Navy Yard Central Green
NAVY YARD CENTRAL GREEN
James Corner Field Operations
ARCHITECTS
James Corner Field Operations
STATUS
Built
PHOTOS
Halkin Mason Photography (17), James Corner Field Operations (3), Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (1)
BUDGET
$5M - 10M
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
YEAR
2015
LOCATION
Philadelphia, PA, United States
CATEGORY
Landscape + Planning › Public Park Urban Green Space
Field Operations has designed the 5-acre Central Green at the heart of the Philadelphia Navy Yard Corporate Center. The site was historically marked by wetlands, meadows, and bird habitat and is growing into Philadelphia’s most innovative and progressive corporate neighborhood.
The design unites the cutting edge urban potential of the site with its native habitat, resulting in a new type of environment that is sustainable, green, and natural as well as social, active, and urban.
A 20-ft wide Social Track organizes the site’s circulation and frames a unique, immersive interior park featuring flowering meadows, a hammock grove, an outdoor amphitheater, bocce courts, and fitness stations.
