Construction on Anderson Road has begun, which features the first green street to be built in Damascus, Oregon. This one block, 600 linear foot project, will serve as a demonstration project for future sustainable infrastructure projects planned for the future. This project incorporates stormwater planter boxes, stormwater swale, pervious asphalt and permeable pavers into its design.
Come join us at George Rogers Park in Lake Oswego, this Saturday, July 24th at 10:00am to celebrate the unveiling of a new Interpretive Kiosk for the Oswego Iron Furnace and the dedication of the Gerber Memorial Garden. GreenWorks provided design services for the Gerber Memorial Garden, the Interpretive Kiosk, and the flagstone plaza surrounding the restored Oswego Iron Furnace.
Construction continues on Pendleton's new Riverfront Plaza designed by GreenWorks. The Plaza is expected to be complete this September to celebrate the 100th annual Pendleton Round-Up.
The goal of this project was to replace residential properties along the Umatilla River Greenway Trail that had been purchased by the City to produce a park connection from Court Avenue to the Greenway Trail.
GreenWorks’ design for this park focused on providing a strong connection from Court Avenue and the neighborhood to the River Parkway trail located on an elevated levee on the northern edge of the park; and developing an urban park facing Court Avenue that provided for passive recreation uses and festival activities.
Park elements included trees, native landscaping adjacent to the Greenway, paved courtyard area, ramps and stair connections to the Greenway trail and decorative native stone walls that were also utilized at Westgate Intersection Gateway to the Court Avenue improvements together.
This project was done in partnership with the City of Pendleton staff and required coordination with ODOT and USA COE.
The City of Pendleton gathered last month to unveil the new Let'er Buck Statue designed by Austin Barton. The statue is in the heart of the new Pendleton Centennial Plaza which GreenWorks designed. GreenWorks worked with City Staff and the Pendleton Round-Up Association to design major improvements to the Plaza on a short time-frame to enable completed construction by the 2010 Pendleton Round-Up. Let'er Buck commemorates the 100th Anniversary of the Pendleton Round-Up. The City hosted a parade, unveiling ceremony, and activities at the Round-Up Grounds and nearby Roy Raley Park to celebrate the new statue. GreenWorks' Principal Mike Faha was in Pendleton to catch the unveiling and share the celebration with the Pendleton community.
Earlier this month developer Shorenstein Properties unveiled Portland's newest downtown office building, First & Main. GreenWorks took part in this $100 million, 15-story office tower in the downtown Portland core with views of the waterfront as well as downtown open spaces. Slated for LEED-Gold, this tower offers unique amenities, including a large- bike hub, as well a 13,000 s.f. of extensive ecoroof and a 15,000 square foot rooftop terrace. Both of these amenities work to achieve the stormwater management strategies, as well as provide habitat, reduce heat island effect, and provide a pleasant place to relax for office workers. Included in the terrace is a large open plaza zone, looping pathway for exercise, and large planters with a range of lush vegetation. Acting as an oasis in the city, these spaces add to the sustainability and marketability of this high-profile project which includes highly-efficient irrigation, quality materials, and innovative design.
GreenWorks worked with David Evans & Associates and Waterleaf Architects in providing conceptual planning and design for the redevelopment of TriMet's Light Rail station at East 188th Street in the Rockwood neighborhood of Gresham, Oregon. A neighborhood in transition, Rockwood is part of Gresham's first Urban Renewal Area. Station redesign focused on attracting redevelopment in the area through improvements to the 188th and East Burnside intersection, expanded access and capacity of the stations, pedestrian-oriented facilities, user safety, visibility and CPTED (Crime Prevention through Environmental Design) design. The station design exceeded the local stormwater requirements and incorporated infiltration planters adjacent to the platforms as a terminus for the platforms. The approved design incorporated significant redevelopment of the transit platforms, shelters, trackways, signage, landscape plantings and other features. Final presentation drawings and perspective sketches were prepared and presented to the Urban Renewal Commission.
A recent Daily Journal of Commerce article highlights this project and its design components, construction for the station begins this month. The full article is posted on the DJC website and can be seen by clicking the link below:
A recent Natural Homes Magazine article highlights the top 10 Green Built Neighborhoods in the nation, including Salem's Pringle Creek Community. As part of an interdisciplinary team, GreenWorks implemented a wide range of project objectives related to sustainable site design in Pringle Creek. GreenWorks design responsibilities included: collaboration on greenstreet design; design of rain gardens; public recreational spaces; the Village Green open space; pedestrian / pathway network; woonerfs; greenway enhancement; and overall landscape treatment. The project was awarded the Land Development of the Year Award in 2007 from the National Home Builder's Association.
"10. Pringle Creek (Salem, Oregon): mixed-use community with walkable neighborhoods, two restored greenhouses, and careful water planning and rainwater management."
See the full article and slide show from Natural Home of America's Top 10 Green-Built Neighborhoods or check it out in the upcoming the May/June 2010 issue.
GreenWorks was thrilled to see the first two pieces of public art installed last week as part of the Kenton Neighborhood streetscape revitalization project. There will be seven total benches that incorporate art into their design located along the four block commercial district of Kenton in north Portland as part of these improvements. The art benches were designed in collaboration with local artist Mauricio Saldana and feature a granite pilaster on one end with sculptural reliefs depicting neighborhood icons past and present. The goal of this project is to revitalize this historic commercial district by making streetscape improvements to the sidewalks, street and the creation of a gateway into the district. GreenWork’s and SERA Architects were design partners on this project and developed the new schematic concept design of the street, which features widened sidewalks, new street trees, ornamental street lighting, stormwater planters, accent paving and bike lanes. This project will also implement a new paving technique called ultra thin white topping in the vehicular zones. The Portland Development Commission and the Portland Office of Transportation, along with a Citizen Advisory Committee, were the key partners leading this project.
We are excited to see the work completed soon!
Cape Horn Trail is an eight mile trail in Skamania County located twenty six miles east of Vancouver, WA to which the Forest Service is currently making improvements. The existing trail has two at grade crossings where hikers and horse back riders traverse heavily traveled State Route 14. To improve safety for trail users, the Forest Service and WASH DOT are constructing pedestrian underpass tunnels at these two crossings. GreenWorks’ role in the project was to develop schematic designs for the tunnel entrances and provide construction design drawings for the tunnel fascias, which included stone wall construction, custom metal guardrail fence design and planting design around the entrances. The design of the tunnel fascias uses locally quarried Columbia River Basalt to form walls that are in accord with other examples of historic basalt stone work in the Columbia Gorge.
This GreenWorks project was featured in the Oregonian discussing the coming changes, click the link below to see the full article:
http://blog.oregonlive.com/terryrichard/2010/02/cape_horn_will_get_a_forest_se.html
GreenWorks recently completed work on a rain garden plan and landscaping additions, implementing "green technology" around a new Canby Cinema. Read more below in this article by John Baker of the Canby Herald.
Walking slowly around the new Canby Cinema 8, it’s easy to miss the “green” feel that runs throughout the facility.
But don’t be fooled. Turning rainwater into something more than a puddle took planning, commitment and a willingness to go state-of-the-art. Turns out, the “green street project” at the cinema delivered. Matilda Deas, project planner for the city, said the idea to “go green” came about through some other projects she’s working on for the city — transportation system plan update, subdivision design standards and park planning.
“What has happened is that the city has very little piped sites and has dealt with dry wells in the past,” said Deas. “Well, DEQ is not incredibly happy with dry wells. We’ve known for a long time we needed to be looking at alternatives. Through a lot of discussion and research, we found that green streets and rain gardens are well establishedthat the DEQ likes them. “When the cinema project came up, we thought this would be a wonderful opportunity to do a demonstration site for what we could do in the commercial realm,” Deas added.
With that, Deas and the city approached Greenworks Landscape Architecture of Portland about what might be possible in and around the cinema.
Working with the city’s public works department and Director Dwayne Barnes, Greenworks came up with an innovative plan to create a rain garden and other landscaping additions that put rainwater to use rather than let it sit around and pool up. Landscaping around the theater was going green.
“Our goal was to improve the drainage of our city streets by using green technology,” Barnes explained, “rather than rely on dry wells or surface water sources. We’re really happy it turned out so well. A lot of it was just kind of a vision at first — it’s kind of our pilot project.”
Barnes agreed with Deas, saying many of the green street techniques used in this project will show up in future design models for Canby.
“We’re kind of excited,” said Deas. “We’ve got the rain garden and some things in the parking lot and all kinds of plants to absorb the water. It’s a brand new concept for us, but not one that’s been untested — it’s kind of state-of-the-art that works.”
The design incorporates channels cut into the curbs that direct water to the growth features — the rain garden.
Using 25,000 square feet of pervious pavers will allow detention and percolation of rain water in the parking lot, rather than become a big pool of water.
“This slows the water down so it doesn’t flood,” said Deas. “It’s very cool. It’s just a fantastic project and if it hadn’t been for the very supportive work of the public works department, we wouldn’t have been able to do it. Kudos to Dwayne Barnes and his department.”
For Barnes’ department, the maintenance will be nothing out of the ordinary. For the pervious pavers, the public works department will have to use a mechanical sweeper to keep the leaves and debris cleared off the pavers.
Along Second Street, Barnes said the water will come right off the street into the rain garden where it will drain into 18 inches of soil and then hit a rock area covered by fabric. From there, it simply leeches into the soil.
The city’s new street sweeper will keep leaves and other debris from fouling the drainage to the rain garden. They’ll also need to maintain the gardens with regular cleanup, but all-in-all, the green street project won’t require a lot of extra upkeep.
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