Westside Corridor Study: Community Core
Route 66 in Springfield, MO, Spring '15 - Librarium Nominee
Project: The Westside Community Study is a community studio group project tasked with envisioning and developing conceptual strategies for the second stage of an ongoing project by the City of Springfield to revitalize the Route 66 Bypass through the city. Individuals were grouped in teams of three and tasked with developing planning and architectural methods to promote community economics and heritage renewal.
Collaboration : The project is a group project where teams were given a section of the site to develop collaboratively within the group, as well as working with other groups to create a cohesive proposal for the whole section of the bypass. Our team developed a two block section of the road and after our initial development and research, it was named it the ''Community Core'' as a driving concept for our proposals. My team and I were nominated for a librarium prize for our work, of which I am very proud of my team's effort in receiving this recognition. Because the project is a group project, the images shown were ones developed directly by me, but the concepts and modeling of the elements were developed collaboratively.
1. Gathering Center
2. Wellness Center
3. Community Commons
4. Multi- Use Fields
5. Youth Center
6. Mixed use
7. Icon
Proposals
Community Core
The primary focus of the Community Core is to provide spaces for social interaction and recreation for all age groups in the area. The Community Core takes the program of a community center and divides them into specialized buidlings that expand upon their uses. The Community Core is divided into a Gathering Center, centered on learning and interaction, a Wellness Center, focused on fitness and health, a multi use outdoor area with sports fields, a proposed community commons that connects multigenerational housing together, and a live work district with a proposed icon sculpture.
Gathering Center
One of the primary proposals of the Community Core is the Gathering Center. It provides sace for social interaction and engaged learning. The center houses a cafe and book store, a snall library and reading area, meeting spaces, a gallery to house relics from the historic Route 66 and artworks from local artists. It also has a kids zone to provide daycare space and a library for the children in the area .Adjacent to the Kid's zone could be small park and playground.
