GENERAL DESIGNASLA HoNoRS AwARD 2011

GROWING FUN (CTION)Instructor: Lucinda R. Sanders Site: Philadelphia, USA

2011 ASLA

Honor Awards

2011

SchoolPublic MarketsCommunity AgricultureCommunity Center

Forest Park LoFt-styLe aPartments neighborhood

Fishing- WoodShopping- ConcreteBiking- Wood, StoneBoating-WoodDining picnic-Lawn

LawnWoodlandMeadow

RiparianForest

Light industriaL neighborhood Low-rise aPartment neighborhood eco-Park

Fabrication warehouseStudio spaceManufacturingCorporation / Light industry Commericial Office

WetlandMeadowRiparianForest

generaL designasLa honors award 2011

GROWING FUN (CTION)Instructor: Lucinda R. Sanders Site: Philadelphia, USA

site Located aLong the banks oF deLaware river, PhiLadeLPhia. Project’s goaL is to buiLd the understanding oF estabLishment oF a cLear, robust territoriaL Framework vision For the entirety oF the Project area and Find out the PossibLe soLution to mitigate the sea LeveL rise issue and trying to deveLoP the abiLity to make eFFective contributions to urban design ProbLems.the Park design Focused on the richmond Portion oF deLaware river, a vastLy under-utiLized waterFront, aLong with its contiguous neighborhood, oFFers great PotentiaL For a new mixed-use deveLoPment that wiLL incLude a major residentiaL deveLoPment combining existing buiLdings and new construction.

Community play yard& Materials:Vegetation:

1"=8'cistern For PLant watering

wetLand terraces

PondwaterFowL habitatmain cistern For reuse water

PLay yard running Lawn woodLandswater inFiLtration road

a-a section

3

stormwater inFiLtra-tion PiPe

woodLandswater inFiLtration road

running biking Pathwood deck

main cistern For reuse waterPier

isLandsbridge

PondwaterFowL habitat

b-b section1"=8'

isLands aLong the waterFront

stone Layer water FiLtration

recreation PLacesconnected by wood decks

a-a section

exchanges oF toPogra-Phy

2-graduaLLy dePosited

3-terrain eLevation aPPear

4-terrain begin to mitigate

Phasing oF growing wetLands

isLandsgrowing

SchoolPublic MarketsCommunity AgricultureCommunity Center

Loft-style apartments Neighborhood

Light Industrial Neighborhood

Low-rise apartment Neighborhood

Eco-Park

Fabrication warehouseStudio spaceManufacturingCorporation / Light industry Commericial Office

Forest

Riparian

Wetland

Meadow

Wetland

Woodland

Riparian

Biking and Beach

Fishing stakeBoating dock

Dining picnic lawnChildern play yard KeyPark Redline

RetailGrocery storeCommunity facilities

PLan

1.Forest Park-Collect water from up areas-As the green buffer to mitigate noise-Recreational place for communities

2. Community Bridge not allow vehicle3. Center park

4. Hill -base on existing condition-as the high point to diverge water infiltration

5. Wood deck-Biking-Running path-Beach

6. Fore Bay-Dissipates velocity-Removes small litter-Drop sediments

7. Swale-Sediment removal-Phosphates-Removes metals-Floodplain infiltration

8.Detention/Recharge-Detains water-Releases slowly-Runoff storage-Removes sediments-Captures nutrients-Groundwater recharge

9.Wetland-Sediment removal-Removes nutrients-Removes metals-Community pleasure

10. Islands-Sea level rise buffer-Water infiltration center-Creation of wetland-Recreation area for future

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Playyard

HigHway

Green Corridor

Dense WooDlanDs

Building typology

Blocks

Community green

ConneCtive landsCape tissue

Wetlands

Water infiltration path

Islands

Layers

ProPosed scheme incLudes the overaLL PLan For the entire community site and docking FaciLity, visitor’s center, boat Launching ramP, ecoLogicaL Park, and nature traiLs.

ABOVE PIERS

NEAR PIERS

ON PIERS

reconstructed Pier combine with the isLands wouLd not onLy identiFy the strategy For sea LeveL rise ProbLem but more on Providing the oPen sPaces For the adjacent neighborhood and have the creation oF a riParian corridor that incorPorates many oF the best Features

the comParison between the existing Pier and aFter ProPosed Pier with the isLands For creating the wetLands and oPen sPaces.