Winner of Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition Announced
Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 12:30PMTLS/KVA was named the winner of the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition today during a press conference at the Nicollet Island Pavilion. View the presentation and detailed proposal below:
TLS/KVA
A set of inter-related design initiatives-focused on health, mobility and green economy-that function at multiple scales and are enhanced by community outreach strategies to raise public awareness about consumer choice impacts on the River system.
The other finalists and their designs were:
Ken Smith Workshop
The river is a catalyst for renewal through new and enhanced park, infrastructure and ecological systems and a series of bold, iconic design scenarios that reflect the area’s history and spirit of place.
Turenscape
Turenscape from MRDC on Vimeo.
A fifty-year framework for investment that focuses on: ecological renewal, social equity, new economies and a new identity for the city of the river, and includes a strategic approach to ecological infrastructure, re-orienting urbanism and phasing over time.
Stoss Landscape Urbanism
Stoss Landscape and Urbanism from MRDC on Vimeo.
A longer-term transformation that reclaims the river as civic space, introduces new landscapes, infrastructure and urban fabrics, and weaves the multiple new and existing systems and experiences back into the city.
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