A Locavore Landscape and Architecture for the future of Miami-Dade County’s Haulover Park
A Case Study in Sustainable Site Exploitation and Ecologically Driven Design by: Shane Jezowski and edited by Joanna Lombard & Veruska Vasconez
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TheCoastalMeadowcontinuesnorthtothelowestareasofthePark.Currentlythe
site'slargestparkinglot,thisareaissubsiding.Rainwaterandsunnydayflooding
pondatthecenterofthelot,indicatinghighlevelsofgroundwater.Itisherethatthe
MangroveRestoration(13.1)canbegintoroot,establishinghabitatformarinewildlife
andgrassestofilterpollutionandsequestercarbon.AmeanderingBayWalk(13.2)
willconnecthigh-pointstoallowvisitorstotraversethegrassywetland.Theedgeof
theselandmassesarereinforcedbyrip-raprecycledandrepurposedfromthe
demolishedparkinglot.Thereuseofthesite’sgrayinfrastructurewilllimitthe
emissionofembodiedcarbonbyextendingitslifespanasanerosionmitigationtool.
(Clifford,Brandon.2021.Thecannibal'scookbook.Miningmythsofcyclopeanconstructions.NewYork:GoffBooks.)
TheeasternbasintotheMangroveRestorationisalargeshallowstretchofsea
grassesto becultivatedforUMAMIAMIandtheTestKitchens.ThisSeaweedFarm
(13.3)willonlyworkifthewaterishighenoughtofosteranenvironmentidealfor
algaetogrowinmass.IfSLRislowerthanprojected,thenthisbasinwouldserveas
anextensionoftheCoastalMeadow.AtthehighergroundsoutheastoftheSeaweed
Farm,thecurrentlypavedroadwillbeconvertedintoaLongleafPineHammock
(13.4). Sincethisspeciesissalttolerant,thepinescanextendtowardthecentral
areasofthePark.Thiszonewillprovideauniquehabitatformanydisplacedspecies
whooncemadethisshoaltheirhome.
HauloverPark’sprimaryPedestrianTunnelisCenteredontheSeaweedFarmbasin
Saltwaterharvestingvehicle,HauloverPark,Miami,2021
SargassumSeaweed,ImagecourtesyofKennethAlbin,September27th,2009.
TreesfromtheoriginalWilliamLymanPhillipsmasterplan,encapsulatedby
asphaltandpaving,HauloverPark,Miami,2021
providingareprievefromthesunnyBayWalkpathwayandenablingsafetransferto
theCoastalWalkattheeasternoutletofthetunnel.Thefoliageherewillbeplanted
incloserproximitytoshadetheplaygrounds(14.3).Thisdenseplantingcontinues
alongtheentirewesternedgeoftheforedunetoshieldbeachgoersfromtrafficand
enhancethebeachsideexperiencewithcarveoutsfortheoccasionalpavilion(14.2)
forfamiliestogatherandgrill.
TheLifeguardStationbuilding(14.5)isa10,500square-footfacility,builtin2013with
atower,officespace,trainingroom,alockerroom,restrooms,beachobservation
deck,andagarageforvehiclesandequipment.Thegroundfloorlobbyactsasa
lifeguardmuseumwherepublicmeetingsandeducationalclassesareofferedinside
updatedconferencerooms. (Launerts,Brandon.“NewLifeguardStationOpensinHauloverPark.”NBC6
SouthFlorida,https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/new-lifeguard-station-opens-in-haulover-park/1929282/.
Accessed9May2022.)
LookingNorthontheCoastalWalkwaywithapavilionandCollinsAvenueinsite,Miami,July11,2021.
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