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Architectural board backs design changes for waterfront flood wall and Pump Station 65
Summary
The Architectural Review Board recommended uniform color, a specific wall texture pattern and low-temperature lighting for the first phase of a Norfolk flood wall project and approved a revised design for Pump Station 65 after staff described durability and access changes.
The Architectural Review Board recommended key design elements for Phase 1A of the city’s waterfront flood wall and endorsed a revised design for Pump Station 65 at Kempsville Road.
Planning staff told the Norfolk Planning Commission that the ARB recommended the floodgates in Phase 1A be painted “Nauticus blue,” the same color used on the gate at the Nauticus Museum, and that all gates in the first phase use the same color to aid signaling. Planning staff also said the ARB favored variation D for the wall pattern to break up an otherwise long, monolithic concrete face, and recommended maximum lighting of 2,700 Kelvin.
“the floodgates shall be Nauticus blue,” Planning staff said when presenting the ARB recommendations to the commission. Staff also…
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