KIM DRESDNER urban design portfolio
Mar 24, 2016
K I M D R E S D N E R
u r b a n d e s i g n p o r t f o l i o
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, edu-cate people. -Chinese Proverb
RESUME
PRofESSIoNal GoalSI am an experienced urban planner with a background in transit-oriented developments, multi-family mixed-use, and new urban-ist neighborhood developments. In addition, I have a passion for socio-economic analysis, community development, design for healthy living, and planning for local food systems. With the combination of my experience and professional interests, I strive to make genuinely healthy and sustainable communities.
WoRK ExPERIENCEJHP Architecture/Urban DesignSENIoR URBaN DESIGNER/PlaNNER. 2007-2012Design site plans and transit oriented developments based on New Urbanist concepts. Develop neighborhood studies. act as the company adobe InDesign expert.
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban PlanningRESEaRCH aSSISTaNT. 2005-2007Evaluate and code Master Plans of coastal Michigan based on Smart Growth principles for Professor Dick Norton’s research of Great lakes Coastal Sustainability Project.
EDUCaTIoNUniversity of Michigan, ann arbor, MI 2007Dual Master of Urban Planning and Urban Design.
Denison University, Granville, oH 2004Bachelor of arts with honors in English-writing.Minor, Studio art.
CERTIfICaTIoNS & aCCREDITaTIoNSaICP, Registration #214035, November 2009lEED aP, Registration #10116883, october 2008CNU- accredited, No registration number, December 2010
SofTWaREMicrosoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, outlook; GIS; adobe Photo-shop, InDesign, Illustrator; Sketch-UP; autoCaD.
The projects shown on the following pages are either individual or group-based projects. Some of the graphics from group projects shown in this port-folio may have been done by a team member but are included to tell the story of the project.
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B R E a K I N G B o U N D a R I E S ; S U S Ta I N I N G S o C I a l N E T W o R K S
D E C o N S T R U C T I N G a C I T y ; R E C o N S T R U C T I N G a C o M M U N I T y
G a lV E S T o N H o U S I N G a U T H o R I T y S T U D y
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2007 2011 2030
Reality is that Detroit is a shrinking city. This doesn’t have to be a negative or scary thought, but rather an opportunity to put Detroit on the forefront of urban innovation and sustainability. as population dropped over the decades since the 1950’s, land and buildings were left vacant, fenced off, and boarded up. Ideally, Detroit will be fully built out and revived in the next ten years, but in truth, rethinking the use of the va-cant land and abandoned buildings in a way that puts these spaces in a productive and sustainable use. Implementing a diverse landscape of urban agriculture, commu-nity gardens, switch grass fields, native habitat, tree farms, active parks, green roofs, and vertical gardens in the abandoned spaces will transform the city of Detroit into a leading ‘green’ city. Creating a unique juxtaposition of rural landscape zone with a dense urbanity zone along key corridors forms a dual edge zone, taking elements of both sides to create a cohesive and transitional city.
Phasing Diagrams showing the shifting landscape over the next 25 years
View of the green, dual edge, and density zones in the west quadrant of downtown Detroit
SHADES OF GREEN
Urban Agriculture
CommunityGardens
Tree Farm
Noise Buffer
Switch Grass
Native Species
Active ParkNetwork
Green Roof
Vertical Garden
Green Parking
FoodProduction
Education
Sense ofCommunity
Storm WaterManagement
HeatingCooling
PeopleOutside
CityBeautification
Biofuel
Phyto-remediation
NaturalPreservation
StreetTrees
University
CommunityDevelopmentCorporations
GroceryMarkets
CityBeautification
RestoreNative and
EndangeredSpecies
CleanAir
Clean Land
Sense of Safety Active
Lifestyle
Money Saving
Flood Prevention
RESEARCH TRASPORTATION PUBLIC HEALTH
BROW
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Defining the shades of green
a look at the City of Detroit in it’s prime
Present Day- Urban agriculture Zone Proposed Urban agriculture Zone
Present Day- Dual Edge Zone Proposed Dual Edge Zone
Present Day- Urban Density Zone Proposed Urban Density Zone
OK l a H o M a C I T y D o W N T o W N H o U S I N G S T U D y
1-5 Units6-10 Units11-15 Units16-25 Units26-50 Units51-100 Units100+ Units
Housing Units by Density (units/acre) Small-Scale Housing Typologies
alternative development patterns for a sample project site
“Mansion” Style Buildings
Townhomes
Corridor Style Buildings
4-Plex or 8-Plex Style Walk-Up Buildings
jHP architecture/Urban Design teamed with DCI, Inc. to investigate the housing stock for downtown oklahoma City. The jHP/DCI team was commissioned to create a report on housing strategies as well as a development implementation plan. The re-port focuses on five specific sub-areas of greater Downtown Oklahoma City. Each of the Study areas correspond with established Downtown Districts, including Bricktown, automobile alley, Midtown, arts District/film Exchange, and Core to Shore. Thorough analysis of each of these Study areas was conducted by looking at housing stock, physical conditions, desires and demands from local residents, and linkages. Through the analysis, the jHP/DCI team established a development framework for downtown oklahoma City to use as it moves forward with housing development.
District linkages
Key Corridors
Existing Pedestrian CoreExpansion of Pedestrian CoreKey Employment
1/4 Mile Walking Zone
TH E V E N I C E E x P E R I E N C E
VENICE PREFERENCE MATRIXHumans naturally prefer some environments over others based on coherence, legibility, complexity, and mystery. Combined, these elements make up what is known as the preference matrix.
Coherence: Order and organization help make upcoherence. An environmentof high coherence can easilybe broken up to organize intomany segments
Legibility: Distinctive elements enhance the depth and help orientation, which leads to high legibility. Openings and landmarks areexamples of ways to increaselegibility
Mystery: Curves and depthin the environment, whichcreate a strong sense ofmystery, beckons one to explore further.
The most preferred environment is the Savannah-an environment where one can hide for protectionwhile still being able to through objects
Complexity: High complexity is marked by a variety in the environment,including different speciesor building types, and variation in the landscape or streetscape
Opening from small roadleads to a sense of legibility
Small, narrow roads enhancea strong sense of mystery
Low complexityis present through similar appearance most buildings and streets
Low coherence due to the lack of a organization noted by the “organic”structure of the city
VENICE PREFERENCE MATRIXHumans naturally prefer some environments over others based on coherence, legibility, complexity, and mystery. Combined, these elements make up what is known as the preference matrix.
Coherence: Order and organization help make upcoherence. An environmentof high coherence can easilybe broken up to organize intomany segments
Legibility: Distinctive elements enhance the depth and help orientation, which leads to high legibility. Openings and landmarks areexamples of ways to increaselegibility
Mystery: Curves and depthin the environment, whichcreate a strong sense ofmystery, beckons one to explore further.
The most preferred environment is the Savannah-an environment where one can hide for protectionwhile still being able to through objects
Complexity: High complexity is marked by a variety in the environment,including different speciesor building types, and variation in the landscape or streetscape
Opening from small roadleads to a sense of legibility
Small, narrow roads enhancea strong sense of mystery
Low complexityis present through similar appearance most buildings and streets
Low coherence due to the lack of a organization noted by the “organic”structure of the city
VENICE PREFERENCE MATRIXHumans naturally prefer some environments over others based on coherence, legibility, complexity, and mystery. Combined, these elements make up what is known as the preference matrix.
Coherence: Order and organization help make upcoherence. An environmentof high coherence can easilybe broken up to organize intomany segments
Legibility: Distinctive elements enhance the depth and help orientation, which leads to high legibility. Openings and landmarks areexamples of ways to increaselegibility
Mystery: Curves and depthin the environment, whichcreate a strong sense ofmystery, beckons one to explore further.
The most preferred environment is the Savannah-an environment where one can hide for protectionwhile still being able to through objects
Complexity: High complexity is marked by a variety in the environment,including different speciesor building types, and variation in the landscape or streetscape
Opening from small roadleads to a sense of legibility
Small, narrow roads enhancea strong sense of mystery
Low complexityis present through similar appearance most buildings and streets
Low coherence due to the lack of a organization noted by the “organic”structure of the city
VENICE PREFERENCE MATRIXHumans naturally prefer some environments over others based on coherence, legibility, complexity, and mystery. Combined, these elements make up what is known as the preference matrix.
Coherence: Order and organization help make upcoherence. An environmentof high coherence can easilybe broken up to organize intomany segments
Legibility: Distinctive elements enhance the depth and help orientation, which leads to high legibility. Openings and landmarks areexamples of ways to increaselegibility
Mystery: Curves and depthin the environment, whichcreate a strong sense ofmystery, beckons one to explore further.
The most preferred environment is the Savannah-an environment where one can hide for protectionwhile still being able to through objects
Complexity: High complexity is marked by a variety in the environment,including different speciesor building types, and variation in the landscape or streetscape
Opening from small roadleads to a sense of legibility
Small, narrow roads enhancea strong sense of mystery
Low complexityis present through similar appearance most buildings and streets
Low coherence due to the lack of a organization noted by the “organic”structure of the city
VENICE PREfERENCE MaTRIxHumans naturally prefer some environments over others based on coherence, legibility, complexity, and mystery. Combined these elements make up what is known as the preference matrix.
Coherence: order and organization help make up coherence. an environment of high coherence can easily be broken up to organize into many segments.
Complexity: High complexity is marked by a variety in envi-ronment, including dif-ferent building types, and variation in the landscape.
legibility: Distinctive elements enhance the depth and help orientation, which leads to high legibility. openings and land-marks are examples of ways of increase legibility.Mystery: Curves and depth in the environ-ment, which create a strong sense of mys-tery, beckons one to explore further.
a. low complexity is pres-ent through similar appear-ance of most buildings and streets.B. Small, narrow roads enhance a strong sense of mystery.C. low coherence due to lack of organization noted by the “organic” structure of the city.D. opening from small road leads to a sense of legibility.
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Passengers on the monorail
Monorail over the lagoon View of Morano from the train Rail lip up for the festival
Monorail stopping in the lido Boat traveling under monorail
anticipating a year long celebration of Venice’s history, urban form, architecture, and culture, each member of the Michigan Urban Design studio was asked to create temporary and permanent interventions to accommodate millions of international tourists as part of the academic exercise. To help relieve the dense tourist population in the island of Venice and the abundant local population on the surrounding islands and mainland, this project proposes to create a monorail system that travels around the lagoon, stopping at strategic points such as Marco Polo airport, the train station in Venice, the Lido, and several other economically significant barrier islands. In addition to the monorail system, the port should be moved to Punta Sabioni for two important reasons. first, the port should cater to the resort tourism located on the peninsula, and second, the move will protect the fragile water and marine life in the lagoon. Through these large scale interventions, Venice and the surrounding land will be able to sustain the influx of people while transporting locals to job locations and residential areas for years to come.
Punta Sabbioni
Burano
Torcello
Mazzorbo
MuranoSan Erasmo
Lido
Giudecca
Venice
Mestre
Venice Lagoon- Land Use Concept
Increase economic base through commercial and industry
Preserve as farmland or open space
Increase residentiial and commercialexpand tourism
Maintain overalll existing character
Punta Sabbioni
Burano
Torcello
Mazzorbo
MuranoSan Erasmo
Lido
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Venice
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Venice Lagoon- Design Concept
Venice lagoon Proposed Monorail Map
Monorail over the lagoon
Wayfinding to monorail
fireworks at the lido Train to the airport
VI C K E R y M E a D o W I M P R o V E M E N T D I S T R I C T
Vickery Meadow PID
VM TIF District
Premium Service Area
Existing Zoning Conditions
Existing Zoning
Retail
Multi-family
Institutional/Public
Vickery Meadow PID
VM TIf District
Premium Service area
Proposed land Uses
Retail (MU or MC)
Walkable Mixed Use: High
Walkable Mixed Use: Medium
Walkable Mixed Use: low
Walkable Urban Residential: High
Walkable Urban Residential: Medium
Walkable Urban Residential: low
Residential Transition District
Plaza
Greenway
Parks/open Space
Institutional/Public
Neighborhood Node
Proposed land Use Plan
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Ridgecrest Rd
The Vickery Meadow Improvement District is an area bound by two Dallas area Rapid Transit rail stops, two major arterials, and a large, under-utilized park. The neighbor-hood is made up of a mosaic of nationalities. Clustered in various introverted apart-ment complexes, the neighborhood has quickly become a place of poverty and crime. The neighborhood association commissioned jHP architecture/Urban Design to create a study of the neighborhood which analyzes existing conditions, interprets de-mographic information, makes recommendations at district, node, and street scales, and offers an implementation strategy. The 150-page study is currently in review with the neighborhood association and will soon be passed along to the city of Dallas for further review. The graphics shown here are excerpts from the study analysis and rec-ommendations.
Current key forces in the five Points Neighborhood
five Points
Ridgecrest Rd
Park ln
Sam Tasby Middle School
jack lowe Sr.Elementary
School
Park lane DaRT Station
New Mixed Use Construction
Proposed design of fair oaks ave, looking north Proposed design of Melody lane, looking east
Proposed design of Park lane, looking north Proposed design of Park lane, looking east
Walkable Mixed Use: High zone Street Section
Street lights every 25’ feet
Street Trees every 25’ feet
Concrete sidewalk
15’ 24’ 12’ 24’ 15’
60’-0” Right of Way
approximately 90’-0” building face to building face Existing Street Network
Proposed Street Network
Pineland and fair oaks site planProposed Street
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WR: High
WR: High
Institutional
five Points site plan
Park lanefa
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Sam Tasby Middle School
Proposed library
Park laneRidgecrest Rd WR: High
WR: High
WR: High
WMU: Medium
WMU: Medium
WR: High
WR: High
WR: High
WR: High
WR: HighTownhomes
WMU: Medium
Ridgecrest Rd
Proposed road
Melody ln
Vickery Meadow learning Center
Vickery Meadow learning Center site plan
BE N G a l S T R E E T Wa R E H o U S E S T U D y
Existing and adjacent land uses
Regional Context
Single-family Residential
Commercial
Multi-family Residential
Mixed-Use
Park
Industrial/Research
Institutional
Parking Garage
1/4 & 1/2 mile radii
Bengal St.
Medic
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Redfield St.
Tex oak ave
Harry Hines Blvd.
Gregg St.
Butle
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Cass St.
Maple ave
lake ave
Sylvester St.
afton St.
Rosewood ave
Production Dr.
fairmount St.
Denton Dr.
Hartford St.
fleetwood oaks ave
Parkland ave
Denton Dr.
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Parkland Hospital Expansion
SWMD/ParklandDaRT Station
Parkland Hospital
Residential Neighborhood
Ronald McDonald
House
Proposed Parkland Hospital Expansion
Residential Neighborhood
Children’s Medical Center
Esperanza Hope Medrano Elementary
School
Maria luna Park
Head Start at Socorro Gonzales
DaRT Green line
Site
Downtown Dallas
Trinity River
I-35EStemmons freeway oak lawn
Uptown
DaRT Green line
Trinity Railway Express
Maple ave
The Bengal Street Warehouse PD is located west of downtown Dallas, adjacent to the new Parkland campus in the Southwestern Medical TIf district as well as the Stemmons Corridor. Crow Holdings and the Poole family Interest asked jHP to create a study of the Crow Warehouse and Bengal Street in Dallas, Tx for their future use in land devel-opment. The intent of the study was to graphically analyze and explain the existing conditions and future development characteristics of the Planned Development. This document serves as a reference for both the Bengal Street Warehouse Planned De-velopment and the greater neighborhood which includes a TIf district, a new hospital development, and the new Dallas area Rapid Transit rail line.
Medical District Drive, looking NW
property line
10’ min. front
setback
20’ max. front
setback
30’ max. urban form
setback
TRaCT 1TRaCT 2
TRaCT 2aNot part of PD
No. 712
Cass Street
Bengal Street
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property line10’ min. front setback
20’ max. front setback30’ urban form setback65’ max. front setback on Medical District Drive
Graphic Interpretation of PD 712: Street frontage
Medic
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Bengal St.
waste water
water main
gas line
Cass St.
Utilities and Infrastructure
55’ building height
85’ building height
105’ building height
5’ yard
15’ yard
30’ yard
Side and Rear Setback Requirements
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Maple ave
Medic
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Bengal St.
Cass St.
Harry Hines Blvd.
Macate
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PD 712
Parkland Hospital Expansion
Parkland Hospital
Single-family Residential 7.5 (R-7.5)TownhouseResidential 3 (TH-3)Multi-familyResidential 2 (Mf-2)Multi-familyResidential 3 (Mf-3)
Mixed-Use 2 (MU-2)
Mixed-Use 3 (MU-3)
Industrial Research (IR)
General Retail (GR)
adjacent Zoning
area 1(Tract 1)
area 2(Tract 2)
Max 180’
14 stories
Max 120’
9 stories
Tract 2a
Max 36’4 stories
Building Height and Stories
aerial View of the Crow Warehouse PD and the greater Southwestern Medical TIf District
BR E a K I N G B o U N D a R I E S ; S U S Ta I N I N G S o C I a l N E T W o R K S
Group Master Plan
Existing Conditions Existing Conditions
Washington Park
Garfield Blvd
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51st St.
59th St.
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UniversityofChicago
LEGENDExpressway
Rail Line
Burnham boulevardand park system
Neighborhoodnetwork
Special developmentstretches
City nodes
The Washington Park neighborhood, a severely under served community, once home to the Robert Taylor Homes, is the focus of this design. In a team of four urban design-ers at the University of Michigan, we were asked create and overall plan for infill and redevelopment of the square mile site. additionally, we broke off into individual work, focusing on a portion of the site of interest. The design for this focus area concept re-volves around intimate pathways and open spaces that are integrated into the block, leading from the southern and northern streets which acting as the concept bound-aries to Garfield Blvd. Each open space is programmed differently from the next and should serve the community. Examples of programming include community gardens, play areas, interactive sculpture gardens, and flower gardens. The street that lies half-way through each pathway system should be a mixed use street with retail and com-mercial activity catering towards serving the community. an emphasis on job training and education are of high priority within this area. It is through addressing everyday living and providing extensive training that this community will thrive economically and socially.
South Chicago local Context Plan
Photo-Rendering of Neighborhood Community Center
Photo-Rendering of Neighborhood Clean-Up
Block Elevation
57th St
Mic
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Wa
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56th St
Carter Elementary School
Community Garden
DiscoveryGarden
Green alley
Block Plan
Building Elevation of Typical Six-flat Residential Building
Interest area Master Plan Vignette Sketch of Community Center and open Space
Photo-Rendering of Church Parking lot that also Serves as a Basketball Court
DE C o N S T R U C T I N G a C I T y ; R E C o N S T R U C T I N G a C o M M U N I T y
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Social Dynamic: Educa-tion, Homeless, Religion
Municipal Dynamic: Civic, Public Transporta-tion, Healthcare
Cultural Dynamic: His-tory, art, Entertainment
Environmental Dynam-ic: food, open Space, agriculture
Water Storage
Thermal Mass
Parking Terraces
live/Work Space
Water Storage
Re
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Concrete Double Wall Core
Modular, Re-configurable Wall System over Metal Decking
with Metal fabric Reinforcement
Vertical Garden Growth Matrix
Vertical Irrigation System
Unit Section Building Section
View of the Elevated Urban Public Garden level
Deconstructing a City, Reconstructing a Community was jHP’s submission for the inter-national ReVision Dallas competition in the spring of 2009. Tasked to revision a 2.5 acre existing parking lot in the heart of downtown into a self sustaining core that brought life through a mix of housing, retail, and office, our team approached the site with an in-clusive approach. our project centered around the thesis that this was just one piece of the city and to really make a difference, the site must feed off the city as much as the city must feed off the site. We sought a development that embraces the com-munity and works with it to eliminate not just its own burden but that of the systems around. By way of physical, ecological, and social connections, the ReVision Dallas Community will help create a memorable environment, unique to this place and sus-tainable over time, bringing people together.
Project Perspective Unit Types
Single Room occupancy
1 Bedroom
2 Bedroom
Green 2 Bedroom
live/Work
3 Bedroom
Ga lV E S T o N H o U S I N G a U T H o R I T y S T U D y
Galveston RFQGalveston, Texas
04.25.2011 211999.08 js/mj/sl
GALVESTON HOUSING AUTHORITY C o l u m b i a R e s i d e n t i a l
Copyright © JHP 2011Not for Regulatory Approval, Permit or Construction: RONALD E. HARWICKRegistered Architect of State of TX, Registration No. 7696
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Galveston RFQGalveston, Texas
04.25.2011 211999.08 js/mj/sl
GALVESTON HOUSING AUTHORITY C o l u m b i a R e s i d e n t i a l
Copyright © JHP 2011Not for Regulatory Approval, Permit or Construction: RONALD E. HARWICKRegistered Architect of State of TX, Registration No. 7696
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RenderingNTS
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30th
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29th
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Ball St
Cedar Terrace Rendered Site Plan
Density Study 1: Townhome, 32 Units Cedar Terrace Perspective Rendering
Density Study 2: Courtyard Buildings, 54 Units
Density Study 3: Mansion Buildings, 78 Units
3 floors over Parking
Garage
BloCK 3
BloCK 2
BloCK 1
The Galveston Housing authority commissioned jHP to create a series of housing densi-ty studies for three blocks. Currently, the blocks are home to several devastated hous-ing project buildings that have been neglected and severely damaged by the hurri-cane. jHP’s task was to provide various density studies that catered to both a general market, as well as senior, student, and accessible markets. In addition, space was to be set aside for a day care facility, a police station, and plenty of open space for the residents. on top of these programming demands, by Galveston code, all buildings must be several feet off the ground due to the site being in the flood plain. To maxi-mize the constraints on several of the options, we suggested parking tuck under the buildings to allow for more open space.
Customs House
Strand St
Magnolia Rendered Site Plan
Ship Mechanic Row St
Harborside Dr
2 floors over Parking
Garage
3 floors over Parking
Garage
BloCK 3
BloCK 2BloCK 1
18th
St
17th
St
16th
St
Density Study 4: apartment Buildings, 88 Units, Density Study 5: apartment Buildings, 142 Units,
AN N a R B o R f R o M a N E W a N G l E
Site Plan
Proposed Development
Retail
Residential
Institutional
3D View of New Public Plaza and City Hall in Downtown ann arbor
Washington St
Huron St
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City Hall Building
Mixed-Use Building
after extensive recommendations from Calthorpe and associates, the City of ann arbor is ready to take the next steps for development. from this analysis, our University of Michigan studio task was to create a plan for a new city hall, courts, and a police station with adequate parking to accommodate these uses. We suggested plac-ing the city hall on the Brown Block, which is currently surface parking in the heart of downtown. a mixed use building located on the same block will help assist with the costs, while a diagonal path between the two buildings allows for an open space that will become an intimate place for leisure and dining. The diagonal path will link the retail and restaurant venues with the entertainment venues, which currently make up the downtown. Placing the City Hall and a mixed use building here will help extend the downtown off of Main Street and, in turn, create a downtown district as opposed to a single primary road, which will strengthen the overall quality of life in ann arbor.
Downtown ann arbor land Uses & Key Nodes
View of the Diagonal Path looking East
Materials Sketch for Mixed-Use Building
Materials Sketch for City Hall Building
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Site Plan
3D Views of the Site
Rice Eccles Stadium
Stadium Plaza
Block a Garage
Block B GarageResidential
over Retail
Residential over Retail
Residential over Retail
Office over Grocery
Cinema over Retail
Station Plaza
TRax Station
The University of Utah is developing a transit-oriented development (ToD) on a prime 7.9-acre site at the southwest corner of the University of Utah campus, which currently houses game-day parking for the football stadium. jHP worked with the University and the community to deliver a high quality, mixed-use project called the Universe Project that includes commercial uses, housing, and public and student parking. The future development will create a vibrant campus center, associated commercial uses, and housing on the site.
Emergency and Service Circulation
Pedestrian Circulation Vehicular Circulation
Section B
Section a
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Grocery
Offices
RetailCinema
RetailRetail
Housing Housing
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HousingHousing Garage