Exploratory Project Work
Integrating the natural environment into the urban form in Salt Lake City
After a two month stay in Salt Lake City, UT Dreemweaver Concepts became inspired to explore combining the majestic natural environment that surrounds the City with the existing urban form. We created a document that makes the case as to why such an intervention would be timely and beneficial along with designing three exploratory streetscape renderings to illustrate the potential of this concept. You can read the report here:
Reimagining Winston Square in Downtown Winston-Salem as a combined recreation and performance space
This exploratory project proposed further integrating recreational components to promote daily use in an underutilized performance space in Downtown Winston-Salem, NC. This concept came about through visiting this location several times and observing patrons frequently using built components for exercise and recreational purposes. This concept proposes several aesthetic and functional modifications and you can read the report here:
Census data analysis highlighting a decade of growth in Downtown Winston-Salem
Downtown Winston-Salem was a location that caught our attention. Though Raliegh and Charlotte have garnered most of the attention in North Carolina in regards to urban development and growth, Winston-Salem has many unique strengths which include a beautiful historic architectural form, a vibrant artistic community, and close proximity to the Blue Ridge Mountains. We were curious what the census data had to say so we looked at changes that occurred in the Downtown census tracts between 2010 and 2020 and you can read the report here:
Converting the Detroit City Airport into a delivery drone distribution center
This project combines research and advocacy work done by Daniel Klinkert MUP LCSW while serving on the Detroit Planning Commission during the municipal bankruptcy process. The Detroit City Airport is a municipally owned aviation hub that ran a $1 million dollar operating deficit but could not be shut down due to FAA mandates. Daniel found the opportunities presented by this facility intriguing which led to Daniel doing graduate level research on converting the facility into an intermodal logistics hub. During period that the City of Detroit fell into bankruptcy, delivery drone technology began to take off which led Daniel into revisiting his earlier work and modifying his proposal to focus on delivery drone research and development. You can read the report here: