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An Atlanta Beltline Design Proposal by Marina MathesonTRANSCRIPT
Marina Matheson
Boulevard Crossing ParkBy
Marina Matheson
Course Instructor: Professor DavisClient: Beltline Inc.
A Senior Design ProjectPresented to the School of Environmental Design
College of Environment and DesignUniversity of Georgia
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
Athens, GeorgiaSpring 2012
INDEX
Executive SummaryIntroduction Context Subarea 3 Master Plan Site Photos Site Location Map Site Inventory Site AnalysisDesign Concepts One Two Master Plan Site Plan Section-Elevations Site Details Planting PlanImplementation Grading Plan Staking Plan Construction Details
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYBoulevard Crossing Park is a 22 acre greenspace project located in Atlanta, Georgia along the loop of the Beltline. South of Grant Park at the intersection of Boulevard and Englewood Avenue, the project is a sustainable park redsign featuring natural processes and spaces. The park is to serve as a hub of activity linking numerous trails and corridors, creating nodes of social and environmental engagement with the general pubic.
INTRODUCTION Boulevard Crossing Park is an effort of the Atlanta BeltLine Inc., proposal to increase greenspace in the city of Atlanta by forming a connected linear system that will become one of the nation’s great regional parks. Using the Emerald Necklace in Boston as precendence, the redisgn of Boulevard Crossing Park opens opportunities for mixed-usecommunities, streetscapes and local economic and transit oriented development.
CONTEXTThe context map displays the boundaries of the future Boulevard Crossing Park within Subarea 3 of the BeltLine and relative to existing parks within this section, including Grant Park and Chosewood Park. It shows the location of the proposed BeltLine trail and reveals opportunities for connectivity between the green spaces in Subarea 3 to each other and to sorrounding neighborhoods.
SITE PHOTOS
SITE INVENTORYGIS Composite Map
Elevations range on this site from a low of 880’ to a high of 1000’ above sea level. The land has been havily manipulated over time, at some point in thime every portion of the nearly 22 acres has been considerably disturbed. Along Englewood Avenue five different industrial/commercial facillities had been constructed, each of which has impressed a significant footprint on the land, creating several plateaus within the site that could be utilized in such a way as to limit earth moving or helpt to seperate dissimilar uses within the new park.
FUTURE TRANSIT STOP
BELTLINE
FUTURE MULTIFAMILY HIGH DENSITY
FUTURE MULTIFAMILY HIGH DENSITY
EXISTING PARK PLAY FIELDS
VIEWS TODOWNTOWN ATLANTA
STEEPSLOPE
VALLEY
FUTURE TRANSIT STOP
FUTURE TRANSIT STOP
FUTURE TUNNEL
EXISTING ROADS
ENGELWOOD
BOULEVARD
WATERFLOW
EXISTING TREECOVER
PROPOSED ROAD+TRAIL
PROPOSED ROAD
STEEPSLOPE
STEEPSLOPE
NORTH
SITE ANALYSIS
CONCEPTS The city of Atlanta is an urban jungle whose citizens battle sky scrapers and automobile traffic on a daily basis. Hot and muggy summers claim the year march through november, as an explosion of vegetation bursts from every seam leaving Atlanta a city of trees. Boulevard Crossing Park is to be a garden of respite along the bustling Beltline. An oasis for the urban dweller, the park should flow seamlessly with the city becoming a small wonderland hidden within the chaos of the metropolis.
BELTLINE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING
SCHUYLER STREET
BOULEVARD AVENUE:2 LANES @ 11’BIKE LANE 5‘SIDEWALK 6’ WEST SIDE, 5’ EAST SIDEPLANTING 4’ WEST SIDE, 2’ EAST SIENO PARKINGMEDIAN
ENGELWOOD AVENUE:2 LANES @ 11’BIKE LANE 5‘SIDEWALK 10’PLANTING 5’PARKING ONE SIE 7’-6”MEDIAN 12’
GREENWAY
COMMUNITY GATEWAYCOMMUNITY GATEWAY
ARBORETUM GATEWAY
TRANSIT STATION
NOTES:
EDGES OF PARK ARE HARD WHILE THE CENTER IS SOFT.
INTERCONNECTED PROGRAM ELEMENTS
LIKE A PUZZLE
NUMEROUS SMALL ROOMS GEOMETRICFOREST
WETLAND
DOG PARK
CLIFFS
ROLLING LAWN
POND
BASKETBALL COURTS
WOODLANDZEN
GARDEN
FITNESS WOODS
SKATEPARKPLAZAPLAYGROUNDFOUNTAIN
CONCEPT 1 THE CIRCUIT BOARD
BELTLINE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING
SCHUYLER STREET
BOULEVARD AVENUE:2 LANES @ 11’BIKE LANE 5‘SIDEWALK 6’ WEST SIDE, 5’ EAST SIDEPLANTING 4’ WEST SIDE, 2’ EAST SIENO PARKINGMEDIAN
ENGELWOOD AVENUE:2 LANES @ 11’BIKE LANE 5‘SIDEWALK 10’PLANTING 5’PARKING ONE SIE 7’-6”MEDIAN 12’
GREENWAY
COMMUNITY GATEWAYCOMMUNITY GATEWAY
ARBORETUM GATEWAY
TRANSIT STATION
CONCEPT 2THE EYE OF THE STORM
ROLLING MEADOW
VALLEY
BAMBOO AURICULAR GROVE
BATTLE FIELD PLAZA
COOLING MOAT
FARM FIELD
NOTES:
THE EDGES OF THE PARK ARE FLUFFY “WIL-DERNESS” TO CONTRAST SHARPLY AGAINST THE HARDSCAPE OF THE NEW BUILT ENVI-RONMENT. THE CORE OF THE PARK IS HARD.
STRONG MINIMAL ELEMENTS CREATE AN ETHEREAL SPACE...LIKE THE CALM OF THE EYE OF THE STORM
THIS PARK ENGAGES THE PUBLIC IN A SEN-SORY EXPERIENCE APART FROM THE NORMAL URBAN SCAPE
MASTER PLAN
The design for this master plan draws inspiration from the classical forms of Olmstead & Vaux and the funky geometry of Burle Marx. Combining hard and soft edges, the park emerges from the sorrounding neighborhood in a culmination of stark forms uniting with luscious native woods.The park is a series of rooms, each one evoking a different experience for the visitor. A mixture of english pastoral scenes intermingle with sequences of formality,creating a dynamic placefor a diversity of people to enjoy.
Known as the Golden Cliffs, this limestone behemoth shimmers and sparkles all day to the delight of metropolitan visitors.
The Bamboo Forest takes the visitor on a transcendental experience, leaving the stress of the city far behind. A calm, ethereal lake lives in the heart of the forest, soothing the minds of the many who stop here to ponder and breathe.
The Cherry Blossom Lawn is a tranquil spot for families to enjoy spending time together.
The Stairway to Heaven, covers the grade connecting the urban neighbor-hoods from the Beltline with the Great Lawn of the park.
SITE PLAN
The experience of the park is to be one of pleasure. All five senses of the mind and body engage when entering the park. There are numerous entrances and features, all unique and dynamic spaces evoking different characters and moods. Small courtyards dote the perimeter, creating confined nooks with multiple textures, walls, vertical changes and views. Deeper in the park, the structure of the urban organism slowly melts, giving way to tree lines, ravines, alleys and a pond. Wild woods, a refuge for the wildlife living in the confines of society, protect the meadows and wetlands from the torrential downpours and outbursts of the city. Big and small lawns with places to rest and picnic abound. Animal lovers will enjoy exercising their dogs in the fragrant wildflower meadow, an elixir of life.
Cherry Blossom LawnDog ParkMeadow
Pond
Bamboo Forest
Basket Ball CourtGoldenCliffs
Pond
SECTION-ELEVATION
A
A
B
B
C
C
D
D
PLANT PALETTE
The plant palette reflects local native and adapted species of trees, grasses and flowers. Native varieties of flora educate visitors as they become familiar with regional varieties.The planting plan intends to create an environment which reflects the natural order of the Piedmont.
Key Quan(ty Common Name Botanical Name Size SpacingPS 16 Flowering Cherry Prunus sp. 1.5" cal 20'GB 4 Gingko Gingko biloba 2" cal as shownCV 6 White Fringetree Chionanthus virginicus 2" cal as shownCC 6 Blue Beech Carpinus caroliniana 2" cal as shownSA 7 Sassafras Sassafras albidum 2" cal as shownMS 5 Saucer Magnolia Magnolia soulangiana 2"cal as shownBD 10617 sf Buffalo Grass Buchloe dactyloides seedsZJ 13214 sf Velvet Grass Zoysia japonica seedsMM 24753 sf Wildflower Mix Asclepias tuberosa seeds
Chamaecrista fasciculataCoreopsis lanceolataEchinacea purpureaEryngium yuccifoliumGaillardia pulchellaIpomopsis rubraLiatris spicataLupinus perennisMondarda citriodoraPhlox DrummondiiRaGbida columnarisRudbeckia amplexicaulisRudbeckia hirtaSalvia coccineaTradescanGa ohiensis
PLANTING PLAN
(16) PS
(4) GB
(6) CV
(6) CC
(7) SA
(5) MS
BD
ZJ
WM
GRADING PLANAlthough heavily altered throughouthistory, the new proposed contours intend to mimic natural landforms and movement, blending seamlessly within the existing fabric of the Piedmont.
P.O.B
STAKING PLANHardscapes
P.O.B
Trails
P.O.B
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
SOIL
GEOTEXTILEFABRICCOMPACTEDAGGREGATE
CONSTRUCTIONRUBBLE FILL
BOULDERS
POND ISLAND
WATER LEVEL
Pond IslandNTS
POND HABITAT
6"
24" 12"
WATER LEVEL
SMOOTHPEBBLES
SOIL
CUSHION
COMPACTCLAY
MARSH GRASSES
WATER LILLIES
Pond HabitatNTS
(LINER)
(LINER)
BATTER
HEIGHT
18"
2'
BONDSTONES
4" PERF.PIPE DRAIN
COMPACTEDAGGREGATE
CONCRETEFOOTER
6"
BONDSTONES
12"
HEIGHT
BATTER
BATTER 2" FOREVERY 1 FOOTOF HEIGHT
BACKFILL ANDCOMPACT
FIT STONESTIGHTLY
NOTES
DRY WALL
Dry WallNTS
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