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the problem 2000 3.2 million
development fragments these habitats and creates patches...
like this
40%
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population increase in 15 years
2015 4.5 million
like this
13%
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development
DAYS SPENT 100 DEGREES+
1913
animals once could roam freely between major habitats...
2030 6.3 million
48
143
1989
METRO PHX
100+ DEGREE DAYS
39%
DAYS SPENT 100 DEGREES+
100+ DEGREE DAYS
goals for solution
connect to the ecological system
connect (wo)man with nature
create a sense of community
educate
innovate
the plan
LID TOOLS
GREENFIELD NURSERY
RETENTION BASIN
site plan
LE
1
1 sports fields | park 2 interpretive trails
GILBERT ROAD
CISTERN & GREEN ROOF
ACTIVE RESTORATION
HI RO AD
2
3 visitor’s center | trailhead 4 green street 5 cafe AT THE FALLS
7 4
6 natural sonoran desert habitat and revegitation 7 new underpass for trail
3
8 5
6
8 parking
MCDOWELL ROAD
9 naturalized canalscape
permeable paving
9 LOOP 202
SOUTH CANAL
50’ 100’
CURB CUT & VEGETATED SWALE
200’ 300’
THE FALLS
SPORTS FIELDS
SITE ENLARGEMENT
site ENLARGEMENT
1
1
5
4
1 CAFE WITH LOOKOUT PATIO
1 sports fields
2 NATURALIZED WATERFALL
2 STEEL BRIDGE FROM ROAD
3 LOOKOUT BRIDGE 4 STEEL VIEWING BRIDGE 5 NATURALIZED CANALWAY
2 3
6
5 8 6
6 SITTING OBSERVATION AREA 7 RIVER LIKE SLOPESCAPE
7
3 PARK SPACE 4 DECOMPOSED GRANITE PARKING 5 TRACK | WALKWAY
2
6 PERMEABLE WALKWAY 7 PERIMETER RETAINING WALL
9 3
8 GABION ENCLOSED PLANTERS
7 4
10’
9 NATIVE REVEGETATION
40’ 20’
60’
40’ 20’
80’
THE FALLS
SECTION
SPORTS FIELDS
40’ 20’
TRAIL
RETENTION
TRACK PLANTER WALKWAY PARK WALKWAY
SPORTS FIELDS
PLANTER TRACK
RETENTION
CANAL
OVERLOOK BRIDGE
WATERFALL
VIEWING BRIDGE
NATURALIZED CANAL
SECTION
30’
80’
big picture active restoration project national park system nationAL forest service tribal land
state parks
master plan NETWORK
REGIONAL NETWORK our site lies directly in the way of a path between two of the larger habitat areas around the valley whose linkage has been fragmented by the development of metro phoenix. our site therefore acts as a patch in this greater network and green infrastructure system.
salt river reservation
echo canyon
tonto national forest
highlighted on the paso verde master plan is the canal network. our site plays a large role in this particular network, and although the new site has its own set of goals, it still follows goals and objectives set in the paso verde masterplan.
usery mountain regional park
scottsdale
papago park
apache junction
tempe
south mountain preserve
gilbert
the riparian preserve at water ranch
chandler
Main Park Strip Secondary Park Strip 50 year connecting trail Canal Parkway
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MILES
Canal Trail
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combined
2
Main Street Important Nodes
Parks
Golf Courses
Natural Areas
Disturbed Areas
Salt River
the falls who are we helping?
JACKRABBIT
LESSER LONG NOSE BAT
KANGAROO RAT
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD ELF OWL
MONARCH BUTTERFLY CACTUS WREN
LDE 461: Fall 2015 Landscape Architecture III
Students: Tanner Christensen, Francisco Rosales Instructor: Paul Coseo