2008 Awards

HONOR AWARD - Landscape Architectural Design

Hudson River Park, Segment 3, New York, NY

Mathews Nielsen
www.mnlandscape.com

Based on a Master Plan completed in 1997 that was prepared by Mathews Nielsen, Hudson River Park is now nearing completion; it transforms five miles of waterfront on New York's west side into a magnificent park. Segment 3, adjacent to Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood, is one of five design and construction segments of the entire park.  This 1.25 mile-linear open space also comprises two public access piers, 900 and 700 feet long, as well as a third existing access pier to a tunnel vent, and several pile fields from collapsed marine structures. Many of the program components were identified during the master plan phase but were refined during this project as a result of a decade of changes in the neighborhood's character.

Credits

Owner:  Hudson River Park Trust, New York, NY
Landscape Architect:  Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects PC, New York, NY
Civil and Structural Engineers: Weidlinger Associates, New York, NY
MEP:  Wesler Cohen, New York, NY
Marine Engineers:  Halcrow, New York, NY
Lighting Design: Fisher Marantz Stone, New York, NY
Irrigation Design:  Northern Designs, LLC, North Haven, CT
Preservation Architects:  Li Saltzman Architects, New York, NY