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PLACE is the landscape architect for Block 216, collaborating with GBD Architects in the development of the streetscape design and a series of on-structure terraces for the 35-story, mixed-use tower.聽

Principal Mauricio Villarreal said several elements make the project unique. It envisions the character and design elements of the citywide Green Loop plan with the redevelopment of Southwest Ninth聽Avenue as its first realized block.

鈥淧LACE has approached the design of Southwest Ninth聽Avenue as Portland鈥檚聽shared street聽contributing to the public space network, adding vibrancy and activity with outdoor dining, public seating, artwork and landscaping,鈥� Villarreal said. 鈥淎mplified by the ground-floor food hall, the聽shared street聽illuminated with overhead hanging lights allows a variety of activities and safe movement, indicating that vehicles are guests and parking spaces are reconceptualized as 鈥榝lex zones鈥� celebrating pedestrians and bicyclists.鈥�

The food hall, shared street concept affords opportunities for pedestrians and activities to move seamlessly from inside to outside and vice versa, functionally extending the sidewalk into the building, Villarreal added.

鈥淎ligning with the architecture鈥檚 inspiration from the region鈥檚 geology, the podium terraces coalesce into a mosaic of urban landform terraces above the public realm channeling water through a cascade of raised stormwater planters,鈥� he said. 鈥淭he geologic abstraction transcends into the dynamic forms extending the green canopy of O鈥橞ryant Square into a floating forest.鈥�

As the first project under the new Comprehensive Plan, Block 216 stimulated a dialogue about how to retain some of the food carts鈥� energy and how the design of Ninth could become a precedent for the Green Loop鈥檚 future development.

鈥淪ince this segment of the avenue will be redesigned as mitigation for the 12-foot setback standard and is the first in the city to be designed and likely to be built, the proposed street design elements could be replicated elsewhere on the Green Loop, creating continuity for the system and an authentic sense of place for the Portland鈥檚 public space network,鈥� Villarreal said.

Block 216 proposes how the design elements of the street could be extended to the north and south along the SW Ninth and Park Avenue segments of the Green Loop, Villarreal said.