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  Project Title

  TMC Helix Park

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  Winning Firm
  
  

  Mikyoung Kim Design

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  Lead Designer
  
  

  Mikyoung Kim

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  Awarded
  
  WINNER, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, Landscape / Outdoor Spaces / Gardens

• Project Link
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• Project Location
  Houston, Texas, United States
• Project Status
  Completed
• Completion Date
  October, 2023
• Client
  Texas Medical Center
• General Contractor
  Vaughn Construction
• Photographer credit
  Robert Benson, Ayala Vargas


• Architectural Firm
   
• Architect Firm / Studio Name
  Mikyoung Kim Design
• Lead Architect(s)
  Mikyoung Kim
• Other Team Members
  Emmett Gregory, Ian Downing, Bryan Chou, Elkus Manfredi Architects
• About Firm
  Mikyoung Kim is an award-winning international Landscape Architecture and Urban Design Studio in Boston, Massachusetts. As designers of restorative landscapes, we address some of the most pressing public health related issues through our research in human cognition. Our evidence-based design work engages communities and landscapes across the spectrum, bringing restoration and wonder to the everyday experience.

TMC Helix Park transforms 14.5 acres of downtown Houston into a revolutionary model of climate-resilient parks, marking the first phase of a 42-acre masterplan along Brays Bayou. This park reimagines urban infrastructure as a multi-functional landscape that integrates stormwater management and ecological restoration. The park addresses Houston's pressing climate challenges by creating a green sponge in the ground plane, elevating the site by five feet above the 500-year floodplain. 650 newly planted trees provide shade with cooling water features that address urban heat island effect.