C. Erich EibenLA 4002Matt Tucker & Matt Davis8 May 2012

UPTOWN: in south minneapolis

a site analysis,design suggestion,and a proposed planby:

UPTOWN: Site Analysis

General Zoning

6 AM > 10 AM

10 AM > 2 PM

2 PM > 4 PM

4 PM > 8 PM

8 PM > 10 PM

10 PM > 2 AM

Morning walkers, bikers, work com-muters

Lunch

Post-lunch

Pre-dinner & Dinner

Post-dinner

Bars

20 20-50

5-10 25-40

15-50 25-30

20 25-40

15-50 25-35

15-50 25

Est. Count

Req. Seating

Green Space

Gather Space

Safety Concern

Apx. Age

Open Space

Retail Opportunity

Linear Path

Weekend Traffic

“Tourists”

A Day in UPTOWN

Landscape Social

Urban Context & Similar Nodes

UPTOWN

Miles

0 2 4 6 8 10

DowntownMPLS

NortheastMPLS

Dinkytown

W Grand AveSt Paul

Excelsior +Grand

Site Context

Hennepin

Lyndale

Lagoon8 Acres

Lake

Residential 40%Commercial 25%Surface Parking 25%Green Space 5%

Industrial &Institutional 5%

Pedestrian Wayfinding Lighting

Formal Entrance

Ped X-ing

Ped Traffic

Light Gradient

Land Value Stormwater Management

High Land Value

Impervious

Vegetation

Open Green Space

Program Estimates:

Formal Entrance(s):Plaza:Seating (20):Trash Cans:Bike Racks:Rain Garden(s):Open Green space:Community Space:Linear Paths:Retail:

Est. Total Space:

10,000 ft210,000 ft25,000 ft2100 ft2150 ft2

5,000 ft240,000 ft225,250 ft210,000 ft220,000 ft2

130,000 ft2

UPTOWN: Design Suggestions

As Open Green Space1

A’

A’

B’

B’

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As a Commercial Park2

2

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B’

A’

B’

UPTOWN: Final Proposed Plan

A’B’

A’

B’

C’

C’

Site Plan

Open Turf

Stage &Moss Garden

Stage SeatingFull-Sun Test Rain Gardens Core 10 Steel Planters300 & 600 ft2

Shade Test Rain Garden

Core 10 Steel Planters1500 ft2

Nature WalkPath Gravel

8% Slope max

CVS

Terraced Planter

Lattice

4%

Syrupus MaximusCoffee and CakesElevator Access

Public Viewing Deck

Maple GroveNo Understory

Buzza Building

9%

9%

Midtown GreenwayAcess

Dupo

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Colf

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Sleepy Hill

Circulation StormwaterSite Program

Sorghastrum nutans Indian Grass 4-6’Sporoblus heterolepis Prarie Dropseed 2-3’Iris vesicolor Northern Blue Flag 2-3’Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower 3-4’Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot 3-4’Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Flower 2-3’

Acorus calamus Sweet Flag 2-3’Polemonium reptans Jacob’s Ladder 1-2’Vernonia fasciculata Ironweed 4-6’Zizia aurea Golden Alexander 1-2’

Acer saccharum ‘Fall Fiesta’ Sugar Maple 50-75’Acer saccharum ‘Green Mtn’ Sugar Maple 50-75’Acer rubrum ‘Autmn Radience’ Red Maple 60’Acer rubrum ‘Schleshingeri’ Red Maple 60-70’

Bryum argenteum Common Urban Moss 2000 ft2Poa pratensis ‘Rampart’ Kentucky Bluegrass 24,000 ft2

Test Rain Gardens: Shade

Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed Lavender 3-4’Chelone glabra Turtlehead 2-3’Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower 2-3’Geum triflorum Prairie Smoke 1-2’

Panicum virgatum Switchgrass 4-6’Schizachyrium scoparius Little Bluestem 2-3’Liatris pycnostachya Prairie Blazing Star 4-6’Lobelia siphilitica Great Blue Lobelia 2-3’

Test Rain Gardens: Sun

Maple Grove:

Ground Cover:

Masonry Retaining Wall 1500 ft2

Smooth Concrete 4800 ft2Slab Slate 1200 ft2Core 10 Steel - 1” thick 1000 lf

Path Gravel - 2” max 3200 ft2Red Oak 2x6 Decking 3200 ft2

Hardscape

Vegetation & Materials

SketchesTrees Planted 10 Years 15 Years 25 Years

Gallons of Syrup / year 12

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