LAFAYETTE YARDS, MNAs part of a master plan to revitalize a marginalized
landscape in St. Paul's downtown, Miloby is designing a building that
occupies a full city block. The program includes retail, live/work
residential and parking for the adjacent soccer stadium. Employing an
organizational strategy defined by the limitations of the parking
module, the building is established by a 60' wide spiraling topology.
The rotated form works to create an interior courtyard and deliver
daylight to the retail and the parking program. Above the retail and
parking levels, the spiral is stretched and lifts up to create a
live/work residential 'tail' that floats above a rooftop garden. The six
block Lafayette Yards project includes works by Coen+Partners, Office
dA, GTects, ARO and Thomas Pfeifer.