getting into programatic issues

open space vs enclosure
- green in surrounding open spaces
- good - has potential of a stopping space while traveling through
- bad – it could be the stomping ground for the drug traffic already going on
- park like – for the residential in the area that doesn’t use area at all
- spaces are so large that they jump out at you
- abandon buildings – program needs to establish something for people in area and for outside area
- ex. Koolhaas – Seattle Public Library
- Mercati Generali – abandon area turned into commercial and leisure - The strategy for the redevelopment of the Mercati Generali proposes a balance of uses that closely resemble an emergent method for the rehabilitation and reprogramming of disused structures. Whereas historically public space flourished around squares and streets linked to religious or civic buildings or landmarks, today’s cities relay increasingly on the private sector to propagate the city pulse, especially through retail and leisure.
- good – the buildings are noticeable through out site and out side of site

% of users
- in the site now
- 25% RESIDENTIAL
- 40% OPEN SPACE AND PARKING
- 35% INDUSTRIAL
- proposed % of uses
- keeping residential
- open space
- push parking to one generalized area
- parking lots – are not filled at all but a necessity for workers
- open space – “park like” – residential use and user friendly to people coming through site
- abandon buildings – three buildings that are being worked with
- connecting them to the open space and circulation
- good – buildings need to be highly public
- cant be private – users wouldn’t use it and it would become abandon again

circulation – walk vs bike vs drive
walk – spring garden and 8th street are mainly used for walking now
bike – spring garden – connecting most people from music scene to center city more
car – spring garden for travel – 8th street for red cross – callowhill for high travel
willow street lines – means of bringing users into site and through buildings
- the line cuts through the site and into open spaces
- stitching users from top and bottom as mapping routes for future linkages