Alief Park - Ruppert Landscape

Service

Landscape Installation

Market

Parks & Public Places

Location

Houston, Texas

Overview

Located in West Houston, the Alief Neighborhood Center and Park serves one of the city’s most diverse communities. Reopened to the public in January 2023, the project models a paradigm shift in community services, creating a civic center that houses several city departments that is at the heart of an entirely redeveloped 38-acre urban sports park. The site was designed to shape the park and center into a resilient hub of community interaction incorporating a skatepark, sports courts, playgrounds, soccer fields, a pool and rock-climbing wall. To address Houston’s flood vulnerability, the park land has been intentionally shaped to manage floodwaters effectively with tree canopies and winding pathways that guide visitors through the site.

Scope

To complete this project, we eradicated all planting/seeding areas (over 17 acres) using chemicals and scraping; fine graded and amended existing soil and added new soil; seeded/sodded 17.3 acres; and installed 1300 SF of subslab; 6500 SF of pavers; 87 tons of stone/gravel; 4850 SF of soil separator fabric; a $460,000 irrigation system; 600 SF of synthetic turf; 500 SF synthetic surfaces, a significant amount of playground equipment and site amenities, 2200 SF of a wood fiber path; 670 CY of mulch; 12,000 groundcover/perennials; 6600 shrubs and 830 trees.