THE EXHIBIT

ARCH 608 | Fall 2021 | Eddy Tavio

Reimaged 18th St. pedestrian corridor that brings flexible art programming and curation in KCMO.

One of eleven projects proposed in our Transform KC Studio (KC PATH) development proposal for KCMO's 18th St. corridor, pushing for a surge in culture and amusement.

This new mixed-use concept located in the heart of this new district. At the ground level, a large entertainment hall provides public lounging for the increased foot traffic, family-friendly restaurants for the multi-generational crowd to pause for a while strolling through 18th St.

Flexible cross-cultural art program and curation are also present, becoming a new hub for fine arts closer to the downtown KCMO.

The program proposes 129 new residential units, servicing young professionals, to cross-generational tenants. four south-facing community terraces provide great views of the surrounding city and new communal spaces for residents.

Our Transform KC Studio tackles a unique, high-impact area of Kansas City and collectively builds an everevolving large scale model that is used as a tool for conversation and ideation. The broad goal of the studio was to transform 18th Street into a complete pedestrian friendly corridor. This corridor would connect two separated arts communities into one. On one end is the crossroads district where First Fridays exists, and the other end is the jazz district with a rich history. THE EXHIBIT proposal is stationed in the first district, capatilizing on the foot traffic.

A full mid-rise development is just to massive for this current context, so I stereotomically carved away the corner near the corridor, and it becomes striking.

To make the ground level more inviting to the foot traffic while conserving the street front, THE EXHIBITS RELIQUARY is an all accessible display of KC life.

For the tenants, to make up for a lack of existing on-site recreational green space, new exposed outdoor terraces bring a sense of place & community.

To help support and celebrate KC culture, as well as advance the monthly KC Crossroads festival FIRST FRIDAYS into a daily event, THE EXHIBITS RELIQUARY space is dedicated to KC pedestrian life and traffic, with large overhead doors opening the building to its guest with an array of restaurants catering to all folks of life as well as large sculptures as you amble about through the lower indoor plaza.

Exposed outdoor terraces on the highest floors of THE EXHIBITS roof provides a perfect mixture of charming yet modern recreational space for all its tenants.

To bring the fun and pleasure of a trip to the local park or plaza right next to our tenants, while also having the striking advantage of having the best panoramic views of south KC and its surrounding areas.