PARKERSBURG
MASTER PLAN
RETHINKING URBAN STORMWATER
PROJECT STATEMENT Currently , the city of Parkersburg has significant land use within their downtown devoted to surface parking spaces. This has left a void in open green and gathering spaces within their city , contributed to the urban heat island affect and significantly impaired water quality that enters the Ohio and little Kanawha rivers. In ordaer to help build stronger community connections , and appreciation for the environment and integrate sustainable stormwater initiatives throughout parkersburg, we shall explore connections of open pedestrian spaces that both manage and integrate green infrastructure seamlessly into the landscape.
SITE OVERVIEW
WEST VIRGINIA
GENERAL DATA Area : 12.2 sq mi Population : 31,492
SURBURB
OHA
IO RIVER
Density : 2,800.5/sq mi Climate : Humid Continental Climate
DOWNTOWN
The annual precipitation : 40.69 inches Vegetation : mixed meso- phytic forests Ecoregions: Western Allegheny Plateau
LAND USE Water Surface Green Area Business/Commercial Area Residential Area Parking
PROJECT BOUNDARY
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Pedestrian Only
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Stormwater Park
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Green Parking Lot
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Green Alley
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Kitchen Garden & Outdoor Cafe
CONCEPTUAL PLAN Riverside Park
Hospital
Residential area
Water Terraces GreenParking Rain Garden Park Media Center Post Office
Kitchen Garden Outdoor Cafe
CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS
GREEN SPACE
RAINGARDENS
CULTURAL USE
BIORETENTION
FOOD&COMMERCIAL GREEN LINKAGE
BIOSWALES
Residential area
FUNCTIONAL DESIGN
PROGRAM
WATER MANAGEMENT
Our main objective is to create places for people to gather and enhance the sense of community in the City of Parkersburg. We will have several Green Spaces where people can enjoy being outdoors. In addition, we are proposing spaces for cultural uses, restaurants, and commercial spaces. Our new design will revitalize Parkersburg, and will generate a new identity of culture, lifestyle, and healthy environment. Our design will invite people from Market Street and Ann Street, as well as visitors, towards our proposed green paths and Water Facilities.
We are proposing 1) a Stormwater Park and a Library Media Center, 2) a Green Parking lot, and a 3) Kitchen Garden & an Outdoor Cafe. The Outdoor Cafe will be the focal center of all three projects, and it will be a Node for people of all ages to gather around and encounter. We will have vintage locomotives and box cars on the abandoned railway bridge, over 6th Street, as the Library Media Center and other amenities such as computer labs, and dining. It will be a Landmark and enhance the identity of the City of Parkersburg.
We are proposing Constructed Wetlands, Rain Gardens, Bio-Retention, Bio-Swales, and Green Roofs. They will reduce the volume and pollutants of stormwater runoff before it goes into the sewer system and nearby waterways. One of functions is by capturing stormwater and diverting it to where it can be detained, infiltrated into the ground, evaporated, absorbed by plants, and/or reused. These facilities will be not only for stormwater management but also for educational purposes, as well as enjoyable urban scape.
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LARC331 FINAL PROJECT 05.02.2012 J.Chu J.Lloreda A.Hosogaki
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