FRI-D08: Building on Unstable Ground

Friday, November 11, 2022

3:30pm – 4:30pm PT

Location: Moscone Center, Room 215-216

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

Lead Speaker(s)

Anna Cawrse, ASLA

Denver Office Director, Associate Principal
Sasaki
Denver, Colorado

Speaker(s)

Alysoun Wright

Associate
Stoss
Boston, Massachusetts
MG

Mark Goodson

Principal, Planning &Resilience
CSRS, LLC
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Cities are finding innovative ways to build open spaces by utilizing sites with extremely challenging contexts, including sites on non-traditional fill. We will move from theories to realities, and explore the design, engineering, and construction required to build University Lakes in Baton Rouge and Moakley Park in Boston.

Learning Outcomes:

Examine the historical cities and parks that were built on dredge or urban infill and lessons learned from those existing sites.
Understand how technical engineering can inform the design and why as landscape architects we should be informing the engineering.
Explore two major park projects, Moakley Park in Boston and University Lakes in Baton Rouge, and how they are balancing community needs with building on urban fill and dredge.
Explore construction details and new innovative ways to build on unstable ground.