PROJECT St. Elmo Revitalization Plan
LOCATION Chattanooga, Tennessee,
PROJECT COMPLETION DATE
ARCHITECT MICHAEL WATKINS ARCHITECT, LLC
ASSOCIATED ARCHITECT
OWNER/CLIENT N/A
CONTRACTOR N/A
PHOTOGRAPHER JJ Zanetta; Michael Watkins Architect, LLC
DESIGN TEAM Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise, Lyndhurst Foundation, Benwood Foundation, Gibbs Planning Group, Zimmerman/Volk Associates, inc., Michael Watkins Architect, LLC, JJ Zanetta, Frank Greene, Mathis/Ewing Architecture
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT:
For a week in January 2014, we set up an office in the South Cattanooga Recreation Center and invited the public to work with us to prepare a masterplan for St. Elmo. We spent the first two days listening, taking notes, measuring, photographing, then we solicited advice and suggestions from a standing-room-only crowd that gathered despite the 17-degree weather. Meetings with residents, business owners, property owners, city officials and local organizations ran throughout each day. At nearly every meeting, connectedness became the theme, whether transportation routes or businesses to customers. Within St. Elmo, between St. Elmo and adjoining neighborhoods, St. Elmo to Downtown, streets to trails, Tennessee to Georgia. The final plan focuses on gateways, public spaces, improved streetscapes, opportunities for new development and, of course, connections. A form-based code was drafted to implement the plan, and carefully navigate between upholding and improving the image of the neighborhood without restricting the architectural and social diversity that is essential to St. Elmo’s character.
IMAGE CAPTIONS & CREDITS
IMAGE 1 St. Elmo Illustrative Plan. Credit to Michael Watkins Architect, LLC
IMAGE 2 Centra Plaza at Incline Railway Existing/Proposed. Credit to Michael Watkins Architect, LLC and JJ Zanetta
IMAGE 3 St. Elmo Town Center Master Plan. Credit to Michael Watkins Architect, LLC
IMAGE 4 The St. Elmo Town Center Code. Credit to Michael Watkins Architect, LLC
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St. Elmo Revitalization Plan
Category
AIA Maryland > Urban Design & Master Planning (AIA Maryland)
Winner Status
- People's Choice
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