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Arlington County
Courthouse Square Planning and Urban Design Study
26 March 2014
Cooper, Robertson & Partners Architecture, Urban Designwith Buro Happold, HR&A, Kimley –Horn, Nelson Nygaard, & Tactical Aesthetics
PROJECT SCOPE
GOAL:
TO CREATE A VISION FOR NEW PUBLIC SPACE AND POTENTIAL NEW DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT SCOPE
TEAM LED BY COOPER ROBERTSON & PARTNERS
DESIGN WORK ORGANIZED AROUND 5 SCOPE TOPICS:
1. CULTURAL RESOURCES – SUPPORTED BY TACTICAL AESTHETICS
2. CIRCULATION – SUPPORTED BY NELSON NYGAARD + KIMLEY HORN
3. BUILDING LOCATION & DESIGN – SUPPORTED BY HR & A + BURO HAPPOLD
4. OPEN SPACE
5. SUSTAINABILITY – SUPPORTED BY BURO HAPPOLD
STUDY SCHEDULE
TONIGHT'S EVENT
TABLE LAYOUT WITH DESIGNATED TOPICS
ANALYSIS OVERVIEW
1. Cultural Resources
2. Circulation
3. Building Location and Design
4. Open Space
5. Sustainability
CULTURAL RESOURCES
CULTURAL RESOURCES
HISTORY:
PLACE TO WORK/LIVE
AGRICULTURE
CIVIC HUB
SOILDER TREE MOTHER TREE
FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN INVESTMENT BUILDING
LANDMARKS:
CLIFF GARTEN
SEED-TIMES SQUARE
JAMES HUNTER PARK
ROSEN QUERALT CULTIVUS LOCI
CULTURAL RESOURCES
PUBLIC ART: ENGAGE AND EDUCATE
CIRCULATION
CIRCULATION
THE BOW-TIE:A DENSE TRANSIT NODE
CIRCULATION
AUTO SURFACE
• LARGE CONCENTRATIONS OF ASPHALT BECOME DIFFICULT FOR PEDESTRIANS TO TRAVERSE.
BUILDING LOCATION AND DESIGN
BUILDING DESIGN AND LOCATION
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE
BUILDING LOCATION AND DESIGN
ACTIVE STREET FRONTAGE
EXISTING FRONTAGE
FUTURE FRONTAGE
SERVICES
RESTAURANT/BAR
RETAIL
OPEN SPACE
OPEN SPACE
MANY TYPES OF OPEN SPACE
OPEN SPACE
TOPOGRAPHY CHALLENGES
OPEN SPACE
TOPOGRAPHY OPPORTUNITIES
SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK
SUSTAINABILITY
DISTRICT ENERGY NETWORK
WHAT DOES COURTHOUSE SQUARE WANT TO BE?
PUBLIC SPACE EXAMPLES
ROCKEFELLER CENTERNEW YORK, NY
CANAL PARKWASHINGTON, DC
SPEAKER’S CORNERLONDON, UK
ZUCCOTTI PARKNEW YORK, NY
PIAZZA NAVONAROME, IT
PIONEER COURTHOUSE SQUARE, PORTLAND, OR
HARVARD SCIENCE PLAZABOSTON, MA
ST. ELIZABETH’S GATEWAYWASHINGTON, DC
PLACE DES VOSGESPARIS, FR
POST OFFICE SQUAREBOSTON, MA
PIAZZA DEL CAMPOSIENA, IT
FOUNTAIN SQUARECINCINNATI, OH
Arlington County
Courthouse Square Planning and Urban Design Study
26 March 2014
Cooper, Robertson & Partners Architecture, Urban Designwith Buro Happold, HR&A, Kimley –Horn, Nelson Nygaard, & Tactical Aesthetics