THE ASBURY PARK TRANSIT VILLAGE COULD CONNECT PEOPLE, BUILD A COMMUNITY, AND PROMOTE LOCAL BUSINESSES?
CENTRAL PLAZA VIEW OF NEW ASBURY PARK TRANSIT VILLAGE AT COOKMAN AVENUE EXTENSION, LOOKING WEST
TOTAL BUILT AREA: 486,334 S.F. (N.I.C. PARKING)
TOTAL PARKING AREA: 323,800 S.F
TOTAL SITE AREA: 310,690 S.F (GROUND COVER)
335,174 S.F. FOR HOTEL, RESIDENTIAL, AND COMMERCIAL USE
73,130 S.F. PRIME RETAIL SPACE
64,700 S.F. NEW CITY HALL
11,350 S.F. TRAIN AND BUS STATION
1,090 PARKING SPACES
150,000+ S.F. IN PUBLIC OPEN SPACE AND CULTURAL VENUES
PROGRAM AND MASSING SUMMARY MAINST.
COOKMANAVE.
MEMORIALDR.
SPRINGWOODAVE.
DESIGN NARRATIVE
WHAT IF...
PURPOSEFUL DEVELOPMENT COULD ANCHOR THE CITY AND FOSTER ITS AUTHENTIC CULTURE?
The City of Asbury Park is a jewel of the Jersey Shore – a vibrant and unique community with a year-round love of the outdoors, the boardwalk, and the beach. The people are a wonderful and distinctive blend of full-time residents, seasonal locals, out-of-town transplants, and big city vacationers. The City itself is flush with unique experiences; a local bar with a popular dog-friendly policy and a barbershop merged with a motorcycle club – we call these crash points.
We want to take these crash points, turn them into experiences, and connect the experiences to Asbury’s natural and built environment. Greenery is vital to the project, and with this in mind we will seamlessly weave the wild and the built into a verdant hub of activity.
We are proposing to extend Cookman Avenue through the site, unifying the east and west sides of town and making the city whole.
By focusing Asbury Park’s diverse and authentic culture we propose to create a community instead of a master plan.
Project Highlights:
1. Extend Cookman Avenue to the West Side
2. Preserve the existing rain garden and create 151,000 S.F. of new green space
3. Provide 1,090 parking spaces
4. Create a green gateway to the city
ASBURY PARK’S BOARDWALK IN THE 1900’S AND THE 2000’S
INTRODUCTION
DESIGN NARRATIVE SITE LOCATION INSPIRATION PRECEDENTS: “WHAT IF...”
DESIGN PROCESS PEOPLE
GENERAL PROGRAM PROGRAM AND EXPERIENCES SITE EXPERIENCES
DESIGN CONCEPT AND PROGRAM ORGANIZATION CONCEPT DIAGRAM
PROJECT MASSING DETAILED PROGRAM
SITE PLAN AND DIAGRAMS
SITE PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN LOWER LEVEL PLAN
SITE CIRCULATION
SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES
ELEVATIONS AND PROJECT IMAGES
PLAZA RENDERING - CENTRAL VIEW MAIN STREET ELEVATION - LOOKING WEST COOKMAN AVENUE EXTENSION ELEVATION - LOOKING SOUTH
APPENDIX
APPENDIX A: SITE INFORMATION TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS AND MIX USED PROJECTS APPENDIX B: ASBURY
COOKMAN AVENUE’S CULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL OFFERINGS
INSPIRATION PRECEDENTS
ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE MERGE AND AN OUTDOOR COMMUNITY THRIVES?
INSPIRATION PRECEDENTS
HYBRID SPACES COULD INDULGE A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AND TASTES? WHAT IF...
RESTAURANTS AND FINE DINING
FOOD TRUCKS BAKERIES AND CAFES
NIGHTLIFE AND BARS
ART GALLERY AND FARMERS MARKET
INSPIRATION PRECEDENTS
THE LANDSCAPE WAS THE MEDIUM FOR DESIGN AND GREEN SPACES PROLIFERATED?
INTEGRATED BALCONIES AND TERRACES
“GREEN ROOFS” LOCAL MATERIALS VERNACULAR INSPIRED DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE
DYNAMIC PARKING SCREEN
PRECEDENT PROJECTS
WHAT IF...
THE TRANSIT HUB ADOPTS A PROGRESSIVE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE AND BECOMES A LANDMARK OF THE JERSEY SHORE?
78-84 RAINY STREET, AUSTIN, TEXAS. US
ROSKILDE STATION, ROSKILDE, DENMARK
PLAZA SALTILLO, AUSTIN, TEXAS. US
DESIGN PROCESS
OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE A COMMUNITY, NOT A MASTER PLAN.
THE DESIGN ACHIEVES THIS BY FOSTERING ASBURY PARK’S DIVERSE AND AUTHENTIC CULTURE THROUGH A BLEND OF INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND SPACES DESIGNED TO ATTRACT VISITORS YEAR-ROUND. THE COMMUNITY’S NEEDS COME FIRST AND DEFINE THE DESIGN APPROACH; OUTDOOR SPACES AND AMENITIES ARE VITAL AS IS GREENERY AND INNOVATIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
KEEP ASBURY GREEN AND KEEP ASBURY WEIRD.
SEASONAL VISITORS
WE STRIVE TO CREATE A FLEXIBLE YEAR-ROUND DESTINATION AND MIXED-USE COMMUNITY FINELY TUNED TO THE NEEDS OF LOCALS AND VISITORS ALIKE
EXTEND COOKMAN AVENUE AND ITS THRIVING RETAIL SCENE, BRIDGE THE CITY, AND BUILD A BUZZING SOCIAL HUB
ICE-CREAM TRUCK
DOG PARK
CAFE & BAKERY
BIKE SHOP-BAR
DOG
DESIGN CONCEPT AND PROGRAM ORGANIZATION
GREENERY INFILTRATES EVERY MOMENT TO CREATE A UNIFIED ECOSYSTEM. THE EXISTING RAIN GARDEN MOTIVATES PROGRAMMATIC CHOICES; THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE DOMINATES THE PROJECT.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THOUGHTFUL, SUSTAINABLE, AND RESPONSIBLE DESIGN.
“EXPAND
THE RAIN GARDEN”
PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE RAIN GARDEN AND MULTIPLY THE GREEN AREA THROUGHOUT THE SITE
INCREASE HEIGHT AND DENSITY ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH END
IMAGINE THE SITE AS A UNIFIED LANDSCAPE AND ECOSYSTEM
EXTENDED THE URBAN GRID INTO THE SITE AND CREATE PUBLIC OPEN SPACES AND GARDENS
INTRODUCE PROGRAM AND INCORPORATE URBAN SCALE MIX BETWEEN LANDSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURE CREATE AN EXPERIENCE DRIVEN SITE
CONCEPTUAL MASSING:
THE VILLAGE IS A COLLECTION OF VARIED AND COMPLEMENTARY ARCHETYPES. THERE ARE RESIDENTIAL TERRACES AND COMMERCIAL SPACES, CIVIC BUILDINGS AND OPEN PLAZAS, AND A TRANSPORT HUB AND COMMUNAL GARDEN. ALL OF THIS IS BROUGHT TOGETHER THROUGH A COMMITMENT TO GREENERY AND VEGETATION. THE INTENT IS TO MIRROR THE CITY’S VARIETY AND CHARM ON A MICRO SCALE.
PROJECT MASSING AND “THE URBAN
DUNES”
NATURALLY-OCCURRING DUNES ANCHOR LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS BY OFFERING THRIVING HABITATS FOR NATIVE FLORA AND FAUNA.
THE SLOPING STRUCTURES ON THE SITE’S EAST AND WEST SIDES – THE URBAN DUNES – MIMIC THIS EFFECT IN SHAPE AND IN PURPOSE. THE DUNES ARE TOPPED WITH VEGETATION HELPING TIE THE PROJECT TO ASBURY’S UNIQUE BEACH AND OUTDOOR CULTURE WHICH, WHEN COUPLED WITH THE SITE’S PROGRAMMING, WILL CREATE A CENTERPIECE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
MAINST.
COOKMANAVE.
MEMORIALDR. SPRINGWOODAVE.
DETAILED PROGRAM
SUB-GRADE PARKING GARAGE
SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES
HEATING/COOLING
S.F.
46,035 S.F. PHOTOVOLTAICS
TERRACE SUMMER
TERRACE WINTER
104,262 S.F.
PERMEABLE PAVING
8,000 S.F.
RAIN GARDEN
ELEVATIONS AND PROJECT IMAGE
THE DESIGN IS A MANIFESTATION OF THE COMMUNITY’S VARIED NEEDS. THROUGH THE BLENDING OF THE RAIN GARDEN AND URBAN DUNES WITH LAYERS OF GREENERY, USABLE OUTDOOR SPACE IS MAXIMIZED. SIMILARLY, THE EXTENSION OF COOKMAN AVENUE WILL SPUR FURTHER ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION, BRINGING PEOPLE TO THE AREA. TERRACES WITH HANGING GARDENS AND A VERDANT CENTRAL PLAZA HIGHLIGHT OUR COMMITMENT THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE.
CENTRAL PLAZA VIEW OF NEW ASBURY PARK TRANSIT VILLAGE AT COOKMAN AVENUE EXTENSION, LOOKING WEST
MAIN STREET ELEVATION
COOKMAN AVE.
SPRINGWOOD AVE.
RAIN GARDEN
URBAN DUNE AMPHITHEATER
COOKMAN AVENUE EXTENSION
COOKMAN AVE.
BANGS AVE.
MAIN STREET ELEVATION
SPRINGWOOD AVE.
COOKMAN AVE.
BANGS AVE.
VERTICAL GARDENS
TERRACES AND BALCONIES
PLAZA AND CITY HALL
COOKMAN AVENUE ELEVATION
MAIN STREET
MEMORIAL DRIVE
APPENDIX
APPENDIX A
LOCATION
ASBURY PARK
Asbury Park is a city in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, located on the Jersey Shore and part of the New York City Metropolitan Area.
CIVIC CORE/CITY HALL AND TRAIN STATION PARCEL
The site is a 191,300 sq. ft. lot located between Bangs and Springwood Avenues (North/South) and Memorial Drive and Main Street (East/West).
The City’s municipal and police operations are located on the site in an two story structure, together with a surface parking lot and the City’s Transportation Center which services both an active rail station (approx. 800 daily riders) and bus route junction. The Site is roughly 191,300 square feet with approximately 750 linear feet of frontage on Highway 71.
BY CAR:
APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES FROM NYC VIA RT 66.
BY TRAIN:
APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS FROM NYC VIA NEW JERSEY TRANSIT.
Transit Oriented Developments (TOD) provide communities with an alternative to low-density suburban sprawl and automobiledependent land use patterns. TOD seeks to align transit investments with a community’s vision for how it wants to grow, creating “livable” mixed-use, denser, walkable “transit villages.” A successful TOD will reinforce both the community and the transit system, and be able, without major disruption, to reconnect with the city grid and increase the urban services and city infrastructure.
TODs MAIN PRINCIPLES:
1. Greater density than community average
2. A mix of uses
3. Quality pedestrian environment
4. A defined center
These four principles directly influence the land use, circulation, and design concepts of the new Asbury Park City Hall Parcel Redevelopment and train station, and supported by the Asbury Park Main Street Redevelopment Plan.
BENEFITS OF TOD
1. Providing mobility choices. By creating “activity nodes” linked by transit, TOD provides much needed mobility, including options direct connections from major city centers (NY and NJ)
2. Increasing public safety. By creating active places, which are busy through the day and evening and providing “eyes on the street”, TOD helps increase safety for pedestrians, transit users, and many others..
3. Reducing air pollution and energy consumption rates. By providing safe and easy pedestrian access to transit, TOD can lower rates of air pollution and energy consumption.
4. Helping protect existing single-family neighborhoods. TOD directs higher density development to appropriate areas near transit, thereby reducing pressure to build higher density development adjacent to existing single-family neighborhoods.
5. Playing a role in economic development. TOD is increasingly used as a tool to help revitalize aging downtowns and declining urban neighborhoods and to enhance tax revenues for local jurisdictions.
6. Contributing to more affordable housing. TOD can add to the supply of affordable housing by providing lower-cost and accessible housing, and by reducing household transportation expenditures. It was recently estimated that housing costs for land and structures can be significantly reduced through more compact growth patterns.
7. Decreasing local infrastructure costs. Depending on local circumstances, TOD can help reduce infrastructure costs (such as for water, sewage, and roads) to local governments and property owners by up to 25 percent through more compact and infill development.
OVERALL VISION, GOALS & OBJECTIVES
ASBURY PARK MAIN STREET REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
• Promote movement between the east and west sides through pedestrian friendly streets.
• Encourage pedestrian activity and implement physical improvements to the street and sidewalks to make them safer and easier to use.
• Improve Transportation Center and City Hall access and usability.
• Reinvent the Street as a vital link to other major corridors and parts of the City.
• Identify appropriate uses for the corridor.
• Improve parking.
• Create appropriate design guidelines.
• Include the drafting of zoning regulations and traffic calming measures that will improve safety, particularly for pedestrians.
• Ensure compliance with the State Highway Access Management Code.
CIVIC CORE / SOUTH GATE
This section of the Redevelopment Area contains the Municipal Building, Transportation Center, Post Office, and a number of businesses. It is also the south entrance into Asbury Park. The buildings in this section of Main Street are primarily two to three stories tall. New buildings will have a strong presence and utilize innovative designs while respecting local architecture like the Post Office. Other improvements to consider include a redesign of Main Street Plaza and Post Office Plaza to public green space and an improved Transportation Center.
GOALS & OBJECTIVES
• Municipal Building Redeveloped - a transit oriented development including a new structure for the cities civic needs, new buildings with ground floor retail, upper-floor offices and residential units, and well-disguised parking.
• The Beacon Project - one of the tallest buildings to include a iconic, lighted beacon.
• Block 108 Redevelopment/Main Street Plaza Project - develop Block 108 (currently green space) into a mixed-use structure. Convert remaining space at Municipal Building Redevelopment into public plaza.
• Block 106 Redevelopment - develop mixed use structure, move Public Works facilities to Block 35.
• Block 79 & Block 105 Redevelopment - redeveloped with multi-story structures containing retail and offices uses.
• Post Office Plaza Project - space along main street to be an active and accessible public space.
• South Gateway Project - a gateway structure on Main Street designed by a team of landscape architects and local artists and vetted through a community process.
• Post Office Lighting Project - architectural accent lighting treatment on the Post Office to enhance its appearance at night.
