Thanks! I think we have that already. Keepem coming!
Volunteer
Jul 13, 16 5:01 pm
L'Enfant Plaza in DC; there's a Metro station in the basement. The shops at the top of the Metro escalator level are kind of light challenged but some areas have an atrium for natural light.
citizen
Jul 13, 16 7:53 pm
Rowe's Wharf, Boston
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan
S W
Jul 13, 16 9:51 pm
Possibly One New Change or Stratford Westfield here in London, both are effectively shopping malls so your milage may vary. One New Change is office space above (with horrible bulkheads) Westfield is more shops and was corporate entertainment space for the Olympics. Obviously the British Museum is great for this but not the same context. Many examples of victorian era buildings serving this purpose in London but you explicitly requested other examples. Oxo Tower / wharf works well also as it is on the Thames walk.
in nyc, there used to be a climbing wall near lincoln center on broadway (my memory is fuzzy on the exact location; maybe someone else remembers it better?)
it was kind of cool to be 18' up on the wall and look over 30 feet across the sidewalk to see cabs/traffic/pedestrians all streaming by
or
to walk by the space and look up and see someone hanging off the wall
i thought that was a pretty cool use of a public space-slot in the city
Peter Normand
Jul 14, 16 9:50 am
Illinois Center in Chicago, The Federal Complex with federal plaza in Chicago. The Thompson center also in Chicago. The Wrigley Building, the Palmer House Hotel, so many in Chicago I can't think of them all. Are you only looking for examples that connect on one level or are multi level connectors such as the Thompson center where you enter in the first level basement and go up to the ground floor and up to the third to connect to the EL.
This is such a common thing in major cities especially if the building is adjacent to or part of the transit infrastructure. In Chicago most buildings that span a block have a ground floor of shops along a passageway.
I need Precedents for an office building that the public is invited to cut through as a shortcut to get to the other side.
-The building should be very large, preferably a city block
-Indoor shops along the passageway would be preferable
- Contemporary examples in large cities preferable, no old-school beaux-arts arcades.
-Built Projects
Dunno if this counts, but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prudential_Tower
Thanks! I think we have that already. Keepem coming!
L'Enfant Plaza in DC; there's a Metro station in the basement. The shops at the top of the Metro escalator level are kind of light challenged but some areas have an atrium for natural light.
Rowe's Wharf, Boston
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan
Possibly One New Change or Stratford Westfield here in London, both are effectively shopping malls so your milage may vary. One New Change is office space above (with horrible bulkheads) Westfield is more shops and was corporate entertainment space for the Olympics. Obviously the British Museum is great for this but not the same context. Many examples of victorian era buildings serving this purpose in London but you explicitly requested other examples. Oxo Tower / wharf works well also as it is on the Thames walk.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_New_Change
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfield_Stratford_City
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxo_Tower
Maybe you could add Spitalfields market / Bishop's square to the above - http://www.fosterandpartners.com/projects/bishops-square/
in nyc, there used to be a climbing wall near lincoln center on broadway (my memory is fuzzy on the exact location; maybe someone else remembers it better?)
it was kind of cool to be 18' up on the wall and look over 30 feet across the sidewalk to see cabs/traffic/pedestrians all streaming by
or
to walk by the space and look up and see someone hanging off the wall
i thought that was a pretty cool use of a public space-slot in the city
Illinois Center in Chicago, The Federal Complex with federal plaza in Chicago. The Thompson center also in Chicago. The Wrigley Building, the Palmer House Hotel, so many in Chicago I can't think of them all. Are you only looking for examples that connect on one level or are multi level connectors such as the Thompson center where you enter in the first level basement and go up to the ground floor and up to the third to connect to the EL.
This is such a common thing in major cities especially if the building is adjacent to or part of the transit infrastructure. In Chicago most buildings that span a block have a ground floor of shops along a passageway.
Is this a thesis project you have in mind?
Over and OUT
Peter N