The document outlines the Toledo charrette, an accelerated collaborative event focused on developing sustainable design solutions for the Swan Creek area as part of the Junction neighborhood master planning process. Key themes include stormwater management, recreation, access improvements, and integrating public art, with goals to enhance neighborhood connectivity and create new amenities. Various design elements, such as infill housing and recreation corridors, are proposed to foster a vibrant community space.

1. Kent State University Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative
Lawrence Tech University College of Architecture & Design
University at Buffalo School of Architecture & Planning
Oct. 5-7, 2018
Midwest Urban Design Charrette

2. Toledo Charrette
Oct. 5-7, 2018
SUPPORTED BY:
Mastriana Endowment

3. What is a Charrette?
Charrette [shuh-ret]:
The word charrette may refer to any accelerated
collaborative session in which a group of designers
drafts a solution to a design problem.
Such charrettes serve as a way of quickly generating
a design solution while integrating the aptitudes and
interests of a diverse group of people.

4. Toledo Charrette
Building on the Junction Neighborhood Master Planning
process, the primary goal of the charrette is to come up with a
unique and sustainable plan for the Swan Creek area of
Junction. The Toledo Design Center is looking for multiple design
solutions that can address challenges of stormwater
management, recreation, access, and development along Swan
Creek. Additionally, design teams should examine how any Swan
Creek improvements can connect to the larger Junction
neighborhood and to Toledo as a whole.

5. Charrette Site

6. Charrette Process

7. Charrette Process

8. Charrette Process

9. • Recreation
• Access to Water
• Infill Housing
• Streetscape Connections
• Public Art Opportunities
• Healthy Places
Final Charrette Themes:

10. Recreation

11. Metroparks & Swan Creek
Recreation

12. New Green Spaces
Existing Green Spaces
Swan Creek Recreation Corridor
Recreation

13. Swan Creek Recreation Corridor
Recreation

14. Kayak Launch
- Rental
- Apparel shops
Bike Path
- Rental & repair
shops
- Shoe shops
- amenities
Gardens & Markets
- Restaurants
Swan Creek Recreation Corridor: Potential Amenities
Recreation

15. Potential Long-Term Green Space Consolidation
Recreation

16. Sterling Field Redevelopment
Recreation

17. Libbey Park: Current
Recreation

18. Libbey Park: Proposed
Recreation

19. Libbey Park: Winter Use
Recreation

20. Libbey Park: All-Season Use
Recreation

21. Access to Water

22. Access to Water
Flood Mitigation
Allow Inundation in Low Areas
Create Creekside Levees &
Terracing

23. Access to Water
Flood Mitigation
Integrate Public Access & Art
into Flood Control Infrastructure

24. Access to Water
Swan Creek: Current

25. Access to Water
Swan Creek: Proposed

26. Access to Water
Sterling Field: Current

27. Access to Water
Sterling Field: Proposed

28. Access to Water
City Park: Current

29. Access to Water
City Park: Proposed

30. Creekside Fitness Circuits Existing
Access to Water
Sterling Field: Creekside Access
Proposed

31. Creekside Fitness
Circuits
Pedestrian
Footpath
Bridging Connections
lead to Residential
Dynamic Creekside
Access to Water
Swan Creek: Creekside Access

32. Access to Water
Sterling Field Pedestrian Bridge from Ewing St

33. Streetscape Connections

34. www.bld.partners/lyon-square
Streetscape Connections
Neighborhood-Wide Connectivity

35. Stormwater Infiltration
Streetscape Connections
Hawley St: Streetscape Redesign
Solar Street Lights Bike Racks

36. Hawley St Railway Underpass: Proposed
Streetscape Connections

37. Public Art Opportunities

38. Hawley St Railway Underpass
Public Art Opportunities

39. Hawley St Railway Underpass
Public Art Opportunities

40. Vacant House Reclamation
Public Art Opportunities

41. Infill Housing

42. Areas of Concentration for Infill Housing
Infill Housing

43. Single Family Single Family with In-law suite One-bedroom Cooperative Housing
Proposed Infill Housing Types
Infill Housing

44. Existing Housing Retrofit: Rear Alley Accessibility
Infill Housing

45. Healthy Places

46. Precedent: Intergeneration Play
Healthy Places

47. Precedent: Intergeneration Play
Healthy Places

48. Neighborhood-Wide Intergenerational Playscapes
Healthy Places