Travis Barclay Thesis

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Name:Travis BarclayProject Name: THE HUBProject Location: Highgate, St. Mary, Jamaica, West IndiesThesis Statement:This thesis project is developed based on the cultural movement of the people living and taking public transportation in the town of Highgate, St. Mary, Jamaica. During the research and analysis section of this thesis, it was discovered that people come to Highgate from other small towns for household items, for school, and for public transportation to other towns and major areas because of this Highgate acts as a hub and has high traffic congestion problems. This project focuses on solving the traffic congestion problem faced by both pedestrians and vehicular circulation. The project addresses other issues such as under development of the town, vendors selling and blocking the sidewalk, and lack of job opportunities. Seeing High-gate acting as a hub the name for this thesis became “THE HUB”THE HUB creates a solution for the problems Highgate faces by creating a new road for public transportation, creating a path for pedestrians which allow them to move freely from the town to THE HUB and back into the town, creating a new transportation center to direct the public transportation out of the town, creating kiosk for the vendors selling along the road and sidewalk, and creates new offices, restaurants and retail areas to help the town to be more developed. The programs and facilities inside THE HUB are based on what the town is short of such as retail areas, banks for small businesses and indi-vidual, and office spaces for starting and continuous businesses. THE HUB also contains three restaurants (Chinese, Indian, mix culture), this is based on the Jamaican Moto “Out Of Many One People.” THE HUB is form based on the fabric of the town, which the buildings has a push and pull effect and is not on a grid. Each program in THE HUB follows this effect push and pull effect and the grid of the building is based on the surrounding buildings.

Research and Analysis

Jamaica

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JamaicaJamaica is the 3rd largest Caribbean Island. 145 miles in length, up to 50 miles in width, and 4240 sq mile in area. Population - 114900. Currency $1USD = $98 JMD

ArawakUnknown - 1509

Spanish1509 - 1655

British1655-1962

Independent Jamaica1962 - Present

Settlers in Jamaica

Early English1655-1720

Georgian1720-1760

Transitional1760-1790

JamaicanGeorgian1790 - 1900s

Modern Architecture1900s-Present

Jamaican Architecture

The country landform can be divided into three different regions: the eastern mountains, the central valleys and plateaus, and the coast-al plains. These eastern mountains are form by a central ridge of metamorphic rock. The east-ern mountains run from northwest to south-east running through the center of the island forming like spine for the island. The highest mountain in Jamaica is the Blue Mountain which is 7402ft. then there is the John Crow Mountains which are range of mountains with the highest point being little over 3750ft and then there is the Dry Harbour Mountains which are also a range of mountains with the highest point being about 2200ft.

Major Airports- Norman Manley Int. Airport- Sangster Int. Airport- Ian Fleming Int. Airport

Tourist Shipping Dock- Port Antonio- Ocho Rios- Falmouth-Montego Bay

Shipping Dock- Montego Bay- St. Elizabeth-Clarendon -Kingston

Natural Resources -Cement-Bauxite-LimeStone-Sand

Highway 2000

Natural Resources -Cement-Bauxite-LimeStone-Sand

Sections of Jamaica

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182,242’

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124,057’

HighgatePopulation - 6100

Port MariaPopulation - 7400

Ocho RiosPopulation - 9451

Annottobay Population - 5400

Major town population and topography

Pictures of towns in St Mary

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Travel distance to and from highgate

Highgate to Kingston – 37.3m Highgate to ocho rios – 23.6m Highgate to montego bay – 88.2m

Kingston Route Ocho Rios Route Montego Bay Route

Towns location in St. Mary

Annottobay Route from HighgateTravel time 40minOracabessa Route from HighgateTravel time 1hour

Port Maria Route from HighgateTravel time 30min

Richmond Route from HighgateTravel time 15min

Highgate

Distance traveled from Highgate to city areas and metropolitan area Distance traveled from Highgate to other major towns in the parish

Travel time 15min

Travel time 30min

Travel time 35min

Travel time 45min

Travel time 45min

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Montego Bay

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Kingston

Highgate

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Flint River

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0 to 4 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 29 30 to 34 35 to 39 40 to 49 45 to 49 50 to 54 55 to 59 60 to 64 65 +% of Male 10 12.9 12.9 10.9 7.5 4.5 6.3 5.4 6.1 3.4 6.1 3.8 4.5 5.9% of Female 8.5 10.5 10.7 9.9 9.1 8.1 6.5 6.1 6.7 4.9 6.9 3.2 2.2 6.9

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Highgate Population % by age

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Highgate Districts Population %

CromwellandDean PenEsherHarmony HallHighgateHope WellTremolesworth

51% 49%

Percentage of Population in Highgate by Sex

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Male

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Bicycles

Bus

Licensed Taxi

Motor Cycle

None

Private Motor Car

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Trucks

Bicycles Bus LicensedTaxi Motor Cycle None Private

Motor Car Robot Trucks

% 0.5 25 50 1.1 0.3 10.8 12.8 0.5

Transportation

Material % of House Built with Concrete and Block 16.5 Board 47.1 Concrete 35.8 Brick 0.2 Block 0.1 Concrete and Wood 0.1 Wood 0.1 Others 0.2

Occupational Classification

Occupational Groups Males Females Elementary 1.3 27.2 Professional 7 15.4 Service workers and shop and market sales workers 29.4 36.8 Legislators 1.3 0.0 Plant and machine operators 7.5 0.0 Technicians and associate professionals 2.5 0.0 Clerks 4.4 11.8 Skilled agricultural and fishery 17.5 3 craft and related trades workers 28.1 6

Monthly Income % less than 3700 2.1 $3,700 - $5,999 4.1 $6,000 - $9,999 5.0 $10,000 - $19,999 6.6 $20,000 - $29,999 5.0 $30,000 - $39,000 2.1 $40,000 - $79,999 2.9 80,000-129,000 4.1 Not Applicable 29.3 No response 38.8

Types of existing skills in the Highgate

Type of Skills Males Females Secretarial/office clerk skills 0.7 10.4 Beauty care and service skills 3.7 12 Hospitality skills 3.7 35.2 Art and craft skills 0.7 1.6 Construction and cabinet making skills 41.9 0.0 Machine and appliance skills 22.1 0.8 Computing and information technology skills 1.4 1.6 Apparel and sewn products skills 4.4 15.2 Commercial and sales skills 0.7 1.6 Professional and technical skills 12.5 20 Agricultural/farming skills 8.1 1.6

Highgate information

Annottobay District

Oracabessa DistrictGayle District

Port Maria District

Highgate District

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Land Use In Highgate

Agriculture

Commercial

Social (Green space, Institutions)

industrial

Residential

Mixed Use

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Land Use In Highgate

Agriculture

Commercial

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Fruits

Live Stock Rearing

Green Banana

Cash Crop

Poultry Rearing

Sugar Cane

Ground Provision

Fruits Live StockRearing

GreenBanana Cash Crop Poultry

Rearing Sugar Cane GroundProvision

Agriculture Activity 4.2 7 23.9 6.1 6.1 10.3 42.3

Agriculture Activity

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Employed and Unemployed Persons in Highgate

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Reasons for Unemployment % There is no reason (would accept if offered) for my unemployment 3.8 Awaiting a promised job 3.8 Currently attending school 6.0 Trying to find work, but don't have the skills or qualifications 17.0 Amount of pay 0.4 Illness 11.0 Retired 18.0 Have to stay with sick parent/children/elderly relative 5.1 Have qualifications but cannot find suitable work 3.4 Don't have the skills or qualifications 4.3 Just do not want to work 3.0 Trying to start a business 4.7 Can't find any work 19.0

The Hub

Highgate Site PlanCommercial Buildings

The Hub Site

Traffic PatternChurch

Traffic PatternChurch

High Traffic Area High Traffic Area after The Hub

FABRIc OF THE TOwNEach program in the HUB act as an individual program by

pushing back and fort mimicking the town fabric

BuILDING AxIS BASED ON SuRROuNDING

NEw PEDESTRIAN AND vEHIcLE cIRcuLA-TION

new circulation connecting THE HUB to the town making it one

new vehicle circula-tion

new pedestrian circula-tion

High traffic in town area becouse of puplic transportSolution for this is creating a trasporta-tion center on THE HUB and creating a new road

Venders selling on side walk and block-ing pedestriansSolution for this is creating small chaos shops at high pedes-trian traffic area in THE HUB

STREET vENDORS

Resturant Area

Admin AreaPublic AreaOffice Area

Retail Area

Admin Area- Waiting area - - Covered - 5600sf - Not Covered - 13000sf- Administrator Office - 9800sf -5 X Office -2 x bathroom -Conference Room -Kitchen -Reception area -Storage -Janitor storage - Bus and taxi area - 69000sfRetail Area- 4 x Retail Stores - 1575sf each - 1 x Retail Stores – 3412 sf each - 1 x Retail Stores – 3000 sf each - 1 x Retail Stores – 1950 sf each - 6 x Small Shops – 375sfRestaurant area -3 x Resturants– 3200sf each -Kitchen -2 x Bathroom -Reception Area -Seating Area -Bar-4 x FastFood Resturants – 550sf each -Kitchen -Serving Area

-Bar n grill – 2000sf -2 X Bathroom – 300sf each -Bar -Game area -Seating Area -Reception Area -Kitchen-Seating area – 2100sf -2 x bathroom –600sf each-Janitor storage – 200sf

Office area -2 x Office – 1350sf each -Office Space -Reception Area -Bathroom-Janitor storage – 100sf - Dentist Office - 3200sf - 4 office - 1 medical storage - 1 reception area - 1 waiting area - 2x restroom

- Doctor Office - 3800sf - 4 office - 1 medical storage - 1 medical waste storage - 1 reception area - 1 file storage - 1 waiting area - 2x restroom - Janitor storage - Bank- 3400sf - 1 Vault - 1 Teller area - 1 waiting area - 1 Personal Banking area - 1 ATM area - 1 Employee Area - 2 Restroom

Structure

CMU Blocks

Mortar

Rough CastRendering

Section and Hurricane Shutters

South Elevation

East Elevation

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