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4. Clippership Wharf
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Clippership Wharf replaces two abandoned wharves along Boston's
waterfront with 475 apartments and condominiums in four buildings
designed to meet the city's Climate Ready Boston initiative. All dwelling
units are placed above the 100-year flood level, and flood barriers
can deploy to protect ground-floor retail spaces, entryways, and parking.
The Architectural Team of Chelsea, Massachusetts, designed the
complex for the local office of Lendlease. Local landscape architect
Halvorson | Tighe & Bond Studio removed a portion of existing seawall
to make way for a terraced shoreline with salt marsh grasses and
reclaimed granite that dissipate waves and storm surges.
A retention area accommodates rising seawater and filters stormwater
before it reaches the harbor. The site includes wildlife habitats,
a stretch of the city's Harborwalk linear park, a dog park, an amphitheater,
sculptures, and a kayak launch. A raised wooden boardwalk
provides safe access along the waterfront. The restored shoreline
affords views through the site and restores public access to the water.
Clippership Wharf was completed in 2021.
5. Dale Hodges Park
CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA
In 2010, the city of Calgary acquired a former gravel-mining pit along the
Bow River with the goal of restoring the natural habitat. The restoration
also granted the opportunity to filter rain and snow runoff from more
than 4,200 acres (1,700 ha) of upstream residential areas. The team of
Calgary-based O2 Planning & Design, Sans façon for Watershed+, and
Source2Source, and the Calgary office of AECOM made the treatment of
water visible as it moves toward the river.
Stormwater first passes into a clarifying pond, then flows through
streams to marshes, wet meadows, riparian areas, and a restored
outlet stream. The process removes half of all sediment. Walking and
cycling trails curve through the park, linked by elevated, crisscrossing
boardwalks. Native species include dogwood and willow trees. The park
opened in 2019.
6. Josey Lake Park
CYPRESS, TEXAS
Part of the master-planned community of Bridgeland, Josey Lake Park
serves primarily as a stormwater detention and conveyance system,
but it also contains a variety of ecosystems and opportunities for recreation.
Houston-based landscape architecture firm Clark Condon placed
wetlands, native prairie grasslands, and reforested areas at appropriate
flood-level elevations along the sloping site, providing habitats for fish,
animals, birds, and amphibians.
Concrete boardwalks allow people to stroll along the wetlands and
connect to trails within Bridgeland as well as regional trails and nearby
communities. Interpretive signage gives information about the park's
ecosystems and sustainable strategies. Overland Partners of San Antonio,
Texas, wove a number of structures into the landscape, such as a
birding tower, a boathouse, and a central pavilion with an event lawn
and infrastructure for food trucks and vendors. The park also offers a
playground and an amphitheater. Howard Hughes Corporation, headquartered
in The Woodlands, Texas, was the developer for the park,
completed in 2018.
SPRING 2022
URBAN LAND
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ANGUS MACKENZIE
MIKE MCCURDY; MCCURDY MEDIA, CYPRESS, TEXAS
ED WONSEK
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