Article source: MARK DZIEWULSKI ARCHITECT

• Designed as a piece of urban planning within the context of the city as a whole
• Creates public park at heart of downtown
• Continues urban fabric and scale of context
• Parking concealed

The site is adjacent to the heart of the thriving downtown area of the city of Davis. The solution is novel for this type of use: a contextual piece of urban infill, creating a new public park and providing a consistent continuation of the existing density and pedestrian scale. It is the exact opposite of typical concepts for this building type, which would normally place the buildings well back from the street and surround them with parking. The site plan in this case was carefully laid out in relation to the plan of the existing city: the buildings continue the line the street wall and then curve back to create a much needed public green-space, whilst the parking requirement is concealed behind.

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• Architects: MARK DZIEWULSKI ARCHITECT
• Project: Davis Commons
• Location: California, United States