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College Park started in 1889 as a stop on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near the Maryland Agricultural College, later to become the University of Maryland. The school, envisioned in the typical utopian sense of higher education, as a “village set on a hill�, where the education and shaping of young minds was placed above the mundane and everyday below. The town grew as the school grew and as Washington D.C. grew, College Park developed further. The City of College Park stems from a hybrid of the campus of the University of Maryland and the town that grew around the Route 1 corridor and the railroad. However, both developed independently of each other, campus growing under the auspices of its of plan and College Park under the heavy influence of Route 1 and the traffic flow it brought through the town. The city suffers from a cultural, physical and planning rift between the school and the city itself. Therefore, there is a necessity to blend the University with the city and create a single united College Park.
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City Organization
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Overview
Zones of Focus Design Proposal
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Main Idea
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City Organization
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College Park Urban Design
College Park
City
University Park
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Route 1
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University
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Organization
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University
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University Boundary
innovation center
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Districts of College Park
University
innovation center
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Overlap
City Organization Existing Issues Main Idea Zones of Focus
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Design Proposal
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Overview
Low density areas in College Park Design Goals Increase density of commercial, academic, civic, and office buildings in the Innovation Center and Downtown College Park
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Provide housing communities for faculty, families, and alumni
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leonardtown
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Under Developed Areas
Build along Route 1 to create a continuous urban facade Slow traffic and improve pedestrian safety
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Shorten the gap between the North and South commercial zones
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Separated commercial zones
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Urban Disconnect
Rethink location of campus entries Improve pedestrian crossings and access points to campus
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Enhance the promenade and sequence of views when arriving to campus
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Lack of promenade
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Weak Entrances
Reduce flooding on Route 1 by implementing water gardens and bioswales
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Utilize close proximity to the Innovation Center to encourage University research and improve maintenance
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Paint Branch Watershed is in poor condition
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City Organization Existing Issues Main Idea Zones of Focus
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Design Proposal
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Overview
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Bring the City into the University
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Bring the University into the city
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Current Issues
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City Organization
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Downtown
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Chapel
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Innovation Center
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Innovation Center
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Innovation Center
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City Organization Main Idea Current Issues Zones of Focus
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Engineering Field
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Science + Engineering
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Engineering Field
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Innovation Center
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Existing Science and Engineering district of Campus
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Innovation Center Opportunity for strong axial connections
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Science + Engineering
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Science + Engineering
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Innovation Center
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Strengthen connection from Innovation Center to Campus
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One, unified district
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Existing Paint Branch
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Proposed Paint Branch
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Urban Disconnect
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Shorten urban disconnect
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Innovation Center
Slow car traffic
Safer for pedestrian crossing
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Create continuous urban facade
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Build along Route 1
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Innovation Center
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Innovation Center Proposed Design Goals Shorten the gap between the North and South commercial zones Build along Route 1 to create a continuous urban facade
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Innovation Center Program Design Goals Utilize close proximity to the Innovation Center to encourage University research and improve maintenance
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Student Housing N AIO OV R INN ENTE C
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Research Centers and Student Rental space
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Research Centers and Student Rental space
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Reduce flooding on Route 1 by implementing water gardens and bioswales
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Water Gardens and Bioswales
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Watershed
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Reduce flooding on Route 1 by implementing water gardens and bioswales
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Water Gardens and Bioswales
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Reduce flooding on Route 1 by implementing water gardens and bioswales
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Water Gardens and Bioswales
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Downtown
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Chapel
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Innovation
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Chapel
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Axis
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Extended Axis
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Housing Community with view to Chapel
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Innovation
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Existing block layout
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Downtown
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Expansion of Downtown commercial and residential
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Downtown
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Creating blocks for pedestrian streets for commercial and residential construction
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Downtown
Build along Route 1 to create a continuous urban facade Increase overall building density
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Provide housing communities for faculty, families, and alumni
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Proposed
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Downtown
Build along Route 1 to create a continuous urban facade Increase overall building density
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Provide housing communities for faculty, families, and alumni
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Proposed
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Mixed-use Housing Spring 2015 | Simon
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