CREATING AN ECOLOGICAL URBAN HABITAT AT NORTHERLY ISLAND IN CHICAGO
Studio Gang
Landsc. Archit. Front. ›› 2017, Vol. 5 ›› Issue (5) : 66 -75.
CREATING AN ECOLOGICAL URBAN HABITAT AT NORTHERLY ISLAND IN CHICAGO
Developed as part of a comprehensive framework plan, the Northerly Island project transforms a man-made peninsula on Chicago’s lakefront into a 91-acre public park that functions as a living ecosystem. The design embraces the site’s artificiality, constructing a topography and landscape that encourages wildlife to occupy it — over time, creating an amplified, biodiverse ecosystem whose various habitats and architectural features offer people multiple ways to engage nature in the city.
Biodiversity / Public Park / Ecosystem / Urban Wildlife
Higher Education Press
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