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a party on the plaza in the background, in the foreground pedestrian bridges cross over a sunken rain garden filled with native grasses and young cottonwood trees

custom yellow slatted benches on the plaza surfaced with cream colored pavers, up o the deck, people each lunch at a table under a red umbrella next to the red brick building

a wide concrete walk through a water quality native meadow with wildflowers leads down to picnic tables within the trees at the edge of the river

wildflower meadow and water quality area adjacent to a concrete walk that takes visitors into the building

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STEAM on the Platte

Denver, CO

Adaptive reuse project prioritizes workforce housing, healthy living, and sustainable practices.

The redevelopment site for STEAM on the Platte, a mixed-use community along the South Platte River, was for many decades a no-man’s land of Denver’s industrial past, despite being only a few miles from downtown. Wenk worked with the design team to provide a vision for the site that embraces its location along the river and celebrates its industrial past. Wenk also provided urban design of all site infrastructure.

STEAM on the Platte will redevelop 3.3 acres which includes the renovation/conversion of the existing warehouse into office space use, associated adjacent site improvements, utilities, and parking. The project will bring urban ecology to a part of the city that hasn’t seen private-sector investment in the past century.

Project Team:
Tres Birds Workshop – Architect
Wenk Associates – Landscape Architect
White Construction Group – Contractor

Client

Urban Ventures, LLC

Completion Year

2017

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