A New Model for Large

Learning Objectives
Sustainable Planting Design: A New
Model for Large-Scale Urban Parks
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Sarah Astheimer, ASLA, James Corner Field Operations
Robert Perry, FASLA, Perry and Associates Collaborative
John Greenlee, Greenlee & Associates
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1. How to manage the process of large park planting design from
aesthetic, cultural, and environmental perspectives.
2. Understand how Sustainable Landscapes can incorporate both
native and non-native plants and muti- zone landscapes.
3. Learn effective design
g and specification
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approaches
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to relocate
large trees, establish large-scale Mediterranean meadows, and
create multistoried landscape habitats within urban
environments.
4. Explore the challenges, changes, and opportunities
encountered during construction.
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Overview
1. Characterizing Sustainable Urban Planting Design.
2. Tongva Park Case Study.
Tongva Park Case Study
3. Planting Design: Cultural Considerations.
4. Planting Design: Sustainable Landscape Considerations.
5. Specifying and Installing the Canopy Layer.
6. Specifying and Installing the Understory Layer.
7. Synthesis / Conclusions.
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SANTA MONICA PIER
TONGVA PARK6 ACRES
KEN GENSER
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1 ACRE
CITY HALL
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SUSTAINABLITY
Design Team
James Corner Field Operations, Landscape Architecture
Frederick Fisher & Partners, Architecture for Public Restroom
Buro Happold, Structural + MEP Engineering
Fuscoe Engineering, Civil Engineering
• “Sustainability” is defined as meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
(The Brundtland Commission). Sustainability is about a site’s ecology and
is also about creating an environment that supports healthy people and
communities.
• Our project aspired to balance goals of ecological restoration with goals of
g a strong
g new community
y center for the City
y of Santa Monica.
creating
HLB Lighting, Lighting Design
Fluidity Design Consulants, Water Feature Design
Perry & Associates, Horticulture
Greenlee & Associates, Horticulture
d.d. Pagano, Inc., Irrigation
Wallace Labs, Soils
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COASTAL BLUFFSAGE SCRUB
RIPARIAN COMMUNITYWESTERN SYCAMORES
OAK WOODLANDCOASTLA LIVE OAK
CHAPARRALTORREY PINES
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LOTUS LAND
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1.
OBSERVATION HILL
2.
GATHERING HILL
3.
DISCOVERY HILL
4.
GARDEN HILL
5.
KEN GENSER
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TOPOGRAPHY + HYDROLOGY
-maximize the surface area for increased water
retention and biomass addition
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-soil necessary for earthwork comes from a
reclaimed, local, sustainable source
-amend soils in place for horticultural planting
MAIN STREET
B
-swales and bio retention areas will filter runoff
and promote groundwater recharge
6+
COLORADO AVENUE
2
+8
1
+18
+0
B
B
6+
5+
PROPOSED OLYMPIC AV
VENUE
3
+5
7+
4
+4
+3
+9
3+
+4
+10
OCEAN AVENUE
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PLANTING
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DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTING
-locally adapted drought tolerant species for western
exposed edge condition
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MEADOW PLANTING
-native and locally adapted plants work with hill
topography
-bioswales at hill base
-native wildflowers offer seasonal change and
reference to iconic California Landscapes
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SPRING
FALL
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WINTER
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GARDEN PLANTING
-native and locally adapted plants work with hill
topography for maximum display
-dramatic seasonal changes
-bold and unique forms and shapes showcase
extraordinary plants
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WATER BAY
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Planting Design: Sustainable
Landscape Considerations.
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MENTAL MAP
SURCHARGE
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Specifying and Installing the
Canopy Layer.
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TREE RELOCATION
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TREE RELOCATION
FOUR (4) FOREST TYPES
-system approach to planting design
-four native / appropriately adapted plant groups
identified to work with existing site micro
climactic conditions, lessening the amount of soil
amendment and water resources needed to
maintain plantings.
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SYCAMORE MIX
WESTERN SYCAMORE MIX
MEDITERRANEAN PINE
MIX
FICUS GROVE- REUSE
EXISTING TREES
MEDITERRANEAN OAK MIX
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PINE MIX
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OAK + OLIVE MIX
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FIG + FICUS MIX (EXG.)
A DIVERSE CANOPY
-a wide range of different species exist within each
forest group
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SPECIMENS-NAKED CORAL TREE
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SPECIMENS-STRAWBERRY TREE
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Specifying and Installing the
Understory Layer.
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PLANTING
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Tongva Park + Ken Genser
Square
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