Field Guide

Field GuideYour team will be part of a mission to make over a stretch of ross avenue into a grand boulevard. Within a block segment your team will use any all tools at its disposal to create a vibrant, active and alive place.

Your group will be pit against other teams to try and drive energy, commerce, and attractiveness to your space. You have three days and three nights if you choose to accept this mission.

Are you up to the challenge?

Boulevard Segments

Five segments of the Boulevard will be themed with various city comforts.

The competition will stretch from Pearl St. to Hall St.

Design of spaceShade & SunSeatINGFood & DrinkArt & Amenities

Boulevard PrinciplesThis competition is not about Ross Avenue in particular. It is intended to be a reflection of what citizens of dallas would like to see on many streets. Focus your efforts on the small things -city comforts- that will make Dallas life more enticing: places where people can meet; methods to enable multiple transit options (driving, walking, bicycling, public transit); art that infuses personality into locations and makes them into places. All segments need the basic elements:

LingeringMaterials8-80Aesthetics Innovation

Boulevard CompetitionThis competition is not about design being expensive. Good design will be judged by the feelings of ease, restfulness, comfort and opportunity for chance encounters with others. Criteria:People lingeringAge RangeReclaimed material AestheticsinnovationSchedule:June 14 and 15th 2:00 pm mission briefing, pearl @ rossjune 23rd 11:00 mission launch1:00 – 5:00 pm caravan to reclaimed material sites in west dallasJune 24th team workshop June 25th Site preparation June 26th Competition Day 8:00 AM Street Open - Mobilize 11:00 AM unveiling 1:00 pm judging 2:00 Winners announced

Routh to Eastside Underpass

Lanes for share bike-ped, closed to cars:Center Turn LaneEastbound Inside LaneWestbound two inside lanes

Open to Bikes

and Ped only

N

Open to Bikes

and Ped only

N

Eastside Underpass to Hall

Lanes for share bike-ped, closed to cars:Center Turn LaneEastbound Outside LaneWestbound Outside Lane

Materials

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After the transformation:

Other Materials