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Abram Sorensen

1:Knowledge Economy-An economy in which growth is dependent on the quantity, quality, and accessibility of the information available, rather than on the means of production.

2:Birds Eye View Of The Salt Lake City Valley: Small sparks have taken root over time, but no investment has reached a level

real change. The spark will grow

district fabric, and soon after, regeneration of the city core.

REGIONAL CONTEXT

A 21ST CENTURY KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY

Project Narrirative: Knowledge, collecting and evolving through

urban development for 7,000 years.

sharing of information, creating an economy that represents a value of its citizens’ experiences

by early interactions in the primitive years of farming include the creation of language, a driver of society.

During the last century, advances

urban fabric of many cities in the Rocky Mountain region, creating ‘rings’ of new development, moving ‘spark’ developments away from city cores and into adjacent suburbs. Today, new urbanism seeks to reimplemented a revival of our lost art of place-making, and promotes the creation and restoration of compact, walkable, mixed-use

opportunities for developments, businesses and members of the community alike.

Situated in a strong grid of industrial and residential blocks, Salt Lake City has begun to grow and change, moving further away from a car driven template of evolution, towards a more urban-centric model. Communities like Granary district have fallen into ‘degeneration’, resulting from a move away from industrial dominated zoning, and cut off from strong residential communities to the west via I80, which taxi’s 207,000 cars a-day, through the salt lake valley and past the city core.

The spark utilizes knowledge sharing principals: people, place, and technology, incubating new opportunities in the authentic infrastructure of Granary District. Spark strengthens connections through adjacent districts, open space environments and the Salt Lake City core, repairing a broken fabric resulting from a car driven model.

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REGIONAL SITE MASTERPLAN

REGIONAL ANALYSIS

DISTRICT TOUR

THE STORY

REGENERATION

DEGENERATION

PEOPLE

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IMMEDIATEINVESTMENT

AUTHENTICINFRASTRUCTURE

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residents, commuters, visitors, investors, entrepreneurs

office, retail, co-op, food, recreation, attraction/supporter

interactivity, social network, integration, knowledge sharing

3:Characterizing Degeneration: This is the project site in its current state, an iconic area in the Granary District.

4:The Good, the bad, and the underutilized: Utilizing existing characteristics of the Granary district, and analyzing new opportunities associated with the Spark.

5:Urban Spaces Analysis: New connections spread outward, and are followed by new developments that stem from the spark program. Economic, Housing, Transportation, Urban and Open Space investments are stimulated by the original spark.

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SPARK CORE CONCEPT

salt lake city

jordanriver

major roadway

major greenway

district

boundary

rail

corridor

i-80

corridor

phase 2

boundary

LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES

Housing

Urban

Open Space

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porta

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affordable housing

walkablegrid

historicbuildings

civicinvestment

parks

under utilized open space

greenway

greenstreets

pedestriancorridor

phasedparking

plan

entry leveljobs

food basedbusinesses

businesscommunity

connections to neighbor districts

adaptive re-use of industrial buildings

dividinglarge

slc blocks

attract community

and city investment

high and low cost housing

singleunit

occu.

modifiedzoning of district

conference and events

center

openmarket

businessincubator

foodtrucks

business development

workshops

entrepreneurshipbusinessprogram

activerecreation

center

utilization of current open

space as pedestrian

areas

overflowparking inadjacent

lots

interior block above ground

structured parking

dailyevents

seasonal programming

for public open spaceflexible-use

parks program

communityrecreational

events

freewayparks

corridor

green streets as connectors

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adaptive reuseoffice space

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active recreation

interfacepedestrian spaceextends to park

adaptive reusecoffee shop

adaptive reusecommunity co-op

publiccenter of sparkvenue public space

programsingle occupancy units

+programtown homes

adaptive reusefood businesses

interfacepedestrian corridor

+ civic usepublic program

institutional

+ interfacemarketing spot

+GRANARY OPPORTUNITIES

6:Topologies, Conditions, Opportunities:

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DESIGN CONCEPT

RENOVATED

ARCHITECTURE

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+ the silo’s

+i-80 corridor

+pedestrian friendly

+bus lane

+sustainablecurb side drainage swale

+dedicated bike lane

+town-homes

+single occupancyunits

housing

circulation

urban

circulation

housing

circulation

+expanded sidewalkopen space

207,000 cars daily

+open spacetemporaryice rink

+urbanice climbing

+urbanolympic legacy

+economiccoffee shop

+open spacevenue park

+economicfarmers market

+urbanmovie screening+ single occupancy

units

housing

+ urbanactive recreation

+circulationpedestrian corridor

+economicoffice space

+economicconferencing

+urbanlive work play

+open spacepublic park

PRESERVING AUTHENTICITY

SEASONAL PROGRAMING

HUMAN SCALE INTERFACE

9:Architectural Adaptive Reuse of Historic Buildings: A cement factory is converted into a safe haven for big market conventions, local business entrepreneurship, and very visible active recreation catalyst.10:Affordable Housing And Transformed Streetscapes: A streetscape of 60 feet is shrunk by half, adding generous pedestrian walkways, town-home setbacks and in an effort for sustainable change in the district, curb side retention is introduced.11Active Community: Like a sports stadium, the open space beneath the silo icon is easily transformed from ice rink to concert venue to grassy open space for outdoor theater nights. An interface with the open market creates a symbiosis between public open space and economic prosperity.

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+economicconferencing event

+urbanolympic legacy

+economiccoffee shop+economic

rail car restaurant

+sustainabledistrict drainage swales

+economicoffice space

+open spacepark

+urbanrock climbing

+Bioremediationfilter for district wide drainage

+urbanziplining

+urbanrock climbing

+economicoffice space

+circulationpedestrian corridor+open space

public engagement

+urbanolympic legacy

+economiclocal business

+urbanspark core

+single occupancyunits

housing

+town-homeshousing

12the SLC street car and existing spark infrastructure. Bioremediation here will create a thriving park atmosphere, where ‘all eyes look towards the silos’ and the community can gather under some of Salt Lake Cities currently underutilized Olympic artifacts.13spark opportunity, and stimulate new growth along as of now underutilized roadways and trails networks. This is key to anchoring the programs for new investment and successful district regeneration.

OLYMPIC LEGACY

UNITING THE COMMUNITY

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