tideway-project
An aerial landscape precedent showcasing the integration of a curved waterfront timber boardwalk with an expansive urban park and hardscaped public plaza.
- What we like about this project
- Vertical sculptural elements anchor the open plaza near the curved waterfront overlook.
Materials
- timber
- stone-paver
- concrete
- native-planting
Visual identifiers
- waterfront-promenade
- timber-boardwalk
- paved-plaza
- mature-trees
Style tags
- contemporary
- landscape-led
- urban-public-space
Visual tags
- public-realm
- waterfront
- urban-park
- landscape-design
- hardscape
- Geometry
- Curvilinear waterfront promenade curving along a reinforced edge, leading into a graded urban park with orthogonal paved plazas and meandering paths.
- Structural guess
- Concrete retaining walls and timber pile-supported boardwalk decks.
- Spatial scale
- Large public park scale with pedestrian figures scattered along the paths and boardwalk.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight casting soft shadows from trees and structures across the hardscape.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, inviting, and open public realm blending natural greenery with engineered waterfront edges.
- Environmental context
- Urban waterfront meeting a dense parkland and abstract massed city background.
- Spatial experience
- Transition from an open urban water edge up through terraced planting and paved plazas into a shaded woodland park.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical timber piles along the curved edge establish a steady rhythm against the fluid water surface.
- Style reading
- Contemporary public waterfront landscape
- Program
- Public waterfront park and promenade
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- landscape
- Materials
- timber, stone-paver, concrete, native-planting
- Visual identifiers
- waterfront-promenade, timber-boardwalk, paved-plaza, mature-trees
- Style tags
- contemporary, landscape-led, urban-public-space
- Visual tags
- public-realm, waterfront, urban-park, landscape-design, hardscape
- Geometry
- Curvilinear waterfront promenade curving along a reinforced edge, leading into a graded urban park with orthogonal paved plazas and meandering paths.
- Structural guess
- Concrete retaining walls and timber pile-supported boardwalk decks.
- Spatial scale
- Large public park scale with pedestrian figures scattered along the paths and boardwalk.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight casting soft shadows from trees and structures across the hardscape.
- Atmosphere
- Bright, inviting, and open public realm blending natural greenery with engineered waterfront edges.
- Environmental context
- Urban waterfront meeting a dense parkland and abstract massed city background.
- Spatial experience
- Transition from an open urban water edge up through terraced planting and paved plazas into a shaded woodland park.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical timber piles along the curved edge establish a steady rhythm against the fluid water surface.
- Style reading
- Contemporary public waterfront landscape
- Program
- Public waterfront park and promenade
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- landscape