Creative Hub Manhattan Town Center
Interdisciplinary Collaborative Studio|Fall 2020 Aaron Burson, Xing Huang, Lawson Endicott
Narrative The new Manhattan Center would be a Hub of creative, young professionals with intent to produce new and exciting ideas. The site and topography is manipulated in a manor that resembles the form and flow of the Flint Hills. The movement of people acts as erosion through the landscape, carving paths and inhabitable spaces. Outdoor space is choreographed to facilitate large outdoor festivities and encourage a sense of community.
Comprehensive comprehensive site analysis analysis
Building BuildingHeight Hight
• Surrounding buildings primarily are two story structures • Lacking mixed-used multi-floor structures
One story, commercial only Two story, commercial only Three or more floors, mixed use
Landscapes • Existing landscape areas on site are fragmented • The surrounding areas lacks natural scenery. • The proximity of the Kansas River causes the site to be in the 2% flood zone.
Trees Accessible landscape Less accessible landscape
Circulations • Being surrounded by highways led to severe noise at the edges of the site. • The site will need at least two vehicle entries in different directions. • Lacking pedestrian circulation on site
Primary Vehicle Circulation Secondary Vehicle Circulation Pedestrian Circulation Open plaza
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PUD R-M: Four-Family Residential C-4: Central Business
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PUD: Planned Unit Development C-5: Highway Service Commercial
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Zoning • The site is located in the Central Business zone and surrounded by Residential Zone. • A place provides both resident and business will be needed in this area. • Having Light Industrial Zone on the right also indicates the whole area might need large areas of green installations
National art hubs
Local art-related services
Flint Hills Town Center
Flint Hills
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Topography Manipulated to create indoor space
Carved by Circualtion Paths
Green Dominated Environment
Concrete Dominated Environment
Design Process
Topography Manipulated creating Rolling Hills
Carved by Waterways
Water Dominated Environment
Topography Manipula creating Rolling Hills
Carved by Waterways
Water Dominated Environment
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Site Design Landscape informed by the flint hills to create a sense of place
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Anchor Space Artist hub for local, state, and regional artists
Anchor space precedent Torpedo Factory Art Center Alexandria, Virginia Previously a torpedo factory, the building was converted into open art studios for artists to work and sell out of.
Central Plaza
Anchor space
Art Gallery / Studios Guests enter into a large open exhibition space then travel around to the different open art studios to look at art, talk to local artists, and shop. Roughly 29,000 SF and 31 studios.
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Layered Landscape
Rooftop Pathways
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Creative Hub