Registration Eligibility
Anyone may attend, but advance registration is required.
Start Date
11/03/2015
End Date
11/03/2015
Description
This session will explore Fenwick Station, a highly successful transit oriented urban development where sustainable features are holistically integrated into the architecture and landscape. The building is a LEED Gold certified, six story, high end, multi-family residential apartment building in Silver Spring, Maryland. Its prominent location at the intersection of Spring Street and Second Avenue, is a threshold between the existing Woodside neighborhood, Silver Spring Central Business District (SSCBD) and Silver Spring Metro Station. The site will act as a spur, connecting cyclists on the future Capital Crescent Trail (CCT) to the SSCBD as part of the Green Trail Bicycle Masterplan.
As an exemplar design and engineering project, Fenwick Station is one of the first in the area to implement the more stringent SWM regulations on a tight urban site. It is an excellent example of the creative design solutions integrating landscape architecture and SWM. Through an integrated design process a variety of storm water management facilities- bio-retention planters and tree pits, green roof and rain water harvesting - were designed to manage storm water. The facilities were designed to be integrated into the architecture, streetscape, amenity courtyard and roof terrace, using the same materials and detailing, so that they perform their function and appear as a seamless part of the landscape architecture and architecture. Additionally, we worked with MNCPPC to redesign their standard Silver Spring streetscape tree pit detail into a functional micro-bioretention tree pit detail with tree grates that greatly expanded the pedestrian space on the street.
Location
Towson, MD
Distance Learning
No
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Sustainable Development & Design
Water / Stormwater Management
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.0
Learning Outcomes
1. Understand how a collaborative, proactive design process between landscape architects, engineers and Owners early in the design process elevated the storm water management facilities from being an after-thought to an integrated design feature.
2. Review construction details for bio-retention planters adjacent to buildings and green roof details on a podium.
3. Learn about how the site achieved LEED Credit WE 1.2 and support SWM requirements.
4. Review planting palettes for bio-retention planters & green roofs.
Instructors
Alyson Taylor, RLA, LEED AP+, ASLA, Hord Coplan Macht
Course Codes
Provider
U.S. Green Building Council Maryland Chapter