"The Portland Mosaic"
—2016
Proposed by Portland’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, The Green Loop is a six-mile linear park, linking Portland’s east and west sides with a robust bicycle and pedestrian network. More than just a path, it’s a means of connection—to people, place, and public life.
Our concept for the Green Loop: The Portland Mosaic, is an urban process whereby Portlanders define the character and identity of the project in a way that reflects their individual needs and aspirations for the future. It is a framework to be filled through collaborative efforts—a massive mosaic for which every Portland resident has a tile.
The Portland Mosaic represents four scales of community through which people experience Portland: the Block, the Neighborhood, the District, and the City as a whole. Each section, or lane, has its own unique identity, as decided by the corresponding community. The key feature of the Portland Mosaic is that the content of each lane is chosen by the very people that lane represents.
The effect we imagine is one in which the Green Loop has a markedly different purpose and feel wherever you live, visit, or travel—evolving and adapting with each new block.
