Urban Form Boise West End

Conceptual Visualization of existing urban environment of west end Boise to prioritize design goals

Programming

Programming the Boise west end area to facilitate future developments.

Rethinking West End

Rethinking west end addresses the redevelopment potential for Boise’s West End neighborhood. Despite being near to the downtown Boise, West End area lacks its identity.The concept of sustainable redesign of the neighborhood was addressed by the concept of seed blocks. Analogous to a plant seed that is capable of developing into another large plant, the design concept of seed blocks is based on organic growth. Different development phases were proposed based on the design concept.

Pollinator Mapping

This research highlights different pollinators in Boise Area (esp Bumble bee, Monarch butterfly) to identify their density and their habitats.

Residential 3D Design

While working as architect in Team Consultants Pvt Ltd,Kathmandu,Nepal,I was involved in all aspects of architectural and interior designs including landscape design, conceptual development, developing the planning diagrams, buildings and unit plans, create 2D and 3D presentation drawings for clients and municipal bodies, apply zoning and code regulations, working drawings, consultation with engineers and contractors to develop detail drawings. I also participated in site visits and meetings for the projects.

Reimagining Downtown Buhl

“Reimagining Downtown Buhl” was set in Buhl, a city located on the old Oregon Trail in the western half of Idaho. This project proposes innovative design solutions to improve the overall area based upon 5 major goals:

Preserve the past

Increase Diversity

Increase Density

Invest in the future of Community

Promote Community Tourism

Park Design

This is a schematic diagram of conceptual framework that I designed for a park.The design had to accommodate diverse group of people living in relatively new settlement. The design constituted a central open pitch playground for multifunctional use. Traditional seating (Patti) were provided for children and elderly people. For vistors and casual park goers joggers track was also provided. To avoid noise coming from busy streets, proper selection of trees were planted along the site of the park.

Conservation Studio

As a part of the conservation project in remote village of Nepal, we studied settlement patterns, physical features, building style and its uses and historical landmarks taking a reference to the lifestyle of the people, social structure and other cultural elements and activities. During the studio, we prepared survey drawing of the study area, studied open spaces and stretched elevation of the major streets.

Rethinking West end Boise

This is an idea of WEL district we proposed for redeveloping west end of Boise. The WEL District that stands for “Work, Entertain & Learn”, aims to facilitate the future developments near to the site.This district aims to create office spaces, business centers, late night shopping centers and an entertainment hub.

Post Occupancy Evaluation of Julia Davis Park

Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) is a systematic and rigorous evaluation of a designed setting from the perspective of users who use it for some time (Francis & Marcus, 2003). A POE study is a participatory research approach that helps in gaining a deeper understanding of user-space interaction and ultimately informing the proposed design choices.There are different ways to evaluate a place or setting. One of the ways could be to evaluate based on the performance of the place. For example, a state-owned park performance could be evaluated based on criteria such as a number of visitors, Park operating expenses, Park revenue, Visitor’s satisfaction etc. Design guidelines for urban open space states there are two ways to evaluate a place, design choices based upon human needs and post-occupancy evaluation.

The First type of evaluation is a simple one and mainly focuses on evaluating a place based upon direct observation. A typical evaluative method would be to visit a place under study, for example, an urban plaza, and spend some time observing: Who is using the site? Where do the users tend to gather more? What are the users doing? Observing these behaviors at a designated place for some pre-determined times would give a valuable insight on the actual use of the place. This idea would eventually facilitate researcher on proposing design changes.

I have combined POE along with an opportunistic survey of Park visitors to propose a redesign plan for Julia Davis Park, Boise.