Crosstown Concourse in Memphis, Tennessee by Looney Ricks Kiss

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Crosstown Concourse is the metamorphosis of urban blight into a vibrant community. It is the rebirth of not just a building, but an entire neighborhood. Though initially conceived as a home for a small start-up arts organization, with plans to organically revive the structure over decades, the project evolved into a 1.3- million-square-foot “vertical urban village.” Rooted in historical context and flourishing on the ideals of common purpose, social transformation, and inclusivity, the building has achieved full occupancy in less than one year.

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• Architects: Looney Ricks Kiss
• Project: Crosstown Concourse
• Location: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
• Photography: Jamie Harmon, Nicholas McGinn, Aerial Innovations, Chad Mellon
  
• Associate Architect: DIALOG
• Associate Architect: Spatial Affairs Bureau
• Sustainability: LEED Platinum BD+C: Core and Shell
• Developer/Owner: Crosstown Development
• General Contractor: Grinder, Taber & Grinder, Inc.
• Landscape Architect: Hood Design Studio

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• MEPF Engineer: OGCB, Inc.
• Structural Engineer: Structural Design Group
• Civil Engineer: SR Consulting
• Lighting, Sustainable/Site/Civil Concepts, Acoustics, Daylight Modeling Consultant: ARUP
• Mechanical Consultant: Newcomb & Boyd
• Code Consultants: Code Solutions Group
• Budget: $200 million
• Gross Built Area (square meters or square foot): 1.3 million square feet
• Completion Year: 2017

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Constructed as a Sears Distribution Center in 1927, the building grew into a major economic engine. However, by 1983 it sat abandoned, indicative of the modern trend of disposability and urban disinvestment. Through a meticulous and collaborative design process, the redevelopment has rekindled the building, as well as reinstated a sense of civic pride. The blend of retail, restaurants, fitness, health, educational and professional spaces, in addition to market-rate housing, works in unison to create a new community paradigm.

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A series of cost conscious architectural extractions and insertions have produced a vibrant new community that encourages discovery. Infused with the spirit of the building’s historic distribution system, seven new atria and their corresponding street-like corridors, transport natural light into public spaces. These reimagined spaces inspire participation and collaboration, catalyzing a community movement that challenges possibility.

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Image Courtesy © Nick McGinn

Image Courtesy © Nick McGinn

Image Courtesy © Nick McGinn

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Image Courtesy © Jamie Harmon

Image Courtesy © Nick McGinn

Image Courtesy © Nick McGinn

Image Courtesy © Nick McGinn

Image Courtesy © Nick McGinn

Image Courtesy © Nick McGinn

Image Courtesy © Nick McGinn

Image Courtesy © Nick McGinn

Image Courtesy © Looney Ricks Kiss

Image Courtesy © Looney Ricks Kiss

Image Courtesy © Looney Ricks Kiss

Image Courtesy © Looney Ricks Kiss

Tags: Tennessee, USA

Categories: Educational Center, Fitness center, Health Center, Restaurant, Retail

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