Panorama Park
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Panorama Park was an under-utilized and degraded neighborhood park in southeast Colorado Springs with amazing views of Pike’s Peak and the potential to be a special park for the surrounding under-served community. Together with the Trust for Public Land (TPL), the City of Colorado Springs sought to develop this 13-acre park to its potential and hired Stream to lead the project. The resulting $7 million park, which includes a universally accessible playground, ball fields, a ‘skateable’ youth area, an event lawn and plaza, an interactive water feature, and a series of looped paths and adventure trails that offer a variety of distances and experiences for visitors.
Using a collaborative process, Stream worked with the City, TPL, school groups and community organizations to develop a plan for the park that truly reflects the desires and dreams of the community, and a design that is intended to create a social heart of the neighborhood. Integrating innovative ‘green infrastructure’ into the park design was a primary design objective: Stormwater runoff is distributed to dispersed infiltration areas throughout the site, reducing the detention volume while maximizing the usable areas for recreation. In addition, a bike challenge course has been carefully graded and designed to fit within the detention pond, transforming this necessary drainage element into an exciting park feature.
