Portman 130503_DESIGN_APPENDIX_SPREADS[1][1]MIAMI BEACH
Convention Center DistricT
MASTER PLAN
PORTMAN-CMC
DESIGN APPENDIX
3 MAY 2013
MIAMI BEACH squArE
Miami Beach is a unique
American city that has succeeded
in combining a low-rise dense
downtown with a walkable
streetscape characterized by shaded
public spaces and intimate human
scale.
Lincoln Road
Espanola Way
It is also home to a local vernacular
modern architecture – the Miami
Beach Art Deco – who’s stylistic
elements – the canopies, the
eyebrows, the feminine rounded
corners and the aesthetic use of
balconies and shading devices
– have created an architectural
vocabulary unique to Miami Beach.
This project attempts to combine
the strengths of the unique
urbanism and architecture of Miami
Beach.
Maintain Miami
Beach’s image!
Keep buildings low!
Minimize trac!
Keep the Gleason!
More shade!
More green spaces!
Respect residential
areas!
Increase connectivity!
Low scale develop-
ment!
Think long term!
Activate ground floor
with restaurants and
shops!
Respect the Holocaust
memorial and Botani-
cal Garden!
Be mindful of parking
during construction!
Less concrete, more
green!
More entertainment!
Don’t cast shadows on
residential neighbor-
hoods!
We want a dynam-
ic civic space!
Maintain the east-west
corridor!
Respect Soundscape
and light/sound levels!
Maintain parking here,
but we want a better
building!
How about a green
roof?How about
photovoltaics?
Be sustainable!
Respect sight lines
to the temple!
Connect to the beach!
Connect to Collins
Park!
Hide trucks from view!
We need a better
transportation plan!
Convention Cneter
should be an
indoor/outdoor facility!Create spaces usable
by the public!
Get rid of idle busses!
Get trac o
Washington!
This has been an iterative
process in dialogue with
citizens, city officials, neighbors,
stakeholders and the public and
social media of Miami Beach.
We have listened and learned
– we have accommodated
concerns, adapted to demands
and have now arrived at our
proposed plan that has been
shaped by the many different
dreams and desires of its
present and future inhabitants.
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evolution
By nature the design challenge of
creating a successful neighborhood
that incorporates the input of an
urban diversity of interests will
be characterized by paradoxes.
Miami Beach Convention Center
neighborhood is no exception:
paradox
How do you create maximum intensity with minimum density?
How do you create maximum activity with minimum program?
How do you create maximum life with minimum traffic?
How do you create maximum improvement at minimum public expense?
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Soundscape
We have attempted to devise a
strategy that combines urban planning
and landscape design into a new
hybrid of nature and architecture - a
neighborhood characterized by human
scale, pedestrian connections, shaded
spaces with public oriented programs
lining the streets and squares. A
neighborhood that, depending on the
season, day, or time can be perceived
as a lively downtown neighborhood or
an inviting public park.
hybrid
The Convention Center neighborhood
is designed as an extension and
evolution of the intimate urban fabric
of Miami Beach to create the ideal
walkable environment.
People walk in straight lines from A
to B and cut corners when possible
to find the shortest line of travel: We
have attempted to make the most
blatant connections across the site.
Currently the main assets and ar-teries of the site run disconnected from eachother and the conven-tion center.
Miami Beach Square is a focal point that connects the convention center to Lincoln Rd, Collins Canal, Pennsylvania, and 18th st, and onwards to Collins Park and the beach, forming a full pedestrian loop.
People are drawn to other people:
We have created natural social
epicenter using the best of what
Miami BEach has to offer. Miami
Beach Square serves as the pivoting
point for all activities around it.
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Currently the buildings on site face different directions, leaving a black hole in the interior of the site.
Miami Beach Square connects the convention center, city hall, and Gleason theater with a common public space, while a new ballroom and museum further activate and diversify the square.
Typical development: public spaces are leftover residual spaces between iconic buildings
Blocks of both architecture and landscape frame the public space.
Miami Beach Square: public space is the landmark and buildings sup-port the public space
The connections define an urban
block structure of building and
landscapes culminating at the
square. Rather than a great green
empty void the public realm
is programmed by patches of
landscapes and buildings. Some
of the patches of park are peeled
open to accommodate small scale
community owned businesses: an
ice cream shop, a bike rental, a small
gallery.
nature - architecture
Low Season: Public life is focused
on the square populated by spill
over from the programs that frame
it
High Season – The sloping land-
scapes as well as the roofparks of
the Ballroom, the Convention Cen-
ter and Hotel are invaded forming
a three-dimensional neighborhood
teaming with public life.
Mid Season: The patches of land-
scape, the art parks and Ecological
edges are populated in addition to
the square significantly increasing
the public realm while maintaining
the focus of activity.
The intuitive structure forms an
elastic urban realm cabable of
expanding or contracting to meet
the demands and desires of the
radically different populations that
frequent the site between high and
low season.
elastic urban realm
People linger where shade and
shelter provides cooling comfort
and where they can see interesting
activities and other people: We
have opened all the main programs
up to the central square and the
surrounding paths and parks with
generous canopies to host a lively
public realm.
shade
Typical big box convention center:inner workings are hidden from public view
Typical street: unprotected from rain and elements
Typical street: unshaded and ex-posed to direct sun
Miami Beach Square: inside functions spill out into the public space
Miami Beach Square: buildings form canopies to protect and keep the public realm dry.
Miami Beach Square: buildings form canopies to shade the public realm
shelter
inside out
canopy
puBlIC rEAlM
We recognized early on that the 52-acre
site has been disconnected from the
community’s day-to-day life for decades. It
was a black hole in experience, barely on the
map of residents, and certainly not a place
to enjoy. Our team didn’t take that fact for
granted. We see a greater potential for this
site- a higher calling- so that residents and
guests of Miami Beach will enjoy this space
as much as they enjoy the rest of the City.
With City Hall and Jackie Gleason reborn as
dignified civic and cultural "jewels” and the
addition of a world-class convention center, a
diversity of people, activity and attention will
be drawn into the district like never before. At
such a meaningful juncture, we saw a once-
in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a place
like no other in Miami Beach — a green civic
destination for the community: the Miami
Beach Square.
Miami Beach Square is a new type of public
space in Miami Beach. Part town green, part
civic space, part laid-back “living room,”
the Square is a setting that demonstrates
the innovative, welcoming, cultured and
progressive civic life of Miami Beach. It is
a place at a crossroads of the City, where
it’s natural to come together to participate
in civic life and verdant splendor. People
will soon say “meet me at the Square” or
“it’s happening at the Square.” Visitors will
remember it as the “green heart” of the
district.
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Cantilevered facades that surround the
Square create a shady porch-like feel with
movable tables and chairs to see the action
and perhps a coffee. Botanically rich flower
displays and public art deepen the sensation
of beauty in the Square.
Approximately four-acres in size, we didn’t
over-prescribe how the Square could be
activated, but rather, created settings for
people to create their own experiences.
Open lawns have filtered shade of palm
trees used for relaxing, playing, and informal
events. Beautiful granite paving in a mosaic
pattern allow for meandering and are a
durable surface for a diversity of activities and
ceremonies - from high school graduations,
Art Basel gatherings, political platforms, a
community festival.
square flexibility
Boat Show
Art Basel
Market
A spectacular water feature is the centerpiece of
the square, where children can get wet or watch
the dynamic display as they are refreshed by the
cool air.
waterfall
The Square is sited at the crossroads of activity, and all paths lead to it,
with a network of shady, botanically rich esplanades and park spaces. A
new north-south Pennsylvania Boulevard and Convention Center Drive
Esplanades anchors the Convention Center to the Lincoln Road Mall. An
east-west axis along 18th Street Esplanade makes a welcoming shortcut to
and from the Beach. A spectacular diagonal of green Art Parks connect the
Square with Miami Beach's other green icons- Soundscape Park, Miami
Beach Botanical Garden and the Holocaust Memorial. The Art Parks and
have ever-changing art, which residents and visitors will return to see
again and again.
ART PARKS
art parks
streetscapes
17th and Pennsylvania Ave
Convention Center Drive
Washington Ave
Still more park spaces, with rich and iconic atmospheres, expand and
extend the diversity of activity and experiences. The Ecological Edge
creates a dramatic threshold into the district as one crosses 17th Street
from the south. Here, native plant species and rich habitats take center-
stage, with inviting boardwalks for exploration and learning.
ecological edge
At the far northeast corner, the North Park is a new community park
that integrates the existing historic Carl Fisher House, a open play lawn
framed by a new oasis gardens, a playground, and outdoor exhibition
spaces for convention functions. The Collins Canal now connects Collins
Park with the Convention Center district, improving community access
to a Mangrove Park. Towards the northwest, the Miami Beach Botanical
Garden is expanded for new gardens and an outdoor event space at the
Convention Center ballroom. And finally, roof gardens abound on the
buildings, with expansive views for an unforgettable sunset experience.
north park
In totality, our team’s public realm
plan extends the legacy of great
public spaces in Miami Beach—
from its white sand beaches, to
Lincoln Road Mall, to the new West
8-designed Soundscape Park. It is
our ambition that the public realm
energize and enliven the district and
indeed, the City and its people to
its civic soul, for this and the next
generations of residents and visitors.
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Due to the inevitable scale of
the convention center we have
considered it as an urban block of
multiple architectural identities -
rather than a single buildng.
1) Program
4) Art Roof
7) Outdoor exhibition 8) Community Center 9) Residential terraces
5) West Entrance 6) Northwest entrance on canal
2) Cuts over Square and 18th 3) Open to Gleasonreaction to site
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DIRECT ACCESS FROM vip drop-off
optional use as AUDITORIUM
DIRECT ACCESS FROM PLAZA LOBBY
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KITCHEN AND BOH LOADING AREA
10 000 SQFT MEETINGROOM
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an adaptive convention center
West entrance to CC North outdoor exhibition
South hotelEast residential terraces
The roof of the convention center
is a huge opportunity for public
space - but structurally it cannot
accommodate people. What could
we create that can be viewed, but
not touched?
The Miami Beach Convention Center
is the home of Art Basel - America’s
biggest art event. Could the roof
become a piece of art - a changing
exhibition or installation? By tilting
the ‘frame’ of the canvas up, the art
can be viewed by all!
convention canvas
changing face of the convention center
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