Collingsworth Marketplace
Project Details
Collingsworth Marketplace is a proposed commercial development in Northside, Houston,
Texas.
The project seeks to create a walkable, family-oriented multi-use area in a historic
and culturally rich community. Collingsworth Marketplace combines commercial spaces such as
offices, retail, and dining with natural outdoor areas, parks, and community spaces.
The end
goal of the project is to bring about economic prosperity with a focus on eco-friendly design,
passive cooling and ventilation strategies, hydrological solutions for flooding and rainwater,
and strategic adaptive reuse.
Creating Community in Near Northside
Sustainable Mixed-Use Development
Collingsworth Marketplace combines working, socializing, and pleasure all in one place. This means residents, commuters, and visitors to Near Northside will have access to work, recreation and outdoor spaces 24/7. By building cafes and office spaces, mornings at Collingsworth will be bustling and more enjoyable. Restaurants and bars mean evenings will be pleasant. Outdoor spaces and community areas like a stage attract events, shows, political rallies, etc. during the weekend. All of these proposals also focus on community wellbeing for all ages and in every sense. Walkable, managed access streets mean safer pedestrian and cycling traffic, offices and retail spaces bring employment close to home, and outdoor recreation for all ages is available throughtout the site.
Visiting Collingsworth Marketplace
Progression Sections
These sections and elevations illustrate what a visitor might experience when visiting Collingsworth Marketplace. Each part of the site is pedestrian-oriented and includes indoor and outdoor spaces, commerce, offices, dining, and family-friendly recreation. Collingsworth Marketplace also focuses heavily on other aspects of community wellness and placemaking, including lighting, respite from the elements (through covered outdoor spaces), and ecology through a strong emphasis on passive design strategies, hydrology, and human comfort.
Adaptive Reuse and Passive Design Strategies
Preserving Community Identity
Usable structures located on the existing site for Collingsworth Marketplace will be adapted into their proposed programs. New buildings will adhere to the existing community's architectural and cultural standards, with the goal of blending the historic Near Northside's existing context and new proposed designs.
Environmental Strategies
The indoor-outdoor marketplace is designed from an existing warehouse structure which spans two blocks on the site. Updates to the structure will focus on ecology and human comfort year-round by using passive cooling and ventillation strategies as well as non-energy intensive electrical and mechanical strategies.