from eye sore to a must see: creating urban parks from thin air and adding real estate value (gerdo...
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Gerdo Aquino, President | SWA
‘Landscape infrastructure’
From Eye Sore to “A Must See”: Creating Urban Parks from Thin Air and Adding Real Estate Value
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Entangled
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Adaptive
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GRIFFITH PARK OBSERVATORY
Only 14% of Angelenos live within ¼ mile of accessible open space
14%
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Los Angeles River today
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landscape infrastructure a methodology that expands the typical parameters of a
designed landscape to a multi-functional, high performance system, including those systems
originally ascribed to traditional infrastructure
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Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles
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Parc Nus de la Trinitat, Spain
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Cheonggyecheon- Seoul, Korea
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South-to-North Water Transfer Project - P.R. China
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milton street parklos angeles
Mountains Recreation and Conservation AuthorityBaldwin Hills Regional Conservancy Authority
State Coastal ConservancyCity of Los Angeles
SWA Landscape Architecture and Urban DesignPSOMAS Engineering
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7 miles
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Project location
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40ac sub-watershed1.2ac linear park
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Katy TrailDallas
Friends of the Katy TrailCity of Dallas
SWA landscape architecture and urban designThe Office of Chris Miller
Oracle EngineeringHossley Lighting
James Richards, artist
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300,000 Residents within a mile of the trail
30 acres3.5 miles
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15 community access points and growing
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Infill development at intersections and along the edges has increased
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Separate bicycle and pedestrian paths provide safe and enjoyable experiences
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The Katy Trail attracts more than 15,000 walkers, cyclists, skaters and runners weekly. That’s 720,000 users a year.
720,000
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The trail integrates new plazas and small pocket parks
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Katy Trail Survey Results (9/2011)- The Users* 1.38% use the trail after work.2.83% of users felt very safe or somewhat safe due to the number of people using the trail and the proximity of homes and businesses
3.50% of responders would financially support the continued expansion of the trail into other neighborhoods
*source: Friends of the Katy Trail
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Key Areas of the Annual maintenance and operations budget for the 3.5 mile Katy Trail $112,000 – landscape and maintenance of the trail$25,000- Security$20,000- Electricity$3,000- irrigation and drinking water$2,400- Dog waste bags______________________________________
$162,400**$400,000 total annual operations budget paid by The Friends of the Katy Trail (source: Friends of the Katy Trail)
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Annual events like the Katy 5K Run, hosted by Friends of the Katy Trail, raises money to help pay for the maintenance and operations of the trail. This year’s event raised over
$140,000 (roughly 35% of the annual budget).
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buffalo bayou promenade
Houston
Buffalo Bayou PartnershipCity of Houston
SWA landscape architecture / community outreachUnited Engineers
L’Obervatoire Intl lighting designFugro South, geotechnical
Ken Tan, structural
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Downtown Houston, the Buffalo Bayou and freeway infrastructure
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During flood
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Buffalo Bayou Promenade
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Gerdo Aquino, President | SWA
‘Landscape infrastructure’
From Eye Sore to “A Must See”: Creating Urban Parks from Thin Air and Adding Real Estate Value