Patterns for Rain: Exploring a Stormwater First Pattern Language for Campus Development
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2016
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University of Oregon
Zusammenfassung
To robustly implement low impact development
stormwater solutions, the University of Oregon
would benefi t from using a pattern language
approach to plan East Campus. Most stormwater
on the UO campus now disappears into pipes and
is accelerated away to the Millrace and Willamette
River. These practices exacerbate flooding,
damage water habitats and contribute pollution
to stormwater in the Willamette Basin, particularly
from streets. Without an integrative stormwater
management plan, the UO risks loosing the valuable
opportunity to change this age-old habit and use
one of their most abundant resources to create
a ‘campus water aesthetic.’ A series of design
experiments for creating stormwater infrastructure systems on East Campus were produced. Proposed
stormwater runoff management strategies indicated
what type of structural development could be built
and where. These six alternative designs were
evaluated against a set of UO Pattern Language
Standards and stormwater issues appropriate to
the design concept. The designs were evaluated
against a criteria and ranking outcomes were
presented graphically to visually show the
strengths and weaknesses of each design. This
was followed by a fi nal design critique for each
of the six-alternative design. The product of this
process was a set of Stormwater First Patterns
for the University of Oregon’s East Campus.
Beschreibung
124 pages. Examining committee chair: Rob Ribe
Schlagwörter
Stormwater management, Campus development, Pattern language, Campus water aesthetic, Infiltration basin, Stream system, Architectural conveyance, Stormwater First, University of Oregon, East Campus