project details
Project Name: Powell Street Overpass
Client: City of Vancouver
Location: Canada
SERVICE :
•Preliminary design
•Detailed design
MARKET SECTOR:
•Public - Roads and streetscape
FACILITY:
•Streetscaping of a new urban overpass in the city center
•Placemaking elements includes viewpoint, traffic islands, neighborhood entry features and art features
•Features include planting, decorative paving, and lighting
•Overpass viewpoint designed around theme of shipping containers
ATTRIBUTES:
•P3 design build project
•Landscape features as a strategy to strengthen the prominence of the new overpass
•Connections to existing pedestrian and cycling corridors
•Part of an urban renewal strategy
GEORGE’S ROLE:
•Proposal writer
•Project manager
•Lead Designer
•Architect of record