"The work forms a central component of the South Battery Park City Resiliency Project, where flood defense is designed as civic infrastructure. The park rises nearly ten feet above its previous elevation in a calibrated shift that responds to projections for future storms and rising sea levels, all while preserving public access to the water's edge. images © Scott Frances an ascending landscape as resilient infrastructure"
"Visitors and residents of New York's Battery Park City approach the new Wagner Pavilion through gently sloping gardens dotted with trees and plantings. The gradual ascent creates a slow reveal of the vast waterfront, with footpaths oriented to maintain sightlines toward the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The elevated landscape conceals a continuous flood protection system beneath lawns and planting beds."
Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park and Pavilion reconfigures Battery Park City's southern waterfront with an elevated landscape and pavilion designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners with AECOM. The park functions as a central element of the South Battery Park City Resiliency Project, raising the site nearly ten feet to address future storms and sea-level rise while maintaining public access to the water's edge. The design uses gently sloping gardens, lawns, and footpaths to preserve sightlines toward the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. A concealed, continuous flood-protection system, including a sheet pile floodwall driven to bedrock, links defenses north and south. Grading and planted filtration zones guide stormwater into planted areas, integrating stormwater strategies into the park's open green plane.
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