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I am a bit late on this announcement, but the City of Santa Monica has selected 6 finalists for the high-profile Palisades Garden Walk and Town Square project. The impressive group includes: Peter Walker and Partners, Gehry Partners, James Corner Field Operations, Studio Works, Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, and SWA Group.
The project will redevelop a large patch of dirt between the Santa Monica Pier and the Santa Monica City Hall (see detailed view of project site to the right - image courtesy of City of Santa Monica). The project will include 7 acres of park space bordered by future residential development with the goal of creating a dynamic open space that will connect the Santa Monica Civic Center to the rest of the city. The project scope is summed up well by Architect's Newspaper, which first reported the finalists in December: According to the project’s RFQ, the Town Square, adjacent to Santa Monica’s City Hall, is set to be a space for cultural and civic events, while the Palisades Garden Walk, to its south, will focus on the city’s unique “cultural” and “horticultural” offerings, including a botanical element and water features. Adjacent streetscape improvements, as well as pedestrian and bicycle paths, will connect the parks to the city, while Moore Ruble Yudell’s Santa Monica Village will sit just adjacent. The city has committed $25 million for design and construction of the project, and construction is planned to begin in August 2011.Funding for the project was approved in June, and interviews will occur this month with a winner chosen sometime shortly thereafter. The selection panel is said to include Ken Smith and USC architecture dean Qingyun Ma. A public process will be implemented by the winning team to help develop the final plan.
More coverage of the project can be found at the following websites:
The Dirt
Curbed LA
Santa Monica City Government - RFQ and Base Images
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