april.08
GreenWorks Associate Jason King will be part of a panel-discussion regarding the Metro Integrating Habitats Competition for the 2008 Oregon Design Conference on Friday, April 18, 2008.
The presentation includes a one hour panel presentation and discussion covering the ‘Integrating Habitats Competition’ conducted by Metro (the regional government entity for the Portland metropolitan area) and concluded in February 2008. The competition involved three separate project categories (Mixed Use development on Riparian Forest site; Commercial development on Lowland Hardwood Forest site; Neighborhood Residential Infill on Remnant Woodland and Savanna site) each focusing on the integration of habitat, natural environment concerns and landscape design into new building / site development projects, with the goal of generating model ‘green’ development concepts for the different program and site conditions. The session will include an overview of the competition objectives and results, presentation of winning designs from two of the three categories, followed by open discussion of the many important issues raised by the competition.
Fellow panelists include: Stacey Triplett, Metro; Marilee Stander, EDAW; Phillip Lopez, Yost Grube Hall Architecture; and Scott E. Thayer, Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects
:: Read more about GreenWorks winning entry here.
march.08
GreenWorks Principal Mike Faha was a presenter on March 13th at the annual GreenPrints Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Greenprints is known as the place where building science and design professionals come to learn, share and network with other professionals in a stimulating, interdisciplinary environment.
Mike's presentation was part of a panel focused on Innovative and Integrated Stormwater Management Strategies. This session looked at alternatives to centralized detention and retention ponds that integrate stormwater management throughout the development. Other strategies such as bioretention, pervious paving, rain water capture and integrated design will be discussed. A green roofs case study in Rock Mill Park in Alpharetta, Georgia examines green roofs and other innovative strategies to manage stormwater and improve water quality.
His fellow presenters included Kerry Blind, (ECOS Environmental Design), and Linda Velazquez & Alan Wieczynski (Greenroofs.com)
march.08
Five Portland firms collaborated to win the commercial site design category in the Integrating Habitats Competition, an International Design Competition sponsored by Metro. The task was to put a home improvement store, garden center, cafe and other development -- 123,000 square feet of commercial activity and 369 parking spaces -- on a 10.7 acre site. The complication: the site had significant wetlands and riparian forest. Firms working on the design were GreenWorks PC, Bruce Rodgers Design Illustration, Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects, ESA Adolphson and SWCA Environmental Consultants.
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Team members were Jason King + Brett Milligan (GreenWorks), Bruce Rodgers (Bruce Rodgers Design Illustration), Scott E. Thayer, Michael S. Great, Justin C. Hunt (AMAA), John Gordon (ESA Adolfson), Christie Galen, Coral Mirth Walker, Kim Gould (SWCA).
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february.08
In anticipation of the upcoming 100th Anniversary celebration for the historic Pendleton Round-Up, GreenWorks is working with the City of Pendleton, Oregon, to design improvements to significantly enhance Pendleton’s downtown riverfront area.
The project will assist the City’s long term goal for a vibrant, livable and inviting downtown by linking the community to the Umatilla River, enhancing Court Avenue and riverfront aesthetics, creating a safe and vibrant pedestrian environment, and creating a grand sense of arrival to Pendleton’s downtown riverfront area.
january.08
GreenWorks' project Headwaters at Tryon Creek was awarded a "grand award" from the American Council of Engineering Excellence Awards 2008.
march.07
december.07
GreenWorks Metro recently awarded the Graham Oaks Nature Park project to GreenWorks. We will focus on continuing and refining the planning and design of the public access components of a previously completed Master Plan. Construction is expected to begin in June 2008.
november.07
GreenWorks GreenWorks was selected for the design of the Jordan Valley Park Gateway Plaza project in Springfield, Missouri. Acting as an entrance to the 300-acre park, the plaza will be located on three acres at the northwest corner of National Avenue and East Trafficway, where the city has filled in a former quarry. An area of the park will be dedicated to Springfield’s sister cities, Tlaquepaque, Mexico, and Isesaki, Japan.
september.07
The September issue of Stormwater Magazine contains the article 'Pulling Together the Pieces of the Stormwater Puzzle,' co-authored by GreenWorks' principal Mike Faha.
august.07
Our website has been updated to provide great compatibility with other systems, as well as increase usability. Look forward to more changes in the immediate future, as we continue to refine our site.
june.07
Learn about the innovations at the Rivereast Center in the June issue of Sustainable Industries Journal
◊ View a PDF of the Article Here
Robin Craig has authored an article for Eco-Stucture Magazine - outlining the features at the Headwaters at Tryon Creek, in SW Portland.
◊ View a PDF of the Article Here
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