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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Media Center
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Roof Garden
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CONCEPT The Stormwater Park will be a place that celebrates vital elements for our lives, such as water, sunshine, wind, and wildlife. Our Stormwater Management Facilities, Rain Gardens, Constructed Wetlands, and Green Roofs will serve as habitats for wildlife, as well as providing opportunities for people to enjoy those natural elements throughout the site.
Biology Pond
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PROGRAM:
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Constructed Wetland
Rain Gardens, Constructed Wetlands, Green Roof (Roof Garden), Outdoor Seating Areas, Library Media Center, Reflective Pools with Fountains, Pedestrian Walkways, and Complete Street Treatments.
DESCRIPTIONS: Rudbeckia subtomentosa
RAIN GARDEN
CONSTRUCTED WETLAND
Juncus effusus
GREEN PARKING LOT Juliana St.
Bioswale Area
Pedestrian Cross Walk Art
Parallel Parking
Access to Green Alley
Bioswale Area
Scirpus cyperinus
Asclepias incarnata
allium schoenoprasum
ROOF GARDEN
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Mimulus lewisii
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Overflow Pipe Planting Mix 6” Perforated ABS Pipe
Geotextile Fabric Liner Amended Soil Crushed Limestone
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N CONCEPT The Green Parking Lot will have vagetated buffers with bioswales. It will filter the stormwater runoff in the parking lot and remove pollution, reduce surface runoff, and reduce heat island effect, as well as screen the parking from Juliana St. and the green alley.
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Carex comosa
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Eleocharis palustris
talinum paniculatum
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Seating Area
Gaultheria procumbens
Bike Lane Art
Sagittaria latifolia
thymus praecox
4%
Materials BIO SWALE
Brick Pavement
Parking lot Access
Parking spots(x28)
festuca gautieri
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Aster dumosus
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Aster ericoides
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Aquilegia canadensis
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Materials
Pool & Fountain
Our Stormwater Park will consist of Water Terraces, a Rain Garden Park and a Library Media Center. Our Rain Gardens which face the Community Garden and the Outdoor Café, will invite people to the Library Media Center and Water Terraces. Along Rain Gardens and Constructed Wetlands, we want to create a sense of place in people, so they can enjoy the sound of water splashing and flowing. All Stormwater runoff will be filtered and cleaned through the Rain Gardens and Constructed Wetlands. It will eventually be collected into the lowest Reflective Pool in the last Water Terrace. It will be a place for children and people of all ages to explore and play with clean water and fountains. Native wetland species will be inserted into all the Storm Water Management Facilities and they will provide habitats for native species and create opportunities for people to enjoy nature.
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Wood Deck
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Rain Gardens
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KITCHEN GARDEN & OUTDOOR CAFE Kitchen Garden
Stone Pavement
Rain Garden
Green Roof
Outdoor Seating
Flower Rack
Cafe Shop
Bioretention
N CONCEPT-Recovery of Health, Community and Life This design was indoor and outdoor places equipped with accessible paths that wind throughout, creating a network of dynamic interactive communal spaces for residents. Places that are full of rich sensory sights, smells, sounds and full of life…to keep people coming back and spending more of their life outside reconnecting with people and nature.
Rain Garden
Outdoor Seating
PROGRAM: Indoor and Outdoor Cafe, Rain Gardens, Kitchen Garden
DESCRIPTION: It will be an important social space and outdoor recreational center for residents in Parkersburg, which leads people’s sight to Stormwater Park by paths. The kitchen garden and outdoor seating enhance the communication between people, which will also encourages ecological education for all ages. This design is integrated with nature by providing green roofs, rain garden and surrounding Kitchen Garden. It can reduce the temperature surrounding buildings and storm water runoff.
Materials
Umbrella Table
Kitchen Garden
GREEN ALLEY & 6th ST
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N CONCEPT A place with a strong identity that draws people in and on history and region.
PROGRAM: Bioretention, Biking and Walking Paths, Active and Passive Recreation
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Geotextile Fabric Liner Planter Wall Amended Soil Crushed Limestone
The 6th Street(pedestrian promenade) will serve as a pathway connecting the Market to Ann Street, and could be lined with cafes, stormwater park and alleyway. Brick pavements and public art can be installed to restore the history on this part of the road while bringing an identity and enhancing the characteristics of Parkersbug. Outdoor seating on 6th street and alleyway will be gathering places for the residents and visitors, It will enhance communication between people.