SAT-B06 - Invisible Infrastructures: A Park Atop a Highway at the Presidio Tunnel Tops

Saturday, November 20, 2021

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT

Location: Music City Center, Room 106

Compliments of:

1.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

Kerry Huang, ASLA

Senior Associate
James Corner Field Operations
San Francisco, California

Speaker(s)

Rania Rayes, ASLA

Senior Landscape Architect
The Presidio Trust
Berkeley, California
Matt Jones, LEED AP, PE

Senior Principal
Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA)
Seattle, Washington

1.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

How do you create a park atop highway tunnels, on a site with seismic risks and archaeological and historic resources, all within a National Park? Supported by design and engineering ingenuity, this conversation will reveal the technical process behind the newest addition to San Francisco’s Presidio – the Tunnel Tops.

Learning Outcomes:

Understand complexities associated with designing and constructing a 14-acre park on state highway tunnels, on a site with seismic risks and archaeological resources.
See how landscape architects play a key role in team coordination for highly technical projects.
Explore how to effectively integrate digital communicative tools throughout a traditional design process.
Learn how beautiful, viable, and resilient ecological systems translate to such a highly engineered environment.