Design
In April 2010, Santa Monica City Council awarded a contract to James Corner Field Operations and its team of experts to design two parks for the Santa Monica Civic Center.
At the conclusion of an intensive community participation process with input from neighborhood groups and City commissions, on October 25, 2011, design development plans for both parks and the associated streetscapes were approved by City Council. Construction is scheduled to begin in the spring of 2012 and the park it set to open by the end of 2013.
-
Palisades Garden Walk (10)
Palisades Garden Walk is a 6-acre site located between Ocean Avenue and Main Street, directly across from Town Square. -
Town Square (14)
Town Square is a 1-acre site immediately in front of Santa Monica City Hall directly across Main Street from Palisades Garden Walk. -
Planting Palette (16)
Images of the planting and tree palette for both parks. -
STRUCTURES AND AMENITIES (10)
Overlook, restroom, play fort, bridge and green screen structures are included in the park design along with amenities such as seating, paving, and lighting. -
Water Features (9)
Water features placed throughout both park sites create critical linkages between the spaces and to the Arroyo theme. -
Public Art (4)
Artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle will create an iconic sculpture comprised of 49 telescoping stainless steel poles each affixed at the top with anemometers and wind vanes, staggered in height in increments of one foot. Viewable from many vantage points in the park, the elegant, grid-like form and quiet kinetic aspect of "Weather Field No. 1" complements the innovative design of the park both physically and conceptually by highlighting the topography of the park and acknowledging the local environment.