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.