flexible phasing
estefania maldonado & andrew filkoff
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table of contents dead zone
creativity
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defining shrinking cities
defining the flexible
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defining shrinking cities
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what classifies a shrinking city?
1. post-industrial cities: manufacturing based
2. located between metropolis and suburbia: connected by infrastructure
3. lacking human capital: high poverty rates
4. vast amounts of abandoned buildings: decaying infrastructure
5. loss of industry: population loss to suburbs
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/claim/ The post-industrial Revolution has in its wake created a typology of cities that have been left in economic decline and social deterioration. These "shrinking cities" have all suffered a loss in population to the surrounding suburbs and metropolises. They have become a vacant zone between these two places, where infrastructure generates a connecting point between nature and over development.
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good generator detroit
detroit has not moved past its failed automobile industry causing people to disperse from the metropolis to small suburbs around the city. there is a single major industry that is dominated by a few major players, and problematic local politics. it can only re-generate if it breaks from its recent past,which has left it with a vast housing stock for which there is little demand,
idea generator boston
boston has embraced the virtues of the great pre and post-industrial cities: competition, connection, and human capital. the suburbs around the city have now become an extension of the metropolis through its greenway.no single major industry dominates a few major players. it has attracted smart people and enabled them to work collaboratively to bring forward their best skills. creating partnerships between businesses and colleges. 8
drivers of city interest and community
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people from around and outside of the city support sports teams, becoming a cultural connector.
places for communities to commemorate while retaining a practical everyday purpose for people to visit
industry/education industry connects communities together and creates a culture within the city suburbs
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/contention/ It is unreasonable to assume a master plan can predict the future success of a shrinking city. By dissecting the history and qualities of these environments, it is possible to create a framework that finds a middle ground between permanent and temporal. Post-industrial cities are only active from a 9am-5pm basis, and vacant after that time. They tend to lack a combination of five important drivers of successful cities: recreation, business, education, and naturescapes. With a vast amount of vacancies in shrinking cities there should be multiple sites with potential to become a catalyst for growth. Instead of a traditional development with a fixed program, a market place should be implemented to test multiple interventions before a major investment is made. These spaces are intended to respond to changing situations in their use, operation and location through experimental, programmatic, and tectonic scales. Flexible phasing over time will allow for the correct interventions to gain capital and expand into existing developments rather than building more. By generating community involvement, the chosen platform will be reflective of the community’s needs and wants. An architectural language will allow for the platform to expand throughout the city and become a brand for natural growth. It will develop the existing potentials of the current urban fabric and integrate the users by retrofitting the city.
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1. Dropping, or at least loosening, the historical belief that architects, engineers, and developers should focus on perma nent edifices will allow them to research and experiment with current building technologies faster 2. Short-term, experimental projects can help find quicker, more responsive, and highly flexible solutions to the needs of di verse city populations. 3. Embracing impermanence can allow more designers and planners to test out new types of structures or services without having to endure long governmental approval processes normally in place for permanent buildings
flexible permanent: the highline permanent structure
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the permanent
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the temporary
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lasting or intended to last as part of a cities identity.
- intended to exist or function as an infrastructure for growth. - form is static, acting as a platform for program. - consists of permanent spaces that have the ability to house multiple programs.
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11th street bridge park-oma + olin the 11th street bridge will transform the aged infrastructure into the city’s first elevated park: a new venue for healthy recreation, environmental education and the arts. it aims to support the community’s physical, environmental and economic health by generating jobs and economic activity, while reconnecting the cities neighborhoods of washington dc and anacostia.
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recreation art spaces
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not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
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existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.
- short-term actions to effect long-term change. - an apt response to a civilization in flux. allowing for multiple programs to change and happen over time.
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parkslot-made here the goal of the peavey plaza parkslot was to create awareness of the iconic park and draw people in to take advantage of what the space has to offer through areas of activities such as sports, board games, dance lessons, live music, etc. vibrant vinyl decals outlined the space and encouraged the public to explore and enjoy.
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The Garden in the Machine is a proposal that uses nature and technology to improve the land, while combining housing and jobs within new, flexible live/work structures interwoven with a variety of public green spaces.
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/flexible/ - able to be easily modified to respond to altered circumstances or conditions. - Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs. - flexible buildings are intended to respond to changing situations in their use, operation or location. this is architecture that adapts, rather than stagnates; trans forms rather than restricts; is motive rather than static; interacts with its users rather than inhibits. it is a design form that is, by its very essence, cross disciplinary and multi-functional.
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qualities of the flexible 1. utilizing existing infrastructures to create a platform for growth. 2. have a rotating program to adjust based on the economic flux and needs of the community. successful programs will then start filling the vacancies around the city. 3. allow for changes in height and space variations, in order to create flexibility of space usage. 4. implement a graphical aesthetic to re-brand the city, and create an identity for change. 5. re-generate the four city drivers: recreation, business, education, interaction.
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studio gang-garden in the machine The Garden in the Machine is a proposal that uses nature and technology to improve the land, while combining housing and jobs within new, flexible live/work structures interwoven with a variety of public green spaces.
flexible live/work structures become interwoven with a variety of public green spaces at the program intersections
the interplay of community businesses and interests become puzzled in to an existing infrastructure community activities and programs become recognized
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tectonic
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spitafield market allows for vendors to set up temporary stands and further spatiflieds as the an successful economic andhave cultural node their business in the market. vendors started inhabiting the vacant locales around the building, as well as created a new infrastructure within the existing.
1.spatilfields empty lot with vacant buildings in the surrounding area
2. spatifields development group implemented an infrastructure that allowed for flexible program
3. different program was implemented and cycled through a market
4. the most successfull, installations, vendors and ammentities purchased the vacant permanant spaces in and around the area
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herzog & de meuron-1111 lincoln road Ceiling heights vary between standard parking height and double or even triple height, in order to accommodate other programs, permanently as well as temporarily. The structure allows for the floor and space heights to fluctuate, allowing for flexibility within the space.
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zus-the luchtsingel luchtsingel is the first step in bringing back urban qualities adding small-scale interventions to the urban fabric of rotterdam. it is a fully crowd funded project where anyone can contribute. based on the idea of permanent temporality,the graphic quality of the bridge and the interventions reconnect the three previously disconnected areas of the city, through the use of color.
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flexible city post-industrial cities tends to lack a combination of these four important characteristics of successful growing spaces, and economies. by allowing for an existing infrastructure to house temporary programs, our graphic branding will allow for the integration of multiple scales of spaces that can re-generate the four city drivers: recreation, business, education, and nature.
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through permanence, temporality, integration, branding, and fluctuation, the flexible platform will allow for multiple scales of spaces and programs to generate a cultural identity within the city. branding will allow the platform to expand towards other sectors of the city, generating a identity for growth and change.
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our city: hartford,ct
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/history/ hartford, ct is a particularly interesting example of a shrinking city considering in 1880 it was america’s wealthiest city. hartford had fast pace manufacturing and publishing industries. after the great depression and the cold war began, connecticut’s political representatives helped win new military contracts for manufacturing. after the cold war ended, hartford became the major insurance capital. however, in the early 50’s changes in law and taxation policies started the un-ending trend of exodus. by 2011 hartford had been noted as one of the poorest cities in america with a poverty rate of 36%. with high taxation and unfavorable laws for business and upper-class citizens, the businesses and wealth moved to the suburbs leaving hartford with too low of a tax base. this created a cycle of despair. in the coming years many developers and politicians would attempt to create high-end developments for housing, retail and, activity within the downtown regions. all four major developments failed and left many un-taxable vacant spaces. developers had an almost impossible task of finding retailers willing to lease the space with a lower population than it had in 1920. with little retail, no grocery stores and other amenities it was just as hard to sell the residential developments.
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micro urban centers as walter woodward, a professor from uconn stated, "you are left with the lowest-income, lowest-skilled individuals in the city with essentially no way to get to the suburbs". as a result, many suburbs created many micro urban areas to provide entertainment for their residents. blue back square, evergreen walk and many others are great examples of these micro-urban areas shopping, restaurants and bars in town centers. leaving virtually no reason to leave the suburbs and venture to hartford.
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when the hartford county expands, and the city flourishes from flexible phasing, people from the suburbs will start moving back in to the already present housing in hartford. The economic and cultural qualities from both the city and the suburbs will be implemented within hartford, uniting the occupants from both places and creating a common space that will generate an appreciation for the city.
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1. one state hartford: 74,157 SF 2. 10 constitution plaza: 6,471 SF 3. 250 constitution plaza: 64,677 SF 100 constitution plaza: 217,281 SF 4. 1 constitution plaza: 273,673 SF 5. 10-30 state house square: 341,910 SF 6. 915 main street: 139,176 SF 7. 100 pearl street: 281,866 SF 8. 231-241 asylum street: 25,600 SF
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Buildings one through four have recently gotten purchased as a portfolio for $71.1 million by bhn associates. they plan on bringing technology companies and entrepreneurial ventures to constitution plaza. the fifth builting (200 constitution plaza) was recently purchased by trinity college for $2 milliong dollars in order to establish ainters scope of downtown campus.
university additions trinity college 200 constitution plaza
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The group most likely willing to come back in to the city is Generation Y due to the incoming university developments. since generation Y prefers cities to suburbs, hartford must adapt to become a city tailored towards the generations needs and wants. they are single, educated, and working, and have a strong desire for urban life. Their disposable income can breath life in to to the cities economic development. with the insurance companies around constitution plaza being sold to universities and tech companies, hartford is seeing a growing need for more and better urban spaces.
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what do they want? lifestyle & technology – a good work-life balance, flexible
working, feeling valued, and adding value. they want an environment that offers many options that they can partake in. a city that adapts to the social and economic needs of the community.
community social interaction technology lifestyle flexibility collaboration the presence of the new four universities in hartford is going to generate a demand for all amenities that a succesful city should have.these campuses will start building housing for students to move in to the city.therefore, a need for entertainement, and retail will be needed in hartford 41
suburb culture generation y is living in the downtowns of the surrounding suburbs of hartford. for example blue back square in west hartford is an urban development with many amentites, including retail, bars, restaurants, grocery stores, housing, and recreation.
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city culture it is hard to live in the downtown of hartford for generation y. there are no grocery stores, and other ammenities and the safety is lacking. what is present in the city, is a plethora of art and museums. there are art museums, science centers,theaters and more. but in order for generation y adapt and want to stay in hartfrod after their studies, a 24/7 project must be implemented that can provide what the suburbs can and more.
the cultural connector this project should serve as a cultral connector between the suburbs, city and educational users. it should function as a driver for hartford county, rather than the city of hartford. by creating a space that draws the interest of all three users, the city should start to provide the necessary living needs of generations y. the social, educational, commercail and necessary ammentities. EVERGREEN WALK
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/our site/ the downtown of hartford has become a site for failed developments. in particular, constitution plaza (elevated walkway) which failed to become the cities driver. although the surrounding area encompasses a variety of programs, most have migrated to the suburbs leaving the owners to demolish buildings and develop parking lots as a temporary alternative.
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the increase in parkinh is a result of high taxes causing biuilding owners to demolish empty buildings to reduce the tax burden while looking for alternativ land use.
1. 300% more parking 2. 40,000 less residence 3. 7,000 less jobs
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potential for connection & application
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constitution plaza “What went wrong with Constitution Plaza? Did sensible people really mean to build a sterile,9-to-5, suburban-style office park mostly disconnected from the downtown it was supposed to revive? Well, no. The project was supposed to be connected to Main Street by a pedestrian ramp. It was supposed to have housing. It was supposed to generate economic activity in surrounding blocks. But none of that happened.” —Tom Condon, Hartford Courant, 9/9/2002.
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the platform for growth originally designed to be filled with residential, commerical and recreational programs, today consitution plaza struggles to fill buildings. with the purchase of the majority of the buildings by bhn and universities, the plaza has the potential to become a platform for growth and change within the city.
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permanent programs all these developments have been done by respected architects and designers, but have still failed, their permanence does not allow them to adapt to the fluctuating economy. with a single program, and function, they do not let the community decide what should inhabit them. they rather assume what will be best for the city.
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temporary programs the hartford regional farmers market brings farmers and wholesalers to sell and distribute food and other agricultural products.the envisionfest marketplace sells goods from regional and local artisans. these markets generate growth through competition. the community is able to sample multiple goods, and decide which ones they want to expand within the city. in turn addressing communities needs.
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on of nodes:
economic benefits of markets The economic benefits of farmers markets, long discussed anecdotally, have been the subject of numerous studies. The following are highlights from some of these studies on the direct and indirect economic impacts of public markets and farmers markets:
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of vendors feel a sense of community when they go to a market of residents feel the market has benefitted their neighborhood of market shoppers visited nearby stores on the same day; of those, 60% said that they visited those additional stores only on days that they visit the market. of shoppers go to the market for the benefit besides sales, to meet people
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local businesses present what we see present in hartford is a series of locally owned small businesses which some already have their own stores in downtown, and others are seeing success in farmer & craft markets, as well as food trucks around the city.
lacking on the other hand, hartford lacks grocery stores, and basic amenities that any successful city should have, and that most of connecticuts suburbs contain. while these local businesses are contributing to many of the missing economic demands, their scattered locations make it difficult to access them. by allowing for a year round platform that can house community picked businesses, will exponentially increase the economy and the sense of community within hartford.
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traditonal development process
problem: known requirements
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problem: in terms of development most cases hypothesize a solution based only on a 5 year return
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the “lean start up” The concept behind “Lean Startup” is that many developments often operate in extreme uncertainty regarding the suitability of their ideas to the market, especially in shrinking cities where there are few occupants to gather data from. If one acknowledges that such undertakings do not have true requirements, but more predictions of what the resident or market values, then one can use create frequent, low cost, experiments to gain insight, and either validate the hypothesis, or “pivot” in a new direction based on the analysis of the previous attempts. Ultimately when the market fit is achieved then one could seek to manage that concept with a more traditional development process. The primary goal is learning with a minimal amount of waste.
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“lean start up�
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decide pivot or persevere learn make changes
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phase one
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community voting innitiatives economic evaluation devices: a web-based approach that also provides a straightforward mechanism for collecting data about farmers markets from customer voting and surveys, and then using the data to estimate direct and indirect economic impacts using the potential induced expenditures of specific public markets.
Crowd Entrepreneurship residents have a role in voting for the type of retail they want in their community and determining the successful winners, which then get funded to open up a storefront in downtown detroit.it gives the community members a role in the city’s redevelopment.the businesses are meant to fill exisiting retail gaps present in the city.
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neighborhood exchange evaluation device for measuring the social impact of a public market
describe products sold/ bought
what is the main reason you come to this market a. make money b. meet people c. suport market d.other
are there any particular vendor types you would like to see at the market?
what kinds of benefits besides sales/purchases do you get from this market? a. new business opportunities b. friends & atmosphere c. suport market d. support neighborhood E. other
on a scale of 1 to 5, to what degree do you feel a sense of community when you come to this market? a. no sense b. weak sense c. some sense d. solid sense neighborhood E. strong sense
gender a.female b. male what were your total business expenses this year? (only for vendor)
age range a. 0-19 b. 30-39 c. 40-59 d. 60+
what were your total sales this year? (only for vendor)
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phase two constitution plaza market expansion the 2nd mvp:
in order to learn more, building a structure that can house the market development year around is the next step
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the next step is contigent upon the success of phase one. if the development group has found a good return on their intial investment within a reasonable period it is safe to say they should progress the project further into phase two. if the market was less successful than planned they should go back to the drawing board to find an mvp the city will draw social attachment too. to make a full point we will assume the market was a success drawing the college students, local residents and suburb residents. in order to grow the market a sensible phase two may be to enclose part of the parking and rennovate the space to run it year round. the developer would be able to keep parking on all floors for the week and dedicate only part of the 3rd floor to the market on the weekends. 68
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phase three constitution plaza market expansion the mvp “the market�: with vacant spaces filling up, it is time to invest further in the development of the parking lots, to meet the means of the development around the city
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by 2022 the developments of trinity, uconn and sacred heart should be com plete. this should in theory be perfect timing with the markets current state, it should hopefully be able to sustain the needs of the soon 1,000’s of college residents. in return constitution plaza may see vacant spaces being purchased to meet the markets needs. the first floor level of the parking garages might begin to unite with the first level of the vacant buildings on constitution plaza. 72
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if the project has made it this far. then it is time for the expansion. naturally other developers and public interest should latch onto the markets success and produce further interventions. a series of small projects should take advantage of the heavily parking lot filled landscape.there are three paths to triangulate this projcet. the interventions should locate themselves down, state, trumbull and front street to connect to bushenell park, the bars and the residential areas. 74
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framework for shrinking city 1. Identify areas for growth 2. Generate Community Interest
- Through Community voting/ involvement
3. Re-consider Zoning Laws
- In many shrinking cities the most occupancy during the day occurs in the financial districts. This may call for re-thinking the city zoning to allow for other programs.
4. Implement flexible phasing
- Implement MVP: The Market Place - Find a site that has potential for growth - Build cheap tectonically flexible structures for vendors - Test solution - If collaboration is strong between the districts and the businesses, there should be and increase in development, culture, and entrepreneurship. The community involvement should be strong. - If the following is occurring, expand the market architecturally. - If not, find another MVP the city will find cultural attachment too. - If successful develop on to existing infrastructure - Overtime the most successful interventions might find it more economical to expand in to pre-established buildings in the city. - Continue to develop and expand towards other areas of the city - with flexibility, innovation, recreation, and collaboration between businesses, people will gain their appreciation for the city back, and start moving back.
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community involvement, the chosen 1of the commu2 3 4 5 platform will be reflective N nity’s needs and wants. An architectural language will allow for the platform to expand throughout the city and become a brand for natural growth. It will develop the existing potentials of the current urban constitution 100 constitution 1 constitution 200 constitu 10 constitution 2 the250 fabric and integrate users by retrofitplaza plaza plaza plaza plaza ting the city. N 1 N “By dropping, or at least loosening, the Owner It is unreasonable to assume a master historical belief that architects, engi1 Project Name 1 success of a 2 3on 4 5 Unnamed plan can predict the future neers, and developers should focus 5 Buildings one through four have recently shrinking city. By dissecting the history permanent edifices will allow them to gotten purchased as a portfolio for $71.1 4 it is and qualities of these environments, research and experiment with current million by bhn associates. they plan on A102 3 possible to create a framework that finds building technologies faster. Short-term, bringing technology companies and entrepre2 neurial ventures to constitution plaza. the a middle ground between permanent experimental projects can help find fifth builting (200 constitution plaza) was and temporal. Post-industrial cities are quicker, more responsive, and highly N college for $2 recently purchased by1 trinity 250 constitution 100 constitution 1 constitution 200 constitution 10 constitution only active from a 9am-5pm basis, and flexible solutions to the needs of diverse milliongplaza dollars in order to establish aintersection of nodes: plaza plaza plaza plaza vacant after that time. They tend to lack city populations. Embracing imperscope 2 of site downtown campus. a combination of 36 five important drivers manence can allow more designers 5 N Buildings one through four have recen of successful cities: recreation, business, and planners to test out new types of gotten purchased as a portfolio for $ education, and naturescapes. With a structures or services 1 without having 2 3 4million by bhn associates. 5 they plan 4 vast amount of vacancies in shrinking to endure long governmental approval bringing technology companies and ent cities there should be multiple sites with processes normally in place for permaneurial ventures to constitution plaz potential to become a catalyst for growth. nent buildings” fifth builting (200 constitution plaz recently purchased by trinity college 3 Instead of a traditional development with 2 milliong dollars in order to establis a fixed program, a market place should be - Allison Arieff downtown campus. implemented to test multiple interven1 constitution 200 constitution 10 constitution N constitution 36250 constitution 1 100 plaza plaza plaza plaza plaza tions before a major investment is made. Owner These spaces are intended to respond to 3 Project Name changing situations in their use, operaN Unnamed 5 Buildings one through four have recently tion and location through experimental, gotten purchased as a portfolio for $71.1 programmatic, and tectonic scales.4 million by bhn associates. they plan on Consultant Address Address Address Phone
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