Urban Park KCDC Spring 2014
Urban Park Team Members Danny Allen- KU Architecture Mark Cunningham- KU Architecture Xavier Gavin- K-State Interior Architecture Brian Hampel- K-State Architecture Annie Nutsch- KU Architecture Mary Rogers- KU Architecture
Site Analysis Area of Influence
Site Analysis Public Transportation
BUS ROUTES
STREETCAR ROUTE
Site Analysis Parades & Races
MARDI GRAS 5K INSPIRED BY DARRELL SUBLETT 5K BREW TO BREW RUN LUNG HILL RUN CITY OF FOUNTAINS BIKE TOUR STILETTO RUN CUPID’S UNDIE RUN THE RIVALRY RUN ROCK THE CROSSROADS HOSPITAL HILL RUN VETERAN’S DAY PARADE AMERICAN ROYALE PARADE BROADWAY BRIDGE RUN UGLY SWEATER RUN BIG 12 5K WADDELL & REED KC MARATHON KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE
Site Analysis Urban Edges
Site Analysis Connection Loop
Site Analysis Connection Nodes
Site Analysis Disconnection
Site Analysis Disconnection
Site Analysis View from Northeast
Site Analysis Optimal Viewing Zones
Site Analysis Shading Studies
Summer
Winter
Site Analysis Crown Center Viewing Zones
Site Analysis Crown Center Viewing Zone
Site Analysis Interrupted View
Site Analysis Undisturbed View
Site Analysis Site Lines
Site Analysis Site Zones
Site Analysis 20th Street View Zone
Site Analysis Urban Plaza 1 Inviting Entrance • announce WSP to street car passengers • threshold of park’s western edge • connection point for visitors from Union Station
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Site Analysis Street Car • the street car stop location will affect plaza design
Site Analysis Connections • connection between four corners of green space - improve ease and safety of crossing streets
Site Analysis Urban Plaza 1 Inviting Entrance 2 Plaza Space • claim north lanes of Pershing for food truck occupation • visual connection between Main and Grand street car and bus stops • gathering space for established WSP events, such as: Irish Fest Kansas City Marathon Parades • an environment that supports future events, such as: Food Truck Festivals Beer Gardens
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Site Analysis Urban Plaza • impending redesign of Crown Center streetscape into “urban plaza street section” • will touch and tie into our plan to absorb north lanes of Pershing
Site Analysis Urban Park 1 Inviting Entrance 2 Plaza Space 3 Pavilion • formalize view of downtown while keeping seating casual • ideal seating space for concerts, plays • opportunity for user-defined play and interaction with the lifted ground plane
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Site Analysis Urban Park 1 2 3 4
Inviting Entrance Plaza Space Pavilion Open Lawn • open lawn with a twist (part of pavilion) • user-defined activities • staging for concerts or plays with downtown KC as a backdrop
Site Analysis Urban Plaza 1 2 3 4 5
Inviting Entrance Plaza Space Pavilion Open Lawn Grand Boulevard Corridor • pedestrian corridor • Making Grand Grand development zone • porous edge
Precedents Urban Park
Linear Park San Diego, CA Martha Schwartz Partners
Precedents Urban Park
St. Mary’s Churchyard London, UK Martha Schwartz Partners
Precedents Urban Plaza
WKCDA Arts Pavilion Hong Kong XML Architecture Research Urbanism
Urban Park Thesis
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K R PA
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URBAN PLAZA
Our design divides the park into a northern urban lawn and a southern urban plaza. The centerpiece is a pavilion that acts as a threshold between the two sides, catering to the views on the north and the activity on the south. This will give users a one-of-akind view to downtown and a connection to the southern urban plaza.
Design Diagrams Active Zone
Design Diagrams Passive Zone
Design Diagrams Circulation
Design Explorations Urban Park | Urban Plaza
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Design Explorations Section
Design Drawings Site Plan
Design Drawings Sections
TO UNION STATION
East-West Section
TO WASHINGTON ASHINGTON SQUAR SQUARE PARK + CROWN CENTER 0 2 4
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North- South Plaza Section
PAVILION
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Shading Studies December 21
Shading Studies June 21
Design Drawings Urban Park | Urban Plaza
Design Drawings Urban Plaza
Design Drawings Urban Park | Urban Plaza
Design Drawings Urban Park
Questions Urban Park | Urban Plaza