THE LINK

Mixed-Use Residential High-Rise | 1,000,000 sq ft Berkley Riverfront, Kansas City, MO Professor Eddy Tavio | TRANSFORM.KC

In collaboration with Donovan Brook Spring 2020

Berkley Riverfront Master Plan

The Link is part of the proposed Berkley Riverfront Master Plan in Kansas City, MO. The existing condition of the Berkley Riverfront Park is over 50 acres of underutilized space with some new residential developments, occasionally being used for special events, like Fourth of July Fireworks ceremonies and other outdoor events. With the amount of open acreage and its proximity to downtown and the river, this becomes a prime location to introduce a world-class destination to Kansas City that attracts tourists from all over the world. The Berkley Riverfront Master Plan proposes a complete redevelopment of the existing park area, adding unique recreational activities that can only be seen in this master plan, an education hub, a high-tech event center, a boutique hotel, and over 2 million square feet of mixed-used housing with shopping and entertainment.

Located in the freshly developed world-class destination Riverport in Kansas City, Missouri, The Link provides vertical neighborhoods with urban connection that flows throughout the site. The landing level, connecting throughout the Riverport Master Plan, placed above the parking garage, (22’ above ground-level) bridges the Columbus Park residential area and the River Market community into the Urban development of Berkley Riverfront. Encouraging pedestrian foot traffic, the landing creates a mergence of residential and city life. Obtaining this harmonious balance of the residential neighborhoods within an urban setting serves as the design basis for which we produced our mixed-use high rise. The landing entrance enters into a densely populated courtyard providing the urban feel of the Berkeley Riverfront master plan as well as providing luscious greenery to counterbalance the industrialized feeling of an urban setting, mirroring that of residential parks. The terraces further this balance of the natural and built environment with vertical parks, allowing for a more community oriented living spaces, with extended balconies. The programming layout aims to achieve optimal function and connection of living space, work environment and commercial area. The courtyard serves as a base layer of connection in which one can access all features of the design, similar to the connect to columbus park residential neighborhood extrude vertical neighborhoods add density/ terraces ground floor, as well as having internal building connections throughout each floor, embodying the concept of connectability within an urban setting. Building upon the emotional feeling of a neighborhood, the room types vary, consisting of various large family setting rooms, as well as adhering to the city necessity of independent single and double bedroom spaces.