Project Fl.O

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Project Fl.O

Type

Commercial › Office Retail
Hospitality + Sport › Hotel Restaurant Bar/Nightclub
Government + Health › Community Center
Landscape + Planning › Public Park
Transport + Infrastructure › Train/Subway Parking Bus

SIZE

100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft

BUDGET

$50M - 100M

…Abstract..::

Flow, Orientation, Transit

Situated at the center of California in the heart of its
newest metropolis, this project brings forth a responsibility of ushering on
average of up to 2 million transit riders annually in and out of Fresno. No less important is the challenge of how
these millions of riders will flow from a platform situated approximately sixty
feet about street level – hundreds at a time, several times an hour – down onto
the street grid. The opportunity that
sets this site apart from any other throughout the California High Speed Rail
corridor is the orientation of this station to the views of the Sierra Nevada
Mountain range, historic buildings linked by the Fulton Mall, and the downtown
of California’s 4th largest rapidly growing city.
Fl.o……….….………a transit oriented development designed by 2
million people.

…Design Brief..::

Arriving and leaving in clusters, this project concerns
itself with the experience and the fluid movement of transit riders through an
urban space. The design will evolve from
and around a set of parameters which have been established by the flow of
pedestrians through the site. This
project is about pedestrian movement, branding and urban design much more than
it is about architecture.

We have drawn inspiration from the Hanging Gardens of
Babylon in which the flow of water went from areas of high pressure to areas of
low pressure.

As travelers pass through the spaces of these buildings, their
experience is enhanced by the presence and multiple views of urban landmarks
such as Sierras and the Historic Fulton Mall.