Lee Bailey | LEED Green Associate Environmental Planning + Design Portfolio Selected works 2013-2015 1067 College Station Rd Athens GA, 30605 706.318.0915 rbaile29@gmail.com baileydesignplanning.com
About Me I am always fascinated with cities. I have seen many cities throughout the world and each one has something that makes them unique. Each place comes with its own story on how it came to be. Not all stories are successful, but that is where people like me come in. As an urban planner I seek to solve the problems that so many cities come to face. I am passionate about creating solutions that benefit the community as a whole, while adding character and charm to designs. My experiences and education have given me the ability to be a professional with a diverse set of skills. I am confident that I am able to undertake any projects that come my way, and I look forward to the challenge.
CONTENTS
Redevelopment of the Prince Avenue Corridor Ideas of Community - Spring 2014
University of Georgia West Campus Plan Environmental Design Studio - Summer 2014
Transit Oriented Community Development Master’s Design Practicum
TOD Rezoning Project: Braves Stadium Area Environmental Design Studio - Spring 2014
Landscape Design and Water Management Representation II - Spring 2015
GIS: Quick Conservation Land Analysis Advanced GIS - Fall 2013
Sketches
Photography
Redevelopment of the Prince Avenue Corridor Ideas of Community - Spring 2014
Prince Avenue is one of Athens-Clarke County’s most significant community corridors. Prince Avenue extends westward from the northwest corner of Downtown Athens to the SR10 Loop. This corridor is facing significant development pressures in the near term. The inevitable growth in these areas needs to be guided by programs and policies designed to produce future sustainable residential and commercial development, and to protect natural and cultural resources. The goal of the study is to create an initial assesment of the area and develop recommendations that will help community development.
Assessments • Sharp contrast between well preserved historical buildings (Victoria/Southern Plantation Style) and minimum detailed facade of commercial and municipal buildings • Varying setbacks for both historical residential and commercial buildings • Minimum topographic changes create an easily walkable area • Street trees create a pleasant atmosphere. However, they are not consistent throughout the area. Creating pockets of pleasant areas.
Site Street Road Closure
Redevelop to Remove Setbacks
University of Georgia West Campus Plan
Environmental Design Studio - Summer 2014 *Master Plan developed by a five person team. My duties included : Environmental Assessment, Phase I, and Illustrations
The University of Georgia, is the United States’ oldest publicly chartered universities. Significant growth throughout the mid-to late twentieth century has solidified it’s status as Georgia’s largest institution of higher learning with 35,000 students. The focus of the plan is the area known as Baxter Hill residential community. In spite of the area’s high density of residential, recreational, and learning spaces, construction of its buildings and landscapes has spanned a period of more than fifty years, resulting in a lack of connectivity. Downtown Athens
Study Area
UGA Main Campus
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The site holds numerous opportunities to improve its accessibility, circulation, and value as a “campus downtown”. This study examined the existing conditions of the study site and its relationship to its surroundings. A series of changes are proposed and intended to unite the site’s many elements and augment its livability for its student residents as well as commuters, facaulty, and staff.
Existing Conditions
Phase I
Concept Plan
Existing Building
Goal: Create an urban wall along Baxter Street that defines the campus boundary. This construction will add student residential rooms and this additional student housing will enable the renovation of existing residential buildings during later phases. Construction at the southwest corner of Baxter Street and Cloverhurst Avenue
• The original dining commons will be demolished after the completion of new dining commons • The replacement building will be four stories with the slope of Baxter street creating a split level design. The bottom floor will act as student service offices with the remaining floors being student housing • The building has the potential of being a mix residential and commercial. The ground level spaces facing Baxter street could consist of stores and offices to support the students and a growing community.
Proposed Construction Student Mixed Use
Renovation of Mell and Lipscomb Halls
• The two buildings will be connected with a four-story addition. • The area created between the two buildings may be graded to create a plaza for use by students in place of the steep slope that currently separates the buildings.
Additional Changes
• Tanyard Creek Restoration • Student Plaza Addition • Baxter Street Enhancements • Baxter Hill Pedestrian and Biking Corridor
Phase II • Housing Renovations
Phase III • Addition to Church and Boggs Hall • Construction of secondary student sports facility • Incorporate Legion Pool into the new sports facility • Future Opportunities • Student Plaza addition to Bolton replacement housing
Final Site Plan
Transit Oriented Community Development Master’s Design Practicum
IF YOU BUILD IT: IMPLEMENTING PRINCIPLES OF TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE TURNER FIELD NEIGHBORHOODS
The neighborhoods surrounding Turner Field struggle to meet the same economic development as other neighborhoods within Atlanta. With the departure of the Atlanta Braves from Turner Field in 2016, the future of the area is in question. Before Atlanta’s “Stadium Era”, the neighborhoods of Summerhill, Peoplestown, and Grant Park were a mix of residential and businesses. These neighborhoods were considered some of the most coveted areas in the city of Atlanta. Now, through historically misguided planning practices these neighborhoods watched as Atlanta became an international city on the shoulders of neighborhoods sacrificed in the name of progress. My design practicum focused on how best practices of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) can be implemented within the adjacent communities of the Turner Field Site in Atlanta, Georgia. With the creation of the Atlanta Streetcar system and a proposed route that would service the Turner Field Site and its adjacent neighborhoods, projects proposed within the site should follow the guidelines of TOD.
Study Area
Summerhill Grant Park
Recommendations Made:
• Streetcar Route Extension • Balance Revitalization with Affordable Housing • Strategic Planning • Georgia Avenue Redevelopment • Street Redesign & Water Management
Peoplestown
Urban TOD vs Neighborhood TOD
Study Area Streetcar Routes
Capital/Georgia Avenue Beltline Route
Walkability Areas
Urban TOD Station Neighborhooh TOD Station Streetcar Route Transit Oriented Development
Gateway Area Secondary Area Parks Atlanta Beltline 0
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The Urban TODs will be the nucleus of the mixed use commercial that will support the surrounding communities. These areas require the demand and density of the entire community. Therefore, the guidelines placed on the Neighborhood TODs should focus more on residential than commercial to prevent competition with the commercial focused Urban TODs. Neighborhood TODs should have a residential and local-serving shopping focus. This local shopping focus is to provide the community with essentials and gathering places without causing less demand for the commercial uses within the Urban TOD. Neighborhood TODs are important in providing affordable communities by promoting a variety of housing types to a diverse population.
Proposed Streetcar Route
Cabbagetown Oakland Cemetary
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Capital Gateway
Glenwood Park Maynard Jackson High School
Grant Park Parkside Elementary Phase 1
The Urban TODs create the density and job generation needed to support the future extension of the rail systems into the surrounding community. The route within the community should not be considered as one project, but several phases.
Phase 2 Phase 3 Beltline Route
An additional continuation of the route would run directly through Grant Park. The sloping topography of Grant Park means the streetcar tracks would come into Grant Park at grade and be-come elevated as Grant Park slops downward. By having the tracks elevated, there is less disturbance to the park and an added safety measure for pedestrians within the park. The stations will be located outside of Grant Park for security purposes.
Civic Buildings and Mixed Use
The Georgia Hill Branch is a part of the Atlanta Public Library System. This is a key civic building that will have more importance and impact on the community as a TOD develops. However, the current building does not match the description of prominence and importance. The Georgia Hill Branch should be razed and rebuilt within a mixed use development to match future densities and development practices of TOD. The public library would be relocated within a mixed use building along Georgia Avenue. The office space would be included to fill in the remaining floors above the library. The remaining sections of the building are multi-income residential units with retail on the ground floor.
The street networks should create a safer and more pedestrian friendly atmosphere. Narrow road design slows traffic but creates an area were bicycles can work together with cars. Local streets should connect neighborhoods to neighborhoods instead of wide expressways moving cars from place to place.
Narrowing lanes also allows space for landscaping, bicycle access, and on street parking. Minimum street dimensions are intended to make streets more intimate in scale while still providing the requirements for vehicle access.
TOD Rezoning Project: Braves Stadium Area Environmental Design Studio - Spring 2014
Study Area Proposed Braves Stadium and Development
The Atlanta Braves baseball team will be relocating within this project study area starting in 2017. The Braves are proposing a mixed use development around the stadium to create a live, work, play feel. The goal of this project is to continue the idea of the Braves mixed use ideas with a Transit Oriented Design what will Support even larder densities and mixed use developments.
Residential District Commercial/ Office District
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Regional Multi-modal Station
Multi-Model Stations to support increased densities in the local area. Facility would also support connections via Metro Atlanta Regional Transportation Area (MARTA) and surrounding states.
Street Car To Smyrna
Marta to Marietta
MARTA Line Street Car Line Hwy 41 Study Boundary Street Car Stops
Proposed Rail System
A proposed streetcar route will allow for easier mobility and higher densites. The route would connect the walkability zones, as well as create a connection to the new stadium and multi-modal station.
Road Changes
Relocating Hwy 41 will move traffic away from the stadium and facilitate a larger walkable mixed use area. Proposed Hwy 41 Current Hwy 41 Study Boundary
Current Greenspace 359 Acres
520 Acres
Proposed 161 Acres
Building Footprints 473 Acres
Future Zoning Changes
No Change Residential Commercial Redevelopment High Density Office Residential 70 Units/ Acre
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Mixed Development 35 Units/ Acre
High Density Residential 70 Units/ Acre
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12,788 Current Employees
16,555 Current Study Area
Greenspace
2 Miles
Proposed Population Increase
17,660
9,084
High Density Office/Residential
High Density Residential
8,087 Mixed Use:
Landscape Design and Water Management Representation II - Spring 2015
GIS: Quick Conservation Land Analysis Advanced GIS - Fall 2013
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hroughout the United States, valuable ecological habitats are being destroyed or threatened by urban development pressures. As projected populations in areas across the United States continue to rise, it will only bring increasing stressors to the natural environment. The Quick Land Conservation Assessment (qLCA) is an analysis tool that can be used across the United States to estimate ecological value within areas of rapid projected population growth. A group of 15 counties were chosen that make up the east-northeast section of metro Atlanta.
2010 Population
Kernel Population Density
Population High Density
Census 2010 Block Groups Total Population 0 - 65 66 - 228 229 - 529 530 - 1014
Low Density
1015 - 3000
Counties
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Final Analysis
Population Road Protected Lands Percent Forested Stream Crossings
qLCA Model Builder
Sketches
Photography