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General Project Information

Architectural Credit:

Studio Gang and SCAPE

Location: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Project Substantial Completion Date: 9/2/2023
Program type(s): Public Assembly – General, Public Assembly – Recreation, Public Assembly - Social/Meeting, Other
Total Site Area (gross sq. ft): 1,350,360
Total Building Area (gross sq. ft): N/A
Project substantial completion date: 9/2/2023
Climate zone: 3A
Project site: Previously developed land, Brownfield
Project team: 
Architect: Studio Gang
Landscape Architect: SCAPE
Engineer – Civil: Kimley-Horn
Engineer – Structural: Thornton Tomasetti
Ecologist: Applied Ecological Services
Engineer – MEP: Innovative Engineering Services
Sustainability: DataBased+
Lighting Design: Randy Burkett
Artist & Social Innovator: Theaster Gates for “A Monument to Listening”
Artist: James Little for Sunset Canopy Basketball Court
Contractor: Montgomery Martin Contractors

Project Overview:
Tom Lee Park catalyzes the reunification of river and city by transforming a significant piece of the riverfront into a signature park where community life can flourish.

The design is informed by the Mississippi’s dynamic patterns of flow. Architecture and landscape work together to smoothly facilitate the movement of people into and through the park and capture the sense of motion and change that the river exemplifies.

The park’s program incorporates the input of Memphians from across the city. Designed to support their ambitions and favorite activities, new structures emerge from the landscape to flexibly accommodate a range of uses.

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