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In September 2008, WRT Principal Kathy Garcia and Landscape Designer Jennifer Martel joined 27 other young designers in New Buffalo, Michigan for the second Xtreme LA event.Sponsored by site furniture manufacturer Landscape Forms and co-sponsored by The Landscape Architecture Foundation, the event brought together the designers for an intense three-day planning charrette. The purpose of the event was for the designers to brainstorm a design and development strategy for New Buffalo, a town that currently has no such strategy. The designers were divided into three teams and challenged to present their designs to the mayor and residents of the town.TRANSCRIPT
NEW BUFFALO 20/20 VISIONWHERE IT IS
THE LUMBER INDUSTRY
THE HARBOR STRUGGLES: 1838-1975
THE RAILROAD BOOMS: 1847; 1870
TOURISM THRIVES 1900-present
NEW BUFFALO 20/20 VISIONWHERE IT’S BEEN
NEW BUFFALO 20/20 VISIONWHY PEOPLE COME
Th N B ff l / Vi iThe New Buffalo 20/20 Visionworks within natural systems to reveal and capitalize on the
region’s unique natural resources :
•hydrology•wind
•circulationmigration•migration
•vegetation•growth
NEW BUFFALO 20/20 VISIONWHERE IT’S GOING
ASSUMPTIONS:• population increase to 10,000 residents by 2020
• transportation improvements with new Amtrak station• movement toward a more permanent community
• increased recognition of what it wants to bec e sed ecog o o s o be
STRATEGIES:STRATEGIES:• improve natural and designed infrastructure
• reference history and natural resources i l h h d h h ld• sequence arrival through gateways and thresholds
NEW BUFFALO 20/20 VISION
NEW BUFFALO 20/20 VISIONLAND USE FRAMEWORK
Jetty
T i St ti
Galien River Bridge
Whittaker Street
Train Station
Gateway Bridge
Visitors’ Center
Natural Greenway Connection
NEW BUFFALO 20/20 VISIONMASTER PLAN
Gateway Bridge
NEW BUFFALO 20/20 VISIONGATEWAY BRIDGE
NEW BUFFALO 20/20 VISIONGATEWAY BRIDGE
NEW BUFFALO 20/20 VISIONVISITOR CENTER
NEW BUFFALO 20/20 VISIONMAIN STREET
section plan
NEW BUFFALO 20/20 VISIONWHITTAKER STREET
NEW BUFFALO 20/20 VISIONTRAIN STATION
NEW BUFFALO 20/20 VISIONTRAIN STATION
NEW BUFFALO 20/20 VISIONGALIEN RIVER BRIDGE
NEW BUFFALO 20/20 VISIONGALIEN RIVER BRIDGE
NEW BUFFALO 20/20 VISIONJETTY
NEW BUFFALO 20/20 VISIONJETTY
You can see Chicago from New Buffalo,but more importantly, you’ll see New Buffalo from Chicago.p y, y g