September 2010

As an international ideas competition, HM White Site Architect’s waterfront park design proposed to develop seven-acres of an abandoned industrial land on New York City’s East River.  The design is efficiently organized, addressing the required park program of waterfront recreation and performance art  venues choreographed for theatrical expression and experience—“Performance Park.”

Design Concept

Drawing from the site's industrial heritage, the park design is inspired by rail interchange systems to extend the urban streetscape into the park and link it with sustainable river landscape ecology. The concept proposes to sculpt the site’s flat terrain and interweave a network of paths, platforms and structural elements to emphasize experience of the river’s edge, showcase urban views and catalyze performance/art installation potential.