Gansevoort Peninsula
nARCHITECTS · Field Operations · Hudson River Park · 2024
Construction has wrapped up at the Gansevoort Peninsul, a 5.5 acre addition to Hudson River Park that is located across from the Whitney Museum of Art. Designed by Field Operations, the park features a beach with 1,200 tons of sand, picnic area, boardwalk with a Pine Grove, a multi use sports field, a salt marsh at the northern boundary, and David Hammons’ public art installation Day’s End at the southern edge. The new addition also features an amenities pavilion by nArchitects that is clad in perforated corrugated cast-concrete panels that are backlit to create varying lighting effects. Completion of the pavilion is expected later this fall.
Amenities Pavilion by nArchitects.
Landscape Architect: Field Operations; Architect: nArchitects; Structural Engineer: Silman; MEP Engineer: Plus Group; Facade Consultant: Front; Client: Hudson River Park Trust; Program: Park and Amenities Pavilion; Location: Meatpacking District, New York, NY; Completion: October 2023.
Construction Update: Hunters Point South Park - Phase Two
Construction is progressing at the second phase of the Hunters Point South Park on the Queens waterfront. Design of the open space and park is led by Weiss/Manfredi and Thomas Balsley Associates, with ARUP serving as an infrastructure consultant. The post-industrial waterfront is transforming into a 30-acre park adjacent to a slate of new residential towers that offer affordable and market rate residential units.
Landscape Architect: Weiss/Manfredi with Thomas Balsley Associates; Infrastructure Consultant: ARUP; Program: Park; Location: Hunters Point South, Queens, New York; Completion: 2018.
Brooklyn Bridge Park - Pier 6
Though much recent discussion about Pier 6 has focused on the two proposed residential towers, work has been ongoing to complete the park lands at the western edge of the pier. This past weekend, the remaining 3.5 acres of the pier's landscape opened to the public. Containing large expanses of grassy lawns and flower meadows accessible by meandering paths, this half of the pier provides passive recreation space in contrast to the active sports fields and playgrounds of the easterly half. Pier 6's landscape was designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, the team responsible for the park's other phases. Construction has yet to start on BIG's pavilion that would occupy the western edge of the pier.
Pier 6 from the Brooklyn Bridge Park greenway.
View of Lower Manhattan from the end of Pier 6.
Landscape Architects: Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates; Program: Park; Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: Fall 2015.
Barclays Center Green Roof
Installation of the sedum for the green roof atop the Barclays Center arena has begun. The underlying structure has been under construction for several months, but with the arrival of spring the vegetation has started to appear. Sedum will be installed in four mixes that allow for year round vegetation.
Bush Terminal Park
Over the weekend, the much anticipated Bush Terminal Park opened in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. The park is located on a former brownfield site that stretches from 43rd to 51st Street on the south Brooklyn waterfront. Along with terrific views of Lower Manhattan and New Jersey, the park also offers visitors: two soccer and baseball fields, tidal wetlands, a sloping lawn, a wooded area, harbor view points, walkways, and a sustainable comfort station. The community has been waiting for the completion of the park for several years and it looks to be worth the wait.
Landscape Architects: AECOM, Adrian Smith Landscape Architects; Architecture (Comfort Station): Turett Collaborative Architecture; Program: Park; Location: Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY; Completion: 2014.
