16 Park

Indianapolis, Indiana

 

KPA is the landscape architect for this new Public Housing project located in downtown Indianapolis. Designed in the urban living style, the project was designed to utilize Green Vegetated Roof tops over the three parking structures to help reduce the urban heat island effect and to reduce storm water runoff. The project was also designed with Rain Gardens and a central Bio-Swale, of which both collect and transfer storm water back into the ground water system while native plantings provide cleansing and filtering BMP’s of the storm water runoff. All site plantings were native and sustainable species, capable of tolerating drought conditions and not requiring expensive irrigation systems or extensive maintenance.

 

Street tree and perimeter plantings also helped to shade the buildings and create the urban edge within the heart of this city neighborhood. Additional ‘green screen’ trellis plantings were used to soften and screen the large openings into the parking structures as a natural element. The project bids came in under budget.