LAMCAST: ST. PATRICK’S ISLAND, SURROUNDED

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LAMCAST: ST. PATRICK’S ISLAND, SURROUNDED

January 23, 2020 by LAM Staff

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.

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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