Twinbrook Sector Plan: A New Community in The Technology Corridor
Twinbrook Sector Plan: A New Community in The Technology Corridor
Twinbrook Sector Plan: A New Community in The Technology Corridor
Twinbrook
S T A F Sector
F D R A FPlan
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Twinbrook Station
• Meets goals of 2000
charrette:
- Mixed uses
- Pedestrian orientation
- Access to Metro
- Public open space
• Change agent
Plan Goals
• Create Twinbrook as a
distinct
place along the Metro
Red
Line
• Provide opportunities for
housing
• Reduce the impact of
development on the
natural
environment
• Create a connected
road
network
• Provide an improved
system
of pedestrian and
bicycle
connections
• Encourage high quality
design
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Technology Employment
Area
Metro Core Area
Why and how it should change:
• Near Metro and Twinbrook
Station project
• Continue the pattern and
character established by
Twinbrook Station
- Housing
- Mixed use
- Retail
- Main street pattern
- Pedestrian connections
Achieve through:
• TOMX-2/TDR and TOMX-2 Zones
• Redevelop with amenities and
connections
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Metro Core and Technology Employment Area
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Technology Employment Area
What’s there now:
• Emerging technology center
HHS
• Large parking lots Parking
Lot
• Parklawn Building
• Small but not walkable
• Near Metro and Rock Creek Park
Fishers Place
USP
HHS
Parking
Lot
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Technology Employment Area
Why and how it should change:
• Build on technology uses
• Main street pattern
• Parklawn Building renovation
Achieve through:
• TOMX-2 and TOMX-1/TDR
• Redevelop with amenities and
connections
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Achieve through:
• I-4 amendments
- lot size
- parking setbacks
- accessory housing
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Environment
Existing Conditions:
• Paving
• Streams
• Metro proximity
1950 1970
1979 2000
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Environment
Benefits of redevelopment:
• Connections
• More pervious surface
• Open space
• Street trees
• Green building redevelopment
• Improved stormwater
management
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pedestrian connections
• Opportunities to make best use of
Metro
• Impacted intersections M
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5000
0
Existing and Approved
1992 Master Plan 2007 Recommendation
Development
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Parks and Open Space
Existing Conditions:
• Local parks outside the Plan area
• Near Rock Creek Park
Plan Proposals:
• Add local amenities
• Make regional connections
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