Khunamokwst Park Opening Date

Khunamokwst Park is set to open this Saturday, April 25th! You can find more information here. Head on over this weekend and check it out!

GreenWorks Presents Portland EXPO Stormwater Wall to Oregon APWA

GreenWorks hosted a Water Resources Committee Meeting for the Oregon Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA) on April 9th. For this event, Mike Faha and Shawn Kummer presented The Portland EXPO Stormwater Wall project that was designed by GreenWorks and constructed last fall 2014. Click on the link provided below for additional information about the project. /blog/2014/10/06/portland-expo-center-stormwater-green-wall-grand-opening

Nature-Based Play in the Press

Check out the links below to see the most recent articles about our exciting nature-based play area projects around Portland!

This Metro Parent article includes a map of nature play areas in the Portland metro region and stars 8 GreenWorks projects: The All-Natural Playground

The Oregonian on Marshall Park: Q&A: Creator of 'Children at Nature Play' signs hopes to get more kids outdoors

Landscape Architecture Magazine on Westmoreland: Go Wild, Oregon Child

Lloyd Center Plaza Design Gains Portland Design Commission Approval

The design for a new pedestrian entrance plaza to the Lloyd Center Mall from Multnomah Boulevard, developed by Waterleaf Architects and GreenWorks, was approved by the Portland Design Commission on Thursday April 2nd. This project, by mall owner Cypress Equities, is envisioned as the first step to transforming the mall to have a more outward focus to the neighborhood and the community. This bold new connection to the interior of the mall adjacent to the west side of Macy’s is made possible by the removal of a section of parking deck and existing mall building to a create a 50 foot wide by 250 foot long open plaza space. The plaza has been designed to be a flexible event space for programming opportunities such as outdoor dining, food vending, small events and festival displays. A new defining feature of the interior of the mall will be a grand spiral staircase, visible through a glass curtain wall at the north end of the plaza. Construction of the project is scheduled to begin January 2016.

Gill Williams, PLA, ASLA Joins GreenWorks

Gill Williams recently joined GreenWorks as a Principal of the firm. Gill has 24 years of professional landscape architecture experience focused on open space projects, natural areas and public parks, urban redevelopment, and transit-related design. His knowledge of the construction industry, methods and materials gives him the insight to develop creative solutions that are buildable and cost effective. He teams across disciplines to forge holistic, sustainable solutions to complex problems with longevity and durability as priorities. Many of Gill’s projects have required extensive public involvement process where he excels at facilitating a meaningful dialogue to positively influence projects that respond to the needs and goals of the public and project stakeholders. Private and public sector clients alike have cited his proficiency and straightforward approach to project management and construction documentation. We are excited to have Gill join our team!

GreenWorks Hosts Students from University of Oregon

 

On January 30th, GreenWorks hosted four college students from the University of Oregon as part of the 22nd Annual Shadow Mentor Day, an event organized by the Department of Landscape Architecture, Student ASLA and ASLA Oregon. The students spent part of the day with GreenWork’s staffers-Michael Corrente, Ben Johnson, Shawn Kummer, and Robin Moodie-who each gave presentations about the effort and commitment behind a variety of project types, as well as providing insight into the role professionals’ play in marketing efforts. After a casual Q and A lunch with GreenWorks staff, the students toured a few recent and past projects giving the students a broad overview of the Landscape Architecture profession.

Independence Parks Master Plan

GreenWorks has been working with the City of Independence to update their Parks and Open Space Master Plan. The plan will examine the changing recreational needs of the larger, more diverse population while also incorporating modern recreational trends. The update will also develop a new list of goals and tasks to ensure that the City can provide for the future recreational needs of the community. Two public open houses have been held to engage the community in determining future park and open space needs.

Lloyd Center Redevelopment Project

GreenWorks is currently working with Waterleaf Architects on an extensive redevelopment project of the Lloyd Center Mall that is being undertaken by Cypress Equities, the management company for Lloyd Center. A significant part of the project includes the creation of a new pedestrian gateway plaza entrance into the heart of the shopping center from NE Multnomah Blvd, located on the south/central side of the mall. A portion of the existing parking deck/garage and existing mall building west of Macy’s will be carved away in order to create the new open air pedestrian plaza that will provide a stronger connection to the mall. One of the signature project elements features a 700 square foot green wall forming a prominent edge along the plaza entry. Interior renovation improvements are also being undertaken as part of this project, which includes a dramatic spiral staircase at the new entry visible through the glass curtain wall at the north end of the new plaza. Improvements to three other entrances were completed in fall 2014. Design of this phase of the project is nearing completion and construction is to be completed by fall 2015. The artistic rendering, courtesy of Waterleaf, shows a view looking north into the new plaza and mall entrance.

Green Innovations from Portland BES

Portland Bureau of Environmental Services has created a video about green innovations within the city. You can check out the video on their website or below.

Allen Creek Soccer Complex

GreenWorks is working on the Master Plan for Allen Creek Soccer Complex in Grant Pass with the Ausland Group and DA Hogan. The complex includes several synthetic soccer fields, a multipurpose field that will transition between little league baseball and soccer, parking, pathways, open flexible lawn, and flexible park spaces that could be a playground and/or basketball court. The goals of the project are to provide the City with recreational space for organized league sports, have the ability to host tournaments, and provide the community with neighborhood park amenities.