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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.
Courtesy of James Corner Field Operations -Site Sections Photo via planphilly.com
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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