DOWNTOWN WEST CONCORD, MA
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Fall 2007 Third Semester Core Design Studio
Instructors: Sheri Fultineer, Kaki Martin, Dorothee Imbert
*Group Project completed in conjunction with Cynthia Silvey MLA I and Julia Kim MLA I
The studio critics nominated this project for the Harvard GSD Studio Works publication.
landscape architecture
punta cana
baldwin hills
baldwin hills framework
fields point
downtown concord
selections
photographs
i’ve dreamed of this house
irish rubbish
hip shots
irish countryside
suburban splendor
drawings
indexing movement
lichen drawings
nude drawings
installations
wax tent
cones
wallets for stealing
thank you shoes
teabag sketches
rain catcher
publications |pdf | journal
copyright danielle meyer 2010
The site, located in the heart of West Concord, is dissected by two small but regionally significant waterways. The studio site included Downtown West Concord, a defunct office park, a residential/light industrial area and a Massachusetts State Prison. The program requirements included 100 units of affordable housing, a satellite campus to house a criminal justice program for Northeastern University and a multipurpose field. Particular attention was placed on a proposed rail trail, on-site storm water remediation and the Assabet River corridor as a habitat connector. I proposed a series of bioswales for downtown that would act as a signifier, as well as, reinforce the downtown structure, filtrate storm water, and vegetate the area. The West Concord Studio was completed through group work entirely using a metric scale. The studio critics nominated this project for the Harvard GSD Studio Works publication.