Michael Maltzan Architecture

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The

St. Petersburg PierMichael Maltzan Architecture

Tom Leader Studio

The Lens


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For us, the ultimate signicanceof the Pier is not as an object, or

even a single park, but as thecentral element connectingdowntown St. Petersburg withits waterfront.

Contents

The New St. Petersburg Pierpages 5-22

The Lens: Framing the City and the Waterpages 23-50

The Extended Loop: Continuing Developmentpages 51-72

Site Connections and Systemspages 73-90

Project Approachpages 91-100

Design Teampages 101-118

Appendixpages 119-153


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2 Michael Maltzan Architecture / Tom Leader Studio


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St. Petersburg Pier 3


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The New St. Petersburg Pier

The Lens: Framing the City and Water

The Civic Loop: Defning a New Civic Green

The Hub: Between Land and Water

Creating Connections:

St. Petersburg and Its Waterfront

The Lens is a new iconfor the City of St. Petersburg,

reframing the relationshipbetween the City and the Bay.


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The New St. Petersburg Pier


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The St. Petersburg Pier is an extraordinary opportunity tocreate a new landmark that is representative o both thepeople and the City o St. Petersburg. As a team,we havecome to know the City, its people, and its landscape. Werecognize the challenge o continuing the legacy rst begunby William Straub, as well as the importance o this key publicspace or all o St. Petersburg. Furthermore, the City and thePier have a shared identity, one that has become inextricablyintertwined over time. Given this close relationship, it isespecially important that this new icon refects and resonateswith the City and its dening characteristicits connection tothe water.

The new Pier is not an icon unto itsel. It is instead a lens

that rames the Citys relationship to the water, changing howSt. Petersburg views its present and its uture. While the Pierwill remain an important attraction or visitors, we believethat the Pier must be rst or the people o St. Petersburg,an active, vital part o the Citys lie and culture. Operatingon multiple scales o renewalindividual, urban, economic,ecologicalthis new Pier serve as a new kind o ountaino youth or St. Petersburg and its citizens, a symbol o therenewed vitality o the City, a platorm or continued growth,and a destination within the City, the region, and our nation.


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Like a magniying glass on the water, the new Pier acts bothas a lens back to the City and a window into the underwaterworld beneath. Looping out over the water rom the shore, theLens provides views o the bay below and sky above, ramingand highlighting the reciprocal relationship between the Cityand the Bay. Rising above the water, the crenellated orm othe Lens canopy evokes waves or sails, a crown on the easternhorizon. Twin bridge paths that extend out and back rom theuplands, eliminate the traditional unidirectional path typicalor a pier and instead creates a circuit that allows or a widervariety o experiences as visitors walk to the Piers length, takein the waterront vistas, and return back to the City.

From its beginnings as the Municipal Pier, the years o

the Million Dollar Pier, and the decades that have ollowed,the Pier has always been a city orum; at its core, it is a placeor residents to come together. It has also been the backdropor important memories: fshing with a parent, a frst date, amarriage proposal or returning with their own child. No longersimply a pathway to a terminus, the Pier will become a spaceor new experiences, one where new programs and activitiescreate opportunities to build lasting memories or individuals,or amilies, and or the collective community. Recognizingthe history and importance o the existing Pier, our proposaldoes not demolish it; instead it remakes the existing piersunderwater structure into a ramework or an extraordinary newaquatic landscape. The Lens, in essence, is a living room orthe City, one where residents and visitors can make a direct,unmediated connection with the waterront, with each other,and with the City o St. Petersburg.

The Lens:

An Innovative View


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The Civic Loop:A New Civic Green


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Opposite the Lens that extends out over the water is acomplementary loop that encircles the upland as it meetsdowntown. During our teams visits over the past severalmonths, it is apparent that the experience o the Pier today isisolated rom the upland and downtown. This Civic Loop, withthe great lawn o the Civic Green at its center, directly linksthe experience o the water with the lie o the downtown St.Petersburg. Pedestrian and bicycle pathways extending acrossthis landscape loop connecting a diverse range o recreationalexperiences both over land or over water, knitting the site intoa singular whole. The new marina, beaches, and lagoons thatextend across the upland, descend to the waters edge, foatover it, and arc above it, dening extraordinary experiencesand environments or recreation and restoration. The new Pier

also reshapes the uplands southern edge by liting the primarypedestrian promenade to create a continuous experience othe water that begins at Bayshore Drive. Linking City and Pieralike, the project is no longer two parts, upland and over water,but instead a united whole.


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The Hub:Between Land and Water

At the threshold where water and land meet is the new Hub oactivity with a fexible array o program areas including the newAmphitheater to the south and the extraordinary new WaterPark and playground to the north. Easily accessed, serviced,and closer to the activity o downtown, this zone is integratedinto the surrounding landscape through a series o pathwaysand open lawns, connecting the beach ront, new caes andretail spaces, transient boat slips, and a series o expansiveplazas. Each area is woven into the next, combining spaces oramilies, or play, and or perormance. This space is the retailand commercial attractor and economic driver or the project,a counterweight to the more experiential icon o the Lens.


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Connecting St. Petersburg andIts Waterfront

One o the great opportunities o this competition is toprovide the new living room, the central piazza or townsquare or the city. It only makes sense that in St. Petersburg,this would happen partly on land and in large part on water.The heritage and identity o the city rests in countless wayson its relationship to the Bay. Water is the icon; it is a vastamenity the city already owns: no one needs to invent itor pay or it. What we can invent is a host o both poweruland nuanced ways to experience the Bay, its particular light,atmosphere, horizon, its nautical sociability, its renewedunderwater lie, and an aquatic perspective on the cityitsel. These experiences can include everyone that calls St.Petersburg home, rom children and young amilies to long-established residents. This is a place or the entire city to

gather on common groundand water.We recognize the new Pier will be the linchpin in a

larger network o interconnected circulation pathways opedestrians, cyclists, and motorists that extend acrossthe entire downtown waterront. Connecting Vinoy Park,Demens Landing, and Straub Park, the new Pier will be anintegral part o downtown St. Petersburg. Once completed,the Pier will be a model or how other cities can rethinktheir waterronts, especially their relationship to the naturalenvironment when planning adaptable and sustainableenergy and water strategies. A new waterront promenadeand sculpture walk links the existing cultural and commercialaxis extending north and south along Beach Drive andStraub Park, creating more direct experiences o the water.To the west, Central Avenue and a remade 2nd AvenueNorth extending to Mirror Lake, links the Pier with the hearto downtown.


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St. Petersburg Pier Site Plan


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The Lens:Framing the City and Water

The Lens Canopy

Twin Bridges

The Reef

Intertidal Pathway

Dockside

The Promontory

Cost Analysis Phase 1

Embracing the water at itscenter, the Lens is a loupe focused

on the water, an observation pointfor the sky overhead, the waterbelow, and the city skyline beyond.


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The Lens:Framing the City and Bay


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The Lens is a new icon or the City o St. Petersburg, reramingthe relationship between the City and the Bay. Visible romaar, it is a crown on the skyline and a marker within the dailylie o St. Petersburg. Embracing the water at its center, it isa loupe ocused on the water, an observation point or thesky overhead, the water below, and the city skyline beyond.This is a new space or collective experiences or individuals,amilies, and the residents o St. Pete to gather, to play, andto celebrate, whether or an aternoon walk, weekly armersmarket, seasonal estival, or large annual event like July 4th.


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+ 12-0 / Promenade Level

+ 60-0 / Balcony Level

+ 88-0 / Roo Level


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As its canopy rises over the Bay, the Lens incorporatesbicycle and walking paths arcing upwards beore returning tothe waters edge. Its broad orm shelters the main promenaderom the hot sun and the rain, and creates a welcomingspace or visitors as they arrive on oot, on bicycle, or via thePier Tram. Elevators and stairs bring visitors up to a series oviewing decks with unprecedented views o the city skyline inthe distance. An oculus inscribed at the ar end o the loopopens and connects the world within the Lens and Tampa Baybeyond. At night, the surace o the canopy can become anextraordinary surace or video projection, or perormance,and or art. Patterns o light, color or even clouds can trackacross its surace and will be visible rom the Amphitheater andthe surrounding city. The Lens will be an active extension othe city skyline on the water.

The canopys surace also plays an active role orsustainability. Built o pre-cast white concrete panels,thecanopy incorporates an array o micro turbines embeddedin its surace, their patterned orm taking advantage oprevailing winds and the canopys airoil orm. Solar panels arearrayed across the northwest edge o the bowl; their positionoptimized in relationship to the suns path. The canopyalso captures and routes rainwater into collection cisternsembedded in the pedestrian pathway below.


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The Lens canopy foats eortlessly over the water, lightin construction, yet able to resist hurricane-orce winds andsignicant use over time. The design criteria or the projectis a 75-year liespan: as a result, the canopy is constructed oconcrete, a lasting icon or the City. Given the sculptural ormo the structure and the challenges o building overwater, thecanopys orm is developed into a regular, 30 radial structuralgrid arrayed within the ootprint o the shell. Below, thescale o the grid and its large-scale columns create a uniquearchitectural space beneath the canopy; above, the grid islinked seamlessly into the upward-curving shape o the shell.

The structure consists o a series o precast concretebeams in a warped grid, ollowing the unicular shape o thecanopy, designed to be shallow but wide, taking advantage othe shells inherently structural orm. Inll precast panels arethen placed within this grid, cast in shallow trapezoidal shapesthat repeat as they array around the Lens, meeting each otherin a way that allows each to act as a component o a largerarch, with the innermost panels acting as the keystone. On topo this assembly is an architectural slab, mechanically attachedto distribute loads across the entirety o the shell.

Precast concrete provides an ideal solution to thechallenges o working overwater, with construction that can beerected rom crane-equipped barges; individual componentsare small and light enough to be easily brought to site andquickly erected. These precast elements can then provide aworking platorm rom which urther work can be ecientlycompleted. Further, given its mass, the concrete structure isideally suited to counteract both uplit and column bendingthat may occur during gale and hurricane orce wind events.

Canopy Defection Contour

Canopy Radial StressesCanopy Tangential Stresses


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Lens Section Looking East

Site Section Looking North - Welcome Mat to The Hub

Welcome Mat / Entry Plaza Museum o History


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Top o canopy [90 t]

Walk on crown [82 t]

Top o bicycle path [34 t]

Walkway [10 t]

Intertidal walkway [0 t]

Mean water line [0 t]

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Entry Promenade Civic Green Access Drive The Hub

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East Elevation

Top o canopy [90 t]

Walk on crown [82 t]

Top o bicycle path [34 t]

Walkway [10 t]

Intertidal walkway [0 t]

Mean water line [0 t]

Site Section Looking North - Arrivals Plaza to Promontory

Arrivals Plaza Twin Bridges


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Dockside The Lens The Ree Intertidal Pathway Observation Deck Promontory


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Twin Bridges:A Circulation Circuit


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Two bridges link the Lens to the upland: one skims along thewaters surace creating a direct dialogue with the surroundingBay; the other raises high overhead taking in sweeping vistaso the Pier and City. These twin bridges create a promenadeto and rom the Lens which is no longer unidirectional, but isinstead a circuit, providing a diversity o experience as visitorstravel out and return. The lower bridge is a wider, wood-clad

deck accommodating pedestrians, runners, bicyclists, the PierTram, and service and emergency vehicles. The upper bridgesairy promenade is or pedestrians, and perhaps pelicans, withviews in all directions, to the bridge below, and the waterbeneath.


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The Reef:Life in the Water


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At the ocal point within the Lens are the remains o the oldpier. Recognizing the signicant role the current Pier hasplayed in the Citys history, and the not insignicant cost toremove it, we have not demolished it. Instead the designleaves the caissons that support the current pier in placebeneath the waters surace and created an armature or anunprecedented underwater ree. The Ree will host a publiclyvisible and rich marine habitat that will support regenerationand growth, granting the aging pier structure a new lie. Atnight underwater lights will reveal marine lie and become anatural aquarium. As never beore, the extraordinary naturalelements that exist along the central downtown waterronttake center stage, are allowed to fourish, and in doing so,bring great joy to visitors o all ages. The waterront is a

constant source o environmental education and can sensitizethe community more than ever to the ragile beauty o theseunderwater places and the critical importance o careulstewardship.

The Ree is constructed with varying levels o plantedmedia or sea grass and extensive lightweight trays o oysterhabitat suspended between the remaining underwatercaissons. Oysters and sea grass create the foor o TampaBays ood web structure they create the conditions ormollusks, sh, turtles, manatees to thrive. Within the enclosureo the Lens, it is possible to create a wave-sheltered zone oran extensive new growth o these foor species, which cleanthe bay water which create water clarity and good conditionsor dramatic species growth and diversity. The 2.5 acres ooyster habitat within the lens is sucient to clean 20 milliongallons o sea water per day. While we cant clariy the entirebay, we can denitely create a clean and highly diverse nativeaquatic ecosystem inside the connes o the Lens.


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Intertidal Pathway:Opportunities for EducationOver the Ree, a pathway extends out in the intertidal zone.A spiraling jetty appearing and disappearing in the dailytides, the Intertidal Pathway allows visitors to experience thelie within the water rsthand. At low tide during the day,children, classes and amilies can explore natural tidal poolswhile shermen can cast into the water at sae distances.At night, underwater lighting arrays attract marine lie andilluminate the bays fora and auna long into the evening.Recognizing the educational potential o this area, anopen-air amphitheater descends to meet the water, allowingor docent science talks or more inormal gatherings.Aquatic webcams can also be installed in this area orstudents and residents to enjoy the waterront even whileaway rom the Pier. Intertidal Pathway and The Reef

01. Existing Pier Pilings Retained to Maintain and Expand Habitat02. Claried Bay Water rom Oyster Ree Filters03. Increased Light Penetration Allows Benthic Sea Grasses to Flourish04. Seagrass Species Populate Ring05. Ree Habitat or Seagrass / Oysters Built on existing Caissons06. Increased Populations Fish/Mollusks/Turtles/Manatees/Birds/Dolphin07. Intertidal Walkway Accessible at Low Tide08. Below-Water Webcams Linked to Interpretive Programs09. Manatee Feeding10. Migratory Bird Habitat11. Underwater Lighting Array Attracts Marine Lie12. Docent Amphitheater13. Fishing rom Dock14. Shaded Pedestrian Promenade

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Dockside:Life on the Water

Within the Lens interior, wave action is dampened through aseries o below-water panels hung beneath the promenadeat its perimeter. This action creates an unexpectedly tranquilwater surace and a welcoming aquatic landscape within.A second circuit within includes a harbor and central dock.Devoted to kayaks and paddle boats, with transient slipsringing the periphery, this new harbor also includes a caterrace with views to the Ree;kayak, paddle boat and stand-up paddle board rentals; and a bait shop with shing o theeastern side o the inner ring. By careully choreographing thisrange o experiences these multiple uses are able to coexistside by side.

Dockside at the Lens

01. Shaded Pedestrian Promenade02. Precast Concrete Canopy w/ Integrated Microturbines and Solar03. Central Dock04. Calmed Wave Action within Lens & Dock05. Active Water Recreation Including Kayaking and Paddleboats06. Integrated Panels or Damping Wave Action

07. Dockside Ca08. Kayak & Paddleboat Rental09. Bait Shop10. Fishing into Underwater Garden Ree11. Underwater Ree Habitat Constructed on Existing Pier Piles


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Beneath the sheltering orm o the Lens canopy, extendingoutward into the Bay, is a rocky outcrop were visitors canpause and take in the experience and beauty o the water andhorizon beyond. A series o refecting pools step downward,refecting light upward toward the canopy overhead, animatingits surace. The orest o columns that support the canopysubtly twist, their prole appearing to dissolve momentarilyat mid-span. Elevator and stair towers connect the lower andupper levels in this area; a service and emergency vehicleturnaround is also incorporated.

A small gelato shop with breathtaking views o thewaterront can also be ound here at the Piers end. Balconiesextend out rom the canopy above, creating elevated places

to sit and take in the view. The arcing orm o the Lens itsel,visible rom passing boats and the Dolphin Queen, recalls asail raised in greeting and is a welcoming landmark within thenew St. Petersburg skyline.

The Promontory:The Piers End

Lens Promontory

01. Precast Concrete Canopy02. Radial Column Grid03. Primary Oculus Linking Lens Center and Outer Promontory04. Elevator and Stair Towers to Observation Balconies05. Bicycle and Pedestrian Circuit06. Observation Balconies07. Microturbine Array08. Promontory Gelato Shop & Service Program09. Service & Emergency Vehicle Turnaround10. Observatory Balcony at the Summit


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The task o preparing an elemental cost plan at an early stageo a project is challenging but extremely useul. For the St.Petersburg Pier Competition, we have established a processby which the important aspects o the project have beendiscussed in terms o cost, perormance, and architecturalvalue, with the involvement o the entire team, and have beenassimilated by Davis Langdon into a living document.

This process has allowed us to develop a relativelyhigh level o cost detail, which has had a clear impact onour designs success, despite the act that the brevity o thiscompetition phase has made it dicult to react in ull to theentire cost data. Still, the estimate has an accuracy expectedat this stage that refects the level o denition currently

available. As a team, we explored ways to manage costwhile prioritizing project goals. This understanding has hada tremendous impact on our design approach. For instance,instead o opting or demolition o the existing Pier in Stage1, we propose leaving existing pier piles in place to bothpreserve and create aquatic ecosystems. We have minimizedbuilding systems to save energy, carbon, and cost whileproposing to integrate renewable energy systems into thearchitecture.

Outlined below is our breakdown o The Lens, Phase1 (Over Water) o our comprehensive proposed designproposal. This estimate includes the primary componentso The Lens, its pathways, bridges, underwater ree, supportspaces, and the iconic canopy. We are submitting a completeproject that is, at this time, estimated within the stated

established budgetary goal o $45 million.We have also listed proposed elective architectural

enhancements or aspects o our Phase 1 proposal whichwould add to the unction and aesthetic orm o the proposal,but are not critical to the projects architectural integrity orunctionality. These are more clearly dened in the detailedanalysis in the Appendix. We are also proposing the BikePath and Intertidal Path as two additional programmaticelements.

As requested, included in the Appendix o this submittalare the required Cost Templates provided by the City oSt. Petersburg or this competition. The templates providean opportunity to summarize the proposed work, but weound them limited in their ability to more ully describe theproject costs and the thought processes that establishedthe development o the estimate. Thereore, more detailedPhase 1 and Phase 2 cost estimates are also included in theAppendix o this submittal. The expanded cost summary isaccompanied by a detailed cost narrative and illustrationsthat highlight individual design elements.

PHASE 1 THE LENS

Above Water Drive $10,571,500

Above Water Bridge $6,136,250

Pier Promontory $1,032,375

Elevator Tower $1,166,900

Balconies $270,450

Lens Canopy $5,997,750

Underwater Ree $879,565

Upland Program Shell Space $937,500

Marina / Dock $1,486,300

Construction Contingency $3,239,591

TOTAL Direct Cost $36,276,449

GC/CM Fee/Bonding/Insurance/Permits $4,171,792

A/E Fee, Survey, Geotech, FF&E, TI $4,500,000

TOTAL Project Cost $44,948,241

PHASE 1 ELECTIVES

Elective Architectural Enhancements $7,118,520

Bike Path $1,164,316

Intertidal Path $1,071,900

Cost Analysis:Phase One - The Lens

Elective Architectural Enhancements and AdditionalOptional Components above are totaled and includeContingency, GC and CM Fees, Bonding, Insurance,Permitting, A&E Fees, as well as FF&E and TI allowances.These costs are separated out in the Detail Cost StrategySection in the Appendix.


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The Extended Loop:Continuing Development

The Welcome Mat

The Civic Green

The Hub

The Amphitheater

Water Park and Spa Beach

Spa Beach Flotilla

Urban Connections

Cost Analysis Phase 2

No longer simply a pathway,the Pier becomes a space for new

experiences, one that createsopportunities to build lastingmemories for individuals, for

families, and for the community.


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Extending rom the Welcome Mat are a series osinuous paths leading toward the Lens in the distance. Asheltering canopy o oaks and fowering trees shade this entrypromenade that links downtown and Beach Drive with the newHub to east. Here the vehicular trac has been rerouted to thesouth, prioritizing the pedestrian experience. These pedestrianpaths are interwoven with beds o crushed shells, an idealrunning surace, gardens and plantings, and a line o circularbenches where visitors can rest or gather.

Among the tree canopy are a series o architecturalshade structures. Their radial ns carry a canopy o brightlyfowering plants, while their south acing suraces incorporatesolar arrays. On their trunks, each shade structure includes a

bladeless an, also known as an air multiplier, cools visitors asthey make their way along the promenade in the hot summermonths. While investigating the potential or water eaturesto provide localized seasonal cooling, we discovered thatmist in an environment as humid at St. Petersburg does nothave the expected cooling eect. Air movement, however,has a signicant eect. As a result, these bladeless ans aresimultaneously pragmatic and a unique, signature element orthe promenade and the Pier.

The Welcome Mat:Entry Plaza and Promenade

The Civic Loop extends to the uplands western edge andcomplements the Lens Loop to the east. At the intersectiono 2nd Avenue North and Bayshore Drive, is a large urbanplaza, a Welcome Mat connecting the Pier and downtown St.Petersburg. Like classical piazzas o Europe, this surace is afexible platorm or a variety o unctions. The plaza saelyaccommodates pedestrian circulation, vehicle routing anddrop-o, outdoor dining, and inormal gathering spacesthat can be recongured year round. It also serves as a new,shared ront door or the Pier, Frescos, the existing ComortStation,the Museum o History and their new ca, and theMuseum o Fine Arts uture expansion. Bridging between theupland and Bayshore Drive, this new, wider span increasesaquatic circulation between the Vinoy Basin and the Marina.

The plaza is punctuated by water eatures, architectural shadestructures extending rom the adjacent promenade, and anoak grove connecting to Straub Park and the nearby waterrontpromenade and sculpture walk.


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Entry Plaza

01. Flexible Plaza with Removable Bollards or Multiple Congurations02. Connection to Beach Drive & New 2nd Avenue North Streetscape03. Esplanade & Sculpture Walk Extends South to Dali Museum04. Esplanade & Sculpture Walk Extends North Along Vinoy Basin05. Frescos Waterront Bistro06. Outdoor Dining07. Historic Comort Station Retained08. Entry Plaza Bridges rom Waterront to Upland, Increasing Circulation

09. Architectural Shade Structures with Integrated Bladeless Fans10. Oak Grove Connects to Straub Park11. New Museum o History Ca12. Museum o History13. Connection to Planned Museum o Fine Arts Expansion14. Pier Entry Promenade15. Access Drive or Autos & Servicing16. Transient Slips or Entry Plaza Access


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The Civic Green

As the entry promenade extends to the east, the center o theCivic Loop, the Civic Green, stretches northward. Its southernedge lits up to rise above vehicle circulation and provideand overlook to the park and the City Marina. Facing north,its topography slowly slopes downward toward the VinoyBasin. This is a grand space or individual relaxation, amilypicnics, and citywide events. It is a new outdoor room or theCity and a civic corollary to the aquatic room created by theLens. The lawns lited orm allows existing marina parkingto remain and ensures vehicular trac is separated rompedestrian movement and remains out o view below. Insteadthe sails o the adjacent marina to the south dominate thehorizon, creating a direct visual link between the upland andthe surrounding Bay. Broad steps surmount this rise at key

moments, connecting surace parking to the south and theCivic Green to the north. Between them, landscape plantingsenvelope the retaining wall at the lawns southern fank,creating a grotto o rich plant lie running parallel to visitorsarriving by car.

The Civic Green and a series o smaller communitygardens create a new visual oreground or the Museum oHistory, which now anchors this important civic spaces westernend. With a new wall o glass along the museums easternace, the historic Benoit can overlook the lawn, refected in thewater o the new Tony Jannus Memorial. Along the northernperimeter o this civic loop, a new ecology gateway or aplace or environmental education can be constructed to linkexisting parking and a pedestrian bridge to Bayshore Drive.Here, riprap and a new foating walkway will extend into theVinoy Basin oshore. This new edge creates a more directlink between the expanse o the Civic Green and the water othe Basin while damping wave action in the basin by workingin concert with the new promenade o steps along the Bays

western edge.

Civic Green

01. Vinoy Basin Floating Walkway02. Flexible Stage & Gathering Area03. Saltwater Marsh & Riprap04. Shaded Forest & Community Gardens05. Civic Green or Citywide Events & Individual Relaxation06. Shaded Forest & Energy Groves07. Axial Connection to Museum o History08. Entry Promenade09. Architectural Shade Structures with Integrated Bladeless Fans10. Raised Civic Green with Views over Access Drive to Marina11. Landscape Grotto along Access Drive12. Access Drive Relocated to South, Giving Priority to Pedestrians13. Below-Grade Stormwater Routing14. Retained Marina Parking15. City Marina


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At the nexus between the uplands and water, at the centero the Pier,is the new Arrival Plaza and Hub. Here, passengerdrop-o and loading is surrounded by a fexible, large-scaleretail village which can evolve or grow incrementally overtime. A cluster o small pavilions, kiosks, shade structures,and groves o fowering shade trees house a range o caes,bike and paddle board rentals, restrooms, and small retailspaces. This expandable market also includes a grid o shadedplatorms with utilities in place, allowing these spaces tobe used or a variety o events include a Saturday market,a monthly estival, or to provide spaces where ood trucks,visiting vendors, or prospective new tenants can easily park,set up a booth, or build a new kiosk. It can grow over time;its plug-in, pop-up logic allows or a scalable response to

evolving market demands.

The Hub:Arrivals Plaza and Pavilions

This Hub might also include a small-scale broadcaststudio, a contemporary echo o the historic radio and televisionstudios located within the Million Dollar Pier. This studio canbe a place where St. Petersburg institutions such as HSN canstage events with the Pier in the background, bringing St.Petersburg directly into living rooms across the country in thesame way visiting Midwesterners would send in their vacationphotographs showing the Pier to their hometown newspapersin decades past. These Hub programs can urther leveragethe evolving interest in ood culture and its relationship to thelocal environment, especially seaood and the surroundingBay. Taking advantage o the extraordinary range o ches andother notables who currently visit HSN, the creation o culinaryclassrooms and pop-up kitchens could connect a broader

cross-section o St. Petersburg through the shared experienceo ood.

Arrivals Plaza and The Hub

01. Entry Promenade and Access Drive rom Welcome Mat02. Parking Entry beneath Amphitheater03. Service Entry and Loading Dock beneath Amphitheater04. Arrivals Plaza and Drop-O05. Flexible Multi-Use Plaza06. Overwater Connection to Pier/Upper Bridge07. Overwater Connection to Pier/Lower Bridge08. Connection to Spa Beach and Water Park09. Flexible Shade Structures For Evolving Use including Pop-Up Kiosks10. Bike and Paddleboard Rentals, Supporting Retail11. Cas & Shake Shack12. Broadcast Studio13. Flowering Shade Trees


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The AmphitheaterActivity Edge

Directly south o the Arrivals Plaza is a new Amphitheater,accommodating up to 4,000 seated guests on xed benchesor up to 2,000 people on blankets arrayed across its widesteps. The fexible stage can accommodate a range o eventsincluding music, drama, dance, and opera; back o houseservice and perormer support spaces are also provided.Rising at the waters edge, its terraced orm looks out to theLens, a natural counterweight to the canopy over the water.While the Lens is an artul experience o light, space andwater, the Amphitheater, is its practical, highly programmedcounterpart. Directly east is a new lagoon, a kind o drive-in-theater on water where perormances can be viewed romboats at anchor. At the amphitheaters apex is the Piers 15,000s signature restaurant, with views not only o the city skyline

to the west but back to the perormance stage and the Lensbeyond. Community event spaces and other caes can belocated on each o the amphitheaters tiers, creating a naturalsynergy between dining and scheduled events. The perennial

question about amphitheaters is how they are used when noevent is scheduled. Here, a water collection system allows aseries o ountain streams and wetland gardens to cascadedown the stepped structure, creating a year round childrenseature and climbing structure as adults enjoy the terraceamenities. The amphitheaters large volume allows or ampleshaded, concealed parking or up to 400 cars within a ve-levelgarage and service dock, that are hidden rom view by greenwalls extending up rom gardens below.

To the west o the amphitheater, there is additionalspace or an expanded marina and marina-ocused programs.Transient slips with a direct connection to the Pier and uplandactivities can be an important prot resource. To the east o

the amphitheater, the new lagoon, carved into the existingsouth uplands, is linked to a new mooring eld, additionaltransient slips and a pedestrian promenade along the existingbreakwater jetty that extends south into the bay.

Amphitheater

01. Expanded Marina and Transient Slips02. 400-space, 5-Level Parking Garage03. 15,000 s Signature Restaurant with views to

City Skyline and Lens04. Community Event Spaces & Additional Restaurant / Ca05. Perormer Support Spaces06. Shaded Ca Terraces Integrated within Perormance Space07. Fountain & Water Collection Route with Planting08. Flexible Seating or up to 4,000 / Up to 2,000 on Blankets09. 2 WB-62 Truck Docks & Servicing Beneath Amphitheater10. Flexible Stage or Music, Drama, Dance, and Opera11. Water Collection Beneath Stage12. Connection to Hub and Arrivals Plaza13. New Lagoon with Drive-In Amphitheater Mooring Field


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Spa Beach has a hard time competing with St. Petersburgsantastic natural beaches to the west; in act immersing onesbody in the Bays water is a no go or many. To renew interestin the beach experience, we propose launching a fotillao new islands that can sponsor a variety o recreational hotspots as well as pilot sustainable eatures. Here the beachbecomes viable again as swimming becomes not onlypossible, separated rom the Bay, but also a unique experiencevarying rom large saltwater pools to various reshwater spas

Spa Beach Flotilla:A Sustainable Model

and ountains as well as a kayak rental and launch ramp. Otherislands host various distinct native, water cleansing plantedbiomes. Extending beyond a newly rehabilitated seagrassbed, the largest and urthest rom shore is the Energy Islandthat includes pools ringed by wind turbines, pumping lteredwater into their center, new marine habitats, and platormsor sunning and diving which include membrane-integratedphotovoltaics.

Spa Beach Flotilla

01. Renewed Spa Beach02. Freshwater Spa Pools03. Saltwater Pools with Diving Platorms04. Kayak Rental & Boat Launch05. Renewed Seagrass Beds06. Freshwater Fountain and Platorm07. Habitat Island & Water Filtration08. Energy Grove09. Connection to Water Park and Playground10. Overwater Link to the Lens


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Water Park and Spa Beach:New Landscapes for Play

To the north, the new Water Park is an extraordinary newspace or active recreation or St. Petersburgs children andtheir amilies. Here, activity animates a natural landscape oountains, playgrounds, splash pads, and other spaces orexploration and play. Restrooms and service acilities areseamlessly incorporated into the landscape, largely out oview to visitors. At its southern edge, this landscape extendsto include Spa Beach, with resh pools and water play areasintermixed with the sandy beach. To the west, a platormoverlooks the Vinoy Basin, a perect spot or viewing manateesdrawn to the basin by the artesian well located beneath thewaters surace.

The Water Park is a dynamic topography or theenjoyment o fowing and spilling water. As an interactive watereature, the park utilizes resh water, combining the existingartesian source in Vinoy Basin with harvested and bio-lteredrainall stored in cisterns and re-circulated. Features includewave blow holes, a shady grotto enclosed by a rain curtain,fowing channels and resh water tide pools, slippery slidingslopes, as well as tree-canopied sand and lawn terracesoverlooking the scene.

Water Park and Playground

01. Shaded Meadows and Seating or Families02. Childrens Play Pools03. Childrens Play Mounds04. Waterslide Slope05. Shaded Lawn and Picnic Areas06. Connection to Spa Beach & The Hub07. Deepwater Pools08. Wave Channel09. Interactive Water Features10. Splash Pad and Pool11. Interactive Fountains and Freshwater Pools12. Rain Curtain and Support Spaces Integrated out o View13. Wave Grottos14. Blow Holes15. Link to Vinoy Park


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For us, the ultimate signicance o the Pier is not as an object,or even a single park, but as the central element connectingdowntown St. Petersburg with its waterront. A key connectionbetween the Pier and the broader City will be a new waterrontpromenade and sculpture walk, extending rom the DaliMuseum north along Bayshore Drive to the Vinoy Hotel.This broad promenade, eaturing large-scale public art and

Urban Connections:The City and Life on the Water

Waterfront Promenade,Sculpture Walk, and Straub Park

01. Straub Park Green02. Sculpted Groundcover Accents

03. Additional Rich Plantings at Ground Plane04. Straub Park Groves05. Beach Drive06. Bayshore Drive07. Waterront Pedestrian Esplanade08. Waterront Steps09. Planted Terraces10. Sculpture Terrace & Overlook11. Removable Bollards to Allow or Festival Use12. Oak Tree Shade Canopy13. Vinoy Basin

a series o steps that descend to meet the Bay, will expandthe emerging axis or the arts and culture that links the DaliMuseum and the Mahaey Theater to the Museum o FineArts, the Museum o History, and the Chihuly Collection. Thispromenade can bolster existing and continued developmentalong Beach Drive and links Straub Park in a more meaningul,direct way with the water.


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Urban Connections:A Renewed 2nd Avenue North

2nd Avenue North Streetscape

01. Axis or Health, Vitality & Recreation links Pier, 2nd AvenueNorth Businesses including Baywalk, Williams Park & Mirror Lake

02. Vehicular Trac Grouped to South, Existing Median Removed03. 25 Pedestrian Promenade Created Along Northern Edge04. Crushed Shell and Synethetic Suraces or Recreation05. Continuous Oak Grove Providing Shade06. Architectural Shade Structures with Integrated Bladeless Fans07. Dedicated Bicycle Lane

Avenue Norths existing conguration, we propose shitingtwo lanes o trac and parking to the streets southern edgeand removing the existing median to create a 25-oot widepedestrian boulevard along the northern edge o the street.This pedestrian axis or health and activities is punctuatedby oak groves, shell and hardscape paths, and the iconicarchitectural shade structures like those at the Piers entrypromenade. The new zone will host organized events includingwalks and runs while linking the new Pier, businesses along 2ndAvenue North, and a renewed Mirror Lake to the west.

A series o east-west connections can extend rom thisnorth-south cultural axis, both at Central Avenue and along2nd Avenue North. Linking the lively commercial charactero Central Avenue with a renewed Demens Landing and anexpanded South Straub Park that extends toward the MahaeyTheater will create a central node along the new waterrontpromenade. Likewise, a second east-west axis can be createdalong 2nd Avenue North, one dedicated to vitality, health, andrecreation, linking the Pier, Beach Drive, including Baywalk,Williams Park, and Mirror Lake. Taking advantage o 2nd


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Urban Connections:Vinoy Park Bridge

Vinoy Bridge

01. Water Park Loop/Connection to the Hub02. Vinoy Basin & Marina03. 80 Span Pivoting Bascule/Drawbridge04. Jogging Path Connecting Pier and Vinoy Park05. Vinoy Park06. Connection to the Vinoy Hotel & Northern St. Petersburg

Additional connections can be made to both the northand south o the Pier. The addition o a new drawbridge atthe northern end o the Water Park will link the Pier to VinoyPark, acilitating circulation between the Vinoy Hotel and alongthe northern waterront. To the south, maritime connectionsin the short term, or a skyway above marina boat trac in thelonger term, extend rom the amphitheater, linking the Pierand Demens Landing. Here, our teams research included thedicult history o segregation in St. Petersburg specically

as it relates to the beaches at South Mole and Spa Beach.Connecting these two important historical spaces and creatinga shared space or all o St. Petersburgs residents at Spa Beachis an important milestone in relation to this history. These linksto the north and south enable a broader network o movementlooping in and around Vinoy Basin and the marina, creating acontinuous series o routes or bicyclists and runners linked tothe Pinellas Trail and the broader region.


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Recognizing that cost controls will be critical throughout themulti-phase Pier development, we have provided an initialelemental cost plan or Phase 2. This Outline Cost Summarybelow includes essential Phase 2 components including theAmphitheater, Welcome Mat, Civic Green, and Water Park.An expanded cost summary or Phase 2 is included in theDetailed Cost Analysis Section in the Appendix, along withthe required Cost Schedules requested by the City o St.Petersburg.

Cost Analysis:Phase TwoExtending the Loop

PHASE 2 - Overland

Amphitheater $36,664,500

Welcome Mat $8,946,322

Civic Loop & City Green $11,796,968

Water Park $17,919,410

The Hub $10,714,949

Energy Flotilla $9,646,423


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Site Connections and Systems

Site Circulation and Itineraries

Access, Parking, and Transit

Urban Connections

Waterfront Ecologies

Sustainability Strategies

We aim to create a healthy,resilient system that provides

the energy, water, and ecologicalvitality to support the Bay and theCitya real fountain of youth forSt. Petersburg.


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Visitor Itineraries andCalendar of Events

Families01.Arrival & Drop-o at the Welcome Mat Entry

Plaza02.Parking Beneath Amphitheater

03. Restaurants, Cas, & Stand-Up PaddleboardRental in the Hub

04.Family Picnic at the Civic Green05. Exploration and Play in the Water Park &

Playground06. Swimming at Spa Beach Freshwater & Saltwater

Pools

Fitness01. Jogging & Bicycle Connection Via Drawbridge

to Vinoy Park

02.1/2 Mile Recreation Loop Around Pier03. Additional Active Recreation Circuits04. Connection to New 2nd Street Avenue North

Fitness Axis

Out-Of-Town Visitors01. Arrival by Bus at the Arrivals Plaza and Hub02. Circuit to and rom the Lens via Pedestrian

Promenade or Pier Tram

03. Kayaking and Fishing at Dockside04. Intertidal Pathway & Connection to the Ree05. Gelato & The View at the Promontory

06. Visiting Cas & the Shake Shack at the Hub07. Dinner at the Columbia with Views o Downtown

& the Lens

08. Walk Down the Entry Promenade, Connection toAdjacent Museums

09. Link to Waterront Esplanade & St. Petersburg

Cultural Institutions

Date Night01.Arrival & Parking Beneath Amphitheater02.Dinner & Dessert at the Hub03.Music or Drama Perormance at the

Amphitheater04. Ater-Perormance Stroll Around Pier05. Nightcap to Central Avenue & Beach Drive

Businesses

Transient Boating01.Transient Slips at the Lens02. Connection to Energy Island Flotilla

03. Sailboat Access to Vinoy Basin Retained ViaDrawbridge

04. Drive-In Amphitheater Mooring Field

05. Additional Transient Slips at the Jetty06. Access to City Marina Retained or Boats o All

Sizes Via Skywalk


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Event Location Water ParkThe HubCivic GreenThe Lens

Entire Pier

Event Type Reoccurring Event: Fixed Day o the Week

Reoccurring Event: Variable Day o the Week

Singular Event: Single or Multiple Days


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Transportation andSite Circulation

Access & Parking01. Entry Drop-O At The Welcome Mat02. Existing Marina Parking & Additional Spaces or

History Museum03. 100-200 Additional Spaces Below Great Lawn

For Future Growth04.400 Space Parking Structure Beneath

Amphitheater05. Primary Drop-O At The Hub06. Additional Parking At The MidCore/Bayront

Garage07. Additional Parking At Al Lang/Progress Energy

Surace Lot

Servicing01.Servicing or History Museum02.Two WB-62 Truck Docks & Primary Servicing

Beneath Amphitheater03. Emergency Pull-Outs Along Lower Bridge04. Turnaround At The Promontory05. Emergency Servicing On Upper Bridge Via

Electric Cart

Transit01.Looper Connecting Central Avenue, 2nd Ave.

North, & Downtown02.Welcome Mat Connection Between Looper

and Pier Tram03.Pier Tram Itinerary Linking Welcome Mat, Hub,

& Pier

04.Hub Connection Between Looper and PierTram

05. Tram Drop-o & Turnaround At The Promontory


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Access and Parking

Access & Parking01. Entry Drop-O At The Welcome Mat02. Existing Marina Parking & Additional Spaces or

History Museum03. 100-200 Additional Spaces Below Great Lawn

For Future Growth04.400 Space Parking Structure Beneath

Amphitheater05. Primary Drop-O At The Hub06. Additional Parking At The MidCore/Bayront

Garage07. Additional Parking At Al Lang/Progress Energy

Surace Lot


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Servicing Routes

Servicing01.Servicing or History Museum02.Two WB-62 Truck Docks & Primary Servicing

Beneath Amphitheater03. Emergency Pull-Outs Along Lower Bridge04. Turnaround At The Promontory05. Emergency Servicing On Upper Bridge Via

Electric Cart


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Transit Connections

Transit01.Looper Connecting Central Avenue, 2nd Ave.

North, & Downtown02.Welcome Mat Connection Between Looper

and Pier Tram03.Pier Tram Itinerary Linking Welcome Mat, Hub,

& Pier

04.Hub Connection Between Looper and PierTram

05. Tram Drop-o & Turnaround At The Promontory


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Urban Connections

Waterfront Connectivity01.Link to North via Drawbridge over Vinoy Basin02. Connection to Vinoy Park & North St. Petersburg03.Circuit Integrating Vinoy Basin & Waterront Esplanade

04.Skylink to Demens Landing05.Renewed Demens Landing Landscape06.Circuit Integrating City Marina & Waterront Esplanade

Waterfront Esplanade & Sculpture Walk01.Stepped Public Promenade with Large-scale

Public Sculpture

02.Vinoy Hotel03.Chihuly Collection04.North Straub Park05.Museum o Fine Arts

06.Museum o History07.South Straub Park08. Expanded Waterront Park09.Mahaey Theater / Progress Energy Center or the Arts10.Dali Museum11.St Petersburg Yacht Club

2nd Avenue North01.Pedestrian & Vehicular Link to Entry Promenade & Lens02. New 2nd Avenue North Streetscape03. Connections to Existing 2nd Avenue North Businesses

04.Link to Williams Park05.Activity Circuit Surrounding Revitalized Mirror Lake

Central Avenue 0301.Visual On-Axis Connection rom Lens to Central Avenue02.Link between Central Avenue & Waterront Promenade

03.Connections to Existing Central Avenue Businesses

Public Transit01.Looper Stop at the Arrivals Plaza / Hub02.Looper Stop at the Entry Plaza / Welcome Mat03. Looper Downtown Circuit

Future Connectivity01. Planned Design Alternatives or Future Light Rail


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Our approach to sustainability or the site begins with anemphasis on tness; we aim to create a healthy, resilientsystem that provides the energy, water, and ecological vitalityto support the Bay and the City now and in the uture. Takenin sum, these multiple approaches can provide a permanent,adaptive platorm that supports the site and the Citys healthand longevity, not only in terms o energy, water, and ecology,but or the lie and culture that emerges as a result o thisresilient systema real ountain o youth or St. Petersburgand its Pier.

Beginning with energy, our team has adopted a two-old, layered strategy, beginning with an approach we calladd zero. By utilizing conservation measures supported by

renewable energy generation or the primary elements withinthe project, we can ensure that the new Piers net energyconsumption at the end o Phase One is equivalent to theexisting energy use on the site. In time, as specic elements othe project are built and we increase both energy generationand conservation, the Pier can move toward a true net zeroapproach, in which the project is truly o the grid, generatingall o the energy it uses. Long-term, we plan to reach anultimate goal o regenerative energy production: the Pier canbecome an energy generator or the City.

The most signicant renewable resource available to usin St. Petersburg is the wind: wind power is most eective atthis site and will be the primary power generator. Solar thermaland photovoltaics will also be used, and demonstrationtechnologies such as desalinization and tidal power generationwill be implemented in later phases. To cost-eectivelyachieve the energy goals or the project, add zero, net zero,and regenerative production, we aim to utilize passive designstrategies to achieve at least 50% energy use reduction overcode standards. This will be achieved through integratedpassive design approaches, including daylighting, naturalventilation and cooling, and envelope/ massing design toreduce solar gain. Further, we will adopt a strategy o onsiteenergy generation to ensure no net increase in energy use,

with each phase o construction producing its own power.Power generation, water resources, site and landscape

and bay ecology are inextricably linked in this proposal. Thesymbiosis that exists in nature between these elements israised to a higher level o perormance in terms o urbanposition and their ecological relationship. To reinorce thisrelationship architecturally, energy and water collection will becombined to create a series o site elements, termed EnergyGroves and Energy Islands, organized on the site to gatherwater and power, and also mediating between landscape andarchitecture within the project as a whole.

Sustainability:Our Approach and Goals

Today764,000 SF / 41% Greenspace519,000 SF / 59% Hardscape

Tomorrow863,000 SF / 74% Greenspace305,000 SF / 26% Hardscape


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Wind energy provides one o the best localized renewableenergy sources or the project. Wind is steady and consistentat the site, can be deployed to address specic initial needs,and is scalable to respond to additional uture requirements.Wind energy can be stored in battery arrays or turned to thegrid to create a net zero power usage. Further, the generatedpower could be used to provide power to UV water treatmentor non-potable water uses.

The Lens and its subsidiary programs as identied inPhase One will require approximately 100Kw o electricalenergy. This will be supplied by 40 vertical shat wind energydevices arrayed on the land side o the development, andby microturbines on the surace o the Lens,oriented to take

advantage o prevailing winds accelerated by the canopyscurved orm.

For Phase Two on the upland, vertical shat wind turbineswill be arrayed in stacks and banks, creating a series o energygroves, harnessing the prevailing breezes regardless odirectional shit and velocities throughout the year. Notingthe close proximity o Alred Whitted Airport to the south andfight paths that pass directly over the pier, it is important tonote that vertical shat turbines also have shown themselvesto have virtually no impact on airport fight operations. Theturbine units are approximately 9 eet by 15 eet tall and canbe ganged into arrays o almost any conguration; the scale issubstantially smaller than the larger horizontal blade unit whichcan be as large as 200 eet in diameter.

Finally, one o the most signicant challenges withwind energy is that it is intermittent: in the fotilla o energyislands at the center o the site, we have the opportunity tochange that. While they unction in a similar way as the landbased energy groves through energy gathering and waterpurication, these elements add limited tidal power generationcomponent to the equation in much the same way that PV willll the gap on wind power generation. Each island has a poolat its center, surrounded by a series o turbines; when the windblows, the turbines not only generate energy, they pump waterinto the pools center, ltering it in the process. When it iscalm, this water fows back into the bay, powering hydropowerturbines, creating an always-available source o renewableenergy. Energy Islands will be constructed in the last phase othe development and will ultimately create the power surplusor site generated energy.

Finally, tidal and current-generated power sourcesare not eective nor economical using currently availabletechnologies. However, rapidly evolving technologies mayoer such opportunities in the uture. Subsequent phaseso the project can include demonstration power generationtechnologies, including energy rom desalinization, wavemotion, and tidal current power within the Energy Islands, atest bed or energy strategies or the broader city and region.

While the main electrical generation will come rom wind,supplemental power will be generated through photovoltaics(PV). While solar in St. Petersburg is not without its challenges,based on our analyses solar is an excellent candidate topower site lighting or the project. In contrast, photovoltaics

supplementing wind energy is a dierent matter; photovoltaicscan instead be used to top out the designed energygathering eciency o wind and ultimately maintaining ahigher energy perormance over the project lie. Photovoltaicarrays are proposed as specic design elements integratedwithin the architecture and landscape, including fexiblephotovoltaic panels on the architectural shade structures alongthe entry promenade; and membrane-integrated arrays onthe canopy o Hub programs, and on the surace o the Lens,positioned to optimize sun exposure.

Solar thermal can be used to heat water or domesticuse, and is typically more cost eective than photovoltaics.Solar thermal arrays will be provided during Phase Two,ina simple collector array where the water is preheated ordomestic use and nal heating may be accomplished with

fash heaters at the distribution point, powered by wind andphotovoltaics. It may also be possible to use concentrating hotwater collectors to create high temperature water or processuse. This implementation would be planned or later phaseso development as new and more ecient solar collection anddelivery systems come on the market and prove cost-eective.

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Solar EnergySOLAR ARRAY TYPE 3Membrane-Integrated PhotovoltaicsWithin Lens, Optimized Vis-a-Vis Sun Path

SOLAR ARRAY TYPE 2

Flexible Photovoltaics Integrated WithinArchitectural Shade Structures

SOLAR ARRAY TYPE 3Membrane-Integrated PhotovoltaicsWithin Hub Canopies

Wind EnergyMICROTURBINE ARRAYWithin Lens Canopy Optimized

Vis-a-Vis Form & Wind Rose

ENERGY GROVE

1000 KW Wind Turbine Array

ENERGY ISLANDWind Turbine Array &Hydropower Turbines > Always-On


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Sustainability:Water ResourcesWe have likewise developed a two-old strategy or wateruse, addressing both potable and non-potable water needs.Further, this approach is ounded on water resource strategiesthat minimize stress on existing water supply while dramaticallyraising the local water quality in and around the Bay, impactingand enhancing the Bay ecosystem, which in turn impacts theultimate environmental health o the community and City. Asa result, our goal is to not only provide a resource or potableand non-potable uses or the proposed development but toraise the level o water quality o the water that will ultimatelynd its way back to the Bay, sustaining the health o theexisting and restored ecosystem that orms the oundationor the project. This water strategy is aggressive and complex,and is tied to both rainwater capture, providing or potable

and non-potable uses, wastewater and addressing runo intoTampa Bay.

Storm WaterBiological FiltrationEnergy IslandArtesian WaterEnergyEnergy FlowNatural Water FlowStorm Water FlowWater Recirculation

Our quantitative water goals or the project includereduction o potable water use by 75% or all uses, includingirrigation and domestic water; onsite ltration, treatment,and reuse o rain, gray, and black waters, and onsite captureand treatment o all runo. Similar to the projects energygoals, water goals start with no net increase water use beoretransitioning to a true net zero approach, and ultimatelyto regeneration, wherein the Pier can provide water to thesurrounding community.


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Sustainability:Rainwater

The driving strategy or rainwater management is to treat100% o the site runo rom paved areas beore it fows intothe Bay. Water cleansing, not volume management, is the keyor the rainwater strategy on the site. The site receives amplerainall o approximately 49 inches per year. Active rainwatercollection through landscape, architectural eatures and otherproposed urban elements is ultimately channeled and storedin ve Energy Groves spread across the upland. The processo gathering rainwater is also be the process o cleaning thewater, utilizing ltering ecological landscapes, constructedwetlands and reed beds to lter the water beore it is collectedinto pools and cisterns.

For large, open hardscape areas, runo will be

treated by rain gardens, which treat water using planting andamended soils, while promoting inltration into the ground,placed appropriately throughout the larger open areas

adjacent to hardscaped zones to integrate with the overalllandscaping, appearing as natural depressions with nativeplanting. For the pier structures, planters can be integratedinto the center o the Pier, directly treating runo in a morelongitudinal way. Plantings and amended soils will treat thewater, which will inltrate into a subdrain that conveys water toan appropriate outall location.

The construction o these devices will include the storagecapacity or two weeks o water use. Then, using an ultra-violet light treatment process, the entirety o this water canbe treated, and then be used or non-potable unctions suchas irrigation and fushing, with the surplus nding its way tothe Bay. The quality o this water will be higher than any other

water fowing into the Bay, adding to the overall local andregional water quality, ultimately supporting the existing andrestored marine ecosystem in and around the project.

GATHERING @ ENERGY GROVESActive Gathering, Filtration Via Landscape,Storage & Treatment at 5 Locations

WATER STORAGE / FEATURESWater Storage For Up To 2 Weeks O Rainall /Water Features & Amenities Throughout

Project

RETURN TO BAYTreated Overow Returned to BayRaising Overall Water Quality

SOLAR THERMALSolar-Heated Hot WaterFor Domestic Use

LOCALIZED WATERSHED80% o Site Organized toCollect in Energy Groves

POTABLE WATERFuture Potable Water TreatmentVia Package Unit


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Within the Lens, solar desalinization can provide or all wateruses. The initial water requirements or Phase One areapproximately 6100 gallons per month, with a storage averageo 815 cubic eet stored beneath the walkway o the Lenspromenade. A passive solar desalination trough system willbe incorporated around the inner ring o the canopy loop,drawing salt water rom below into a longitudinal trough that isheated by direct sunlight and heat energy captured by a solarpanel array on the canopy overhead. Excess solar energy canbe used to power localized pier lighting. Evaporated waterwill condense and be siphoned into a resh water conveyancesystem,distributed to the areas o potable water demand onthe Pier including sinks, drinking ountains, and other potablewater needs.

Sustainability:Solar Desalinization

For the entirety o the Piers multiple phases, anapproximate calculation o 450,000 gallons per month,potable and non-potable, will be handled through the 5 watercollection and storage devices spread throughout the site,each averaging 100,000 gallons per month, with 14,000 cubiceet o storage at each site. Each o these elements is notonly unctional, they are also extraordinary elements in and othemselves, such as the large refecting pool at the Hubs maindrop-o. Taken in sum, these elements will provide two weekso rainwater storage, supplied by collection areas correlating to56,000 square eet o area or each collection device.

Subsequent phases will increase requirements or watereciency, allowing rainwater to be treated on site or potable

uses via a small package unit which could be exhibited in aneducational role in parallel to the other ecological strategieswithin the Hub and North Loop. This ultimately means thatwastewater could also be treated on site i desired.

Water CollectionPassive Solar Desalinization

(For All Water Needs)

Solar Energy(Via Membrane-Integrated Panels)

Rainwater Harvesting(From Lens Canopy)

Water TreatmentSolar Radiation

(On Canopy Surace)Photovoltaics

(Membrane-Integrated Panels)Energy Routing

(To Heat Exchange / Excess Powers Lighting)Heat Exchange

(Purifes Salt Water)

Salt Water(From Bay)

Steam(Purifed By Heat Exchange)

Clean Water(For Potable & Non-Potable Uses)


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Waterfront Ecology:Landscape Zones and Planting

submergedmixed orestoak orest type 1oak orest type 2tropical orestgarden grounded versionlawnexisting treesexisting sea grass


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Project Approach

Community Outreach: Building Consensus

Proposed Schedule

Proposed Phasing

Operational Costs: Potential Funding Sources

We are committed to continuingthe dialogue we already started

with the community; we know thereare opportunities to meet with thepublic and we look forward to theseconversations.


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Community Outreach:Building Consensus

The citizens o St. Petersburg love their City, are proud otheir downtown, and are protective o their waterront. Tosuccessully engage all o the citizens, community outreachmust occur at many dierent levels. Online surveys andwritten comment cards provide germane input, however,

personal engagement with individuals and groups deliver amore constructive style o eedback. We need to activelyseek out the Communitys input not wait or or expect themto come to us.

We have already exhibited our teams commitment tothe importance o community outreach. During the months oSeptember and October, the Design Team led an extensivecommunity outreach campaign. Team members met one-on-one with individuals, community &county leaders, businessowners, and non-prot entities, each o whom representedthousands o local citizens. Our team elt it was o the utmost

importance to engage these groups now, beore a design wasproposed. How else would they trust that their voices wouldbe heard? Additional outreach activities included meeting withmothers interested in amily activities at the pier and eventswhere Michael Maltzan, Tom Leader, Lisa Wannemacher, and

other team members were able to talk one-on-one with overthirty community representatives. The valuable input that wereceived during these meetings has shaped our design or thenew Pier.

Our team is committed to continuing the dialoguealready started with the community and we know there aremany opportunities to meet with the public to discuss ideaswhile raising awareness and interest in the new Pier. There areover 50 active neighborhood associations in the City o St.Petersburg. Several o them meet monthly and we propose toattend as many o these meetings as possible. The monthly


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Mayors Night Out and Breakfast with the Mayor eventsmight also be a great opportunity to engage a wide variety oflocal citizens. We also envision setting up an information boothat local gatherings such as the Saturday Morning Market,Movies in the Parks, and other downtown events.

The Pier is also a regional asset, meaning that personsin Pinellas County and the entire Tampa Bay area mustbe consulted and made to feel part of the new Pier. Ourwaterfront parks will be teaming with regional events duringthe spring and summer of 2012. From the Mainsail Arts Festivaland American Stages Theatre Production in the Park to the St.Pete Grand Prix and a multitude of running races, these eventswill provide the perfect outlet for additional Community inputand engagement.

Our job through all of this will be to balance the wantsand desires of all of the various stakeholders and create adesign that the entire community can embrace and fall in lovewith. To ensure the integrity of the process, we will strive forthe greatest degree of transparency possible.

Finally, we believe it is important for the team to have thetrust of the local citizenry and community Leaders. Our localdesign team members are extremely knowledgeable aboutthe community and are well known in and around downtown, astrong foundation for our team as we move forward.


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Proposed Schedule

The schedule on the ollowing page is a preliminary durationschedule o how we would propose to move the St. PetersburgPier project orward. We have identied 4 distinct eortsbeginning with the Review and Award o the Project, ollowedby Site & Environmental Permitting, which will run concurrentlywith Architectural and Engineering Services, and will concludewith the Pre Construction and Bidding Process, where weanticipate early Demolition to occur. Like cost control, we seethe act o scheduling as an integral tool to the design process.Establishing a schedule that is responsive to all contributingelements and constituents while maintaining a productivework fow is essential in realizing ambitious projects. To allowor an understanding o how the project will be developed, weestablished key milestones both maximize these distinct eorts

as well as create moments within the project that celebratethese milestones as signicant accomplishments. We nd thisprocess not only to be inherently ecient, but also importantin creating and maintaining momentum during projectdevelopment.

Should we be chosen to proceed with the project, wewould expect to meet with the necessary applicable agencies,the City Building Department, and the Construction Manager,when and i appropriate, to develop a schedule that bestmeets scheduling expectations while providing a very clear andthoughtul road map that will ensure that the end product hasthe time and sequencing necessary to create an extraordinarydestination or the City o St. Petersburg.


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Proposed Phasing

Our proposal ocuses not only on the iconic new Pier overwater, but includes a comprehensive and uniying designthat extends to the upland and adjacent areas o downtown.We propose that Phase 1, the Lens, is the rst portion o thedesign to be construction. Subsequent development can becompleted in various phases as the City desires.

Phase 1, The Lens, will be a striking, iconic landmark Pierand ulll all the requirements the City has outlined. Phase 1includes the Lens Canopy, Twin Bridges, Dockside, Ree, andPromontory. Phase 1 also includes the demolition and clearingo the existing pier and bridge. Existing underwater caissonswill be repurposed and used as an armature or the newUnderwater Ree. There are a number o elective architectural

enhancements including the Bike Path and Intertidal Pathway,that could be completed as part o Phase 1 should undsbecome available; these elements could also be constructedduring uture project phases.

Following Phase 1, other portions o the design canbe completed over a number o phases as the Citys needsdemand and unding becomes available. Each o theseindividual elements can be built in sequence or can be builtconcurrently. We have identied the primary elements oPhase 2 as:

Phase 2A / Amphitheater Phase 2B / Welcome Mat and Entry Promenade Phase 2C / Civic Loop and Civic Green Phase 2D / Water Park & Playground Phase 2E / The Hub Phase 2F / Energy Flotilla

Although these elements can be constructed individually,we recommend a building sequence that will strengthen theconnections between the Pier and downtown and create newwaterront amenities or the entire community.

We propose that Phase 2B, the Entry Promenade, is therst element to be completed ollowing Phase 1. This portiono the project, constructed at the threshold between the newPier and the downtown core, will provide a dynamic newarrival space or Pier visitors and will also provide a grand,fexible, waterront open space or the City o St. Petersburg.The extended Entry Promenade will provide an enhancedconnection between the Welcome Mat and The Lens.

Following Phase 2B, we would recommend that Phase

2C, the Civic Loop and Civic Green, and Phase 2A, theAmphitheater, be constructed concurrently. The creation o theAmphitheater will provide a new public amenity or the Citythat includes the addition o 400 parking spaces in the below-theater parking structure. Existing surace parking currently inthe area o Phase 2A can be removed and relocated to the newgarage. This vacated area can then be dedicated to the newCivic Green along the waterront.

The recommended third stage o development is Phase2E, the Hub. The Hub, including the Arrivals Plaza, commercialand retail Pavilions, Spa Beach and possible Broadcast Studiowill provide fexible program areas that can host a variety odaily, weekly, monthly, or annual events and activities.

Phase 2D, The Water Park and Playground, should

be completed next. This landscape recreation zone willprovide a valuable, amily-riendly area or the residents oSt. Petersburg. Finally, the adjacent Energy Flotilla, Phase 2F,will enhance this recreation zone by providing new on-waterexperiences in the Bay in concert with a signicant source orenewable energy.


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Operational Costs:Potential Funding ResourcesThe team recognizes that the long-term sustainability andvitality o the new Pier will depend on identiying undingresources or the Piers operational costs. Our initial researchhas identied our primary types o potential unding sources:enterprise revenues; local government unding; state andederal government unding; and public-private and privateunding. Outlined here are examples o some o thesepotential sources based on our knowledge o similar projectsacross the country and other world-class cities; each sourcebrings with it a series o challenges and opportunities. TheSt. Petersburg Pier is a unique project and comprehensivediscussions with city representatives will be a critical rst stepin accessing which unding strategies might be appropriate orthe new Pier.

Enterprise Revenues ConcessionFees:ThePierwillincludeconcessions,the

rent rom which can be allocated towards Pier operatingcosts. Multiple ood concessions within the Hub, as well asone or more destination restaurants in the Amphitheaterwill pay base rent, and may pay percentage rent romnet cash fow above an agreed-upon hurdle. I a errylanding is included in the project, erry and / or watertaxi operators will pay landing ees, not to mention drivegreater customer trac.

SpecialEventsFees:ThePieralreadyplayshosttonumerous large-scale public celebrations and private

special events. These draw signicant crowds romthroughout the City and the region. The events alsoattract considerable media attention. And yet, as a mattero policy, the City has not captured the value o hostingthese events on its Pier Property and its surrounds.Instead, event organizers receive permits or eventswith little i any monetary consideration paid to the City.Waterront parks, public piers and other municipallyowned venues throughout the U.S. like the St. PetersburgPier, are identiying ways to monetize the value o theirwaterront venue to support ongoing public programmingand operations. Managing organizations are creatingstandardized orms o agreement or live concerts, sports,estival, promotional events as well as smaller privateevents such as weddings. Revenues or comparablevenues elsewhere in the U.S. can easily reach into thehundreds o thousands o dollars. The Amphitheateris designed to accommodate a ull range o culturalarts perormances and other large special events. Thedestination restaurant, dedicated parking acilities, the

range o adjacent waterront experiences, and supportretail and amenities, all enhance the nancial prospectsor a special events program at the Amphitheaterand elsewhere in the Pier / Park district to be highlyremunerative or the Pier owner / operator.

Advertising:Advertisingspace,sensitivelyintegratedintothe overall park / Pier design, will generate additionalongoing revenue or operations. This could be in the ormo creative and ever-changing digital displays, public artinstallations and other creative means that seek to avoidthere being a sense o commercialization o the publicrealm. Another Advertising opportunity is naming rightsor eatures such as the Vinoy Bridge, the Amphitheater,

and the Broadcast Studio. We do not however suggestselling naming rights to the Pier itsel.

Local Government Funding SalesTax:SalestaxischargedatthetimeofsaleinSt.

Petersburg and equal to 7.0% o the value o most goods.This revenue is already dedicated; 6% goes to the State,1% goes to the County via the Penny or Pinellas, and onlya portion o the Penny is allocated to the City. Rather thanacing the considerable political challenge o adding anadditional sales tax increment to directly benet a specicproject in St. Petersburg, interested parties might seek amodest unding allocation rom one o these recipientsto support the regionally-benecial public improvements

and programming at the Pier. SubsidyElimination:ThecurrentPiersubsidyis

approximately $1.5 million plus annual maintenancecosts o $200,000 to $400,000 and is projected as aCity expenditure or several years to come. Our designproposals goal is to remove the subsidy completely. Byprojecting these savings out 5 to 10 years, the City canbond against it or a Capital Improvement unding stream.

OtherSources:AtCityCouncilsdirection,CityStaffmaybe able to identiy additional sources o moneys that canbe used or Capital Improvements

$14millionissetasidefortheCitysproposedIntermodal Facility. The portion set aside or aparking garage, may be transerrable to the Pier sitebecause we are integrating an invisible garage intoour amphitheater design.

$2.5millionissetasideforStreetscape Improvements.

$2.5millionissetasideforParklandImprovements.


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State and Federal Government Funding FederalFundingthroughSAFETEA-LU:ThePiermaybe

accessed rom points throughout the Tampa Bay regionvia erry transport. This could open up an opportunityor ederal unding support or the Pier reconstructionproject. Since 2005, the Federal Highway Administrationhas provided roughly $50 million per year to cover up to80 percent o the construction costs o new erryboatsand inrastructure. These grants are allocated throughthe Sae, Accountable, Flexible, Ecient TransportationEquity Act: A Legacy or Users (SAFETEA-LU). Grantscannot be used or operational spending, but theymay ree up local capital or operational use. The most

recent application period closed in June 2011, and it isunclear whether additional unds will be made available.Reauthorization o a ederal transportation spending billremains delayed.

Public-Private and Private Funding ImpactFees:Impactfeesareone-timefeescollectedfrom

developers within a specied distance o an inrastructureinvestment, like the Pier in St. Petersburg. Impact eestypically und roadway, sewer, water, open space, andschool capital inrastructure, and not inrastructureoperations. There must be a rational nexus betweenthe development and the need or the inrastructureimprovements. Further, the developers air share o the

inrastructure cost must be established. BusinessImprovementDistricts(BIDs):BIDsarenot-for-

prot management organizations that consist o businesswithin specied commercial districts and rely on specialassessment unds to support shared maintenance,branding, and public amenities. The vast majority oBID unds are raised through special assessments oncommercial property, but occasionally unds are raisedthrough residential property assessments. Many BIDs alsoundraise or grants, special contracts, and philanthropiccontributions.

Philanthropy:Localcommunitydevelopmentorganizations may contribute one-time or ongoing undsto support components o the Pier / Park operations

and programming; however, charities and communitydevelopment organizations will need to be convinced othe public benet that the proposed Pier / Park plan andprogram will oer, particularly to those o limited means.


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Design Team

Design Team Organization

Team Member Firm Profles and Key Personnel

We share a passion for the creativeprocess but as importantly, we know

how to deliver ambitious,large-scale urban projects like the St.Petersburg Pier.


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Michael Maltzan Architecture has assembled a remarkabledesign and technical team, perectly suited to the St.Petersburg Pier Project. Collectively, the team believes thatarchitecture, landscape and urban design play an importantrole in shaping and representing the aspirations o our time.

Our original submission or the St. Petersburg Pierconcentrated on the core team o designers and engineers.Michael Maltzan Architecture was joined by Tom LeaderStudio, Landscape Architecture; Buro Happold ConsultingEngineers,

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