Ross's Landing

Ross’s Landing Park and Plaza

River City Company - 1992

Ross's Landing Park and Plaza - Chatanooga, TN - USA - 1992 - Vegetated entry arch with performance space in the background

This urban revitalization project is located on the Tennessee River, surrounding a large fresh water aquarium. The combined public spaces and gardens are treated as a microcosm of the region, including its urban grid, mountainous terrain and riverbank configuration. The entire site is articulated by a series of thirty-five longitudinal bands of paving, water and vegetation. These ribbons evolve chronologically from the geometry of the city to the organic undulations of the waterfront and, in certain locations, rise upward from the horizontal surface to form bridges, performance spaces, seating areas and fountains.

Ross's Landing Park and Plaza - Chatanooga, TN - USA - 1992 - Initial sketch, plus overview of banded paving with incised images of city history

Ross's Landing Park and Plaza - Chatanooga, TN - USA - 1992 - Graphic section showing inverted waffle grid for planting, plus view of the entry arch with full vegetation

Ross's Landing Park and Plaza - Chatanooga, TN - USA - 1992 - Shallow river running through the central plaza, plus a fountain created by rolling back the paving surface

Ross's Landing Park and Plaza - Chatanooga, TN - USA - 1992 - River running through the central plaza, plus a glass water wall enclosing the aquarium building offices

Ross's Landing Park and Plaza - Chatanooga, TN - USA - 1992 - Recent images showing the views of the vegetated entry arches

Ross's Landing Park and Plaza - Chatanooga, TN - USA - 1992 - Two views of undulating hillside terraces with integrated vegetation

Ross's Landing Park and Plaza - Chatanooga, TN - USA - 1992 - Night view of the main entry fountain with children playing in the water

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Ross's Landing

Ross’s Landing Park and Plaza

River City Company - 1992