这个彻底翻新，160英亩的公共空间部署了一个强有力的城市生态服务议程，改善行人可及性，两个新的桥梁连接周围的社区。该设计利用渠道稳定技术，增强了bayou的自然蜿蜒，并提供增强的抗洪水，同时保持这个文化上重要的水路的美丽。

种植策略将割草的草皮减少一半，用河岸林地和以本地物种为主的自然草甸取代。这进一步稳定了景观，提供了栖息地，并使用德克萨斯州物种返回的城市的感觉。所有的照明，植物和人行道的设计都能够承受自然，定期的洪水。该项目提供连续的步行和自行车道，公共艺术，以及特殊的维护和安全规定。以前沿着海滨长廊的废弃水道现在拥有鸭，苍鹭，海龟和鱼。工程师现有的HEC模型的团队被用来确保洪水输送不会受到改进的影响。

位置Houston，德克萨斯州

This thoroughly renovated, 160-acre public space deploys a vigorous agenda of urban ecological services and improved pedestrian accessibility, with two new bridges connecting surrounding neighborhoods. The design utilizes channel stabilization techniques, enhancing the bayou’s natural meanders and offering increased resiliency against floodwaters while preserving the beauty of this culturally significant waterway. The planting strategy reduced mowed turf by half, replacing it with riparian woodlands and naturalized meadows featuring native species. This further stabilizes the landscape, provides habitat, and uses Texan species to return a sense of place to the city. All lighting, plantings and walkways are designed to withstand the natural, periodic flooding of the bayou. The project provides continuous pedestrian and bike trails, public art, and special maintenance and safety provisions. The formerly trash-strewn waterway along the Promenade now teems with ducks, herons, turtles and fish. The Corps of Engineer’s existing HEC model was used to ensure that floodwater conveyance would not be compromised by the improvements.

LOCATION Houston, Texas

CLIENT Buffalo Bayou Partnership; Harris County Flood Control District

SCOPE Planning, Landscape Architecture

SIZE 160 acres