Dalhousie University Active Transportation Corridor
Dalhousie University Active Transportation Corridor
We prepared a master plan concept for an active transportation corridor through Dalhousie University’s downtown Halifax Sexton Campus. The concept focused on sustainable storm water management, re-thinking circulation patterns to prioritize pedestrians and cyclists, improving accessibility, and providing outdoor work areas for adjacent architecture and engineering faculties.
Fathom, then Ekistics Plan + Design, prepared tender drawings and specifications for the initial phase of work, which included pavement markings for a bike lane, a permeable pavement plaza at Spring Garden Road, storm water retention gardens, and a waste sorting and recycling enclosure for construction and demolition waste materials generated by the faculties.
Status
2017–2018 (design and build)
Our role
Landscape Architecture
Client
Dalhousie University
Location
Halifax, Nova Scotia
SPACE FOR EVERYONE
The layout of the active transportation corridor ensures that there is ample space for vehicular traffic, loading zones for the university as well as pedestrians and cyclists.
MAKING CONNECTIONS
The corridor connects two busy streets in Halifax, Spring Garden Road and Morris Street, it provides a safe and efficient way for pedestrians and cyclists to access the architecture and engineering faculties at the university.
PEDESTRIAN PLAZA
The pedestrian plaza adjacent to Spring Garden Road provides a welcoming space to connect Dalhousie’s School of Architecture and the Halifax Library. The permeable pavement allows efficient drainage into stormwater retention gardens.