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103RD STREET GARDEN EXPANSION

WILLIS AVENUE COMMUNITY GARDEN

SEAGIRT BOULEVARD COMMUNITY GARDEN

LA CASITA COMMUNITY GARDEN

WILLIS AVENUE COMMUNITY GARDENCOMPLETED JULY 2014

Emily Kinsolving .

party at the terminus of the Bronx’s Puerto Rican Day Parade. In addition to serving current program, the flexible kit-of-parts design of garden elements enables adaptation over time. User-modifiable features include a trellis with interchangeable panels for vines or public art, a system of customizable accessories for the raised garden beds, and the social hub of the garden, a kit-of-parts Casita. The Casita was designed by TEN Arquitectos in collaboration with NYRP and was shown in Architectural Digest’s June 2014 Issue.

The renovation of Willis Avenue Community Garden was a landmark for NYRP as the first garden designed completely in-house with full construction documents and specifications. The design honors the garden’s past as an example of grass roots activism and Puerto Rican vernacular architecture in the Bronx while encouraging a future of increased, more diverse community use. The design reconfigures the space to better accommodate garden’s many activities, including extensive urban agriculture, family gatherings, hog roasts, and a wild

Emily Kinsolving .

DESIGN CONTRIBUTIONS• Led schematic design and design development with

critique from colleagues• Planting design• Design details including kit-of-parts trellis and kit-of-

parts raised bed accessories• Physical models and boards for community meetings

DOCUMENTATION CONTRIBUTIONS• Demolition, Removals, and Protection Plan• Materials Plan• Layout Plan• Planting Plans• Detail Sheets (8 of 12)• Technical specifications (11 of 15) and General Notes

ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS• Lead designer and project manager while Director of

Design was on six-month leave• Presentation and facilitation at community meetings

and community board meeting• Cost estimating• Construction administration assistance

Foliage drift study for birch understory planting

Throughout the garden, plantings create soft delineations between passive and active use areas

Emily Kinsolving .

Dry shade-tolerant plants with large, lush foliage and contrasting leaf tones and textures express the love of life and color of the Puertorriqueño gardeners in a Burle Marx-inspired planting design.

PLANTING DESIGN

Raised bed hoop house accessory workshop

NYRP discussed design possibilities with the community using a model with movable pieces

Since completion, the gardeners have grown bountiful crops in the raised beds and hosted community events such as a Father’s Day hog roast and the hip-hop concert shown above.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Emily Kinsolving

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New York, NY 10001

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LA CASITA COMMUNITY GARDENCOMPLETED OCTOBER 2014This garden responds to the design challenge of reinvigorating a stale, cluttered space controlled by a single domineering community member. Simple geometry and clean lines are complemented by sophisticated stamen-heavy blooms which invite close observation

Ellen Xie .

and provide sustenance for hummingbirds throughout the seasons. The garden is now a popular spot for lunches and events such as tailgates and a haunted Halloween event for neighborhood children.

Ellen Xie .

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DESIGN CONTRIBUTIONS• Scheme two• Input toward design of scheme one• Site grading• Planting design• Trellis, chalkboard, and bulletin board• Presentation models

DOCUMENTATION CONTRIBUTIONS• Demolition, Removals, and Protection Plan• Layout Plan• Grading Plan• Detail sheets (4/8)• Technical specifications (5/9) and General Notes

ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS• Construction Administration • Coordination of two volunteer build days• Cost estimating

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SEAGIRT BOULEVARD COMMUNITY GARDENCOMPLETED MARCH 2013After Superstorm Sandy inundated this garden with raw sewage-tainted seawater, NYRP launched a rapid renovation effort. A compressed timeline prohibited NYRP’s typical community engagement process, precluding drastic changes to the garden. Before the storm, Seagirt was used primarily by urban agriculturalists vehemently dedicated to row cropping directly in the soil, a practice NYRP had unsuccessfully discouraged for years. The necessity to provide

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safe, clean soil excused the construction of raised beds which were carefully deployed to furnish the same square footage for crops. By reigning in the formerly amorphous space used for agriculture, previously overlooked land could be repurposed for other activities to be enjoyed by old and new garden visitors alike, such as barbecues with friends or people-watching amongst fragrant blooms.

CONTRIBUTIONS: Site design and detailing, graphics, construction documents.

Raised beds were designed for construction efficiency and minimized waste.

Little survived the storm.

Planted nook with seating at front of garden

CONTRIBUTIONS: Design and graphics in color.Black and white linework by SCAPE.

103RD STREET GARDEN EXPANSIONPENDING FUNDINGWhen NYRP had the opportunity to exchange air rights for a corner plot of land on Park Avenue adjacent to our existing 103rd Street Community Garden, a design for a potential addition to the garden was generated to attract a funder. The garden’s existing quadrants, designed by

Relocated compost toilet

Picnic meadow

Berry patch

Seating

Dwarf fruit tree orchard

Expanded barbecue patio connects

addition to existing garden

SCAPE / LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, support active recreation and personal gardening. A new communal orchard provides intimate seating enveloped in lush plantings to supplement existing programs.

Intensive fruit production techniques such as espaliered trees boost the communal orchard’s productivity and enable precise control of views from Park Avenue.

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