Water Works Signature Park

The birthplace of Minneapolis, Water Works was home to lumber and flour mills, whose ruins lie beneath the embankments. It gets its name from its history as the city’s first water supply and fire-fighting pumping stations in the 19th Century. The design for the site and its adjacent areas will transform this side of the city and its waterfront through new opportunities for programming, connectivity, sustainability, infrastructure and public space.

With SCAPE Landscape Architecture.

Competitions, Infrastructure, Landscape Architecture, Non-profit, Public Realm, Public Spaces + Parks, Urban Design, Waterfront,

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Situated at the convergence of multiple riverfront destinations and physical features, a new vision plan transforms five and half miles of the Mississippi River and forms the basis for a new, ecologically resonant landscape and integrated iconic park buildings programmed as economic drivers for the district. The park is a complex urban site, in which multi-modal circulation, significant elevation changes, and some of Minneapolis’ most important ruins come together.

The park is a complex urban site, in which multi-modal circulation, significant elevation changes, and some of Minneapolis’ most important ruins come together. It is envisioned as a two-phase project, with the First Street urban edge designated as Phase 1 (including the Pavilion), and the waterfront as Phase 2.