The Industrial District is composed of two different Industrial District sites (the Greenhouse and Universal Ave.) amongst the industrial hubs of the East Bottoms. These sites focus on serving not only the people along the trail, but the thousands of workers and students in the area as well. The development of these sites looks at maximizing stormwater capacity, remediation, and planting biodiversity. The Industrial District looks for ways to transform these polluted industrial areas into sustainable, green enclaves through natural processes over time and can stand as a model for other cities to follow.

This map shows how the Industrial District designs fit into the larger trail loop system.

This Experiential Collage was created to give the feel of the Industrial District on the Eastern Edge, more specifically Universal Ave.

This is how the Industrial District fits into the first phase of the overall East Bottoms Visioning Study.

This map shows the key issues we have identified on the site, mostly speaking to disconnections, excessive pavement amounts, and stormwater management.

This experiential collage was created to give the feel of the experience on the western side of the Industrial District.

This is how the industrial District fits into the overall nodes and corridors system-showing which part of the trails are linking or immersive and also shows the nodes we feel public engagement is important.

This is how the Industrial District fits into the second phase of the overall East Bottoms Visioning Study.

This is the Industrial Districts Potential-to-use map, identifying what land we found would be best utilized and what we can build off of.

this Experiential Collage was created to give the feel that links both ends of the Industrial District and more specifically the Rails-to-Trails implementations.

This is how the Industrial District fits into the overall green infrastructure framework

This is how the Industrial District fits into the third phase of the overall East Bottoms Visioning Study.

This is the Industrial District’s overall concept map, or essentially the parti diagram speaking to establishing the Industrial District Trail, stormwater management and using these nodes as public amenities that are also productive for the community.

Greenhouse Focus Area

Located in the intersection of Levee Rd. and Chouteau Trafficway, the site was chosen because of its location and the presence of an important major potential retention basin.

The topography of the site forms a ‘bowl’ in the site, which is a floodplain. This site can hold up to 654,000+ gallons of water.

This is an aerial photo of the site showing Missouri Organic Recycling, a mulch processing facility where locals of the KC Metro area can drop off food and yard waste. To the right is an important potential retention basin, on it’s left is Chouteau Trafficway, and to the north is the Riverbelt separated by the levee.

The Greenhouse provides a farm to table hands-on experience to students, employees, and the communities surrounding the East Bottoms.

The orientation, layout, and plan of the greenhouse were developed based on the current site conditions and analyzing angles of the sun and wind conditions on the site.

This is a rendering from NE Chouteau Trafficway.

This is a rendering passing the Greenhouse

this is a rendering of the view of the Greenhouse from the Industrial District.

This is an aerial rendering of the Greenhouse flooding conditions, showing this greenhouse as a resilient structure capable of working in any conditions.

A map of the existing found conditions

This map shows the existing vegetation and infrastructure on-site.

The concept of the site is to create a symbiotic relationship with what is existing in the site— the Missouri Organic Recycling and the proposed new program, urban farming, to serve the East Bottoms and the surrounding neighborhoods.

The Greenhouse layout is based on the plants needs, user experience, wind and sun orientations, and workers needs.

From these site analysis, this allowed for some key design concepts. First, programming the greenhouse to best fit the sun and wind conditions based on their function and planting needs and applying different envelope conditions for those different areas. Second, allowing for as much natural ventilation as possible in summer months and blocking as much winter wind as possible. An open roof system and high ceilings allow for great sun catchment and slowest indoor temperature changes. Lastly, using the Missouri Organics business resources and businesses to the West and the heat and geothermal pond system for heating and cooling needs.

This is a rendering on the trail leading up to the greenhouse from under NE. Chouteau Trfwy. and Riverfront Park.

This is a rendering leaving the Greenhouse.

This is an aerial rendering of the Greenhouse during dry conditions.

The Greenhouse serves as a connection for Riverfront Park and the Industrial District.

The site’s identity and location creates an intersection of different users.

This image is an axon of the proposed Green House design.

The circulation allows for a more private/working circulation corridor on the WEst near Missouri Organics, a Semi-public circulation corridor down the middle of the greenhouse and the public recreation trail along the Eastern edge of the building facing the Working Landscape.

WE also looked at how this greenhouse stands as a billboard from NE Chouteau Trafficway

This is a rendering approaching the Greenhouse

this is a rendering passing the Working Landscape park of the site and the prairie land.

This is an Aerial rendering of the Greenhouse during night conditions.

Universal Avenue focus area

The area of focus includes the renovation of Universal Ave and the surrounding areas.

This diagram is explaining how many people and animals this renovation would benefit. It calls out the main node from E. Front St. and the East to West connections. The green areas and yellow arrows represent the scope of the renovation, including a trail along Universal Ave. and two parks that also provide critical green infrastructure services. The walkability map is included to show how the bus route is connected and how far 5 and 10 minute walks are.

This is the Master Plan of the school area proposal for Universal ave. The yellow represents the trail and would be a boardwalk that sits above the stream on Universal Ave. This plan mostly focuses on water collection and recreational use. We feel this is appropriate and needed because there are about 2400 students in this area and the only outdoor recreation provided is a parking lot turned into a playground at the Frontier Elementary School.

This is a section showing how the new boardwalk works along Universal Ave.

This is a rendering showing the trail past the first stormwater basin

To the North, the park focuses on preserving this land, stormwater storage, and promoting biodiversity. This is a place you can’t find anywhere else in the Industrial District and also can serve as a learning environment. This park is fully on boardwalks because the site is consistently holding water. So, we looked at the following different typologies that could be added onto this park anywhere and implemented as needed.

This is a rendering of what the first typology could look like.

These are some section perspectives of the second typology

This axon shows the third typology of the Park.

this axon shows the fourth typology of the Park

This is a rendering along the trail coming up to the fourth typology.

This is a map showing the existing infrastructure of Universal Ave. While obviously one of the most well thought out streets of the East Bottoms that has a strong identity with a daylighted stream, El Dorado’s signature pieces off of Front Street, and four different schools— the street is currently not walkable and there are a lot of incentives that could better this area.

In order to reclaim this area, it is important to first maximize the stormwater storage capacity. Much of the surrounding stormwater is directed to the stream along Universal Ave and soon more will be directed there from the work of the GoBond on E. Front St. First, we looked at how much storage we would need for a 1.6” rainfall event and then also a 6” extreme rainfall event. Topography has then been manipulated to be able to store as much water as possible— now meeting requirements for 1.6” rainfall events and almost 2/3rds of the rain in a 6” rainfall event.

This is a rendering showing the school park and stormwater basin

This study looks at the boardwalk and stormwater basin relationship along Universal Ave. This is a rendering of a service folly at the end of the street, which includes a bathroom.

This is a section explaining how stormwater management and directing flow is handled in these areas.

This axon shows the first typology of the park

This is rendering along the trail coming up to this first typology.

This is a rendering of what the second typology could look like.

These are some section perspectives of the third typology

These are some section perspectives of the fourth typology

These are some photos of the site as it exists now, showing the signature pieces off of E. Front St. and an aerial view of Universal Ave.

This is the overall master plan of this area. The proposal here is to provide services to the workers and students in the area by adding a green immersive experience that is a reprieve from the surrounding industrial hustle and bustle.

This is another rendering showing the school park and stormwater basin.

These sections look at North Park as well as Universal Ave and explain the difference in topography/stormwater storage, trees and the trail. This also shows more in detail drawings of the boardwalk itself.

This is a view leaving these stormwater basin areas before you enter into the North Park design.

These are some section perspectives of the first typology

This axon shows the second typology of the Park

This is rendering along the trail coming up to the second typology

This is a rendering along the trail coming up to the third typology

This is a rendering of what this typology could look like.