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3 ZAKCQ LOCKREM 110 CHELSEA STREET BOSTON MA EDUCATION WORK COMMUNITY SKILLS HARVARD UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN MASTER OF URBAN PLANNING, 2010 BOSTON UNIVERSITY, B.S. IN URBAN AFFAIRS, 2007 ENVIRENEW, RESEARCH INTERN NEW ORLEANS, LA 2010 TRANSFORM, MEDIA INTERN OAKLAND, CA 2009 ALTA PLANNING + DESIGN, INTERN CAMBRIDGE, MA, 2009 FUNDACION HORIZONTE, CONSULTANT MEXICO CITY, MX, LIVABLE STREETS ALLIANCE, INTERN CAMBRIDGE, MA, 2008 PLANNERS NETWORK BOSTON CHAPTER, PRESIDENT BOSTON, MA LIVABLE STREETS ALLIANCE, BOARD MEMBER CAMBRIDGE, MA, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, InDesign; Microsoft Office; MAC OS, Windows OS; Arch GIS ZAKCQ LOCKREM PORTFOLIO pg_3

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5 STUDIO_CONCORD, MA An upper-class suburb 20 miles outside of Boston, Concord is opposed to significant growth or change in the community. Indeed, with a historic core, several important revolutionary war sites and Walden Pond, major changes to the town s character could significantly alter the town s major economic activity: tourism. Yet, smart growth principles have shown that towns such as this (close to major cities, having existing rail infrastructure) need to be able to accommodate significant growth for us to achieve sustainability goals. In this project, we were asked to imagine that state legislation required a plan for the town of Concord to grow by 20% by the year 2030, with 50% of the growth occurring within walking distance of existing transit. In my plan, I found it important to protect (or even improve) the character of the town. As such, I focused on creating growth while reducing vehicle traffic in the town. By replacing surface parking lots with structured parking, I was able to create new vacant land for infill development. Additional new growth was directed along new bicycle and pedestrian corridors, building on the success of the Minuteman Trail. Concord s Historic Center ZAKCQ LOCKREM PORTFOLIO pg_5

6 GIS ANALYSIS The town has two main centers, both of which are served by rail. Although there is significant open space in the town, much of it is protected as state or national parks, forest reserve, or preserved farmland. The major vacant parcels that do exist are largely at the periphery, making the land less attractive from a smart growth perspective. pg_6 ZAKCQ LOCKREM PORTFOLIO Existing Bicycle Network Existing Rail Lines Vacant Parcels Protected Open Space

7 CONCEPT walking radius -> -> walking radius -> -> <--- biking <--- radius biking radius The plan calls for 50% of growth to occur within a 5 minute walk of rail and the remaining 50% to be focused along new and existing off-street biking corridors. Portions of the town center will be pedestrianized and structured parking added to recoup underutilized land. Concord s Town Center, Pedestrianized ZAKCQ LOCKREM PORTFOLIO pg_7

8 SITE PLAN A visual analysis (below) shows the amount of the town center that is currently utilized as surface parking. The site plan (left) shows the new infil housing (in orange). Building typologies match the surrounding communities, utilizing either multi-family detached housing or historicized mill/railroad typologies, while parking is relocated to a more central position within the main business district. By extending this sort of growth throughout the town, the goals for both growth and sustainability can be achieved. P New Structured Parking Existing Bikeway New Bikeway New Pedestrian Zone pg_8 ZAKCQ LOCKREM PORTFOLIO

9 STUDIO_TAMBACOUNDA, SN Led by architect Toshiko Mori, this studio focused on the design of an artist s center in rural Senegal for the French foundation Le Kinkeliba. The team consisted of nine architects, one landscape architect and myself. As the sole planner, my project focused broadly on programatic and infrastructure elements. Le Kinkeliba was founded in 1995, with a mission of providing health, educational and economic aid to eastern Senegal. The arts center will add a new cultural component to that mission. The brief asked that we do so in a way that is environmentally sustainable, provides economic opportunities and becomes a locus of identity and unity for the region. The site is remote and requires significant infrastructure investment. As no grid exists in the area, all electricity and water must come from the site. Sewage must also be treated on site. Vernacular Architecture in Tambacounda Region ZAKCQ LOCKREM PORTFOLIO pg_9

10 REGIONAL CONTEXT Tribal areas and migration patterns (below) and climate and crop rotations (right) were important in developing a program. Route of Migration Regional Employment Center wolof percentage of population fula mandinka soninke jola other groups serer traditional tribal areas pg_10 ZAKCQ LOCKREM PORTFOLIO

11 SITE EVALUATION The 50 acre site, which is located on a high plateau on the Gambia River, was evaluated based on four conditions: slope, view, access and wind (below), which was then aggregated to show the most suitable areas for construction (right). ZAKCQ LOCKREM PORTFOLIO pg_11

12 INFRASTRUCTURE Transportation and circulation concepts (left) favored pedestrian access above automobiles. Since the site contains major slopes, the concept also worked sectionally, with auto traffic relegated to the bottom of the hill. Water management issues included not only the acquisition and retention of potable water, but also landscape controls to prevent flooding and erosion during the wet season. Swales and plantings (right) are used to control runoff. Solar panels were favored for energy production. As the site had favorable south facing conditions, the plan called for the architecture to incorporate energy production into the design (left). pg_12 ZAKCQ LOCKREM PORTFOLIO

13 CONSULTING_MEXICO CITY, MX Undertaken for the Fundación Horizonte and funded by Harvard University Graduate School of Design s Community Service Fellowship Grant, this project in Mexico City began as a green building scheme utilizing sites in two different neighborhoods on the periphery of Mexico City s central business districts. During the site visits, it became apparent that the land use could not be separated from transportation issues in the area. We decided to complement the green building components by connecting the two areas with a Green Street, a fully separated bicycle and pedestrian street through the heart of the city. The Green Street would connect the eastern and western business centers and providing necessary facilities (bike parking and showers, for example) on each end. This project was selected for presentation at the 2009 Velo-City conference in Brussels, Belgium, the world s largest conference for bicycle and pedestrian planners. ZAKCQ LOCKREM PORTFOLIO pg_13

14 SITE EVALUATION The fieldwork also consisted of evaluations of two major sites for redevelopment. Prado Norte (below) a street on the city s western side, was one such area. Since government data did not include land uses or building heights, a building by building survey had to be conducted (right). Additional information gathered included condition of the building, ownership (where possible) and number of available parking spots (both on and off street) in the area pg_14 ZAKCQ LOCKREM PORTFOLIO

15 THESIS_MONTREAL, QC Buckminster Fuller s BioDome Entitled La Révolution Moderne: Expo 67 and the Spatial Production of National Identity in Québec, my thesis research examines the ways in which national identity is produced, socially, in the built environment. Having an interest primarily in the ways in which the seemingly global practices of Modern architecture and rational planning produce locally understood meanings, I examine the Expo 67, a world s fair, that took place in Montréal in 1967 and it s effects on and uses by the developing Québécois separatist movement. Drawing on the work of Henri Lefebvre and Giles Deleuze, I posit that, rather than being internationalist and devoid of meaning, Modern architectural forms allow for a multiplicity of meanings to be imposed from both above and below. This work is intended to call into question the current focus on the global networks of cities to the detriment of the local. Rather than a dichotomous relationship, I believe the global and local are, in fact, keenly interrelated phenomena in need of a new theoretical framework. Moshie Safdie s Habitat 67 ZAKCQ LOCKREM PORTFOLIO pg_15

16 RESEARCH DIRECTIONS SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF URBAN SPACE DESIGN FOR ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION How do we come to understand the space around us? How does our experience of space differ by class, gender, nationality and race? How do we mark space as our own? To whom does space belong? What alternatives to we have to fossil fuel driven cities? How does the design shape transportation and land use? How does design encourage walking and biking? FILM, MEDIA AND DEPICTIONS OF THE URBAN EVERYDAY LIFE AND SOCIAL THEORY What do filmic depictions of the urban say about our cities? How is the city portrayed on the screen? How are gender, race and class, as urban phenomena, displayed? How do we actually live in cities? How much does the designer decide and to what extent can we subvert the intentions of the design? How do spaces adapt to new users and users to new spaces? pg_16 ZAKCQ LOCKREM PORTFOLIO

17 PUBLICATIONS Ecourbanism Versus Oblivion. co-edited with James Moore. Boston: Trays Publications, The Territorialization of Identity in A View on Harvard GSD. London: Tank Books, Urban Planning Core Studio 2 in GSD Platform 2. Barcelona: Actar, ZAKCQ LOCKREM PORTFOLIO pg_17

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