Currie Park Waterfront, West Palm Beach Oceanfront Building, Florida Floating Plaza Design
Currie Park Waterfront, West Palm Beach
Floating Plaza: New Architecture in Florida, USA – design by Carlo Ratti Associati Architects
Oct 31, 2016
Currie Park Waterfront in West Palm Beach
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida, United States of America
Design: Carlo Ratti Associati, Architects
Water-carved architecture in Florida
Carlo Ratti Associati pioneers use of submarine technologies to design floating plaza

as part of West Palm Beach?s new Currie Park waterfront

October 31st, 2016 ? International design and innovation office Carlo Ratti Associati has unveiled the design of a master plan for the Currie Park waterfront of West Palm Beach, Florida, featuring a one-of-a-kind floating plaza
that utilizes some of the same technologies employed in the construction of underwater vessels. The

project will transform a 19-hectare vacant area on the coast of Lake Worth Lagoon, the narrow sea

channel that separates the two cities of West Palm Beach and Palm Beach, creating a major new

complex that includes housing, retail, and leisure facilities.

A pair of leafy ramblas will allow people to stroll from the city center of West Palm Beach directly into

the middle of the lagoon. Here, Carlo Ratti Associati will build a floating plaza that sits on the water,

partly under the sea level, thanks to a system of responsive air chambers similar to the ones used by

submarines. The floatin...