BArch Thesis Journey - Jamaisi Albert

     Guyana is a Caribbean country located on the northern coast of South America. It is broken down into 10 regions that includes 6 major towns, one of which is "New Amsterdam". The town of new Amsterdam has a population of about 35,000 people and is located right next to one of the 3 main rivers that runs through the country, the Berbice river. The river is 370 miles long and has been one of the main sources of food and transportation for the town's people. The site is located at the edge of this river as it is common for societies to settle near water and it provided food and proved to be a good communal space where goods could be sold. After the market place was established, it began branching out to the corners of the street due to a lack of space. Because of the popularity of this space, vendors began setting up shop down the street opposite the market making the area become a kind of street mall.        The Town New Amsterdam was originally a Dutch settlement named

Being located on the low coastal plain, New Amsterdam is one of the major towns in Guyana that experience floods during high tides and heavy rainfall seasons. Within this town is a marketplace that serves as a primary source of goods and services which range from taxis and mini-buses to food and clothing. This market is however, located next to one of the three main rivers that run through the country and empty out into the Atlantic Ocean, the Berbice River, which causes the space to be prone to floods quite often with the highest flood on record being 2'. (needs to be fact checked) Having been in existence for around 127 years, the Town Council tower of New Amsterdam had become a gathering place for farmers and fishermen to sell fresh produce and such where people have eventually created permanent stalls made from used wood planks that eventually became the New Amsterdam Market (needs to be fact checked) . The architecture of the market has not been updated since its inception wh

Thesis abstract 1   Intent :       To redesign or recreate public space to help stimulate business in the area to solve the                               problem of people having nowhere to go and business owners having no customers.   Location :       Stelling Road, New Amsterdam, Berbice, Guyana, South America.   Who am I designing for?   Bus commuters  à  (people traveling out of town, high school and college students)   Boat commuters  à  (people traveling out of town, high school students, workers)   Business owners   Stelling workers       Design Idea based on what I like   Virtual Worlds :  Gaming    Intentional architecture used to direct circulation, flow of the game    Framed views    Forced views    General overview of everywhere to be explored (Scaled)   Big Ideas in Architecture   Sustainability                  New Amsterdam is on the low coastal  plane  of Guyana and the Stelling is at the waterfront                        which means it’s susceptible to flooding    Ligh