A Look into our Sketchbook
Green Infrastructure/Complete Streets Demonstration Integrated into West Union’s Downtown
© Conservation Design Forum
Project Features
- District wide heating and cooling system (DHCS)
- Integrated snow and ice melt system
- Porous, interlocking unit pavers in streets and sidewalk area
- Complete street- safe and pleasant for walking and bicycling
- Traffic calming measures, including speed tables, curb extensions, and mid-block crosswalks
- Increased handicap accessibility, including accessible parking stalls and ramps to individual businesses
- Bioswales and rain gardens planted with native and adapted Iowa grasses and flowers
- Street tree plantings using native Iowa tree species
- Night-sky, energy-efficient LED and mercury vapor lighting system
- Public art- integration of local arts and crafts into street architecture
- Informative, beautiful signage
- Increase of economic vitality by bringing green investment to the community
Location: West Union, Iowa
Client: City of West Union, Iowa
Team:
Conservation Design Forum, team lead, landscape architecture, ecological engineering
TeKippe Engineering, civil engineering, surveying
IBC Engineering, renewable energy systems, snow/ice melt system
Iowa Department of Economic Development, funded visioning, grant application, and other costs
Affordable Homes in a Healthy Neighborhood Redevelopment
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© Visualized Concepts
Woodlawn Center South is the first-phase redevelopment of the Grove Park Plaza subsidized housing complex, located in Chicago’s historic Woodlawn neighborhood.Project Features
- Redevelopment of two at-risk housing parcels for multi-family housing.
- Use of energy-efficient building utilities
- Native & adapted plantings to provide 4-season interest.
- Plant selection to provide nature-based play environments.
- Expose flow of rainwater from rooftop down into the planting soil.
- Filtering of Total Suspended Solids using amended soils in Bioretention Planters & Infiltration Areas.
- 100% of Rainwater managed on-site, up to a 100-year rain event
- Green Job training in building deconstruction for community residents.
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Client: Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH)
Team:
Landon Bone Baker Architects, team lead, architect
Conservation Design Forum, landscape architect, water resource engineer
Prism Engineering, civil engineer
Matrix Engineering Corporation, structural engineer
RTM & Associates, M/E/P engineer
Healthy, Locally Grown Food is the Focus of Future Planned Interpretive Farm in Mequon
© Conservation Design Forum
The Ozaukee Washington Land Trust, the City of Mequon and the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center are developing a new type of food-based interpretive/recreational facility as part of the 1 square mile Mequon Nature Preserve.
Project Features
- Preservation and adaptive re-use of historic farm buildings
- Access to local produce and locally made products
- Creation of agritourism initiatives
- Demonstration of restorative agriculture
- Examples of new, sustainable farm-based enterprises
- Trailhead for regional trail system
- Nature based play spaces
- Sustainable site and environmental education
- Intensive agriculture plots for rent
- Authentic experience that reflects Mequon’s cultural heritage
Location: Mequon, Wisconsin
Client: Ozaukee Washington Land Trust, Inc.
Team:
Conservation Design Forum, team lead, master planning
Michael Fields Institute, Sustainable Agriculture
Stauss Architects, Architecture
Caerulean, Creative Design
Forest Agriculture Enterprises, Agroforestry
Workshop 303, LEED