Value of Design - West Yard. Considerations to Make in A Master planning Project Proposal

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Considerations to Make in A Master planning Project Proposal
Location and Zoning Regulations
Hudson Yards is a private real estate development conceptualized over a decade ago, located in West Side, Manhattan. The zoning regulations and requirements set for Hudson Yards are well-fitting with a futuristic vision of the project and property development. However, the project proposal also needs to make some amendments to the existing requirements. Reason being that the set zoning regulations need to be reviewed to promote a balanced mix-use development from the current focus on mainly having residential parcels (Mattern, 2016). Mixed-use developments promote the long-term vision of mitigating urban gentrification and balanced wellbeing of Live-Work-Play type of settlements (Loftness, 1994).
left4609381Figure 1: Image showing the Hudson Yard Site Plan0Figure 1: Image showing the Hudson Yard Site Plan60384136855700However, the project proposal additionally proposes a change in increase in the Zoning Floor Area (ZFA) having being overtaken by the increased interest in increasing the state of vertical development height (increased number of floor stories). The neighboring sites have developments towering over the proposals that were made. Hence, with the projected growth in population in the state means there shall be a sharp rise in the future in property development thus the master planning needs to take advantage of that and incorporate the vision of the project to have optimal if not maximum use of the site (Ahn, 2006).
Potential Positive and Negative Benefits of the Project
A Master Planning project like West Yards gives the opportunity to have a strategic community plan and put measures in place to achieve a vision that is geared towards uplifting the state and face of their community that can the development phasing be spread over a period of time. The proposed project manifests itself as a justification to transform the direction of development but featuring futuristic plans, and planning the execution of the process with updated technology and current practices. The project gives the community to develop new and effectively working social structures, amenities and infrastructure in the broader planning of the project and injected development efforts. The proposed project presents the city with an opportunity to create iconic center nodes like the West Yard master planning project; a project that can be made attractive to investors and tourists on both local and foreign missions (Matterns, 2016).
The potential drawback of such a master planning project is the fact that they can inflexible to changes, they are costly to develop, and sometimes they take a long time before they are actually realized. The hired experts may also not guarantee satisfactory integration of all the social structures and fundamental community components, especially if the experts are not part of the immediate community, hence may lead to alienation of the locals (Campion, 2013).
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The master planning project is bound to expend quite a nu...