Precedent Studies - Courtyards- Atlanta Diaries
The Atlanta Dairies development in Reynoldstown is a 10-acre, pedestrian-focused, mixed-use adaptive reuse project featuring a 2,200-capacity music venue (The Eastern), dining, specialty retail, and creative office spaces. Centered on a lush courtyard ("The Yard"), it includes renovated historic dairy buildings, apartments, and unique, community-focused spaces like a rooftop bar and fireside seating.
Block parties are held via the central courtyard every other Sunday by the club El Malo (image below). The event creates a large gathering of locals with a line up of DJs. Restaurants and bars open their back doors to foot traffic and allow customers to flow in and out into the central courtyard.
Precedent Studies - Courtyards- Colony Square
Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta is a premier mixed-use development at 14th and Peachtree Streets, featuring nearly 1 million sq ft of Class A office space, a 20,000 sq ft local-focused food hall (Politan Row), 160,000 sq ft of retail/restaurants, 262 luxury residences, a 466-room hotel, and 40,000 sq ft of open-air community greenspace.
The central courtyard is home to community yoga classes, movies “on the green”, smores nights, parades, and many kids events, The surrounding restaurants will host these events and collaborate with vouchers that encourage engagement.
We are showing this hotel as a design precedent to show the importance of branding, and creating an internal and exclusive experience for the guest. The walkways, lobby and courtyard offer a serene moment that makes the guest feel transported to a zen place.
Shops fronting the Beltline
Connecting different programs with a central courtyard and elevated ramps
Elevated ramps can be functional like the Atlanta Diaries precedent (above image) and stylized like the Steven Holl works (images to the right) that can connect different program elements, while creating a moment of the building facade.
Central courtyards can be used for block parties, farmers markets, and other community events. This central space offers a safe and secure third space away from the busy Northside Dr and foot traffic on the Westside Connector beltline trail.
PrecedentStudies-Hotel/ConferenceCenters
TheGeorgiaTechHotelandConferenceCenter
ProgramIncludes:
•252modernguestrooms
•7,260sqftballroomandvarioussmaller,wellequippedmeetingrooms
•on-siterestaurantandanupscalebarandgrill
• 24-hour fitness center, an indoor heated pool The Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center is where innovative conferences thrive and business and sophistication meet. In the heart of Atlanta’s vibrant Technology Square, the only hotel on the Georgia Tech campus offers the perfect blend of a worldclass conference center with the style and convenienceofachiccitycenterhotel.
The courtyard (specifically within the adjacent Global Learning Center) is a secluded outdoor space designed for events, capable of hosting up to 96 people for seated dining or 200 people for a cocktail-style standing reception. It acts as a versatile venue for receptions, breaks, and networking.
The Standard Hotel in NYC
The High Line Dimensions: 30 to 60 feet in width
mile long elevated path
The High Line Pedestrian Pathway/ Bridge connecting pedestrian walkers to the Strand Hotel, while continuing ts path through the hotel.
Grove Park
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Team Page & Talking Points
Overall Corridor Vision
Client Team
Create a new mixed-use urban environment on the west side of Northside Drive serving existing residents, future residents, and Georgia Tech students and faculty.
Develop approximately 4,400 housing units supporting both the local community and Georgia Tech population growth.
Include key uses:
Learning and education
Commercial and retail
Healthcare services
Hospitality
Parking
Green and public spaces
Establish strong connections from Georgia Tech to:
Westside Connector
Atlanta BeltLine
Shirley Franklin Park
Silver Comet / Starlight Trail
Chattahoochee River
Create a Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) anchored at Bankhead MARTA Station.
Trap Music Museum Site + Surrounding
Approx 3 acres of Land area and expansion to 5 acres ( 1.5 million SF development)
Proposed Program
Residential units 600 nos
Hotel program 400- 500 rooms with 150,000 sf amenities
Commercial / retail space 150,000 sf
Cultural and entertainment uses 20,000 sf
Open space and green areas 40,000sf
Parking 250,000sf
Development Considerations
Pedestrian bridge as a key physical and cultural connection between Georgia Tech and the Westside corridor.
Safe and active bridge landing designed for Georgia Tech students.
Align public realm design with Georgia Tech precedents such as campus squares, terraces, and steps near the Physics and academic buildings.
Herman Howard Debmalya Ghsoh
Sahel Ghosh Summer Walker
Evyn Harr s
C ifford Harris
BJ Kerr
Lisa Wardell
Design Team- Tate + Hansen