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Jacksonville Landing Charette
1. APA Florida 2009 Conference
Re-Imagining the Jacksonville Landing:
An Interactive Charrette
2. Re-Imagining the Jacksonville Landing
• Participants were asked to develop programmatic and
design concepts that would allow the Landing to once
again flourish.
Agenda Overview
• Tour / Overview
• Four tables of participants
• Provided with maps and facilitators
• Programming
• Visioning
• Presentations
3. Site Design Considerations
General points of consideration
• Relationship to river and downtown
• Function / form
• Connectivity
• Market factors (local, regional and state)
– Physical flexibility to adapt to a changing market
– Preserve and increase existing employment base
• Destinations
– Aquarium
– Convention center
– Maritime museum
30. Group 1 Results
• Group 1 – Strengths • Group 1 – Weaknesses
– Events – No parking
– Location/view – No interconnectivity/
– River/water taxi permeability
– Iconic roof (do not – No residential
change) – Service issues
– Central courtyard – Surrounding road
– Laura Street roundabout network/ramps for main
– Proximity to bridge – street bridge
picturesque landmark – Internal pedestrian/retailing
– Trolley – Poor access to bridge
31. Group 1 Results
• Group 1 – Opportunities • Group 1 – Threats
– Mixed-use program, more – Stigma (negative)
diversity – High tenant turnover
– Utilize waterfront better,
marina – Lack of activity/destination
options
– Green space/plaza between
Times Union Center and – No parking remedy
Landing – Perception of crime
– Building demolition for
Laura Street side, open up
to river
– Relocate food court to
extended Laura Street
– Residential
32. Group 1 Results
• Group 1- Big Ideas
– River stage/big events
– Add a marina
– Add residential
– Laura Street centered
food court
– Eliminate ramps
– Green space
– Office tenants
– Parking garage with
residential above
– Permanent boat/vessel
display/museum
– Big attraction
– Relocate maritime
museum
33. Group 2 Results
• Group 2 – Strengths • Group 2 – Weaknesses
– Waterfront – Retail
– Landmark – Accessibility (ADA)
– Times Union Center for – Service areas
the Arts – Lack of parking
– Location (general) – Bridge access
– Daylighting (interior – View shed (City/Water)
space)
– Quality of maintenance
– Convention hotels
– Water taxi
34. Group 2 Results
• Group 2 – Opportunities • Group 2 – Threats
– Green Infrastructure – Stigma (negative)
(urban plazas) – Traffic patterns
– Historical value (maritime – Safety
museum) – Blighted (riverfront)
– “Green” building – high
performance
– Additional waterfront
dining
– Courtyard (center)
– Under-bridge lighting
35. Group 2 Results
• Group 2 – Big Ideas
– Parking garage/waterfront restaurants over existing parking lot
– View shed to river from Laura Street
– “Double façade building” front door to river and front door to
downtown
36. Group 3 Results
• Group 3 – Strengths • Group 3 – Weaknesses
– Abundance of parking – Abundance of parking
(positive and negative) (positive and negative)
– Focal point extending into – Lack of adjacent synergy
river from landing – Long prohibitive walking
distances between
downtown districts
– Pedestrian access issues
37. Group 3 Results
• Group 3 – Opportunities • Group 3 – Threats
– Laura Street – pedestrian – Lack of adjacent synergy
mall – Long prohibitive walking
– Building more critical distances between
mass adjacent to site downtown districts
– Focal point extending into
river from Landing – Pedestrian access issues
– Opening center of Landing
into river to invite visitors
38. Group 3 Results
• Group 3 – Big Ideas
– Within ¼ mile of Laura Street pedestrian-shed – develop critical
mass of mixed use to promote synergy
– Redesign exterior to make more inviting – “funk it up” stores
facing north face outside
– Need major anchor at edges
– Issues are much bigger
than the Landing
– Contextual problems of
downtown, not an
isolated design issue
– More adjacent street
infrastructure, more
pedestrian and transit
friendly
– Incremental/practical
approach that is realistic
for the marketplace
(incentive based)
39. Group 4 Results
• Group 4 – Strengths • Group 4 – Weaknesses
– River – Roundabout
– Boat traffic – Parking lots
– Future Laura Street
improvements
– On-street parking
– Elevated views
40. Group 4 Results
• Group 4 – Opportunities • Group 4 – Threats
– Increase views from Laura – Hogan street extension
Street – Street frontage (Landing)
– Attraction
– Zip line
– Include residential
– Open up the middle of the
building
– Shut down Water Street
and Independent Drive for
events only
– Imax Theatre
41. Group 4 Results
• Group 4 – Big Ideas
– Open the view to the river
– Close part of Laura Street and International Drive (except
for events)
– No roundabout
– Increase residential
– Attraction (aquarium,
museum, zip line, Imax)
– Main Street gateway
– Roof access / views
– Expand marina
42. Results Summary
• Open center of building for river vista
• Add mixed use
• Integrate into Laura Street improvements
• Maximize river views
• Parking garage
• Major attraction needed
• Marina expansion
• Green space
• Waterfront dining
• Remove Main Street Bridge ramps
55. Acknowledgements
• APA
– Stephen Tocknell, Chair First Coast Section APA
– Heather Jones
– Tony Robbins
• Jacksonville Landing
– Rachel Nudge
– Janice Lowe
• Charrette Facilitators
– Christopher D. Flagg
– Shawn Bliss
– Fred Jones
– Duncan Ross, photographer
56. APA Florida 2009 Conference
Re-Imagining the Jacksonville Landing:
An Interactive Charrette
