About this Talk
East Bay Regional Parks is in the middle of an ambitious sea-level-rise grading intervention as part of the planning for expanding Martin Luther King, Jr Park. We'll share the story of this park project, and show how we are going about substantially raising the level of some park areas through a multi-year process of surcharging the land to prepare for final grading at levels above projected future sea levels.
About The Speakers
Senior Landscape Architect, Thuilot Associates
Sarah has been a practicing landscape architect in the Bay Area for 20 years. At Thuilot Associates, she is a project manager for several Silicon Valley commercial and multifamily housing organizations that own and maintain a portfolio of properties. At this scale, the design challenge is about seeking the best long-term irrigation solutions for landscapes, and then finding maintenance companies with the technical skills to take advantage of exciting new irrigation systems and digital tools.
Senior Associate, PlaceWorks
Jesse is a landscape architect at PlaceWorks overseeing a wide range of open space and public parks projects. Jesse's work focuses on utilizing environmental analysis to make informed design decisions and resilient landscape spaces. Jesse is currently working on three shoreline projects on San Francisco Bay, including the Tidewater site at Martin Luther King Jr Regional Shoreline. At each site, the project team is planning for sea level rise in a thoughtful and adaptive way, to create spaces that function today and in a future impacted by climate change.