Wilmington Waterfront Park

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Wilmington Waterfront Park

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Wilmington Waterfront Park protects and invigorates communityOnce a part of the Pacific coastline, the Wilmington community became
disconnected from the waterfront by the Port of Los Angeles—a burgeoning,
diverse mix of industrial maritime facilities. After completing the Wilmington
Waterfront Master Plan, Sasaki identified three open spaces for implementation:
the Wilmington Waterfront Park, the Avalon North Streetscape, and the Avalon
South Waterfront Park. The Wilmington Waterfront Park is the first project to
be fully implemented. Built on a 30-acre brownfield site, the new urban park
revitalizes the community and visually reconnects it to the waterfront. The
park integrates a variety of active and passive uses—informal play, public
gathering, community events, picnicking, sitting, strolling, and
observation—determined through an extensive community outreach process. The
open space serves as a public amenity by doubling the current community open
space while also buffering the Wilmington community from the extensive port
operations to the south.In order to protect the community park from the
port's impacts, Sasaki created a strong sculptural landform which elevates the
existing planar grade of the neighborhood to 16 feet. This land integrates a
series of multipurpose playfields with shade-dappled, gentle grass slopes. Atop
the landform, the El Paseo Promenade provides a primary component of the
pedestrian circuit with seating, display gardens, and a shared use pedestrian
and bicycle path linked to the California Coastal Trail. Tree-lined promenades
extend the park's network of pedestrian circuits and meanders, offering a
variety of seating for respite, contemplation, and viewing park activities
including interactive water features, an adventure playground for children,
plazas for gathering and performances, and picnicking within the tree groves. A
Datum Walk provides a central pedestrian axis traversing the park and
connecting two park pavilions. The pavilions frame outdoor rooms that offer a
variety of informal seating, shade, a dry concession, public restrooms, and
three flexible, formal performance venues.
Sasaki integrated sustainable design practices and innovative engineering
technologies into the overall project. Stormwater management directs water to
primary landscape zones to promote infiltration rather than municipal
treatment, demolished paving was ground and reused for paving sub-base, and all
plant materials were selected as ecologically adapted, indigenous, or salt
tolerant and irrigated by reclaimed water . Building and site lighting highlights
key park elements, reducing energy demands and light pollution through high
optical efficacy. Along the port's industrial edge, colorful planes forming the
terrace walls are coated with titanium oxide [Ti02], which transforms harmful
air pollutants to inert organic compounds innovative photocatalytic technology.

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