New Mexico Best of 2007/Albuquerque International Sunport Landscape Improvement

摘要

The 2,9 million dollars airport gateway project transformed eight acres of water-consuming landscape into a xeric environment showcasing New Mexico's diverse climates terrains and cultures. The project includes median and adjacent landscaping and artwork as well as walls and terraces that echo the Pueblo architecture of the Southwest. The landscape team had to overcome a number of site challenges. Steep slopes along Sunport Boulevard were stabilized with retaining walls. An impervious barrier buried under unstable fill dirt due to a former landfill on the site was eliminated. A low-water irrigation system that was sensitive to the desert environment was installed.