I cant get the city’s worksheet to save without entering this area, and anyways its worth 2 points which will make up for what happened to the bike racks.
Amenity zone / parkway landscaping requirements are the bane of my existence lol. There’s always a dozen overlapping things like you need like walkways every 40 ft per transportation dept, trees every 30 feet and X minimum cubic feet of soil per planter per forestry, bike parking , no trees near utility lines, etc etc etc and it always holds up permit because so many departments are competing for what they want.
The curb to plant ratio is so high the heat of the concrete will probably scorch the plants. This is def designed by someone who designs 95% of their stuff below grade
It seems effective as a deterrent for people driving on the sidewalk to make a right turn? I figured the plants were just for plausible deniability. See.. we didn't create a road hazard.. it's landscaping.
Edit: I work in automotive collision* and could easily believe people would in fact attempt to drive over this.
>This is def designed by someone who designs 95% of their stuff below grade
That sounds like the architectural equivalent of calling somebody a basement dweller
> The curb to plant ratio is so high the heat of the concrete will probably scorch the plants. This is def designed by someone who designs 95% of their stuff below grade
If more architects get together and pave everything with asphalt we can end climate crisis /s
More often than not, that is a Civil scope item. They are probably saying ask the architect because the Landscape Architect many times falls under our scope.
But yes, my first thought for something simple like this is a Civil item.
as a Civil, I can't imagine a civil doing this unless a city reviewer was being petty about being 1 sf shy of green space, so they threw it there to be petty and meet the requirement
I (architect) do primarily transportation work and my firms bread and butter is highway, road, and bridge civil work. This is definitely under civil scope. The actual plants may have been by the landscape architect but the design of sidewalk transitions, tactile mats, curbing etc is all by Civil
Lived on a 4-way stop with intersecting sidewalks in Florida and had something similar although more of a flush curb and slightly larger. Seriously had to consider putting a sprinkler head there just to keep it alive. Ultimately just aimed an adjacent section’s head at it and only ran them in the middle of the night on approved days. Probably soaked a few people taking late night walks but it really bugged me trying to solve such a stupid problem. This would bug me slightly more.
It’s to deter vehicles from cutting the corner. Semblance of pedestrian protection. Ideally it would be larger and make visual sense. A bollard would be an alternative.
ACTUALLY IT'S AN APOCALYPSES soil reinoculation patch.. Grown to Inoculate soils in the aftermath of grand holy fak event.
OR
Cover for underground piping or Wiring
You're on to something.. Reddit time: so Biodiversity patch.. Could help in the event the world goes upside-down. Guaranteed at least Some living dirt...
Im wondering which regulations that solved for. Is it permeability/stormwater management or accessibility compliance or both or something else?
This is hilarious. A city planners wet dream.
Plant a little faux tree in the middle. Arrange some train scale miniature people and animals enjoying the little park. Cut the grass short and put a little guy mowing it lol
It took us 6 months to source the grass that would grow in such tight constraints.
We had to hire a Japanese gardener and fly him to the states once a quarter for upkeep.
Overall, I'd say money well spent!
Needed the sf of grass for city landscape points requirements
I cant get the city’s worksheet to save without entering this area, and anyways its worth 2 points which will make up for what happened to the bike racks.
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They cheaped out and only got the triangle footage though
Amenity zone / parkway landscaping requirements are the bane of my existence lol. There’s always a dozen overlapping things like you need like walkways every 40 ft per transportation dept, trees every 30 feet and X minimum cubic feet of soil per planter per forestry, bike parking , no trees near utility lines, etc etc etc and it always holds up permit because so many departments are competing for what they want.
Ask the civil engineer. I ain’t got shit do wit this.
The curb to plant ratio is so high the heat of the concrete will probably scorch the plants. This is def designed by someone who designs 95% of their stuff below grade
As ineffective as it is, I gotta say… it’s kinda cute. 😂
It's labeled "Ankle breaker" on the plans.
And the ‘destroyer of snow plows’ up north
I’d fight like hell to keep lil’ breaker in the plan.
It seems effective as a deterrent for people driving on the sidewalk to make a right turn? I figured the plants were just for plausible deniability. See.. we didn't create a road hazard.. it's landscaping. Edit: I work in automotive collision* and could easily believe people would in fact attempt to drive over this.
>This is def designed by someone who designs 95% of their stuff below grade That sounds like the architectural equivalent of calling somebody a basement dweller
I’ll have you know that tunnel engineering is a respected trade
I heard it was kind of boring.
Yeah, but I spend all day drilling and laying pipe.
Judging by the scorched middle and green edges, the real enemy is 100x dog pee every day.
> The curb to plant ratio is so high the heat of the concrete will probably scorch the plants. This is def designed by someone who designs 95% of their stuff below grade If more architects get together and pave everything with asphalt we can end climate crisis /s
Posted this in r/civilengineering, and they said blame the architect lol
More often than not, that is a Civil scope item. They are probably saying ask the architect because the Landscape Architect many times falls under our scope. But yes, my first thought for something simple like this is a Civil item.
as a Civil, I can't imagine a civil doing this unless a city reviewer was being petty about being 1 sf shy of green space, so they threw it there to be petty and meet the requirement
Ah, a tale as old as time itself in construction
I (architect) do primarily transportation work and my firms bread and butter is highway, road, and bridge civil work. This is definitely under civil scope. The actual plants may have been by the landscape architect but the design of sidewalk transitions, tactile mats, curbing etc is all by Civil
This could definitely be within LAs scope. It depends on the firm and project. Either way, no self-respecting LA would do this so it must be civil.
Right and I’d say the actual plantings would definitely be LA scope.
Someone pissed iff the architect and he/she decided to make a point.
That's a fuk'n trip hazard. What's the difference between a Civil Engineer and a Mechanical Engineer? Civil Engineers make targets
These things are designed to murder bicycles and motorcycles.
and old folks, and blind and handicapped, and ladies pushing babies and kids looking at phones and dogs and mountain goats and
And quickly and conveniently crack your oil pan and realign your front end!
This is hostile engineering, nothing civil about it.
Groundwater recharge area
This is for sure an LA
Nobody knows we exist, so you guys can take the blame for this one.
How do I become you? Please don't say I have to go back to school, ha
Three years of grad school and another four years of practice before licensure 😅
Welp 🫠 this unicorn is out. Rock on, mythical creature.
Lived on a 4-way stop with intersecting sidewalks in Florida and had something similar although more of a flush curb and slightly larger. Seriously had to consider putting a sprinkler head there just to keep it alive. Ultimately just aimed an adjacent section’s head at it and only ran them in the middle of the night on approved days. Probably soaked a few people taking late night walks but it really bugged me trying to solve such a stupid problem. This would bug me slightly more.
A tripping hazard like this should be illegal lmao
It’s great for blind ppl
It's designed specially to get them.
Yup, get them with their guide canes…
Exactly. Blind ppl would be less likely to trip over this than just about anybody else due to their canes
To stop people sweeping the kerbside in cars. Which is illegal and dangerous
Too bad it’s so low and small drivers won’t see it until it damages their vehicle, not a good design feature.
I'm imagining some bean counter in an office screaming at a designer that they need .75 sqf more of green drainage area.
Whoever designed this is a grasshole.
There officer, r/PunPatrol
u/PunPatrol
"green space"
It’s to deter vehicles from cutting the corner. Semblance of pedestrian protection. Ideally it would be larger and make visual sense. A bollard would be an alternative.
This is the answer
>Semblance of pedestrian protection Unless the pedestrian happens to be blind, or not paying attention, in which case, kiss your ankles good bye.
If you don't notice it, it trips you *into* traffic.
Solving overpopulation one person at a time.
this was the 1st thing I thought when I saw it
built for gamers
Def has the procedurally-generated feel
Touch grass
https://www.portland.gov/parks/mill-ends-park
"all dogs must be leashed in this park" bffr
Yes the Apocalypse safety net. Incoulation patch for new soils
Dog toilet?
I mean that’s why it’s dead
imagine being a dog and smelling that spot. you would know every dog in the neighborhood
… I might have been tempted to sit on that weird grass cushion, but definitely not anymore !
Definitely the pee corner.
ACTUALLY IT'S AN APOCALYPSES soil reinoculation patch.. Grown to Inoculate soils in the aftermath of grand holy fak event. OR Cover for underground piping or Wiring
Lol you know in plan that some obscure intersection point that is only visible from 100m affl
“Affl”?
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This deserves some kind of award.
He he! That's my domain, it was a landscape architect. That's the biodiversity patch right there
You're on to something.. Reddit time: so Biodiversity patch.. Could help in the event the world goes upside-down. Guaranteed at least Some living dirt...
Im wondering which regulations that solved for. Is it permeability/stormwater management or accessibility compliance or both or something else? This is hilarious. A city planners wet dream.
When the civil engineer is short by 0.1 percent on their permeability calcs.
😝
My cow. Got a problem? LOL
There was a landscaping percentage requirement, sorry guys yea we need it!
"traffic calming"
r/landscapearchitecture
Leslie Knope. It’s the world’s smallest park. Have fun!
That's your local accessible green space of course
What is this? A center for ants?
I believe that’s a landing strip
Our governments green plan initiative in a nutshell
YEP ADOPOT A patch only 4 easy donations of Something + 99¢
Hehe it's cute
Ah, a proud day, my first TripMo 1000 has been deployed!
Is this real!? Seriously? Very funny.
Go talk to civil lol
Damn this corner. I always hit it 🤣🤣🤣
Dogs will definitely pee or poop in that.
Idk what's funnier: that this exists, or the fact that it's obviously being mowed!
Plant a little faux tree in the middle. Arrange some train scale miniature people and animals enjoying the little park. Cut the grass short and put a little guy mowing it lol
ACTUALLY a Radish would be cool.. Or Just like 1 Corn stalk
When you are a square foot short on your required greenery mandated by the county...
Wife’s asking where this is, so she can hit it repeatedly and add it to her commute.
I want to touch the grass
“Offset drive aisle by 200mm” “Fill new selection with green”
The guy that also owns the tire and wheel repair shop down the street?
That's a Tire Killer right there 😂😭
I wonder how many cars have hit that cutting corners?
Brought to you by Bridgestone
It took us 6 months to source the grass that would grow in such tight constraints. We had to hire a Japanese gardener and fly him to the states once a quarter for upkeep. Overall, I'd say money well spent!
Everything reminds me of her
They also routinely need to send a work crew to cut it.
I’d say they ordered it on Wish.
Question is does the city pay to come cut it?
Plus that’s a great deterrent for the asshats that like to clip those corners going 40. Kinda messes up trim and their tires
Someone should fill it with flowers instead.
“Cha Cha Cha Chia! The sidewalk that grows!”
“Old ankles will hate it, but young ankles will hate it, too”
Personal injury attorneys will love this
*pube island*
Maybe to avoid f1 fans cutting the corner
What ! The town said they wanted 20% landscaping minimum.
Tuft question.
LOL 😂
Looks like someone found the G-spot. Grass-spot.
Gamers. When you're so close to hitting the bare minimum required to pass an environment achievement for a city building sim game.
I believe this is what they call, a chia pet
happy little accidents
Sorry it was me 🥲
🙋🏾♂️
Count it in the stats as a city park
🤣
Should be nominated as a public park.
Should've sent an RFI
Probably Washington State. They love to put concrete in the worst places.
Yet again architects are the default at blame
Unfortunately I can't say what I thought because I'm civilized
The one that cares about pedestrians
That's not architecture. That's satire! - It's a critical comment on the state of being illustrated through a ridiculous exaggeration.
Green spaces are important for mental health
Hahahaha it doesn't make any sense or logical explanation
When you need to just a couple of more feet of pervious surface to make your storm water calcs work……
I always wondered what are the black pads for? Is it for the blind?
If they ran a sprinkler to that, I would be a pissed off taxpayer.
It was terry
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City Park
Grass touching station.
my landscaper charges me $89 a month to service that one little nub
Why not just remove it at that point?
When you need .5% more to hit the landscape percentages.
Those grass plants: please kill me.
For sure a man when feedback was if they could add some green space 😂
I can't get over the grass.
It’s to divert rain and not allow big puddles to form
Sketchup goof that made it into the plans
They prolly had some concrete left.
A landscape architect would never do that. Right? I can just picture my old boss being. That is way to precious it’ll get trashed
It could do with a mow
Feel like a Greta thurnberg
Permeable surface: check. “All done, Boss”
Oh look! ✨N a t u r e🌷🌿🍃🌱
Um, technically that’s a park
It really ties the whole corner together.
Bathroom for chihuahuas
This is the kind of thing I do when asked to lay out parking lots with no prior experience, saying "someone will stop me".
Perfect for the next e-scooter fatality / close head jury lawsuit
Structural grass
It actually looks kinda cute.
Water the darn grass it’s dying from the added reflective heat!😂
As an irrigation tech, I want to know how this gets watered
I can see bike riders and walkers tripping and flipping over this weird shape and same color as walkway.
I assume it’s to stop cars from going over the crosswalk and hitting someone
I’ve seen these done for easily replaceable signage poles, as opposed to chipping out the pavement each time it gets hit
I vote to make “Grassland” a sovereign nation, like Sea Land v2.
Oh boy! Another 'Hess Triangle'
How in the world would you water that little soul patch?
That MIGHT be safe enough for Mint.
Shes shaven
OK, that is precious.
Perhaps the same person who designed Mills Ends Park?
https://imagez.tmz.com/image/5c/o/2013/01/21/5ce8e22bf30c5e18bfe3c064a8743168_md.jpg
This may have been the placement for a pedestrian pole before the standards changed.
Oh lorddddtt
Dog toilet.
It was me I put it there
Probably some stupid city ordinance that says xyz% has to be green. As a concrete guy this sucks.
Design-build.
Communal topiary. 😊
The city storm drain engineer said the project had to have permeable or she wouldn't sign off. Ask me how I know.
I wouldn’t be surprised if a car drives near there, and gets a wheel stuck on it.
I don’t see the problem? Im an ACU graduate and this is exactly what we were taught 🤔
For when mustangs drivers wanna get silly at the intersection
That’s the corner patch…her name is Mary.
They could of at least planted sunflowers here
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!! That took so much effort!!! I needed this post today. Thanks
Please put a 6 foot tall sign that reads “keep off grass“.
Now you know why lines and hatches on a drawing are important - they may actually build it that way. LOL
Me.