These city scale pergolas are part of the North End Parks, the first parks built over Boston's Big Dig.

I was hired as a consultant by Crosby Schlessinger Smallridge in Boston for the landscape architecture firm Gustafson Guthrie Nichol in Seattle, to develop the constructability & details of the already established pergolas. This included studies in overall geometry, layout & density, material changes (bronze to painted steel), thinning out the structure (from tube to plate members), integrating lighting & electrical outlets, adding supports for plant growth, coordinating with the Big Dig tunnels below (removable parts, location of footings), and creating a pigeon-free environment. Through consulting with metal fabricators, I brought the project within budget. I also contributed to the design of the railing, the paving and in selecting the stone in the rest of the park.

U.N.O., the photos are by yours truly as are the drawings, though those belong to C.S.S.