Advanced Design LD 204 - University of California, Berkeley - USA
Date: Spring 2021 Type: Landscape Design Location: Oakland, USA
Instructors:
Alma du Solier of Hood Design Studio
Mario Schjetnan of GDU
RESHAPING + FILTERING THE PERALTA CREEK
The proposal focuses on the creek area on the lower part of Peralta Hacienda historical park. The project proposes the reshaping of the creek through new contours, allowing the light filtration process to take place. As a result of the topography alterations, 3 areas evolved dedicated to wet plants to take the role in filtering the water flowing from the Oaklands hills through natural schemes, excluding oil, bacteria, and heavy metals from flowing in the first 2 filtration ponds and oxygenating the filtered water in the last point before exiting the Peralta park extent.
Moreover, catching the rainwater is an essential part of increasing the water flowing in the creek. The roof water surface of the Peralta house along with water catchment elements proposed to be located on the highest topography areas of the park, are supporting elements in harvesting rainwater, collected and free discharged into the highest point of the creek via a newly introduced pedestrian bridge. The proposal aims to provide a soft model that can be duplicated along other creeks in the area to enhance their quality mainly for Oakland’s ecosystem.
