Revealed: Proposal for pedestrian-friendly Arsht Center plaza
Design features cascading waterfall and wide pedestrian spaces
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Revealed:
Proposal for pedestrian-friendly Arsht Center plaza
Design features cascading waterfall
and wide pedestrian spaces
REVEALED: PROPOSAL FOR
PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY ARSHT CENTER PLAZA
DESIGN FEATURES CASCADING WATERFALL AND
WIDE PEDESTRIAN SPACES
On
the eve of transportation officials accepting bids for the I-395
redevelopment project, a nonprofit agency has unveiled its design of a
walkable public space that would sit under the project’s “signature
bridge” near the Arsht Center.
The proposal boasts a public plaza complete with wide open spaces, a
cascading V-shaped waterfall, interactive play areas and valet parking
service. It was created by PlusUrbia, who was commissioned by the
nonprofit
Town Square Neighborhood Redevelop Corp. in partnership with Miami’s Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.
An aerial view of the parking lot where the plaza would be built
Currently, I-395 crosses over Biscayne Boulevard with a low-hanging
span. The Florida Department of Transportation is soliciting builds to
rebuild that span into a
$600 million “signature bridge” high above Biscayne.
Part of the request for bids is to develop an aesthetically pleasing
public space below the bridge, which is currently a surface parking lot
owned by Miami-Dade County.
The partnership’s hope is that their vision will be brought to life
through the winning bidder, said attorney Alan Fein, chair of the Arsht
Center’s Board of Directors.
“In advance of the I-395 Reconstruction RFP advertisement, we wanted
to share our vision of what the street-level experience could be,” said
real estate heavyweight Armando Codina, who is Town Square’s
chairperson, in a statement. “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity
to design the signature structural bridge and the area under the highway
in a way that historically changes the downtown Miami landscape for the
better.” —
Sean Stewart-Muniz
- See more at:
http://therealdeal.com/miami/2016/01/29/revealed-proposal-for-new-pedestrian-friendly-arsht-center-plaza/#sthash.6vJo9v2z.dpuf
On the eve
of transportation officials accepting bids for the I-395 redevelopment project,
a nonprofit agency has unveiled its design of a walkable public space that
would sit under the project’s “signature bridge” near the Arsht Center.
The proposal
boasts a public plaza complete with wide open spaces, a cascading V-shaped
waterfall, interactive play areas and valet parking service. It was created by
PlusUrbia, who was commissioned by the nonprofit Town Square Neighborhood Redevelop Corp. in partnership
with Miami’s Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.
An aerial
view of the parking lot where the plaza would be built Currently,
I-395 crosses over Biscayne Boulevard with a low-hanging span. The Florida
Department of Transportation is soliciting builds to rebuild that span into a $600 million “signature bridge” high above Biscayne.
Part of the
request for bids is to develop an aesthetically pleasing public space below the
bridge, which is currently a surface parking lot owned by Miami-Dade County.
The
partnership’s hope is that their vision will be brought to life through the
winning bidder, said attorney Alan Fein, chair of the Arsht Center’s Board of
Directors.
“In advance
of the I-395 Reconstruction RFP advertisement, we wanted to share our vision of
what the street-level experience could be,” said real estate heavyweight
Armando Codina, who is Town Square’s chairperson, in a statement. “This is a
once in a lifetime opportunity to design the signature structural bridge and
the area under the highway in a way that historically changes the downtown
Miami landscape for the better.” — Sean Stewart-Muniz
Revealed: Proposal for pedestrian-friendly Arsht Center plaza
Design features cascading waterfall and wide pedestrian spaces
- See more at:
http://therealdeal.com/miami/2016/01/29/revealed-proposal-for-new-pedestrian-friendly-arsht-center-plaza/#sthash.3NjLMn2l.dpuf
