Archinect
Wesley McGlory

Wesley McGlory

Arlington, TX, US

anchor
Perspective View of Site
Perspective View of Site
20 more images  ↓

Urban Recharge

This site is in a medical district that has no access to public parks, but many fragmented spaces. It establishes a series of home-gardens to recharge urban wellness and Mexico City's sinking aquifer

This project connects a chain of fragmented lots to organize a series of human and biophysical recharge zones - small, medium, and large.

My partner, Oscar, and I were each given an incremental housing precedent. Oscar had analyzed Dagat-Dagatan, Caloocan in the Philippines while I analyzed Nouakchott, Mauritania in Africa. After comparing each of the precedents, Dagat-Dagatan had public resources that depended on the nearby alley. Nouakchott had very few public resources. Over time, Dagat-Dagatan changed while Nouakchott stayed the same.

Through the exploration of several strategies, the site is able to provide open space while also navigating through different levels of privacy. The users move from a combination of housing & garden densification, agriculture & recreational densification, and health & garden densification. Each sector provides a different strategy while providing the users with an area.

 
Read more

Status: School Project
Location: Mexico City
Additional Credits: Oscar Olvera - Perspectives, Dagat-Dagatan

 
Precedent Analysis
Precedent Analysis
Site Plan of Colonia Doctores
Site Plan of Colonia Doctores
Site Plan of Colonia Doctores
Site Plan of Colonia Doctores
Sun Studies of Colonia Doctores from January 2019 to July 2019
Sun Studies of Colonia Doctores from January 2019 to July 2019
Process Models of Dagat-Dagatan
Process Models of Dagat-Dagatan
Incremental Housing Study of Dagat-Dagatan
Incremental Housing Study of Dagat-Dagatan
Process Models of Nouakchott
Process Models of Nouakchott
Incremental Housing Study of Nouakchott
Incremental Housing Study of Nouakchott
Synthesis of Process Models
Synthesis of Process Models
Concept
Concept
Concept Showing the 3 Strategies Used
Concept Showing the 3 Strategies Used
Axonometric of Gardens
Axonometric of Gardens
User Diagram
User Diagram
Graph Showing Diurnal Change
Graph Showing Diurnal Change
Housing Units
Housing Units
Typical Housing Unit Plan
Typical Housing Unit Plan
Typical Housing Unit Axonometric
Typical Housing Unit Axonometric
Perspective View of Site
Perspective View of Site
Perspective View of Site
Perspective View of Site
Perspective View of Site
Perspective View of Site