Ignacio F. Bunster-Ossa, FASLA, LEED AP
Vice President of Urbanism and Resiliency
Georgetown Waterfront Park
Washington, DC
Design of an 8-acre park facing the Potomac River—the nation’s only national urban waterfront park. Nine years in the making, from master planning to design and construction, the park achieves a long-standing vision to transform the former industrial area into a civic landscape for rest, relaxation, and historic interpretation. Improvements include a promenade, bicycle trail, overlooks, a water feature, river steps, labyrinth, and extensive green infrastructure. (Ignacio performed this work with a previous firm.)
This design won the Honor and People’s Choice Award, ASLA, PA/DE Chapter, 2014
The pattern of walks and paths creates a layered juxtaposition of hardscape and softscape—a play between the town’s garden tradition and the waterfront’s history as a working wharf.
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