City-wide climate resilient design strategies along the South Boston waterfront
Weston & Sampson is supporting the City of Boston and lead consultant Stoss Landscape Urbanism in advancing the Vision Plan for Moakley Park, a 60-acre public open space increasingly vulnerable to flooding due to climate change. Our engineers and infrastructure/climate resilience professionals are helping to substantiate the Vision Plan concepts and identify technical considerations to inform project decisions through a series of design charrettes. We will continue to provide climate resilience, geotechnical, environmental, groundwater, landscape architecture (fields), structural, and architectural services through the schematic design phase. This project will help achieve a new Moakley Park that is more resilient to climate events and provides a range of active and passive recreational opportunities for a diverse, multi-generational population.
Additionally, Weston & Sampson supported Stoss and BPRD in their successful application for a Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability Program (MVP) Action Grant for the preliminary resilient design of Moakley Park; the state awarded BPRD the grant in July 2019. We are also working closely with representatives from the Boston Water and Sewer Commission and Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to understand their operational needs and identify how park redevelopment might affect their respective infrastructure in the area.
MOAKLEY PARK Case Study APA 2021
courtesy of Stoss
Weston & Sampson is proud to support the City of Boston and lead consultant Stoss Landscape Urbanism with advancing climate resilience along the South Boston waterfront, and improving community opportunities at Moakley Park. This video, produced by Stoss, details the design process, and collaborative nature of the project. Julie Eaton Ernst, PE details the technical assessments and subsurface investigations that informed design considerations for resiliency improvements.