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Home My WebLink AboutBack-Up Documentsmelissa hege PLANNING TRANSPORTATION ARCUITECTONICA Gtu A Miami Story: Building a Better Waterfront For the past 2 years, our team has been diligently working to plan and create the Baywalk pop -up --a temporary public art installation on downtown Miami's waterfront. Why?-- because Miami deserves a stellar waterfront walkway. Our idea was improving public access to downtown Miami's urban waterfront with a fun and interactive, temporary art installation. Our Inspiration Birds perch in snags Utilize dead invasive Melaleuca sr r idn G1 F Corurntflalan� atan Migratory flyaways Florida Keys Havana• aral f1 M' if PlfH .Pitt ingtofis 38 8 P �,�. :iI Q..9 n ¢J t.jscr peal Cap., iiir •s4y t Canaveral /ludros "1 �lsfarxl All new waterfront developments are required to build a 50 foot wide path along the water. The problem is that the path is incomplete and none of the path segments look or feel the same. They have no directional signs and do not exist on any map or public website. They feel private. We didn't get it. Why wouldn't the City try to make this an active waterfront? It seemed so obvious. 4,600 LINEAR FEET 10,400 LINEAR FEET CONTINUOUS 600 LINEAR FEET DISORIENTING 5,200 LINEAR FEET We propose a temporary environmental art installation which will show the potential of a permanently improved and connected waterfront trail in Downtown Miami, while highlighting the disappearance of tree habitat for bird migration. The more we investigated, the more we realized how complicated it was to create one beautiful waterfront path on property that was not unified by a single owner. So we picked one location to demonstrate how amazing the waterfront could be. Improving an existing footpath The footpath underneath the PortMiami bridge (images B and C) connects the back of American Airlines Arena (image A) to Bayside Marketplace. Few people use it. We pitched the idea to the Florida Department of Transportation. They owned the bridge and the area beneath it. They also helped us convince the Miami Parking Authority to sponsor the project and handle all of the tough parts like permitting, insurance and construction management. A partnership is born. Inspiration We extended the limits of the project to have a greater visual reach and wove in a pretty cool environmental theme while paying homage to Christo's pink wrapped islands from way back in the 1980s. POTENTIAL NATIVE TREE CANOPY 4 Migrating birds have nowhere to roost on their -last stop before reaching the Bahamas because we've been removing native trees, Without replacing them. The pink tree trunks are a kind of a two dimensional cartoon. The installation suggests, if these were real trees, they'd provide a place for birds to roost AND a canopy of shade which are shown large blue circles painted on t pavement below. • The Premise ARQUITECTONICAGEO BAYLINE PARCELS OWNERSHIP First, we reached out to each of the property owners. In the process we brought in the City, County and elected officials who all loved the project and wrote us glowing letters of support. Then we reached out to the big institutions--PAMM, Bayside, Bayfront Park and \ the Miami Heat: ,More drive Everyone loved the u1 - concept. More letters. 6 c..hriividc ARr" 77' ONICAGEO Maritime Arena LIKE AND SHARE latest news: we won! baywaik popup wins publh space challenge We raised funds from public and private sector including City, private foundations, Bayside Marketplace, Miami Parking Authority. Then we were selected as Miami Foundation's Public Space Challenge Winner. We have raised $33,500K Institutional Partnerships We pursued partnerships with local institutions like the Perez Art Museum Miami and the American Institute of Architects to host events and presentations about the project. The project did not always go as expected. We lost our agency sponsor right when we were awarded our grant from Miami Foundation. The City jumped in as our sponsor thanks to the Risk Management Department and the Department of Real Estate and Asset Management. GUIDE VISITORS AROUITECTONICAGEO A Work In'Progress The City has taken a leadership role in the project to negotiate property access agreements, facilitate as procurement and shepherd the process. Hard work, perseverance and the ability to react positively and creatively to unforeseen obstacles has kept our project moving. Anticipated construction is October/November 2017. , prv,ve'.... WI 1 BAYWALK POP-UP: MIGRATION TEMPORARY VERTICAL DATUM FOR BAYWALK III it tit Migration is a temporary environmental art installation which will show the potential of a permanently improved and connected waterfront trail in Downtown Miami, while highlighting the disappearance of tree habitat for bird migration. Urban planner, Melissa Hege, along with ArquitectonicaGeo and the City of Miami, are creating a Baywalk Pop-up. This environmentally conscious, temporary design intervention will activate an underused waterfront trail in Downtown Miami to inspire permanent improvements, draw new audiences, and increase public access. Between Bayside Marketplace and the American Airlines Arena, clusters of invasive Melaleuca trunks will be repurposed, painted pink, and "planted" to represent Miami's disappearing tree canopy and the migratory birds that live there. These will be strategically placed along the trail and street to guide visitors through a difficult terrain, offering uninterrupted access to the waterfront and inspiring protection of our natural environment. The project is a prototype for future endeavors in that it partners various government entities that manage different segments of the trail including City, County and State. The project is a 2016 Miami Foundation Public Space Challenge winner. \DESIGNER: Arquitectonica Geo \PLANNER/FACILITATOR: Melissa Hege City Planning \LEAD AGENCY: City of Miami Baywalk Pop-up Temporary Art Installation 1 10,400 LINEAR FEET CONTINUOUS 4,600 LINEAR FEET 5,200 LINEAR FEET 600 LINEAR FEET DISORIENTING , A B We propose a temporary environmental art installation which will show the potential of a permanently improved and connected waterfront trail in Downtown Miami, while highlighting the disappearance of tree habitat for bird migration. BAYLtNEPARCELS OWNERSHIP \LOCATION: The pop-up connects behind Parcel B, underneath the PortMiami bridge, across the FEC tracks to the Miami Parking Authority lot at Bayside Marketplace. \PROPERTY OWNERS: PortMiami FDOT City of Miami/MPA Bayside Marketplace (lessee of City of Miami) FEC Baywalk Pop-up Temporary Art Installation 2 \PARTNERS/SUPPORTERS: • Miami Foundation • County Commissioner Audrey Edmonson • City Commissioner Ken Russell • City of Miami • Miami Parking Authority • Bayside Marketplace (General Growth) • Miami Downtown Development Authority • PAMM • Bayfront Park Management Trust • Nature Conservancy \BUDGET: • $33,500 K raised from Miami Foundation, Miami Parking Authority, Bayside Marketplace, Commissioner Russell and Thomas Jelke Foundation \BENEFITS: • Capitalizing on an underutilized public space, • Maximizing access to the water, • Improving circulation and connectivity to the museums and Museum Park, • Improving the quality of life in downtown, • A and retaining talent (workforce), and • Enhancing bicycle and pedestrian connectivity on a protected trail to provide alternative transportation. \ACCOMPLISHMENTS: • Designed pop-up concept and renderings with internationally recognized landscape architecture firm, ArquitectonicaGeo • Completed construction documents • City of Miami Procurement has obtained a responsive bid within the project budget • Raised $33,500K from five different sponsors • Presentation and formal support from MPOs Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee • Obtained letters of support from eight different entities including City and County Commissioners, PAMM and DDA Miami Foundation Public Space Challenge Winner • Partnership with City of Miami as sponsoring agency • Executed access agreements with property owners (FDOT and County) • Commitment from PAMM to host kick-off event and promote the project through their Second Saturday programming and with Frost Science Museum Baywalk Pop-up Temporary Art Installation 3