Coconut Grove Playhouse Charrette Vision Report University of Miami School of Architecture Center for Urban and Community Design Final Submission: November 21, 2008 01 Introduction 01 A. The Center for Urban & Community Design T B. Coconut Grove Charrette Team 02 Purpose of the Plan 07 a A. What is a Charrette B. Mission of the Coconut Grove Playhouse Charrette b C. Purpose of the Vision Report 03 Site Documentation & Research 11 l A. History B. Description of the Study Area C. Architecture e 1. Original Building Design by Kiehnel & Elliott 2. Major Building Renovation by Alfred Browning Parker 3. Center For Urban & Community Design Site Studies D. Existing Conditions E. Zoning o 04 Visioning Process 29 A. Pre-Charrette Sessions: Stakeholder Concerns & Expectations f 1. Merchants 2. Preservationists, Residential and Community Associations, Institutions 3. Culture and Theater Interest Groups B. Preservation Options 05 Charrette Design Process 40 C A. Playhouse Charrette Schedule B. Distilling Priorities o C. Mid-Term Public Pin-up 06 Vision for the Playhouse 48 n A. Introduction B. Assets and Opportunities C. Concerns t D. Community Needs E. Theater Needs e F. Zoning G. Contextual Concerns and Opportunities H. Coconut Grove Civic Anchor n 07 Action Plan 52 A. General Recommendation t B. Design Scheme I C. Design Scheme II s D. Design Scheme III 08 Appendix 66 A. CUCD Post-Charrette Theater Design Studies for a Larger Theater Component Adapted schemes: 1. Design Scheme Ia 2. Design Scheme IIa 3. Design Scheme IV B. Theater Design Issues 1. Recommendations by Fisher Dachs Associates 2. Theater Templates by Fisher Dachs Associates 3. AMS Report C. Regulatory Considerations 1. Existing Zoning Codes 2. Miami 21 3. Playhouse Historic Designation Report D. Event Related Press Sanborn Historic Map, 1920 Source: Sanborn Fire Insurance Company 01 I n t r o d u c t i o n Sanborn Historic Map, 1927 1 Source: Sanborn Fire Insurance Company 01 Introduction The Center for Urban & Communtity Design The United Nations Brudtland Commission set the following benchmark: “Sustainable development channels the preservation and creation of livable, inspiring, enduring and equitable places, where the qual- ity of life and the long-term quality of human existence will be enhanced rather than depleted.” The Center for Urban and Community Design has made it its mission to foster a collaborative interdis- ciplinary approach that engages the preservation, creation and retrofi tting of communities and buildings; addressing the environment, culture, urban and building design in participatory planning processes in the South Florida region and beyond. The University of Miami’s School of Architecture is a national leader in the arena of ‘sustainable’ urban design. The School’s Center for Urban and Community Design underlines that strength by collaborating on local and regional planning charrettes. The CUCD provides academically based community service with the goal of supporting communities, so the quality of life in towns, cities and villages may further improve and consequently all can reap the benefi ts. For more information about the Center for Urban and Community Design, contact Sonia Cháo, CUCD Director and Associate Professor in Practice, University of Miami School of Architecture, at 305-284-3439, [email protected]. Traditional neighborhoods versus suburban sprawl “Reimagining West Coconut Grove” by Samina Quareshi Source: Duany Plater- Zyberk & Company Source: CUCD, 2005 Grand Avenue master plan Vision Plan Report for Grand Avenue Charrette Source: CUCD, 2002 Source: CUCD, 2002 2 Photos: CUCD, 2008 53 DRAFT 01 Introduction The Charrette Team Steering Committee: She received her Masters of Science in architecture from Columbia Univer- sity. Early in her career she worked in the offi ces of Robert A.M. Stern Ar- Design Team Leaders: Sonia Cháo, Faculty, University of Miami School of Architecture. chitects and Kohn Pedersen, Fox. Living in Italy for fi ve years, she pursued Director, Center For Urban and Community Design. research in historic preservation and urban design, funded by the Living Allan Shulman Jorge Hernandez, Faculty, University of Miami School of Architecture. Heritage Fund. At the heels of Hurricane Andrew, she was coordinator Allan Shulman received his master of Architecture from The University of Principal, Jorge Hernandez Architects. for the New South Dade Planning Charrette, promoting and facilitating re- Miami in 1992 and his Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University in Rick Kalwani, Aries Development Group building efforts. In 1992 she cofounded and was named the fi rst managing 1985. He has been a faculty member since his graduation and is currently an Jorge Luis Lopez, Jorge Lopez & Associates, Board Member, Coconut director for the Center for Urban and Community Design. She was a Gra- Associate Research Professor. Shulman was on the Miami Design Preserva- Grove Playhouse ham Foundation Grant recipient for her research entitled: The Rebuilding tion League Board between 1995 and 1996, chairing the Education Com- Vincent Post, VPJ Enterprises Inc. of American Cities: in the wake of disaster. Cháo later oversaw the rebuild- mittee, a member of the Urban Arts Committee in Miami Beach between Board Member, Coconut Grove Playhouse ing of 33 historic properties on behalf of Dade Heritage Trust as their His- 2000 and 2001 and has served on the Miami Zoning Board since 2001. In Shelly Spivack, Shelly Spivack & Associates toric Preservation Grant Administrator. In 2001 she chaired a symposium 2004 he won awards from the Miami Design Preservation League and the Board Member, Coconut Grove Playhouse entitled: Tracing Parallel Cultural Experiences between Cubans and Cuban- Dade Heritage Trust for his Browns Hotel Restoration in Miami Beach. Michael Spring, Director, Miami-Dade County Department of Americans at the Lowe Art Museum, where to date she has been a member Shulman is a Registered Architect in the State of Florida. Cultural Affairs of the Latin American & Caribbean Collection Advisory Board. Since 2002, Michele Walter, Director, AMS Planning & Research funded by the J.M. Kaplan Fund, Cháo has collaborated on a research proj- Derrick Smith ect, studying the historic preservation and urban design patterns of Havana, Derrick Smith has been the principal of A & S Architects, Planners P.A. in Charrette Leaders: Cuba. In 2004 and later 2006, she curated two related exhibitions entitled: Miami, FL. since June 1993. He has been affi liated with the University of Havana, the Caribbean City. In 2007 and 2008 she curated two symposiums Miami School of Architecture as a lecturer and a Design Instructor. Early in Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Dean and Distinguished Professor, School of related to sustainable architecture and urbanism. In 2008, under her leader- his career he worked with Robert A.M. Stern Architects in New York, An- Architecture, University of Miami. ship the CUCD was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the dres Duany & Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk Architects in Miami, FL and Feren- Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk is Dean of the School of Architecture at the Uni- Arts. She is a registered architect in Florida. dino, Grafton, Spillis, Candela Architects in Miami, FL. He holds a Masters versity of Miami. She joined the faculty in 1979 after earning her Bachelor of Architecture from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Architecture of Arts in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University in from the University of Miami. 1972 and her Master in Architecture from Yale University in 1974. At the Jorge Hernandez, Faculty, University of Miami. Leading Project Architect. University of Miami she founded the school’s graduate program in Sub- Jorge Hernandez is a professor of Architecture Design & Theory, Architec- Veruska Vasconez urb and Town Design in 1988 and has served as director of the Center for tural History and Urban Design at the University of Miami. Before joining Faculty, University of Miami School of Architecture. Urban and Community Design. In recent years she led the Coral Gables the faculty of the University of Miami Jorge taught at the University of Charrette, which gathered University faculty, students and staff to work Virginia’s School of Architecture and has also taught at the Prince of Wales with City administrators and residents on a plan for the City’s downtown. Institute of Culture. His fi rm, Jorge L. Hernandez, Architect, focuses on She is a founder and a board member of the Congress for New Urban- the context, climate and culture of each project and has been recognized ism, served on the board of trustees of Princeton University, and currently internationally for its designs of civic projects and its distinctive residen- serves on the board of the Institute for Classical Architecture/Classical tial design work, published throughout Europe, Latin America and North America. Plater-Zyberk has been in practice with Duany Plater-Zyberk and America. Historic preservation, preservation planning, and master planning Company, designing over 200 urban plans: new towns including Seaside, of large scale projects and campuses are also part of the fi rm’s expertise. A Kentlands, and Windsor; urban redevelopment plans, including Los Ange- University of Miami graduate with a master’s degree in architecture from les, West Palm Beach, Miami and Miami Beach, and municipal urban codes; the University of Virginia, he chaired Florida’s State Historic Preservation Traditional Neighborhood Development Code and the Smart Code. Advisory Council and served on the Florida Historical Commission. He is a board member of Dade Heritage Trust. Hernandez directs the historic preservation program at the UM school of architecture as a board member Sonia Cháo, CUCD Director. Faculty, University of Miami School of Archi- for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. tecture. Project Administrator. Sonia Cháo is the director for the Center for Urban and Community Design at the University of Miami School of Architecture and a faculty member. 4 Guest Architects: Renderers/Technical Team: Vision Report: Robert E.