https://ag-architects.com Agrest+Gandelsonas Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:43:09 +0000 https://ag-architects.com en https://ag-architects.com/Home Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:43:09 +0000 Agrest+Gandelsonas https://ag-architects.com/Home AGREST AND GANDELSONAS ARCHITECTS click to enter https://ag-architects.com/2017-Agricultural-Corridor Wed, 24 Jan 2024 11:57:07 +0000 Agrest+Gandelsonas https://ag-architects.com/2017-Agricultural-Corridor Agricultural Corridor Des Moines, IA 2017 <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f6a2b56311a1b24ffaf58c4b81e96c1fb5492a4fe51c3026c6877a629486245/KEY1-AGRICULTURAL-CORRIDOR-DM.jpg" data-mid="202678830" border="0" alt="Aerial view" data-caption="Aerial view" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f6a2b56311a1b24ffaf58c4b81e96c1fb5492a4fe51c3026c6877a629486245/KEY1-AGRICULTURAL-CORRIDOR-DM.jpg" /> While the city of Des Moines has developed historically in the east to west direction, the growth of downtown has been prevented on the north to south direction, by the freeway to the north and by the railroad tracks to the south. The freeway is a permanent obstacle for growth. However, there is a strip of undeveloped land that runs adjacent to the railroad tracks that presents a unique solution for growth and development. The Des Moines Agricultural corridor is such a solution, one that simultaneously addresses a number of issues important for the community. An urban farming corridor including a string of greenhouses providing for 365 days a year of farming could perform the aforementioned roles simultaneously encouraging future development towards the south as well as dealing with issues of education, food, health and sustainability. The Des Moines Agricultural Corridor provides an urban feature that would transform what is now a barrier inside the city into a transitional area by encouraging the future development of downtown to straddle the railroad tracks which would restore the continuity and allowing the city to expand to the south. It helps to educate people about gardening practices, reconnect city dwellers to the source of their food, and contribute to an increased awareness of the health benefits of choosing fresh vegetables and fruits. It supplies produce to the outdoors farmers market, during the months when it is functioning and to future hyear-round interior markets in the proximity of the residential areas in the west and the east. It will complement the greenhouse of the homeless shelter by supplying produce during the winter months. The farming corridor complements the Des Moines school lunch initiative and a farming pilot program for downtown schools through the Des Moines Edible Schoolyard program. Students, starting in kindergarten through high school, will learn about farming in greenhouses build in the school yards. And finally, in terms of the environment, eating locally grown food will help to reduce the distance from farm to table, lowering carbon emissions related to transporting food. (read more) URBAN function RM1() { var dots = document.getElementById("dots1"); var moreText = document.getElementById("more1"); var btnText = document.getElementById("myBtn1"); if (dots.style.display === "none") { dots.style.display = "inline"; btnText.innerHTML = "(read more)"; moreText.style.display = "none"; } else { dots.style.display = "none"; btnText.innerHTML = "(close)"; moreText.style.display = "inline"; } } https://ag-architects.com/2012-Refiguring-Walnut-Street Wed, 24 Jan 2024 14:36:25 +0000 Agrest+Gandelsonas https://ag-architects.com/2012-Refiguring-Walnut-Street Refiguring Walnut StreetDes Moines, IA 2012 <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/764696b90e744db5bdf3007eb1e4de7436f5b54784f7ebf780bcd1613de6e188/KEY29-REFIGURING-WALNUT-STREET--PUBLIC-PLACE-DM-120201_Page_14.jpg" data-mid="202693029" border="0" alt="Plan with zones of cutural/social interactions" data-caption="Plan with zones of cutural/social interactions" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/764696b90e744db5bdf3007eb1e4de7436f5b54784f7ebf780bcd1613de6e188/KEY29-REFIGURING-WALNUT-STREET--PUBLIC-PLACE-DM-120201_Page_14.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aea7d1556918ae9b6a338855e7def692025c7af7fb84e02f7949defbc3a5a2af/WALNUT-1.jpg" data-mid="229216511" border="0" alt="All narrative sequences" data-caption="All narrative sequences" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aea7d1556918ae9b6a338855e7def692025c7af7fb84e02f7949defbc3a5a2af/WALNUT-1.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b83f81f330df268baba4de76e790055eb62e847b24e52fbfd91b432e2b768c8/WALNUT-2.jpg" data-mid="229216512" border="0" alt="Nodes with light" data-caption="Nodes with light" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b83f81f330df268baba4de76e790055eb62e847b24e52fbfd91b432e2b768c8/WALNUT-2.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/74314658799de820727d4aef3661ba5ea7f36f5158f8a093d5e2bfcf7a764e83/WALNUT-3.jpg" data-mid="229216513" border="0" alt="Nodes with light" data-caption="Nodes with light" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/74314658799de820727d4aef3661ba5ea7f36f5158f8a093d5e2bfcf7a764e83/WALNUT-3.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db02eb299a043b671bbbd242767ad3054d3ffb22fea611b0569f7f5b2e89fb09/WALNUT-4.jpg" data-mid="229216515" border="0" alt="Nodes with light" data-caption="Nodes with light" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/db02eb299a043b671bbbd242767ad3054d3ffb22fea611b0569f7f5b2e89fb09/WALNUT-4.jpg" /> Pa nost abo. 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Orporei uriaectus inusam verum et quaectectio explique iducit ea verchic aborporese preped mint laut lit am in entotaque volorere nis aut volupisi consequis vendunt quos undam debis sam si blaboremodia porest inus, saecepre sequia volupta adis estibus, simet liquia videliam fugiaecus, simodita dolorpo rporess itiumen totate num consequis dolenti venimin es ma quuntiorum aut prest ex eaturepe dolut mos ex eum repe non nullacil id que lab inum inctota tiatius audi siminti busciis arcius, int, num que moditaeste cus, odita sit est maio id excepel ides entorec tecerum ent vellorumqui nis sunt.(read more) Urban, Drawings function RM38() { var dots = document.getElementById("dots38"); var moreText = document.getElementById("more38"); var btnText = document.getElementById("myBtn38"); if (dots.style.display === "none") { dots.style.display = "inline"; btnText.innerHTML = "(read more)"; moreText.style.display = "none"; } else { dots.style.display = "none"; btnText.innerHTML = "(close)"; moreText.style.display = "inline"; } } https://ag-architects.com/2009-John-and-Mary-Pappajohn-Sculpture-Park Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:44:45 +0000 Agrest+Gandelsonas https://ag-architects.com/2009-John-and-Mary-Pappajohn-Sculpture-Park John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture ParkDes Moines, IA 2009 <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b652e561e2eb01c70c938a2bb90c06747edd89c1006be67e3b4579fee20a97e6/JMPSP-.jpg" data-mid="229198472" border="0" alt="Plan with sculpture locations" data-caption="Plan with sculpture locations" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b652e561e2eb01c70c938a2bb90c06747edd89c1006be67e3b4579fee20a97e6/JMPSP-.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2dcac0ef6d18a3c4b53c9c418f9c2013457a9176ad94510a3f4533d4dea17b91/JMPSP-2.jpg" data-mid="229198474" border="0" alt="Rendered plan with sculpture locations" data-caption="Rendered plan with sculpture locations" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2dcac0ef6d18a3c4b53c9c418f9c2013457a9176ad94510a3f4533d4dea17b91/JMPSP-2.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/300ea7b02d4d089435e7630bbdce9c5af0b48468dee3042e0c8e977e51f014dc/JMPSP-3.jpg" data-mid="229198476" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/300ea7b02d4d089435e7630bbdce9c5af0b48468dee3042e0c8e977e51f014dc/JMPSP-3.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae203026831d8344a1a02d968de20014304337238a2cc0492d854ce4e9e03990/JMPSP-4.jpg" data-mid="229198478" border="0" alt="Original hand sketch" data-caption="Original hand sketch" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae203026831d8344a1a02d968de20014304337238a2cc0492d854ce4e9e03990/JMPSP-4.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e4d42060bc033324859de5530c105cef96e69a6744c2c32eb59485326b53513/JMPSP-5.jpg" data-mid="229198481" border="0" alt="View of berms with open sculpture room" data-caption="View of berms with open sculpture room" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e4d42060bc033324859de5530c105cef96e69a6744c2c32eb59485326b53513/JMPSP-5.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a4cf4dc75734e2a5ac68460c49f64410c5cfbffe09bda2c01ef58bdb133a765/JMPSP-6.jpg" data-mid="229198483" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2a4cf4dc75734e2a5ac68460c49f64410c5cfbffe09bda2c01ef58bdb133a765/JMPSP-6.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43dfa21cfe20aec9e636cc8744c6c107d44d84aa6430de4a3a2e4572ffbee4d5/JMPSP-7.jpg" data-mid="229198485" border="0" alt="Night birdseye view" data-caption="Night 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d6090c04c84725d92cc14d635100ad7530f84d76404bf3836abf64ec53d3d63/JMPSP-10.jpg" data-mid="229198491" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d6090c04c84725d92cc14d635100ad7530f84d76404bf3836abf64ec53d3d63/JMPSP-10.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/80a822d91d49567093db57ad0dbf5087d0e8653d5f2b29f4a48e68a8d18466fb/KEY16-JMSPS--SCULPTURE-PARK--ROOMS.jpg" data-mid="202689918" border="0" alt="Sculpture park room" data-caption="Sculpture park room" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/80a822d91d49567093db57ad0dbf5087d0e8653d5f2b29f4a48e68a8d18466fb/KEY16-JMSPS--SCULPTURE-PARK--ROOMS.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45819a2d4e313e77a139632e64d16c33b4543301da6abbfde033116ba975df20/JMPSP-11.jpg" data-mid="229198493" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/45819a2d4e313e77a139632e64d16c33b4543301da6abbfde033116ba975df20/JMPSP-11.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9bf906d7838f7c01a5df8019a2e839394dc0de846516a30ca5f6fb486db705a/JMPSP-12.jpg" data-mid="229198495" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9bf906d7838f7c01a5df8019a2e839394dc0de846516a30ca5f6fb486db705a/JMPSP-12.jpg" /> The John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Park is located on the fourth and largest block—300x900 feet—of the Gateway Park, in. It is the permanent locus of a major collection of contemporary sculptures donated by John and Mary Pappajohn to the Des Moines Art Center to be exhibited in a Public Park. This important intervention, both cultural and recreational, will identify Downtown Des Moines as the most vibrant Cultural Urban Center of the Metropolitan Region. A most unique aspect of the park is that although it is an extension of a museum, it will be permanently accessible to the public . The Park exhibits sculptures by artists, including: Louise Bourgeois, Sol Lewitt, Richard Serra, Mark di Suvero, Tony Smith, and Ellsworth Kelly. The park has been conceived as a constructed undulating landscape, an urban public space for the enjoyment of art. This new topography modulates the scale of the otherwise very large and flat site. The project addresses all scales of perception, from the distance of a moving vehicle, from the sidewalk or from within the park in a close relationship to the sculptures. The concept of framing the sculptures in the parabolic ‘rooms’ creates a focus and facilitate the understanding of their inter relationships. View corridors allow for the people to see the sculpture park from their cars entering and exiting the city, views that will entice the car viewer to come back and visit the park. Because of their parabolic shape the walls allow for views while partially screening the areas where the sculptures are placed creating a variety of perspectives and visual experiences as the viewer moves through the park. The walls are slanted, receding from the sculptures and giving them prominence. The space in between the rooms offers possibilities for meandering through the park and discovering other sculptures in the landscape. People of different age groups can enjoy the park in different ways, including walking up the berms and seating on the benches along the paths. The walls are built in exposed aggregate concrete and a path throughout the park has been built in a dense exposed green aggregate. Sustainability has been a major concern in the project. For instance, gray water will be used for irrigation in a manner that reduces levels of pollutants in storm water discharges leaving the project. The project reduces the carbon footprint related to transportation by using local aggregates for the concrete walls, and local specimens, for landscaping. The design makes possible the addition of sculptures in the future. A donors plaza has been created as a special point of entry where a concrete wall with a stainless steel front has the names of the various donors from the local community. (read more) URBAN function RM25() { var dots = document.getElementById("dots25"); var moreText = document.getElementById("more25"); var btnText = document.getElementById("myBtn25"); if (dots.style.display === "none") { dots.style.display = "inline"; btnText.innerHTML = "(read more)"; moreText.style.display = "none"; } else { dots.style.display = "none"; btnText.innerHTML = "(close)"; moreText.style.display = "inline"; } } https://ag-architects.com/2009-OPD-House Wed, 24 Jan 2024 14:12:35 +0000 Agrest+Gandelsonas https://ag-architects.com/2009-OPD-House OPD HouseLos Angeles, CA 2009 <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78eb3e78d73db89eda655c1981d92832da1603a8c08935a6a61dad22d44cc708/KEY22-OPD--Residence-Los-Angeles-Windows-detail.jpg" data-mid="202691814" border="0" alt="Windows detail" data-caption="Windows detail" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/78eb3e78d73db89eda655c1981d92832da1603a8c08935a6a61dad22d44cc708/KEY22-OPD--Residence-Los-Angeles-Windows-detail.jpg" /> Located on a dead-end street that opens onto a panoramic view of the valley, the house sits on the upper portion of a sloping site facing a landscape of green hills illuminated by the unique Los Angeles light at sunset. The lush vegetation surrounding the house provides views of a subtropical garden with Mediterranean touches, giving the house its distinctive character. The original house occupied the highest point of a 60-foot-wide by 90-foot-deep sloping lot. It consisted of a living room and dining room separated by a double-sided fireplace, one bedroom, one bathroom, and a kitchen. The structure was a simple “box” composed of five wooden modules with a sloped roof and an inclined glass rear façade perpendicular to the roof. This glass wall rested on a horizontal louvered “shelf” that provided cross-ventilation in combination with a high horizontal window on the opposite, street-facing side. The renovation expanded the footprint of the existing structure to the maximum allowed by code, adding two additional structural modules to create a second bedroom and bathroom. Another key change was the removal of the louvered shelf, extending the inclined glass façade to the ground and introducing three low windows to preserve the cross-ventilation originally facilitated by the louvers. The rear glass façade now reads as a plane perpendicular to the sloping roof, visually independent from the vertical structural posts that support it, which establish a rhythmic order organizing the interior space. The entrance to the house was redefined through the creation of a breezeway—an interior/exterior space between the house and the carport that opens to the street. These spaces form a Z-shaped plan defined by three walls of horizontal redwood planks separated by half-inch gaps, acting as visual filters and providing privacy for the upper outdoor patio. A redwood-slat roof defines the space of the breezeway and connects it visually to the upper courtyard, establishing a spatial sequence that begins at the street and culminates in the garden. The redwood planks enclosing the garage also frame and define the upper courtyard. The garden’s retaining walls were reconfigured to create a larger main patio and a smaller lower patio—a more intimate space where a redwood cabin encloses an outdoor shower. The lower patio, surrounded by fruit trees, is connected to the upper patio by a circular stair framed by bougainvillea. Although the house measures only 960 square feet, it feels substantially larger. The breezeway and new patios add about 600 square feet of outdoor living space, while the rear glass façade—visually detached from the structure—extends the interior outward, creating a continuous spatial flow between inside and outside. The sequence of spaces, beginning at the breezeway and unfolding through the patios and garden to the lower terrace immersed in the surrounding landscape, generates a visual and spatial outdoor experience that plays as a counterpoint to the interior sequence of spaces of the house. (read more) BUILdings function RM31() { var dots = document.getElementById("dots31"); var moreText = document.getElementById("more31"); var btnText = document.getElementById("myBtn31"); if (dots.style.display === "none") { dots.style.display = "inline"; btnText.innerHTML = "(read more)"; moreText.style.display = "none"; } else { dots.style.display = "none"; btnText.innerHTML = "(close)"; moreText.style.display = "inline"; } } https://ag-architects.com/2008-Newark-Gateway Wed, 24 Jan 2024 14:10:19 +0000 Agrest+Gandelsonas https://ag-architects.com/2008-Newark-Gateway Newark GatewaysNewark, NJ 2008 <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7907dc2a31d3245d71839ead3e1af45f577553fa80461adc908542fefea78b74/KEY21-NEWARK-GATE-HIGHWAY-VIEW.jpg" data-mid="202691677" border="0" alt="Space Markers&rdquo; by day, &ldquo;Light Markers&rdquo; by night" data-caption="Space Markers” by day, “Light Markers” by night" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7907dc2a31d3245d71839ead3e1af45f577553fa80461adc908542fefea78b74/KEY21-NEWARK-GATE-HIGHWAY-VIEW.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a9aaf68d09d3b41fbfa086d61f7ec0c3625e36f04782259d343b24e67ceeafb/NEWARK.jpg" data-mid="227008164" border="0" alt="Plan of Newark" data-caption="Plan of Newark" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a9aaf68d09d3b41fbfa086d61f7ec0c3625e36f04782259d343b24e67ceeafb/NEWARK.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab21f56efe575504c44be1b005ea5321e65d26ecd2c7b1fbb2db693956181de6/NEWARK4.jpg" data-mid="227008151" border="0" alt="Plan of Site 11: Route 21 and Miller St" data-caption="Plan of Site 11: Route 21 and Miller St" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ab21f56efe575504c44be1b005ea5321e65d26ecd2c7b1fbb2db693956181de6/NEWARK4.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/335a505fe0fd74664d0e6bb47d19327354a71c94591ae5a5db932d2234afaee3/NEWARK2.jpg" data-mid="227008149" border="0" alt="Day view of Site 11 at intersection of Route 21 exit ramp and Miller Street" data-caption="Day view of Site 11 at intersection of Route 21 exit ramp and Miller Street" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/335a505fe0fd74664d0e6bb47d19327354a71c94591ae5a5db932d2234afaee3/NEWARK2.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e333fe4f212b19cd412d850ae4f893b5562916d06b22ddd619f705a1a080b12/NEWARK3.jpg" data-mid="227008150" border="0" alt="Night view of Site 11 at intersection of Route 21 exit ramp and Miller Street" data-caption="Night view of Site 11 at intersection of Route 21 exit ramp and Miller Street" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e333fe4f212b19cd412d850ae4f893b5562916d06b22ddd619f705a1a080b12/NEWARK3.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6886d16edea9dfe8b572786b54ee9e987175f74baa39d8c831c49d52f57f095e/NEWARK5.jpg" data-mid="227008152" border="0" alt="Night view of Site 44 at intersection of South Orange Avenue and Dover Street" data-caption="Night view of Site 44 at intersection of South Orange Avenue and Dover Street" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6886d16edea9dfe8b572786b54ee9e987175f74baa39d8c831c49d52f57f095e/NEWARK5.jpg" /> Newark has an enormous population that travels in and out of the city every day (a few years ago the NJ Path system was the most heavily peaked system in the world). Many of the current gateways these people use are designed for the peak hours of commuter traffic (and work well during those times), but are poorly utilized during off peak hours (middle of the day and on weekends). This suggests a design opportunity to make gateways that adapt to the different ways they are used throughout the day. Turning on the Switch Gateways at intersections with parking lots could establish a “cultural policy” of how to better use parking lots that are currently underutilized during off-peak hours. (read more) Urban function RM30() { var dots = document.getElementById("dots30"); var moreText = document.getElementById("more30"); var btnText = document.getElementById("myBtn30"); if (dots.style.display === "none") { dots.style.display = "inline"; btnText.innerHTML = "(read more)"; moreText.style.display = "none"; } else { dots.style.display = "none"; btnText.innerHTML = "(close)"; moreText.style.display = "inline"; } } https://ag-architects.com/2007-Des-Moines-Vision-Plan-II Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:19:56 +0000 Agrest+Gandelsonas https://ag-architects.com/2007-Des-Moines-Vision-Plan-II Des Moines Vision Plan II Des Moines, IA 2007 <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/627b04302a2833a1ad28aab4e974c6fc3c47d2932e8baa910b0f083ad9c768db/KEY10-DM_VISION-PLAN-2_-DOWNTOWN-TRANSITIONS-AND-EXPANSION.jpg" data-mid="202687838" border="0" alt="Downtown transitions and expansion" data-caption="Downtown transitions and expansion" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/627b04302a2833a1ad28aab4e974c6fc3c47d2932e8baa910b0f083ad9c768db/KEY10-DM_VISION-PLAN-2_-DOWNTOWN-TRANSITIONS-AND-EXPANSION.jpg" /> Following the completion of the Des Moines Vision Plan I, Agrest and Gandelsonas were hired to design Vision Plan II. This latest masterplan expands on the previous project, to encompass all of the downtown Des Moines neighborhoods. The Vision Plan represents a new strategy for the theory and planning of the American city at the turn of the millennium. The Vision Plan does not establish an ‘image’ for the city seen as a still-life, rather it is a continuous process involving a partnership between the city and the business community where specific projects are developed and implemented. The traditional linear sequence of the stages of planning being followed by the implementation and financing of specific projects is abandoned for a non-linear strategy where implementation and financing are considered from the beginning, and where projects are being designed and developed along with the planning process. The Vision Plan is a design process based on an analysis of the specific formal/aesthetic conditions of a given city which is overlapped and articulated to an analysis of the specific economic development opportunities. One of the basic premises of this urban design process is our belief that the specific conditions that characterize the American cultural, economic and political context imply the need for a radical critique of traditional urbanism. Instead of the traditional ‘Master Plan,’ the Vision Plan has developed a range of strategies from restriction to freedom, from determinate to indeterminate, from order to chaos, that focus on moments and not on a rigid plan. (read more) URBAN function RM12() { var dots = document.getElementById("dots12"); var moreText = document.getElementById("more12"); var btnText = document.getElementById("myBtn12"); if (dots.style.display === "none") { dots.style.display = "inline"; btnText.innerHTML = "(read more)"; moreText.style.display = "none"; } else { dots.style.display = "none"; btnText.innerHTML = "(close)"; moreText.style.display = "inline"; } } https://ag-architects.com/2006-Greenway Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:38:46 +0000 Agrest+Gandelsonas https://ag-architects.com/2006-Greenway Greenway—Slow InfrastructureSouth Amboy, NJ 2007 <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d427b2b4c323cb7a4170636d2c9b4503668c4d7016da58e7763e019cf657f08c/GREENWAY-1.jpg" data-mid="229234590" border="0" alt="A new type of slow infrastructure" data-caption="A new type of slow infrastructure" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d427b2b4c323cb7a4170636d2c9b4503668c4d7016da58e7763e019cf657f08c/GREENWAY-1.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b71f078df98b32447503496823fa80aa7e6f254d565555c48065bd174884a085/GREENWAY-2.jpg" data-mid="229234591" border="0" alt="A new green zone for outdoor recreation" data-caption="A new green zone for outdoor recreation" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b71f078df98b32447503496823fa80aa7e6f254d565555c48065bd174884a085/GREENWAY-2.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a8897127f514cf625c81069399f9fd01b1ed592591be200bb3418725ec8c0d89/GREENWAY-3.jpg" data-mid="229234592" border="0" alt="A new zone articulated by public spaces, sports and cultural facilities" data-caption="A new zone articulated by public spaces, sports and cultural facilities" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a8897127f514cf625c81069399f9fd01b1ed592591be200bb3418725ec8c0d89/GREENWAY-3.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c77c3a142ea594f2f054ebb353f229787debcd300f95f0c69454bbee5117bceb/GREENWAY-4.jpg" data-mid="229234593" border="0" alt="A new infrastructure powered by wind turbines" data-caption="A new infrastructure powered by wind turbines" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c77c3a142ea594f2f054ebb353f229787debcd300f95f0c69454bbee5117bceb/GREENWAY-4.jpg" /> When speed seems to be the pervading issue in every aspect of our culture, the notion of slow infrastructure might let us uncover questions obscured by the pursuit of speed. The focus on speed goes against the grain of urbanity which flourishes with slowness and the possibility of hanging out (the ultra-slow). Urbanity starts when speed slows down. Slow movement allows for seeing instead of looking, and therefore is the temporal condition of architecture (to see) and of urbanism and the urban gaze (to be seen). The construction of the railroad in the nineteenth century produced one of the most important changes in the spatial and social organization of the US, the generation of new urbanity. The demise of a number of routes and services in the mid-twentieth century produced a ‘no-man’s’ land that cuts through towns and cities fragmenting them, separating districts and neighborhoods. It also produced a reserve of undeveloped land and an opportunity that the South Amboy Greenbelt (SAG) developed by Agrest and Gandelsonas, Architects, uncovers. The SAG recuperates 340 acres of undeveloped land adjacent to the railroad in the city of South Amboy, one of the stops of the New Jersey Transit Rail. The project proposes to transform the old semi-fast infrastructure of the railroad into a new type of slow infrastructure, a new green zone for walking, jogging, biking, rollerblading, skateboarding and horseback riding articulated by public spaces, sports and cultural facilities powered by clusters of wind turbines. (read more) URBAN function RM23() { var dots = document.getElementById("dots23"); var moreText = document.getElementById("more23"); var btnText = document.getElementById("myBtn23"); if (dots.style.display === "none") { dots.style.display = "inline"; btnText.innerHTML = "(read more)"; moreText.style.display = "none"; } else { dots.style.display = "none"; btnText.innerHTML = "(close)"; moreText.style.display = "inline"; } } https://ag-architects.com/2005-IFC-Film-City Wed, 08 Feb 2023 13:31:07 +0000 Agrest+Gandelsonas https://ag-architects.com/2005-IFC-Film-City International Film CenterShanghai, China 2005, 2010 <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/086328318a1b2b71c490df26434ed47d63ab0bf5595b6c5d35ba4ce5201ae55b/IFC1.jpg" data-mid="202417300" border="0" alt="Public plaza with water pool" data-caption="Public plaza with water pool" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/086328318a1b2b71c490df26434ed47d63ab0bf5595b6c5d35ba4ce5201ae55b/IFC1.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e74c1f59c49501da76f77ad15af0f9779e0a90ea76f8b5933a3c527a90973377/IFC2.jpg" data-mid="202417301" border="0" alt="View towards Film Theme St. and Film Museum" data-caption="View towards Film Theme St. and Film Museum" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e74c1f59c49501da76f77ad15af0f9779e0a90ea76f8b5933a3c527a90973377/IFC2.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2a2ffd6d2e3abde93b7eaa091c7e4207ee66d20a4dd58f36c256e76cf51da28/IFC3.jpg" data-mid="202417302" border="0" alt="Film from above towards entry" data-caption="Film from above towards entry" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f2a2ffd6d2e3abde93b7eaa091c7e4207ee66d20a4dd58f36c256e76cf51da28/IFC3.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f8c7483dae5425e1002309a68afcc3c6cd8c9112c0cce9c5477e7c60e7ba9762/IFC4.jpg" data-mid="202417303" border="0" alt="Rotating building views" data-caption="Rotating building views" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f8c7483dae5425e1002309a68afcc3c6cd8c9112c0cce9c5477e7c60e7ba9762/IFC4.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ddb27822ff63bcbb44b4eec75365ae20931e25766bbe7dd1ad732d5a180612f/IFC5.jpg" data-mid="202417304" border="0" alt="Volumetric rotating aerial views" data-caption="Volumetric rotating aerial views" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ddb27822ff63bcbb44b4eec75365ae20931e25766bbe7dd1ad732d5a180612f/IFC5.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa83578587f2f92362bfabc01491dc5ae27a54f0bfded0bf528583f01e2a865f/IFC6.jpg" data-mid="202417305" border="0" alt="Concept model" data-caption="Concept model" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fa83578587f2f92362bfabc01491dc5ae27a54f0bfded0bf528583f01e2a865f/IFC6.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ddedb1670164053c9fd570d15d786f55b208fe2c06d18b3c48e362cd76e56e67/IFC7.jpg" data-mid="202417306" border="0" alt="Film museum section" data-caption="Film museum section" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ddedb1670164053c9fd570d15d786f55b208fe2c06d18b3c48e362cd76e56e67/IFC7.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e5b5e2fe966207655c1e6c9ff1fec17fd06b500098dcba8187de8efc1240c28a/IFC8.jpg" data-mid="202417307" border="0" alt="Ground level (red carpet) plan" data-caption="Ground level (red carpet) plan" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e5b5e2fe966207655c1e6c9ff1fec17fd06b500098dcba8187de8efc1240c28a/IFC8.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ddd97b42ad7addbfbb1403659df7dfb4f81cec98e99f1fd9ddc16d1bfe2f6c7/IFC9.jpg" data-mid="202417308" border="0" alt="Section through East Wing" data-caption="Section through East Wing" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ddd97b42ad7addbfbb1403659df7dfb4f81cec98e99f1fd9ddc16d1bfe2f6c7/IFC9.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0fe9c6270093edae26da8c738847323e28b3d9388f6537bd54f906431862ac74/IFC10.jpg" data-mid="202417309" border="0" alt="Section through West Wing" data-caption="Section through West Wing" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0fe9c6270093edae26da8c738847323e28b3d9388f6537bd54f906431862ac74/IFC10.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f76b714c51e5f30f17f8e08dfc3a1cdd27e7a74be8dad08f9e253a615bae1d8/IFC11.jpg" data-mid="202417310" border="0" alt="Section through Bridge and West Wing" data-caption="Section through Bridge and West Wing" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f76b714c51e5f30f17f8e08dfc3a1cdd27e7a74be8dad08f9e253a615bae1d8/IFC11.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fbc46edc09b8784fcd8444c8cc2a7207922a79337420ee5ca4322bbca3064c52/IFC12.jpg" data-mid="202417311" border="0" alt="Section through lobby entrance to Theater" data-caption="Section through lobby entrance to Theater" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fbc46edc09b8784fcd8444c8cc2a7207922a79337420ee5ca4322bbca3064c52/IFC12.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b09d4b8ff871004880cbc821971d4710d5cf53494645907a8c2b2415fcf326a2/IFC13.jpg" data-mid="202417312" border="0" alt="Section through West Lobby" data-caption="Section through West Lobby" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b09d4b8ff871004880cbc821971d4710d5cf53494645907a8c2b2415fcf326a2/IFC13.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dab867a930d488458b73914b3355487262fb20e8b2b85796e623552e9595a9a6/IFC14.jpg" data-mid="202417313" border="0" alt="Section through Tower lobby" data-caption="Section through Tower lobby" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dab867a930d488458b73914b3355487262fb20e8b2b85796e623552e9595a9a6/IFC14.jpg" /> Film City, located in the site of the Old Shanghai Film Studios on Caoxi Road, will be one of the most important cultural centers in Shanghai. For many years Shanghai itself has been a film center in China. Film City, as the center of film culture in China will be the center of major national and international events, and also on a daily basis the main venue to see movies, hold National and International Film Festivals, symposiums, and lectures and explore the history as well as the contemporary state of Chinese and, in particular, Shanghai cinema. In synthesis it will create a Forum for the development and exchange of work and ideas on Film. The concept for this project is to create a recognizable structure to be identified with Film City that is not a monument but integrates with the rest of the area and creates a civic space, the Plaza. The formal concept is that like film, it is a continuous strip, that creates, similarly to montage, different possible sequences of content. (read more) Constraints &amp; Requirements The site presents two constraints: 1. Zoning regulations require a 0.75 hectare green space on the site; and, 2. Future subway construction requires a 60m clearance space throughout the center of the site separating two buildable areas. There are also preservation requirements: The Nuns dormitory and one of the old film studios, the East Film Studio, are to be preserved and reused as a memory of the relationship between the new buildings and the past. (read more) Program 1—Offices The Offices are distributed in two wings (the East Wing and the West Wing) that run almost parallel to Caoxi Road and are linked by a third component (the Bridge) that bridges the 60m clearance space of the future subway construction. East Wing The ground floor houses the Plaza entrance to the Hotel, the Office Lobby Main Entrance, the Theaters Lobby and Entrance and the Cafe. The B1 level houses Lobbies for the Offices, Theaters and a secondary Hotel lobby to be accesses directly from the Parking or as a VIP drop-off area. The second and third floors are Offices and Meeting rooms or could be Banquet rooms linked to the Hotel. The fourth and fifth Floor are composed of offices and conference rooms. The vertical circulation core with an Atrium in the office lobby area from the East Wing becomes the vertical connection to the Bridge. West Wing This component of the office building starts at ground level and ends at the level of the bridge forming a continuous folded building. The interior space is organized by four receding flour plates that act as trays. Escalators link the different floors of the building, which could also be accessed from the elevators in the North Lobby 1 and the South Lobby 2. Bridge The Bridge is composed of offices and meeting rooms. It could be potentially arranged in such a way as to create an interesting experience along its length with atrium like spaces and groups of offices with their own identity within the larger whole. 2—Theaters There are three Movie Theaters: The Main Theater for 1,000 people with 12 meter high ceiling that doubles as a major Banquet Hall, one theater for 500 people with 7 meter high ceiling, one theater for 200 people and two screening rooms for 10 and 20 people. From the Lobby, looking into the courtyard and next to the large Theater are the VIP Rooms. The Movie Theaters are accessed both, from a lobby at ground level in the East Wing and from a Lobby at B1 level where people can be dropped off directly from the lower Red Carpet road. The upper lobby is designed as a balcony looking down to the lower lobby at level B1 and open to the garden by a very large double height glass wall. A very large stair and two escalators establish the connection between Ground and B1 levels. The lower level Lobby will be filled with natural light during the day. The upper lobby is also linked to a café surrounded by the garden and open to the Plaza. 3—Film Museum The Film Museum is located on top of the West Wing on the North side creating a reference point from Ciao Xi Road. It is accessed from the North end of the West Wing at ground level through a bridge into a Lobby where a very large elevator takes the public up into the Museum. The Nuns dormitory becomes an annex structure of the Film Museum, including Restaurant, Museum Shop and Administrative offices, while the new volume above the East Wing is dedicated exclusively to exhibition space. It is proposed that this structure be developed in only two levels inside so as to provide a public scale rather than the domestic scale it has presently. A glass bridge links both parts of the Museum. 4—Hotel The 319-room, 25-floor, 5-star Hotel is located at the north end of the East Wing and over the area where the Bridge and the East Wing intersect. The Hotel is also linked to the East Wing where banquet rooms and meeting rooms could be located if desired. On the first three levels there is a Lobby with lounge area, and several Restaurants. On the top two floors there is a Spa, a Bar and a Nightclub. Service Access is provided to the hotel from the Private Street on the East edge, where a service entrance pavilion provides access to the Hotel. The pavilion is hidden under a green mound as part of the garden. 5—Plaza, Cafes, Restaurants The East Wing, the West Wing, the Nuns dormitory and the Old Film studio frame the Plaza. The Red Carpet Lane traverses the Plaza from north to south and provides access to the East Wing office Lobby and the Movie Theater Lobby through glass bridges over the Red Carpet Road. The internal space of the old Nuns dormitory building at the ground level will be modified to create a Museum Shop, Restaurants and Museum Café open to the Plaza. The Movie Theater Café in the East Wing will also open to the Plaza. The Film Street shops will be double sided to open to the Plaza as well if desired. The Old Film Studio has been though as a performance venue and multiuse venue. 6—Film Street With its theme related shops, is located on the south side of the site and is linked to the Old Film Studio. The shops will be two sided with the possibility of opening to the Plaza. The west end of the street turns onto Ciao Xi Road so as to be perceptible from the street. 7—Parking Underground parking for 500 cars will be provided: one level under the Plaza and 5 levels under the garden on the west side of the site. There are access and exit ramps on the north, east, south and west sides of the site. There is a perimeter route from the street and through the parking for buses and the parking itself has enough clearance for buses to park there when necessary. 8—Public Garden The Public Garden is 0.8 hectares and surrounds the entire complex of buildings. Special entrances will separate the Public Garden from the Film City Plaza. The Park occupies the east, north and west side (along Ciao Xi Road) of the site. The project proposes to create a topography that will cover the underground elements of the program, the movie theaters, the parking, and the Service entrance to the Hotel and bridge over the Hotel main entrance. (read more) Circulation &amp; Access Access to the East Wing The mostly pedestrian Red Carpet road is separated from the East Wing by a ramp that allows for car drop off at the basement level. Bridges reconnect the red carpet road to the East Wing Office Lobby, the Movie Theaters Lobby and the Hotel. The Red Carpet road may also be used for cars. Access to the West Wing North Lobby (1) can be accessed by car drop-off both at the ground level through a bridge from the street over the pool of water and from B1 under as well. South Lobby (2) can be accessed by a car drop-off road on ground level with a bridge and from B1 as well. Next to this lobby at both levels is a water cascade coming from the water pool under the West Wing. Access to the Hotel The Hotel Lobby can be accessed by a round about that is separated from the ring street on the north side of the site by a green island linked to the park with a bridge that frames the entrance to both the Hotel and the East Wing. Access to the Museum Pedestrian access is the preferred mode of access for the Museum. However, the same car drop off that serves North Lobby will also serve the Museum Lobby. (read more) Buildings function RM15() { var dots = document.getElementById("dots15"); var moreText = document.getElementById("more15"); var btnText = document.getElementById("myBtn15"); if (dots.style.display === "none") { dots.style.display = "inline"; btnText.innerHTML = "(read more)"; moreText.style.display = "none"; } else { dots.style.display = "none"; btnText.innerHTML = "(close)"; moreText.style.display = "inline"; } } function RM16() { var dots = document.getElementById("dots16"); var moreText = document.getElementById("more16"); var btnText = document.getElementById("myBtn16"); if (dots.style.display === "none") { dots.style.display = "inline"; btnText.innerHTML = "(read more)"; moreText.style.display = "none"; } else { dots.style.display = "none"; btnText.innerHTML = "(close)"; moreText.style.display = "inline"; } } function RM17() { var dots = document.getElementById("dots17"); var moreText = document.getElementById("more17"); var btnText = document.getElementById("myBtn17"); if (dots.style.display === "none") { dots.style.display = "inline"; btnText.innerHTML = "(read more)"; moreText.style.display = "none"; } else { dots.style.display = "none"; btnText.innerHTML = "(close)"; moreText.style.display = "inline"; } } function RM18() { var dots = document.getElementById("dots18"); var moreText = document.getElementById("more18"); var btnText = document.getElementById("myBtn18"); if (dots.style.display === "none") { dots.style.display = "inline"; btnText.innerHTML = "(read more)"; moreText.style.display = "none"; } else { dots.style.display = "none"; btnText.innerHTML = "(close)"; moreText.style.display = "inline"; } } https://ag-architects.com/2005-Xujiahui-Yishan Wed, 01 May 2024 11:12:37 +0000 Agrest+Gandelsonas https://ag-architects.com/2005-Xujiahui-Yishan Xujiahui Yishan District Shanghai, China 2005 <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06f2145b2aac5fbee72ebb613e8478cbf27c8a1b50a5171370b66a0dd167a4c5/XJH-YISHAN-1.jpg" data-mid="229232451" border="0" alt="Perspective view" data-caption="Perspective view" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/06f2145b2aac5fbee72ebb613e8478cbf27c8a1b50a5171370b66a0dd167a4c5/XJH-YISHAN-1.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c02ff824e1fc490844f15aa676d7630939dcf35d0238fbf0255aa533850f4c5/KEY40-XJH_SHANGHAI-YISHAN-DESIGN-DISTRICT_NEW-FABRIC-PLAN.jpg" data-mid="210079494" border="0" alt="New fabric plan" data-caption="New fabric plan" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c02ff824e1fc490844f15aa676d7630939dcf35d0238fbf0255aa533850f4c5/KEY40-XJH_SHANGHAI-YISHAN-DESIGN-DISTRICT_NEW-FABRIC-PLAN.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/adc5be48c7543c0c95a53f72f03270de1fd69ccc8e28747a691a41152e1bbd79/XJH-YISHAN-2.jpg" data-mid="229232452" border="0" alt="General plan" data-caption="General plan" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/adc5be48c7543c0c95a53f72f03270de1fd69ccc8e28747a691a41152e1bbd79/XJH-YISHAN-2.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15220d31af9264d0dc7a663928942862504a5fba1f7b3dc7ece7c658a02db4c5/XJH-YISHAN-3.jpg" data-mid="229232453" border="0" alt="Fabric layers and organization" data-caption="Fabric layers and organization" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/15220d31af9264d0dc7a663928942862504a5fba1f7b3dc7ece7c658a02db4c5/XJH-YISHAN-3.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b63d81bdc435c5b24e02a958c9372f473d6138f7d802dad721dd49629c00058a/XJH-YISHAN-4.jpg" data-mid="229232454" border="0" alt="Axonometric view" data-caption="Axonometric view" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b63d81bdc435c5b24e02a958c9372f473d6138f7d802dad721dd49629c00058a/XJH-YISHAN-4.jpg" /> <img width="3840" height="2880" width_o="3840" height_o="2880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/13c5d6478b1415bb2e3c32739f0bb1d57bc0b53c473d09053f298a977891988b/XJH-YISHAN-5.jpg" data-mid="229232455" border="0" alt="Rooftop view" data-caption="Rooftop view" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/13c5d6478b1415bb2e3c32739f0bb1d57bc0b53c473d09053f298a977891988b/XJH-YISHAN-5.jpg" /> A new gridded plan will give a new identity to this area suggesting a modern version of a traditional Chinese garden at an urban scale. The new layout of blocks containing different types of gardens and courts allows for constant variation, while the grid makes it possible to create both streets for cars and pathways for pedestrians. We are also proposing a new building façade on the west side of Yishan Road that will create both a physical and visual linkage to the New Business Center in the north. There will be a Museum of Decorative Arts located on the southern end of this new building façade along Yishan Road, which will act as a gate to the New Yishan Interior Design and Decoration Center. Yishan Road itself will be widened and transformed into a green boulevard. This area will contain an antiques market, restaurants, several malls dedicated to interior furniture, construction materials and arts and crafts, as well as providing ample space for pedestrian seating and movement. We also propose a new residential type—loft apartments—for this area. Artists, photographers and designers are encouraged to occupy these new types of residential spaces. Such residential lofts will allow for live/work situations and in some cases, they may be connected to small shops on the lower level where artisans can display and sell their work. Overall, this plan will give this area a unique character and identity.(read more) Urban function RM48() { var dots = document.getElementById("dots48"); var moreText = document.getElementById("more48"); var btnText = document.getElementById("myBtn48"); if (dots.style.display === "none") { dots.style.display = "inline"; btnText.innerHTML = "(read more)"; moreText.style.display = "none"; } else { dots.style.display = "none"; btnText.innerHTML = "(close)"; moreText.style.display = "inline"; } }