NCSU Students Present Peace Street Revitalization Concepts at Urban Design Center

 

Jayne Kirkpatrick, Director, Public Affairs

Prepared by: Michael Williams, Assistant Director, Public Affairs

 

For more information: Grant Meacci, Urban Design Center, 919-996-4637

 

May 17, 2013

 

NCSU Students Present Peace Street

Revitalization Concepts at Urban Design Center

 

 

Landscape architecture and architecture students from the College of Design at North Carolina State University presented conceptual designs for the revitalization of Peace Street from Glenwood Avenue to Person Street at the City Museum in Downtown Raleigh, as part of the First Friday event on May 3.

 

The designs were developed in cooperation with the City of Raleigh Urban Design Center and focused on community engagement through a public charette, a Peace Street survey and video productions of businesses along the corridor.

 

Carla Radoslovich Delcambre, teaching assistant professor in the department of landscape architecture, College of Design at North Carolina State University, who supervised the student effort, encouraged her students to use the city as an outdoor classroom and promoted an interdisciplinary collaboration with stakeholders and designers throughout Downtown Raleigh.

 

“This was a great exercise for our students,” said Ms. Delcambre, “Not many college students get the experience of working with seasoned professionals on a real-life project of this scope. We hope that our students’ concepts inform the final plan.”

 

“The goal of the cooperative project was to generate ideas for a more detailed planning process that will take place next year,” Said Grant Meacci, manager of the City of Raleigh Urban Design Center. “The NCSU student designs were interesting and thought-provoking; a great way to kick-start ideas for the street as we move forward.”

 

The presentation included conceptual designs for a new bridge at the intersection of Capital Boulevard and Peace Street, bus shelters, a transit stop designed for light rail, a 15-acre park along Pigeon House Branch, public art and other street renovations. The conceptual designs will be posted on the Urban Design Center webpage after final review by the university.

 

The Peace Street conceptual design is one of several cooperative efforts between the City and various NCSU departments. The conceptual designs complement, and will be reviewed along with, the Peace Street visioning study conducted by J. Davis Architects.

 

For more information on the Peace Street East Corridor plan, contact Grant Meacci, Urban Design Center, 919-996-4637. For more information on the conceptual plans, contact Carla Radoslovich Delcambre, 919-538-8739 or carla_delcambre@ncsu.edu.

 

 

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