Can infrastructure blend with public space?
Can sidewalks be designed to flood in an interesting way?
Thesis Questions: How can water management integrate better into our urban environments? How can water become visible and seen as a resource and process, instead of a decoration? Keihly Moore
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building walkable rain gardens, so this “planting strip� becomes valuable and functional for both people and water
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Site analysis of impervious sufaces
planting strip buffer 17,768 sf 0.41 acres 11,076 gallons
of water runoff from 1” rainfall
parking lots 271,392 sf 6.23 acres 169,173 gallons
of water runoff from 1” rainfall
building rooftops 140,150 sf 3.22 acres 87,433 gallons
of water runoff from 1” rainfall
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pedestrian crosswalk pedestrian mid-block crossing street intersection driveway/parking lot entrance existing buildings on site (calculated impervious surface)
street trees water flow direction
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1100 ft to Little Sugar Creek
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120,000 Impervious Surfaces
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Parking lots Building Roofs
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1801 Scott Ave
East Boulevard Address
Current problem: Planting strip is a nuisance for people and pointless for water.
Waterwalk: Walkable rain garden
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Residential use of spout spaces
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