{"id":448,"date":"2022-06-09T10:33:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T08:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lasquare.org\/?page_id=448"},"modified":"2022-06-09T10:36:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T08:36:31","slug":"matlala-park","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lasquare.org\/index.php\/list-of-projects-new\/matlala-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Matlala Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-448\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-448-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-448-0\" data-stretch-type=\"full-stretched-padded\" ><div id=\"pgc-448-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-448-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Matlala Park - Sport Amenities and Constructed Wetland - Ekurhuleni<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Design - 2019<br \/>\nConstruction - 2020\/21<\/p>\n<p>The Matlala Park is located within the Kwa-Thema community. The upgrades to the previously completed phase of this project required landscape design for the development of three main components:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Sport and recreation elements including a skate park, a large play field, a multipurpose sport basketball and tennis courts.<br \/>\n\u2022 Extension to the existing system of pathways,\u00a0 including a new linkage of the park with the adjacent road via two, new pedestrian bridges over an existing stormwater channel.<br \/>\n\u2022 Cost-effective and practical solution to the significant pollution of the channel that was contaminated with raw sewage and trash.<\/p>\n<p>Pawel Gradowski\u2019s new design provided innovative solutions to these challenges, which also maximized local job-creation, new skills training opportunities for the local community and included creative solutions to the bio-filtration and trash catchment requirements. Two new pedestrian bridges and a system of pathways allowed for easy access to this new park with valuable sport and recreational amenities.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-268 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_Park_Plan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1058\" height=\"782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_Park_Plan.jpg 1058w, https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_Park_Plan-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_Park_Plan-1024x757.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_Park_Plan-768x568.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-448-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-448-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-266 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_Park_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1270\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_Park_01.jpg 1270w, https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_Park_01-300x66.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_Park_01-1024x227.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_Park_01-768x170.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/>Area of the constructed wetland within the polluted stream along the road<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-270 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_Park_Biofiltration03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"986\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_Park_Biofiltration03.jpg 986w, https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_Park_Biofiltration03-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_Park_Biofiltration03-768x303.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-265 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_Park.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1126\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_Park.jpg 1126w, https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_Park-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_Park-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_Park-768x533.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-271\" src=\"https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_SkatePark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1079\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_SkatePark.jpg 1079w, https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_SkatePark-300x88.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_SkatePark-1024x299.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lasquare.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/LASquare_Matlala_SkatePark-768x224.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lasquare.org\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/LA2_24_Matlala_Park.pdf\">\u00a0<strong> Download <\/strong>a PDF file for this project<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-448-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"siteorigin-panels-stretch panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-448-1\" data-stretch-type=\"full-stretched\" ><div id=\"pgc-448-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matlala Park &#8211; Sport Amenities and Constructed Wetland &#8211; Ekurhuleni Design &#8211; 2019 Construction &#8211; 2020\/21 The Matlala Park is located within the Kwa-Thema community. The upgrades to the previously completed phase of this project required landscape design for the development of three main components: \u2022 Sport and recreation elements including a skate park, a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lasquare.org\/index.php\/list-of-projects-new\/matlala-park\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Matlala Park&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":420,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-448","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Matlala Park - LASquare<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lasquare.org\/index.php\/list-of-projects-new\/matlala-park\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Matlala Park - LASquare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Matlala Park - Sport Amenities and Constructed Wetland - Ekurhuleni Design - 2019 Construction - 2020\/21 The Matlala Park is located within the Kwa-Thema community. 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