The Mississippi coast community is still rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina with more residents and businesses coming back everyday. It has been quite the struggle to get families back in safe and sustainable homes to rebuild their lives from, but homes are only a part of what makes a community. As families come back they also need the things that make them feel apart of a community. Neighborhood parks serve as vital gathering points for the community. They give families and neighbors a place to play, talk, and have family events and community meetings.
Architecture for Humanity Austin partnering with Hands On Gulf Coast and the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio has developed a proposal to improve a neighborhood park in Biloxi, Mississippi that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Over the course of 7 months of design workshops and collaboration AfH Austin volunteers have developed a master plan for the park which includes a musical play-scape, native plant garden, additional seating for the recently built KABOOM playground, and sports playing field. These new features coupled with the repair of an existing shade structure make this park an essential feature of the East Biloxi community.
AfH Austin submits this proposal for future consideration in the development of the Dorris C Busch Park to serve the East Biloxi community.
Biloxi Busch Park
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Doris C. Busch Park 645 Esters Blvd.
Biloxi, Mississippi United States
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Project posted by nicjoslin
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Project Details
NAME: Biloxi Busch Park
PROJECT LEAD: Architecture for Humanity Austin Chapter
LOCATION: Doris C. Busch Park, Biloxi, Mississippi, United States
START DATE: June 17, 2008
CURRENT PHASE: Design development
COST: $1200 USD (Estimated)
SIZE: 120 sq. ft
PROJECT TYPE: Landscapes/Parks/Outdoor Spaces, Public Space/Gathering Space
PROJECT LEAD: Architecture for Humanity Austin Chapter
LOCATION: Doris C. Busch Park, Biloxi, Mississippi, United States
START DATE: June 17, 2008
CURRENT PHASE: Design development
COST: $1200 USD (Estimated)
SIZE: 120 sq. ft
PROJECT TYPE: Landscapes/Parks/Outdoor Spaces, Public Space/Gathering Space
PROJECT COORDINATOR: Nicole Joslin
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The park is Doris C Busch Park on 645 Esters Blvd., here is the park on the city website http://www.biloxi.ms.us/pr/Parks/Busch_Park.asp
All,
I was in San Antonio this weekend and got an idea for our project. San Antonio is doing lots of road construction and has stacks and stacks of jersey barriers. I did a little research and found that jersey barriers were also used temporarily in south Louisiana for erosion control.
http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/01/highway_barriers_being_used_t...
While they're quite heavy (4,000 lbs for a 10' long section), they're also virtually indestructible, and potentially fairly cheap.
http://www.discountcrowdcontrol.com/concrete-traffic-barrier-bcjb10-U/
I'm sure a large portion of the expense would be getting them to the site and placing them, but I thought it might be worth making a few phone calls and doing some research. Nicole has offered to see what she can find out while she is in Mississippi. It would be nice to recycle some old jersey barriers that are no longer acceptable for highway use. I can see using them as a bench (or bench back), surface to apply tile to, a retaining wall, or all of the above.
Let me know your thoughts.
I just got to Biloxi today and have talked a little with Jessie about our site. It turns out the city is already in the process of applying for state funding to fix the existing structures. GOOD NEWS IS we are still on this site and our funding will not be affected if we do not build an actual shade structure. We can proceed assuming the existing structure will be repaired by the city leaving us to focus on other elements of our design.
I say everyone should start focusing on elements for extending the site with seating/berms/landscaping.
Thanks, Nicole.
I was just about to post some links for this, but it looks like you beat me to it...
Zilker Park in Austin has some of the Soundplay instruments.
See ya tonight.
Davey McEathron
I was just looking around yesterday and found a few things. I went to Zilker yesterday and saw the soundplay instruments and looked at their website ... then a few of their links. Go ahead and post anything else you find! See you tonight!
Sonic Architecture has done some good soundplay projects.
http://www.sonicarchitecture.com/frm_htm.htm
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