NEWS & Ideas
heritage square park
The City of Walla Walla worked with HEWITT to develop a new concept for Heritage Square Park, transforming an underused downtown park into an accessible, multifunctional urban plaza that would accommodate year-round programming and civic celebrations.
Providing a strong connection to Mill Creek, the park aspires to be a place visitors and the community go out of their way to walk through. Heritage Square Park would serve as a welcoming centerpiece that would create a lasting, positive impact to the downtown area and furthermore aspires to plant the seeds for improvements that spread beyond the site – Mill Creek Walk, water management showcase, street tree system improvements.
Technology spotlight
A Concept in Motion
To communicate design ideas with the community, HEWITT modeled the park concept in Lumion, a 3D visualization software. The flythrough below was a valuable tool in helping the residents visualize the proposed ideas and gain a better understanding of the spatial qualities of Heritage Park.