Navy Yards Central Green | James Corner Field Operations

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.

Courtesy of James Corner Field Operations – Photographs : Halkin Mason

Courtesy of James Corner Field Operations – Photographs : Halkin Mason

The design of Navy Yards Central Green 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.

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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.

Courtesy of James Corner Field Operations – Photographs : Halkin Mason

Prroject Info :

Architects : James Corner Field Operations
Size : 5 acres
Project Year : 2015
Budget : $7.4 million
Client : Liberty Property Trust
Photographs : Halkin Mason Photography
Design Director : James Corner, RLA, Founding Partner
Project Location : Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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