- Year
- 2015
- Status
- Built
- Firm
- Landing Studio
- Location
- Chelsea, United States
"Unlike the ongoing pattern of parks arising on post-industrial sites, the PORT (Publicly Organized Recreation Territory) is a new model of shared use on a dense urban waterfront that integrates the seemingly incompatible interests of active industry and public recreation into a richly overlaid landscape. The PORT is a road salt dock, public park, and wildlife habitat, where the seasonal rhythms of industry are synchronized with the city: the salt stockpile expands during the winter to meet demand, and contracts in the summer when operations decline, allowing the recreation area to grow to include a basketball court, event space, and small bicycle track.
"Unlike the ongoing pattern of parks arising on post-industrial sites, the PORT (Publicly Organized Recreation Territory) is a new model of shared use on a dense urban waterfront that integrates the seemingly incompatible interests of active industry and public recreation into a richly overlaid landscape. The PORT is a road salt dock, public park, and wildlife habitat, where the seasonal rhythms of industry are synchronized with the city: the salt stockpile expands during the winter to meet demand, and contracts in the summer when operations decline, allowing the recreation area to grow to include a basketball court, event space, and small bicycle track.