Archinect - News2024-11-05T20:34:39-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150011625/sn-hetta-to-make-public-the-second-largest-waterfall-in-the-united-states
Snøhetta to Make Public the Second-Largest Waterfall in the United States Joanna Kloppenburg2017-06-09T12:22:00-04:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5b/5b8xw3w2dccfmfhj.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Oregon state, home to some of the nation’s most spectacular gorges and naturally occurring waterfalls, will soon uncover what might become its most compelling ecological landmark. Willamette Falls, of Oregon’s Willamette River, is the United States’ second largest waterfall by volume, and has been blocked from public access for well over a century.</p><p>International design firm Snøhetta has been selected to redevelop the 22-acre former industrial site located at the entrance of Oregon City into a public riverwalk. Boasting 60 species of fish, a host of unique flora and fauna and historic basalt topography, the site necessitates a sensitive restoration protocol for the firm, who is working with Portland’s Mayer / Reed and Vancouver’s DIALOG to carry out the project.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/82/82lsvdek86wn9ugm.jpg"></p><p>“The riverwalk will serve as a portal to the Northwest’s collective history,” announced the firm in a press release, “reviving a former industrial site through its aggregated layers of natural, ecological, cultural, and geologi...</p>