

Nurturing the existing heritage trees, the project features a botanical garden © Leonid Furmansky © dwg.Įnvironmental resiliency and storytellingĪre at the forefront of Fareground’s design. Tenants, Fareground now serves the role of family-friendly public plaza at the Once used for little more than cigarette breaks by office Outdoor rooms, allowing Fareground to accommodate individuals, small groups and
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Of seating and gathering spaces create a series of flexible and intertwined Through its patterned panels and brings a human scale to the plaza. Project’s custom-designed and fabricated shade structure, provides dabbled shade

Wooden benches and decking are complemented by mobile furnishings.

Shady space for gathering, playing and urban observing. Under heritage live oaks, a sloped synthetic lawn mediatesīetween street and plaza, further connecting the two spheres and providing a Meandering ramp that provide universal accessibility and visibility to the Visitors to Fareground, the design incorporated two grand staircases and a Symbiosis between interior and exterior urban space, the design team led theĮxpansion of the project scope to include a complete renovation of theīuilding’s lobby and the introduction of Austin’s first food hall. Struggling to compete for tenants in aĭeveloping urban landscape, the owners sought to reinvigorate the building andīring new life to the underperforming ground floor. © dwg.įareground is located at the base of a 33-year-old The resulting landscape is vital because of its, social engagement, environmental sensitivity, and economic viability. The project creates a new hub of urban life - providing an oasis in which the community can gather, socialize, relax, entertain and create. Fareground liberates a landscape lost to Austin’s bustling urban environment through the transformation of an underutilized sunken office plaza.
