
Landscape Topos
Site Axonometric
Eco Village
Cliff Area Resident House Paths
Stores & Markets
Resident Houses
Path
Farming
Section 5
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ANALYSIS BY : Jagruti Eadala

PROJECT:
Eleuthera
CHAPTER:
Landuse/Farming
INFO:
Gully hole
In 1 year
FAR
M
ERS
MA
RK
ET
SUPPLY TO THE
In 3 years
Section
In 6 years
Section
Section
In 10 years
Grazing
Animal sheds/meat and dairy

market and processing
Pineapple
Farming
Tool storage /Harvest houses
Retreat
Roads/ Circulation
Vegetable Farming
Hydroponics
Pineapple Processing
Farmers Market
Section
STORES
BUFFER LINE FOR
DEEP CREEK TO GROW
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ANALYSIS BY : Jagruti Eadala

PROJECT:
Eleuthera
EXISTING
CHAPTER:
Landuse/Farming
AGRICULTURE
INFO:
Gully hole
ANIMAL FARMING AND GRAZING
RETREAT AND FARMING
AGRICULTRAL INDUSTRY
CIRCULATION
OVERALL STRATEGY
The intension was to develop an urban strategy which will help develop the southern Eleutheran Island.
The southern Eleutheran island imports most of its food, which means that the Eleutherans do not get
fresh food on a regular basis, According to my research a lot of Eleutherans die due to food related
disease. Eating non fresh food on a regular basis can have a very bad impact on the health of the people
hence I wanted to bring back agriculture to this land. Bringing back agriculture will not only provide
fresh food to the people but will also enable many jobs to the unemployed. This proposal will encourage
Eleutherans to stay back in Eleuthera rather than leaving their home land in search of a job. The urban
proposal also includes a small retreat area for the tourists, which will bring in income for owners. The
retreat has multiple paths to the beach ,Gully hole , the Deep creek area and is surrounded by the forest
on either side. Tall villas were designed to enable views of the sea . The airstrip is going to be reused
for the industrial side of agriculture and for animal farming purpose.
2018: New Streets and Tentative Program

Allocation
Landscape Trajectory
Connecting all programs
PROJECT
DEEP CREEK
ACADEMIC/MIXED
GULLY HOLE
PARK 1
STUDENT NAME
GRACE PARK
8 Housing Units
CHAPTER
8 Housing Units
LOCATION
Site Plan
1 = 80 0
2014: Currently Existing Conditions
Building Programs
Housing
Retail
Education
Modified Landscape
2014: Currently Existing Conditions
2022: Initial Building Programs

Allocation
Building Programs
Housing
Retail
Education
Modified Landscape
Street Grid
Existing
2022: Initial Building Programs
New
Street Grid
Existing
New
2030: Expansion of Education and

Growth of Housing
Topography
Topography

Allocation
2030: Expansion of Education and

Growth of Housing
PARK 2
8 Housing Units
Site Plan
1 = 80 0
LOCATION
CHAPTER
DEEP CREEK MARKETPLACE
YOUR LOCATION
YOUR CHAPTER
PROJECT
STUDENT NAME
YOUR PROJECT
TAREK MUSTAPHA
MUSTAPHA 40
1
MUSTAPHA 41
2
STUDENT NAME: HAROLD RAMIREZ
SCALE
1 INCH = 80 FEET
RAMIREZ 1
PLAN & SECTION

PLAN & SECTION
SCALE 1=1/16
SCALE 1=1/16
RAMIREZ 2
CONDO 2 - 1267 SQFT
CONDO 1 - 14OO SQFT

CONDO 3 - 1320 SQFT
OPEN TO SKY SHOWERS

CONDO 1 - 14OO SQFT
CONDO 2 - 1267 SQFT
CONDO 3 - 1320 SQFT
FLOOR PLAN
SCALE - 1=1/16
ELEV. 45 FEET
ELEV. 42 FEET
ELEV. 35 FEET
ELEV. 25 FEET
ELEV. 0 FEET
ELEV. -5 FEET
SHORT SECTION
SCALE -1= 1/16
RAMIREZ 3
FOLDED ROOF TO COLLECT RAIN

WATER AND RECYCLE IT WHEN
SPACE IS OCCUPIED.
WOOD STRUCTURE CREATES A

ROUND SHAPE WITH PERFIRRATIONS TO ALLOW NATURAL COOLING AND VENTILATION.
INTERLOCKING LOFT DESIGN TO

ALLOW IDEA FOR DEVELOPEMENT
AND CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN
NEIGHBORS.
WATER STORAGE TANK FILLED BY

ROOF STUCTURE WHEN IT RAINS.
COSERVES THE WATER FOR USE.
OUT TO BEACH PATH AND ALSO

MULTI USE SPACE FOR GATHERINGS, FIRES, COURTYARD.
MAIN FLOOR RESTS 3 FEET

ABOVE GROUND TO CONTROL
MOISTURE AND NATURAL LIFE.
CENTERBLOCK COLUMNS SUPPORT WOOD DECK FOR MAIN

FLOOR
NATURAL LAND WORKED AND

MANIPULATED TO CREATE A
SOLID FOUNDATION FOR STRUCTURE TO BE ASSEMBLED.
AXONOMETRIC COMMUNAL SPACE
NATURE CENTRE & MARKET

EGRESS
SAFETY
DEEP CREEK
-THERE ARE DIFFERENT CLUSTERS OF SMALL COMMUNITIES IN DEEP CREEK, THESE COMMUNITIES ARE SEPARATED
BY THE NATURAL TRANSECTS THAT ACTS AS A BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN COMMUNITIES. IT IS IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE THESE NATURAL TRANSECTS BECAUSE ITS A CONTINUOUS SEQUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE HABITATS OF NATIVE PLANTS AND ANIMAL. THIS CAN HELP RESEARCHER UNDERSTAND THE TRANSITION OF THE ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF NATURE. IN THIS CASE, ITS THE TRANSITION FROM NATURAL LANDSCAPE INTO AQUATIC AND ITS THE REASON THAT MAKE CAPE ELEUTHERA ISLAND UNIQUE.
-THE BUILDING PROPOSAL SERVED AS A PUBLIC AMENITY SPACE AT THE SAME TIME AN ECOLOGICAL CONNECTOR THAT HELP PRESERVE THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE. THE NATURE CENTER COULD SERVE AS AN ECO-TOURIST
ATTRACTION AND A LEARNING CENTER. BELOW THE NATURE CENTER IS A MARKET PLACE THAT CONNECT COMPASSIVE & ACTIVE
MUNITIES TOGETHER, CREATING JOBS AND HELP GENERATE REVENUE INTO DEEP CREEK. THE GROWTH OF DEEP
S Y S T E M IT
CREEK IS IMPORTANT TO THE ISLAND BECAUSE S EFFECT CAPE ELEUTHERA AS A WHOLE.
NGUYEN45
1
EXIT PATH
EXIT RAMP
Vegetation
Substrate
Filter Fabric
Gravel
Insulation
Waterproofing
Steel Decking
L IGHTIN G
SYSTEMS
ACTIVE ZONE
PASSIVE ZONE
1ST FLOOR PLAN
ARCH 489 SPRING 14
SCALE: 1 = 3/23
NGUYEN MATT
-THERE ARE DIFFERENT CLUSTERS OF SMALL COMMUNITIES IN DEEP CREEK, THESE COMMUNITIES ARE SEPARATED
BY THE NATURAL TRANSECTS THAT ACTS AS A BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN COMMUNITIES. IT IS IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE THESE NATURAL TRANSECTS BECAUSE ITS A CONTINUOUS SEQUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE HABITATS OF NATIVE PLANTS AND ANIMAL. THIS CAN HELP RESEARCHER UNDERSTAND THE TRANSITION OF THE ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF NATURE. IN THIS CASE, ITS THE TRANSITION FROM NATURAL LANDSCAPE INTO AQUATIC AND ITS THE REASON THAT MAKE CAPE ELEUTHERA ISLAND UNIQUE.
-THE BUILDING PROPOSAL SERVED AS A PUBLIC AMENITY SPACE AT THE SAME TIME AN ECOLOGICAL CONNECTOR THAT HELP PRESERVE THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE. THE NATURE CENTER COULD SERVE AS AN ECO-TOURIST
ATTRACTION AND A LEARNING CENTER. BELOW THE NATURE CENTER IS A MARKET PLACE THAT CONNECT COMPASSIVE & ACTIVE
MUNITIES TOGETHER, CREATING JOBS AND HELP GENERATE REVENUE INTO DEEP CREEK. THE GROWTH OF DEEP
S Y S T E M IT
CREEK IS IMPORTANT TO THE ISLAND BECAUSE S EFFECT CAPE ELEUTHERA AS A WHOLE.
NATURAL VENTILATION2ND FLOOR PLAN

SCALE: 1 = 3/23
NATURAL LIGHTING
ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING
ACTIVE ZONE
PASSIVE ZONE
ARCH 489 SPRING 14
NGUYEN MATT
NATURAL VENTILATION
NORTH SECTION
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ISLAND SCHOOL
DEEP CREEK
ISLAND POINT
ANAYLYSIS
EXISTING RESORT
MAJOR AREA
DEEP CREEK CIRCULATION PROJECTION
DEEP CREEK GULLY HOLE SECTION
UPPER RIDGE
UPPER WETLAND
GOLF COURSES
PORT
GOLF COURSES
GOLF COURSES
DEEP CREEK
DEVELOPEMENT
LANDING
STRIP
GULLEY RIDGE
RIDGE LINES
GULLEY HOLE
OPENING
STEEP CLIFF
FUTURE DEVELOPEMENT
LOWER WETLAND
DEEPEST DEPTH
CAPE ANALYSIS
SCALE: 1000 = 1
HISTORIC SITE
PROPOSED DEVELOPEMENT
NATURAL TRANSECT
DEEP CREEK
COLLECTIVE FORM
AXON
AXON
NATURAL TRANSECT
THE TR
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DEEP
DEEP
CREEK
SITE DEVELOPMENT
SCALE: 80 = 1
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EXISTING DEEP CREEK TRANSECT
WL
PRA
BASE
GA
ME
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DF
LAN
LOCATION
CHAPTER
PROJECT
STUDENT NAME
Deep Creek
Interior
Bush Medicine Health Spa
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COLIN-TORRES 1
VIVI COLIN-TORRES
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COLIN-TORRES 2
LOCATION
CHAPTER
PROJECT
Deep Creek
Interior
Non Communicable Diseases

of all deaths
(NCDs)
60%
NCDs account for half of all deaths of

people 45 years and older and has placed an increased
strain on health resources
Governors Harbor
health center in Eleuthera
ONE ELEUTHERA
Goals
The Health and Wellness Consortium is a comprehensive

approach to address health and wellness on Eleuthera;
from coordination of research, policy development,
strategic planning, and development of a wellness
centre.
Purpose
To encourage all stakeholders to come together to

carry out joint assessment and execution of plan.
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The Pathway to Wellness: Reversing the Trends Health &

Wellness Symposium
Breast Cancer Community Outreach

Step Up to Health: 6 Weeks to Wellness Boot Camp
Cancer Society Wellness Center
Wemyss Bight Emergency Operations
Center (WBEOC)
12
Hospitals in Nassau
1hr 30min
drive from
Cape Eleuthera to Gov. Harbor
Eleuthera Imaging Program

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COLIN-TORRES 3
LOCATION
CHAPTER
PROJECT
Deep Creek
Interior
AGRIC
RCH &
RESEA
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ULTUR
ECO-TOURI
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C/P
RIVATE)
ON
ATI
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EDU
&
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REC
NIT
ND COMMU
HEALTH A
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Y GARDEN
ZONE 1
MASTERPLAN PARTI
01
LOCATION
CHAPTER
Deep Creek
Interior
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COLIN-TORRES 4
PROJECT
Site 1
01
LOCATION
CHAPTER
PROJECT
Deep Creek
Interior
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COLIN-TORRES 5
01
DISTRIBUTED URBANISM: STRATEGIES FOR DIVERSIFIED INHABITATION

CAPE ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS
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FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Clark Stevens for DP Fox and the Island School
Studio Process
The appendices of this document include the syllabus, describing in full the instructional process for the course that led to the individual student design visions presented above. But
for the purpose of discussing our findings of the work of the Cape Eleuthera studio, and for developing recommended next steps, a summary of the studio assignment is relevant
here:
The students began by assessing successful island communities and diversified rural economies where destination-based tourism plays a role in the overall economic and social
picture, to define the line(s) between Eco-tourism and Mega-tourism, and understand the role of non-tourism components of community in the overall success of the case studies.
They analyzed and diagrammed places and communities in which local culture is authentically integrated with tourism, or vice-versa, and speculated on what a sustainable and
diversified economy might look like at the Cape. Their study was not limited to tourist economy elements, but also included assessment of agricultural, natural resources (terrestrial
and marine), manufacturing, education, and energy production programs.
This initial exercise was not a formal, quantitative market study in search of the answer to or the numbers for sustainable development at the Cape, or for a Real Estate Product to
be applied universally. The students were introduced to the lessons learned from previous attempts to apply such state of the art real estate products at the Cape specifically and in
Eleuthera generally, and saw the many of the results of those conventions literally in ruins. They therefore understood from the outset that a place-appropriate strategy for the Cape
would not be selected from a list of formulaic R.E. approaches imported from elsewhere, but would likely include- as proposed in the brief provided to them by DP Fox SVP Monica
Sekulich- many uses being blended together to create one cohesive natural-feeling (i.e. not staged) environment.
With this in mind, the studio generated programs of use and activity intended to fit the particularities of the Cape and its specific potentials and limits. To understand the Cape itself,
they completed in-depth formal, geometric, and site conditions analysis, including- to the best of their abilities and with the information available- the infrastructural conditions and
requirements. The two students who were hosted by DP Fox and the Island School at the Cape prior to the studio, Robert Ko and Viviana Colin-Torres, photo-documented the Cape
properties and Deep Creek settlement extensively. They also circulated a survey to those they met at the Cape to help establish priorities for change or addition as well as to identify the characteristics and programs that ought to be preserved. With these analyses, discussion, lectures and Skype sessions with Cape resident and resort feasibility analyst Patty
Lee, Christian Henry of the Island School and Monica Sekulich of DP Fox supporting their understanding, the students individually mapped the site to define the spatial opportunities and ordering systems- what we call Ley Lines- that could be used to help locate and nest new programs of use so that minimal additions or changes to the landscape might
result in maximum positive effect. Each of these geometric and material analyses was based on a unique individual reading of the Land, into which they mapped their Story Lines,
the place-making narratives and programming visions they had identified through the client brief, their research and interviews with advisors. From this they developed Stewardship
Plans, site-specific and strategic proposals for land use change over time.
Mid-way through the studio, Monica and Christian spent the afternoon reviewing student progress, identifying promising ideas and making specific recommendations for the adjustments. At that point the three students taking the studio as part of the comprehensive building design curriculum, moved on to a building-scale architectural proposal, while the rest
focused on larger scale sustainable development and land management design, with key architectural elements being developed to suggest the language of the completed proposal.
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The results of this studio are visions, rather than deductions. The product is also the result of 15 individual student efforts guided by an architect, not than that of an architect directing a staff of 15 professionals. The advantage of this approach is that the results include a largely unedited collection of unique programs, forms, placements and strategies,
each of which can be evaluated or appropriated in whole or in part. The level of resolution and validity varies, but each of the students developed at least a conceptual proposal for
sustainable transformation of the Cape. And while not based upon quantitative market analysis, the work of these 15 students, all in their 20s, nevertheless represents program
and design choices that can be taken as a reflection of the market preferences of their generation. So while these young adults may not currently occupy the core demographic for
Cape visitors or buyers, these students are presenting the values and motivation of an age group that will within a decade or less be part of that market group. Their focus areas
therefore may be as, or in some cases more, instructive than their specific proposals.
Based upon feedback and discussion with our advisors at the final presentation, and my assessment based upon a year of design research on the island of Eleuthera, the following
are some provisional conclusions and recommended next steps as suggested by the work of the Cape Eleuthera Distributed Urbanism Studio. For each item below we have identified reference projects that best illustrate these findings and recommendations:
1. Absorb, Assess, Reflect:
Our primary recommendation is that the land managers and leadership of the Cape properties look for components or concepts within the collection of studio deliverables, that best
fit their intentions and intuitions regarding the property. Once these components have been identified, they can be combined and developed in greater detail according to various
market scenarios, then quantified in terms of their cost and implementation strategies. The DP Fox team has decades of experience with Cape Eleuthera, so we do not expect that
any or our proposals will be shovel-ready, but are hopeful that in aggregate they will illuminate some new possibilities or provide a test of some of your teams existing theories.
Relevant projects: All
2. Undertake Ecological Threshold Analysis
One of the challenges to our planning and site-specific design effort was the lack of parameters to guide our proposals for the uplands. Developing information regarding the potential for restoration of species and systems, and for defining development limits to prevent Bush habitat fragmentation or loss of functionality, would not only guide effective stewardship as the Cape is developed, but would also inspire creative conservation-based development and marketing opportunities. To understand the opportunities for ecological
advancement and protection to build the asset value of the Bush, Cape Eleuthera might start by hosting more upland research in conjunction with CEI or create a new combination
upland institute/eco-retreat such as proposed by one of the students for the Deals Point historic ruins area. Species of special concern are charismatic and bring attention to a
place- including rare species such as the Kirtlands Warbler or Hutia, but also extirpated species with potential for re-introduction. Carribean Pine Forest stands for example, whether or not they were historically present, might not only be a more ecologically appropriate alternative to the invasive Casaurina, but also add character and value to the graded nearshore uplands in areas of sandy or fill soils.
Relevant projects: All
3. Scenario Plan more than Master Plan; Emphasize Passive over Active Systems
The students were asked to propose a beginning, middle, and end of their vision, and to develop approaches that would allow the design strategies to evolve over time, with the
opportunity for adaptive management along the way. While each of them produced a finished product, the work is generally composed of phased strategies, and their final phase
understood to be a contingent outcome. A few of the students actively considered relationships with other student work, and the Cape stewards should also look at the body of studio work as a potential kit of parts that can be tied to a development decision tree, responsive to market factors and scaled to require modest capital outlay and risk for each component phase.
All students who developed architectural elements began with an emphasis on passive systems, owing to the limitations on and expense of power generation onsite, but also in
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keeping with what we saw as the essential character of Cape Eleuthera. Their building design proposals, although schematic due to the emphasis on large-scale land use
design in the studio, provide for as much environmental conditioning as possible through natural ventilation, orientation and shading of openings, and thermal mass strategies.
Envelope approaches were addressed in a straightforward fashion, beginning with cover for rain protection and collection, then adding enclosure only as necessary to protect from
mid-morning to late day sun, to store solar energy in heavy walls that can also withstand the unpredictable but inevitable hurricanes. Their building proposals emphasized use of
locally available concrete and masonry units and limestone not only for cladding and low wall construction, but also for the limestone grounds ability to hold its form after excavation
and so eliminating the need for retaining walls in some conditions. Fenestration was deeply shaded by overhangs or operable louver panels in an updated vernacular approach,
relying on screens for insect barriers rather than large expanses of glass that would restrict ventilation. The flush louver strategy also limited the depth of exposed eaves, making for
more wind resistant forms.
Use of glass was limited to openings on key views or within limited zones of mechanically conditioned space. Recognizing that periods of extreme humidity combined with extreme
temperatures required an active as well as passive cooling approach, a number of the students proposed a strategy that incorporated limited safe zones of actively cooled space,
rather than sizing the system for all enclosed spaces at all times of the day. Limiting these areas to less than 600 SF significantly reduced the power requirements, with a ton micro-system and much smaller solar array (2-3 standard panels) and much limited energy storage requirements sufficient for cooling and dehumidification. Most sought to use their
collected rainwater multiple times, including gray and blackwater reuse through biofiltration and other natural treatment approaches
Relevant projects: Alessa, Colin-Torres, Eadala, Guardado, Kim, Nguyen, Ortiz, Sandoval, Sarkisian, Vargas
4. Study the Capes Possible Fraternal Twin
The most relevant and Out Island real estate project in development is Schooner Bay, an ambitious, mixed-use residential and hospitality harbor community now under construction
Abaco. If successful, the implications of its scale (25% of the footprint of the original Powell Pointe and E.D. Stone plans) and new-urbanist approach should be evaluated relative
to the Cape. Given similarities in scale of their respective harbors, and with the Capes unique educational-tourism based asset and much larger natural resource base, it would be
possible to position Cape Eleuthera as a conservation-based settlement alternative to Schooner Bay. Ecological urbanism addresses the inauthenticity critique often leveled at
New Urbanism. Designed around sustainability principles and with a less overtly historicist aesthetic, the Cape would offer an eco-friendly alternative to Schooner Bay, with similar
density and traditional settlement planning, but greater wilderness appeal and an architectural language that responds more authentically to its time and place.
Relevant projects: Guardado, Ortiz, Vargas
5. Build on the Existing Assets:
At present, the Island School and Cape Eleuthera Institute provides significant direct and indirect exposure to the Cape, with the Powell Pointe Marina providing the greatest potential for increased contact with the property. The marketing and development plans for the Cape Eleuthera properties should highlight the institutional connections and physical
adjacency to the school, its mission, its research, and its alumni families. This is not to suggest that the first step is to sell townhomes to the schools alumni and donor families, but
rather to consciously build co-mingled programs and events that link the marina to the School. A number of the student projects, shown in the Powell Point section of the report,
attempt to link these facilities and missions, proposing hybrid programs focusing on educational and eco-tourism. The most ambitious of these proposed to slant the marina toward
a working wharf as an asset both to Cape-based product export and to create a vibrant hub for a dense, walkable and sustainable small-footprint settlement.
Still other projects look to other existing natural assets with varying levels of utilization, as at the Gulley Hole, the Palm Island-Deals Point Cultural Transect (refer also Shaun Ingrahams work with One Eleuthera), the Deep, Robins and Broad Creek tidal creek wilderness areas (offering potential exclusive access to exceptional recreational flats fisheries), and
even a repurposing of the airstrip ruin for agricultural production facilities. Formalizing the Capes greatest natural asset- its undeveloped uplands and unique marine resources- into
a formal Land and Sea Park is worth investigating, although was outside of the scope of our studio work. The asset potential of Deep Creek settlement is discussed in greater depth
below.
Relevant projects: Eadala, Guardado, Ko, Mustapha, Ortiz, Park, Ramirez, Vargas
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6. Begin with Low-Capital Amenity and Brand-building Opportunities

Building exposure and visitation to the Cape need not involve high risk investment in the initial stages, when smaller builds upon existing elements can bring new identity. For instance, in the nearly impenetrable native Bush, and particularly in the degraded areas dominated by cats-claw like thickets, trails have increased value. If directed through varied
topography or ecosystems they can become an identity builder and significant draw. The Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve has proven the model, with interpretive elements and
programs on Bush medicine, existing and transplanted epiphytes and other flowering species and unique adaptive reuse of found conditions (such as a large existing cistern,
high points, and deep red soil areas into extraordinary garden spaces. The Preserve has a positive symbiotic relationship with the adjacent Pineapple Fields Resort, which is now
looking to expand on the preserve acreage on their own property while adding visitor-serving multi-use shelters sufficient to accommodate yoga, corporate, or educational retreat
gatherings. This landscape-focused approach would work well with the Island School and CEI to create an Institute identity, a distinct niche with flexibility (research, corporate
retreat, educational tourism) that may have an advantage over the conventional resort-hotel or resort-residential models,. The Institute model is also scalable, and can begin with
event-based first steps- hosting conferences scaled to existing facilities- then creating additional modest venues as needed in a stage-set approach. The capacity and quality of the
marina suggests that later phases could be ambitious- perhaps building through succession from a celebrity scientist in residence program (Sylvia Earle is an IS/CEI fan), to an environmental foundation presence of similar global reputation related to a marine reserve or Land and Sea Park, to an eco-tourism-supplemented entity of the scale of Woods Hole
or Scripps Institute over time, subject to footprint limitations and ecological and infrastructural carrying capacity.
An outfitter was part of the Capes most recent development plans and is an important potential component. A small-scale service provider could offer a variety of brand-building
experiences. A bicycle outfitter and trail system was proposed in one of the studio investigations, utilizing many of the existing roads, while adding loop trails that maximize the limited variations in topography, providing a variety of vistas and experiences within a relatively small footprint. Existing roads with the addition of a shuttle service could offer kayak and
SUP tours of the dramatic coast from high rock to deals point, with a remote (and perhaps pre-stocked) landing site or two established at the limestone cliffs along the route.
On the cultural front, a public lecture series by resident and local researcher, even the student presentations, could be used along with reliable food service (as planned) to create
identity for the marina. Formalizing the use of the marina-adjacent cuts by local fisherman as a mooring and launching site, by developing a roadside fish market shelter accessible to buyers from land (as at Governors Harbor crossroads beach) and sea, could turn a current aesthetic and land-use liability into an asset. Identifying such small programs to
capture positive attention, and building modest traditions over time (First-Fridays Fish Fry?) can serve to rebuild the Cape reputation as a place of social vitality. Once captured by
such small-scale programs (as well as others described below), supplemental overnight stay opportunities could be offered to the sleep-aboard visitors, with sailors cabanas with
rain-captured water supply, modest cooking facilities providing minimal shelter but exceptional site experience that supplements. Such eco-shelters could provide a price-point and
branding transition between the eco-educational aesthetic of the Island School experience with the more formal townhouse/villa offerings, building destination-scale hospitality components over time rather than in a single high capital risk phase.
Our research supported the finding that scalable, low initial capital strategies can be successful. Destinations that have achieved positive and long-term notoriety in the Bahamas,
such as Staniel Cay, have done so by developing and collecting assets such as the colorful, low-key yacht club along with nearby experiences such as the swimming pigs, Thunderball Grotto, and most notably the Exumas Land and Sea Park as its own, within its own brand. Cape Eleuthera has to ability to develop its own collection of unique place-based
elements, while remaining modest is scale and approach, beginning with its educational assets, its ecological character, and its exceptional marina and marine recreational resources at the Exuma Sound, Bight of Eleuthera, and coastal wilderness areas.
Relevant projects: Alessa, Colin-Torres, Eadala, Guardado, Ko, Sanchez-Mendoza
7. Agriculture Equals Identity:
The Marina is the primary constructed asset of the Cape, and increasing patronage is a primary goal and key to marketing the Cape. Agricultural product can be a place maker
here. There are very few options for fresh produce in the Bahamas, and a significant portion of the waterborne traffic of the Bahamas might well stop here just to get a salad!
Developing a Farm to Galley program targeting the social media of sailors, deep sea fisherman, and cruisers would create the critical contact days on which build other real
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estate strategies. The generally thin and pocketed soils of the Cape make extensive agriculture difficult, but the Island Schools experiment with hydroponics, the known soils
existing at the former fairway areas, and the deeper soils likely to be found at the base of topographic uplifts and hollows can provide not only another source of employment for
Deep Creek, and create attractive garden-scale landscape features, but also provide a low-capital and phased place-making component. Social media could be used to alert the
boating and sailing community that fresh produce, varying from week to week, could or could not (certainty is critical to reputation-building) be had at Cape Eleuthera- a rarity in the
Bahamas. If kept consistent and updated regularly via social media, and branded as entertainment as well as food, the Cape might become a regular stop on cruising and sailing
itineraries. Other scalable approaches to agricultural include artisanal product strategies, including goat browsing/grazing in designed patterns to create accessible spaces for future
limited development, to regenerate the Bush, and to create locally branded cheese and meat.
Other studio projects proposed to add scale to these ventures as success grew, adding larger value-added product identities over time. A proposed sugar cane crop would add
biofuels, a harvest by-product known as begasse that can be used as a mulch to build soil over and restore scraped interior land and Bush over time, and add value and jobs with
eco-manufacturing approach to distilling boutique brand Rums and assembling Eleutheran cigars, using wind, solar, and biofuels to power production. This product selection was
inspired by the exceptional deep sea fishing accessible from the marina, and the nostalgic relationship to the Hemingway/Zane Grey aesthetic, in which rum, cigars, and giant billfish figure prominentily.
An aggressive and diversified agricultural and agri-product proposal was proposed for the areas nearer Deep Creek north of the airstrip where remnants of slash and burn agriculture have already exposed usable soils. The airstrip would be repurposed for production of agricultural products, with the coastal ridges and valleys south of the strip being scaled
down to fine-scaled organic production in the valley soils. This scale of operation would support a marina augmented with additional warehousing and transport facilities, and Powell Point schemes that favor a working wharf amenity.
Relevant projects: Alessa, Eadala, Guardado, Kim, Ko, Ortiz, Sandoval
8. Topography Equals Value; Design Transforms Remote into Eco-
While it has been said that Cape Eleuthera is not for everybody, it might be more productive to say that it could be perfect for everybody who seeks a unique combination of cultural, educational, and recreational communities in carefully stewarded surroundings. The programming approaches described in the studio work can in small steps change a market
perception of a nowhere, to a somewhere unlike anywhere else. Appropriate site selection and place-appropriate development strategies will make effectively support that
transformation.
In a generally flat, scrub-forested landscape, the coastal ridges offer views not only of the full range of Caribbean water hues, but also add rare interior views of varied terrain and
forest. Studio projects identified these opportunities at Powell Point and the Broad Creek and Deep Creek/Robins Creek tidal flats wilderness areas. In these locations, students
proposed to nest limited inhabitation where topography affords the highest value vistas with ecologically sensitive setbacks but also valuable limited access to the these unique land
and water-scapes, offering high-value private flats angling. Sensitive unit clustering and volumetric design can avoid ridge-lining that would mar the coastal and nearshore wilderness aspect, while providing place-appropriate dwelling and access to these secluded, sensitive and valuable landscapes.
The highest potential Eco-destination site, other than perhaps the west side of the Gulley Hole, is the Deals Point ruins site. It includes the best small pocket beach between Fourth
Hole Beach and the southeast limit of the Cape properties, is located at the most remote end of the massive Robins Creek/Deep Creek tidal flats/mangrove forest system, and
includes extraordinary solid limestone building ruins that could be stabilized or adaptively reused as part of a culturally and ecologically singular experience. The access to this site
is one of the longest wilderness transects to be found in all of Eleuthera, and is anchored at the other end by the Lucayan archeological site at Palm Island. Deals Point is truly a retreat site, even offering the possibility of water-only access at the historic anchorage site to the west. A possibility here is to build on some aspects of the Lukku Cairi concept, minus
the large scale island removal, offering a higher-end, limited day-wilderness experience to a very limited number as an alternative to the Princess Cays excursion. This market likely
exists among the thousands of cruisers who may have acquiesced to the big ship as part of a larger group, but who would enjoy and pay for the opportunity for a much quieter, dayspa type outing. I was stopped by a number of wistful-looking men at Princess Cays when they saw my fly rod and flats boots. This site might also be carefully developed,
as proposed by one of the students, as a hybrid Upland Research Institute (with associated Kirtland Warbler experimental agricultural landscape) and Eco-tourism destination.
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Relevant projects: Alessa, Eadala, Kim, Ko, Mustapha, Park, Ramirez, Sanchez-Mendoza, Vargas
9. Co-Invest with the Island School
As successful as the Island School has been, their infrastructure limits will make sustainable growth in their current location problematic. Wastewater treatment in particular will be
limited in the porous coastal geology and fill soils that cover much of the current campus. As a marine-focused institute, the Island School recognizes that sustainable growth requires them to protect water quality and coastal ecosystems, and so may need to look inland for any expansion of campus, educational or alumni-related activity. Co-investing in
educational tourism programs and facilities to supplement the existing space at the Marina, and research-resort programs in other, more inland locations owned by the Cape entities
could enhance the Capes identity and provide new sources of revenue through the schools growing network. Ecological restoration to create amenity and land value is a focus
area where the CEIs grant-writing and scientific skill sets could be partnered with Cape lands and coastal waters to mutual benefit.
Relevant projects: Guardado, Kim, Ko, Ortiz, Park, Sandoval, Vargas
10. Link Landscape and Coastal Restoration with Development
One of the most significant challenges of the site is that much of its surface has been graded into building pads according to large-scale plans for which there is no longer an intention, or a market, to justify completion. Particularly difficult are the interior graded areas that lack proximity to the value-adding coastline or views of the oceans color gradient due
to the general lack of topography. Therefore, completing the green infrastructure first, creating spatial order and sense of enclosure rather than exposure, as well as an attractive
edge to developed areas should be a high priority. This work is the first architecture of the site, and can create a sense of place without significant additional investment in hardscape or building construction.
Restoration can create a program not only for linking with the Cape Eleuthera Institute and Island School programs, but also respond to the expanding market for educational and
volunteer vacations, both of which are appropriate to the existing conditions of the Cape. A number of the projects of the studio addressed restoration as an aesthetic value-add,
including an ambitious suggestion to restore the channelized and filled tidal creeks on the west coast (No Name Harbor, Fourth Hole area) into a hybrid tidal flats settlement in which
clusters of small dwellings (hospitality managed or privately owned) can reach deep water sections via long shared docks, while the currently un-vegetated and featureless uplands
would be lowered into the tidal prism, creating and entirely new and semi-private recreational flats fishery. With the foremost Bonefish researchers or their graduate assistants designing, implementing and monitoring the actual restoration as well as offering workshops on bonefish natural history and angling, a hybrid Island School-Cape Eleuthera program
would brand identity and real estate value.
Relevant projects: Guardado, Ko, Ortiz, Sandoval, Vargas
11. Its Not Just About the Coast
While the large scale, extensive suburban-style residential development that was proposed in the Juan Trippe and E.D. Stone plans does not fit either the landscape, the intentions
of the Land Stewards, the personality of the nascent Island School/Deep Creek diversified community, or the current market, there are nevertheless strategies that can add value
and appropriately scaled and low-impact inhabitation to portions of the interior. The areas of unique topography have already been mentioned, but the studio also produced examples of combination forest and coastal settlements near the southeast termination of the existing access roads south of the well fields. These schemes varied on the approach,
phasing strategy and programming (resort/spa/residential), but both employed distinctive architecture and landscape manipulation to achieve value away from the coast and water
views, framing the bush and interior topography and soils to capture their unique qualities. Another proposal addressed some of the most de-valued interior land inland from the
fourth-hole settlements, leveraging unique site, passive environmental and architectural strategies with agricultural development of the former fairways as a place-making strategy.
This scheme and others also dealt creatively with the private in-holdings on the Cape, in case they were not possible to re-acquire.
Relevant projects: Alessa, Colin-Torres, Eadala, Guardado, Kim, Ko, Mustapha, Nguyen, Ortiz, Park, Sanchez-Mendoza, Sandoval, Sarkisian
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12. R.O.I : Return-on-Impact Investment- Island School, Deep Creek and Beyond
ROI and Impact investment approaches need not represent either-or propositions. Investment in sustainable community at Cape Eleuthera is investment in place-making.
Place-making will create new amenity value, and whether on-site or off-site will build the Cape reputation, brand, and increase asset value. This might include a grant program
administered by the Cape Eleuthera Institute to fund upland as well as marine research that leads to information that identifies parameters and opportunities to guide sustainable
development. For instance, the establishment and monitoring of small marine or tidal creek preserve areas, offering research tourism and limited angling or diving access is both a
resource building and brand building strategy. That said, we recognize that to date the direction of the dollars has been outflow rather than inflow, and so the approaches described
above must help the investments return dollars as well as satisfaction. Nevertheless, impact investment opportunities remain and were investigated in the studio as well, particularly
in the Deep Creek community.
The DeVos Family and their foundation are active and intentional philanthropists. While it is often confusing and complicated to combine philanthropy with financial return criteria,
the trend toward Impact Investment shows that this hybrid approach is at least conceptually current. Improvements to the lives and social stability of the Deep Creek settlement,
whether self-sustaining, revenue-generating, or philanthropic expenditures, will create value at the Cape and provide an amenity sought by the socially-conscious tourist who occupies the most appropriate and logical target market for Cape Eleuthera. Such amenity towns (that were once something other than amenities) are proven anchors for resort real
estate, whether it be Hana on Maui, or Sayulita adjacent to Punta Sayulita, a small-scale and more locally-oriented alternative to the nearby Four Seasons Punta Mita in Mexico.
Securing the remaining open space within the Deep Creek settlement as proposed by the two projects mentioned above, and encouraging densification within the remainder of the
settlement will help to engender a more compact and walk-able pattern, while simple street unifying strategies as proposed in the Gulley Hole Market scheme would significantly
enhance not only the entry experience to the Cape properties, but the genuinely Eleutheran experience of the Cape. While we recognize the difficulty and expense of obtaining clear
title to land in Eleuthera, we note that Schooner Bay is spending tens of millions of dollars to create a facsimile of the kind of settlement that Rock Sound and Governors Harbor/Cupids Cay once were, and that Deep Creek could be. Its bones are authentic, and its fortunes are already linked to and enhanced by its relationship with the Island School-anchored
Cape Eleuthera community.
Many of the citizens of Deep Creek are entrepreneurial, and although as in any community not all suited to be hosts, have nevertheless shown the potential to create new ventures
in response to new opportunities. This has been proven in their response to the need for additional housing at the Island School as its programs expand. The Deep Creek Middle
School has expanded the Island School effect from the Cape to Eleuthera as a whole, with regular carpools now bringing students from as far as Governors Harbor. Recently, the
reputation of the school reached the broader Caribbean, with a recent visit from a Jamaican woman seeking to move to Deep Creek with her daughter while she attended school,
but the arrangement required some form of reliable local employment for the mother. This potential to develop a destination education town at Deep Creek prompted one studio proposal for a mixed use educational campus with a boarding component, with the Gulley Hole as the centerpiece of the quad- incorporating appropriate setbacks and protections of
perimeter vegetation to ensure continued high water quality and beauty. Three other proposals investigated enhancements to Deep Creek, one of which linked the main settlement
with the Gulley Hole via a linear mixed use and open format marketplace on Cape property. Two others located projects on- and proposed purchase of- key pieces of property outside the Cape holdings.
One of these proposed a hybrid marketplace and Nature Center, with open plan space in a partially excavated and naturally cooled space on the lower level designed for local produce and product stands, with interpretive center and research components on the upper level, providing a social focal point across from the tidal creeks causeway/canal axis and
protecting an open space transect that not only provided for ecological connectivity but would also prevent further sprawl and encourage infill to enhance the appeal of the main
entry to the settlement and the Cape properties. A second proposed a unique re-thinking of a conventional health care facility, defining itself instead as a Bush Wellness Center,
creating a campus that could accommodate those who were ailing, as well those who were healing- in the alternative, western, and upper-middle class tourist sense of the term.
The campus proposed to be simultaneously a clinic, cultural center, tourism amenity for Bush Medicine, and destination day spa. Such a program could effectively and casually
integrate visitor and local culture, to the benefit of both. And while not specifically addressed by the proposal, the scheme could easily support medical tourism, a significant growth
market being explored in many ecotourism-worthy locations.
Finally, it should be noted that any of the larger-scale agricultural visions will create the need for entry level and semi-skilled work force, for both the cultivation and value adding
components of the projects
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Relevant projects: Colin-Torres, Eadala, Guardado, Kim, Ko, Mustapha, Nguyen, Ortiz, Park, Sandoval
13. Build the Primary Relationship
Perhaps it was not expected that the gift given to the founders of the Island School by the then new owners of Cape Eleuthera would ever yield a return, but this report and the
design studio that authored it is just one piece of a mounting pile of evidence that the child can now help to support the family. Although the DP Fox-managed assets cover vastly
more acreage than those of the Island School, the local influence and global potential of the IS/CEI continues to grow.
Both of our Cape Eleuthera design studio hosts and sponsors, DP Fox and the Island School, have been gracious hosts and generous of their time in advising the studio. My students and I thank you for the opportunity to work with you on such a challenging and promising planning and design exercise. We all have come to believe that our hosts form an
exceptional team, and are in fact the Home Team. My closing speculation is that you will both benefit by consciously evolving that partnership.
While DP Fox is an outgrowth of a world class and revolutionary entrepreneurial family enterprise, the Island School is also a formidable creative business entity, albeit in the
non-profit mode. But even non-profits have to find a way to pay the bills, and to create surpluses that can finance growth. The philanthropic market is still a market, where the product has to prove its investment worth. Having also taught for most of the 25 years I have practiced architecture, associated with both established universities and startup schools. I
can attest that to grow and thrive for 15 years after starting from nothing puts the IS/CEI enterprise in very limited company. While DP Fox is clearly the managing and responsible
entity of the 4,000-plus acres of their holdings, in a limited sense the Island School is the de facto on the ground Operator at the Cape. Any proposal aligned with their motivations
and proprietary interest will be stewarded by them and therefore be successful. The integrity, sense of authorship and ownership of the Operator is, as DP Fox well knows, critical
to the success of any vision, no matter how well formed. The Capes oldest collaboration is well-tested and worthy of being well-trusted. Both communities are completely invested
in the long-term vitality of the Cape, and so share a basic common mission. Our final recommendation is to take that collaboration to the next level, and along with the Eleutheran
people, co-author the Capes future.
Relevant projects: Any future endeavor.
We hope that the Cape Eleuthera studios work product, and the Bakers Dozen summation of findings and recommendations above, provides a useful base upon which to build the
next phase of your vision for Cape Eleuthera. We have thoroughly enjoyed studying this partnership and this place, are grateful for your support of this experience, and look forward
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to being of service to your community in the future.
Respectfully submitted,
The Cape Eleuthera Studio:
Clark Stevens, Professor of Practice
And the Students:
Abdullah Alessa
Vivi Colin-Torres
Jagruti Eadala
Juan Guardado
Jung-Mi Kim
Robert Ko
Tarek Mustapha
Matt Nguyen
Tomas Ortiz
Grace Park
Harold Ramirez
Alfredo Sanchez-Mendoza
Gerardo Sandoval
Armen Sarkisian
Sal Vargas
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APPENDIX!
A. Site Photos!
B. Syllabus
APPENDIX A
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DEEP CREEK
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HENRY STUBBS FARM STAND
TIDAL FLATS
GULLY HOLE
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SEA TO SEA TRANSECT
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DEALS POINT BEACH
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POWELL POINT
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SUNSET BEACH
CAPE ELEUTHERA RESORT
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CAPE ELEUTHERA RESORT
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APPENDIX B: SYLLABUS
Woodbury University Department of Architecture

ARCH 489/491
DESIGN STUDIO 4B: URBANISM (with 5A comprehensive studio option)

DISTRIBUTED URBANISM: STRATEGIES FOR DIVERSIFIED INHABITATION CAPE ELEUTHERA,
BAHAMAS

UNITS 6

PREREQUISITE ARCH 384 Design Studio 3B

SEMESTER Spring 2014

INSTRUCTOR Clark Stevens, Architect, Professor of Practice

DAYS/TIME Tuesdays and Fridays 1:00PM to 6:00PM plus potential travel to Bahamas
for select students (most expenses paid) to present the work

ROOM Arch Studio Location TBA
REQUIRED TEXT and MATERIALS
Basswood and resin for site models- cost to be shared equally among students.
COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course focuses the architects leadership role in their community on issues of
growth, development, and aesthetics through the study of urban design techniques and
practices related to architecture and urbanism. A broad array of urban theories, tactics
and strategies, building and space types, landscape and infrastructure design, and
politics and policy making are explored through the dialectic between the private and
public realms of the diverse urban culture. The studio is open to 4th and 5th year
students. Studio- twelve hours per week.

Cape Eleuthera is a sparsely populated portion of the island of Eleuthera in the
Bahamas, projecting east-northeast from the main body of the island toward the
Northwest. Although generally thought of as part of the Caribbean region, the Bahamas
are in the West Indies geographic zone, within the Atlantic Ocean proper. Nevertheless,
the west side of the island is most often referred to as the Caribbean side, and the east
as the Atlantic side. The Cape Eleuthera land mass is bounded by two contrasting
ocean zones, the deep Exuma Sound and shallow Bight of Eleuthera.
Our 4,500-acre subject area consists of three nodes of inhabitation and a large area of
native upland, known as Bush, with some areas altered by historic grading, dredging, fill
and cultivation.
The first of these three nodes, and a primary focal area for our urban study, is the Powell
Pointe Marina area of the Cape Eleuthera Resort and Yacht Club development, which is
the second and as yet incomplete incarnation of resort community at the Cape. In
addition to the Marina, the development project area contains a former golf course now
mostly overgrown with bush, road infrastructure intended for single-family residential
development, and a well field sufficient to serve the original ambitious development plan.
The second node is the Island School, a growing, fifteen-year-old marine sciencefocused private school and research institution. The Island School originated when one
of the original purchasers of the first phase of condominium development at Powell
Pointe asked the landowner to donate a piece of their property for use as a marine
education-focused school to host study-away programs for high school sophomores and
juniors. The School has since grown to include a research component known as the
Cape Eleuthera Institute, which specializes in the ecology of tidal flats. Shark research is
another major program hosted by researchers-in-residence, including a married couple
(expecting their first child) who are currently building the first single-family residence at
Cape Eleuthera, on a private in-holding within the larger Powell Pointe- owned 4,300
acres
The third node is Deep Creek, a historic Bahamian Settlement at the edge of a
wilderness tidal creek system, where there is significant unemployment and subsistence
economy predominates. The Island School has constructed and largely funds operation
of a private middle school in Deep Creek, with most of its students coming from Deep
Creek settlement and other Eleutheran settlements, many on full scholarship. In addition,
with the growth of the Island School this year to include a Center for Sustainable
Development hosting undergraduate students from partner universities, Deep Creek
homes have been rented for use as college-level student housing.
These three urban entities have varying population types and numbers. The Island
School is likely now the largest population center at the Cape during the school year,
though only a small portion of staff and faculty are permanent residents. Deep Creek is
the only permanently populated area, but likely exceeds the Island School in population
only during periods outside the school year. The Powell Point Marina has a few liveaboard ship residents, but the majority of its housing is currently empty, as the new
management has decided not to sell additional units before assessing alternative
strategies, which will be part of our work this semester. The management of the Cape
Eleuthera Resort and Yacht Club has directed us as follows:

...Wed like to see creative ideas as to how the property (and in particular how different
areas of the property) could be used/developed/enhanced in a manner that retains the
local feel, flavor and natural habitat of Eleuthera not trying to make it like Hawaii,
Jamaica or even Nassau but genuinely Eleutheran. We see this as many uses being
blended together to create one cohesive natural-feeling (i.e. not staged) environment.
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We also see a great opportunity to tie future uses into the Island School and its
mission....

Collaboration: Ability to work in collaboration with others and in multidisciplinary teams to

successfully complete design projects.

While the Cape Eleuthera resort development may be the original focal point of the
studio, the Island School is also a primary participant, and inextricably linked to both the
Cape resort and Deep Creek communities. Therefore, we will be developing concepts for
a distributed, diversified, and ecological urbanism, with integrated marine and terrestrial
resource management.

Human Behavior: Understanding of the relationship between human behavior, the natural
environment and the design of the built environment.

SPECIFIC LEARNING OUTCOMES

Communication Skills: Ability to read, write, speak and listen effectively.

Design Thinking Skills: Ability to raise clear and precise questions, use abstract ideas to
interpret information, consider diverse points of view, reach well-reasoned conclusions,
and test alternative outcomes against relevant criteria and standards.

Visual Communication Skills: Ability to use appropriate representational media, such as
traditional graphic and digital technology skills, to convey essential formal elements at
each stage of the programming and design process.

Investigative Skills: Ability to gather, assess, record, apply, and comparatively evaluate
relevant information within architectural coursework and design processes.

Use of Precedents: Ability to examine and comprehend the fundamental principles
present in relevant precedents and to make choices regarding the incorporation of such
principles into architecture and urban design projects.

Ordering Systems Skills: Understanding of the fundamentals of both natural and formal
ordering systems and the capacity of each to inform two-and three-dimensional design.

Cultural Diversity: Understanding of the diverse needs, values, behavioral norms,
physical abilities, and social and spatial patterns that characterize different cultures and
individuals and the implication of this diversity on the societal roles and responsibilities of
architects.

Applied Research: Understanding the role of applied research in determining function,
form, and systems and their impact on human conditions and behavior.

Accessibility: Ability to design sites, facilities, and systems to provide independent and
integrated use by individuals with physical (including mobility), sensory, and cognitive
disabilities.

Site Design: Ability to respond to site characteristics such as soil, topography, vegetation,
and watershed in the development of a project design.

Leadership: Understanding of the techniques and skills architects use to work

collaboratively in the building design and construction process and on environmental,
social, and aesthetic issues in their communities.

Community and Social Responsibility: Understanding of the architects responsibility to
work in the public interest, to respect historic resources, and to improve the quality of life
for local and global neighbors.
NAAB PERFORMANCE CRITERIA Levels of accomplishment

Understanding The capacity to classify, compare, summarize, explain and/or interpret
information.

Ability Proficiency in using specific information to accomplish a task, correctly selecting
the appropriate information, and accurately applying it to the solution of a specific
problem, while also distinguishing the effects of its implementation.

NAAB Criteria Satisfied

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A.1 Communication Skills

A.2 Design Thinking Skills

A.3 Visual Communication Skills

A.5 Investigative Skills

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A.7 Use of Precedents

A.8 Ordering Systems Skills

A.10 Cultural Diversity

A.11 Applied Research

B.2 Accessibility B.4 Site Design

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C.1 Collaboration

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C.2 Human Behavior

C.6 Leadership
C.9 Community & Social Responsibility

School of Architecture Tracks of Mastery

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1 Critical Thinking

2 Design

3 Building

4 Representation

5 Professionalism

SYLLABUS CHANGES

Instructor reserves the rights to allowing to make minor changes such as; modify, alter,
delete, add, or otherwise change the contents (for example: due dates, assignments, etc.
as appropriate) of this syllabus at any time during the academic term upon proper
notification to all students enrolled in the course. This syllabus is subject to change and/
or revision during the academic term.

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCESS

We have been asked to develop a place, an urbanism, that is Genuinely Eleutheran,
starting with an unpopulated and unfinished for-profit resort development and a thriving
educational institution (Island School) supported by a combination of tuition and

philanthropic donations. To this mix we must add a traditional, rural Bahamian settlement
with relatively new economic and social ties to the Island School.

The current owners have built upon previous development at the site, which goes back
through a colorful past all the way to Juan Trippe of Pan Am and scion of the Mad Men
era (a part of the story that might suggest marketing angles in the present for some of
you). Beginning in the 80s, the current owners added their own layers of construction in
partial development of a master plan created in collaboration with an outside consultant,
focusing primarily on completing construction of the marina and an initial phase of
condominium development there. After the market shocks of 2001 and 2008, they saw
poor sales and returned deposits to those who had made early purchase commitments in
order to maintain control of the property as they consider future options. They have now
dissolved their partner relationship, and engaged their own in-house team- DP Fox- to
manage the property.

DP Fox is the diversified business management arm of the family that owns Cape
Eleuthera, and will be a participant in the studio, with representatives attending our midreview and virtually attending our final presentation. The intent of this studio is to provide
the owner and its neighbor the Island School, with a process that generates urban (and
less than urban) alternative land-use strategies, scenarios and forms that build upon the
true community, natural, and developed assets of the place, and the skills, passions and
values of the owner/tenant team.

Assignment 1: Research Exercises, Development of Base Drawings and Models
Research Exercises-

We will spend the first two weeks assessing the regional and local systems and
developing an understanding of the regional context and logic for our specific programs
and interventions. This Studio will be the second of a two-semester Conservation-Based
Development Design program for the island of Eleuthera in the nation of The Bahamas
for upper level undergraduate and graduate students of Architecture, so the research of
the prior studio will be utilized and made particular to our subject area.

These assets will include the amenity assets at both local scale- The Island School, its
faculty, staff and alumni and parent groups, the marina facilities and existing architectural
elements- and the landscape scale- the interior bush, marine resources, and tidal
(bonefish) flats, the forest and the coastline). Utilizing local assets is of particular
importance on Eleuthera. Shipping imported items is not only costly, but also fails to
generate the local commerce that is critical to the success of any venture. In addition,
items imported from outside the Bahamas face a 50% duty tax. Therefore the decision to
use other than local materials and building components, or to manufacture those
components other than locally carries a heavy cost.

All successful economic endeavors on the island to date have successfully navigated
local systems and found a sustainable scale for their operations, and strategic
approaches to utilize local skills and resources in balance with Bahamian and
international markets. Equally instructive and part of our case study work will be the
failures, largely in the conventional resort tourism market. Eleuthera is home to an
astounding number of resort development ruins.

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Using existing marine charts and topographic maps at the highest detail available, create
CAD drawings and CNC-milled solid wood/clear resin model (same technique as in scale
1 above) of the overall study region, from Powell Pointe in the NW corner to the Well
Field in the SE (area provided as .kmz file). Overall drawing and model size will be 22 x
17, consisting of two 11 x 17 sections.

Scale 3: 1 = 200 Areas

Club Med Ruin in central Eleuthera and Golf Cart Barn Ruin at Cape Eleuthera

The design studio will follow a process that has proven successful in rural communitybased planning and design projects in various Hawaiian Islands, the American West and
indigenous communities where significant natural and cultural amenities required both
conservation and economic development to fund the care of these places and the base
for sustainable community development. We will begin with identification and inventory of
assets of the place.

REQUIRED READING:
Cape Eleuthera Report, 2014 by Kinship Conservation Fellows via email/moodle

A Shared Vision report by the organization One Eleuthera via google drive or

http://oneeleuthera.org/news/2012/october/shared-vision-report

Base Drawing and Model Development- Scale 1: 1 = 1,000
Cape Eleuthera Land and Sea Zone-

Using existing marine charts and topographic maps at the highest detail available, create
Rhino topo drawing/digital model, and a laser-cut 1/32 basswood and clear resin model
land and sea model of the overall study region, from Deep Creek to Powell Pointe, and
from Exuma Sound to the Eleuthera Bight (area provided as .kmz file). Overall drawing
and model size will be 44 x 17, consisting of four 11 x 17 sections. Note that since the
Exuma Sound reaches a depth of 3,000 feet deep in this area, the model relief will be at
least 3 and overall model thickness will be greater than that. A thin layer of resin should
cover the tidal flat areas Use your Rhino model to assess construction methods for
physical model.

Scale 2: 1 = 500 (ON HOLD PENDING REVIEW OF 1=1000 and 1=200 models)

Cape Eleuthera Infrastructure Zone

A. Cape to Campus Zone

Using existing marine charts, topographic maps, and survey drawings (to be provided) at
the highest detail available, create CAD drawing and CNC-milled solid wood/clear resin
model from Powell Pointe to Island School Bight (area provided as .kmz file). Overall
drawing and model size will be 44 x 17, consisting of four 11 x 17 sections.

B. Deep Creek Settlement and Tidal Wilderness Model
Using existing aerial and marine charts, topographic maps at the highest detail available,
create CAD drawing and CNC-milled solid wood/clear resin model of the Deep Creek
study region, from the Gulley Hole on the west to the East Church site on the east, and
from the softball field/reunion site in the NW to the to the tidal creek mouth in the south.
Indicate mean lowest low tide and mean highest high tide contours on the model

Team Site drawing layers, and model fabrication drawings due Friday, January 17
Team Site models due Tuesday, January 21

PRECEDENT/SITE STUDIES:

The purpose of this exercise is to Evaluate successful island communities and
economies where destination-based tourism plays a role in the overall economic and
social picture. We will attempt to define the line(s) between Eco-tourism and Megatourism, and understand the role of non-tourism components of community in the overall
success of the economies. In our particular site, education is already a form of tourism,
as the vast majority of the students (and 100% of the tuition-paying students) of the
Island School are residents of Eleuthera. We will research, analyze and diagram
examples of Places where local culture is authentically integrated with tourism, or viceversa, and speculate on what sustainable tourist economy might look like in a rural,
tropical location.

For each team below, identify potential market opportunities: Research existing market
studies and blog speculation for Bahamas Out Islands and for Eleuthera. Speculate on
what economic and development elements from your prededent studiues might work at
the Cape. These should not be limited to tourist economy elements, but might also
include specific agricultural, natural resources (terrestrial and marine), manufacturing,
education, energy production, etc. Identify who travels to the Out Islands, where they are
from, what they bring and what they spend- Bahamian? American? European?

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Working in teams to be assigned on first day of class based on portfolio review and
interests, and In 11x17 sheet/image format to be designed in common for consistent
Cape Eleuthera studio graphic identity, investigate and diagram the following, speculating
on spatial, technological, market and conceptual relationships to Cape Eleuthera site and
opportunities:

TEAM 1:
Indigenous communities-

Lucayan/Arawak(?) in Bahamas and at Palm Island east of Island School Campus
Post-slavery colonial (cupids cay)

Post independence bahamas settlements
Diagram and map the process of west Africans slaves, European fisherman, and others
becoming indigenous to this place. Can you come to love a place to which your
ancestors were kidnapped? What are signs of place-love and how can these be
promoted in our designs?

Natural communities-

Natural history of the cape Flats ecology
Upland ecology Restoration ecology

What are critical and rare flora and fauna species? What has been lost?
Can we restore lost species?
T opography

Geology Hydrology

TEAM 2:
Resort related communities-

New urbanism:
Schooner Bay, Abaco, Bahamas (website has entire project documents as download)
Seaside, Florida

Charm Town ex-pat adjacent tropical vernacular: Punta sayulita Conservation
Vernacular Modernism: The Sea Ranch

Eleutheran fractional ownership: Pineapple fields Eleuthera Newest Eleutheran: The
Cove Eleuthera

Local and regional success:
Harbor island Bahamas
Staniel Cay Bahamas

Stealth hotel community: VRBO/Air B&B in south and central Eleuthera Themed
simulacra: Princess Cays (temporary event community)

Destination hotel chains: Aman group
Explora chile

TEAM 3:
Intentional communities I:
Arcosanti
Taliesen
Burning Man/Black Rock Desert (temporary event community) Junkanoo
Bahamian Anglican Church
Other Church communities

Intentional communities II:
Upaya Institute, Santa Fe NM Esalen, Monterrey CA
Yoga destination events (temporary)

Academic Communities : Scripps institute
Woods hole
The Island School

Sustainable small rural village development precedents:
Africa, Pakistan (Three Cups of Tea approach), other second and third world approaches
to eco-cultural tourism and economic development

Deliverables: 2 compose of 11x17 format documents for instructor and class use, web
presence, and digital presentation to class.
Team progress pin-up and discussion Tuesday, January 21
Team digital presentation Friday, January 24

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architectural intervention, in order to construct a logic for anchoring and defining the
various activities of your program. For part A, you should resist the temptation to begin
with program components, and instead begin with the geometric/spatial (Ley Lines) and
narrative (Song Lines) orders of the site, saving the issue of land use for part B below.
This is an exercise intended to allow you not only to reveal ordering systems, but also to
import additional information derived intuitively from your analytical process.

o Drawing parameters: The primary planimetric site diagrams will be consistent
among all students at the scale of the overall Cape site plan (1=1000), and the enlarged
Powell Point and Deep Creek site plans (1=200). Sectional, axonometric,
photographic and/or or three- dimensional analysis and diagram are required to be
layered onto the planimetric base drawings in order to clarify and define the sites
critical spatial, ecological, cultural and functional conditions and potentials. (see
Fieldscapes Fresh Kills Competition example shown above, Mathur and DaCunhas
SOAK: Mumbai and Deccan Traverses, and in references on library reserve). This will
result in 3 analytical drawings at 17x44 each of which may be tiled (4 each) at tabloid
print size prior to final pin-up. Other enlarged diagrams are encouraged at scales as
appropriate to the exploration, as are supplemental study models. NOTE that your
drawing should suggest additional research, which in turn should suggest additional
layers or individual drawings- this is a non-linear exploration.

o In addition to the site model scales, you must complete an analysis at regional scale
in order to investigate the routes of visitation, supply, and cultural influence on the sea
and in the air, expressing a hierarchy of opportunity for these various routes (see specific
information on boating subculture below). This involves additional research that may be
undertaken collectively by the studio at large.

o In addition to the site model and regional scales, and based on the intentions and
opportunities identified, you must select at least one area of detail for additional site
analysis. Examples include, but are not limited to:

Fieldscapes: Fresh Kills Temporal Site Analysis

! Island School Campus

! Palm Island Archeological and Tidal Flats Reserve

! Old Clubhouse Fingers Area

ASSIGNMENT 2: Ordering Systems Analysis and Site Programming (1.5 weeks)

! Barracudas fill zone and seaplane ramp ruins

- A. Song Lines, Ley Lines (all students):

o Each student will complete an ordering systems analysis to comprehend and scale
this large landscape, to define the existing spatial geometries, to locate its stories with
specificity, to determine the is of place, and to speculate on the intentions of the sea
and land (genius loci) to reveal potential spaces that can be completed by your
! Marina North Townhomes docks to coast area

! Powell Point stream and concrete pad garden (bridge to bridge)

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! Out-parcel area, including Ed and Annabelles Tower and 4th hole
beach/lagoon area

! Gulley Hole recreational/ecological reserve area

! Deals Point/West Rollins Creek Wilderness Area

! Old Golf Landscape zone

! Deep Creek Settlement Bend in the Road civic center (road
bend to lazy tree)

! Etc
You may choose to layer this information as an inset on one of more of your four
base analysis drawings (cape, deep creek, powell point, regional) or create a
separate drawing or physical or digital model study.
NOTES ON REGIONAL SCALE ANALYSIS
Remember that your site should be considered to be water as well as land. So
factor in the following in your REGIONAL SCALE analysis- note that the answers
to any of the questions raised below are to be answered graphically, not verbally
or with narrative text:
1. Boating/Yachting/Sailing Community-
What are the routes, seasons and numbers for private watercraft travel in
Bahamian
region and how might the Cape become a more frequented port? What routes and
user groups could be directed here? What are possible draws for them? For
example, could the Cape provide fresh produce for them via through hydroponic
ag systems (already in use at Island School) and/or through agriculture on site for
a Farm-to-Galley program? Bush-fed local goat? (capra is an Italian delicacy).
Other boutique food products, such as lionfish (an invasive, but tasty reef fish
whose numbers need to be reduced or eliminated)? Can a temporal marketplace
be established, timed with the season (of yachting) and of the seasons (of
produce)? The answers to these questions will impact your land use concepts for
the 4,500-acre Cape property
2. Cruising Ship community-
What about Cruise ships? Why are they so feared locally? (see Molokai cruiseship fight, One Eleuthera organizations stance on Cruise ships) Is there a way to
access a portion of the Cruise ship population for a more authentically Eleutheran
experience? Study the successful and but rather inauthentic Princess Cays
approach and define its pros and cons to address this form of access to the Cape
(if at all). Is the Cruise Ship problem merely a problem of scale? Could the Cape
offer a short wilderness or boutique fishing experience as a respite from the
massive population and industrial- tourism of a Cruise Ship, with limited numbers
being served at a high price point? Could the Deep Creek Community be prepared
or supplemented somehow (see Gulley Hole area) to receive a subset of cultural
tourists form shipboard? How might this interaction be programmed and
architecturally supported to create positive growth (hope) rather than
overwhelming transformation of the Settlement?
3. Fishing community- a. Offshore Fishing
The proximity of the deep waters of Exuma Sound offers exceptional sport fishing
opportunity, and yet is not a year-round draw. What makes for a successful
offshore fishing community? (see Bimini, etc) What events, facilities, and support is
needed to create and maintain a sport-fishing community at the Marina, or within
the Cape at large? What about Marine Protected Areas- can they draw fishermen
as well as dive community to their edges, with exclusive rights being given to
limited numbers of anglers? (this has been proposed by entrepreneur Fred
Danforth for a new multi-million dollar lodge on Abaco north of Eleuthera) b. Flats
and shoreline fishing Southern Eleuthera has numerous accessible Tidal Creek
Flats ecosystems that offer excellent fly fishing opportunities. The Island is known
as a DIY (do-it-yourself) fly fishing location, which is its niche in the bone fishing
world. (the bonefish is on the Bahamian dime, FYI). However, these habitats are
limited and require careful management of numbers. Where are the local flats and
how might they be privatized/monetized/hosted as part of a diversified land use
proposal? What other small-boat or foot accessed fishing sites are available,
perhaps at the Red Rocks coast area?

4. Diving Community
Exumas National Land and Sea Park is a huge draw for dive tourism. While the Capes

reef habitats are not as dramatic, they good dive sites nonetheless, and mapped by the
Island School research teams. How might both a conventional and an educational or
citizen-science based dive tourism be developed at the marina or near the school? Map
the dive and research sites of the Island School and speculate on the facilities and
functions required for such a Land/Water use.

Deliverables: 4 drawings at 17x44, plus optional supplemental studies in 2- or 3-D
form, plus electronic files compressed to less and 10MB per image (including any study
model images)
Progress Crits Tuesday, January 28 and Friday, January 31

Pin-up presentation and discussion Friday, February 7

- B. Site Programming Concepts (all students):
o Based on the ordering systems and anchoring concepts developed

above, each student will develop three different alternatives for conceptual site
programming diagrams. These will effectively be diagrams of your diagrams,
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synthesizing the potential identified in your analysis to a clear set of diagrams identifying
projected land use areas with any phasing or contingent concepts for implementation.
Each alternative should have a clearly identifiable and nameable primary program and
land use emphasis (for example, dispersed or compact eco-tourism alternative,
mixed use settlement node (new urbanist) alternative, agricultural model, educational
model, etc). These site programming diagrams should be extracted from and grounded
in your ordering concepts analysis. Think of them as the Executive Summary of your
analysis- that is, more than bubble diagrams, but less than hard site plans. Push
yourself to consider widely varied strategic programs, and include phasing ideas for how
these might be implemented over time.

o Conceptual site programming model will be developed to overlay on group studio
models (3 total)

o Note for students taking studio as 4A comprehensive- at this point you should
also identify the integrated site/building program component that you will be
developing in detail for the remainder of the semester.

- C. Land Use Plan Parti Selection (all)
o We will pin-up the Site Programming Concept Diagrams, and discussion exercise will
identify the preferred Land Use Plan alternatives to be developed into Land Stewardship
Plans. The intention is to identify the most promising (or most varied) four alternative land
use concepts for development into detailed Land Stewardship Plans (assignment 3), in
teams of 3-4 students each, after which individual comprehensive collective form (multibuilding/multi-site architecture) development will be done individually to complete the
work of the Studio

Deliverables: Part B-

While the Urban Studio Group will work from the outside-in, working in
successively more detailed progression toward specificity of the Urban component
language, the Comprehensive Group will take an inside-out approach to overall
collective form design, beginning with the architectural/landscape detail, returning
to investigate the implications of their detailed building development on their
collective form and Land Stewardship Plan strategies in the final weeks of studio.
(Note: at this point, comprehensive studio participants will skip to and follow
the B track below, urban studio participants will follow the A track)
Based on Ley Line/Story Line effort, initial site narrative, and selected Land Use
Alternatives, Urban students will develop Land Stewarship Plans

- Land Stewardship Plan (3 teams of 4 students each)
o Each student team will develop a strategic land use plan from the selected alternative
site programming diagrams.
o must speculate on and factor in change overtime phasing-identify minimum first stage
plan elements and supporting events.
o Integrate and define all common site systems (water supply,treatment,power,
circulation)

Required reading: Investigations in Collective Form, Fumihiko Maki Download at: http://
library.wustl.edu/units/spec/archives/photos/maki/

Deliverables:

- 2 copies 11x17 format program manual for instructor and class use, web

- further develop 3-D concept overlay Drawdel at 1=1000 for overall cape Land
Stewardship Plan

- For pin up February 14: 3 alternative Land use concepts Drawdel at 1=1000
for overall on Cape site Model.

- drawing and study model overlays for Powell Point, Deep Creek, Fourth Hole,
Deals Point and other critical zones of collective form at 1=200

- Enlargements as required to explain local elements of the alternatives (required

for Comprehensive Students to identify area of collective form focus and
architectural development)
.
Progress Crits Tuesday, February 11
Pin-up presentation, discussion and selection of 4 preferred alternatives
Friday, February 14
A pin-up of the ordering systems and site programming and discussion exercise
will identify 4 preferred Land Use Plan alternatives to be developed into Land
Stewardship Plans.
ASSIGNMENT 3A: Land Stewardship Plan Alternative Development
- Create visual timeline for project phasing, including any critical supporting or
triggering events tied to occupancy, sales, enrollment, or other community-based
markers.
Progress Crits Tuesday, February 21, 25
Pin-up 3A/Intro to assignment 4A, Friday, February 28
ASSIGNMENT 3B (Comprehensive Studio only): Collective/Selective Form
Charrette
Based on Ley Line/Story Line effort, initial site narrative, and selected Land Use
Alternatives, Comprehensive Studio participants will rapidly conceptualize a
collective form node with local site and building program, then select and enlarge
an architectural enclosure element.

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- Collective Form (abbreviated charrette)
o Each student will select individual collective form study are a identified as anchor
project within the preferred Land Stewardship plan. Example: Powell Point Marina Event
Architecture, Fourth Hole Collective Form and private residential module with guidelines,
Deals Point Eco-lodge, Deep Creek Mixed Private-Academic Housing Form, Boarding
School, etc.

- Collective Form
o select individual collective form components identified as anchor projects within the
preferred site plan. Example: Powell Point Marina Settlement, Fourth Hole Collective
Form and private residential module with guidelines, Deals Point Eco-lodge, Deep Creek
Mixed Private- Academic Housing Form, Boarding School, etc. Gulley Hole ecological
urban node, etc

o Collective Form and Associated Landscape will be conceptualized as an integrated

massing/program quasi-building

o Associated Landscape will be developed to correspond to students individual design

for the collective form component selected

o Formal approach may follow compositional form, megastructure/megaform, or group

form

o SelectedLandStewardshipPlan(the whole) will be refined as appropriate to reflect

students individual design concept for the collective building component (the part)

- Selective Form (program encapsulated, component form specified)

o Each select individual architectural form component within collective form component
for design development
o SelectiveFormwillidentifyandcrystallizeaninterplayofformalstructure

Required reading: Thom Maynes Information Landscapes, Stan Allen, pp. 53-64 in

and complex program as identified in collective form exercise

o Selected building component will not be less than 500SF or exceed

10,000 SF in total enclosed area, plus associated collective form fabric and landscape.

Required reading: Investigations in Collective Form, Fumihiko Maki:

http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/archives/photos/maki/maki-part1.pdf

Helpful reading: Thom Maynes Information Landscapes, Stan Allen, pp. 53-64 in

Combinatory Urbanism: The Complex Behavior of Combinatory Form.

Group progress pinup Friday, February 14, 1:00-2:00 (collective/selective form),
and Friday February 21 (selective form)
Intro to assignment 4B, Friday, February 21

Deliverables:

- Axonometric drawing of Collective Form Node at 1=100 scale

- Axonometric drawing of Selective Enclosure component at 1=32 scale
ASSIGNMENT 4A: Collective Form Multi-Nodal Development (1.5 weeks)
In Teams of 2, students will develop the entire Cape project as an integrated,
strategic and collective form, while scaling up individual collective form nodes to
identify inhabitation and land-use components.

Combinatory Urbanism: The Complex Behavior of Combinatory Form.

Progress Crits February 28, March 4, March 7 MID-REVIEW assignment 4B,
Tuesday, March 11

Deliverables:

- For pin up February 14: develop 3-D concept overlay Drawdel at 1=1000 for
overall cape Land Stewardship Plan

- study models for Powell Point, Deep Creek, Fourth Hole, Deals Point and other
zones of collective form at 1=200

- Create visual timeline for project phasing, including any critical supporting or
triggering events tied to occupancy, sales, enrollment, or other community-based
markers.
ASSIGNMENT 4B: Systems Integration (2 weeks)

- Develop Structural, Tectonic and Environmental Systems
o These should include both passive and active systems.
o Read in Living Systems by Margolis and Robinson the main introduction and
introductions to the chapters Launch, Stratify, Fluid, Grooming, and Digestive.
Review content of chapters for relevant concepts related to your site, along with Detail in
Contemporary Residential Architecture also on reserve for you in the library

o Diagram Environmental Systems. Create an analysis sheet of drawings, photos
and/or diagrams describing your project environmental and sustainable systems. You
may identify and use case studies from the readings (and drawings from the Detail) CD
that are relevant to your design concepts. The final printed sheet should also be 24x36
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vertical, but preliminary studies, diagrams and other final sheet components will be
reviewed electronically at screen size. Systems/conditions addressed should include:

photomontage to represent the materials and quality of light (shade and shadow) you
intend for those surfaces.

! Water: supply, rain catchment, collection, distribution for practical and landscaping
effect. If working from a centralized site plan alternative, address and central
power and water distribution on site.

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! Diagram passive heating, cooling and ventilating strategies

! Active systems for power, cooling and water heating as
appropriate to your scheme.
While you may include photos and drawings from public sources, and selections
your existing completed work, you must also develop original diagrammatic/
descriptive drawings for the comparative analysis from the book. Keep in mind
that even those who are utilizing structural components that may not be specifically
covered in this book (like shipping containers), all projects have skin and thermal/
moisture protection approaches that must be developed and for which examples
(like rain-screen skins) exist in the book and CD drawings.
Group Progress pinup (massing/structural) 1:00-2:00PM Tuesday, February
25 Desk Crits (structural/envelope systems) Friday, February 28
Desk Crits (Passive and Active Heating and Cooling), March 4
Desk Crits (Water Systems: rain-, black-, and gray-water plumbing, storm
water management- capture, reuse, infiltration) March 7
Desk Crits (Lighting and Acoustic Systems) March 25
Deliverables:

- For pin up February 14: develop 3-D

- Develop Wall Sections

o Using the graphic conventions for line weight and fill/poche identical to that of Detail in
Contemporary Residential Architecture (on library reserve) drawings, develop 2 of your
most representative wall sections, at 1-1/2 = 1-0 scale. If you have a double height or
2-story space, at least one of the wall sections must show this condition.

o Present each wall section on a 24x36 sheet, vertical format. Draw the wall section
continuously, without break lines from foundation to highest point of the roof, unless your
section building at that point is more than about 23 feet in actual height (34-1/2 on the
drawing). For those conditions you will need to make cut lines within the most typical
section of wall to reduce the vertical height to 34-1/2.

o On the interior side of the wall section, draw a 3 to 6 band of interior elevation as it
would be seen beyond the cut line. Make a line drawing of the elevation showing all
seaming and material edge and profile lines. Over the line drawing, use color and/or
o On the exterior side of the cut,you may either foldouta3to6band of exterior wall
elevation (through which you have cut the section) at the same scale, or create a
perspective of the exterior receding from your wall section. Whichever approach you
choose, make a line drawing of the elevation showing all seaming and material edge and
profile lines. Over the line drawing, use color and/or photomontage to represent the
materials and quality of light (shade and shadow) you intend for those surfaces. If you
choose a sectional perspective, make sure that the vanishing point is set to show at least
4 of wall surface.

o Adjacent to the band of exterior wall elevation, or as a backdrop in the case of a wall
sectional-perspective, include a band of site photo from a viewpoint and at an angle that
is as close to the actual viewpoint as possible. Add to your site photo any proposed
landscape manipulations that may be visible in that area.

o The final printed sheet must be 24x36, but preliminary studies,diagrams and other
final sheet components will be reviewed electronically at screen size.

ASSIGNMENT 5: Selective Collective Form (1.5 weeks)

o Collective Form and Land Stewardship Plan (the whole) will be refined as appropriate
to reflect students individual design concept

o Specific assignment deliverables and schedule to follow RESOURCES FOR FOR
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Packaging of Eleuthera by Bahamas Tourism:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ov9__N3rTM
Eleuthera Adventure Tours https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCl1LI5rSJs
History of South Eleuthera: http://www.bahamapundit.com/2008/02/the-story-of-so.html
Newscast on Eleutheras ailing economy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
feature=player_detailpage&v=ToKuBksvEtc#t=100s Winter residents talk about why they
chose Eleuthera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwWHBvvRNik
The Cove, Eleutheras special formula discount. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=f0enrcyFs7Q

NEWS on development on Eleuthera:Cape Eleuthera Resort:

http://www.capeeleuthera.com/

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1979 Cape Eleuthera promotional video:

Faculty retreat- no studio session/continue work assignment 3A/B

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4EdFetxpE4

Wk7 25
28 assignment 4 desk crits

2009 article: http://www.thebahamasinvestor.com/2009/putting-cape-eleuthera-back-onmap/

assignment 3A/B pinup/assignment 4 intro

1975 site plan: http://www.genesisgroup.com/projects/375.php Governors Harbour,

Eleuthera:

Wk8 Mar 4
7 production and pre-review of mockup for mid-review

French Leave Resort: http://www.shanercorp.com/2012/04/french-leave-approved-for12m-project/

assignment 4 desk crits

Governors Harbour beach attraction overview:

Wk9 11
14 post review discussion/assignment 5 intro-incorporate feedback

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VUNDNcob6o

MID-REVIEW

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE:

Wk 10 18
21 NO STUDIO- Spring Break

Wk1 Jan 14

portfolio review/introductory lecture/assignment 1/readings

Wk2 Jan 21
24 assignment 1 presentation/assignment 2 intro

Wk 12 Wk 13

Apr 1

NO STUDIO- Spring Break

assignment 1 desk crits

assignment 5 progress pin-up

Wk3 28
31 assignment 2A desk crits

Wk 11 25

assignment 2A desk crits/discussion guest: Patty Lee via Skype

assignment 5 pin-up/assignment 6 intro

Wk4 Feb 4
7 assignment 2A pin-up/assignment 2B intro


11 assignment 6 desk crits/FINAL REVIEW MOCKUP DUE

assignment 2A desk crits

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Wk5 11
14 assignment 2B pin-up/assignment 3A/B intro

Wk 14 22 INDIVIDUAL FINAL REVIEW

25 Final report production team meeting

assignment 2B desk crits

Wk 15 29 Final report&presentation draft review

May 1-4 FINAL REPORT PRESENTATION AND EXHIBITION date TBD
Wk6 18
21 assignment 3A/B desk crits

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ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE

Assignment 1: 5%
Assignment 2: 10%
Assignment 3: 10%
Assignment 4/Mid-Review: 20%
Assignment 5: 10%
Assignment 6: 10%
Final Individual Review: 25%
Final Report: 5%
In-Class Contribution: 5%

TOTAL: 100%

POLICY OF PROJECT RETENTION

The university reserves the right to retain student work for archival purposes. Projects/
models, assignments, and exams will be kept at the departments discretion for this
purpose.

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY

It is the responsibility of the student to attend studio sessions and to work in studio.
Woodbury University has established clear and appropriate grading and administrative
guidelines. They will be followed in this class, except as amended. Students should be
familiar with the various policies as stated in the Woodbury University catalog.

POLICY ON ACADEMIC HONESTY

Woodbury University faculty and students have adopted an academic honesty policy that
reflects and sustains the integrity of our work and the university. You are expected to
know the policy and uphold it in practice and in spirit. The Academic Honesty Policy may
be found in the current student handbook, the course catalog, and on the Academic
Affairs page on the Portal. The Academic Affairs site link is below: http://
my.woodbury.edu/Staff/AA/default.aspx

SPECIAL NEEDS ACCOMMODATIONS

Woodbury University is committed to making reasonable accommodations to assist

individuals with disabilities in reaching their academic potential. Students desiring
accommodations due to a physical, learning or psychological disability must first
complete an Accommodations Request Form, which can be downloaded fromhttp://
go.woodbury.edu, and found under Academic Resources. Accommodations cannot be
granted prior to the instructors receipt of a Notification of Special Needs Release
Form from the Disabilities Coordinator. Accommodations are never provided
retroactively. (For more information, contact the Disabilities Coordinator in the Whitten
Center (818) 394-3345.)

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Packaging of Eleuthera by Bahamas Tourism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=6Ov9__N3rTM
Eleuthera Adventure Tours https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCl1LI5rSJs
History of South Eleuthera: http://www.bahamapundit.com/2008/02/the-story-of-so.html
Newscast on Eleutheras ailing economy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
feature=player_detailpage&v=ToKuBksvEtc#t=100s Winter residents talk about why they
chose Eleuthera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwWHBvvRNik
The Cove, Eleutheras special formula discount. https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=f0enrcyFs7Q

Please review recent news on development on Eleuthera:
Cape Eleuthera Resort: http://www.capeeleuthera.com/1979 Cape Eleuthera

promotional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4EdFetxpE4
2009 article: http://www.thebahamasinvestor.com/2009/putting-cape-eleuthera-back-on-

map/

1975 site plan: http://www.genesisgroup.com/projects/375.php

Governors Harbour, Eleuthera:

French Leave Resort: http://www.shanercorp.com/2012/04/french-leave-approved-for12m-project/

Governors Harbour beach attraction overview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VUNDNcob6o

Shaun Ingraham on tourism on Eleuthera:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLlDO8AI7os
Turtle Pond: http://www.eleutheranews.com/local/opinion/1094.html

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Abaco, Bahamas: http://www.schoonerbaybahamas.com/ General Bahamas: http://
www.thebahamasinvestor.com/

2005: Will Development Kill the Bahamas?

http://www.bahamapundit.com/2005/11/will_developmen.html

Cape Eleuthera Resort Case Statement from Island School

A beautiful tropical marina at the tip of 4500 acres of land with 19 condos built, within 250
miles of Florida in the friendly Bahamas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjrP99YMzrc
and why isnt Cape Eleuthera Resort the one breakout from other Bahamas out-island
destinations?

The Michigan based developer has invested significantly in a non-profit school and
marine research center in addition to the marina rehabilitation and condominium
construction since 2006. In 2012, the marina condominium units are for sale, and the
advice from this 2012 blogger highlights the challenge: http://busymodernfamily.com/
travel/eleuthera-in-the-out-islands-of-the-bahamas/

When they say its remote, they mean it. If you dont like to fish, dive, boat, read a book,
or just relax, its probably not for you.

Ecological Urbanism considers the city with multiple instruments and with a worldview
that is fluid in scale and disciplinary focus. Design provides the synthetic key to connect
ecology with an urbanism that is not in contradiction with its environment. The promise is
nothing short of a new ethics and aesthetics of the urban.

Given the place, the people, and the investments so far, the Island School is seeking
advice on whats worked in other places and how it might apply to make South Eleuthera
vibrant in ways that honor the history and landscape and their most durable and lasting
potential.

Weve received advice from Amory Lovins and David Orr (2003), from Christine Todd
Whitman (2011), and from nearly every branch of the Bahamian government since 1999,
when the first students arrived at The Island School . In those 14 years, those alumni and
their families have exercised their philanthropic potential as volunteers and donors to
ensure that the research and education happening at Cape Eleuthera can continue. We
are asking for your advice and guidance in what do move forward.

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From the www.capeeleuthera.com website:

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In the early 1970's Powell Pointe, at the very tip of Cape Eleuthera peninsula, was a
favored playground of Americas rich and famous, boasting its own 6,500 ft-long airstrip
that could facilitate them flying directly to and from New York. There was a championship
golf course designed by Robert Von Haggee and Bruce Devlin, that rivaled Pebble
Beach. And Billy Jean King was the visiting tennis pro. Conceived and developed by
Juan Trippe, founder of Pan Am, Cape Eleuthera Resort always had a whiff of Citizen
Kane's megalomanic Xanadu about it. The size alone was extraordinary - - 4,500 acres
comprising almost the whole of the peninsula as far inland as Deep Creek, with more
than 16 miles of shoreline. When Trippe and his business partner, the Florida-based real
estate firm GAC, unveiled the project in 1971 it consisted of an airport, golf course,
marina and 60 villa units, but with infrastructure for another 1,500 residential lots. GAC
went bankrupt, Trippe died in 1981 and Cape Eleuthera Resort fell into the hands of a
Saudi developer. Two years later it was abandoned, and Powell Pointe returned to scrub.
But with such a glittering legacy Cape Eleuthera wasn't going to stay out of the spotlight
for long. Today there is a brand new marina with 55 slips, and a 450-ft dock wall, which is
the largest on the island. Lining the marina are 19 two- storey, two-bedroom town homes
with high-end finishes, fixtures and appliances. The effect is elegant rather than opulent,
although a touch of luxury is provided by the location. Each town home offers a view both
of sunrise -- from the guest bedroom, over the shallow, dappled waters of Rock Sound -and the sunset, from the master bedroom, over the deeper, greener waters that stretch
towards Exuma.

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Cape Eleuthera, Bahamas

DISTRIBUTED URBANISM: STRATEGIES FOR DIVERSIFIED INHABITATION

Foreword to the Student Report

Clark Stevens, Architect

STUDENT NAME: SAL VARGAS

Tidal Flats Comm.

(+/- 280 Acres)

(Development Proposal- all phases)

-Second 1/2 at Point Town

tidal flats restoration

7.5 Acres of restoration

Loading & un-loading

5% Max foot print

Private Beach Community

5% Max foot print of total area

Commerce/ Marina Service

10 % Max foot print per lot

New secondary roads

Walkways within homes

Island School Addition

Faculty,alumni & Parents Club

34 Single familiy units

Proposal Area (25 Acres)

eye-level- beachfront Community

37 homes with 11 sharing docks

2% of buildable space within total area

Tidal flats restoration along edge

Proposal area (25 acres)

Tidal Flats Restoration

STUDENT NAME: ALFREDO SANCHEZ-MENDOZA

Bike activities Aproximate

Potential land recovery

Powell Pointe Golf Course

Re-grown graded Landscape

Barren sand fill

Manipulated landscape (sod)

Rum Consumption 2012/

Liters per person

Tobacco Curing Plant

Devos Rum Factory

Deep Creek Development

Worker Training Facility

Total Development Area

38,000 Stalks = 1Acre

Air Cured Tobacco

Nicotine: High content

1 ton of Sugar Cane

Heat Cured Tobacco

Nicotine: High content

200lbs = 90kilos 200lbs = 90kilos

Pipe Tobacco and

together to insure a continuity of flavor in brands of Rum from year to

Sugar cane Plant

Permacultural Land Revitalization

Powell Pointe Expansion Diagrams

Gulley Hole Expansion Diagrams

School School and TemporaryGrowth Growth

School and Temporary Unit Growth

School and Temporary Unit Growth

Intial Intial Lodging and Cheese House

Intial Lodging and Cheese House

Intial Lodging and Cheese House

Pasture and Reforesting