Nicollet Mall

DESIGN PRESENTATION

Daoust Lestage
James Corner Field Operations
Tom Leader Studio/!melk
Daoust Lestage
 FROM THE CITY TO THE OBJECT

U R BAN D E S I G N LA N DSCA PE A RCHITECTU RE ARCH IT ECT URE INT ERIO R A R C H I TE C TU R E I N D U STR I A L D E SI G N E N V I R O N M E N TA L G R A P H I C D E SI G N

 URBA N DESI G N

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

ARC HITECTURE

INTERIOR ARC HITECTURE

KINETIC DESI G N
ANTI-SILO THINKING

INDUS TRIAL DESI G N

GRAP HIC DESI G N

QUARTIER DES SPECTACLES
QUARTIER DES SPECTACLES
QUARTIER DES SPECTACLES
CONTINOUS SOIL TRENCH LINEAR DRAINAGE TROUGH
 A MOBILIZING AND SHARED VISION
A HIGH-QUALITY PROJECT
A REALISTIC, DYNAMIC, CONTROLLED TIME-FRAME
AN INNOVATIVE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY
LEADERSHIP
FUNDING STRATEGIES (CITY, PARTNERS, STAKEHOLDERS)
A STRATEGIC REALIZATION

INVESTING IN HIGH- QUALITY DESIGN TO TRIGGER

AND OPTIMIZE REAL-ESTATE MOVEMENT
MINNEAPOLIS
CITY OF LAKES

MNI WATER
+
POLIS CITY
TARGET FIELD RIVER PROMENADE

LORING PARK
NICOLLET MALL

A STREET SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAR & TEAR

INACTIVATED IN MULTIPLE AREAS
FILLED BY TOO MANY ECLECTIC PIECES OF URBAN FURNITURE
COMPETING AGAINST SHOPPING CENTERS

THE CHALLENGE FOR NICOLLET MALL | IN SEARCH OF A NEW URBANITY

 JOSEPH NICOLLET French geographer,
TRACES OF THE PAST |

astronomer, and mathematician + CHARLES GEYER, botanist

GOING BACK IN TIME
TRACES OF THE PAST

LAWRENCE & ANNA HALPRIN

Nicollet alone cannot make your downtown...

Its life and character, its quality and vitality come from its people.
Lawrence Halprin
TRACES OF THE PAST

PHILIP JOHNSON

The o n l y g o a l i s building a
b ea u ti f u l b uil d in g .

Phi l i p J o n h s o n
NEW NICOLLET
A NEW WATER & CITYSCAPE
CREATING GATEWAYS OPTIMIZING THE LAND SCAPE PRESENCE REINTERPRETING HALPRINS LEGACY
OPTIMZING THE LANDSCAPE PRESENCE

LINEAR PLANTING CURVILINEAR PLANTING INTERTWINING LINEAR & CURVILINEAR

PLANTING
 3rd Ave N

2nd Ave N

7TH ST NICOLLET
Gr

1st Ave N
BUS STATION SQUARE
an
tS

NICOLLET
t

HEN
NEPI
N AV
GATEWAY E

E E
NEW NICOLLET

PEAVEY Marquette Ave

PLAZA

2nd Ave S

3rd Ave S

Washington Ave
PUBLIC ART PIECES & INSTALLATIONS
12th St

11th St

10th St

WATER FEATURES

2nd St
3rd St
9th St

8th St

7th St

6th St

5th St

4th St

1st St
E SOLAR ELEVATORS
BUS SHELTERS
THE FRAME | HIGHLIGHTING
THE HISTORICAL FABRIC
MEANDERING STREET LIGHTING |
EMPHASIZING THE URBAN CHOREOGRAPHY
 ACER FREEMANII GLEDITSIA SHADEMASTER
STREET PEDESTRIAN ADVERTISING FREEMAN MAPLE SHADEMASTER HONEYLOCUST SOLAR
LIGHTING LIGHTING COLUMN RED IN FALL YELLOW IN FALL ART PIECES ELEVATOR BUS SHELTER
STREET & STREET STREET FLAG PEDESTRIAN PEDESTRIAN & BUS ADVERTISING SEATING BIKE PLANTER GARBAGE ART
PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING LIGHTING POLE LIGHTING TREE LIGHTING SHELTER COLUMN SYSTEM RACK RECYCLING PIECES
LIGHTING & BANNER COMPOST
 ACER FREEMANII GLEDITSIA SHADEMASTER GARBAGE
STREET PEDESTRIAN FREEMAN MAPLE SHADEMASTER HONEYLOCUST SOLAR ADVERTISING RECYCLING
LIGHTING LIGHTING RED IN FALL YELLOW IN FALL ELEVATOR COLUMN BUS SHELTER PLANTER COMPOST
TERRACE URBAN MARKET SEATING SYSTEM | URBAN LOUNGE
GRANITE PAVERS GRANITE PAVERS
LIGHT GREY DARK GREY CONTINOUS DRAINAGE TROUGH BIKE RACKS
NEW NICOLLET

VIEW FROM THE SKYWAY

NEW NICOLLET

VIEW FROM THE SKYWAY

NEW NICOLLET

VIEW FROM THE SKYWAY IN MARKET MODE

NEW NICOLLET

PEDESTRIAN VIEW
NEW NICOLLET

PEDESTRIAN VIEW
SUSTAINABILITY SHOULD BE SOCIAL BEFORE BEING TECHNICAL

Create a true civic destination that brings people back to the city

Create a vibrant urban realm, a pedestrian focused environment

and increase quality of life.

Define of a strong planting strategy

Plant 375 new trees (from 198 to 573)
Use native species (Maple + Honey Locust)
Implement proper planting details to ensure vitality and longevity of the planting

Use local materials well

Granite from Minnesota (light grey + dark grey pavers)
Implement paving details capable of dealing with the Minneapolis climate

Innovate
Solar elevators to access the Skyway
Solar wayfinding columns (advertising columns)
Linear drainage troughs
Continuous planting trenches
Water retention strategies within Nicollet Square

Create a durable environment with high quality materials

and long term maintenance strategies.
APPROACH
NEW NICOLLET - FROM THE GATEWAY TO THE RIVER
Listening + Learning
Teamworking with the major actors (City, Stakeholders, MDC, DID, public, etc.)
Creating a mobilizing + shared vision
Of fering a signature project at all scales
Respecting the traces of histor y

PROJECT
A unique oppor tunity to work on an iconic environment

GREATEST POSITIVE
EFFECT
Invest in quality - good design is good business
Establish the winning conditions: design budget schedule

NEXT STEPS
Creating a place for people
Establishing a continuous dialogue

PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
A Must

Nicollet alone cannot make your downtown...

Its life and character, its quality and vitality come from its people.
Lawrence Halprin
 James Corner
Field Operations
NICOLLET WALK
JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS
+
COEN + PARTNERS
JULIE SNOW ARCHITECTS
NELSON\NYGAARD
SRF ENGINEERS
TILLOTSON DESIGN ASSOCIATES
KESTREL DESIGN GROUP
COST CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
EXPERIENCE

The High Line, New York Central Waterfront, Seattle

Navy Pier, Chicago Tongva Park, Santa Monica

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM
THE TEAM

Target Commons, Minneapolis Central Library, Minneapolis

Julie Snow Architects Coen + Partners

Better Market Street, San Francisco Lake Street Reconstruction

Nelson/ Nygaard SRF Engineers
JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM
PRECEDENTS

16th Street Mall, Denver Transit Mall, Portland

Exhibition Road, London Aleksanterinkatu, Helsinki

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM
SYNOPSIS: FROM MALL TO WALK

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

NICOLLET IN CONTEXT

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

NICOLLET AS GREEN LINK

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

NICOLLET AS CONNECTOR

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

NICOLLET AS CONNECTOR

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

ASSETS + CHALLENGES

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

LIVE / WORK / PLAY

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

SERPENTINE CURVE

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

ADAPTIVE CURVILINEARITY

EXISTING LIVE WORK PLAY

ACTIVE MID-BLOCK ACTIVE CORNERS ACTIVE FULL BLOCKS

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

LIVE

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

NICOLLET LIVE ZONE: S. 4TH ST - S. 5TH ST
EXCEL ENERGY
RAISED INTERSECTION

LIGHT MASTS

FUTURE EXCEL SKYWAY

TREE GROVE GARDENS

FIRE PIT

SOCIAL SEATING

TRANSIT SHELTER

BIKE PARKING

STREETCAR-READY TRANSIT LANES

CYCLE TRACK EXCEL ENERGY

EXTENSION

THE NIC

GAVIIDAE II

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

NICOLLET LIVE ZONE: S. 4TH ST - S. 5TH ST TYPICAL INTERSECTION

S 4TH ST

GARDENS
SOCIAL SEATING

EXCEL ENERGY EXCEL ENERGY

EXTENSION
TREE GROVES
GARDENS

CYCLE TRACK

15 30 43

FIRE PIT

SIDEWALK
THE NIC

GARDENS

EXCEL
PLAZA

SIDEWALK

TRANSIT SHELTER
BIKE PARKING

LRT INTERSECTION

LRT STATION
S 5TH ST

RENAISSANCE
PLAZA
0 5 10 20 0 20 40 80
JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM
NICOLLET LIVE ZONE: S. 4TH ST - S. 5TH ST

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

WORK

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

NICOLLET WORK ZONE: S. 6TH ST - S. 7TH ST

RAISED INTERSECTION

CITY CENTER - GAVIIDAE SKYWAY

SKYWAY BALCONY + FRAME

CITY CENTER
LIGHT MASTS

CYCLE TRACK

TRANSIT SHELTER

BIKE PARKING

STREETCAR-READY TRANSIT LANES

GAVIIDAE COMMONS

EXTENDED TRANSIT INTERSECTION

MACYS

MARY TYLER MOORE STATUE

IDS CENTER/
CRYSTAL COURT

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

NICOLLET WORK ZONE: S. 6TH ST - S. 7TH ST TYPICAL INTERSECTION

S 6TH ST

TRANSIT SHELTER/
NEWSSTAND
SKYWAY BALCONY + FRAME
CYCLE TRACK

FARMERS MARKET
TENTS

SIDEWALK

TREE GROVES

20 30 30
CITY CENTER GAVIIDAE

SKYWAY BALCONY
+ FRAME

TREE GROVES

SIDEWALK
FARMERS MARKET
TENTS
TRANSIT SHEL-
TER/ CAF
EXTENDED TRANSIT
INTERSECTION

S 7TH ST

0 5 10 20 MACYS 0 20 40 80
JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM
NICOLLET WORK ZONE: S. 6TH ST - S. 7TH ST

EXTENDED TRANSIT INTERSECTION

TRANSIT SHELTER/ NEWSSTAND

POTENTIAL OPEN BUILDING FRONTAGE + METRO

TRANSIT FACILITY

LIGHT MASTS

BUS SHELTERS

WIDENED SIDEWALK

CROSSWALK

BIKE PARKING

RAISED INTERSECTION

SHELTER/ CAF

WIDENED SIDEWALK

MARY TYLER MOORE STATUE

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

NICOLLET WORK ZONE: S. 6TH ST - S. 7TH ST

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

NICOLLET WORK ZONE: S. 6TH ST - S. 7TH ST

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

PLAY

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

NICOLLET PLAY ZONE: S. 11TH ST - S. 12TH ST
RAISED INTERSECTION
RESTAURANTS
WCCO
MAINTAIN EXISTING LOCATION
AND CAPACITY OF STREET
CAFS

GLOW WORM

LIGHT MASTS
YWCA
CYCLE TRACK

MAINTAIN EXISTING LOCATION

AND CAPACITY OF STREET
CAFS ORCHESTRA HALL

TRANSIT SHELTER

STREETCAR-READY TRANSIT LANES

PEAVEY PLAZA

RESIDENTIAL
WITH RETAIL

WESTMINSTER
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

NICOLLET PLAY ZONE: S. 11TH ST - S. 12TH ST TARGET/
RESTAURANTS
WCCO T V + RADIO

TYPICAL INTERSECTION

S 11TH ST

TREE GROVES

SOCIAL SEATING
+ PUBLIC ART

OUTDOOR DINING
(MAINTAIN
EXISTING CAPACITY)

RESTAURANTS

LIGHT MASTS

SIDEWALK
PEAVEY PLAZA
GLOW WORM

15 30 35

CYCLE TRACK

SIDEWALK

YWCA

OUTDOOR DINING
(MAINTAIN
EXISTING CAPACITY)
TRANSIT SHELTER

S 12TH ST

TYPICAL INTERSECTION
0 5 10 20 0 20 40 80
JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM
NICOLLET PLAY ZONE: S. 11TH ST - S. 12TH ST

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

THE NICOLLET FLOOR

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

THE NICOLLET FLOOR
BUILDING TACTILE PRECAST CONCRETE POROUS BONDED CUSTOM STEEL
FRONTAGE WARNING STRIP UNIT PAVER AGGREGATE SLOPED PAVER TRENCH DRAIN

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

THE NICOLLET FLOOR

SURFACE

CYCLE TRACK

STREETCAR-READY TRANSIT LANE

UTILITY HATCH

TRENCH DRAIN

CUSTOM SLOPED PAVER

POROUS BONDED AGGREGATE

TACTILE WARNING STRIP

BUILDING FRONTAGE PAVER

RETRACTABLE BOLLARDS

HEAT GENERATED FROM HERC

GREEN ENERGY
SUBSURFACE

PAVERS
CONTINUOUS PLANTING TRENCH FOAM BOARD
WITH STRUCTURAL SOILS INSULATION

PAVEMENT SNOW-MELT SYSTEM

STORMWATER RETENTION BASIN

UTILITY CORRIDOR
GRAVEL
PEX TUBING
GRADE

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

THE NICOLLET TREE GROVES

NORTHERN PIN OAK HERITAGE ELM

Quercus ellipsoidalis Ulmus Parvifolia

WHITESPIRE BIRCH ARMSTRONG MAPLE

Betula populifolia Acer freemani

QUAKING ASPEN RIVER BIRCH

Populous tremuloides Betula nigra

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

THE NICOLLET TREE GROVES

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

THE NICOLLET TREE GROVES

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

THE NICOLLET SKYWAY LINKS

6TH ST

7TH ST

SKYWAY BALCONY

SKYWAY FRAME

8TH ST YELLOW RIBBON WAYFINDING

SYSTEM

10TH ST

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

THE NICOLLET SKYWAY LINKS YELLOW RIBBON
WAYFINDING SYSTEM

6TH ST

THE SKYWAY BALCONY

7TH ST

THE CRYSTAL STAIR

8TH ST

9TH ST

POTENTIAL ELEVATOR

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

THE NICOLLET SKYWAY LINKS
THE CRYSTAL STAIR

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

THE NICOLLET LIGHT RIBBON

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

THE NICOLLET SHELTERS + FURNISHINGS

THE NICOLLET CHAIR CAF SEATING SUN BED NOOK BENCH

FIXED SEATING

TRANSIT SHELTER + TRASH, RECYCLING + BIKE RACK RETRACTABLE

NEWSSTAND/CAF COMPOSTING BINS BOLLARD
JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM
THE NICOLLET FURNISHINGS
THEATER IN THE ROUND

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

THE NICOLLET FURNISHINGS
FIRE PIT

JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

 NICOLLET WALK

LIVE

WORK

PLAY JAMES CORNER FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM

Tom Leader
Studio/!melk
TOM LEADER STUDIO !melk Bruce Mau Design LObservatoire BARR
Community Design Group Marquette Advisors Musicant Group ETM Ellana
 tom leader studio !melk
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + URBAN DESIGN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
bruce mau design barr engineering
BRANDING IDENTITY + SIGNAGE
BRANDING, ENGINEERING + SUSTAINABILITY

lobservatoire etm associates

LIGHTING DESIGN MAINTENANCE + OPERATIONS PLANNING

community design group

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT,
ENGAGEMENT PEDESTRIAN + BIKE PLANNING

marquette advisors
FINANCE STRATEGY + MARKET ANALYSIS

the musicant group

PROGRAMMING
what is minneapolis? wh0 is minneapolis?
#1 bicycle city in america largest somali and hmong populations in the u.s

#2 cleanest city in america most vibrant glbt community in the nation

#2 safest city in america 3rd best place to grow old

highest % of urban park land nationally our downtown has 16,464 creative employees per sq mile

#6 most culturally vital city in america highest annual volunteer rate in the nation
the triple spine
urban surface bedrock
primitive + dynamic grain
 organism
playground
urban theater
organism
grain (ground plane)

knots (planting + program)

EXISTING ELEMENTS

6 700 sf
6,700
planters

1.6% of
nicollet
streetscape
consolidation

36 678 sf
36,678
park

18%
increase of
greenspace
rural mn prairie oak savannah

lake superior aspen forest mississippi river

knots
increase pedestrian dominion

1 minimize the curb

2 keep right-of-way
right of way consistent + intuitive 3 grow nicollet
increase bike access
materials
gravel custom paver type 1
custom paver type 3
rough pavers
custom paver type 2
cedar pavers
paving approach
option 1: remove subslab option 2: keep subslab

stormwater management snow melt

hot water conduit

trees + plants

drainage layer
structural soil
heat exchange
unit

the planting area intercepts both surface hot

o water
a from
om
runoff and excess water in the drainage geothermal or
layer, passively irrigating the vegetation waste heat
and reducing runoff.
las vegas, nv birmingham, al brown university, ri

new york,
york ny houston tx
houston, palo alto
alto, ca

providence, ri breda, the netherlands rotterdam, the netherlands

zones

market plaza
loring plaza

gateway park
peavey plaza
live / play eat shop
loring plaza s 12th -13th street

designated
two-way
bike lanes
loring plaza
typical block s 9th -10th street
10th st s looking towards 9th st s
lighting

caf zones wood platform

market plaza s 6th -7th street
market plaza in winter
gateway park s3rd street to the river
gateway park in winter