RFQ: Artist Collaboration for N. Lotus Lake Park
Barr Engineering
Project Location: N. Lotus Lake Park, Pleasantview Road, Chanhassen, MN
Information session (Optional): Saturday, November 2, 1-3 pm, open house at N. Lotus Lake Park
Submissions Due via email to mbean@barr.com by 3:00 pm, Friday, November 15, 2024
- Interviews may be requested prior to artist selection
- Notification of Artist Selection(s): by December 6, 2024
Design timeline: December 2024 – March 2025
Artist fee: $8,000 artist fee for the concept design phase of work. Additional design fees for subsequent phases to be negotiated at a later date.
Project Background
Riley-Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District (District) and the City of Chanhassen are working together to develop concept designs for stormwater improvements at N. Lotus Lake Park, on the north shore of Lotus Lake in Chanhassen.
The existing 20-acre park currently offers open turf space, a playground, ball field, tennis courts, picnic shelter, outdoor skating rink, sledding hill, trails, and off-street parking. Proposed park improvements include stormwater management, provide water quality improvement, improve habitat diversity, and provide for passive recreation opportunities. Concepts may also be expanded to include pedestrian access to Lotus Lake and improvements to its shoreline.
RPBCWD is seeking an artist (or artist team) to work hand-in-hand with landscape architects and engineers from Barr Engineering and District staff to develop concepts that integrate art into the park. The concepts should be interactive, engaging, and educating the public to enhance park user experience. Artistic concepts may explore themes such as, but not limited to, historic and cultural significance of the land and water, Lotus Lake, habitat, native plants, pollinators, soils, ecology, stormwater management, engineering, climate, resiliency.
Community engagement to gather public input will occur in parallel to this scope of work, which will also inform concept development of the park. Preliminary stormwater management concepts are attached in the full RFQ for reference. These concepts may change based on the integration of art and engagement with residents.