Urban Oasis

 Urban Oasis was developed through a studio focused around “What If’s?”, the largest of which being; what if Portland, Oregon creates the Green Loop they have been talking about? The Green Loop is a project being considered in the city of Portland, Oregon to help tie together opposite sides of the river. It will be a loop used for walking, biking, and used to increase community involvement. Urban Oasis asks, what if this could be used to spur new developments? Our site, Marshall Street, is book-ended on one side by the highway and the other the river. What if our design, spurring from the green loop, can be used to not only create increased community and commerce, but also a water treatment system. We could collect runoff from the highway and all adjacent buildings, and clean it before it enters the Willamette River. What if this done using a new aqueduct?