norman public space public life
DESCRIPTION
Pilot study with OU Institute of Quality CommunitiesTRANSCRIPT
DEMO-GRAPHICS
Source: OU Enrollment Services
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
26,219 26,201
26,69626,490
27,149
Selected Economic Characteristics
2000
52,788
2010
59,537
Source: 2011 Norman, OK Community Report Card
109,323 110,349 111,543 112,551110,925
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2000
13,050
2010
15,126
Total population of block region
1-300 301-600 601-900 901-1200 1201-1500 1501+
110,925Norman Population
15,125Residents in Study Area
59,537People in Labor Force
27,149OU Student Population
Our focus area centered on the heart of Norman, which is The University of Oklahoma. It is the main economic and cultural driver for the city. In 2010 the University saw the largest number of enrolled freshmen in the school’s history. The population of Norman took a small dip in 2010, but � nished around 6,000 higher than it was ten years prior. That increase also helped bring in 7,000 more jobs to the area. The most dense part of our study area is in the “South Greek” portion of campus.
NORMAN scale 1:70
NORMAN scale 1:70
FAÇADEANALYSIS
Engaging Façade
Semi-Engaging Façade
Dull Façade
Transparency
Most retail stores have a fair amount of transparency due to displays. Other stores and restau-rants have poor transparency.
Sinage
Sinage is prominent on awnings only visible from across the street. Sinage perpendicular to the facade is minimal. Streetlight sinage is available, but not in use.
Recessions
Recessions in the facades for dis-play space and cafe seating make the area more interactive. Alley ways act as chan-nels to parking and other busi-nesses.
Good Pedastrain/Bike Way ( >2.2 fc)
Bad Pedastrain/Bike Way ( <2.2 fc)
Bad Parking Space ( <1.2 fc)
Good Parking Space ( >1.2 fc)
LIGHT-ING
E.
Main
St.
E.
Gray
St.
E.
Comanche
St.
S.
Porter
Ave.S.
Crawford
Ave.
S.
Peters
Ave.
W Boyd St.
White St.
University Blvd.
Asp A
ve
Nightlife in Norman is concentrated on Campus Corner and downtown area. In general, street lighting in Norman is directed towards the roads. Only the campus corner district and E. Main Street have dedicated pedestrian lighting. It is essential to have su� cient lighting on the traveling between parking and destination in order to avoid a sense of insecurity. Su� cient lighting is measured by using light meter to determine if the area reach minimum requirement of standard luminance. Although the majority activities in downtown Norman are located on E. Main Street, it is essential to provide more lighting on Gray and Comanche Street for both safety issues and future expansion.
DOWNTOWN
CAMPUS CORNER
STANDARD ILLUMINANCE (fc)
Pedestrian way 2.2Bike way 2.2Pedestrian (comm. area) 2.0Outdoor Parking 1.2-1.6Street w/o Pedastrain 1.0Freeway thru comm. area 0.6-1.1Freeway thru res. area 0.7-0.8
BOYD
UN
IVER
SITY
ASP
MAIN
MASSTRANSITMASSHOUSING
Apartment Shuttle
Bus 1-100 riders
Bus 101-200 riders
Bus 201-500 riders
Bus 500+ riders
CART, Cleveland Area Rapid Transit, is the public transportation system that one can take to get from destination A to destination B. However, as can be seen on the map, the frequented routes are those associated with the University of Oklahoma. One of the heavily ridden routes, connects a large parking facility o� the main campus to the “South Oval” where the main classrooms are. This means that most CART passengers drive their car in order to take the bus.
Having residents closer to the inner city, between Lindsey and Main streets, means that the city members have a better grasp of the on goings of the University and the students having a better grasp on what is going on in the city. Students can make a strong contribution to the city’s vitality and cultural diversity by providing a youthful perspective. By looking at the map, one can see that most of the student housing is south of the Lindsey border and quite east of the main area as well. On top of that, there are some major public transportation inadequacies that force students to � nd alternate transportation, mostly cars. This causes a higher need for parking as well as causes tra� c jams.
PEDESTRIANAND BIKETRAFFIC
0 50
100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450
7:00 a
.m. -‐ 8
:00 a.m
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8:00 a
.m. -‐ 9
:00 a.m
.
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.m. -‐ 1
0:00 a
.m.
10:00
a.m. -‐ 1
1:00 a
.m.
11:00
a.m. -‐ 1
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ple
Norman Pedestrian & Bike Counts University & Boyd April 26th Daily Totals
Pedestrians
Bikers
0 200 400 600 800
1000 1200 1400 1600 1800
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. - 7:00p.m.
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
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ber o
f Peo
ple
Norman Pedestrian & Bike Counts South Oval April 27th Daily Totals
Pedestrians
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. - 7:00p.m.
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Num
ber o
f Peo
ple
Norman Pedestrian & Bike Counts East Main April 19th Daily Total
Pedestrians
Daily Tra� c1005001,0003,0006,000
BikePedestrian
Pedestrian counts were taken on weekdays by video recording at single location from 7:00 am until 10:00 pm.
1 EAST MAIN STREET
2 UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA SOUTH OVAL
3 BOYD AND UNIVERSITY
1
2
3
PUBLICSEATING
The benches are located at the center of South Oval on the campus. The seats are bad seating areas because they are lack of comfortable zone without shading or vegetation. Also, the seat’s orientation does not have a good security zone due to the high amount of circulation flow and a static observation around the area.
fit is a good seating zone with a good amount of privacy and comfort. This area can define as secondary seating on the campus because the primary design was not serving as a public seating. However, this area became a good spot for public gather and relaxation.
The seats adjusting to the old OU library’s entrance has provided a bet-ter observation with one direction. At the same time, the brush behind the seats allows a back isolation to the busy circulation and performs as a security zone.
1 unit = 1 seat
2 units = 1 bench
4 units = cafe seating
VEHICULARTRAFFIC
W. Main St.
W. Boyd St.
W. Gray St.
E. Main St.
E. Gray St.
S. Jenkins Ave.
S. Porter Ave.
Classen Blvd.
S. Flood Ave.S. Flood Ave.
W. Lindsey St.
Classen Blvd.
13875
1302
9783
5884
19418
12435
1597 3645
7950
17929
19822
6146
14100 16875
16285
14968
8047
15684
5293
1602
3084
13638
17978
18527 14778
4143
3716
2634
7750
9339
4513
3221
2077
14111
4828
18731312
1136
1615
5732
16552
Though often understood as a by-product of urbanity,
traffic is really the only means by which urbanity exists.
Traffic allows for space to be differentiated: on the city scale by commuter traffic (differentiating work/home) and event traffic (play/home). At the global scale import/export traffic along with immigrant/emigrant traffic.
2 lane traffic
3 lane traffic
VISUALPRESENCERATING
10 second experience
4 second experience
1 second experience
Visual presence rating (VPR) combines pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular traffic data to calculate the average number of seconds that people collectively spend in front of a given 50 foot space in a hour. Essentially VPR measures how much time the general Public spends in a given area .The rating is weighted by street types. Streets with more lanes receive a slightly lower VPR score because of higher traffic speeds, less traffic stops and further distances from storefronts.This data set serves as
[50ft/mean traffic speed(fps)] x
average hourly traffic volume=
VPR
798
349256
516
562
334
118
722
874
780
561 207
183
73
469
316
106
746
800 958890
697
1093
150
1,306595
210457
74
274
2351,113
65
787530
440
91
175
92
325300
2,859