+StL: Growing an Urban Mosaic

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+StL: Growing an Urban Mosaic

Firm

[dhd] Derek Hoeferlin Design
TLS Landscape Architecture
OBJECT TERRITORIES

Type

Landscape + Planning › Public Park Urban Green Space Waterway/Wetland Masterplan
Transport + Infrastructure › Bridge Bicycles

STATUS

Concept

OBJECT TERRITORIES, [dhd] Derek Hoeferlin Design and TLS Landscape Architecture co-led a multi-disciplinary team to design a new greenway and open space masterplan for St. Louis. The +StL Greenway project is designed to amplify the existing assets of St. Louis while taking powerful measures to address the multitude of challenges the city is facing. To do this, we propose a layered strategy with three primary components: Ecological Loops, Equitable Extensions, and Economic Assets : we call them the three E’s. Combined, these 3 E’s address opportunities for economic development and access, performative landscape ecology, and equitable access to jobs, institutions, education, and public space.

The overall project reinforces what is already strong in St. Louis while bridging divisions and stimulating new seeds of growth in areas that need further investment. The resultant + figure boldly joins North and South at the central East West corridor - we firmly believe that the greenway must extend at least as far North and South as it does East and West while providing an armature for future projects by Great Rivers Greenway, Trailnet, and others to plug into to further connect the project to the communities of St. Louis and beyond. Through this armature we grow a new urban mosaic for St. Louis, built on unique cultural identities, histories revealed, shared ambitions, and a new connective and productive Greenway.

Team:
OBJECT TERRITORIES + [dhd] Derek Hoeferlin Design + TLS Landscape Architecture + Kristin Fleischmann Brewer + Bryan Cave LLP + Amanda Colón-Smith + EConsult Solutions + eDesign Dynamics + EDSI + Jeremy Goss + Langan + James Lima Planning and Development + Sal Martinez + Preservation Research Office + Project Controls Group + Prosperity Labs + Jason Purnell + Ramboll + Linda Samuels + Paola Aguirre Serrano + Silman + Terra Technologies

Credits:
- [dhd] Derek Hoeferlin Design - Principal - Derek Hoeferlin
- TLS Landscape Architecture - Principal - Tom Leader