Location:
Hazelwood Green, Pittsburgh, PA
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Completed Year:
Fall 2024
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Project size:
174 Acres
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Student:
Maram Moushmoush
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Hazelwood green becomes a quilt stitching both sides of the landscape from the Monongahela River in the east to the neighboring Pittsburgh districts in the west. The transversal stitches running through the site create biophilic corridors for passers by. Each stitch creates an experience and these include urban agriculture through the attached townhome units, seasonal flower gardens through Flower Ave., picnic boulevard through Hazelwood Ave., a park and plant nursery connecting 2nd Ave. to Mill 19 park, and pocket parks running from the hillside to the riverfront. The site invites the surrounding Hazelwood neighborhood by connecting existing streets into the site and interpreting the vernacular residential fabric. From the north side, the site creates an office district that connects with the adjacent downtown Pittsburgh.
Bird's Eye View
Transversal stitches conveyed through the site
Concept
Transversal stitches connect from Hazelwood neighborhood to Hazelwood Green (the site)
Transversal Stitches Program
Existing Entrance Nodes
Calculations
Site Analysis
Building footprint
Green spaces
Vehicular circulation and parking
Pedestrian circulation
Public transit
Masterplan
Section AA': Transverse
Section BB': Longitudinal
Streetscape Plan View
Streetscape Perspective
* Overtime some trees will be left to grow permanently to define paths through the nursery
Open Space Section
Plant Nursery Plantings Streetscape Plantings
*Plant selection based on the City of Pittsburgh’s approved street tree list and native perennial list
Plants include edible trees and shrubs and seasonal interest
Perspective 1: Open Space (Spring)
Perspective 2: Open Space (Fall)
Perspective 3: Streetscape
