Phoenix Civic Space Park (Phoenix, AZ) : Plaza with benches, shade trees and pervious concrete and pavers
- Creator:
- AECOM (Firm) Design + Planning, merged 1990
- Published/Created:
- 424 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
completed 2009 - Physical Description:
- 2.77 ac (area)
- Date Depicted:
- 3/13/2013
- Materials:
- pervious concrete and pavers; plant material
- Notes:
- Civic Space Park is an urban park in Downtown Phoenix which first opened to the public in April 2009. It is located next to the main part of the ASU Downtown Campus and the Central Station METRO Light Rail and bus transfer stations. The land was purchased by the City of Phoenix to reclaim as a park; the main building renovated in the project is called the A.E. England Building, and is a mix of retail and a community space. The centerpiece of the park is the $2.4 million sculpture of suspended nets by Janet Echelman called Her Secret Is Patience. The majority of the park (over 70%) will be shaded, once all the trees have fully matured, through a combination of trees and shade structures. Solar panels covering the tops of the shade canopies produce a combined 75 kilowatts of power. Hard surfaces are made with pervious concrete and pavers that reduce heat reflection and allow rainfall to seep through.
- Variant Titles:
- Civic Space Park
- Topics:
- Architecture -- United States -- 21st century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Twenty-first century
- Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 2A1-AECOM-DCS-A20
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
open spaces: parks (recreation areas) (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- open spaces; recreation areas; parks (recreation areas)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Eight
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
3/13/2013 12:00:00 AM - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2013; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4654
- OID:
- 10903175
- PID:
- digcoll:1834156