The Center for Urban Real Estate Columbia University

Sprawl vs. Tall in 2030

city will grow by 11% region will by grow 21%

$7.8 bn of Lost Annual Productivity

Fastest Passenger Train, China

Hong Kongs High Speed Rail Station

Nagoya High Speed Rail Station

I. Zone for a Modern CBD Zone for state-of-the-art, hyperdense (30+ FAR), buildings at our rail hubs.

Midtown Upzoning

Lack of Development around Penn

Moynihan West

Farley Post Office

James A. Farley Post Office 1914

A New Penn Station

II. Zone for Affordability Zone for dense, affordable housing and businesses along subway lines: a city of cities.

Hunters Point South & Via Verde

Zone for Dense Affordable Housing

Zone for Dense Affordable Housing

Zone for Dense Office & Housing

III. Zone for Livability Zone for a livable mix of high and low, new and old, buildings as called for by Jane Jacobs.

Unused FAR

Bronx: 632,000,000 zsf Brooklyn: 852,000,000 zsf Manhattan: 765,000,000 zsf Queens: 1,033,000,000 zsf Staten Island: 622,000,000 zsf TOTAL: 3,904,000,000 zsf

...BUT IT IS MOSTLY DEAD FAR

Source: NYC PLUTO (margin of error, 5%)

Unused FAR in NYC

High Line FAR Transfer

Typical Block

Typical Upzoning

Cap & Trade Upzoning

The Mixed-Density City

Livable London

IV. Zone for Energy & Waste Zone for green buildings, but also for green energy & waste.

Zero FAR for Double Skins

Zone for Green Energy and Water

Zone for Waste-to-Energy

V. Zone for Resilience If growth is politically difficult, zone the harbor for economic and environmental resilience.

Can the Sixth Borough help

by continuing our historical growth

but also by addressing vulnerability?

Soft Edges and Barrier Islands

What is the Future History of New York City?

SPECULATION STUDIO, GSAPP 2010

Faculty: Laurie Hawkinson ,Vishaan Chakrabarti Students Muchan Park, Luc Wilson Leigh Dambra, Scott Hayner

How to make the future history

Quantification of dredged material 2010-2065

source: US Army Corps of Engineers New York District. Dredged Material Management Plan for the Port of New York and Ne Jersey. August 2008

Recent History of Land Reclamation

The Future History of New York City

Phase 0 Public Policy 2010

The Future History of New York City

Phase 1 Barrier, Connection, and Campus 2013 165 acres of parks and recreation

The Future History of New York City

Phase 2 Lolo, Governors Heights, and Stadium 2025 + 367 acres of public space and developable land.

Connection to Lower Manhattan 2035

Specific System for Flexible Design

(Value and Density Tool)
We created various parametric urban planning tools (excel+grasshopper) to visualize, test, and evaluate Value and Density.

7.1 FAR - Desalination Plant

14.5 FAR FAR - GW Wind Farm 8.7 - All Projects

NYC 2035 & 2150

More Manhattan