Collaborative Design Planting Design Working Group 3

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Bicentennial Park, Santiago, Chile

Name	Bicentennial Park
Location	Av. Bicentenario 3800, Vitacura, Santiago
Country	Chile
Authors	Leslie Iturra, Mohammed Alkhanbashi, Nishtha Bali

Landscape and/or urban context of your case

Project owner: Municipality of Vitacura

Designer: Architect Teodoro Fernández (public contest)

Inauguration: 1st stage: December 2007, 2nd Stage: November 2011

Total area: 314.314 sq. m. green area

Paths: 6 km of pedestrian paths; 3,2 km of bike ways

Vegetation: 4.000 trees which are native species 1.300

Native Trees:

• Bellotos: Protected specie, endangered, heights of 15 meters
• Pataguas: Heights of 10 meters, white flowers
• Peumos: Heights of 25 meters, red edible fruit
• Quillay: Heights of 20 meters, green/White flowers
• Arrayán: Endangered, heights of 4 meters, cream color flowers, yellow fruit
• Chilean Palm: Partially protected, heights of 25 meters, edible nuts
• Espinos: Heights of 5-6 meters, yellow flowers

Non native species:

• Holm oak (Encina): Mediterranean region, heights of 16-25 meters
• Oriental plane (plátano oriental): Eastward from the Balkans, heights of 30 meters or more
• Cockspur Coral Tree (Ceibo): From Argentina , Uruguay, Southern Brazil and Paraguay, heights of 5- 8 meters, red flowers
• Jacaranda: From Central America, south America, Cuba Hispanoila and The Bahamas, heights of 20-30 meters, purple-blue flowers
• Lagerstroemia indica (crespón): China, Korea, Japan and Indian Subcontinent, heights of 6 meters, white, pink mauve, purple or carmine flowers
• Sweetgum (liquidambar): heights of 25-40 meters
• Cork Oak (alcornoque): From Europe and northwest of Africa, heights of 20 meters
• Bald Cypress (ciprés calvo): From USA, heights of 25- 40 meters
• Mexican fan palm (palma washintoniana): From Western Sonora and Baja California in Mexico. heights of 25 meters, white flowers
• Parkinsonia: From semi-desert of Africa and America, heights of 5 -12 meters, yellow and white flowers

Lagoons: 2 artificial lagoons

Wildlife: In the north lagoon live different kind of birds such as Chilean Flamingo, Black-necked Swan, Koi Fish and the followings have migrated to the park: Great Egret (Garza blanca) and White Winged Coot(Tagua)

Features of Design: The aim of the design was to provide a mix of public and administrative activity. In the park area are public activities in general and also administrative in the Municipality Building. The park seeks to preserve some native Chilean plant species and so these were included in the design of the park. Different park features are:

• Ramps of access, which joins the street and the park (for reasons of privacy and visual continuity, the park is under level of the street).
• Central esplanade; the place where the most of activities occur. In this area is the pedestrian way to go along the park and the place to rest in the lawn or play in the playground, as well as special areas for children and pets. Also it is 2 lagoons the north one is reserved for the wild life by hosting different types of birds and fishes and the south one is reserved to play with toy boats. The mass-activities has its place also in a little amphitheatre and a esplanade beside the Municipality Building. The spiritual life is placed in a little oratory situated between the esplanade and the building.
• The slope: which is a visual and acoustic screen that protect the park of the highway (and separates the park of the river) and create a lookout along the park.

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  PARK SCHEME

What are the objectives of your design?

We have a good foundation to work with and we would like build upon this by trying to:

a.) Connect the park to its surrounding park areas, like the Metropolitan Park area etc. This will help provide a good view to the hill and create connection solutions between ecological zones and human activities.

b.) Trying to make the river as a part of our park, or at least connect it to the park. This will serve an ecological purpose, by attracting more animal and bird species to the park and also explore its aesthetic potential. In this sense the river would be used like lagoons too, making it possible to use water as an ornamental element.

c.) If, we are able to connect the river to the park well, we could even look at the river as a resource, be it for irrigation or energy. Including the shore of the river along its path will help connect the park with the rest of the park system along the river, in this way the design will join the river, Bicentennial Park and the rest of the city in a park system.

d.) Design green bridges to connect the Bicentennial park with the hill, in this way the visual connection achieve to become in real connection, allowing to visitors traverse the river and walking from one side of the city to the other.

All of this would in turn encourage the interaction between the park and the urban fabric. This way urban green corridors could be introduced in Santiago and these could be used for social activities and of course, make it a more sustainable environment.

Analytical drawings

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Projective drawings

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Design Synthesis

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Summary of the collaborative process

Please reflect on your collaborative design process. Which potentials have you encountered? What was most difficult? What does collaborative design mean for you? (approx 150 words).

Image Gallery

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References

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