November 2022

A6| Brittany, Andrew, & Ploy

For this design project, we redesigned Lost Lagoon’s lake bed and shoreline to ameliorate many of the ecological issues associated with the water body. Some of these issues include regular algae blooms, stagnant, highly polluted waters and foul odors due to decomposition via anaerobic bacteria. Our design intervention proposes a deepened lakebed and the addition of berms to increase oxygen levels and pollutant filtration within the Lagoon ecosystem. In addition, to increase the depth of the lagoon, we would add a solar powered aeration system to aerate the water within the lagoon. Adding oxygen fights foul smelling anaerobic bacteria and replaces them with aerobic bacteria which also decomposes organics, just without the smell. The berms would not only increase the wildlife habitat for non-aquatic species, but also increase wetland areas surrounding the lagoon. These wetlands are extremely important for filtering pollutants entering the lagoon as well as for the many wetland species that call the area home. These berms would be mostly off limits to human foot traffic, however, there would be certain locations in the circumventing path that would allow humans to interact directly with the shoreline through boardwalks. We hope this limited access will be beneficial for nesting birds and local animals hoping to raise young without worrying about human disturbances.

Analysis

Intervention

GIF of shoreline change

Assignment 06 | Jenny, April, Nicola, Soyeon

Animation

 

Site Plan

 

GIFs

1) A big section, showing the overall systems and designs

2) The roof system for the stormwater management

3) Water flow towards the underground drainage system

4) Bike lane and green infrastructure improvement

5) Water recycling

6) Permeable road surface

7) A section of the water installation

8) An adult’s perspective

9) A child’s perspective

Assignment 5 – April, Jenny, Nicola, Soyeon

Site map

 

Site map with observations.

 

Rainwater runoff carries pollutants on the street surfaces entering open water.

 

 

Waterlogging problems on sidewalks.

 

Limited distance between bike land and bus lane on Georgia st.

 

Water accumulation on blocking water catch basins.

 

Traffic noise problems.

 

Insignificant landscape design features.

 

Vision+Goals+Objectives