Luuwit Park Pavilion Project, Oregon Landscape Design Project, Portland, USA Architecture Photos
Luuwit Park Pavilion Project in Portland
Jan 30, 2020
Luuwit Park in Portland
Design: Skylab Architecture
Location: Portland, Oregon, USA

photo © Stephen Miller
Skylab Architecture worked alongside 2.ink Studio and in close collaboration with Portland Parks and Recreation to create this 16-acre, hourglass-shaped park in a northeast Portland neighborhood. The design team developed the Luuwit Park, formerly Beech Park, around an integrated strategy that creates both pas-sive native meadow areas that require limited maintenance as well as areas for intensively active pro-gram elements. The neighborhood is a mix of longterm residents and an increasingly diverse population of new residents. The park?s program elements were developed in coordination with area residents through a series of public open houses and meetings with the project?s Design Advisory Group.
photo © Stephen Miller
The park?s development introduces a mix of new activities onto the site including a community amphi-theater, picnic shelter and restroom, off-leash dog area, a large community playground, interactive wa-ter feature, parking areas, walking paths, and community garden. Active uses include a skate spot, climbing wall, basketball, ping pong and soccer. The park?s design takes advantage of views to the Co-lumbia River and distant Mount St. Helens while introducing a strong sense of the area?s native hab...