Fall Semester Begins

Moving forward from our professional review last semester focused on our conceptual node studies, the studio is continuing to investigated these four nodes and their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to further understand what the best design proposals that could revitalize the nodes and their surroundings.

The proposed concepts for the Kansas River stretch were rooted in understanding existing site conditions and improving upon them instead of creating a completely new concept. Studying existing zoning maps as well as existing businesses helps us design with intention.

Additionally, further analysis into traffic counts for both local and highway use was applied to all four nodes. This revealed dilemmas with routing traffic differently and how it would affect the proposed public spaces as they are in close proximity to traffic infrastructure.

Our next project review is February 19th and we hope to get feedback from our advisors as to where the studio should move with our design and if the overall river concept still holds considering the node design elements. We are also holding our first public meeting on February 25th and hope to get feedback from community members and business owners in the area on what they would like to see happen and how our designs could benefit those that live and work in Strawberry Hill, CID, and Armourdale.