Thesis Statement - Site: Zocalo plaza
City: Mexico City (D.F.)
Area: 17,500 m 2
Thesis project Location: Mexico City
Zocalo Square in Mexico City
Thesis project 2007
Main users of the Zocalo - Typical events at the Zocalo include:
-concerts
-rallies
-protests
-military marches
-national celebrations
City of Contradiction - The collage illustrates my impressions of Mexico City as 'Mega-town':
Both
Quick + Slow
Modern + Traditional
Big City + Small town
Using an Event Space as a Connector for various social classes, age groups, cultural groups - A main hub located on the Zocalo proper relays information via website, radio, webcam, interactive info. wall
Zocalo for the people: Mixing & Juxtaposing Scales of Events - Central Info. Hub can rent out equipment to be plugged into surface of square, allowing various sizes of events to take place, from art shows, amateur bands, parties, to huge festivals.
All events are advertised, recorded and reviewed via hub network
Site plan: Zocalo the REMIX. - 25 plots , 2 main throughfares on surface of the square.
-Vehicular traffic is removed
-Surrounding areas become pedestrian areas, with capability to use plug-in pieces.
-Pavilion and 'sunken plazas' located to bottom & right of the square
Thesis project 2007 - Pavilion:
- runs the renting of equipment and booking of plots
-pick-up, drop-off, delivery of that equipment
-location of info. walls
-houses public bathrooms
Sunken plazas
-allows for the delivery of equipment from basement storage to surface
-where history walls provide info. about history of site and civilization to passers-by.
-runs the website and radio station
-location on roof for concerts etc.
Layers of Designed Plaza Pieces - Tarps
plug-in poles
plug-in lighting
resurfacing of tiles that can be plugged into.
plans of Pavilion/info hub & sunken plazas - Pavilion:
- runs the renting of equipment and booking of plots
-pick-up, drop-off, delivery of that equipment
-location of info. walls
-houses public bathrooms
Sunken plazas
-allows for the delivery of equipment from basement storage to surface
-where history walls provide info. about history of site and civilization to passers-by.
-runs the website and radio station
-location on roof for concerts etc.
Ground floor of Pavilion : office, gateway & public bathrooms - Pavilion:
- runs the renting of equipment and booking of plots
-pick-up, drop-off, delivery of that equipment
-location of info. walls
-houses public bathrooms
Sunken plazas
-allows for the delivery of equipment from basement storage to surface
-where history walls provide info. about history of site and civilization to passers-by.
-runs the website and radio station
-location on roof for concerts etc.
Basment level of Pavilion - Here, sorting, packaging and storage of equipment for plaza events take place. Forklifts and small trucks facilitate delivery of equipment.
Render_Designed rentable equipment installed in Zocalo Square - Rentable pieces include:
Tarps
poles
lighting
electrical outlets
stackable furniture
Stage atop Pavilion - Permanent location for a stage and plug-in capabilities of equipment stored in basement level of pavilion,
eliminates the redundancy of stage delivery, set-up and take-down.
Plug-in pieces utilized in surrounding streets - Use of these pieces creates a cohesive aesthetic to area;
programs the streets for various festivals,
and provides legal market spaces and equipment for illegal street vendors (ambulantes)
Section of plaza surface - How lighting/electrical outlets etc. 'plug' in.
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