For this project, we identified a site along the Seekonk River and developed a design proposal for its future redevelopment. This capstone project is a part of the Engaged Scholars Program, and the Seekonk Riverbank Revitalization Alliance is our community partner. In addition, this project has been undertaken under the guidance of William Green, professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Rhode Island. With his direction, we began with an analysis of the site including background research on conditions, location, and legislation. We also visited the site to take note of its physical characteristics. After attending a public meeting organized by and for Will Green’s Landscape Architecture studio, we compiled a set of design criteria. We then began research into precedents for the site and existing design guides for areas such as ours. Finally, we identified elements of design that we wanted to include and iterated until reaching the current design. This report fully details our analysis, research, and design process. Our final design is simply meant to serve as a visualization of the potential of the site, and the riverbank as a whole as a multi-purpose greenspace corridor. Our main focus is on human enjoyment and use coupled with environmental resiliency in the face of changing climates and ecologies of the area.
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The Engaged Scholars Program--Brown University, 2018
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Citation
Wiese Moore, Cora, and Barbulica, Vlad,
"Riverbank Resilience"
(2018).
Engaged Scholars Capstones.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/hs2s-pq29
