Corridor Improvement Program: Internal Treatments
Once
the edges of a property have been defined with pedestrian walkways, fences, and shade, screen and/or buffering plantings, it becomes important to look at the portion of the lot inside the edge. This internal space may contain surface parking, building structures, pedestrian walkways, ground signs, and unprogrammed open space. By adding new landscape plantings an owner can ease urban heat sink issues as well as modify seasonal winds, drifting snows, and glare. When combined with pedestrian passageways in parking lots landscaping not only improves aesthetics but also improves safety by separating vehicular circulation from pedestrian circulation. Landscape plantings are also useful in dressing up an existing
façade. Building entry points can be emphasized when landscape is planted in the horizontal plane that lies before
the doorway. When the pedestrian circulation system is well thought-out and executed, the distance a pedestrian
must traverse from parking to entry will be safe and enjoyable.
Text written by DLK Architecture
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