WEHO Urban Plan
A 40-acre inclusive development, connecting communities and demographics through seamless transit integrations.
Location: Wedgewood Houston, Nashville, TN
Date: Summer 2024
Professor: Clay Adkisson, Will Rosenthal, Harriett Brooks, & Adam Nicholson
Peers: Hannah Kirby, Chris Pyle, & Audrey Reddick
Group Design
The site faces challenges including limited transit options, poor connectivity, lack of diverse programming, and insufficient green space. Existing conditions reveal only one bikeable road, a single bus line, and underutilized recreational areas such as Fairgrounds Park and Browns Creek Greenway.
To address these issues, the site was divided into four districts—entertainment, community, transit, and lifestyle—allowing each team member to design a district while collaborating on an integrated overall plan
Entertainment District
The district strikes a balance between community and entertainment, activating the site’s natural features and responding to respected existing developments within the community.
Schematic Design
Programmatic Zones
Community Plaza
Provides community oriented spaces such as a bookstore, grocery store, daycare, salons, venue spaces, and a WeWork, with hardscape seating for outdoor seating, gatherings, and activities.
Santa’s Village
Complements Santa’s Pub, a Nashville native karaoke bar, with a moonshine company and recreational arcade bar.
An outdoor amphitheater centers and hosts public events in the plaza, acting as an extension of Santa’s livelihood.
Creek Boardwalk
Reopens Browns Creek, encouraging pedestrian activity with restaurants, boutique shops, workout studios, and local coffee shops.
Design Plans
Site Plan
Framework
Ground Floor
Circulation
A six-level parking garage sits beneath the plaza, featuring two entrances: a private valet entrance on Bransford Avenue and a public entrance on Craighead Street. Two levels are reserved for retail parking, while the remaining four serve the residential complex above. The ground-floor retail wraps around two stories of the garage, maximizing street activation and creating a semi-private plaza experience above.
The Greenway extension bridges over Bransford Avenue and gently rises toward the community district, providing pedestrians with an uninterrupted, seamless journey. Beneath the elevated Greenway, a pedestrian path connects the parking garage, the Creek Boardwalk, and Santa’s Village.