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OL D S ACRAME N T O

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C A P I TA L G A R D E N S

PLAZA of the SIERRAS

TRANSIT PLAZA

CAPITOL PLAZA

SACRAM EN TO

H I G H -5 PA R K S O U T H

Golden State Hig hway

C R O C K E R PA R K

C R O C K E R A R T MU S E U M

Sacramentos Capitol Mall is more than just a street, it is the public space that connects the greatest attractions of the city: the river, the capitol and the historic neighborhoods beyond. We propose a three-fold strategy to transform the Capitol Mall: activate the edges, frame the view, and direct the path. Implementing these strategies will help reveal what is already present in downtown Sacramento: urban civic grandeur. Formal icon, event space, transportation hub, city park, gardens and good urban landscape, the new Capitol Mall becomes a place for any time of day, every day of the year.

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HIGH-5 PARK PLAZA OF THE SIERRAS TRANSIT PLAZA THE CAPITOL

TOWER BRIDGE

KEY DESIGN STRATEGIES

activate the edges

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The Capitol Mall has only a few restaurants, and the proposed civic space is ideally suited for a daily rotation of highquality local food trucks during the work lunch rush, weekly evening street festivals and other special events. According to a recent survey in the Sacramento Bee, residents are clamoring for better dining options. The necessary infrastructure investment is minimal and can be implemented immediately; the City can dramatically increase pedestrian activity simply by repealing current restrictions and issuing more food truck permits.

SACRAMENTO CENTER

PHASE 1: ATTRACT
EVENT PLAZA, TRANSIT AMENITIES, AND LOCAL BUSINESSES
Establish a central event space on the mall, removing curbs and reducing traffic to encourage walking and biking. Create a pedestrian way along 6th Street between L Street and N Street to link Westfield Mall to residential districts. Improve transportation amenities such as light rail information kiosks and bike storage/ rental infrastructure. Temporary infill structures at existing plazas and mobile food infrastructure attract foot traffic and serve as a catalyst for subsequent phases.

Create opportunities for pedestrian activity, for gathering, interacting, and celebrating in underutilized open space. Strategic infill adjacent to existing buildings.

frame the view

episodic progression
Whats a view without viewers? The most valuable urban design element is people. By offering a progression of differing views of the landmark Capitol building, the Capitol Mall becomes a vibrant promenade with a series of unique spaces.

PHASE 2: EXTEND
TRANSIT PLAZA AND CAPITOL CONNECTION
Connect the Capitol grounds with the Event Plaza through landscape improvements, creating a complete promenade from 5th Street to the Capitol. Focus on improving transit, pedestrian and bike connectivity from the surrounding community to the mall. Complete temporary and permanent infill buildings along the mall to strengthen the street edge. The proposed Sacramento Center is a multiuse development to serve the growing needs of tourists and visiting business professionals in downtown Sacramento. As a civic icon for residents that anchors the western gateway of Capitol Mall, the development will contain a cultural facility, with rotating exhibitions showcasing the collections of local museums, as well as gallery space for local artists. The Center also includes an elevated cafe and green roof with outdoor seating with views to the Capitol Building and Tower Bridge.

Emphasize topography representative of geological features of region. Manipulate the ground plane to create opportunities for dynamic views of Capitol building.

CULTURAL FACILITY ARTIST GALLERY RESTAURANT RETAIL HOTEL CONFERENCE ROOMS ROOF DECK + CAFE RESIDENTIAL TOWER

direct the path

curbless appeal
The Capitol Mall should be a civic gathering place first, and traffic thoroughfare second. By reducing lanes of traffic to one in each direction and raising the street level to the curb, this proposal creates a pedestrianfocused civic space.

PHASE 3: ANIMATE
SACRAMENTO CENTER AT 3RD STREET AND HIGH-5 PARK,
Construct an elevated park over I5, completing the promenade and forging a strong link from the Capitol to the riverfront, Crocker Park, and Old Sacramento. Complete development of the multiuse SacramentoCenter at 3rd Street.

Create a continuous pedestrian surface. Unite fragmented pedestrian zones. Widen the pedestrian rightofway to better serve the growing demands of alternative means of transit (walking, bike, rail).

EVENT VIEW

STREET SECTIONS

Capital Gardens
unobstructed long view low trees and plantings curbless connection to sidewalks

Plaza of the Sierras

undulating ground plane episodic and elevated views pullouts along street provide space for event infrastructure

Transit Plaza
hardscaped plaza with transit infrastructure bike storage, newstands, and coffee kiosks wideopen view of capitol down the formal capitol plaza

AN URBAN INCISION
sacramento capitol mall
LAND BRIDGE: creates a connection between both north and south sides, and at the same time keeps the view corridor free through a pinched center ICONIC VISITORS CENTER: forms a connection between the Capitol Mall landscape and the built environment

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The city of Sacramento provides the perfect armature for a truly great civic space. This concept utilizes a textural planning scheme and sculptural landscape intervention to activate the Capitol Mall and transform it into a world-class destination.
CAPITOL MALL INCISIONS: the primary spaces are transformed through incisions into the land

ACTIVATED SECONDARY ZONES: certain roads are closed off and are restructured for pedestrian life in order to create a more continuous Capitol Mall PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES: allows for easy pedestrian crossing over the interstate and creates a connection to the downtown area along the waterfront

Through the use of landscape relief incisions and uplifts, INCISION initially activates the landscape; thus transforming the Mall into a dynamic plane of subtle striations of programmed and un-programmed public spaces, continuous pedestrian circulation paths, water channel features, and civic exploration. Additionally, this theme is applied to a proposed Capitol Mall Visitor Center located between 3rd and 4th Street. The concept behind the Visitor Center uses a similar sculptural incision applied to an iconic built structure that blends interior and exterior space, as well as visually linking itself to the overall Mall aesthetic. By blending landscape and built-form, the visitor is offered a unique experience that encompasses functional programmatic uses and modern landscape spaces. The final major intervention is the re-visioning of the Western edge of the Capital Mall corridor at the transition zone between Old Sacramento, the I-5, and the Capitol Mall itself. The overall scheme proposes to utilize the

Western opportunity sites to create a focal point of public interest to balance and link the overall Mall and Sacramento water front. For this focal point the concept introduces an organic land-bridge that connects two topographic parks that provide a new perspective of the Capitol Mall. This land-bridge discreetly crosses the Capitol Mall merge point with a minimal sculptural profile that offers visitors spectacular vistas of the Capitol building, Waterfront, and the surrounding context. By pinching the crossing and using a slim profile landscape bridge, the land-bridge will blend into the context without blocking Mall views of the Capitol or Tower Bridge. Other strategies being utilized to enhance the overall re-activation of the Capital Mall include revitalizing the urban streetscape along the Capital Mall corridor and INCISION. This is accomplished by reintroducing streetside parking, bike lanes, landscape amenity panels, and other proven urban design elements to improve the density and population usage along the Capitol Mall.

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The combination of these truly unique interventions offer the Capitol Mall new spaces for gathering, leisure, exploration, exercise, and experience that will attract regional, national, and global attention from a diverse group of interests.

View Toward Capitol (above)

1. VISION
KNIT THE CITY

greater than the sum of its parts

Re-routing East-West vehicular traffic out of the Mall and into L and N street, reclaims the shaded perimeter of the Mall for pedestrian circulation. Social infrastructure is woven into the larger, existing systems of movement, enabling a new exchange between public and private activities. Prioritizing pedestrian space designates the Mall as a place for people, creating opportunities for interaction that form the sustainable principle of this design to celebrate, express and revive what exists.
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connected city
PLAN LEGEND
1. North-South through traffic 2. Shared drop off for buildings on Mall 3. Occupants spilling out in public space 4. Connecting Courts 5. Decomposed Granite paths 7. Flexible Event Space 8. Parking off L and N street

Central to this proposal is the challenge of ensuring that the area North of the Mall is not isolated from the more thriving area to the South. The future development of the northern rail yard raises the importance of transforming Capitol Mall into a connector rather than barrier. Opening up the Mall to north-south movement allows the city to function as a synergetic whole where the effect of the Connected City is greater than the sum of its parts.

Area De nitions

(left) View From Gateway Tower

A. Macro Catalyst Site: Bridged Opportunity Sites B. Micro Catalyst Sites: Entrance Nodes & Connective Coutryards 1 1

CAPITOL MALL

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Crocker Park

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The catalysts are shaped and sited to preserve existing views and enhance pedestrian linkages as well as the opportunity for people to gather. The iconic columnade is aligned to Sacramentos systems of movement. It is a passage and symbol of historic migration invigorating the civic stature of the site. The Capotol Mall Towers tread lightly on the ground at the far western end of the Mall and beckons as a Gate to the Capitol. When seen from the east they neatly frame the Tower Bridge in the horizon Collectively the main catalysts provide long term actual and symbolic bene ts to a society following its vision.

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Gateway Tower with Water Plaza (above)

2. CATALYST A: MACRO SITE

BRIDGE OPPORTUNITY SITES
Entrepreneurial potential and public enthusiasm drive this vision forward. Communal space provide the opportunity for social participation and a range of larger events and collaborations to take place simultaneously; bonding catalyst sites and vision together toward the long term prosperity of the city.
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3. CATALYST B: MICRO SITES

with a Greater Notion

Social Ecology

Sustainability
Living platforms, where multiple levels of social, cultural and nancial networks interface provide urban resilience patterns key to todays most advanced self-sustaining communities. This Capitol Mall design celebrates Californias residents. It is a daily reminder of the open-minded public, which the government represents. The formation of the Mall welcomes this diversity, leaving it in part open for future growth and processes of thought.

ACTIVATE URBAN MICRO ENVIRONMENTS

Each street crossing the Mall provides new drop o places, which act as Portals to the Connecting Courts that collectively make up the Mall. These outdoor city rooms, like beads on a string, vary in character and activity, allowing a vibrant civic form to emerge.
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IMPLEMENTATION Phase 1 Visitors Center & Water Plaza

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Begin by creating a landmark structure, that serves as a gateway to the Mall, and an adjoining public plaza, which cools visitors and provides a fun interactive space that celebrates the casual california lifestyle.

IMPLEMENTATION Phase 2 Entrance Nodes & Connecting Courts

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Event Space

Infrastructure for each node and court can be repeated from one intersection to the next. Adjacent buildings are given a new opportunity to extend their frontage into the public way and establish their own unique identity.

Establish a strong sense of place by creating a landmark that can be seen from Interstate 5, Tower Bridge, Old Sacramento, West River Bank and Crocker Park. As the entrance gate to the Mall it presents views from the landmark to take in the magni cent sweep from the River to the West to the Capitol building in the East and demarkate it as a landmark to the City.

Gateway Tower to Capitol Mall

Sustainable Strategies

1. Decrease Impervious surfaces 2. Reduce heat island e ect 3. Reinforce existing light rail transportation 4. Increase pedestrian access 5. Reduce C02 emissions 6. Decrease stormwater runo 7. Capture & recycle greywater 8. Expand existing tree canopy

Connected to the Gateway Tower, Water Plaza and the opportunity site bordering 6th street is a central Event Space and Amphitheatre.

Meaning & E ect

Catalyst Site A
Visitors Center

Catalyst Site B

Connecting Courtyards

Create casual spaces where private use can spill out onto public way. Allow di erent scales of activities to interconnect such as: Cafes, Exhibitions, Music, Street Galleries, Fairs, Rallys, Farmers Markets, Sporting Events and other.

Share Ground

1. Provide Employment Opportunities 2. Restore Vitality of State Capitol 3. Develop sense of community ownership of the Mall 4. Revitalize existing infrastructure 5. Increase urban amenities 6. Invest in cultural capital 7. Create exible meeting places on multiple scales

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CONCEPT
Create a vibrant and bustling promenade in the heart of Sacramento filled with: COMMERCE Kiosks and a permanent Farmers Market support local micro businesses COMMUTING Safe and convenient pathways promote pedestrian and bicycle transport CANOPIES Lush alle of trees frames iconic views and forms a series of outdoor rooms CALISTHENICS Series of fitness stations and play structures promote health and play RECREATION Variety of games encourages longer stays and interaction between people COMMUNITY In concert these activities build a diverse and enduring community

PHASES

BUDGET

SIX BLOCKS, SIX PHASES, SIX YEARS: The proposed design would be best implemented in six phases over the span of six years, allowing the city to start improvements to the Capitol Mall immediately. The commercial component would be implemented first in order to generate revenue to fund subsequent phases. The Capitol Mall belongs to many and it is crucial that the new design incorporates the needs and desires of all. Participation in the design process by users will build ownership and accountability, making it a unique, adaptable, and high-functioning place for many years to come.

VEGETATION trees, garden, plants, grass, and ground cover KIOSKS food, coffee, newsstand, bikeshop, and beer garden HARDSCAPE paving, retaining walls, bike path, amphitheater GAMES chess, bocce, badminton, basketball, play structures PUBLIC ART Crocker Art Park, fountains, sculpture, murals UTILITIES electrical, water, sewer SOFT COSTS architecture, engineering

$ 1,720,000 $ 700,000 $ 2,577,400 $ 183,700 $ 2,145,000 $ 2,430,000 $ 2,500,000 $12,256,100

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park with game court(s)

humphrey sculpture

demo garden

built -in bench

play structure

kiosks: food | coffee | newspaper | bikeshop

2 block farmers market on bocce ball courts between kiosks

plaza

calistenics

beer garden

bike racks

public art

big chess board

cafe tables

bathrooms | info kiosk

amphitheatre

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(n) mixed-use building

Crocker Sensory Sculpture Park

block 1: inviting art at intersections

Crocker Museum

performance pavillion

sculptures

The measure of any great civilization is in its cities, and the measure of a citys greatness is to be found in the quality of its public spaces, its parks and squares. - John Ruskin

block 3/4: outdoor room framing iconic views

block 2: commerce creates community

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TrAnsPOrTATIOn
The Capitol Mall links important landmarks and cultural icons in Sacramento. The Mall is a major thoroughfare for light rail, bus lines, and residential and commuter car traffic. The proposed design transforms the Capitol Mall into a grand procession for bikes and pedestrians as well as for cars. Dedicated walking and bike paths will be safe, pleasant, engaging, and experiential, with plenty of places to stop and rest. Paths will provide thousands of workers, residents and tourists with improved transportation options and new opportunities for physical fitness - walking, biking, running, calisthenics, games and play.

ICOns
Because of the linear nature of the site there is great opportunity to emphasize views of the iconic Capitol Building and Tower Bridge and to incorporate secondary landmarks (fountains and sculpture) along the length of the site. New icons will complement and frame views of the Capitol building and Tower Bridge. Alluring spaces within this proposed median park will provide viewing opportunities, showcasing the sites beautiful existing structures and reinforcing our collective cultural heritage. The alle of trees will define the space and frame views, while bringing color, beauty, fragrance, and nature to the Capitol Mall.

users And ATTrACTIOns

The attractions and events proposed for the Capitol Mall complement and supplement existing attractions, responding to the needs and desires of different users. An over-arching principle for the proposed design is community-building through activity. The amphitheater on block 6, closest to the Capitol, allows for large rallies, protests, or performances with ample seating and shade. Permanent kiosks (for food, produce, newsstands, etc.) will stimulate daily, community-building interaction. Clustered seating and work areas, among other seating types, are shaded, ergonomic, pleasant places for gathering.

AMenITIes
Kiosks, public art, and plazas define a series of outdoor rooms. These outdoor rooms are highly flexible in order to accommodate ever-changing activities including commuting and commerce, eating and exercise, play and people watching. Activity attracts more activity, so the more amenities that are designed and planned for the space, the more reason people will have to visit the site, bringing with them more life. Wherever there are people in buildings, in neighborhoods, in city centers, in recreational areas, and so on -- it is generally true that people and human activities attract other people. Jan Gehl

gOALs
Many goals must be balanced in order to transform the Capitol Mall into an engaging promenade that not only attracts people to pass through but inspires them to dwell as well and thereby build community over time. ARCHITECTURE: Kiosks that house tourist info, restrooms, and various micro-businesses will be prominent architectural icons of the site. The kiosks relate to the romance, rich texture, and color of Sacramentos Victorian architecture of 1860 to 1929. This is Sacramentos coming-of-age architecture, a common and iconic element of our collective cultural past.

block 5: activity attracts activity

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kiosks define space without blocking views

farmers market can set up any day of the week

public art engages pedestrians on their way to the sites primary icons in the distance street reduced to a single lane of traffic and parallel parking. raised crosswalks double as speedbumps safe and efficient commuting on raised bike path

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Capital Mall 3, 1
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A. B. C. D. E. F. G. Capital Park Old Town Marina Land Park to American River Trail old Rail Yards Sacramento River future connector trails/park

Whatever intent of original capital mall corridor

planners, outside a visual connection between the Capital building and east access bridge, little in way of a practical, functional plan in the built environment was achieve. If a grand gesture linking river and capital, inactually a wide short street of little non-local use with interesting landmarks at each end. The corridors limited value as anemic vehicular link, its broader disregard and disconnect from a larger urban landscape it occupies would suggest another remedy based on a more forward perspective. 3, 1? The proposal here is to move from a single infrastructure mode to that of a multiple, more scalable nature; to resolve an idea rooted on the physical transition between place, rather than visual display; to advance from 1 to 3, amending a single transportation mode, cars, with multiple concepts of transportation - light rail, foot and bicycle with a redefinition of this corridor as a means of going to and from the Capital building, a link not to West Sacramento, but the river(s) adjacent both municipalities. The solutions are from the past and have been espoused continually for at least the last 50 years. The novelty here is not the idea, but its application in this time and place and the integration into a larger concept of municipal and regional planning and development.

Whether tied to overhead electrical, or based on some alternate propulsion, the tram car gives a storyline to a journey to the seat of state government, aside mundane suburban hunts for parking. Based on the original Birney cab used in the are during 1920 to 1935 by the Sacramento Northern Railroad, the small scale people mover was ideal for limited numbers of passengers and provides an historically accurate mirror similar San Franciscos cable cars. Expansion of the line could eventually include Old Town, the really, the undercooked Marina frontage and Land Park. With the Mall corridor tram line more common uses of foot and bicycle movement. The restriction of car traffic, the reduction of the gulf of asphalt separating North and South curbs is the key here. Three lanes per side becomes one (with parking) and the isolation of central median is reduced allowing for a freer (and safer) flow of pedestrian and pedal traffic. Of course with the increase width of medians allows opportunities of place removed from perils of dedicated vehicular thoroughfares, something important to walking, if less so with a bicycle. That concept of place, of landmark within (or between) landmarks allows for introduction of symbolic links between the Capital building structure and the Sacramento River. In short, the series of reflection ponds can be seen as an extension of the river toward the state architectural landmark. Although it is not possible to actually physically connect the river along the linear mall, at least some note of the importance to the city of the waterway would be indicated. Their placement in line acts as pointers to terminus on the space. With water features two other defined nodes occupy the scheme. First is the ancient plant garden and the loosely defined open lawn area at the east portion of the arrangement. The former would mirror the Auboreum west of the Capital building. The latter would serve as a multi-function venue for outdoor functions as farmers markets, small concerts, or other gatherings of people for informal events.

B G A C

Transition to 3

Core to this proposal is the introduction of a tram system, the rail portion of the 3. Initially this light rail system would operate between a newly built parking structure near Crocker Museum and Capital building. Although on one hand a tourist train framed for pictures in front of the state Capital, the track has a very serious purpose of giving the Mall corridor a sense of identity and utility.

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( 1.) A 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) Reflection pond Ancient plant garden circus Tram line Open area Parking structure

Overview

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View toward Tower bridge

Tram line

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decomposed granite stone coping pond stone curb liner concrete

Materials Looking toward the California Capital Ancient plant garden

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existing condition
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catalytic system
proposal

CATALYTIC CAPSULES 1
recreation green space existing building

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sports commercial

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1. WRONG street scale 2. the speed limit is too HIGH 3. NO access to central green space

1. put 2/3 of the traffic lanes into UNDERGROUND 2. REDUCE the speed limit of surface traffic 3. ENLARGE the central green space and CONNECT them with existing green space

2. accessible green spaces

bridge view from an plaza 3. parking lots add more green spaces and make them accessible

capitol view from the amphitheater put some parking lots into underground 4. axis and city skyline

keep the original city skyline and put most axial spaces underground

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parking lots existing buildings

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tower bridge gateway

CATALYTIC CAPSULES 2
office staff itinerary recreational itinerary tourists itinerary passerbys itinerary

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office + green space

park

underground plaza + coffee + shop 1

light rail

connection between different levels

sightseeing tower

childrens park
sand pit

park

underground plaza + coffee + shop 2

sculpture park

extreme sports park

recreational park + landscape

botanical garden

amphitheater

california state capitol

A-A section

binding assets: the heart of the capitol mall district

The concept is to add onto the existing assets of the surrounding community and weave together Sacramentos history, culture, business, commerce, residential neighborhoods, urban canopy, and people. Making this site the heart of the greater capitol district will bind disparate places of interest and encourage greater fluidity through the city reinforcing our central concept: strength through unity.
train station residential area chinatown hotels

b i n d i n g

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shopping historic district civic core Capitol District

convention center

Historic Museums

Art Walk

Old Sacramento Capitol District Historic Capitol

Gallery Walk waterfront district Crocker Art Museum

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central business district

Auto Museum

residential area

key adjacent neighborhoods

link to culture

1 district park Eight acres includes amphitheater, event

sustainable

space, lawn, sculpture gardens 2 bioswales Stormwater management redirects and mitigates water runoff. 3 urban canopy Building on the existing green network to create a distinct landscape quality for this neighborhood. Continuity of trees provides pedestrians with a buffer from the automobile traffic and shaded relief from the sun. surfaces, with plants and soils collecting rain water to reduce flooding and pollution.

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4 permiable surfaces Paving materials and permeable

5 multimodal streets Incorporate pedestrians, bicyclists,

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transit users, motor vehicle drivers to ensure that streets are shared by all users and not dominated by cars; 1.5 miles of new bike streets and shared bikes to connect commuters and recreational riders through the city. pedestrian-oriented street life Emphasis on wide sidewalks, outdoor eating, fluidity between buildings and pedestrians, human-scaled lighting, and street furniture. wayfinding Through the use of lighting, signage, and information centers, we will provide an easy-to-navigate urban space. central plaza The design motif unifies both sides of the street around a central space. Cars are slowed by the change in paving pattern and the jogged street. Street closures recommended on weekends and for special events. ampitheater A new performance space that can accommodate 250 people. The stage can be used to either face the seated crowed or the lawn area.

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site plan

10 new residential New residential is infilled in vacant or

underutilized plots. Appoximately 300 new units can be added to the city. This aims to increased population densitiy and promote activity during weekend and 11 kids splash pad A splash pad in Central Plaza takes advantage of the temperate climate and activates the space.

12 sculptural elements Art is brought outside in several

functional sculpture pieces found in District Park. A sculptural canopy is located in the Central Plaza.

The park serves to accommodate multiple scales of gathering; including semi-private party space (adjacent to Crocker Museum), an amphitheater for large performances and a grassy lawn to hold public concerts. Key ammenities include: a childrens park features sculptural play structures and a climbing wall, a restroom, and a pedestrian bridge connects the entire neighborhood to the riverfront. Art installations and sculptural elements are displayed throughout. At the northwest entrance the state stone is set in a pattern that is reminiscent of the citys grid.

event space: district park

redefine

Build the catalyst plaza. Reduce traffic lanes between Fifth and Ninth streets and remove lawn median. Close Sixth street to traffic. Rebuild first floors of existing buildings to accommodate retail, restaurants, and allow for easy transition between sidewalk and buildings. Build residential buildings adjacent to the plaza.

bloom

Fully develop residential areas between Third and Forth streets. Reroute traffic around the newly-built residential areas. Close Forth street from traffic. Complete building new residential buildings.

bind

Build District Park and pedestrian bridge connecting to the waterfront. Retrofit existing roads connecting over the bridge to accommodate pedestrians and bicyclists. Complete Third, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth streets. Complete full bike network and tree network into adjacent neighborhoods.

aerial perspective of district park

catalyst space: pedestrian plaza

5th street

preserved view between capitol and bridge

sustainability on the site

typical activity during weekday (a), weekend street closure (b), and large event in park (c)

5th street

central plaza

existing building with first floor restaurant

closed street with sculptural

installation

proposed residential

existing buiding with retrofitted first floors to accomodate shopping and dining

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7th street

Inspired by the Dutch Woonerf model the boundary between people space and car space is intentionally blurred; pedestrian spaces extended from the sidewalk, and into the traffic zone. Drivers moving through the plaza are made to feel like guests and modify their behavior accordingly. Activity on the plaza is particularly vibrant on the weekends when the street is closed to traffic to accommodate street fairs, farmers markets, festivals, and other community events. Activation of the space is enhanced by infill residential development, cafe seating, ground floor retail, and a childrens splash pad.

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The Creative Capitol

Perspective A: The Multimedia Mall Perspective B: Capitol Mall Market

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Design Goals
explore the potentials of new media, music, performance, sculpture, lm and installation art

Master Site Plan

arts

Residential/ Hotel Tower

Multimedia Center Capitol Mall Market

Traffic Calming Crosswalks Bike Lanes

Crocker Childrens Park

technology

employ technology to create an engaging public space

showcase Californias rich agrarian heritage and culinary traditions

agriculture

sustainability

demonstrate sustainable design and promote environmental awareness

Section A

MultiMediA MALL

Interactive + Informative Pedestrian Experience

Creative Capitol

Linkages and Walkability

65-228 Residents 229 - 590 Residents 591 -2144 Residents 5 min walk from site Parking Bus Stop Light Rail Stop Light Rail Bicycle Lane Project Area Parks

Amtrak Train Station Old Sacramento

Crocker Art Museum California State Capitol California Museum

Crocker Art Museum Crocker Sculpture Park

Events Plaza Underground Parking

Market Plaza Stormwater Retention Area

Bus Stops Multimedia Kiosks

Arts

Technology

Agriculture

Sustainability

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Multimedia Kiosks Aerial Perspective Urban Canopy

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Phasing

AquaTree demonstrates the value of urban trees for shade and stormwater retention

Phase 1: Multimedia Center and Mall

SolarTree stores energy during the day to power nightime lights located inside its multicolored trunk

Phase 2: Market and Crocker Park Improvements

Section A: Multimedia Center and Mall

AgriTree provides a treelike trellis for fruit and flower producing vines

Outdoor Film Plaza

Underground Parking Installation/ Exhibition Space

Cafeteria

Event Plaza Steps Event Stage / Museum Entrance

Bike Lane View Corridor Curbside Parking

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1-Way Stormwater Retention Area

Arts

Technology

Agriculture

Sustainability