MORE OF MILL A MASTERPLAN DESIGN PROCESS Though out the semester our group has studied downtown Tempe and analyzed five other cities walkability master plans and consulted with experts. We found there are key connections between design elements and the walkability of a space. These connections are the size of the sidewalks, the amount of pedestrian open space, the diversity of stores and businesses in the area, climate comfort, and pedestrian safety. With this information we formed our walkability master plan and design guidelines for downtown Tempe.
ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING existing parkings
path connections
Opportunities: • Public Life (restaurants, shops, residential, leisure/parks) • Close to campus • Good parking (lots and garages) • Improved coexisting between bikers, cars, and pedestrians • Improve shade • Opportunity for eye catchers and art • Improve seating • Improve night lighting • Improve pedestrian flow in walkways (density)
PEDESTRIAN
Constraints: • • • • • • • • •
Recreation Buisness Mill Ave. Others
region sections
Cars dominate street space High noise pollution Streets get blocked off (events and trains passing through) No separation between cars, bikes, and pedestrians Hot, limited shade (few structures/ Trees) Dull, uninteresting hardscape Poor seating (awkward placing, uncomfortable) Narrow sidewalks irregularly throughout Mill Not enough night lighting (safety/ aesthetic)
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Parking Skatepark Fields Residentials Picnic Area Shops
Scale: 1” = 600’
Scale: 1” = 600’
VEGETATION
Playground Elder Area
PUBLIC USES
Recycling Food Audience Bikes Parking Theatre Scale: 1” = 600’
Scale: 1” = 600’
Pets Area
STUDY AREA MASTERPLAN Living document to be revisted and reanalyzed every five years.
VISION STATEMENT Our vision for the downtown Tempe area is to create a more inviting space by focusing on walkability and lingering. Lively downtown areas need good pedestrian circulation and E Rio Salado Rkwy
vibrant gathering areas. The plan is going to provide space
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students, elderly, disabled, and tourists. We plan to improve
S Mill Ave.
S Ash Ave.
that appeals to a diverse community of families, children,
downtown Tempe by focusing on the experience the users E 5th St
have during both day and night and making that experience
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more pleasant and safer. We are doing this by implementing
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our design goals, objectives, and guidelines where our larger focused areas are lighting, shade, and sitting.
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DESIGN GUIDELINES Boost Walkability by Adding: - Adequate street lighting in lightly walked areas. - Reflective lighting on sidewalks in heavily and medium walked areas. - Lights under trees to light up canopies in heavily walked areas. - Different color lights in heavily and medium walked areas. - Lighted bricks to sidewalks in heavily walked areas. - Shade structures in heavily and medium walked areas. - Deciduous trees in all areas. - Planters with shrubs, perennials, groundcovers and trees in heavily and medium walked areas. - Wall art in heavily walked areas. - Sculptures in heavily walked areas. - Barriers like planters, trees, and vibration strips between pedestrians and cars in heavily and medium walked areas. - Make bike lanes green. - Remove all street side parking in heavily walked areas.
CONCEPT SKETCHES
Better lighting system along the walkway and bike lane
Lighted bricks on both the pathways and the building walls at night time
before
after
Removing the side street park lots and replaced with new bike lanes
Lights underneath the tree in heavily walked area
DAY TIME VIEW
LDE 262: Spring 2016 Design Fundamentals IV
Bike lanes are painted in bright green color for safty
Rotating wall shading structure with benches sitting
Make Lingering Spaces by Adding: - Fixed benches in all areas. - Movable seating in heavy and medium lingered areas. - 3 parklets on Mill Avenue. - Reflective lighting in heavy and medium lingered areas. - Deciduous trees in heavy and medium lingered areas. - Planters with shrubs, perennials, groundcovers and trees in heavily and medium lingered areas. - Drinking fountains in all areas. - Restrooms in heavily lingered areas. - Trash cans and recycling bins in all areas. - Barriers like planters, trees, and vibration strips between pedestrians and cars in all areas.
NIGHT TIME VIEW
Students: Jiajin Chen, Tian Fang, Andrew Miller, Mariah Runnels Instructor: Coseo, Fish Ewan