T E R M I N A L O N E creating regenerative ecology for post industrial waterfront sites
New development should actively contribute to biodiversity, clean air, clean water, and overall healthy conditions. This project addresses urban wetland ecosystems that have suffered severe damage in the recent industrial past. Here applied to Portland's superfund harbor, the design utilizes interdependent artificial and natural systems to reverse damage on ecologically contaminated water and riparian shoreline. This type of solution could be applied to similar sites around the world suffering from similar heavily contaminated river conditions.
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The beginning of the superfund is essentially where industry meets with downtown and it continues downstream (northward) to the confluence where it is diluted by the Columbia and floods into the plains.
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superfund habor
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This proposal will occupy two sites sitting on either side of the transition between the residential and industrial zones at the urban core waterfront. A bay separates the two sites.
These sites are at the upstream end of the superfund harbor cleanup effort. Decontaminating this site means that there are less chemicals flowing downstream.
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The sites are separated by an approximately 400 ft. wide by 500 ft. long bay. The division between industry and residence cuts through the bay perpendicular to the river.
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The two sites were completely concrete with an rotting old dock as shoreline. This project attempts to return all the shoreline to nature and create an artificial wetland expanse on the interior notrh site. This new territory emulates natural wetlands, and is an accessible habitat for riparian wildlife. The wetlands also serve to filter site storm water, and they are designed to be actively utilized as the final stage for the eco-machine system installed on the upper site, continuously improving river water quality. The south site incorporates the construction of a naturalistic aquatic berm to create more opprtunity for wildlife as well as provide a more isolated condition for the water in the bay.The harbor patrol's boathouse remains in the plan though now in a more central, accessible, and prominent guardian's post.
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Willamette River
riparian shoreline
