Vending machines are integrated into building facades.
This design pattern places vending machines secondary to pedestrian walkways. In some instances, there are stand alone vending machines, however, the vending machines located on pedestrian walkways are out of the path.
Second floor commercial spaces, or multistory commercial spaces are promoted through street level signage.
The design pattern for promotional signage provides the opportunity for upper-story merchants to further advertise there business. This provides the design opportunity to think through how these areas might architecturally integrated within the surrounding area. Often times, this includes multiple areas of signage include standing signs to sidewalk signs.
To increase pedestrian foot traffic, seating areas are placed between merchant spaces.
This design pattern creates a pedestrian-oriented environment that contains both informal dining areas and formal dining areas. The space ranges from counters to tables integrated into the facade.
In a mixed use environment, layered entrances are created through different scales.
This design pattern focuses on creating visual representation of entrance. For example, a merchant space may have a fully open entrance while residential entrances may have a single door that is more discrete than a merchant entrance.
In some instances, private residential entrances are off of the main street which are primarily two stories in nature.
This design pattern places residential entrances slightly away from commercial areas to maintain the element of privacy. In some cases, there are multiple residential entrances.