Early on in the development of St. Patrick’s Island Park just beyond downtown Calgary, community members told its designers at W Architecture and Landscape Architecture and Civitas that they wanted a park that was both wild and accessible, a place to play and learn. This short video by Civitas offers commentary from Barbara Wilks, FASLA, and Mark Johnson, FASLA, and gives viewers a first-person view of what this naturalistic sense of experimentation looks and feels like, with requisite drone shots and GoPro-enabled immersion. Designed to flood, and surrounded on all sides by the Bow River, the park has permeable borders that let in the water and city life beyond.
LAMCAST: ST. PATRICK’S ISLAND, SURROUNDED
January 23, 2020 by LAM Staff
Posted in BIRDS, CITIES, ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, HABITAT, ONLINE ONLY, PARKS, PHOTOGRAPHY, RECREATION, RIVER RESTORATION, VIEWS, WATER | Tagged Barbara Wilks, Bow River, Calgary, Civitas, flood, LAMcast, landscape architect, Landscape Architecture, landscape design, Mark Johnson, St. Patrick's Island Park, W Architecture and Landscape Architecture | Leave a Comment
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