Client: City of Vancouver
Price: $1,748,000
Year: 2009
Hastings Park is a landmark example of how bold vision can transform an urban space. Once a paved parking lot and service yard, this nine-acre site has been reborn as a thriving, indigenous nature park at the heart of Vancouver’s east side. Through the City’s “green” Hastings corridor initiative, we worked alongside the Vancouver Parks Board and Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg to shape a two-tiered water park, meandering pathways, and gathering spaces that invite year-round use.
For Landesign, this was more than construction — it was the creation of a living landscape that restores habitat, connects community, and reflects our passion for building spaces that endure. Today, it stands as one of our proudest achievements and a gift to the city we call home.
- Comprehensive site works, including grading and construction of islands
- Rock and clay weir installation to define the water’s edge
- Installation of 12” suction pump with re-circulation piping
- Connection to 2m City of Vancouver stormwater input pipe
- Construction of two concrete, steel, and IPE bridges modeled after Central Park, NYC
- Boardwalk and railing installation through marsh planting areas
- Poured-in-place concrete walls, stairs, and seating areas
- Granite boulder seating throughout the site
- Gravel paths and roadway construction
- 12×12 post-and-wire safety fencing installation
- Custom concrete and IPE bench fabrication and placement
- Installation of underground irrigation system
- Topsoil placement and full plant installation
