Master of Urban Design University of Michigan Professor Philip Enquist, Rahul Mehrotra Detroit Urban Design Studio III Jae Seung Lee DETROIT: DRIVEFORWARD RECLAIMINGASPHALT URBANISM + REKNITTINGTHE CITY MOTORIZEDSPACE DETROIT: DRIVEFORWARD Motorized Space 15,038,961 sq. ft. ((499 acres) 60%of Land Non-Motorized Space 20,738,166 sq. ft. (298 acres) 36%of Land Open Green Space 1,650,994 sq. ft. (37 acres) 4% of Land DETROIT: DRIVEFORWARD Surface Parking Structure Parking 18 % of Land 5 % of Land Freeway Roadway 10 % of Land 26 % of Land St. Clair Shores Interstate Freeway Farmington Hills Royal Oak Major Road Southfield Warren Suggested Detroit - Ann Arbor Connection Detroit City Airport Redford New Center Livonia Midtown Lafayette Park Dearborn Heights Westland Corktown Downtown Detroit Dearborn Canton Windsor Ann Arbor Taylor Detroit Willow Run Airport Detroit Metropolitan Airport COMPARATIVEPROJECTS DETROIT: DRIVEFORWARD Big Dig, Boston Woodall Rodgers Park, Dallas 1.4 MILES 1.4 MILES Ringstrasse, Vienna Detroit 1.4 MILES 1.4 MILES RECLAIMINGASPHALT URBANISM + REKNITTINGTHE CITY DETROIT: DRIVEFORWARD Current Activity Pattern Entertainment Shopping Dining & Bar Church School Hospital Park Activity Pattern Green Infrastructure & Development Pattern Green Infrastructure New Development Pattern Midtown Corktown Downtown Lafayette Park DETROIT: DRIVEFORWARD Land Use Current Land Use Proposed Land Use Cultural Mixed-Use Zone Residential-Retail Zone Residential-Retail Hotel-Entertainment Office-Retail Zone Office-Retail Residential Institutional Structure Parking Residential Institutional Structure Parking Entertainment Industrial Transportation Entertainment Industrial Transportation Commercial Office Vacant Commercial Office Vacant Accessibility Current Freeway Access Enhanced Accessibility Freeway Freeway Access Freeway Boulevard Green Infrastructure Access Public Transit Current Transit System Proposed Transit System Freeway People Mover Major Bus Routes Taxi Stops Node Streetcar People Mover Enhanced Bus System Bus & Streetcar Stop Extension (Long-term: BRT) Retail / Recreation Parking Entertainment Shopping Dining&Bar Activity Pattern DESIGNPRINCIPLES DETROIT: DRIVEFORWARD Reconnecting Urban Fabric within Focal Points 1949 1952 1956 1961 Midtown Lafayette Park Downtown Corktown 1976 1981 2005 2026 Synergizing Mobility Freeway Boulevard Major Road Green Infrastructure Access Node Bus & Streetcar Station Retail / Recreation Parking Intersection Greening the Infrastructure Open Green Space Recreation Walk/Bike Trail Boulevard Four Lanes Street Parking Streetcar Eco-Corridor Bio Swells / Swales Vegetation Corridor Wetland Aquatic System Underground Parking GUIDELINE&TYPOLOGY DETROIT: DRIVEFORWARD Green Infrastructure Node Current Uses Design Guidelines Big Box, Greektown, Institutions, Commercial Residential Institutional Structure Parking Entertainment Industrial Transportation Commercial Office Vacant Typical Section 3 Lanes Ramp 3 Lanes Residential Station Structure Parking Vehicular Circulation Entertainment Office Extended Infrastructure Streetcar Retail Green Roof Characteristics Green Roof Green Roof Extended Eco-Corridor Boulevard Green Roof Bio Swells / Swales Street Car Infrastructure Vegetation Corridor Wetland Aquatic System Park Surface Wetland Flow Green Space, Biking, Jogging Wetland Cell Infiltration Parking Facilities Water Reused and Returned DETROIT: DRIVEFORWARD Freeway / Park / Cultural Mixed-Use Zone Current Uses Design Guidelines Entertainment (Sports, Theater), Residential, Retail, Office Block Plan Parcel Plan Land Use 20' 189' 149' 20' 46' 46' 108' 108' 60' 60' 48' 48' 20' 250' 210' 20' Mixed-Use (Entertainment+Residential) Mixed-Use (Retail+Residential) Vehicular Circulation Landscape Elements Bulk Controls Residential Institutional Structure Parking Entertainment Industrial Transportation Commercial Office Vacant Typical Section One-way Ramp 4 Lanes 4 Lanes Ramp On-way Road Road Vehicular Circulation Open Green Space Residential Streetcar Eco-Corridor Retail Green Roof Characteristics Green Roof Green Roof Green Roof Eco-Corridor Park Green Roof Bio Swells / Swales Cultural (Music, Performance) Vegetation Corridor Green Space Wetland Biking Aquatic System Jogging Surface Wetland Flow Wetland Cell Infiltration Facilities Freeway Water Reused and Returned DETROIT: DRIVEFORWARD Gateway / Transition / Hotel-Entertainment Zone Current Uses Design Guidelines Marginal Condition, Megastructure, Commercial Block Plan Parcel Plan Land Use 200' 135' 135' 60' 60' 20' 20' 77' 57' 10' 30' 30' 10' Ground Floor Piloti Entertainment Hotel Vehicular Circulation Landscape Elements Bulk Controls Residential Institutional Structure Parking Entertainment Industrial Transportation Commercial Office Vacant Typical Section Big Box Road Interchange Interchange Interchange Ramp Ramp Vehicular Circulation Open Green Space Entertainment Streetcar Eco-Corridor Hotel Green Roof Characteristics Eco-Corridor Park Bio Swells / Swales Green Space Vegetation Corridor Biking Wetland Jogging Green Roof Aquatic System Surface Wetland Flow Wetland Cell Freeway Interchange Infiltration Facilities Water Reused and Returned DETROIT: DRIVEFORWARD Boulevard / Park / Neighborhood Zone Current Uses Design Guidelines Residential, Greektown, Institutions, Commercial Block Plan Parcel Plan Land Use 38' 60' 136' 38' 60' 80' 80' 320' 56' 80' 20' 280' Mixed-Use (Retail+Residential) Vehicular Circulation Landscape Elements Bulk Controls Residential Institutional Structure Parking Entertainment Industrial Transportation Commercial Office Vacant Typical Section One-way Ramp 3 Lanes 3 Lanes Ramp On-way Road Road Vehicular Circulation Open Green Space Residential Streetcar Eco-Corridor Retail Green Roof Characteristics Green Roof Green Roof Green Roof Eco-Corridor Park Boulevard Green Roof Bio Swells / Swales Cultural (Music, Performance) Street Car Vegetation Corridor Green Space Wetland Biking Aquatic System Jogging Surface Wetland Flow CO2 Wetland Cell Infiltration Parking Parking Facilities Water Reused and Returned DETROIT: DRIVEFORWARD Boulevard / Park / Business Zone Current Uses Design Guidelines Residential, Office, Institutions, Commercial Block Plan Parcel Plan Land Use 60' 30' 60' 30' 76' 76' 80' 20' 80' 218' 178' 38' 38'20' Mixed-Use (Retail+Residential) Vehicular Circulation Landscape Elements Bulk Controls Residential Institutional Structure Parking Entertainment Industrial Transportation Commercial Office Vacant Typical Section One-way Ramp 3 Lanes 3 Lanes Ramp On-way Road Road Vehicular Circulation Open Green Space Office Streetcar Eco-Corridor Retail Green Roof Characteristics Green Roof Green Roof Green Roof Boulevard Park Eco-Corridor Green Roof Street Car Cultural (Music, Performance) Bio Swells / Swales Green Space Vegetation Corridor Biking Wetland Jogging Aquatic System Surface Wetland Flow CO2 Wetland Cell Parking Parking Infiltration Water Reused and Returned Facilities DETROIT: DRIVEFORWARD Figure-Ground Before After Eco-Corridor & Open Green Space Existing Green Space Stormwater Potential Eco-Connection Open Green Space Eco-Corridor IMPLEMENTATIONSTRATEGY DETROIT: DRIVEFORWARD Underground Parking City of Detroit Eco-Corridor Bio Swells / Swales Vegetation Corridor Wetland Aquatic System City of Detroit Boulevard Four Lanes Street Parking City of Detroit Open Green Space Recreation Walk/Bike Trail City of Detroit Retail / Recreational Facilities Shop Restaurant Sports Facilities Joint Venture (City of Detroit / Private Developers) DETROIT: DRIVEFORWARD Extended Infrastructure Open Green Space Joint Venture (City of Detroit / Private Developers) Cultural Mixed-Use Zone Hotel-Entertainment Zone Business Zone Green Infrastructure Node Neighborhood Zone Public Transit Improvement Embedded Development Streetcar System Private Developers People Mover Extension (Incentive Zone, TIF) Regional BRT Transportation Authority PHASINGSTRATEGY DETROIT: DRIVEFORWARD PHASE I. 2011 Green Infrastructure (John C Lodge Freeway / Chrysler Freeway) -Boulevard -Parking -Eco-Corridor -Retail / Recreational Facilities Public Transit Enhanced Bus System PHASE III. 2016 Green Infrastructure (Fisher Freeway) -Eco-Corridor -Retail / Recreational Facilities Embedded Development -Rental Housing (East) -Office (West) Public Transit Streetcar System PHASE III. 2026 Embedded Development -Housing -Local Retail Public Transit People Mover Extension Regional BRT URBAN DESIGNPLAN DETROIT: DRIVEFORWARD Node Hotel-Entertainment Zone Node Grand River Ave Cultural Mixed-Use Zone Node Node Michigan Ave Gratiot Ave Business Zone Node Ave Woodward Neighborhood Zone Lafayette Blvd Jefferson Ave Node Narratives DETROIT: DRIVEFORWARD Hotel-Entertainment / Neighborhood Zone Aerial View DETROIT: DRIVEFORWARD Aerial View from Midtown.