Once the economic center of Kansas City, the West Bottoms now consists of underutilized buildings, a forgotten riverfront, and unique, yet abandoned spaces. Both its history and potential give the West Bottoms a character separate from the rest of the city. In order to analyze and create an urban vision for the area, it was divided into five design areas. Right away, the Stockyards District stood out as the true core of the West Bottoms. The site is defined by […]

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Kansas City is innately a city reliant on the use of the automobile. A large part of understanding the West Bottoms is realizing the impact of highway connections and relating them to the ephemeral essence in experiencing the city through a car window. In order to capture this “essence,” we scanned the city using video. We then selected stills at even intervals and collected the images in both line and mass form. The resulting diagrams illustrate the character of interaction […]

Categories: Urban Design