Design Tactics for Activating Viaduct Spaces
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Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate different approaches for activating viaduct spaces.
- Learn to incorporate nature-based solutions under viaducts.
- Explore public-private partnerships for building, maintaining, and programming viaduct spaces.
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Looking at the Underground at Ink Block in Boston, this tour will explore design tactics to activate a multi-acre public open space under a major highway bridge interchange. The project integrates new people-powered mobility connections, nature-based solutions that mitigate the impacts of the highway, and new recreation amenities. Explore the public-private partnership between the state’s transportation agency and a local private developer to design and build the public realm improvements and maintain and program the space.