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East Coulee Student Design Contest Deadline August 31, 2012
What is the East Coulee Project? The restoration of the East Coulee at BSC to natural prairie and wetland will begin with a student design contest. Student design teams are asked to create a plan that will restore the coulee to its natural status, incorporate an ADA compliant trail and educational signage, as well as promote environmental and artistic literacy through the incorporation of sculptures.
Who is eligible? This contest is open to all BSC students and high school seniors planning to attend BSC in Fall 2012.
What are the guidelines?
- All qualifying designs must be submitted by a team of students.
- The design should encompass the entire area including the hillsides, woody draw and the wetland. Boundaries are delineated by this Wetlands Map.
- The design must restore the prairie and wetland using only North Dakota native plants while promoting high quality habitat for local wildlife.
- The trail must be ADA compliant. (Link not yet available.)
- All design considerations should require minimal maintenance and last for at least 10 years.
- The design must incorporate areas for sculpture installation.
Specimen gardens/sculpture pads
- Include a minimum of ten specimen gardens each containing a concrete sculpture pad. The sizes of the sculpture pads will be 2- 4'X4', 6 - 2'x2' and 2 - 2'x4' pads.
- The minimum garden size should be 36 ft. sq.
- The shape of the garden and position of the pad within the garden is at the discretion of the designer(s). The plant(s) selected for the garden is at the discretion of the designer(s) but must come from the plant resources list provided.
- The specimen gardens should be level.
- Terracing and other forms of soil retention are appropriate.
- Terrace design and materials are at the discretion of the designer(s).
Trail Specifications- An ADA compliant trail must be included in the design.
- The design of trail should promote an environmental and artistic experience tying the specimen gardens, the sculptures, the wetland and topography together while maximizing the aesthetic quality of the site.
- The trail design and materials must prevent erosion.
- The trail design must maximize the educational opportunities for the community and students.
Designers should consider- Aesthetics
- Value to wildlife
- Erosion control and Slope
- Aspect (angle of hillside toward sun)
- Soil type - top of west edge is very sandy.
- Teams are encouraged. No more than four scholarships will be divided between team members attending BSC.
- Manpower provided by BSC, BPS and local community organizations.
Why participate in the East Coulee Project Design Contest?- To showcase your artistic talents.
- To contribute to create a community green space and access to the arts through the restoration of a prairie and wetland area.
- To restore an urban ecosystem including an urban wetland, forest and wildlife habitat on BSC's campus.
- For the scholarship! The winner(s) will be awarded a scholarship for tuition at BSC. The winning team will receive a maximum of $1500 per team (or $500 per person) to be divided among the team members.
Submissions must include:- Narrative: Describe your design inspiration or objective and how the choice of design elements articulate your vision. Identify the environmental benefits to wildlife created by your design.
- Visual representation of the design
- Materials lists (plants, terrace, trail materials) = should be sufficiently detailed to provide guidance for developing a construction budget (linear feet, square feet, cubed feet, count etc.)
Submissions can be sent (via email or US mail) to:
Jean Rolandelli
Bismarck State College
PO Box 5587
Bismarck, ND 58506-5587
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