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A view through the Mesabi Axis Lookout carved through the side of the stockpile embankment. photo / provided
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M.Arch. Alumna’s Firm Designs Mine View Overlook Park The initial phase of the Hull Rust and Hibbing Taconite Mine View Overlook Park, a project by LUCITO, the firm of Iroha Ito (M.Arch. ’15) and Andrew Lucia, opened to the public this spring in Hibbing, Minnesota. Perched on the precipice of the active mine on a decades-old mountain of mining spoils and overburden materials, the project, which began in 2016, will become the new home of the Hull Rust Mine View when completed. Phase I included the construction of earthworks and observation lookouts made from precast industrial concrete
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units. The structures frame historic mining artifacts and views to the city, the mine, and a portion of the Mesabi Iron Range, carefully chosen in order to amplify the experience of the site in relationship to its context and 125 years of continuous iron ore mining in Minnesota. The Phase I project team included LUCITO, design; SEH, civil engineering; and George Bougalis and Sons, Co., general contractor, with support from Cliffs Natural Resources and the
Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board. Phase II of the project comprises a pair of two-season buildings serving as a visitors’ center curated by the Hibbing Historical Society and staffed by the Hibbing Tourist Center Senior Citizens. Like those in phase I, the phase II structures will be minimally designed with a combination of concrete, steel, and industrial construction logics. Phase II is scheduled to open in the spring of 2021.
that are built on decades of work on the natural shoreline. The report recognized that ’16 stronger storms and rising sea levels impact the effort already made, and threaten homes, job centers, and public infrastructure in bay-front communities where many of the region’s most economically vulnerable resiZoe Siegel (M.R.P. ’16) was the dents are at the greatest risk for convening editor of a summary significant flood impacts. Through the work of collabopublication on the Resilient By Design (RBD) initiative address- rative research and design teams, ing climate-related flooding in nine visions for a more resilient Bay Area were presented in the the San Francisco Bay region. Resilient by Design Bay Area publication, including “The Challenge was a yearlong design People’s Plan: Permaculture + challenge to address major Social Equity Team”; “Elevate climate change issues and San Rafael: Bionic Team”; explore long-range solutions. A and “South Bay Sponge: Field goal of the work was to bring Operations Team.” “As the Bay Area begins to climate adaptation into regional infrastructure investment efforts think about how we can make
our shoreline more resilient to the impending effects of sea-level rise, the Resilient by Design process proactively addressed this issue, connecting communities and raising awareness about natural shoreline adaptation efforts around the region,” Siegel said. The proposals have gained traction. “Now that the challenge has ended, the projects are beginning to take shape around the region,” she said. “Many have local champions and have received additional funding to move elements of the project toward implementation.”
The book is available for download at resilientbayarea.org/ book.