Wrapping up the Infill Philadelphia: Soak it Up! design initiative, special guest Eric Sanderson, director of the Mannahatta Project, will host a conversation on Thursday, March 21st about the future of urban waterways at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.
The evening will also include an overview of the Green City, Clean Waters program by Marc Cammarata, director of PWD’s Office of Watersheds, and the winners of the Soak It Up! Design competition will present their ideas for the future of green infrastructure in Philadelphia.
The event will run from 6:30 to 8:00pm, with a networking reception at 5:30. You can register here.
Winners of the Infill Philadelphia: Soak It Up! design competition were announced last Thursday to a packed room at the Academy of Natural Sciences last Thursday. This national, interdisciplinary design competition challenged designers, engineers, and other sustainability professionals to show how green stormwater infrastructure can transform our City. Over 320 people attended the ceremony celebrating the winners, chosen from three design categories.
In the Industrial category, a team led by Roofmeadow won with their design, “Leveraging Water + Plants in Zero Lot Sites.”
For the Neighborhood category, focused on Queen Village neighborhood, a team led by the landscape architecture firm OLIN, won with their design, “Greening the Grid.”
The winner of the Commercial retrofit category was “Stormwater reStore” led by Urban Engineers Inc.
Visit the Community Design Collaborative’s Blog for a full list of winning participants, and learn more about the designs from local press:
PlanPhilly, Flying Kite Media & Bustler
PWD hopes to use the winning designs for green stormwater infrastructure prototypes in the future.
The Philadelphia Water Department congratulates everybody who took part in this groundbreaking competition! We hope you’ll join us tomorrow to hear more from our winners and learn about the future of urban waterways.
