Orange Cat Racing
This woodsy respite is an outdoor extension of the Orange Cat Racing headquarters, a motorcycle racing club & garage located within Chicago's West Loop neighborhood in a former textile factory.
The site has limited construction access due to the adjacent industrial buildings, 15’-raised viaduct, and steel armature cap. The limited project budget and site constraints prohibited excavation of contaminated in-situ soils. Instead of excavating and hauling those soils, an engineered barrier was applied and topped with Omni Infinity Media. Where there was 100-year accumulation of contaminated back fill is now a fescue-seeded lawn for barefoot relaxation.
Omni Infinity Media on this project:
Coverage Area: 622 sf
Depth: 4”
Stormwater Storage: >1,592 gal (>213 cf)
Installation Complete: 2021
Key Takeaways:
Cost-effective landscape on a contaminated site
Only 4”-deep growth media
Project Data:
Location: Chicago, IL
Type:
Brownfield Redevelopment
Commercial Office