Download - final project packet
C. Erich EibenLA 4002Matt Tucker & Matt Davis8 May 2012
UPTOWN: in south minneapolis
a site analysis,design suggestion,and a proposed planby:
UPTOWN: Site Analysis
General Zoning
6 AM > 10 AM
10 AM > 2 PM
2 PM > 4 PM
4 PM > 8 PM
8 PM > 10 PM
10 PM > 2 AM
Morning walkers, bikers, work com-muters
Lunch
Post-lunch
Pre-dinner & Dinner
Post-dinner
Bars
20 20-50
5-10 25-40
15-50 25-30
20 25-40
15-50 25-35
15-50 25
Est. Count
Req. Seating
Green Space
Gather Space
Safety Concern
Apx. Age
Open Space
Retail Opportunity
Linear Path
Weekend Traffic
“Tourists”
A Day in UPTOWN
Landscape Social
Urban Context & Similar Nodes
UPTOWN
Miles
0 2 4 6 8 10
DowntownMPLS
NortheastMPLS
Dinkytown
W Grand AveSt Paul
Excelsior +Grand
Site Context
Hennepin
Lyndale
Lagoon8 Acres
Lake
Residential 40%Commercial 25%Surface Parking 25%Green Space 5%
Industrial &Institutional 5%
Pedestrian Wayfinding Lighting
Formal Entrance
Ped X-ing
Ped Traffic
Light Gradient
Land Value Stormwater Management
High Land Value
Impervious
Vegetation
Open Green Space
Program Estimates:
Formal Entrance(s):Plaza:Seating (20):Trash Cans:Bike Racks:Rain Garden(s):Open Green space:Community Space:Linear Paths:Retail:
Est. Total Space:
10,000 ft210,000 ft25,000 ft2100 ft2150 ft2
5,000 ft240,000 ft225,250 ft210,000 ft220,000 ft2
130,000 ft2
UPTOWN: Design Suggestions
As Open Green Space1
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As a Commercial Park2
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UPTOWN: Final Proposed Plan
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Site Plan
Open Turf
Stage &Moss Garden
Stage SeatingFull-Sun Test Rain Gardens Core 10 Steel Planters300 & 600 ft2
Shade Test Rain Garden
Core 10 Steel Planters1500 ft2
Nature WalkPath Gravel
8% Slope max
CVS
Terraced Planter
Lattice
4%
Syrupus MaximusCoffee and CakesElevator Access
Public Viewing Deck
Maple GroveNo Understory
Buzza Building
9%
9%
Midtown GreenwayAcess
Dupo
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Colf
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Sleepy Hill
Circulation StormwaterSite Program
Sorghastrum nutans Indian Grass 4-6’Sporoblus heterolepis Prarie Dropseed 2-3’Iris vesicolor Northern Blue Flag 2-3’Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower 3-4’Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot 3-4’Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Flower 2-3’
Acorus calamus Sweet Flag 2-3’Polemonium reptans Jacob’s Ladder 1-2’Vernonia fasciculata Ironweed 4-6’Zizia aurea Golden Alexander 1-2’
Acer saccharum ‘Fall Fiesta’ Sugar Maple 50-75’Acer saccharum ‘Green Mtn’ Sugar Maple 50-75’Acer rubrum ‘Autmn Radience’ Red Maple 60’Acer rubrum ‘Schleshingeri’ Red Maple 60-70’
Bryum argenteum Common Urban Moss 2000 ft2Poa pratensis ‘Rampart’ Kentucky Bluegrass 24,000 ft2
Test Rain Gardens: Shade
Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed Lavender 3-4’Chelone glabra Turtlehead 2-3’Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower 2-3’Geum triflorum Prairie Smoke 1-2’
Panicum virgatum Switchgrass 4-6’Schizachyrium scoparius Little Bluestem 2-3’Liatris pycnostachya Prairie Blazing Star 4-6’Lobelia siphilitica Great Blue Lobelia 2-3’
Test Rain Gardens: Sun
Maple Grove:
Ground Cover:
Masonry Retaining Wall 1500 ft2
Smooth Concrete 4800 ft2Slab Slate 1200 ft2Core 10 Steel - 1” thick 1000 lf
Path Gravel - 2” max 3200 ft2Red Oak 2x6 Decking 3200 ft2
Hardscape
Vegetation & Materials
SketchesTrees Planted 10 Years 15 Years 25 Years
Gallons of Syrup / year 12
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