Urban Incubator
Studio IV | Spring 2020
Instructor: Gabriel Cuéllar In Collaboration with Hyeji Jun
Instructor: Gabriel Cuéllar In Collaboration with Hyeji Jun
This studio was our urban design studio, during which we researched urban infrastructure. Specifically, the parcels within the city of Minneapolis and the effect they have on the inhabitants. After our research we were tasked with making an intervention within the already present urban infrastructure.
My partner Hyeji and I became fascinated by the variety and number of different districts within the city of Minneapolis. We discovered that districts follow property lines and create zones of influence on existing urban infrastructure. In addition, they have the unique ability to accelerate funds and spatial politics to induce changes in the environment. Our intervention reworked the district to include transparent meetings, participatory negotiations, and sunset requirements to address previous shortcomings.
