The grace and ferocity of water. This site acts as stage to portray the beautiful plant life that water supports and its powerful flooding torrents. On the 100-year floodplain, the RePure Grounds evolves from a smattering of residential/commercial properties into a park that integrates the Speed River and extensive trails as valuable recreational amenities.
Credit: Background image by Yoshitaka Amano of Square Enix Ltd.
Upon entering the site, a visual interpretation of the site was created to better familiarize myself with the current conditions, materials, and textures. Exploration of the site was key so this art piece was created to be evocative, striking, and with deep meaning.
Poster is 20x30 inches
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The creation of this piece was done with thoughtful care. Each design decision was made to add meaning and documented in the above analysis.
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Inventory and analysis reveals that all buildings should be removed because the entirety of site is in the floodplain, a need to protect endangered and existing vegetation, improve trail connectivity, and enhance the pedestrian experience.
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The entire site feeds water into the Speed River. Respecting the power and beauty of water includes treating it so it leaves the site cleaner than when it came in. The above pair of 3-d images shows proposed topography that will force the water to remain and be filtered on each terrace level. To the right is a conceptual diagram of water being flowing down the terraces and watering the park vegetation.
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Concept: Respect the power and beauty of water
The majority of the site is composed of 3 distinctly beautiful paths that show how water powerfully carves the landscape with rivers. Each of the paths represent different stages of river formation by altering the name, meandering patterns, plant height, ground material, and time scale. Respect will grow from the education through the design of RePure Grounds; the park has numerous representations and models explaining natural processes like water filtration, tributaries, floodplains, forest succession, river life cycles, estuaries, deltas, soil and water erosion.
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RePure Grounds serves to connect with the immediate residential neighborhood, other parklands across the Speed River, and the Royal Recreation Trail. Accessing the site is key with a new pedestrian bridge and offers various transit options on Wyndam Street South such as safe bike lanes, dedicated bus stop areas, and on-street parking.
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Full single-panel layout
Panel is 72 x 36 inches
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RePure Grounds
RePure Grounds is a demonstration project in Guelph, Ontario (Canada). It is a river park that will serves as the junction of the Royal Recreation Trail, the downtown core, and the south district. Located 5 minutes from the urban core, RePure Grounds is a contribution to Guelph's "Downtown Secondary Plan" and "River Systems Advisory Plan".
