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. CITY of SUNNY ISLES BEACH Proiessional Design Services ior I-Ieritage Park and Parking Garage Request ior Qualiiications No. 07-08-01 2. PROJECT UNDERSTANDING and APPROACH a. The firm's thorough understanding of the scope of work. Sunny Isles Beach is the "CITY OF SUN AND SEA". Cubellis' strategy for Heritage Park is to celebrate what makes Sunny Isles Beach unique. Direct symbols and indirect gestures to the Sun and Sea will influence the design concept and will serve to unify and integrate the purely functional needs of the parking structure and Florida Community Trust (FCT) program requirements with the playful elements necessary to delight and fulfill the wishes of the City's dynamic and diverse community. LEEDTM initiatives and sustainable strategies will be introduced at ever opportunity to reflect the City's desire to sustain a vital and high quality environment for the community today and tomorrow. The prominent 3.82 acre location at the north edge of the City lends itself perfectly to a solution that announces your arrival into and out of the City of Sunny Isles Beach. By nature of the amenities programmed for Heritage Park of a four story rock climbing wall, splash pad water play area, Nature Center with the necessary restroom facilities for the entire park incorporated, two bocce ball courts, toddler playground, !4 mile "heritage" nature trail, picnic pavilions, open play areas, art in public places and site furnishings will certainly expand the range and recreational appeal of the residents and visitor alike. . Access to the site will be from Galahad Dade Boulevard, which has signaled access to Collins Avenue (A 1 A) and a crosswalk for access to the two northernmost beach access points in the City. Upon entry to the park surface level parking is available for easy access for strollers and handicapped patrons. Expanded patron parking and valet parking for the Ramada Plaza Marco Polo hotel will be provided in the adjacent four story 500 space parking structure. By locating the structure at the southwest corner of the site, the size and scale of the structure are shared with the existing parking garage of the neighboring condominium community and the location allows for the structure to serve as a back drop to the parks amenities. At the southeast corner of the parking garage there is an opportunity for public works storage below the second level landing with direct access to the park on the east side of the garage, as well as internal to the parking garage. r'-~- _.- - ... - ~ -~ - ~ .r_ .~ -- -= "~ -.',::- ~ ...-_..~~. - -. ." ~ - -'- '. ... -- f ~_. -.;;r =- ~-,..-.r.-._......... -. - - --- r Cubellis plans on utilizing the garage as the structure support for a one-of-a-kind 2700 terraced "coral" rock climbing experience. The free-form nature of the four story climbing wall will act as a screen that both shields and diminishes the mass of the parking structure. Landscape elements will be integrated into the vertical elevations of the garage as well to further soften the image. The climbing area will be surrounded by a "sea" of rubberized safety surfacing for the protection of the patrons. ..._~ .J ~ ,.- . ,... , - ~ "- ~ . From the initial impact of the climbing wall the variety of park features flows naturally towards the "sun" shaped splash pad water play area that has tropically themed spraying and squirting elements and onward toward the Nature Center that will provide necessary exhibit, learning and administrative spaces at the northeast corner of the site. The building, shade structures and picnic pavilions will provide shade and shelter opportunities for the more active components of the park. Headed south away from the Nature Center, one can join the !4 mile "heritage" nature trail that will meander through the entire park. The "heritage" trail is aligned by native tropical landscape materials - 5 - cubellis.