Project Details

2005 - 2007

Phoebe Crisman with Crisman+Petrus Architects; The Elizabeth River Project; Dr. Frank Dukes, UVA Institute for Environmental Negotiation. Crisman designed an environmentally sustaining urban plan for the co-existence of thriving waterfront industry and ecological regeneration at Money Point, a 330-acre neglected site along the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia. Supported by a Virginia Environmental Endowment grant, the design work was a critical component of a public process convened by The Elizabeth River Project and facilitated by the UVA Institute for Environmental Negotiation. Several green strategies were configured into a restored biological network integrated with the existing infrastructural network. The ten-year plan was published in October 2006. The Phase I cleanup of 19.5 acres of contaminated river sediments and 5.5 acres of restored tidal wetlands and forested shore officially began on July 1, 2009. Several components of the Money Point revitalization plan are complete, including green stormwater improvements, a three-acre restored oyster reef and seven acres of restored wetlands and forested to provide critical habitat for the river. Crisman published the research in two peer-reviewed papers. The 2007 EDRA/Places Planning Award was presented to Crisman+Petrus Architects for the Money Point Sustainable Revitalization Plan by the Environmental Design Research Association.

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Publications

Crisman, P. "Working on the Elizabeth River," Journal of Architectural Education, v.61:1 (2007): 84-91.

Crisman, P. “Money Point: a Model of Urban Practice,” in Getting Real. Design Ethos Now. R. Cheng and P. Tripeny, eds. (Washington: ACSA Press, 2006): 251-259.

Crisman, P. with The Elizabeth River Project. Rediscover the Treasure: Money Point Revitalization (Portsmouth: Money Point Revitalization Taskforce, 2006).

Moffat, D. "The Money Point Sustainable Revitalization Plan," Places, v.19, n.3. (2007): 18-23.