Update: Water Environment Federation Stormwater Report highlights LID Design Competition, see link below.
In early March 2014, the Memphis-Shelby
County Office of Sustainability put out a call for developers interested in
participating in their Low Impact Development (LID) Design Competition. Phase 2
of United Housing’s Wolf River Bluffs Development was chosen as the competition
site because of the organization’s interest in eco-friendly design. Once the
competition was complete, United Housing would have the opportunity to look
over all entered submissions and privately contract with whichever firm or team
they chose to implement the development, which would feature 40 senior living
townhomes.
The competition design site was
located on 12.5 acres of United Housing’s Wolf River Bluffs Development near
the intersection of McLean Boulevard and James Road in Frayser. Teams were
responsible for developing a plan for a gated senior living community that
featured 40 townhomes, interspersed parking, an amenity center for seniors to
gather and a cluster design intended to preserve as much vegetation as possible.
A total of 28 architecture,
engineering and landscape architect firms represented the 11 teams registered for
the competition. Participating teams included:
- A2H, Inc. / Precision Forestry
- Allen & Hoshall, Inc. / Site Solutions, Inc.
- Blair Parker Design / Civil Engineering Solutions, LLC
- Dalhoff Thomas design | studio / The Corradino Group
- Fisher & Arnold, Inc.
- Gresham Smith and Partners / Black & Veatch / Allworld Project Management, LLC / Richie Smith Associates / University of Memphis students
- Barbara Keathley Associates, Inc. / Roger Dale Skaggs, ASLA / Pickering Firm, Inc. / archimania
- Looney Ricks Kiss / ARUP
- Malasri-Gallo-Lawrence (JT Malasri / Corey Gallo, ASLA / Thomas B. Lawrence, PE)
- Schnadelbach and Associates / The Ibert Group, Limited
- SSR Inc. / Self+Tucker Architects / JPA, Inc.
Round one of judging took place in Houston,
Texas, where the first LID competition was launched in 2010. Teams received 80%
of their score from LID experts during this round, and the top three teams
advanced to the final round in Memphis. The top three teams included Dalhoff
Thomas design | studio and The Corradino Group, Blair Parker Design and Civil
Engineering Solutions, LLC and Malasri-Gallo-Lawrence.
The final round was judged by a local jury of 17 civic leaders, design professionals, developers and other decision makers, including United Housing Executive Director Tim Bolding and Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell. After the three teams presented their projects to the jury and audience, it was announced that Dalhoff Thomas design | studio and The Corradino Group was the $15,000 winner. United Housing has the option to pursue future contract negotiations with one or more of the participating firms in order to create a compelling design and attract funding for Phase 2 of Wolf River Bluffs Development. The teams’ design boards will travel the state to be displayed at various conferences in Chattanooga, Henry Horton State Park in Chapel Hill and Murfreesboro over the next few weeks.
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| Anna Gattuso, Amy Schaftlein and Tim Bolding from United Housing with Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell |
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| United Housing with members from the winning team, Dalhoff Thomas design | studio and The Corradino Group |
The Stormwater Report, a Water Environment Federation news service dedicated exclusively to stormwater news, from green infrastructure to wet weather issues: http://bit.ly/1DW0NpL
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One correction to the article. The firms and individual professionals that participated and were finalists in the competition were landscape architecture firms and landscape architects. They were not landscape design firms as the article reported. Each team was required to have a licensed landscape architect and professional engineer in order to enter the competition.
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