Place + Purpose:

Reimaging Oakland’s Lake Merritt Channel Park

Fall 2020 // LDARCH 200A: Fundamentals of Landscape Design // Richard Hindle + Tomas McKay

Channel Park is located just south of Downtown Oakland, connecting Lake Merritt to the Alameda Channel and Estuary Park. My redesign of Channel Park focuses on creating a sense of place and purpose within the greater community. Stepped waterfronts, added seating, extended greening, and an elevated bridge passing under the I-90 freeway and over Amtrak provide a community connection to the estuary from Lake Merritt.

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Process

concept model - bristol paper

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Movement

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Structures

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Greening

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Precedents

River Walk, Chicago

Park Somerlust, Amsterdam

Bicycle Snake, Copenhagen

Waller Park, San Francisco

Jim Stynes Bridge, Melbourne

URBAN DESIGN

PLANNING