project details
Project Name: River Passage Park
Client: Parks Foundation Calgary and the City of Calgary
Location: Canada
SERVICE:
•Site selection
•Conceptual design
•Detailed design
•Construction documents
•Construction administration
MARKET SECTOR:
•Public - Parks
FACILITY:
•Structural concrete walls and slab clad in natural Rundlestone
•Freestanding and leaning Basalt stone columns
•Large basalt stone entry archways
•Custom stone benches
•Natural stone stairs and gravel pathway
•Native planting
ATTRIBUTES:
•Public art project
•Complex design project involving a considerable number of stakeholders
•Park will improve public access, local habitat, wildlife movement corridors and riparian functions
•Design provides recreational opportunities, and linkages to the regional pathway system
•Consultant team provided functional and technical support to artist Lorna Jordon
GEORGE’S ROLE:
•Proposal writer
•Project manager
•Technical lead
•Architect of record