Garden Interchange
Professor: Tricia Stuth Fall 2025
Garden Interchange is an exploration of how to occupy the excessive amounts of land given over to right of ways.
Despite being adjacent to a rather walkable neighborhood, the streets around the I-40/James White interchange are noticeably not pedestrian friendly. There are two main factors for this: a lack of destinations along the path, and grossly oversized roads. Garden Interchange solves both of those. The variety of gardens and buildings along E Fifth Ave, Hall of Fame Dr, and E Magnolia Ave both beautify the area and give people a reason to be there. Reallocated lanes and redesigned pedestrian crossings make it safer to be a pedestrian.
Garden Interchange helps shifts the focus of the streets towards pedestrians and connect the city rather than divide it.
Site Location
Traffic Volume - Lane Comparison
Perspectives
1 - Visitors Center
2 - Children’s Garden
3 - Summer Garden
4 - Pollinator Garden
5 - Autumn Garden
6 - Rock Garden
7 - Forest Loop
8 - Edible Terraced Garden
9 - Pavilion
10 - Private Event Space
11 - Butterfly Garden
12 - Green House
13 - Rainbow Garden
4 - Teaching Garden
15 - Native Plants Garden
16 - Labyrinth
17 - Spring Garden
E 5th Ave and E Magnolia Ave
Reduce car traffic to two lanes with turn lanes
Expand and continue bike lane the length of E 5th and the joined E Magnolia separated by curb
Expand sidewalks on both sides
Add seating to south sidewalk
Add raised pedestrian crossings periodically
Hall of Fame Dr
Reduce car traffic to two continuous lanes and a turn lane
Expand and consolidate bike lanes on west side
Separate bike lane with median or curb
Expand sidewalks on both sides
A
Reduce car traffic to two lanes
Expand and continue bike lane the length of E 5th separated by curb
Expand sidewalks on both sides
Add seating to south sidewalk
Add raised pedestrian crossings periodically
B
Reduce car traffic to two lanes
Convert two lanes of traffic to a bike lanes
Extend median the length of E Magnolia Ave
Expand sidewalks on both sides
Add raised pedestrian crossings periodically
C
Reduce car traffic to two continuous lanes and a turn lane
Expand and consolidate bike lanes on west side
Separate bike lane with median or curb
Expand sidewalks on both sides
D
Convert the east leg of E 5th to one way car traffic
Open to pedestrian traffic by converting one lane of traffic to pedestrians
