Our goal was to celebrate the river, therefore most of the design solutions reflect this concept. Visitors should be able to overlook the river from everywhere, with no interference. Thats the reason why, we minimized all vertical and obstructing elements and why the terminal building was surrounded entirely with a clear storefront to allow river views thru it. As another way to celebrate the river, the terminal building service core, which penetrates the roof was wrapped with a photo of the river during sunset.

The image was then pixelated in 20 colors and built with aluminum colored panels. Furthermore, the colored concrete floors zigzagging refer to the water level movements. The Docking Facility area is formed by: a bridge, a helical ramp, resembling the 19th century paddle wheelers and a floating pontoon. This last, in lieu of the typical dolphins, is supported by a unique in the world mooring arm system. Again, free river views. The 2 islands as guitar pics refer to Beale Street’s blues.