City of Tucson Main Library

Tucson, Arizona

SAGE was selected by the City of Tucson to lead the redevelopment of this important Central Business District open space plaza. Issues which the design addressed were lack of clear and safe visibility, degraded turf, poor drainage, lack of event space, lack of event support facilities, abundance of skate boarding damage, frequent homeless use and uneven hardscape settlement, within a limited Back to Basics budget. Through stakeholder meetings with the City Facilities Department, SAGE developed 3 concepts and achieved consensus within 3 weeks, and moved through the construction document and construction phases with complete support from the community and the media.