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The Rain Garden
The Oregon Convention Center Metropolitan Exposition
Portland, OR, USA
Artist: Mayer/Reed Landscape Architects with consultants, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership and David Evans a
lawn and basalt boulders with convention center as backdrop
About this project:
This garden curves around the façade of the Convention Center. A dry river runs through this narrow space lined with basalt columns stacked in aesthetically pleasing ways. Located on the forgotten back of the building this project also functions to treat runoff from building itself.
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