STATUS
IDEA
CLIENT
UIA Management LLC
TYPOLOGY
Residential, Retail
SIZE M2/FT2
125,419 / 1,350,000
SHARE
Located at the center of Allapattah, an industrial district northwest of Downtown Miami, BIG’s design for Miami Produce aims to create a new destination for the city while retaining the neighborhood’s industrial character.
The architecture is conceived as a three-dimensional urban framework, designed with large industrial-sized floor plates to provide maximum programmatic flexibility. The site will be activated by urban farming, restaurants, storefronts, co-working offices, apartments, and educational programming.
PUBLIC GROUND FLOOR
— The existing buildings accommodate education and commercial programs to create a diverse and active public realm.
PASSAGES
— A series of passages cut through the buildings to allow efficient circulation from the metro station across the site.
LANDSCAPE
— The spaces between the buildings are landscaped according to the warehouse programs, creating three different public spaces: campus, street, and garden.
ROOFTOP
— Each building features specific roofscapes that have a variety of elevated recreational environments.
MIAMI PROUCE
— The buildings function as a three dimensional urban framework designed to activate the neighborhood with varying programs and environments.
At the ground floor, a series of existing produce warehouses will be restored and re-programmed to create a vibrant public realm while preserving the industrial spirit of the neighborhood. Between the warehouses, three public spaces will exhibit a variety of lush landscapes that create diverse microclimates and allow the buildings’ programs to extend outdoors.
A stack of new linear buildings floats above the existing warehouses, generating a large urban courtyard at the center. A forest of columns with varying dimensions depending on loads and heights create a permeable perimeter around the site.
On top of each building, programmed roofscapes will extend the public realm vertically to capture stunning views of greater Miami. The resultant composition is a vertical overlay of three neighborhoods, one on top of the other, forming a new hybrid between industry and agriculture, office park and residential city block.
Bjarke Ingels Thomas Christoffersen Beat Schenk Agustin Perez-Torres Agne Rapkeviciute Alejandra Cortes Alvaro Velosa Corliss Ng Haochen Yu Jacob Karasik Julie Kaufman Kevin Pham Veronica Acosta Michelle Stromsta Morgan Mangelsen Otilia Pupezeanu Paulina Panus Kig Veerasunthorn Ryan Duval Sanam Salek Sebastian Claussnitzer Shane Dalke Siva Sepehry Nejad Taylor Hewett Terrence Chew Thomas McMurtrie Tracy Sodder Emily Chen Ziyu Guo Chris Tron Jennifer Ng Anders Holden Deleuran Bart Ramakers Douglass Alligood Kristoffer Negendahl Manon Otto Matthijs Engele Raymond Castro Stephanie Bigelow Tore Banke Emine Halefoglu Josiah Poland Karolina Bouros Xander Shambaugh
COLLABORATORS
Kimley Horn
Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP
