Design Team: Sparta
Final Design Proposals
Site Constraints Diagram
Town Center Master Plan
Sparta's goals for the project
Create a sense of place with:
-urban and neighborhood centers that are public spaces
-a new urban center at the Metro surrounded by mixed use development to
enliven the area and become a true "town center," de-emphasizing the mall
Landuse Plan
-neighborhood centers ringed by higher density housing and single family
housing
Concept Diagram
-design standards codified to reinforce and unify space use and
circulation
-an arrival point along the exit from 795
Heighten the connection to the land with:
-a greenway along the stream that becomes the backbone of the community
-a green space as cross-axis connecting 2 neighborhood centers south of the
stream to the new urban center and continuing to the light rail
connection
-local history integrated in the greenway
Open Space Diagram
Section at Highway Berm
Section at Drainage Swale
Pedestrian Circulation
Diagrams
Create a rational pattern of circulation with:
-a clear hierarchy of streets
-streets that are through streets
City Block Types
City Street Types
Owings Mills Report
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