Catalyst Design Competition Winners

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Sacramento’s Capitol Mall is more than just a

street, it is the public space that connects the

greatest attractions of the city: the river, the

capitol and the historic neighborhoods beyond.

We propose a three-fold strategy to transform

the Capitol Mall: activate the edges, frame the

view, and direct the path. Implementing these

strategies will help reveal what is already present

in downtown Sacramento: urban civic grandeur.

Formal icon, event space, transportation hub, city

park, gardens and good urban landscape, the newCapitol Mall becomes a place for any time of day,

every day of the year.

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sac lunchThe Capitol Mall has only a ew restaurants, and the

proposed civic space is ideally suited or a daily rotation

o high‑quality local ood trucks during the work lunch

rush, weekly evening street estivals and other special

events. According to a recent survey in the Sacramento

Bee , residents are clamoring or better dining options. The

necessary inrastructure investment is minimal and can

be implemented immediately; the City can dramatically

increase pedestrian activity simply by repealing current

restrictions and issuing more ood truck permits.

The proposed Sacramento Center is a multi‑use

development to serve the growing needs o tourists and

visiting business proessionals in downtown Sacramento.

As a civic icon or residents that anchors the western

gateway o Capitol Mall, the development will contain a

cultural acility, with rotating exhibitions showcasing the

collections o local museums, as well as gallery space or

local artists. The Center also includes an elevated cae and

green roo with outdoor seating with views to the Capitol

Building and Tower Bridge.

STREET SECTIONS

SACRAMENTO

CENTER

KEY DESIGN STRATEGIES

RIVER CITY PROMENADE

EVENT VIEW

Capital Gardens

unobstructed long view

low trees and plantings

curbless connection to sidewalks

Plaza of the Sierras

undulating ground plane

episodic and elevated views

pullouts along street provide space or event inrastructure

Transit Plaza

hardscaped plaza with transit inrastructure

bike storage, newstands, and coee kiosks

wide‑open view o capitol down the ormal capitol plaza

curbless appealThe Capitol Mall should be a c ivic gathering place frst,

and trafc thoroughare second. By reducing lanes o

trafc to one in each direction and raising the street level

to the curb, this proposal creates a pedestrian‑ocused

civic space.

episodic progressionWhat’s a view without viewers? The most valuable urban

design element is people. By oering a progression

o diering views o the landmark Capitol building, the

Capitol Mall becomes a vibrant promenade with a series

o unique spaces.

activate the edges1

direct the path3

frame the view

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Create opportunities or pedestrian activity, or gathering,

interacting, and celebrating in underutilized open space.

Strategic infll adjacent to existing buildings.

Create a continuous pedestrian surace. Unite ragmented

pedestrian zones. Widen the pedestrian right‑o‑way to better

serve the growing demands o alternative means o transit

(walking, bike, rail).

Emphasize topography representative o geological

eatures o region. Manipulate the ground plane to create

opportunities or dynamic views o Capitol building. CULTURAL FACILITY

ARTIST GALLERY

RESTAURANT

RETAIL

HOTEL

CONFERENCE ROOMS

ROOF DECK + CAFE

RESIDENTIAL TOWER

PHASE 1: ATTRACTEVENT PLAZA, TRANSIT AMENITIES,

AND LOCAL BUSINESSES

Establish a central event space on the mall, removing

curbs and reducing trafc to encourage walking and

biking. Create a pedestrian way along 6th Street

between L Street and N Street to link Westfeld Mall to

residential districts. Improve transportation amenities

such as light rail inormation kiosks and bike storage/

rental inrastructure. Temporary infll structures at

existing plazas and mobile ood inrastructure attract oot

trafc and serve as a catalyst or subsequent phases.

PHASE 3: ANIMATESACRAMENTO CENTER AT 3RD

STREET AND HIGH-5 PARK,

Construct an elevated park over I‑5, completing the

promenade and orging a strong link rom the Capitol

to the riverront, Crocker Park, and Old Sacramento.

Complete development o the multi‑use

Sacramento Center at 3rd Street.

PHASE 2: EXTENDTRANSIT PLAZA AND CAPITOL CONNECTION

Connect the Capitol grounds with the Event Plaza

through landscape improvements, creating a complete

promenade rom 5th Street to the Capitol. Focus on

improving transit, pedestrian and bike connectivity

rom the surrounding community to the mall.

Complete temporary and permanent infll buildings

along the mall to strengthen the street edge.

HIGH-5 PARKTOWER BRIDGE PLAZA OF THE SIERRAS TRANSIT PLAZA THE CAPITOL

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A N U R B A N I N C I S I O Ns a c r a m e n t o c a p i t o l m a l lThe city of Sacramento provides the perfect armature for a truly great civic space. This concept utilizes a

textural planning scheme and sculptural landscape intervention to activate the Capitol Mall and transform it into a world-class destination.

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Western opportunity sites to create a focal point ofpublic interest to balance and link the overall Mall andSacramento water front. For this focal point the conceptintroduces an organic land-bridge that connects two

topographic parks that provide a new perspective ofthe Capitol Mall. This land-bridge discreetly crossesthe Capitol Mall merge point with a minimal sculpturalprofile that offers visitors spectacular vistas of the Capitolbuilding, Waterfront, and the surrounding context. Bypinching the crossing and using a slim profile landscapebridge, the land-bridge will blend into the context withoutblocking Mall views of the Capitol or Tower Bridge.Other strategies being utilized to enhance the overallre-activation of the Capital Mall include revitalizing theurban streetscape along the Capital Mall corridor andINCISION. This is accomplished by reintroducing street-side parking, bike lanes, landscape amenity panels, andother proven urban design elements to improve the

density and population usage along the Capitol Mall.

Through the use of landscape relief incisions and uplifts,INCISION initially activates the landscape; thustransforming the Mall into a dynamic plane of subtlestriations of programmed and un-programmed public

spaces, continuous pedestrian circulation paths, waterchannel features, and civic exploration. Additionally, thistheme is applied to a proposed Capitol Mall Visitor Centerlocated between 3rd and 4th Street. The concept behindthe Visitor Center uses a similar sculptural incision appliedto an iconic built structure that blends interior and exteriorspace, as well as visually linking itself to the overall Mallaesthetic. By blending landscape and built-form, thevisitor is offered a unique experience that encompassesfunctional programmatic uses and modern landscapespaces.The final major intervention is the re-visioning of theWestern edge of the Capital Mall corridor at the transitionzone between Old Sacramento, the I-5, and the Capitol

Mall itself. The overall scheme proposes to utilize the

LAND BRIDGE: creates a connection between

both north and south sides, and at the sametime keeps the view corridor free through apinched center

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES: allows for easy pedes-trian crossing over the interstate and createsa connection to the downtown area along the waterfront

ICONIC VISITORS CENTER: forms a connectionbetween the Capitol Mall landscape and thebuilt environment

ACTIVATED SECONDARY ZONES: certain roadsare closed off and are restructured for pedes-trian life in order to create a more continuousCapitol Mall

CAPITOL MALL INCISIONS: theprimary spaces are transformedthrough incisions into the land



The combination of these

truly unique interventions

offer the Capitol Mall

new spaces for gathering,

leisure, exploration,

exercise, and experiencethat will attract regional,

national, and global

attention from a diverse

group of interests.

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connected city greater than the sum of its parts

View Toward Capitol (above)

CAPITOL MALL The catalysts are shaped and sited to preserve existing views

and enhance pedestrian linkages as well as the opportunity for

people to gather. The iconic columnade is aligned to

Sacramento’s systems of movement. It is a passage and symbol

of historic migration invigorating the civic stature of the site.

The Capotol Mall Towers tread lightly on the ground at the far

western end of the Mall and beckons as a Gate to the Capitol.

When seen from the east they neatly frame the Tower Bridge in

the horizon Collectively the main catalysts provide long termactual and symbolic benets to a society following its vision.

1. VISIONKNIT THE CITY Central to this proposal is the challenge of ensuring that the

area North of the Mall is not isolated from the more thriving

area to the South. The future development of the northern rail

yard raises the importance of transforming Capitol Mall into a

connector rather than barrier.

Opening up the Mall to north-south movement allows thecity to function as a synergetic whole where the effect of

the Connected City is greater than the sum of its parts.

PLAN LEGEND1. North-South through traffic

2. Shared drop off for buildings on Mall

3. Occupants spilling out in public space4. Connecting Courts

5. Decomposed Granite paths

7. Flexible Event Space

8. Parking off L and N street

Area DenitionsA. Macro Catalyst Site:

Bridged Opportunity Sites

B. Micro Catalyst Sites:

Entrance Nodes & Connective Coutryards

Capitol Mall Master Plan

Re-routing East-West vehicular traffic out of the Mall and

into L and N street, reclaims the shaded perimeter of the

Mall for pedestrian circulation.

Social infrastructure is woven into the larger, existing

systems of movement, enabling a new exchange between

public and private activities.

Prioritizing pedestrian space designates the Mall as aplace for people, creating opportunities for interaction that

form the sustainable principle of this design – to celebrate,

express and revive what exists.

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IMPLEMENTATION Phase 1

Visitors Center &Water PlazaBegin by creating a landmark

structure, that serves as a gate-

way to the Mall, and an adjoin-

ing public plaza, which cools

visitors and provides a fun inter-active space that celebrates the

casual california lifestyle.

IMPLEMENTATION Phase 2

Entrance Nodes &Connecting CourtsInfrastructure for each node andcourt can be repeated from one

intersection to the next. Adja-

cent buildings are given a new

opportunity to extend their

frontage into the public way and

establish their own unique iden-tity.

2. CATALYST A: MACRO SITEBRIDGE OPPORTUNITY SITESEntrepreneurial potential and public enthusiasm drive this vision forward. Com-

munal space provide the opportunity for social participation and a range of larger

events and collaborations to take place simultaneously; bonding catalyst sites

and vision together toward the long term prosperity of the city.

Gateway Tower with Water Plaza (above)

3. CATALYST B: MICRO SITES ACTIVATE URBAN MICRO ENVIRONMENTSEach street crossing the Mall provides new drop o places, which act as Por-

tals to the Connecting Courts that collectively make up the Mall. These “out-

door city rooms”, like beads on a string, vary in character and activity, allowing

a vibrant civic form to emerge.

Social EcologyLiving platforms, where multiple levels of social,

cultural and nancial networks interface pro-

vide urban resilience patterns key to todays’

most advanced self-sustaining communities.

This Capitol Mall design celebrates

California’s residents. It is a daily reminder of the

open-minded public, which the governmentrepresents. The formation of the Mall welcomes

this diversity, leaving it in part open for future

growth and processes of thought.

Sustainable Strategies1. Decrease Impervious surfaces

2. Reduce heat island eect

3. Reinforce existing light rail transport ation

4. Increase pedestrian access

5. Reduce C02 emissions6. Decrease stormwater runo

7. Capture & recycle greywater

8. Expand existing tree canopy

Meaning & Eect1. Provide Employment Opportunities

2. Restore Vitality of State Capitol

3. Develop sense of community ownership of the Mall

4. Revitalize existing infrastructure

5. Increase urban amenities

6. Invest in cultural capital7. Create exible meeting places on multiple scales

Sustainabilitywith a Greater Notion

Gateway Tower to Capitol MallEstablish a strong sense of place by creating a landmark that

can be seen from Interstate 5, Tower Bridge, Old Sacramento,

West River Bank and Crocker Park. As the entrance gate to the

Mall it presents views from the landmark to take in the mag-

nicent sweep from the River to the West to the Capitol build-ing in the East and demarkate it as a landmark to the City.

Share GroundCreate casual spaces where private use can spill out

onto public way. Allow dierent scales of activities to inter-

connect such as: Cafe’s, Exhibitions, Music, Street Galleries,

Fairs, Rallys, Farmers Markets, Sporting Events and other.

Catalyst Site BConnecting Courtyards

Catalyst Site AVisitors Center

Event SpaceConnected to the Gateway Tower, Water Plaza and the

opportunity site bordering

6th street is a central Event

Space and Amphitheatre.

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humphreyscu lpture park with game court(s) demo garden 2 block farmers market on bocce ball courts between kiosks beer garden calistenics plaza built-inbench bathrooms | info kiosk amphitheatre kiosks: food | coffee | newspaper | bikeshop big chess board play structure garden public art bike racks cafe tables bike path

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block 4: section of farmers’ market

block 1: inviting art at intersections

block 2: commerce creates communityblock 3/4: outdoor room framing iconic views

The measure of any great civilization is in its

cities, and the measure of a city’s greatness is

to be found in the quality of its public spaces,

its parks and squares. - John Ruskin

C A P I T O L M A L L :Create a vibrant and bustling promenade in the heart o Sacramento flled with:

COMMERCE Kiosks and a permanent Farmers Market support local micro businesses

COMMUTING Sae and convenient pathways promote pedestrian and bicycle transport

CANOPIES Lush allée o trees rames iconic views and orms a series o outdoor rooms

CALISTHENICS Series o ftness stations and play structures promote health and play

RECREATION Variety o games encourages longer stays and interaction between people

COMMUNITY In concert these activities build a diverse and enduring community

SIX BLOCKS, SIX PHASES, SIX YEARS: The proposed design would be best implemented in six phases

over the span o six years, allowing the city to start improvements to the Capitol Mall immediately. The

commercial component would be implemented frst in order to generate revenue to und subsequent

phases. The Capitol Mall belongs to many and it is crucial that the new design incorporates the needs

and desires o all. Participation in the design process by users will build ownership and accountability,

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VEGETATION trees, garden, plants, grass, and ground cover $ 1,720,000

KIOSKS ood, coee, newsstand, bikeshop, and beer garden $ 700,000

HARDSCAPE paving, retaining walls, bike path, amphitheater $ 2,577,400

GAMES chess, bocce, badminton, basketball, play structures $ 183,700

PUBLIC ART Crocker Art Park, ountains, sculpture, murals $ 2,145,000

UTILITIES electrical, water, sewer $ 2,430,000

SOFT COSTS architecture, engineering $ 2,500,000

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primary icons in

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farmers’ market

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trees frame

view and shade

benches

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to a single lane of

trafc and parallel parking.

raised crosswalks double as

speedbumps

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access median at

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sidewalks

The Capitol Mall links important landmarks and cultural icons in Sacramento. The Mall

is a major thoroughfare for light rail, bus lines, and residential and commuter car trafc.

The proposed design transforms the Capitol Mall into a grand procession for bikes and

pedestrians as well as for cars . Dedicated walking and bike paths will be safe, pleasant,

engaging, and experiential, with plenty of places to stop and rest. Paths will provide

thousands of workers, residents and tourists with improved transportation options and new

opportunities for physical tness - walking, biking, running, calisthenics, games and play.

TrAnsPOrTATIOn

The attractions and events proposed for the Capitol Mall complement and supplement

existing attractions, responding to the needs and desires of different users. An over-arching

principle for the proposed design is community-building through activity. The amphitheater

on block 6, closest to the Capitol, allows for large rallies, protests, or performances with

ample seating and shade. Permanent kiosks (for food, produce, newsstands, etc .) will

stimulate daily, community-building interaction. Clustered seating and work areas, among

other seating types, are shaded, ergonomic, pleasant places for gathering.

Many goals must be balanced in order to transform the Capitol Mall into an engaging

promenade that not only attracts people to pass through but inspires them to dwell as

well and thereby build community over time. ARCHITECTURE: Kiosks that house tourist

info, restrooms, and various micro-businesses will be prominent architectural icons of the

site. The kiosks relate to the romance, rich texture, and color of Sacramento’s Victorian

architecture of 1860 to 1929. This is Sacramento’s coming-of-age architecture, a c ommon

and iconic element of our collective cultural past.

Because of the linear nature of the site there is great opportunity to emphasize views of the

iconic Capitol Building and Tower Bridge and to incorporate secondary landmarks (fountains

and sculpture) along the length of the site. New icons will complement and frame views

of the Capitol building and Tower Bridge. Alluring spaces within this proposed median park

will provide viewing opportunities, showcasing the site’s beautiful existing structures and

reinforcing our collective cultural heritage. The allée of trees will dene the space and

frame views, while bringing color, beauty, fragrance, and nature to the Capitol Mall.

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block 5: activity attracts activity all blocks: alley of trees enhances view corridor

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Kiosks, public art, and plazas dene a series of outdoor rooms. These outdoor rooms

are highly exible in order to accommodate ever-changing activities including

commuting and commerce, eating and exercise, play and people watching. Activity

attracts more activity, so the more amenities that are designed and planned for the

space, the more reason people will have to visit the site, bringing with them more life.

“Wherever there are people – in buildings, in neighborhoods, in city centers, in recreational

areas, and so on -- it is generally true that people and human activities attract other people.”

– Jan Gehl

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Whatever intent of original capital mall corridorplanners, outside a visual connection between theCapital building and east access bridge, little in wayof a practical, functional plan in the built environmentwas achieve. If a grand gesture linking river andcapital, inactually a wide short street of little non-localuse with interesting landmarks at each end.

The corridor’s limited value as anemic vehicular link,its broader disregard and disconnect from a largerurban landscape it occupies would suggest anotherremedy based on a more forward perspective.

3, 1?

The proposal here is to move from a singleinfrastructure mode to that of a multiple, more scalablenature; to resolve an idea rooted on the physicaltransition between place, rather than visual display;to advance from “1” to “3”, amending a singletransportation mode, cars, with multiple concepts oftransportation - light rail, foot and bicycle with aredefinition of this corridor as a means of going toand from the Capital building, a link not to WestSacramento, but the river(s) adjacent bothmunicipalities.

The solutions are from the past and have beenespoused continually for at least the last 50 years.The novelty here is not the idea, but its application inthis time and place and the integration into a largerconcept of municipal and regional planning anddevelopment.

Core to this proposal is the introduction of a tramsystem, the rail portion of the “3”. Initially this light railsystem would operate between a newly built parkingstructure near Crocker Museum and Capital building.

Although on one hand a tourist train framed forpictures in front of the state Capital, the track has avery serious purpose of giving the Mall corridor asense of identity and utility.

Capital MallWhether tied to overhead electrical, or based on somealternate propulsion, the tram car gives a storyline toa journey to the seat of state government, asidemundane suburban hunts for parking. Based on theoriginal “Birney” cab used in the are during 1920 to 1935by the Sacramento Northern Railroad, the small scalepeople mover was ideal for limited numbers ofpassengers and provides an historically accuratemirror similar San Francisco’s cable cars. Expansionof the line could eventually include Old Town, the really,the undercooked Marina frontage and Land Park.

With the Mall corridor tram line more common uses offoot and bicycle movement. The restriction of cartraffic, the reduction of the gulf of asphalt separating

North and South curbs is the key here. Three lanes perside becomes one (with parking) and the isolation ofcentral median is reduced allowing for a freer (andsafer) flow of pedestrian and pedal traffic.

Of course with the increase width of medians allowsopportunities of place removed from perils ofdedicated vehicular thoroughfares, somethingimportant to walking, if less so with a bicycle. Thatconcept of place, of landmark within (or between)landmarks allows for introduction of symbolic linksbetween the Capital building structure and theSacramento River.

In short, the series of reflection ponds can be seenas an extension of the river toward the statearchitectural landmark. Although it is not possible toactually physically connect the river along the linearmall, at least some note of the importance to the cityof the waterway would be indicated. Their placementin line acts as pointers to terminus on the space.

With water features two other defined nodes occupythe scheme. First is the ancient plant garden and theloosely defined open lawn area at the east portion of

the arrangement. The former would mirror theAuboreum west of the Capital building. The latterwould serve as a multi-function venue for outdoorfunctions as farmer’s markets, small concerts, orother gatherings of people for informal events.



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Tram line

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View toward Tower bridge

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REGISTRATION NUMBER: S15223

DATE: Sept. 29, 2011CATALYTIC CAPSULESidea

masterpaln

catalytic system

1. WRONG street scale

2. the speed limit is too HIGH

3. NO access to central green space

1. street section

2. accessible green spaces

3. parking lots

4. axis and city skyline

existing building

commercialgreen space

sportsrecreation

1. put 2/3 of the traffic lanes into UNDERGROUND

2. REDUCE the speed limit of surface traffic

3. ENLARGE the central green space and CONNECT them with existing

green space

add more green spaces and make them accessible

put some parking lots into underground

keep the original city skyline and put most axial spaces underground

capitol view from the amphitheater

bridge view from an plaza

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REGISTRATION NUMBER: S15223

DATE: Sept. 29, 2011CATALYTIC CAPSULES

office + green space

children’s park

extreme sports park

park

recreational park + landscape

underground plaza + coffee + shop 1 light rail

botanical garden

underground plaza + coffee + shop 2

amphitheater

sculpture park

california state capitol

park

tower bridge gateway

sightseeing tower

sand pit

office staff itinerary

tourists’ itinerary

recreational itinerary

passerby’s itinerary

2how capsules work?

A-A section

connection between different levels





catalyst space: pedestrian plaza Inspired by the Dutch Woonerf model the boundary between people space and car space is intentionally blurred; pedestrian

spaces extended from the sidewalk, and into the traffic zone. Drivers moving through the plaza are made to feel like guests and

modify their behavior accordingly. Activity on the plaza is particularly vibrant on the weekends when the street is closed to trafficto accommodate street fairs, farmers markets, festivals, and other community events. Activation of the space is enhanced by

infill residential development, cafe seating, ground floor retail, and a children’s splash pad.

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preserved view between capitol and bridge



sustainabilitydemonstrate sustainable designandpromote environmentalawareness

agricultureshowcaseCalifornia’s rich agrarianheritage and culinary traditions

artsexplorethepotentials ofnew media,music,performance,sculpture,lmand installationart

technology

employ technology to createan engaging public space

MultiMediAMALL

Interactive + Informative

Pedestrian ExperienceCreativeCapitol

The Creative Capitol

Agriculture Sustainability

Linkages and Walkability

Master Site Plan

Crocker Art Museum

Crocker Sculpture Park

Crocker Childrens’Park

Events Plaza

Underground Parking

Bus Stops

Multimedia Kiosks

Bike Lanes

Trac Calming Crosswalks

Capitol Mall Market

Multimedia Center

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Residential/ Hotel Tower

Market Plaza

Design Goals

Perspective A: The Multimedia Mall Perspective B: Capitol Mall Market

65-228 Residents

Amtrak Train Station

Old Sacramento

229 - 590 Residents

ParkingBus Stop

Light Rail Stop

Light RailBicycle LaneProject AreaParks

5 min walk rom site

591 -2144 Residents

Crocker Art Museum

Caliornia State Capitol

Caliornia Museum

Stormwater Retention Area

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Arts Technology



View Corridor

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Curbside Parking

Bike LaneEvent Plaza Steps

Event Stage / Museum EntranceInstallation/ Exhibition Space

Underground Parking

Outdoor Film PlazaCaeteria 1-Way

Stormwater Retention Area

“AquaTree”demonstrates

the value o urban trees

or shade and stormwater

retention

“SolarTree”stores energy

during the day to power

nightime lights located

inside it’s multicolored trunk

“AgriTree”provides a tree-

like trellis or ruit and fower

producing vines

Urban CanopyAerial Perspective

Phasing

Multimedia Kiosks

Section A: Multimedia Center and Mall

Phase 1: Multimedia Center and Mall

Phase 2: Market and Crocker Park Improvements

The Creative Capitol S68463

Agriculture SustainabilityArts Technology

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