Downtown Waterfront Design Charrette
On December 17, 2009 the students from University of Notre Dame presented the final document from the Downtown Waterfront Design Charrette.
- View the PowerPoint Presentation (136MB pdf)
- View the Notre Dame Ventura Vision 2009 (135MB pdf)
Students from University of Notre Dame, the nation’s preeminent school on traditional and classical architecture and urbanism will be in town to conduct a week long urban design Charrette for ventura, including but not limited to downtown waterfront area and the Edgewater redevelopment project. Edgewater is the 11-acre downtown waterfront site anchored by the redevelopment of the existing public parking structure.
The Charrette will take place the week of September 28, 2009. The students will conduct the charrette at the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (V2TC) located at 505 Poli Street, 3rd floor behind City Hall.
Two public presentations are planned and will take place in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall:
1. Kick-off presentation on Tuesday, September 29 at 6 p.m.
2. End-of-charrette presentation on Friday, October 2 at 3 p.m.
Besides the two public presentations, the public is also invited to participate in two informal design studio sessions that will be conducted on Wednesday, September 30 at 6 p.m., and Thursday afternoon, October 1 at 4 p.m. The design studio sessions will take place at the V2TC.
Contacts
Kaizer Rangwala, Assistant Community Development Director/Town Designer (805) 677-3918, krangwala@cityofventura.net
Philip Bess, Graduate Director and Professor, University of Notre Dame (574) 631-7739, pbess@nd.edu
Additional Resources:
- Edgewater Proposal
- Edgewater Book
- January 26, 2009 City Council Staff Report
- 101 Freeway Capping documents (pdf)
- Project website
- Downtown Specific Plan
- Downtown Historic Resources Survey
- Retail & Office Market Analysis & Business Development Plan for Downtown Ventura
- Ventura Tourism Master Plan
- Visitor Profile & Economic & Fiscal Impact of Ventura Tourism in 2005/06
