URBAN GARDEN TRACKS A Green New Deal Superstudio Project
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT Every community owes its existence and vitality to generations from around the world who contributed their hopes, dreams, and energy to making the history that led to this moment. Some were brought here against their will, some were drawn to leave their distant homes in hope of a better life, and some have lived on this land for more generations than can be counted. Truth and acknowledgment are critical to building mutual respect and connection across all barriers of heritage and difference. We begin this effort to acknowledge what has been buried by honoring the truth. URBAN GARDEN TRACKS —
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We are standing and proposing a masterplan on the ancestral lands of the Kalapuya People, many of whom are now members of The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. We pay respects to their elders past and present. Please take a moment to consider the many legacies of violence, displacement, migration, and settlement that bring us together here today. Please join us in uncovering such truths and considering the importance of acknowledgement as foundational to all design. URBAN GARDEN TRACKS —
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The Project Team
Peter Olson
Audrey Rycewicz
(he/him)
Delaney Hopen
(she/her)
Rosie Yerke (she/her)
(she/her)
Josh Ramos (he/him)
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THE GREEN NEW DEAL The Green New Deal is a congressional resolution of the United States that aims to address climate change and economic inequality through an investment in clean-energy jobs and green infrastructure, with the goal of eliminating all U.S. carbon emissions by 2050.
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5 The Green New Deal Superstudio Our Proposal Urban Garden Tracks Project Statement 12 Why Urban Agriculture? Water Quality & Quantity Disaster Preparedness Pollinator Decline Food Insecurity Urban Agriculture Over Time 21 Green Infrastructure Tools Recreation Water Catchment Pollinator Plots Organic Agriculture
33 Spatial Analysis Low Income/Access Area Map Accessibility Map Soil Quality Map Site Selection Site Analysis Matrix 48 Master Plan Urban Garden Tracks Site Phasing Site Typologies Implementation: The App 63 Site Design Site 3 & Site 9 84 Masterplan Impacts 91 Sources URBAN GARDEN TRACKS —
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OUR PROPOSAL
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URBAN GARDEN TRACKS Our community garden network leverages the unique attributes of urban garden sites, the technology of green infrastructure, and the power of community involvement to create more sustainable, equitable, and resilient communities.
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The Amazon Creek Basin For this project, we’ve selected the lower Amazon creek watershed, Set loosely within the Eugene, OR urban boundary, to serve as the base for developing our urban garden tracks master plan.
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OUR STATEMENT
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WHY URBAN AGRICULTURE?
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Water Quality & Quantity
Disaster Preparedness
Pollinator Decline
Food Insecurity
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Water Quality & Quantity
Disaster Preparedness Community Resiliency is the ability of individuals and neighborhoods to support each other before, during, and after a disaster or crisis, strengthening community ties and relationships and developing holistic support systems. In the age of COVID, these statistics are becoming even more stark. URBAN GARDEN TRACKS — 15
Pollinator Decline
19% OF BUTTERFLIES IN THE U.S. ARE AT RISK OF EXTINCTION.
1/3 OF THE BITES OF FOOD WE EAT ARE THE RESULT OF ANIMAL ASSISTED POLLINATION.
27% OF MASON BEES ARE AT RISK OF EXTINCTION.
50% OF LEAF CUTTER BEES ARE AT RISK OF EXTINCTION. 28% OF BUMBLE BEE SPECIES ARE AT RISK OF EXTINCTION.
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Food Insecurity 13% of Eugene lives below poverty line. 1 in 7 Oregonians are food insecure. 1 in 5 children are food insecure.
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“City parks pay for themselves in wellness, because we have to pay for emergency rooms... we pay for it as a society, whether or not we do it specifically but that’s where our tax money goes. They figured out that if people are healthier it pays for itself, all we are doing is changing the aesthetic of the park to be a productive landscape instead, it’s just a landscape typology shift.” Harper Keeler
Director, University of Oregon Urban Farm Program
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GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE TOOLS
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Rain Garden Planting Palette
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Supported planting palette for the Willamette Valley
Supported planting palette for the Willamette Valley
Shaded Areas
Sunny Area
Organic Agriculture
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SPATIAL ANALYSIS
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SITE SELECTION The Data Ranking System
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Site Analysis Outcomes
Site Analysis Outcomes
MASTERPLAN
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We imagine this framework being used an educational resource, where community members, schools groups, and even tourists, can visit the gardens, volunteer, sign up for space, and ultimately engage with the important issues we outlined earlier in a productive manner. Each site has a distinguishing typology, food & nutrition, earth systems, water cycle, or pollinators and habitat, and incorporates the relevant green infrastructure technology to address the underlying issue. And together, these four distinct gardens are a micro framework for addressing all of the problems we outlined earlier.
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Phasing can already being in the watershed. Currently, there are four community gardens in Eugene. Already there’s an opportunity to create a network of these four typologies and to directly engage with the challenges presented by climate change. It’s important for people to see the work the community is doing and get inspired and get involved, whether there or in their own communities.
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IMPLEMENTATION
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THE DIGITAL APP Introducing “Urban Garden Tracks,” an electronic, app-based urban agricultural guide. Building community resiliency through citizen engagement, green infrastructure, and resource mapping.
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Garden Locator • Locate urban gardens near you. • Join a community garden in your neighborhood. • Sort gardens by their typology.
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Safe Route Assistance • View safe route instructions for walking and biking between sites. • Sign in to view projected paths and time estimates along an entire garden track.
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Master Gardener Hotline • Chat with volunteer Master Gardeners for assistance with your garden plot. • Get connected with resources to improve your growing capacities and knowledge.
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Planting Calendar • Log on to view a suggested planting calendar for your region. • Tailor your garden plot to your interests and preferences.
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SITE DESIGN
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Flow Diagram
Plan View
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SITE 3 IMPACTS
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SITE 9 DESIGN
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MASTERPLAN IMPACTS
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Water Quality & Quantity
Disaster Preparedness
Pollinator Decline
Food Insecurity
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If 10% of rainwater from roofs on garden sites is stored, that is ~350,000 gallons of water... Enough for 8,000 familes of 4 to have emergency water for 2 weeks.
Each week, if three school groups of 30 visit each garden during the school year then every K-12 student in Eugene will have the opportunity to complete an entire garden track each year.
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If all 11 sites are developed into community gardens, we could install at least 11 new pollinator gardens helping many of Oregon’s 500 native bee species.
If 25% of the area of the proposed sites is developed into garden beds, that is an additional 1,650 garden beds in the Amazon Creek watershed. This will provide an additional 53,000 lbs of food per year for the residents of Eugene. URBAN GARDEN TRACKS — 87
We imagine Eugene’s Educational Garden Tracks being demonstration gardens for the community. Anyone can interact with the track and learn the value of water catchment, growing vegetables and supporting pollinators. They can then bring that knowledge back to their community center, school or home where the systems will repeat themselves. URBAN GARDEN TRACKS — 88
SOURCES Climate Change Graphs Info about Climate Positive Design/Pathfinder Tool Land Acknowledgement Map Disaster Prep 1 , 2 , 3
Community Resiliency 1 earthquake , 2 covid , 3 protest Demonstration Garden Slide, Water Ripple Cover & Footer Images, Copyright ©2020 Delaney Hopen
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