Team 162208

Interstate 85 Tech Square 85

Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center #ConvergeATL “Just Wedge it in” A

Spring St Tech Wedge Olympic Torch AT&T Tower B C Urban Block Institute of Technology

Cultural Wedge D T E Peachtree St North Station 1 Bank of America Stadium Tower The Varsity All Saints’ Episcopal F Church

Natural Campus Loop

Emory University Hospital Midtown

1 Regional Strategy 2 Transit Analysis 3 Existing Land Use Analysis 4 Precedents 5 Block and Building Demolition 6 Development Scope 7 The Bridge Plaza 8 Tech and Cultural Wedges 9 Urban Block Permeability 10 Proposed Land Use Map

Midtown is wedged between Georgia Tech on the West, Piedmont Park on There are four primary bus lines, two subway lines that operate through Midtown suff ers from an over saturation of surface and structured The main assets of the site are Georgia Tech and the North Station. The assets on the site are all labelled in the map above. Highlighted in red The project must expand its scope and scale in order to achieve an By converting the space above the highway into a park, it forces its use to The project employs a landscape technology centered wedge and a Real Estate value is created through the mixed use through a framework By orchestrating a diversity of mixed use buildings that responds to the the East, and Downtown to the South. It is at the intersection of the existing North Station. The street grid system is an incredible existing piece of parking lots. The lack of housing and mixed use allows for little social There are existing precedents of large projects that bridge the are buildings and urban blocks to be demolished. We are retaining the integrated space that serves the public while also being fi nancially be dedicated to open public use. It is structurally not feasible to construct cultural landscape wedge to stitch the bridge plaza to the urban fabric. of green public realm and urban blocks. By allowing every tenant to gain surrounding context, the project ensures a harmonious and profi table Georgia Tech campus loop and the main economic corridor of Midtown infrastructure we must retain. Unfortunately many of the streets are far and cultural activity. The top priority issues we resolve with the proposal freeways to create public spaces that increase the cultural value of historical restaurant “The Varsity,” the corner church which has signifi cant feasible. In Addition to the competition assigned sites, we’ve included the buildings ontop of the bridge plaza. The birdge plaza connects Georgia The programming of the Tech Wedge responds to the existing Tech access to open space, the project activates all retail and open space relationship to Midtown. This type of strategy goes beyond the Midtown denoted by the MARTA North Station. Unfortunately the interstate highway too wide and aren’t pedestrian friendly. Our site plan will address these is the lack of green space, the lack of density of buildings, and the lack communities. Illustrated above is Seattle’s Olympic Sculpture Park and architectural value, and relocating the Olympic Torch to have a more parcels directly North and South of Block C and all the air rights above Tech with the site while providing an extraordinary space to be shared by Square while the Cultural Wedge responds to existing cultural assets alike. The shortest and most direct connection from North Station to all context and can become the national standard for transit-oriented is literally tearing the site apart. By expanding the scope and scale of the concerns by transforming them into green boulevards that employ water of diversity of programs. the Klyde Warren Park locaed in Dallas, Texas. Our proposal builds on prevalent location near the North Station entrance. the Freeway from up to 5th Street Plaza. all the local constituents. such as The Varsity, Fox Theatre, and the Church. University Housing promotes foot traffi c when the site behaved as an development and in developing sites that are bifurcated by freeways. proposal, we’re able to stitch all the existing assets of the site together and conservation technologies. this legacy of returning infrastructural space to the pedestrian. urban cul-de-sac amplify the already existing cultures and opportunities.

Aerial View of ConvergeATL within MidTown Site Plan Phasing Description Collage Renderings

Cultural Wedge Phase 01 Phase 01 Highlights Z T T North Ave Station Varsity Remodel 36 Theater 15% Art Galleries 1 Sculpture Garden Food Pavilion 40% Olympic Sculpture Garden 20%

2 0 S.F. Hotel 25% 133,638 S.F. Open Space

Program Distribution 173,988 S.F. Residential

223,960 S.F. Retail 3 Phase 1 Total 879,063 S.F. 347,477 S.F. Offi ce 35 37 : 4 X - View of Cultural Wedge

5 Urban Block Phase 02 Phase 02 Highlights T Great Lawn Offi ce Tower 5% Retail and Restaurants 34 Edu Collaboration Spaces 30% Rain Garden Food Cart Plaza T 32 Crape Myrtle Lane 43% 33 6 7 0 S.F. Hotel 22% Y 109,000 S.F. Open Space Program Distribution 8 667,801 S.F. Residential

471,422 S.F. Retail 9

Phase 2 Total: 2,190,579 S.F. 942,356 S.F. Offi ce 10 T Tech Wedge Phase 03 Phase 03 Y - View of Tech Wedge 29 Highlights

31 Grand Hotel Incubator Labs 11 Co-Working Space 19% Soccer Field 30 22% Skate Park Shallow Water Pool 12 Amphitheater 15% Restaurants T 20% 13 228,206 S.F. Hotel 25% 292,369 S.F. Open Space 38 Program Distribution 28 338,001 S.F. Residential

40 14 315,758 S.F. Retail 39 Phase 3 Total: 1,555,975 S.F. 381,641 S.F. Offi ce Z View of Bridge Plaza X 15 18 Art Installation Space 17 18 19 Financial Summary Development Summary 41 Site Plan Legend 19 Outdoor Seating 20 Olympic Statue Plaza Environmental Perspective View 21 Rain Garden Pit 23% Unlevered IRR 135 Aff ordable Housing Units 20 CulturalT Transit Stop 22 Curbless Street 31% Levered IRR 721 Apartments 24 Technology Two Way Traffi c 23 Bank of America Tower .69 Loan to Value Ratio 421 Condominiums 24 North Station TOD Tower 571 Hotel Rooms 16 $79 Million in Public Infrastructure Upgrades 27 26 21 1 Skate Park 25 Episcopal Church $71 Million in Programmed Urban Recreational Space 10,000 New Jobs in Flexible and Diverse Spaces 25 2 Covered Area Basketball Court 26 The Varsity $842 Million in Total Development 119,000 S.F. Joint Edu/Industry Collaboration Space T 3 Rock Climbing Sculpture 27 AMC Theater $140 Million Current Site Value 900,000 S.F. of Park-Side Restaurant & Retail T 4 Sand Volleyball Court 28 Gym/Fitness Center T $3.7 Billion Projected Site Value (end of year 10) 9,000 S.F. Community Center 5 Soccer Field 29 Community Center $842 Million in Total Development 30,000 S.F. Maker Space 6 Amphitheater 30 Outdoor Patio Dining Area

T 7 Peach Tree Grove 31 Coca Cola Offi ce Tower 8 Interactive Swing / Water Play Area 32 Mariott Hotel 22 Bridge Plaza Program Usage 9 Outdoor Wooden Pavilion 33 Innovation Hub 10 Crape Myrtle Lane 34 Incubator Spaces 23 11 Rain Garden Collection Area 35 Garage Structure 12 Curbless Sidewalk with paving 36 Georgia Tech Hotel 13 Great Lawn 37 Garage Structure 14 Painted Patchwork Grounds 38 AT&T Center 15 Special Outdoor Restaurant 39 Fox Theater 16 Tech Based Sculpture Garden 40 GTech Frat Houses 0 ft 25 ft 75 ft 175 ft 0 50 100 200 500 ft Section 17 Multipurpose Light Pole/Plaza 41 Stadium