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Item Open Access Higher Ground: Proposals for a New West Side District Resilient to Wildcat Creek Flooding(Kansas State University. College of Architecture, Planning & Design, Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning., 2019) Akers, Ashley; Carmichael, Jessie; Chesney, Paden; Cole, Madelyn; Ferrara, Nick; Fitzgerald, Mikala; Hahn, Howard; Herbel, Erich; Jackson, Kastasya; Kappelman, Julia; Madsen, Rainie; Pasowicz, Grant; Titus, August; Weinberg, Haley; Hahn, HowardThis book summarizes the work of the 2019 LAR 646 Community Planning and Design Studio at Kansas State University. The studio explored visioning and design ideas for relocating, restoring, and better protecting businesses and residences affected by the 2018 Wildcat Creek flood event. The areas under consideration are in the southwest and southeast quadrants of the Anderson Avenue and Seth Child Road interchange which is one of the busiest intersections in the city. Periodic flooding renders most of the land south of Anderson vulnerable to future flood damage, forcing many local businesses and residents to abandon their properties. The remaining businesses suffer from the adjacent vacancies, and both Plaza West and Garden Way are facing decline without flood resilience intervention. Large expanses of impermeable surface parking, lack of vegetation, imposing power lines and high traffic volumes make the district unfriendly to pedestrians. The adjoining street corridors also lack visual identity and heavy traffic poses hazards to pedestrians and cyclists. While these conditions challenge existing development, Higher Ground proposes four mixed-use strategies for making the district more resilient: Growing West, KID-hattan, The Compass, and New Corporate Green. The strategies range from maximum preservation of existing natural assets to maximum redevelopment and a new vision for the west side of Manhattan. Concluding the book, a series of “Critical Maps” are presented that informed studio proposals. The studio was supported with funding from the City of Manhattan who provided timely input. Studio activities included site visits, rigorous mapping of various conditions, design development through an iterative process, and a final presentation to the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce and interested stakeholders.Item Open Access Visions in the Ville: Looking toward the next 125 years. Volume 2: Design proposals(Kansas State University. College of Architecture, Planning & Design, Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning, 2014-11-17) Belanger, Blake; Hahn, Howard D.; hhahn; belangerThe 2014 “Visions in the Ville” summer studio explored Aggieville’s potential as the community looks toward the future. The studio spanned eight weeks and was offered by the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning at Kansas State University. Associate Professors Blake Belanger and Howard Hahn directed the efforts of fourteen mid-level graduate landscape architecture students, and documented the studio’s research and design findings in two volumes: Volume 1: Critical Mapping and Volume 2: Design Proposals. The intent of the studio was to identify ideas, visions, and strategies that will contribute to a community dialogue about enhancing Aggieville’s future. The studio researched the history, character, economics, demographics, and ecological conditions of Aggieville, as well as the district’s broader role in the evolving community and regional context. Volume 2 builds on the studio’s research and strategies developed through critical mapping, and presents five planning and design proposals for Aggieville and its context. Students repeatedly engaged community stakeholders to discuss design development and presented their final ideas in various venues, including a public open house, a presentation to the Manhattan City Commission, and a public exhibit at “Aggieville’s 125th Birthday Street Fair and Dance.” Primary findings include design proposals for improving physical connectivity and partnerships across the community, providing medium to high-density mixed-use urban infill, developing permanent and temporary regional attractions, and enhancing civic space in and around Aggieville.Item Open Access Visions in the Ville: Looking toward the next 125 years. Volume 1: Critical maps(Kansas State University. College of Architecture, Planning & Design, Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning, 2014-11-17) Hahn, Howard D.; Belanger, Blake; hhahn; belangerThe 2014 “Visions in the Ville” summer studio explored Aggieville’s potential as the community looks toward the future. The studio spanned eight weeks and was offered by the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional & Community Planning at Kansas State University. Associate Professors Blake Belanger and Howard Hahn directed the efforts of fourteen mid-level graduate landscape architecture students, and documented the studio’s research and design findings in two volumes: Volume 1: Critical Mapping and Volume 2: Design Proposals. The intent of the studio was to identify ideas, visions, and strategies that will contribute to a community dialogue about enhancing Aggieville’s future. The studio researched the history, character, economics, demographics, and ecological conditions of Aggieville, as well as the district’s broader role in the evolving community and regional context. Volume 1 documents more than 100 maps generated by the studio through “Critical Mapping,” an iterative design process consisting of community engagement, research, strategic design, argumentation, and communication. More than simply gathering and mapping information, Critical Mapping seeks to classify, correlate, and compare site information across a broad spectrum of topics for identifying dilemmas/opportunities and design strategies. Findings in volume 1 include on-site inventory of existing conditions, analysis of geospatial, economic, demographic, and social data, evaluation of current conditions, and strategies for accomplishing community and planning goals.
