Students create mini park near PSU

Published 12:00 am Monday, June 1, 2015

By Jennifer Anderson

Portland State University’s student-built SoMa Parklet is ready for public use, thanks to $15,641 in community funds.

The parklet provides covered seating in place of two parking spaces on Southwest Fourth Avenue, next to the food carts between College and Hall streets.

Students in PSU Assistant Professor B.D. Wortham-Galvin’s architecture class have been working this term to build different parts of the structure, including the seating, tables and planters.

They installed it during Memorial Day weekend and held a ribbon-cutting ceremony June 1.

The parklet was designed by students with reused, recycled and sustainable materials and uses native plants for efficient stormwater management. It’s a partnership with the SoMa (South of Market) EcoDistrict, and the first true public project of Portland Street Seats program, since most are owned and operated by restaurants or other businesses and allow for private access only.

For more: https://www.pdx.edu/the-arts/soma-parklet-project.

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