Urban-Natural Networks
Alexis Arias Betancourt
Master of ArchitectureSpring 2020
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The proposal operates in a site where soil and air pollution prohibits urban development. By involving community members, the project explores environmental and social resilience by the addition of native prairie vegetation to remediate contaminated sites within Englewood. It aims to generate impactful outcomes with a small amount of resources, while understanding that Englewood is a community defined by its history and is a place with a strong identity.
![Intervention site and opportunities, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/869942082d56cd4dead9c3d1b3dfb33f4d61730f5640ed06b1fd6a37bc480784/LocationsNU.png)
![Englewood Groundcover, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7725610a0949d87d511b357223b19e4180904e1f0c9a88d91431ae99742735ac/NU_01.png)
![Line as Social and Ecological Connector, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c2822053b0aabbe85cfc3c1c934b26bf3db01900ee7ef413f1e966d1c3f4029c/NU_03.jpg)
![Park Location, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9bdea1473052e5a2b581fab44dd9bccc148bf852f76ea083470a9eb6756ef2a9/NU_06.jpg)
![Topographical Situation, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d3a2a677b35b6261eaf8807413d1c8d5338d51cb74554a4ccf6a12a800392e1/NU_07.jpg)
![Halsted, Pollution and Burden, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9833a2591c024385328d99b42157fde0a73f6fd66830095dcf91345bbfbffc4e/NU_08.jpg)
![Halsted Groundcover, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ffa878a70126f1ad039ee6da9412d26ad119287b9ca2df820109ca24abca9aa1/NU_09.jpg)
![Halsted opportunities, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48823ebd5db7a567e2d1e7743826d62a8bc91baeb32697b4a1ce190475869eba/NU_10.jpg)
![Stakeholders opportunities, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0576f59ae68dbed2a470c353cf9fb256a9c9637fd274dd35a2d807cc28833697/NU_11.png)
![Topographical opportunities, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86761786b7d97bd0e6bcd5d0bc9372283503af97893aa019551fdc5e97c4f8d6/NU_12.png)
![Ecological Regions, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8e4b5075fe39958ce08f440542c3396e82302f287b3b4535d5ebd62dffab0c00/NU_13.jpg)
![Strategic Phytoremediation planting, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b62f01f0ab8d7442409d92ab3e16e9aec027e3c6e65d5532afcdbeff3efce64d/NU_14.png)
![Phase 1: Socialization, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d3dc71f4c436592bd05ceb306abae9a800c262a88dc6cdb738d16dcf395e775f/NU_15.png)
![Phase 2: Phytoremediation, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e3d616bac7203d2c0be37fce76c19d2afd09af05585c320cd814ae8807b4d96/NU_16.png)
![Phase 3: Native Planting, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/134c62ee29e54cdba8d944c93a6a6285fc12eb81093600b0a04acc714301ed8b/NU_17.png)
![Phase 4: Consolidation, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca96a0e70554916d29fbe9f618d1898196cc03cca0db8d686768864f9061cab6/NU_18.png)
![Englewood Phytoremediation Park, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c216f6b3ec13ed325a0803ec983a29af330a9a3e9c101ae66f196f074c4bac12/NU_19.png)
![Prairie, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46c667151b587d25d89c6edd8a94cc9734afb2f2874dba890a9febdb0b55346b/NU_20.png)
![Englewood Line Trail, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c435535d00f29c4a24f16392e2065b71987b10ab52066ec253ca809130c93c9e/NU_21.png)
![Englewood Prairie Path, Alexis Arias Betancourt, Spring 2020](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d300688ecc85b8aee6fa48da2af2f26436a9bf602e079ee65a2d7d4f3ce17e3e/NU_22.png)