Ellicott City, MD Graduate Submission - Studio Project As a Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability project, the urban design studio was given the opportunity to design a new master plan for historic Ellicott City, MD. This location proved difficult due to extreme topography changes and environmental considerations. The studio split into several sub-teams to investigate the entirety of historic of the area. We formed a task force to address issues arising from the Main Street corridor. The Main Street corridor houses a plethora of historical development capable of fostering event spaces. The interventions seek to supplement Main Street activities with strategic locations that enhance the experience of the historic district. Each location would propose a key moment as part of an experience along the unifying activity – a wine crawl. The proposed architecture would use contemporary features and styles to provide contrast that would enhance and elicit the historic character of adjacent buildings.
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Oella Avenue
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Main Stre
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Existing Conditions
Corridor-like Edges, Thoroughfare Passage
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B
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Existing Conditions
Walkability, Inactivity, Underutilization
Public Plaza Matrix
Pedestrian Convergence, Places for Gathering
Interventions
Urban and Landscape Motives
Proposed Plan
Supplementing Main Street activities in strategic locations that enhance the experience of the historic district
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50’
100’
200’
LOT F
VINEYARDS
50 spaces
a
70,000 ft.2 (1.6 ac)
NEW HOUSING
WINERY
4,000 ft.2
10,500 ft.2
b
b
NEW HOUSING
NEW RETAIL 2,500 ft.2
8,000 ft.
2
NEW RETAIL 2,500 ft.2
PLAZA 15,000 ft.2
PARKING 25 spaces
West Gate Winery
a
0’
32’
64’
128’
Bottle of Wine = 750 mL 1 ton grapes = 150 gal
Winery Footprint = 10,500 ft.2 7,000 yd.3 earth to excavate
30% tons Ellicott Grandiorite 2,000 yd.3 useable rock