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11 Lincoln Road is grounded to its site by welcoming accessibility off of the
street and into Lincoln Road Mall. It is most often viewed on one of Miami
Beach’s main streets, Alton Road. Driving North on Alton Road, the full length
of the columns on the seventh floor of the 11 11 building can be seen just
above the buildings preceding it. Its remarkable height and seemingly
unfinished framing attracts attention and sparks wonder in the foreground of its
surrounding stucco clad structures. When the cars parked up to the very edge of
the floor plates come into view, the building is finally realized as a parking
garage. Conveniently located at one end of Lincoln Road Mall, the building
becomes an icon calling cars off of Alton and onto the pedestrian friendly
street (Figure 2).
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(Figure 2: 11 11 Lincoln Road demanding attention from Alton Road.)
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Standing
on Lincoln Road, next to 11 11 and in the building’s park designed by landscape
architect Raymond Jungles’, the focus of the building is no longer on its farsighted
sculptural quality, but its decisions on a smaller scale to become a true part
of Lincoln Road. Although the building is 125’ tall, the strong delineation
created by the overhang of the second floor, continues the respected storefront
height that the buildings of Lincoln Road Mall share (Figure 3).
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(Figure 3: Model of 11
11 Lincoln Road. The cross between storefront and open parking garage)
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The undulating, glass
storefronts of 11 11 Lincoln Road also carry the same dynamism created by most
of the other storefronts in Lincoln Road Mall. The recessed entrances pull the
pedestrian into the stores. Also like the surrounding restaurant and retail
spaces, the spaces in 11 11 Lincoln Road vary in size to refrain from
conducting a monotonous walk (Figure 4).
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(Figure 4: Ground floor
plan of 11 11 Lincoln Road showing relation to Raymond Jungles’ park and that
variation in storefronts.)
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There is a small break in the building on the
ground floor that carries the pedestrian up into the upper floors of the
parking garage (Figure 5). 11 11 Lincoln Road adds to the experience of Lincoln
Road Mall by becoming a successful extension of the mall and bringing in an
alternative view of the pedestrian street and the city (Figure 6).
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(Figure 5: On the second
floor of 11 11 Lincoln Road looking down into the break in the ground floor and
start of the building’s vertical circulation.)
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(Figure 6: North view
from sixth floor of 11 11 Lincoln Road.)
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2 comments:
Throughout this essay, you were very precise and accurate as to the description of both the building and its adjacent landscape, leaving only the last sentences as mini conclusions. It would seem that it would benefit you and the essay if you began to elaborate on the conclusions made at the end of each paragraph. You explained what these qualities achieved, but did not explore the consequences of the achievement.
Example: "the spaces in 11 11 Lincoln Road vary in size to refrain from conducting a monotonous walk."
What about the monotonous walk? Is walking in a straight line better than a crooked line? Do the paths wonder? If so, do wondering paths create opportunities human interaction? Do they hinder human interaction by offering multiple paths? Etc.
^^Agreed...what are your conclusions?
How does it add to the experience of Lincoln Road (what is the experience of Lincoln Road?)? It's not an extension of the mall, but perhaps it is an extension of that experience (that you need to articulate...)
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