AIA Honors Central Delaware Riverfront
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has honored the Central Delaware Riverfront Master Plan with a 2012 Honor Award for Regional and Urban Design. OLIN worked in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team including Cooper Robertson & Partners, KieranTimberlake, HR&A Advisors and over thirty stakeholder groups to create this master plan for the riverfront in downtown Philadelphia. This 25-year implementation plan will transform the Delaware into a vibrant six-mile length of urban waterfront and features access to public parks at half-mile intervals, using landscape as the connective tissue between new and old fragments of the city. During the first decade of implementation, public parks, streets and a network of bicycle and pedestrian pathways will extend neighborhoods by connecting to the waterfront across Interstate 95. The AIA praised the master plan’s goal of providing “a practical implementation strategy for the phasing and funding of public realm enhancements to the waterfront, including the locations of parks, a variety of waterfront trails, and connections to existing upland neighborhoods.” In addition, the AIA cited the project team’s commitment to outreach with community organizations and elected officials as a key component of the master plan’s prospects for long term success.
