A view of the pedestrian and bicycle "eco-arm", with community focused retail set within a mini native botanic garden. Collaboration with Carey Bergey.
Round 1 masterplan for the neighborhood of Cedars. A new landscape "connective tissue" is integrated into the existing city grid. Collaboration with Maritza Mercado.
The masterplan is anchored by a linear park connecting South Dallas with Downtown. The linear park is part of the larger green network.
The green network provides the medium for stormwater collection, public space, and pedestrian and bicycle paths. Overlaps with the existing road and transportation infrastructure create dynamic and connected spaces.
The layers of the plan.
The plan provides new walkable connections and destinations for residents and visitors. A collaboration with Maritza Mercado.
For this stage of the competition, we were given a 20-acre development site surrounding the Dallas light-rail stop and asked to create a proposal that fit into our original concept.
This development is focused around a central public space and three open space “arms” that connect the site to the larger green network and the rest of the neighborhood. Collaboration with Carey Bergey.
A view of the "activity-arm", a linear park with playgrounds and ball courts, flanked by residential housing.
A view of the pedestrian "retail arm": destination retail and entertainment with residential above. Collaboration with Carey Bergey.
Interchange
ULI Urban Design Competition Finalist
“Interchange” turns the word’s meaning from its car-centric, space-wasting, and neighborhood-dividing connotations to a holistic vision of cultural, economic, and ecological living and working environments.
Anchored by a linear park connecting South Dallas with Downtown, a landscape “connective tissue” is layered over the street grid to provide bicycle and pedestrian pathways, manage stormwater, introduce public open space, and encourage dense mixed-use development.
Our teams original proposal was selected as one of four finalists out of 96 entries from around the country. For this stage of the competition, we were given a 20-acre development site surrounding the Dallas light-rail stop and asked to create a proposal that fit into our original concept.
In our proposal, development is sparked by capitalizing on the burgeoning artist and entrepreneur community in South Dallas. Live/Work, flexible office, and civic gathering space are provided to serve and catalyze this community. As the community grows, additional housing types and amenities are added.
This development is focused around a central public space and three open space “arms” that connect the site to the larger green network and the rest of the neighborhood. In each other these open spaces, stormwater is collected, exposed, and recycled into water features, native plantings create cooling microclimates, and dedicated bicycle lanes encourage sustainable transportation.
Jan2008
Academic
Competition
Urban Land Institute/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competiton
Collaborators
- Maritza Mercado
- Carrie Bergey
- Christina Szczepanski
- Hernaldo Mendoza Flores
Downloads
- ULI Round 1 Boards (13.7 MB)
- ULI Finals Boards (45.7 MB)