Gateway Studio – Soiled Absorption – Urban Forestry Knowledge Centre (2022)

Project title

Soiled Absorption

Urban Forestry Knowledge Centre

Author

Gerry Rafael-White

Studio

Gateway Studio

Academic Term

2022-23

Award

2022 Stantec Prize Winner (Third Place)

Project Description

The site interacts with the developing community by taking in the disturbed fill that is excavated from the regional sites of urban development. The site becomes a quilt of mounds and phytoremediation, where the mounds and vegetation act as proverbial sponges for urban toxicity. Children will learn to care for the genetically modified trees that are raised on-site, in front of a backdrop remediating toxicity.