Resilient infrastructure

As part of ongoing resilient infrastructure and public realm improvements in Fort Lauderdale, DC Alexander Park repurposes a former parking lot into a vibrant and resilient public space for tourists and residents. The park serves to reinvest in green and resilient infrastructure along the vulnerable shoreline of coastal South Florida. The project “botanizes” the previous asphalt parking lot through the reintegration and interpretation of coastal dune and tropical maritime hardwood hammock ecosystems. Brooks + Scarpa Brooks + Scarpa Brooks + Scarpa Brooks + Scarpa Brooks + Scarpa Brooks + Scarpa The upland coastal ecosystem includes both vegetated “root” dunes and rubberized surfaces to... More