Pringle Creek Community Pervious Pavement

This sustainable housing and mixed-use, 32-acre project spearheaded the redevelopment of the 275-acre former Fairview Training Center site in southeast Salem. The project incorporates sustainable design concepts for both the building types and the public infrastructure. As part of an interdisciplinary team, GreenWorks implemented a wide range of project objectives related to sustainable site design.  GreenWorks  design responsibilities included: collaboration on design of green streets and 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.

Tualatin Nyberg Interchange (Interstate 5)

GreenWorks created a master plan for the interior Interstate 5 corridor through the City of Tualatin. The first phase of this involved a comprehensive opportunities and constraints analysis, that identified target areas and potential scope of improvements throughout the corridor. This led to the design of a master plan that provides the conceptual view of long-term and short-term landscape improvements, as well as potential costs. The master plan was approved by Tualatin, as well as regional ODOT staff for compliance to recommended plant species and overall maintenance regimes. The master plan provides guidance for future landscape improvements, opportunities for public-private partnerships, and overall consistency of subsequent projects.

The second phase involves the development of a more detailed design of landscape improvements for the Nyberg Road Interchange (phase one). This expansive interchange is currently underutilized and offers the opportunity to become the visible gateway to the City of Tualatin. Design challenges involved working with ODOT for maintenance access and planting apporpriateness made easy through pre-review of the master plan in the first project phase. Since the majority of users for the interchange are in fast traveling vehicles, we developed 3D modeling and photomontage design solutions to represent the user experience at speed. This greatly improved the overall communication of design intent. After developing and refining a number of possible solutions with the project team, including Tualatin and review by ODOT, a preferred alternative was created, and construction documents were prepared.

Washington Way Bridge

The Washington Way Bridge replacement project replaced an existing 66 foot wide, five-lane, timber-structure bridge that spans 160 feet, crossing over Lake Sacajawea in Longview’s historic Lake Sacajawea Park. GreenWorks worked with a team of engineers to provide architectural design input for a new concrete bridge that complements the historic character of the park and meets better safety needs with wider sidewalks and enhanced lighting. GreenWorks also provided architectural renderings of the proposed bridge design and additional graphic support for two public open houses to solicit public input. Architectural elements considered in the design of the bridge included railing design, layout of ornamental lighting, bridge materials and finishes, and bridge span and pier types. Planting design of the landscape adjacent to the new bridge included plant and tree species consistent within the context of Lake Sacajawea Park.

Oregon Zoo Stormwater Retrofit

GreenWorks developed a Stormwater Retrofit Master Plan for the Oregon Zoo at the request of the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services in partnership with the Oregon Zoo. The Oregon Zoo is one of Oregon’s top tourist attractions and is ideally suited for public education related to environmentally-responsible and sustainable site design. Subsequently, GreenWorks was contracted by METRO to implement parking lot and Greenstreet improvements, at this major tourist attraction, to treat and detain surface runoff, provides public education and creates aesthetic improvements. GreenWorks was part of a design / build team to implement strategies that included stormwater filtration for street runoff and flow-through stormwater planters for parking lot runoff treatment. The project was funded by an EPA grant.

Gabriel Park Water Quality Project

The Fanno Creek watershed is heavily impacted by urbanization. Urban streams are suffering from increasing impervious surfacing that results in increased runoff and higher stream velocities. Gabriel Park is symptomatic of these factors: swales have become unsafe gullies; forest groundcover vegetation is absent; park lawns have become severely compacted through overuse and provide little infiltration. The Vermont Tributary of Fanno Creek, which runs through the park has been severely impacted by those factors. GreenWorks developed several concepts to improve water quality for surface runoff in the park and presented these to three neighborhood groups. We provided schematic designs for various stormwater mitigation options, including: a wet pond/marsh treatment system; forest ground-floor revegetation; biofiltration swales; and creation of a wet meadow. GreenWorks provided final design and bidding documents.

Clackamas Head Start Facilities

GreenWorks developed a Site Master Plan for the new Head Start Facilities in Clackamas County. Through creative treatment and handling of stormwater the Playground and Outdoor Courtyard Classroom on site create learning opportunities related to water and the environment. The Playground features a variety of outdoor activities for active play and discovery, including a play structure, tricycle track, and fossil themed sand box. The nature trail, along with raised garden beds, provides lessons in science, observation and stewardship. The Outdoor Classroom, or courtyard, focuses on connecting students with the physical properties of the water cycle; falling rain, run off as stormwater, evaporation, and transpiration. The courtyard is a place of dynamic activity highly influenced by the environment, the sun and the rain, and easily visible to students from inside the building.

Willamette Stormwater Control Pilot Program

GreenWorks was contracted by the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services to develop hand –illustrations of various stormwater facilities for a variety of Bureau uses. The illustrations included parking lot swales/infiltration facilities, courtyard infiltration facilities, rooftop disconnect infiltration facilities, and stormwater planters.

Sherman Pass Scenic Byway

GreenWorks developed a Scenic Byway Master Plan for a 32 mile long National Scenic Byway consisting of three major components: Strategy, Interpretive Guide, and Implementation Guide. The key objective was to develop a marketable identity for the Scenic Byway. We developed interpretive themes, corridor improvements and site designs for 11 major waysides, overlooks, and interpretive sites. In the preliminary stages we used GIS in creating a base map of the corridor to serve as a reference through out the project. We then developed construction drawings and specifications for implementation at several sites.

Toyota Terminal 4 Facility

GreenWorks was responsible for the landscaping and riverbank enhancement upgrades of the Toyota off-loading facility at Terminal Four. The site included new offices and support facilities. The landscape design, which was developed borrowing concepts from the Willamette River Design Notebook (which GreenWorks developed), includes perimeter screening, two parking lots, and 4,800 linear feet of Willamette riverbank restructuring and re-vegetation. Ninety thousand square feet of asphalt was removed from the Willamette River floodplain to accommodate the new riverbank plantings. GreenWorks planned for and used 100% native plantings throughout the site. Roughly 500 new trees, and 11,000 shrubs were planted for the riverbank re-vegetation. This project achieved a Gold LEED® rating from the United States Green Building Council given for the incorporation of environmentally sustainable processes and materials in 2005 and the Salmon-Safe Certification Award in 2006.

Cape Horn Trail

Cape Horn Trail is an eight-mile trail in Skamania County located twenty-six miles east of Vancouver, WA. GreenWorks is providing services for the US Forest Service for improvements to an existing trail, which has two at grade crossings where hikers and horseback riders traverse the heavily traveled State Route 14. To improve safety for trail users, the Forest Service and WSDOT are constructing pedestrian underpass tunnels at these two crossings. GreenWorks developed schematic designs for the tunnel entrances and provided construction design drawings for the tunnel fascias, which include stonewall construction, custom metal guardrail fencing design and planting design around the entrances. The design of the tunnel fascias incorporate locally quarried Columbia River Basalt to form walls that echo other examples of historic basalt stone work in the Columbia Gorge.

Gresham - Springwater Trail Spur

GreenWorks assisted the City of Gresham with the design of the Springwater Spur Trail project, part of the Phase One of the Main City Park Master Plan. The trail completed a significant connection between the existing Springwater Trail and Downtown Gresham through the popular 21.6-acre Main City Park. GreenWorks helped to ensure the design met the provisions of the grants and funding requirements by OPRD, ODOT and Metro. The Spur was designed as an ADA accessible, multi-use trail for pedestrians, bicycles, service and emergency vehicles. The design of the Springwater Trail Spur supports the City’s goals for sustainability by incorporating stormwater quality facilities to treat trail run-off and existing parking lot facilities that were formerly untreated. Associated features of the project include gateway design elements, landscaping, model stormwater management facilities, irrigation, lighting and trail signage. Finally, the Springwater Trail Spur created a sense of place by incorporating a new trailhead and prominent gateway feature at the south end of the trail where it abuts the Springwater Trail.

Mt. Rainier National Park Paradise Visitor Center

GreenWorks provided site planning and design services for the Paradise Historic Landmark District in Mount Rainier National Park.  In addition to participating in a Cultural Landscape Workshop and contributing to the Cultural Landscape Report, we assisted in the siting and design of a new 15,000 square foot Visitor Center, site plazas and trailheads.  We also evaluated the possibility of future alternative modes of transportation within the National Park.  GreenWorks prepared construction documents for all pedestrian amenities and site features in the area, including restoration of native alpine meadows.

Mill and Midland Parks Master Plans

GreenWorks worked with Portland Parks and Recreation on the Master Plans for Mill Park and Midland Park in Southeast Portland.  The two parks are in a concurrent process due to their close proximity to each other and are in ethnically diverse and low income neighborhoods. The team participated in a unique public outreach approach with PP&R to increase the City’s efforts to involve and receive feedback from community members that have historically been underrepresented during the public process. Greenworks aided by attending focus meetings with community leaders and preparing graphics that are very clear with translations in Vietnamese and Spanish. The Master Plan was finalized at the end of 2017.

Wilsonville Memorial Park Green Infrastructure Retrofit

GreenWorks worked with Wallis Engineering on the redesign of the parking lot located in the lower portion of Memorial Park for the City of Wilsonville in Oregon. A concept plan was completed and posted on the City’s website as part of an online open house to solicit public comments. To see the concept plan and learn more information about the project, click on this link.

Trillium Creek Park

Trillium Creek Park will be the first substantial neighborhood park developed in the City of Damascus. The park is within the City limits but is in the jurisdiction of North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District (NCPRD). The process included a successful open house series to inform the public of the park project, solicit feedback on desired program elements, and select options for a preferred design. We received feedback on program elements in the first open house where community members could weigh in on items they thought the park should have, the top priorities included a playground, picnic shelter, and sports court. We presented three design options with varying layouts of the preferred program elements in the second open house to understand park layouts the neighborhood preferred. The final Concept Plan incorporated the desired elements in an elegant layout to preserve open space in the small one acre park

Simpson Pavilion

As a sub to Opsis, GreenWorks provided services to Bend Parks and Recreation District (BPRD) for the conversion of a former 3.25 acre parking lot into a new open-air pavilion that will house an Olympic-standard ice rink in the winter and numerous activities such as tennis, basketball, and concerts in the summer.

The site was redeveloped with an iconic pavilion structure, support facilities, a courtyard green, and flexible lawn spaces adjacent to the pavilion for community events.

Per BPRD’s direction, several Low Impact Development (LID) techniques were incorporated. For stormwater management, LID alternatives such as infiltration swales and galleries throughout the site for stormwater collection were provided. Other LID options include providing ample bicycle access, bicycle parking, and pedestrian connectivity. The project was completed in 2015.

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AM Kennedy Park

AM Kennedy Park is a neighborhood park off of Beaverton Hillsdale HWY in Beaverton in the Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation District (THPRD). A 2008 Park Bond provided the funds for THPRD to move forward with upgrades to AM Kennedy Park  including a full-sized adult, sports field and support amenities including community gardens, playgrounds, gathering areas, and pedestrian trails. GreenWorks developed a plan to accommodate amenities while minimizing impacts to the park’s riparian and native tree groves. In order to support the field parking, a foot bridge, and temporary restrooms are planned for the site with connections to offsite parking. A footbridge is planned to bridge the floodway and wetland while providing access from the parking lot. GreenWorks provided plans for upgrading the following amenities: play equipment, picnic areas, pathways, small foot bridge, drinking fountains, park furniture, open grass areas, natural areas, landscape restoration and buffers, and irrigation.

Kenton Denver Avenue

Portland’s first green main street, the Denver Avenue Green Street extends along the four-block historic Kenton business district in north Portland. The initial phase of the streetscape design developed an overall concept for the street section, including the widening of sidewalks, addition of bike lanes, and the restructuring of existing parking, drive lanes and medians. The design developed through input from a Citizen Advisory Committee, a Technical Advisory Committee, and with extensive public involvement at open house meetings. GreenWorks, as part of a multi-disciplinary team, prepared an overall street layout for the corridor that defined paving patterns, materials, street trees, site furniture, ornamental light fixtures, and the design of gateways at either end of the corridor. An important component was the integration of green street stormwater solutions within the right-of-way. This project was completed on time and on budget.

Our initial design work moved successfully into a constructed streetscape project in 2010 with GreenWorks providing construction documentation led by the Portland Bureau of Transportation. As a main street and ODOT-designated freight route, we successfully integrated sustainable design with main street design to create a vibrant streetscape. Long suffering from a high storefront vacancy rate, the Kenton downtown now has experienced a boom in new businesses and its local economy.

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“And now in 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic and the attendant economic crisis have walloped businesses, communities, and Main Streets across the nation, Denver Avenue is again going through a transformation. The Kenton Business Association, working closely with Portland’s Bureau of Transportation and Salazar Architect, have created #DenverAvePlaza – prioritizing parts of the roadway for outdoor commerce, dining, displays, and socially-distanced gathering. While the new plaza has gone through a couple of changes, the Business Association reports that “what has not changed is our determination to make the Plaza in whatever shape as safe and as enjoyable a space as possible.” This latest iteration of Denver Avenue clearly emphasizes the importance that public space has for us even in these hardest of times (and even if Paul Bunyan has to wear a mask).”

- SERA Architects, Summer 2020

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Lloyd Center Holladay Park Entrance

Visualizations by Atomic Sky, designs by Waterleaf Architecture and GreenWorks

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 enhanced access to the shopping center through improved and new pedestrian entryways, as well as an activated edge along the busy Multnomah Street and stronger connections to the community.

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. 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.

Improvements to three other entrances were completed in fall 2014. Construction of the project is underway.

Images courtesy of Waterleaf Architecture and Atomic Sky

Mt. Scott Creek Restoration

GreenWorks and Inter-Fluve recently helped Clackamas County Water Environment Services prepare an application for METRO’s Nature in Neighborhoods Capital Grants Program. This lower section of Mt. Scott Creek has been characterized as a high-priority for instream restoration of rearing habitat for Coho and Steelhead Trout. The requested funds would finance enhancement the installation of large woody debris within the creek channel to increase ecological functions and diversity in the creek for fish habitat. The project also included enhancement of the confluence of Mt. Scott Creek and Camas Creek and installation of two public education overlooks to increase watershed health awareness and provide community stewardship.