Governors Island
Governors Island Park is comprised of 87 acres of green space located around a historic district and national monument on New York’s Governors Island.
Masterplan
Landscape
Marvel Architects were chosen to help create the panoramic landscape that makes the most of the site. A combination of natural and created spaces were establish a diverse visual experience along the unparalleled setting of New York Harbor.
The plan features a vertical landscape, developed in part from a distortion of the city grid, and built from recycled materials taken from the island itself. Dredged-up earth from the harbor and portions of the demolished buildings form new hills that house programs and provide panoramic views
Steeped in the natural and cultural history of the New York Harbor, Governors Island will re-emerge as a global exemplar of sustainability, a beacon for the harbor, and an icon for the city.
The plan features a vertical landscape, developed in part from a distortion of the city grid, and built from recycled materials taken from the island itself. Dredged-up earth from the marshes and portions of the eroding buildings form new hills that house programs and provide panoramic views.
What’s Happening on Governors Island? Exhibit 2008
Designs for the new Governors Island Park were
just ramping up as this exhibit engaged local
and worldwide visitors in activities designed
to elicit input on what they wanted in their new
park. “What’s Happening on Governors Island”
welcomed visitors from the ferry at Building 110
and presented a history of the Island by way of a
fifty-foot long graphic timeline and a Welcome Wall
showing proposed designs.
- Location
- Governors Island, New York
- Client
- The Trust For Governors Island
- Typology
- Cultural, Public, Recreational, Institutional, Park /Recreation
- Size
- 87 Acres
- Design Team
- Jonathan Marvel, Guido Hartray, Lissa So, Tim Fryatt
- Consultants
- Associated Architect with the West 8 Team
- Awards
- ASLA NY Award of Merit, AIA NYC Honor Award
