Waterfront

The future Miami Baywalk connection in front of the cultural district exemplifies a preeminent opportunity to demonstrate sustainable and socially conscious leadership for our nation’s future infrastructure. The holistic design philosophy layers a profound set of solutions woven together to establish new transit connectivity for the City of Miami and heighten broad community access to ecology, science and the arts within a cultural center of the Biscayne Bay. The project has the potential to become both a local and international destination that will contribute to the cultural and economic engine of Miami. Caption The primary purpose of the project is to establish pedestrian continuity of the Baywalk under the MacArthur Causeway... More

The new Van Leesten Memorial Bridge reworks abandoned freeway infrastructure (I-195) to connect five prominent neighborhoods and institutions within the city. Acting as a pedestrian center, the pedestrian bridge not only performs as a practical connector between regions, but also offers multiple programmatic interventions to encourage community connection and social engagement among city residents. The project captures a potential much larger than that of a pure connector. It leverages integrated program elements to serve as a mediator between urban and ecological spaces, allowing east and west to become a singular public space. INFORM INFORM INFORM INFORM In addition to establishing a visual symbol of renewal, the Van... More

Located in the San Juan Islands, the Boathouse stands foremost as a threshold between water and land, an idea it embraces literally by providing upland access to those arriving by boat or seaplane, and figuratively through its location and form. It straddles the elements, providing an entryway as well as a dramatic spot for a morning cup of coffee or a crab boil with the extended family. Andrew Pogue The Boathouse replaces a dilapidated, haphazardly constructed structure. This replacement of one built structure with another was done with a strategy aimed to naturalize the shoreline, removing the 400 square feet of concrete and creosote-coated piles from the water and replacing it with the 4 square feet of thin steel that supports the... More

IntroductionJiangyin is on the Yangtze, the world’s busiest working river. The city is regenerating part of its industrial docklands as a high density live-work district. Stage one of this major project is the creation of a 4km public realm along the river edge. The design was selected through invited competition.  Caption Ambitions1. re-establish indigenous eco-system corridors; 2. preserve the industrial character; 3. maintain presence of the historic past; 4. introduce leisure infrastructure for the new era 5. link beyond the site for the emergence of a city park network. Caption 1. Soft edges and eco corridorsThe Yangtze at this location is tidal. This project rehabilitates, preserves, enhances... More

This project’s main idea is to create a recreation zone which would link several residential quarters in an urban fringe community. The Leonejsky lake, encircled now by a new public space, made part of a grown over sand quarry quite recently. As a result of this transformation, its shores grew comfortable for strolls and relaxation, and the place itself merges natural territory patterns with features of a cozy city park.  Commissioned by The Ministry of landscape and public space development of Moscow region Commissioned by The Ministry of landscape and public space development of Moscow region Commissioned by The Ministry of landscape and public space development of Moscow region It’s important to mention t... More

Vereya is one of the oldest and the smallest towns in Moscow region.    The major goal of this project is to create an attractive public space in the center of a historic town. We have renovated ancient pavements, recreated the sidewalks, expanded greenspaces so that the inhabitants could feel more comfort.  Commissioned by The Ministry of landscape and public space development of Moscow region The small town’s central square has regained its original aspect with a pavement of quarry stone which was here centuries ago. The developers have removed a 3 feet layer of asphalt on order to reveal the ancient paving stones. The renovated square united the major landmarks of the historic downtown – the buildings o... More

The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk is housed in several historic brick industrial buildings along the Norwalk River and adjacent to the vibrant South Norwalk downtown historic district. BBB was engaged to design several new additions and renovation projects in response to the replacement of an aging railroad bridge that previously bisected the Aquarium campus. Building additions will utilize previously unoccupied portions of the Aquarium site, located away from the bridge construction area, and will improve and modernize the Aquarium’s facilities and exhibits. The contemporary design of the additions, emphasizing transparency and light, is an intentional contrast to the heavy brick walls of the existing buildings while also complementin... More

Finalist Mention in "Detroi Waterfront District" - YAC competition More

The Waterfront Project will serve a variety of mixed uses including residential and commercial components, as well as office and civic uses. These are distributed in 1,730 residential units, 660 hotel rooms, 177,800 square feet of commercial area, 428,000 square feet of office area, a Marine with 245 dock berths and 4,229 parking spaces. The proposed Master Plan for the area will incorporate commercial and office uses at the street level, while the upper levels will be occupied with residential, office and hotel uses. This will be made up of a total of 384 housing units, 367 hotel rooms, 128,725 square feet of commercial area, 213,843 of office area and 1,959 parking spaces. This design of the project considers the scale of its surroundings... More

The 1750 sq. ft. rooftop patio at Seattle’s iconic Edgewater Hotel was falling into disrepair. An elastomeric deck coating that had only been down for 1 year had already failed. With failed waterproofing, they couldn’t be confident that the hotel would not sustain water damage over time. Plus, the overall look of the patio was off-putting to guests who wanted to enjoy the hotel’s view of Seattle’s waterfront. The hotel owners decided to give the rooftop patio an upgrade with an attractive and durable outdoor tile surface.  Since the failed coating was layered over a sleeper floor and a torch-on roofing product, it was going to be a big job.  They called the roof deck experts at Duradek Northwest to ensure... More

With a new form of front garden, the Noordbuurt blocks create opportunities for a communal street life, as an important quality of the urban living environment for families.  Negotiating the transition from the large-scale open space of the harbour and quay, to the intimacy of the domestic sphere, a new type of interstitial space has been designed for family apartments in Amsterdam IJburg. The Dutch cliché of the open curtains, allowing people to see into the interior of the home, is still often reflected in design schemes for ground floor living. The reality, however, is that from the moment of inhabitation windows at street level are mostly screened. To anticipate this need for privacy, while also enabling interaction with th... More

Porta a Mare is the name given to the extensive renewal of the old Porto Mediceo in Livorno. In recent decades, this amazing historical area has been subject to a progressive degradation process, due to the modified conditions driven by economic trends.The new masterplan entails a new comprehensive vision for this mixed-use development, focusing on three main areas of hospitality, residential and civic/cultural functions.The aim of the proposal is to provide a concrete representation of expectations, wishes and perspectives of the local community and stakeholders by providing a vibrant new development which includes a series of amenities, services, experiences and environmental qualities that can be appreciated by a wider catchment area.The... More

RiverSky is a 517-unit condominium project overlooking the Fraser River on the Quay, a growing hub of the New Westminster waterfront.The project consists of two mirroring towers on top of a 6-story retail and parking podium, typical of the Vancouver building typology. The podium provides a “ships promenade deck” of outdoor amenity spaces partially sheltered by a rooftop structure that frames views through to the water and beyond. Two 23 and 28-storey towers contain 517 units designed using the innovative “Bosa Space” concept, where the units can be converted to different uses, so that smaller units can live like much larger ones for the various daytime or evening functions.Commercial space at ground level along the south arm of Quayside, fo... More

The first part of the long-awaited revitalization of the Prague riverfront area called Náplavka is coming to completion, making it one of the most attractive public embankments in Europe. In autumn 2019, nineteen vaults on the Rašín and Hořejší Embankments will be put into use. Six will feature the biggest elliptical pivoting windows in the world, connecting the inner spaces with the riverfront area in a unique way, through the diagonal rotation of the five-meter wide glazed “lenses”. The other spaces will have distinct steel sculptural entrances.The area has gradually grown in popularity thanks to the program activation that began in 2008. One of its initiators was architect Petr Janda, the author of the architectural concept. The alm... More