Point Pleasant Park, Halifax N.S
The competition to redesign Point Pleasant Park has been awarded to the firms NIP Paysage, Montreal and Ekistics Planning & Design, Dartmouth. Point Pleasant Park is a park in Halifax, Nova Scotia that has sustained damage in the way of insect infestation, ice storms and Hurricane Juan seriously damaging and degrading their coastal forest. Therefore, it is no surprise that the mandate for the competition was Regenerate, Restore and Renew focusing attention on strengthening coastal ecologies and preserving the unique heritage of the site. The panels themselves are lessons in ecology, detailing 50-year forest management and slope stabilization strategies, combined with native plantings and local materials.
Link: Point Pleasant Park
Link: Ekistics
Link: NIP Paysage
Ekistics has suggested using technology in the way of pod-casts as an alternative to traditional interpretive signage and is more sensitive to the aesthetics of the site, while N.I.P Paysage focuses on the immediacy of beginning the restoration process. Both teams take an integrative approach that will slowly transform and strengthen the condition of the site over time.
Ekistics Planning and Design
NIP Paysage
wrong link for ekistics
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