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2022 Professional Awards
of the Potomac Chapter ASLA




Pennsylvania Avenue West Streetscape

VHB

This very thoughtful project simultaneously promotes inclusivity, community engagement, and sustainability. The jury acclaimed this “great solution for a challenging site and corridor,” providing “great context for an important piece of infrastructure.”

Honor Award in Design Unbuilt


This project focuses on the portion of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC that stretches westward from the White House to Washington Circle, re-imagining the corridor to support users of diverse transportation modalities while fostering sustainability and an improved quality of life by reclaiming impervious surfaces for plants and trees.

The redesigned corridor is lined with amenities like bike racks, benches, café seating, and sculpture pads to provide visually appealing areas of congregation within a largely linear site.



New public plaza with seating, public art and a bioretention facility. Reclaimed roadway areas for bike and bus infrastructure allow for shorter pedestrian crossings.

In addition to shrinking the site’s impervious surface footprint, the design introduces bio-retention cells and pervious pavement treatments to reduce the volume of stormwater pollution entering the city’s sewer system.



Raised bike lanes at parking area and driveways provide safer conditions for all users. Mobility storage areas are located in a dedicated amenity zone, keeping the sidewalk area free.



A frontage zone, defined by a change in pavement material, provides sidewalk space for businesses. The removal of slip-lanes provides safer crossings for pedestrians and areas for landscaping and art.

Project Team
VHB
District Department of Transportation
CLINTON+RIES Landscape Architects
KGL Communications
Precision Systems, Inc.
Karen LeBlanc
Golden Triangle BID

Photo Credit
Courtesy of VHB

Congratulations to VHB.



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