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The master plan included single family house lots, a townhouse development,
a community park, retail, and a country club and golf course. The site presented
a some particular challenges, all related to water. A conventional “engineered”
V-shaped channel needed to be better integrated aesthetically and experientially
with the community. Little Cypress Creek’s flood plain bisected the
site. And the numerous stormwater requirements necessitated a creative solution
to integrate what could have been a series of vacuous holes that perforated
the site. The design aggregated the site’s water “problems”
into a linked system of landscapes--all of which crossed major roads in
an attempt to weave the community together. Kathy Poole as team member at
The SWA Group, Inc. Kevin Shanley, partner in charge. |
