© Garrett Rock

C.Garrett Rock

拉斐特和许多中等规模的美国城市一样，正在失去一个年轻且受过高等教育的千禧一代创造性阶层。这些婴儿潮一代的孩子最常在郊区长大，他们正在寻找由街头生活所定义的更适合步行的城市所带来的刺激。

Lafayette, like many mid-sized American cities, is losing a young and highly-educated creative class of millennials. These children of baby boomers, raised most often in a suburban condition, are seeking out stimulation brought about by more walkable cities defined by their street life.

 existing aerial view

现有航测

如果像拉法耶特这样的城市没有适当地投资于他们的城镇，他们将失去一个非常受欢迎的人口结构城市，如奥斯汀和波特兰，其充满活力的公众形象已经吸引了新的增长。拉斐特可以利用其作为南路易斯安那州中心枢纽的地位，通过投资于混合用途和行人友好型开发来巩固其市中心。

If cities like Lafayette don’t properly invest in their downtowns, they will lose a highly sought after demographic to cities like Austin and Portland whose vibrant public image has attracted a renewed growth. Lafayette can exploit its position as a central hub for South Louisiana by solidifying its downtown through an investment in mixed-use and pedestrian-friendly developments.

该网站为开发混合用途社区提供了一个有趣的机会，因为它位于拉斐特市中心和路易斯安那大学校园之间。尽管将主要商业区与高等教育的焦点连接在一起的位置很有希望，但这个街区仍然是表现不佳的地面停车场和未得到充分利用的低层建筑的集合。

The site provides an interesting opportunity for developing a mixed-use neighborhood because of its location hinging between Downtown Lafayette and the University of Louisiana’s campus. Despite the promising location linking the primary business district with a focal point of higher education, the neighborhood remains a collection of underperforming surface parking lots and underutilized low-rise buildings.

 site section

场地剖面

新阿卡迪亚是对城市核心区域内行人友好和自给自足社区日益增长的需求的回应。通过在网站上创建多个程序的分层，社区的使用更加均匀和高效。当地居民可以通过更近距离的通勤和减少在交通上花费的钱，从缩短出行时间中获益。

New Acadia is a response to a growing demand for pedestrian-friendly and self-sufficient neighborhoods within the urban core. By creating a layering of diverse programs over the site, the neighborhood is used more evenly and efficiently. Local residents can benefit from reduced travel times by commuting closer and spending less money on transportation.

 site considerations diagrams

场地考虑图

修道院街禁止车辆来往于庄士敦街和李大道之间；它成为行人和骑自行车者横穿整个地点的脊梁。主街和杰斐逊街之间的街区分为南北两部分，形成了一个开放的轴线，形成了社区的中心心脏。街道车道被缩小到12英尺，以减缓司机的速度，并在约翰斯顿街引入了一条专用的双程自行车道，将现场与ULL的校园连接起来。

Convent Street is closed to car traffic between Johnston Street and Lee Avenue; it becomes a spine for pedestrians and bikers to permeate across the site. The blocks between Main Street and Jefferson Street are divided between north and south to create an open axis that creates a central heart of the neighborhood. Street lanes are narrowed to twelve feet to slow drivers down and a dedicated two-way bike lane is introduced on Johnston Street linking the site with ULL’s campus.

 site diagrams

场地图

邻域是围绕程序的自给性和多样性而设计的.零售和餐馆占据底层，而住房、办公室和机构构成上层；三至五层建筑取代目前的单层结构，以适当的方式增加密度。不同的住房类型，从面向大学生的微型单元工作室公寓到面向家庭的三层城镇住宅，确保了社区用户群体的多样性。

The neighborhood is designed around self-sufficiency and multiplicity of program. Retail and restaurants occupy the ground floor while housing, offices, and institutions constitute the upper floors; three to five story buildings replace current single story structures to increase density in a site appropriate manner. A variation in housing types, from micro-unit studio apartments aimed at college-aged students to three-story town homes geared toward families, ensures the neighborhood’s diversity of user groups.

 site network diagrams

站点网络图

所创造的间隙空间网络为都市主义的实现留下了一个特殊的局面。街景被安排在一系列公共空间或节点周围，作为相互关联的非正式社会空间的枢纽，在家庭和工作之间起中介作用。景观和场地元素排列成行；这种不断变化的模块为站点组织提供了一种衔接语言。最后，该网站可以容纳所有交通方式，无缝地一起行动，希望居民能够选择更安全、更有效率地步行和骑自行车。

The network of interstitial space created leaves an exceptional situation for urbanism to materialize. The streetscape is arranged around a series of public spaces, or nodes, that act as hubs of interconnected informal social spaces that mediate between home and work. The landscape and site elements are arranged in rows; this module of continuous variation provides a cohesive language for site organization. Finally, the site accommodates all modes of transportation to act seamlessly together in hopes that residents will opt to walk and bike more safely and efficiently. 

设计：Garrett Rock Location：Lafayette，路易斯安那州，美国竞赛：[想象市中心]Lafayette设计竞赛条目标题：新阿卡迪亚，改造城市衰败年：2013年

Design: Garrett Rock Location: Lafayette, Louisiana, United States Competition: [Imagine Downtown] Lafayette Design Competition Entry Title: New Acadia, Retrofitting Urban Decay Year: 2013