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Gerdo Aquino, President | SWA
‘Landscape infrastructure’
From Eye Sore to “A Must See”: Creating Urban Parks from Thin Air and Adding Real Estate Value
Entangled
Adaptive
GRIFFITH PARK OBSERVATORY
Only 14% of Angelenos live within ¼ mile of accessible open space
14%
Los Angeles River today
landscape infrastructure a methodology that expands the typical parameters of a
designed landscape to a multi-functional, high performance system, including those systems
originally ascribed to traditional infrastructure
Hollenbeck Park, Los Angeles
Parc Nus de la Trinitat, Spain
Cheonggyecheon- Seoul, Korea
South-to-North Water Transfer Project - P.R. China
milton street parklos angeles
Mountains Recreation and Conservation AuthorityBaldwin Hills Regional Conservancy Authority
State Coastal ConservancyCity of Los Angeles
SWA Landscape Architecture and Urban DesignPSOMAS Engineering
7 miles
Project location
40ac sub-watershed1.2ac linear park
Katy TrailDallas
Friends of the Katy TrailCity of Dallas
SWA landscape architecture and urban designThe Office of Chris Miller
Oracle EngineeringHossley Lighting
James Richards, artist
300,000 Residents within a mile of the trail
30 acres3.5 miles
15 community access points and growing
Infill development at intersections and along the edges has increased
Separate bicycle and pedestrian paths provide safe and enjoyable experiences
The Katy Trail attracts more than 15,000 walkers, cyclists, skaters and runners weekly. That’s 720,000 users a year.
720,000
The trail integrates new plazas and small pocket parks
Katy Trail Survey Results (9/2011)- The Users* 1.38% use the trail after work.2.83% of users felt very safe or somewhat safe due to the number of people using the trail and the proximity of homes and businesses
3.50% of responders would financially support the continued expansion of the trail into other neighborhoods
*source: Friends of the Katy Trail
Key Areas of the Annual maintenance and operations budget for the 3.5 mile Katy Trail $112,000 – landscape and maintenance of the trail$25,000- Security$20,000- Electricity$3,000- irrigation and drinking water$2,400- Dog waste bags______________________________________
$162,400**$400,000 total annual operations budget paid by The Friends of the Katy Trail (source: Friends of the Katy Trail)
Annual events like the Katy 5K Run, hosted by Friends of the Katy Trail, raises money to help pay for the maintenance and operations of the trail. This year’s event raised over
$140,000 (roughly 35% of the annual budget).
buffalo bayou promenade
Houston
Buffalo Bayou PartnershipCity of Houston
SWA landscape architecture / community outreachUnited Engineers
L’Obervatoire Intl lighting designFugro South, geotechnical
Ken Tan, structural
Downtown Houston, the Buffalo Bayou and freeway infrastructure
During flood
Buffalo Bayou Promenade
Gerdo Aquino, President | SWA
‘Landscape infrastructure’
From Eye Sore to “A Must See”: Creating Urban Parks from Thin Air and Adding Real Estate Value