WaterColor将一个公共空间和小径组成一个新的城市公园，毗邻佛罗里达州的海滨公园。总体规划保留了该空间的自然美景，同时使社区可以访问，并通过唤起该地区的设计和生态遗产来建立与当地环境的联系。 NBW对自然系统的关注导致了八年的客户关系，包括所有公共场所的规划和设计，街道，雨水系统和开发规范。
罕见的陆地和水生环境之间的关系对于项目的所有阶段，从最初的总体规划到室内公园和周边保护区都是至关重要的。设计团队通过仔细地插入建筑，基础设施和景观计划来协调敏感的生态边缘，尽量减少干扰，同时充分参与生态表演和公众体验。行人通道和雨水花园营造出一个展示节约美学美感的公共环境网络。
地方和地区的文化影响力通知了所有公共场所的设计。在Cerulean公园，WaterColor的中央公共空间，一条340英尺长，四英尺宽的运河，庆祝了该地区水资源的重要性。运河回收佛罗里达州农业景观的灌溉沟渠和流经附近湖泊的单宁黑水溪流。运河终点的椭圆形盆地是指整个地区发现的石灰石沉没孔。沿着运河的绿色，原始森林的残余物被保护，被椭圆环限定。
WaterColor weaves a network of public spaces and trails into a new urban development adjacent to Seaside on the Florida panhandle. The master plan preserves the site’s natural beauty while making it accessible to the community, and establishes connections to the local context by evoking the region’s design and ecological heritage. NBW’s attention to natural systems led to an eight-year client relationship, including planning and design for all public spaces, streets, stormwater systems, and development codes.
Relationships between rare terrestrial and aquatic environments proved critical for all phases of the project, from the initial master plan through interior parks and perimeter preserves. The design team negotiated sensitive ecological edges by carefully inserting architectural, infrastructural and landscape programs that minimized disturbance while fully engaging ecological performance and public experience. Pedestrian paths and stormwater gardens create a network of public environments that demonstrate the aesthetic beauty of water conservation.
Local and regional cultural influences informed the design of all public spaces. At Cerulean Park, WaterColor’s central public space, a 340-foot long, four-foot wide canal celebrates the importance of water in this region. The canal recalls irrigation ditches and channels of the Florida agricultural landscape and tannic-black water creeks that flow into the nearby lake. The oval basin at the terminus of the canal references the limestone sinkholes found throughout the region. In the green along the canal, remnants of the original forest are preserved, circumscribed by oval rings.
