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7. Pacific Plaza
DALLAS, TEXAS
With the help of a public/private partnership between the city of
Dallas and the nonprofit Parks for Downtown Dallas foundation,
a parking lot ringed by high-rises has been transformed into a
3.7-acre (1.5 ha) park. The SWA Group's Dallas office introduced
a grade change to provide a sense of separation from the streets
around it. A curving limestone seat wall winds throughout the
park, which includes a low-water native grass lawn, a playground,
144 new trees, and bike stations.
At the southwest corner, local design studio HKS LINE (Laboratory
for INtensive Exploration) created an elliptical pavilion of
stainless steel, serving as a beacon and embodying the site's
earlier railroad history with Morse Code perforations spelling out
local stops along the Texas and Pacific Railroad. Removal of a
stretch of thoroughfare allowed the site to connect to a shady
nearby grove of 23 mature live oaks. The park opened in 2019.
8. Sankt Kjelds Square and Bryggervangen
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
The roundabout at Sankt Kjelds Square had long been a gray
asphalt landscape. As part of a climate initiative, the municipality
of Copenhagen decided to revamp the square and Bryggervangen,
one of the roads leading to the square, to relieve the overloaded
sewer system. Local landscape architecture firm SLA replaced paving
with greenery, including more than 580 new trees with a variety of
local species such as plum and walnut trees. Trees and rain gardens
capture and filter stormwater, with any excess piped to the
nearby Port of Copenhagen.
Paths for pedestrians and bicyclists snake through the vegetation.
Outdoor seating areas and benches give people spaces where they
can socialize and relax. Large, overturned dead trees serve as naturally
appealing climbing structures for children as well as providing
homes and sustenance for insects and other wildlife. The park was
completed in 2019.
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