Landscape Architecture Spring 2018 Design Excellence Winners by The Design School at Arizona State University

Central Park 2.0 Strategies for creating healthy communities in underserved neighborhoods in Phoenix

Landscape architects are the leaders our cities require to address environmental injustices. As the next generation of design leaders, we must facilitate research, scholarship, and collective capacity building initiatives to advance justice for sustainability. In December 2017, residents from the Central Park neighborhood invited Valley Metro Transportation agency to our community meeting. As a landscape architecture student, I presented evidence of serious air quality problems using research from the EPA Environmental Justice reports and overlay maps of air pollution and urban heat impacts to the engineers involved with the light rail planning. We tried to explain that dating back to the early 1900s, Central Park and Central City South neighborhoods suffered severe environmental injustices, which still exist today. Bob Bolin and colleagues documented many of these disparities in his article “The Geography of Despair: Environmental Racism and the Making of South Phoenix, Arizona, USA”. There were little to no land use regulations in its early development because it was not annexed into the city until much later, most likely because of its high immigrant and African American populations. As a result, residential areas are closely mixed with heavy industrial facilities and major transportation corridors that often produce air pollution and contribute to urban heat islands. It’s a place of compounding and accumulating factors that this underserved community has to endure. Four major highways, Sky Harbor Airport, the Union Pacific Railroad were built directly through and surrounding these neighborhoods cutting them off and producing noise, excess heat, air pollution, and fugitive dust. Public investment has been lacking and in our desert environment that means little tree cover or vegetation to clean the air or provide relief from the heat. Experiencing first-hand the problems associated with poor air quality on vulnerable populations, my friend Vincent, a Central Park resident had a stroke in 2014. Last year he visited the emergency department four times claiming he could not breathe, yet has no history of respiratory disease. A longtime resident and director of the non-profit organization, Phoenix Revitalization Corporation, informed me approximately 70% of the children at Hamilton Elementary in Central City South (adjacent to several highways) were diagnosed with asthma.

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The World Health Organization recommends,

“Placing health and health equity at the heart of [city] governance and planning”, highlighting the need for integrated urban planning, transport, and housing policy.” YOUR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT & ACCESS TO RESOURCES DIRECTLY AFFECT LIFESPAN

YOUR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT & SOCIAL RESOURCES DIRECTLY AFFECT LIFESPAN

Unequitable distribution of Ecosystem Services

Zip Code vs. Genetic Code

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LITTLE SHADE TREES IN YARD OR RIGHT-OF-WAY -Little shade, more energy spent to cool home and more waste heat released -Fugitive dust (air pollution), no roots to hold soil in place -Little biodiversity or habitat for wildlife -Stormwater goes into gray infrastructure -Little cooling through evapotranspiration (after it rains) -Degraded urban habitat YEARS -No substantial tree canopy to intercept air pollution -Vulnerable populations suffer -Little connection to nature, reduces wellbeing -Homes located directly next to industry pollution Ecosystem Service Poor

Residence in North Scottsdale

YEARS

Ecosystem Service Rich

MANY SHADE TREES -Cools home, less electricity use -Water purification (retention in design) -Air purification -Erosion Control -Increased evapotranspiration -Vulnerable populations have relief (clean air, cool environment) CONNECTION TO NATURE -Pollination/Wildlife Habitat -Enhance spiritual experience -Enhance human health and wellbeing

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Green infrastructure is any practice that uses or replicates natural systems to achieve a desired outcome. Green infrastructure looks to nature for advice, restoring and replicating ecological systems to create human and ecological benefits. SITES DEFINITION

THE STACKED BENEFITS OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE • Improved water quality • Reduced municipal water use • Ground water recharge

• Lower mortality Rates

• Flood risk mitigation for small storms

•Higher self-rated health

• Reduced particulate pollution

•Lower prevalence of smoking

•Reduced air temp. in developed areas • Reduced energy use and associated with greenhouse gas emissions

• Increased or improved wildlife habitat

•Less frequent teenage pregnancy

BENEFITS OF GRAY INFRASTRUCTURE

•More social support

-Quickly moves stormwater away from city to prevent flooding

• Improved public health from reduced air

•Lower incidence of crime, including violent crime

• Cost savings

•Lower incidence of burglary

pollution and increased physical activity

• Increased recreation space

•More trust in neighbors

• Improved community aesthetics

Polluted stormwater and trash enters a drain system

•Neighborly interactions

• Increased Property Values

•Walking in park-setting improves depression

• Green jobs •Increased resilience to climate change impacts

•Positive impact on children’s well-being

such as heavier rainfalls and hotter temps.

https://www.slideshare.net/APA_Planning/health-benefits-of-green-infrastructure?from_action=save

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What if our City of Phoenix Transportation T2050 Plan supported a neighborhood green infrastructure strategy that could improve community health?

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We could prioritize green infrastructure in underserved areas with compounding challenges...

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CENTRAL PARK

START GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN CENTRAL PARK

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ENHANCE & GROW GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK TO MORE NEIGHBORHOODS

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BOTH https://www.treehugger.com/culture/get-a-green-job-greencareers-by-monstertrak.html

Cooperation observed through design elements

Neighbors work together with each other and a neighborhood landscape architect to design the rain gardens near their homes.

Neighbors work together with each other and a neighborhood landscape architect to design the rain gardens near their homes. —We learn together and inspire each other

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ELEMENTS OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE SLOW STORMWATER VELOCITY ALLOW WATER TO SOAK INTO GROUND https://www.treehugger.com/culture/get-a-green-job-greencareers-by-monstertrak.html CLEAN POLLUTANTS COOL ENVIRONMENTS FOR PEOPLE

Bioswales are vegetated, shallow, landscaped depressions designed to capture, treat, and infiltrate stormwater runoff as it moves downstram.

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They are the most effective types of green infrastructure for slowing runoff velocity and cleansing water. Bioswales have flexible siting requirements, allowing them to be integrated with medians, culdesacs, bulb outs, and other public spaces or traffic calming strategies.

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Streets and alleys work together, providing cooling, cleaning, and community cohesion Critical

4 Raise the overflow/bypass drain system approximately 6 inches above the soil surface to manage storms larger than the water quality event. + More Info

To reduce exit velocities and prevent erosion, use pretreatment exit energy dissipaters, such as rocks. + More Info

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Flow-through planters treat water by allowing runoﬀ to soak through its soil matrix and ﬁlter into an underdrain system.

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4 Raise the overflow/bypass drain system approximately 6 inches above the soil surface to manage storms larger than the water quality event. + More Info

Flow-through planters treat water by allowing runoﬀ to soak through its soil matrix and ﬁlter into an underdrain system.

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Pedestrian walking path Rain Gardens streets & alleys

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2 Utilize an underdrain system to treat overflow, or if partial inﬁltration is preferred, to convey remaining runoﬀ to the municipal sewer system.

Native plants increase biodiversity, act as a pollinator habitat, and are well-adapted to the regional climate, increasing their chances for survival.

[stormwater flows through a series of elements] Pervious pavements have multiple applications, including sidewalks, street furniture zones, and entire roadways

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Sustainable stormwater management can prove less costly than upgrading large sub-grade pipe networks, and allows for flexible, modular installation. They have an overflow that connects to the existing stormdrain system. Flow-through planters are hard-edged stormwater management facilities with an impermeable base. Appropriate for infiltration-preclusive or high-density urban areas, flow-through planters treat water by allowing runoff to soak through and absorb into its soil matrix, unabsorbed water filters into an underdrain system.

Pervious strips are long, linear landscaped areas or linear areas of pervious pavement that capture and slow runoff. Depending on the underlying subsurface soil condition, pervious strips can provide some infiltration, but to a much lesser extent than bioswales. Pervious strips offer an inexpensive initial step in urban stormwater management, but are unlikely to provide enough capacity for treatment of a street’s full water quality event. Reduce irrigation requirements of pervious strips by utilizing pervious pavements and native plants. Native landscaped areas are generally preferable because they will generate less runoff and can help mitigate the urban heat island effect. Native plants increase biodiversity, act as a pollinator habitat, and are well-adapted to the regional climate, increasing their chances for survival. Pervious pavement effectively treats, detains, and infiltrates stormwater runoff where landscape-based strategies are restricted or less desired. Pervious pavements have multiple applications, including sidewalks, street furniture zones, and entire roadways (or just their parking lane or gutter strip portions).

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Native plants increase biodiversity, act as a pollinator habitat, and are well-adapted to the regional climate, increasing their chances for survival.

2 Utilize an underdrain system to treat overflow, or if partial inﬁltration is preferred, to convey remaining runoﬀ to the municipal sewer system.

Pervious pavements have multiple applications, including sidewalks, street furniture zones,

THESE ARE PLACES FOR NEIGHBORS TO ACTIVELY USE AND ENJOY—LINEAR PARKS and entire roadways

Rain Gardens are Alligned with Central City South’s ‘Quality of Life Plan’ -PROMOTE AND EXPAND COMMUNITY GARDENS TO PROVIDE SOCIALIZATION OPPORTUNITIES -EXPAND CURRENT GARDENERS TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM INCLUDE EDIBLE LANDSCAPES TO NEW AND EXISTING HOUSES -INCORPORATE PERMACULTURE CONCEPTS INTO NEW PROJECTS GOLDEN THREADS: PRIDE-TELL AND PRESERVE OUR STORIES THROUGH PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE, THROUGH ORAL AND ART EFFORTS -INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TREES AND BEGETATION

-MULTICULTURAL PROGRAMS/EVENTS/FESTIVALS THAT CELEBRATE STORIES -INTRODUCE COMMUNITY TO NEW OR EXPANDED EXPERIENCES -POSITIVE USE OF LEISURE TIME—HEALTHIER HAPPIER NEIGHBORHOODS -JOGGING OR WALKING PATHS -INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR INTERACTION IN DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTS -TOURS AND ART WALKS -ESTABLISH A FITNESS PROGRAM TO ADDRESS HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

project low maintenance gardner beautification project video video ELEVATION ALONG ALLEY—TRANSFORMED INTO COMMUNITY SPACES mentorship program

neighbor to neighbor interactions

honor natural form & seasonality

permaculture

LDE 622: Spring 2018 Advanced Landscape Architecture Studio IV

respect existing plant groups —SOCIALIZING AND ACTIVITY structures blend

help/support

symbolic of inclusiveness

walls as as culturally culturally responsive responsive canvas canvas walls

tell & preserve preserve our stories stories

Student: Kristin Antkoviak Instructor: Paul Coseo

A space that confronts visitors with the early history of Phoenix steeped in institutional racism.

Three areas of the space communicate different elements of the inequality o f e a r l y Ph o e n i x . I n t h e s o u t h e r n portion of the site a red line cuts through the site, similar to the red markings made by the Home Owners’ L o a n C o r p o r a t i o n a c r o s s s o u t h Ph o e n i x . The lines continue outside the park t h r o u g h S o u t h Ph o e n i x , m a r k i n g t h e location of specific areas identified as “hazardous” by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, rendering inhabitants of those areas ineligible for loans. The site is divided into two portions - north and south. The bifurcation of the site with an elevation of a portion of the

north and a lowering of a portion of the south communicates the imbalance of lending practices under the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation. In the l a t e 1 9 6 0 ’s t h e F a i r H o u s i n g A c t officially outlawed issuing loans based o n e t h n i c i t y. A l a r g e m u r a l w a l l o n the north side of the site is tipped slightly to the north, representing the overcoming of the lending practices that created much of the divide between n o r t h a n d s o u t h Ph o e n i x . D e s p i t e this progress, evidence of prolonged d i s i n v e s t m e n t b y t h e c i t y o f Ph o e n i x w i t h i n S o u t h Ph o e n i x r e m a i n s , t h u s t h e w a l l c o n t i n u e s t o t e l l a s t o r y.

HOME OWNERS’ LOAN CORPORATION MAP OF PHOENIX - 1935

Downtown Phoenix

Historic Warehouse District

Residential Neighborhood

CONTEXT -

Minority pride displayed throughout Warehouse District and community to the south

SCHEMATIC SKETCHES -

Exploration of the historical influences on the Warehouse District

Railroad Tracks

1st Street

Central Ave.

1st Avenue

Buchanan Street

Lincoln Street

CONTEXT -

Site located just south of the railroad tracks, a powerful force in shaping south phoenix

SKETCH MODELS -

Ideation of ways to represent history of institutional racism into site design

Historic warehouse repurposed to display mural walls

Concrete hardscape to the north of Buchanan contrasted with the organic decomposed surface to the south of Buchanan

Plantings to the north of Buchanan more organzied than plantings to the south of Buchanan

Event space/community center for use in conjuction with large events that take place on the site

Buchanan is closed to normal traffic, instead it becomes a space for food trucks and large gatherings

Stabilized decomposed granite covers the south portion of the site

Trees across the site are well adapted to low water usage and the desert southwest

Currently cut off from visibility to the surrounding area, The Duce restaurant outdoor dining area is opened up to allow diners to interact with the park and people in the park

The Duce, a historic warehouse repurposed as a restaurant

Red lines in the pavement emmanate out from the park across South Phoenix, marking the placement of zones identified by the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation as “hazardous”

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SITE SECTION

PLAN DETAIL - Red lines transition across site

5ft

PERSPECTIVE - View west standing on Buchanan St.

ELEVATION DETAIL - Red lines transform into benches as they 0 5 ft move across the site

ELEVATION DETAIL - Mural wall tipped to the north

PERSPECTIVE - View east of wall tipped to the north

LDE 590: Spring 2018 Topic: Core Landscape Architecture Studio II

10 ft

PLAN DETAIL - The Duce outdoor dining

PERSPECTIVE - View south from 1st Street

Student: Mark Johnson Instructor: Allyce Hargrove

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Roosevelt Lake

The distinction between natural and urban space

Apache Lake Saguaro Lake

Salt River Reservation

Sky Harbor Airport Rio Salado Restoration Te m p e To w n L a k e Habitat

Canyon Lake Stewart Mountain Dam

Site

P R O J E C T

S T A T E M E N T

A deep exploration of the sonic experience of both urban and natural environments and how the two spaces live in a melodic harmony creating a framework of awareness and appreciation of site through listening.

F R E Q U E N C Y

S T U D Y

M A T E R I A L

I T E R A T I O N

Weathered Steel / Beryllium Copper

Earth

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A series of acoustic rooms develops a unique sonic experience where the river and urban environment can have a conversation, appreciating one another for their existence. VEGETATION Blue Palo Verde Catclaw Cottonwood Ironwood Mesquite Willow

MATERIAL Beryllium Copper Weathered Steel Earth

40 ft 20 ft

1 Copper organ pipes sing from vibration

Rows of copper wire bend at the touch and make noise

Interactive Entrance between bridge and ground plane

Earth berms designed like farmers furrows create space that capture and mitigate sound to create unique expereinces

10 ft

N 5 ft

Concaved weathered steel captures sound in an intimate space

N Copper bells of different gauges create sound at the touch

10 ft

Sound wall on bridge mitigates traffic noise. The copper material undulates and vibrates so the sound is carried underneath the bridge to the site.

5 ft

LDE 462: Spring 2018 Landscape Architecture IV

Student: Hunter Rand Instructor: Chingwen Cheng

THREAD

VISION Rio Salado East Gateway Park is a project focused on revitalizing a 14.8-acre patch of land along the Rio Salado at the intersection of 24th Street and E Elwood St. Through the implementation of interactive landscapes nestled in native wetland, riparian, and desert habitats, the project seeks to educate visitors, especially children, to understand the importance of sustaining healthy riparian habitat in an effort to repair the diverse ecosystem of the Rio Salado.

RIO SALADO EAST GATEWAY PARK

of species dependent on the river and how each interact with it. The educational approach comparing human, wildlife, and river interactions allows visitors a more comprehensive understanding of the complicated nature of the Rio Salado and stresses its importance as the core thread sustaining life throughout the Salt River Valley. Together, the knowledge and overall experience will encourage visitors to interact with the river itself as a portion of the story, and over time, the Rio Salado will be seen as one of the most accessible and ecologically important locations within the Salt River Valley.

The Park is composed of four semi-formalized interactive Experiences, each designed to introduce visitors to various communities

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RIO SALADO

PHOENIX SKY HARBOR I-10 24TH STREET

LIBERTY WILDLIFE

MASTERPLAN

Human Experience- How can the visitor affect the river

Riparian habitat along main swale

Pollinator Experience garden with honeycomb swings

E ELWOOD STREET

Existing concrete slab influenced waterline “docks” to encourage visitor interaction with the river

Beaver Experience habitat with play lodge and climbing structures designed for various ages

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24TH STREET

c’ E ELWOOD STREET

Informal parking lot with river access and less educational intentions

Rabbit Experience with larger than life rabbit sculptures within the landscape and an abundance of seating areas to encourage social interaction

Entry structure with sloped roof to direct rainwater into retention pond

Main parking area. Bus drop off and 40 spaces + 3 handicapped accessible spaces

Bird Experience formalized playground including nest-inspired “tree houses”, play stream access, Burrowing Owl slides, and noise features

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SCHEMATICS WETLAND AND SWALE WATERSHED

WATER LEVEL AND ACCESSIBILITY

HABITAT ZONES

Wetland Riparian

SENSE OF PLACE

CIRCULATION

Pollinator Transition

Desert scrub

BIRD EXPERIENCE

ENTRYWAY DETAIL

SECTION A-A’ RABBIT EXPERIENCE WEST ENTRANCE OFFICE SPACE

EDUCATION SPACE

10’ planter

15’ entry walk

welcome sign

rabbit play 6’ social areas sculpture walk 0

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SECTION B-B’ POLLINATOR GARDEN EXPERIENCE

Larger-than-life features allow visitors of all ages to engage in and learn about native river-sustained communities.

Permeable stabilized Stream decomposed granite pavement parking pattern

Mesquite bosque

BEAVER EXPERIENCE

4’ honeycomb lounge swings

4’ walk

4’ native desert walk wildflowers

4’ walk

swale creek

Interactive sculptures throughout the park tell stories of the importance of animal communities along the Rio Salado.

1/8”=1’-0”

SECTION C-C’ NORTH-SOUTH SITE SECTION CUT

EDUCATION + UNDERSTANDING + COMFORT = ENGAGEMENT

LDE 362: Spring 2018 Landscape Architecture II

Student: Katryn Squyres Instructor: Allyce Hargrove

40 1” = 40’-0”

D I S R U P TI N G TH E A project that urges its users to break the orderly cycle of their everyday life to experience exploration of the built environment.

CONTEXT

VISION

The site is conveniently located within walking distance of Downtown Phoenix in the historic Warehouse District.

The overall concept for this project is to demonstrate the history of Phoenix’s street grid organization and how canals, washes and railroads slice through this orderly system. These disturbances to the city’s grid are vital to its inhabitants because without the canals and railroads, the city wouldn’t be able to thrive. “Disrupting the Gird” is a project that urges its users to break the orderly cycle of their everyday life and experience something new.

This 5.2-acre urban space accomplishes this concept with public art installation space that cycles with new art regularly. Leonardo daVinci says; “Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art.” These installation spaces symbolize the positive disturbances that are essential to the vitality of humans, similar to the breaking of Phoenix’s grid.

EXPLODED AXONOMETIRC DIAGRAM

SITE PLAN

Underground Parking Entry

In addition to art, the layout of the site is organized to where the outer walkways and buildings represents a grid, and a series of paths and water features in the middle disrupt that framework. The architecture of the new restaurant and retail space includes terraced planting areas that frame the center of the site so that when you are in there, it feels like you are in a valley, influencing you to explore the contents of the space.

Trees

Hotel Turf Pool Shade Structure

Buildings

Hotel Pool Walkways

Hotel Main Entry

Grade / Water

Park Entry Water Feature Outline of Parking Structure Ramp to Roof Terraced Green Roof

2) CENTRAL WATER FEATURE

Restaurant Entry At-Grade Patio 2)

Interactive Water Feature Art Installation Plaza

Event Space / Shaded Plaza

1/8”=1’-0”

0’ 4’

8’

Shallow pool and stepping blocks is more exciting than a traditional splash pad and can be aesthetic as well as playful.

12’

Water Feature Roof-Top Patio / Green Roof Ventilation For Patio Stairwell From Parking

Updated Restaurant Patio The Duce Lawn 1/8”=1’-0”

Park Entry Water Feature

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8’

12’

3) ART SPACE

1”=30’-0” 0’-0” 15’-0” 30’-0”

1) SECTION ELEVATION Ramp to Patio

Terraced Landscape Area

Water Feature

Hotel

60’-0”

Patio / Green Roof

1/8”=1’-0”

Restaurant

0’ 4’

8’

Art installations will be placed and regularly changed to excite and interest users.

12’

Restaurant

The plaza is placed between the green terraces to give the space more of a secluded feel.

Seating Area

Underground Parking

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HUMAN COMFORT DIAGRAM

Cool air from directional winds creates air movement for a more ideal environment during warm months. Openings in the roof of this overhang allows for warm air to escape and creates more ventilation for increased human comfort.

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4) SOUTH ENTRY

“The needs for heating and cooling a structure reduce drastically due to the thermal efficiency of green roofs. Acting as natural shade and a heat-absorber for a building, a green roof can significantly reduce cooling costs by as much as 25%.” (go-gba.org).

“Shaded surfaces may be 20–45°F cooler than the peak temperatures of unshaded materials.1 Evapotranspiration, alone or in combination with shading, can help reduce peak summer temperatures by 2–9°F” (epa.gov)

Green walls enclosing the patio helps to block harsh winds in the winter.

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Water flows out of the top of the concrete blocks, cascading down the sides to create a soothing sound and block out the noise of traffic. A shallow pool of water invites people to run their hand or foot through it.

1/8”=1’-0”

LDE 362: Spring 2018 Landscape Architecture II

0’ 4’

8’

12’

Student: Maria Maurer Instructor: Kristian Kelley

PHOEBE’S CUT

CONCEPT STATEMENT

Moeur Park is to be transformed into a public bird habitat by increasing vegetation, water, and incorporating user friendly observation points for all ages. The abandoned railroad cut throughout the southwest end of the park will provide a comfortable seating and walking area for the public to relax and observe the Black Phoebe species interact within it’s natural environment. The improvements will not only increase the existing Black Phoebe’s population, but also encourage the public to use the park more often.

GOALS

- Create a natural habitat for the Black Phoebe species to thrive to it’s fullest potential. - Improve pedestrian circulation to enhance experience of the bird habitat. - Increase Black Phoebe population in Moeur Park by adding vegetation and water throughout the existing site.

Abandoned Railroad Cut (Moeur Park)...

‘ This cut was made by the Phoenix and Eastern Railroad Company line that linked Phoenix with Tempe and Mesa, and then continued along the Gila River to terminate at Winkleman.’

SITE INVENTORY

BLACK PHOEBE Saynoris Nigricans Food + Water Requirements Forages by watching from a perch and darting out to catch insects, often just above water; Fed by both parents; Beetles, grasshoppers, crickets, bugs, damselflies, dragonflies, termites, spiders, small minnows Habitat Requirements Shady streams, walled canyons, farmyards, towns; near water; Rarely found away from vicinity of water; Water ensures the availability of mud for nests; Nest is made of mud mixed with grass and weeds, lined with soft materials such as plant fibers, rootlets, hair.

SITE ANALYSIS

OPPORTUNITIES + CONSTRAINTS

‘WHAT’

‘SO-WHAT’

MASTERPLAN SCALE: 1/200” = 1’- 0”

Black Phoebe’s must have access to water in order to collect mud to build their nests

Lake View Dr

Ave e g e l l N Co

Ro y r r u C

Elevation throughout the railroad cut is the perfect height for Black Phoebe’s to build their nests and hunt for food

ntain F u o M d e R

SECTIONS Parkinsonia microphylla

SITE PLAN 1:20

Larrea tridentata

WEST - EAST Parkinsonia microphylla

30’

Olneya tesota

44’

Larrea tridentata

SOUTH - NORTH SCALE: 1/8” = 1’-0”

0’

20’

40’

16’

32’

20’

SCALE: 1/20” = 1’-0”

0’

8’

80’

SITE PLAN 1:8

PLANT PALETTE

S-N

MATERIALS

Penstemon parryi Lycium fremontii

W-E

CORTEN STEEL

Opuntia ficus-indica Larrea tridentata ADOBE (RAMMED EARTH) Parkinsonia microphylla

Olneya tesota

SCALE: 1/8” = 1’-0”

0’

8’

16’

32’

CONCRETE

LDE 262: Spring 2018 Landscape Architecture Design Fundamentals IV

Student: Kiersten Luttrell Instructor: Lora Martens