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- Architects: Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture
- Location: Tom Hanafan River’s Edge Park; Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States
- Area: 3215.0 ft2
- Project Year: 2017
- Photographs: Corey Gaffer Photography
- Landscape Architecture: Sasaki Associates
- Landscape Design Specialist: Heather Tomasek
- Mep: Alvine Engineering
- Structural: AGA Consulting
- Civil: HGM
- Water Features: DEW Inc.
- Clients: The City of Council Bluffs Parks & Recreation Department
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Text description provided by the architects. River’s Edge Pavilion blurs the edges between infrastructure, landscape and architecture through the sculpting of public space. Conceptualized as a ‘front porch’ for the revitalizing post-industrial riverfront development, the building acts as a continuation of the ribbon of the Bob Kerry pedestrian bridge that leads into the Tom Hanafan inter-state park trail system.
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Formally, the pavilion ‘folds’ out of the landscape, utilizing a monumental concrete stair to lead users up to the roofdeck while simultaneously providing an informal seating area for concerts and fireworks shows. In this way, the building itself acts as a transitory experience between active landscape and structured rest.
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The Pavilion’s ‘L’-shaped massing establishes a parenthetical edge that embraces and activates the waterfront during both day and night. The interior contains spaces dedicated to community events, a public-use meeting room, public restrooms and a catering kitchen along with generous outdoor spaces and patios for events and community activities.
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