Project Name: UnderSpaces1 - Houston (Buffalo Bayou Promenade)
Project Type: (Choose one of the following)
1) urban planning design strategy
2) landscape design
6) architecture
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Project Mission/Goal: (Choose one of the following)
1) improve the human spirit
2) increase awareness of the environment and/or address climate change
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Project Description: (Please enter about 3 paragraphs or 500 words, whichever is less)
Designed by the SWA Group, the Buffalo Bayou Promenade “connected Houston's downtown core to the river park to the west under and through a neglected and near impossible mess of freeways and bridges, adding 23 acres of parkland to Houston's inner city. The landscape architect's early visioning and then implementation converted a trash-soaked eyesore — intimidating to pedestrians and detrimental to flood control efforts — into 3,000 linear feet of urban park that provides a prominent gateway to downtown Houston.”
Spatial detritus, infrastructure, urban parks, theatrical lighting, floods and flood control, hydrologically responsive public open spaces — combine all of them together and you've got awesome.
Text from: http://pruned.blogspot.com/2009/09/under-spaces-1.html
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http://www.swagroup.com/
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Project Details: (Please complete as applicable)
Location: Houston, Texas
Concept/Lead Architect(s)/Designer(s): SWA Group
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Year (s): xx to xx
Client: Buffalo Bayou Partnership
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Area (if applicable): 20 acres
Structural Engineers: Ken Tan and Associates
Electrical/Mechanical Engineers: Ferguson Consulting, Inc.
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