Village Center Square Existing Conditions / Key Considerations • Context dominated by pavement • Bordered by wide, busy roads on two sides…treatment of edges • Topography: 27’ grade change along Columbia Pike • Bound by retail on two sides…success of public square goes hand-in-hand with success of retail • Penrose Square: ‘Event Plaza’ Village Center Square: ‘Green Oasis’ ?
OCULUS
Columbia Pike
South George Mason Drive
OCULUS
Village Center Square Existing Conditions / Key Considerations • Context dominated by pavement • Bordered by wide, busy roads on two sides…treatment of edges • Topography: 27’ grade change along Columbia Pike • Bound by retail on two sides…success of public square goes hand-in-hand with success of retail • Penrose Square: ‘Event Plaza’ Village Center Square: ‘Green Oasis’ ?
OCULUS
Village Center Square Existing Conditions / Key Considerations • Context dominated by pavement • Bordered by wide, busy roads on two sides…treatment of edges • Topography: 27’ grade change along Columbia Pike • Bound by retail on two sides…success of public square goes hand-in-hand with success of retail • Penrose Square: ‘Event Plaza’ Village Center Square: ‘Green Oasis’ ?
OCULUS
Village Center Square Existing Conditions / Key Considerations • Context dominated by pavement • Bordered by wide, busy roads on two sides…treatment of edges
• Topography: 27’ grade change along Columbia Pike • Bound by retail on two sides…success of public square goes hand-in-hand with success of retail • Penrose Square: ‘Event Plaza’ Village Center Square: ‘Green Oasis’ ?
OCULUS
Penrose Square
Columbia Pike
South George Mason Drive
OCULUS
Columbia Pike
180.0 +
167.0 +
161.0 +
160.0 +
157.5 + + 154.5 153.0 +
OCULUS
+156.0
South George Mason Drive
Sidewalk Independent of the Square
Sidewalk Integrated into the Square
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sidewalk at street level grade transitions located at pedestrian entries to the square
Sidewalk O CCirculation ULUS
sidewalk at plaza level grade transition located between street and plaza