THE
ARENA DISTRICT: CONNECTIVITY IS KEY TO
COLUMBUS’ DOWNTOWN
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Heinlein
Schrock Sterns, the firm that designed Nationwide Arena, the office building
attached to it and the apartment buildings going up in the district, worked
with the natural landscape and existing buildings to create what Myers calls a
“different, varied and familiar feeling area.”
“Everything
in the district is given equal weight, which allows the 20,000-seat arena to
sit as comfortable and unobtrusive as the smallest office building,” Myers
added. “The throughways in the district carry through on this idea. There are
wide sidewalks and narrow, singular streets laid out in an easy to navigate
grid. This urban village brings together streets, sidewalks, pedestrian plazas
and buildings that all work to enhance and blend in with the surroundings.”
Heinlein
Schrock Stearns kicked off the Arena District by designing an extroverted arena
that features views of the Columbus skyline from within -- and glimpses of the
action going on inside the building that can be viewed from the street outside.
The
Kansas City-based firm has designed the last crucial element of the district: the
Arena Crossing apartment development of 252 units.
Case Study continues tomorrow -- June 21
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