Fluxing Groundworks

Fluxing Groundworks, situated on the Delaware River waterfront, playfully (and seriously) reworks the ground to bring the water in (in some places) and bring the people in (in other places). 

The site, once the interface between the city, the river, and the rest of the world, has become derelict and cut off from Philadelphia by 1960s era highways. Fluxing Groundworks restitches the city and its waterfront and brings much needed public space to the Delaware riverfront. 

Confronted with both seasonal flooding and rising sea levels, this project sculpts landforms to provide new high ground for public space and floodable ground for nonhuman space for the reestablishment of wet meadows and evolving wetland communities. 

Layering juxtaposition into the topography, human program is located within new wetlands. Recreational program takes advantage of formerly underused liminal space next to the highway, and design for change over time builds a dynamic landscape amenity for the city of Philadelphia on the Delaware River.