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  Spatial Planning Precedents I’ve learned that it’s important to provide 3 key design elements when creating educational spaces: community, comfort, and choice. Studies have shown that our traditional ways of designing typical schools and classrooms limit the child’s education, their choice of how they want to learn, and even their well-being. This is why we must break away from these traditional spaces and look to design more unconventional spaces that allow students to make their own choices on how they want to learn, what type of setting they wanna be in, and allow programs to merge to help build a community within the school that as a result encourages socialization among peers and a sense of belonging. The South Harbour School (Fig. 37) is a great example of this where they’ve designed their architectural stairs to also be used as a means of collaboration by providing seating areas for reading. The Ecole Elementary School (Fig. 34) and Nordostamager School (Fig. 36) share a s...
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Site Analysis

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Demographics Sunsete Park has a significant Hispanic and Asian population and is safe to assume that the majority of the neighborhoods are coming from an immigrant background and with family households being the majority of residents, providing a school for immigrant children can be vital to supporting the community/neighborhood. Land Use  Sunset Park is a Brooklyn neighborhood with a mix of residential, commercial, and industrial areas. Here we can infer that residents are regularly active along 4th and 5th Ave most amenities and commercial spaces seem to be located along those avenues with the majority of residents living along there as well with a wall of industrial buildings separating the site from the neighborhood. Perhaps providing opportunities for schools to be accessible to the public can help further bring the community to Bush Terminal such as a welcoming corridor that connects between Bush Terminal Park to 5th Ave for a more accessible commute. Contextual Analysis Suns...
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Site Location - Bush Terminal

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Fig. 4 A quiet natural space in the industrial section of Sunset Park, Bush Terminal Piers Park is a lovely waterfront park with spectacular views of the area’s tidal pools and the Bay Ridge Channel. This site, once a port complex, was cleaned up and opened as a public park in 2014. The park is open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Visitors to the park can enter at 43rd Street, and walk along the waterfront esplanade past the tide ponds and restored wetlands. Visitors will find two multi-purpose soccer and baseball fields as well as a nature preserve that allows a fun glimpse into Brooklyn’s wild side. Site Location - 43rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11232 Bush Terminal Park, located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, is a waterfront oasis transformed from a former shipping pier. This eight-block-long green space features tide ponds, sports fields, and stunning views of the Manhattan skyline. Visitors can enjoy peaceful walks along the esplanade, admire the restored wetlands, or play a game of soccer or baseba...
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Location: Bush Terminal Piers Park, Marginal St. &, 43rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11232, USA
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Trauma-Informed Primary School for Immigrant Children

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  Fig. 1 Whether an immigrant child was raised here in the U.S. or traveled from their home country, the chances are that the child has been put through distressful situations that can disrupt their growth, potentially developing trauma and having to go through an educational system that simply puts these children in a  disadvantage in learning and living in the U.S. In New York City we can design an  elementary school that helps children feel happy that’s tailored to immigrant children which can, as a result, help relieve immigrant children’s  circumstances and dramatically improve their mental health & education. Anyone between pre-teen to adulthood can find help when dealing with their Unfortunately circumstances and yet where is the help when you’re a child and have parents who either are confused about where to find help, have a language barrier, or are too busy making a living, or worse, never recognizing the trauma of their child in the first place? It’s a...
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