I-395 Ground Plane Urban Design - 2016

Miami, Florida 2016

David Gjertson – Urban Design Manager

The primary issues for the I-395 project relate to the public and private realm urban design elements including; streetscape design, storm water retention area design, gateways, open space design, Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) principles, pedestrian connectivity, site planning and built form. The context of the I-395 Reconstruction Project is unique from an urban design perspective. It is a multiple-corridor master plan situated below an elevated roadway and bridge system. It encompasses several blocks of a grid street system that is not aligned with the structure above. The resulting urban “pattern” below the roadway structures is an existing street network and vacant parcels presently fenced and inaccessible to pedestrians.