Long Island City

Queens, NY

AAP NYC Urban Design Workshop

Project Team: Victor Tran (BS.URS)

All the work on this page is my own, unless otherwise noted.

In anticipation of the BQX streetcar proposal and Amazon HQ2 competition, the theme of the studio was to reimagine the future of Long Island City (LIC) in NYC. The semester-long project was to propose a transit-oriented-development urban design masterplan.

Researched economic and development trends, goals and existing plans, and zoning designations.
Surveyed and photographed site.
Communicated findings and design with relevant maps and drawings.
Performed network analysis of existing transit stops.
Made physical site model using foam core. Helped assemble physical model of the entire LIC.

Duration: 1 Semester

Skills: adobe illustrator / adobe photoshop / adobe indesign / arcgis / rhino / sketchup / hand sketching / urban design

Tags: transit oriented developed / industry preservation / public space

Context

Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get them in front of Issuu's millions of monthly readers. Title: Vernon Blvd vs. 11th St - Neighborhood Context, Author: Victor Tran, Name: Vernon Blvd vs.

Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get them in front of Issuu's millions of monthly readers. Title: Mid-Term Review, Author: Victor Tran, Name: Mid-Term Review, Length: 28 pages, Page: 1, Published: 2019-02-14

Hand Sketches & Ideation

Studio: Long Island City, NY