Design Group 2

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

N A B

K R PA

R U

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