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HKGI EXPERIENCE <br /> Civic Plaza and Arts Center Site Plan <br /> Bloomington,Minnesota <br /> I <br /> - YRi'Li'ill� <br /> OWE <br /> �c <br /> e <br /> The City of Bloomington Civic Plaza combines its City Hall,Police Station and Arts Center <br /> under a single roof. As the City has expanded,its services were beginning to fragment into <br /> various locations. This 17-acre redevelopment site,across the street from the City's public <br /> works facility,offered an opportunity to create a civic campus that reunites the various <br /> services in a single location within Bloomington. <br /> Working with Ankeny Kell Architects,Hoisington Koegler Group created a site plan that <br /> responds to the disparate needs of several user groups: City employees,visitors to City Hall <br /> and visitors and users of the Arts Center.Each group uses the site differently and each user <br /> has a different set of expectations of what the site should provide.The site plan combines <br /> formal outdoor spaces with informal spaces,uses traditional garden plants as well as some <br /> less traditional native species,and provides space for several levels of passive recreation. <br /> The most prominent site feature,a storm pond,was designed to be an amenity that feels <br /> more urban and intentionally-built than traditional storm ponds. Hard edges of the pond <br /> adjacent to parking and the building are constructed of stone to create spaces where <br /> people can sit,stroll or view public art along the northern edge of the pond. <br /> 24 RIVERS EDGE COMMONS EXPANSION PROPOSAL <br />