Orange Mall Green Infrastructure at Arizona State University

The Orange Mall Green Infrastructure project transformed a portion of an asphalt paved vehicular roadway into a shady, pedestrian mall in the heart of Arizona State University (ASU). This highly performing landscape creates a green heart in the center of campus, with large bioswales that not only manage a critical volume of stormwater, but also provide enhanced social and learning spaces for the University. This Sustainable Sites® Gold certified project serves as an immersive and interactive learning laboratory for the University. The landscape and hardscape contiguous to the pedestrian spine offers flexible, programmed, and non-programmed outdoor space for events and everyday use. The promenade exemplifies ASU’s position on global sustainability through active engagement, carbon neutrality and principled practice: a demonstration project that employs perceivable sustainable strategies such as climate mitigation, recycling, zero waste and water harvesting as well as human benefits to improve physical and mental health and well-being.