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Clients: Gateway Foundation & the City of St. Louis Designers: Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects & Studio Durham Architects
AND ITS EVERYDAY DELIGHTS……….
EXISTING SITE 2007 CITYGARDEN
Clients: Gateway Foundation & City of St. Louis OPENING DAY, JULY 2009
A concurrent Gateway Foundation sponsored Mall Master Plan Citygarden is 2 blocks within a 16 block context
MARKET STREET
CHESTNUT STREET
9TH
10TH 8TH
Civil Courts
Gateway One
Bank of America
AT &T
NORTH
SOUTH
EAST WEST
Empty, forlorn, used mostly for smoking breaks
KEY SITE ISSUES & ELEMENTS * ACCESSIBLE * SCULPTURES / TACTILE * SHADE / SUN * CLIMATE * WATER * PLANTS / GARDENS * LIGHTING * CAFE
QUALITIES SOUGHT:
* Beautiful * Serene * Delightful * Whimsical * Comfortable * Mysterious * Magical * Entertaining * Educational
THE SCULPTURE
DESIGN INFLUENCES: local & regional hydrology, geology natural & cultural histories
SITE WALLS : INSPIRATION FROM THE RIVERS
THE PLAN THAT EMERGED
MARKET STREET GARDENS –”river terrace”
CHESTNUT STREET GROVES – “upland forest”
CENTRAL GREEN –”floodplain”
THE DIAGRAM OF KEY AREAS