'20 AIA NoAL Honor Award + People's Choice Award

{"version":"0.3.0","atoms":[],"cards":[],"markups":[["strong"]],"sections":[[1,"p",[[0,[0],1,"Program Summary and Statement:"]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Alabama\nConstitution Hall Park celebrates the 2019 Bicentennial of Alabama Statehood.\nThe one-acre site occupies a half city block in downtown Huntsville, on the\nsite where the Alabama Constitution was ratified in 1819. The buildings\nsurrounding the park are replicas of historic structures\ncreated over a twenty-year period starting in the mid-1970. Over\nthe\nyears the site evolved into a fully fenced, historical environment where\nvisitors, mainly school groups, were required to purchase a ticket to enter.\nThe interior of the site was a maze of irregular concrete paths connecting\nagricultural, craft and domestic life displays that sought to illuminate life\nin Alabama in the early nineteenth century. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"In\norder\nto make the site more relevant to the whole community, the architects proposed\nremoval of the perimeter fencing and establishing the site as a public park,\nwith porous edges and entrances on three different streets. Small structures\noccupying the center of the site were removed or strategically relocated to\nhelp define a linear green space at the center of the site. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"The\nentire site was terraced and ramped to provide universal access to the park and\nthe surrounding buildings. An existing picnic pavilion was\nrenovated to create a stronger architectural focal point at the east end of the\ncentral green. The west end of the green is\nanchored by a new pavilion that features the key materials of early nineteenth\ncentury construction in Alabama: brick, wood and limestone. "]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"The\npark is now a central gathering space in the heart of downtown Huntsville. It\nplays host to an outdoor concert series and regular public events and has\nbecome a desirable venue for weddings and other private events."]]]]}