Schwartz Performing Arts Center Plaza Public Engagement: Charrette September 21, 2016

Project Team Cornell University: Campus Planning Department Arts & Sciences Schwartz Performing Arts Center Student GPSA and SA Design Team: Trowbridge Wolf Michaels Landscape Architects, L.L.P. Taitem Engineering, P.C. T.G.Miller, P.C. Engineers and Surveyors Questions: schwartzplaza@cornell.edu ATTN: Ram Venkat

Public Process Charrette / Visioning Concept Design Final Design

Meeting Agenda Tour of Schwartz Plaza – 4:30 Project Introduction – 5:30 Small Team Charrettes – 5:45 Knowledge Gathering (what can you tell us about this site?) Visioning (what goals should we set for this site?) Reconvene & Share – 6:15 Inventory & Analysis Summary – 7:15 Conclusion & Next Meeting Date – 7:30 Questions: schwartzplaza@cornell.edu ATTN: Ram Venkat

Cornell University – Performing Arts Center Designed by James Stirling Michael Wilford and Associates - 1982 James Stirling, 1981 Laureate - International Pritzker Architecture Prize Schwartz Plaza

Location Schwartz Center College Ave Dryden Rd. Cornell Law School

Municipal – University Planning Studies 2008 Cornell Master Plan 2014 Collegetown Form Districts Plan Planning Context: 7 plans in 7 years CMP: Incorporate active uses on ground floor of Sheldon Court • Landscape and restore Eddy Gate Plaza and walkway • Enhance gateway to campus by redesigning the Schwartz Center forecourt City’s 2009 Collegetown Urban Plan Focus on sustainable transportation system Retain historic architecture and urban fabric, encourage excellence in design Examine areas for possible increased height and densities 2014 Form Districts Plan Provided relief from parking regulations Allowed for significant density/height increases Pent up demand for development released, applications began rolling in and continue MAX. & MIN. HEIGHT IN STORIES & FEET District Max. Stories Min. Stories Max. Feet Min. Feet MU-2 6 4 80’ 45’ Street-Level Active Uses Required (1) Within the MU-2 district, active uses are required on the entire street-level of all buildings fronting on those portions of College Avenue, Dryden Road, and Eddy Street designated on the map below. (2) Active street-level uses are one of the keys to vitality of the Collegetown core area. Active uses are defined as: (a) Retail store or service commercial facility (b) Restaurant, fast food establishment, or tavern (c) Theater, bowling alley, auditorium or other similar places of public assembly (d) Hotel (e) Library or fire station (f) Public park or playground TIGER (Started Collegetown Cornell-City working group) College Avenue becomes a complete street Parking is removed from narrow roadway, even as pedestrian sidewalk widened Crosswalks clearly delineated, pedestrian refuge areas added Collegetown Vision Statement 2008 Cornell Campus Master Plan calls for strengthened university presence in Collegetown 2008 Clancy Goody Collegetown Plan 2009 Collegetown Urban Plan and conceptual design guidelines adopted by City 2013, TIGER Grant Application submitted to NYS, including major 2014 Collegetown streetscape improvements 2014 Collegetown Area Form Districts Plan adopted by City 2015 10+ large projects now in the pipeline 2014: City adopted form districts allowing greater densities 2009 Collegetown Urban Plan 2013, 2014, 2015 TIGER Grant Applications

State of Collegetown Today 500+ students live in on-campus housing in Collegetown 1000s more in private apartments/houses in the neighborhood Significant private investment in new development (student housing, office, and retail) underway –new form-based code New Cornell presence 2017-18: eHUB & Johnson School Executive Education Center Incredibly limited public/open space: Dryden Street Garage lawn Cascadilla Hall and Sheldon Ct removes parking restrictions, allowing height increases Institutional development Defacto open space – CTB (private), need connections to amazing Cascadilla Gorge Trail

Concepts for a Vibrant Public Realm -Weaves together significant historic and natural sites (Eddy Gate, Cascadilla Hall, Cascadilla Gorge, and Sheldon Court) into densifying neighborhood, as they bookend a proposed green walkway with 2 new, distinct public realm areas Study areas for improved public space: Schwartz Center plaza and Eisner Pavilion Sheldon Court plaza Eddy Gate Collegetown Walk Oak & College Avenue intersection realignment

Concepts for a Vibrant Public Realm

East Elevation

Plaza – View South

Plaza – View North

Project Study and Construction Areas Project Construction Area Project Study Area Schwartz Center

Small Team Charrette | Before we Design Understand the site Share what you know Envision the possibilities Share ideas for program, function, experience Small Team Charrette | Before we Design

Public Process Charrette / Visioning Concept Designs October 26, 2016 Final Design Presentation November 28, 2016

Project Schedule Fall 2016 – Design Winter 2017 – Technical Documents / Municipal Approvals Spring 2017 – Bidding and Award of Project Summer 2017 – Construction

Thank you! Questions/Comments: schwartzplaza@cornell.edu ATTN: Ram Venkat