11th street bridge park design competition
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Project • By NEXT architects • Parks
ANACOSTIA LANDING
DESIGN CONCEPT
Welcome to ANACOSTIA LANDING, a 25-acre park centered on the Anacostia River, gateway to historic Anacostia and extraordinary perch from which to view the District of Columbia’s emergence as a waterfront city. The WRT/NEXT design fulfills this vision by giving coordinated and exciting form to the goals set forth in the competition brief:
1. RECONNECT DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS
2. REENGAGE PEOPLE WITH THE RIVER
3. IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGH RECREATION AND PLAY
4. EXPAND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
We aim to spotlight the Anacostia River as a bountiful, beautiful, and exciting watercourse, a place where the juncture of human and natural ecologies “land” as a productive, fun, and life-affirming exchange.
Anacostia Landin... More
Project • By Howeler + Yoon Architecture • Bridges
THE CROSSING - 11th Street Bridge Park
CROSSING n.
the act of a person or thing that crosses
a place where lines, streets, tracks, etc., cross each other
a place at which a road, railroad track, river, etc., may be crossed
hybridization; crossbreeding
the act of opposing or thwarting, as if deliberately thwarting straight passage
Historically in Washington, small boats and rafts, then ferries, provided vital links across the city’s rivers, including at places along the Anacostia River. In the not so recent past, ferries shuttled workers living in the Anacostia neighborhood across the river to their jobs in the Navy Yard. These ferry crossings became as much places of congregation and assembly, places of social exchange, as they were places of passage.
Our proposal f... More
Anacostia Crossing, 11th St. Bridge Park
OMA and landscape architect OLIN win the competition for the 11th Street Bridge Park in Washington DC. The scheme was unanimously selected by the jury, in addition to receiving the recommendation of the design oversight committee and topping the public poll.
11th Street Bridge Park will be located on the original pillars of a decommissioned road bridge, spanning the Anacostia River to connect the exiting Anacostia Park on one side with Washington Navy Yard on the other.
OMA + OLIN’s design will provide a place of exchange and interaction for Washington DC. The 11th Street Bridge Park connects the two historically disparate sides of the river, acting as an intersection where the contrasting conditions on the two banks can converge an... More
Project • By Balmori Associates • Parks
Bridge Park
11th Street Bridge Park Design Competition
Bridge Park will function as much as a civic center as it will as a park. It is more than a river crossing; it is a place. It will be a pioneer by strengthening the communities that give it life. Through the design of Bridge Park, we believe we can help re-connect the diverse neighborhoods on both sides of the river, re-engage the Anacostia River, improve the general quality of public health through physical and social activity, and generate new jobs for local citizens of the district.
Three concepts have shaped our design. Our goal is to createa Bridge Park that is:
Inclusive
Bridge Park is part of a continuous thread that reconnects the diverse neighborhoods on both sides of the river;... More