COMMITTEES: CRITICAL URBAN DESIGN AREAS SUBCOMMITTEE

The Regional Center Plan was adopted as a part of the Comprehensive Plan by the Metropolitan Development Commission on March 3, 2004. The Plan contains goals, objectives, and projects and programs to guide Downtown development for the next 20 years. Critical areas are those that are currently under study or are likely to experience significant development or redevelopment pressure and become essential elements in the Plan's implementation. Seven critical areas are identified as a part of the Regional Center Plan. For the purposes of this study, the seven areas have been combined into four areas. They are Cole Noble & Mass Ave (planning districts 7 and 13), BioCrossroads Research Community (planning districts 1 and 3), West Washington Street (planning district 24), and Convention Center, Kentucky Ave & Railroad (planning districts 21 and 28).

Purpose of Committee:

This committee will oversee the study of the four critical districts identified for this study. Members will assist the project team in determining objectives, issues, logistics, participants and other related items to insure success of each charrette workshop. Members of this committee will also assist in synthesizing the information gleaned from these workshops to be molded into urban design guidelines.

Description of Committee:

This committee will study of the Regional Center's stable and/or historic districts and identify important qualities to protect and determine areas that need improvement. The sub committee will use this information to recommend any necessary new or amended changes to the current urban design procedures in the Regional Center's stable and/or historic districts. Resources for this effort will be:
  • Central Indianapolis Waterfront Concept Master Plan, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1994.
  • Framework for a Research Community-Indianapolis Northwest Quadrant, Beyer, Blinder, Belle, 2003.
  • Market Square Vicinity Implementation Plan, Rundell Ernstberger Associates and Axis Architecture and Interiors, 2002.
  • Massachusetts Avenue Commercial Corridor Plan, Development Concepts, Inc., 2002.
     
 
 
 
 

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Committee Membership

Mark Demerly, Co-Chair
Demerly Architects; AIA
Eric Fulford, Co-Chair
Ninebark
Harold Rominger, Staff
City of Indianapolis DMD
David Baker
Historic Preservation Comm.
Christine Barton-Holmes
City of Indianapolis DMD
Matt Hostetler
Meg Storrow
Storrow Kinsella Assoc.
Jerry Stuff
IUPUI