Bakery Square Courtyard Refresh
An urban public courtyard and dining plaza precedent that activates a commercial district edge with integrated lawn, lighting, and street interface.
- What we like about this project
- Brightly lit lawn activities and outdoor dining coexist immediately adjacent to a multi-lane vehicular thoroughfare.
Materials
- glass
- masonry
- steel
- concrete
- paving
- lawn
Visual identifiers
- urban-courtyard
- outdoor-dining
- streetscape
- night-illumination
Style tags
- contemporary
- urban
- commercial
Visual tags
- public-realm
- mixed-use
- urban-design
- night-photography
- placemaking
- Geometry
- An urban courtyard and lawn open up beside a multi-lane street, framed by commercial low-rises and structured parking.
- Facade system
- Mixed commercial facades including historic masonry and contemporary curtain wall glazing.
- Structural guess
- Mixed steel frame and masonry construction across surrounding buildings.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-block urban district view, with human scale registered in the lawn and outdoor dining areas.
- Lighting
- Nighttime illumination featuring glowing storefronts, streetlights, illuminated signage, and string lighting over outdoor dining.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and welcoming nighttime urban atmosphere centered around lit public gathering spaces.
- Environmental context
- Dense commercial and mixed-use urban district at night with active vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
- Spatial experience
- A protected green oasis and outdoor dining plaza directly interface with the busy urban thoroughfare.
- Composition rhythm
- Street grid alignment contrasted with the irregular organic layout of the central lawn and dining umbrellas.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban placemaking
- Program
- Mixed-use urban courtyard and public plaza
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- landscape
- Materials
- glass, masonry, steel, concrete, paving, lawn
- Visual identifiers
- urban-courtyard, outdoor-dining, streetscape, night-illumination
- Style tags
- contemporary, urban, commercial
- Visual tags
- public-realm, mixed-use, urban-design, night-photography, placemaking
- Geometry
- An urban courtyard and lawn open up beside a multi-lane street, framed by commercial low-rises and structured parking.
- Facade system
- Mixed commercial facades including historic masonry and contemporary curtain wall glazing.
- Structural guess
- Mixed steel frame and masonry construction across surrounding buildings.
- Spatial scale
- Large multi-block urban district view, with human scale registered in the lawn and outdoor dining areas.
- Lighting
- Nighttime illumination featuring glowing storefronts, streetlights, illuminated signage, and string lighting over outdoor dining.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant and welcoming nighttime urban atmosphere centered around lit public gathering spaces.
- Environmental context
- Dense commercial and mixed-use urban district at night with active vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
- Spatial experience
- A protected green oasis and outdoor dining plaza directly interface with the busy urban thoroughfare.
- Composition rhythm
- Street grid alignment contrasted with the irregular organic layout of the central lawn and dining umbrellas.
- Style reading
- Contemporary urban placemaking
- Program
- Mixed-use urban courtyard and public plaza
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- landscape