![]() Promenades run from the north to south end of the park, framing an event lawn, and creating a variety of pedestrian gathering spaces. The park features an array of specialty bike tracks and elements including a Supercross Track, Pump and Dirt Jump Tracks, an urban riding plaza, 25,000 SF of concrete bike bowls, and a tot-track. An immersive landscape, filled with native and adaptive planting, changes throughout the seasons and provides abundant opportunities to experience nature. The park creates movement and connection between experiences, whether as a rider or a spectator. The unique forms of the park are as dynamic as the sport,” added Trageser. “We wanted the park to reflect the active and exciting spirit of BMX racing. The size of the site allowed for the expression of unique features for bike riders, such as dirt tracks for BMX racing, as well as areas for freestyle and jump ramps, as well as expansive areas to accommodate special events and places to walk, sit, gather and spectate. OJB’s master plan for the park takes into account form, pattern, and spatial needs for programming to shape the distinct program and create connections and transitions between the park elements. ![]() ![]() The park is a destination for BMX riders and spectators, while at the same time welcomes all to enjoy a public space, whether for active or passive recreation.” “The design balances different types of experiences, from the novice or expert rider, to the visitor or sport spectator. “This one-of-a-kind park is a keystone to a redeveloping neighborhood in Houston,” said Chip Trageser, Managing Principal and project design director at OJB. Working with the Greater Greenspoint Redevelopment Authority, these free-to-use public spaces are conceived as a mechanism for neighborhood revitalization and community activation. OJB developed the site master plan and designed both parks, reimagining a former wastewater treatment plant into a unique 23-acre public amenity. ![]() The Rockstar Energy Bike Park opened to the greater Houston community on August 16th, with city officials and world-class riders showing off bike tracks and amenities for recreation, training, and races.ĭesigned by OJB Landscape Architecture (OJB), the Bike Park is located just minutes from Bush Intercontinental Airport and adjoins the 10-acre North Houston Skate Park, the largest skate park in North America. HOUSTON: (August 22, 2019) – After a four year design and construction process, Houston welcomed its newest BMX (bicycle motocross) bike park, the nation’s largest BMX venue. A significant area of forest was also preserved, and an additional 400 trees were planted, which helps lower temperatures within the park.08.22.19 HOUSTON OPENS NEW WORLD CLASS BMX BIKE PARK The highly porous and immersive landscape, filled with native and adaptive planting, changes throughout the seasons. 3.5-acres of 100% permeable parking lots, rain gardens along the promenade, and bike bowls to hold water in flood conditions, keep the park usable and active during seasons of frequent storms.īy preserving the forested areas of the site, along with planting additional trees, the bike paths and bowls evoke the feeling of biking in the forest, with paths cut out of the landscape, rather than small areas of planting being added into the paths themselves. The park is a pioneer of low-impact development. Located adjacent to a major drainage system for Houston, the entire site was reimagined as a porous park that meshes sustainable hardware elements such as rain gardens, detention zones and bioswales with permeable pavement, gravel parking and planted areas threaded among the riding zones. Carved out of a flood plain, the new Rockstar Energy BMX Bike Park is the largest bike park in the US.
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