After site tours, discussions, and brainstorming on Day 1 and Day 2, the IQC team was ready to finalize graphics and explain concepts for a presentation to stakeholders this afternoon.
Ron Frantz began the presentation with an extreme example of the two-level commercial district: The Morristown, TN Skymart. This 1962 structure has created an odd environment for the town’s main street, and demonstrates many of the same access challenges that buildings along the Bricktown canal have.
Team members Farshid Motian, Willy Burhan, and Victor Trautmann, all 4th Year Architecture students, and Matt Crownover, Landscape Architecture and Regional & City Planning student, presented initial findings and concepts for Bricktown, shown in the gallery below.
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Ron Frantz showed images of Morristown, Tennessee, with similar access challenges as the Bricktown Canal.
Willy Burhan, 4th Year Architecture student, mapped the existing access points in Bricktown.
Willy also displayed the complicated double-level area of the canal north of Reno. This graphic demonstrates the dead ends of access at Oklahoma Avenue, where there are broken chair lifts.
The team identified critical areas to address accessibility and created concepts for each location.
Farshid Motian, 4th Year Architecture student, looked at a more inviting entry at the west end of the canal to capture traffic entering Bricktown from event venues.
Victor Trautmann, 4th Year Architecture student, demonstrated the possibility of turning Oklahoma Avenue into a full hub of accessibility that connects all levels of the canal.
Victor demonstrated how a non-functional chair lift could be replaced with a ramp.
Improvements at Oklahoma Avenue would greatly enhance access throughout this area.
Matt Crownover, Landscape Architecture and Regional & City Planning graduate student, demonstrated how wayfinding could help visitors locate elevators more easily.
Some accessibility improvements are just a matter of directional signage to existing amenities.
