Boeddeker Park

San Francisco’s Tenderloin is an area with many families that is dramatically undeserved by open space. Working closely with the Trust for Public Land and WRNS Studio, Sherwood helped shape the redesign of this urban park in the heart of the Tenderloin neighborhood. The new park reduces water consumption and pollution by both infiltrating and harvesting rainwater on site with permeable paving, bioswales and a rainwater cistern designed to supply a low-flow irrigation system. The park was redesigned to include play areas for children and outdoor fitness machines for adults as well as a walking loop that encourages outdoor activities for all ages. The design of these decreases the number of children having to leave the neighborhood for recreational activities. With interpretive signs to describe the water and energy conservation stories in the park, the project will increase users’ understanding of the natural environment.