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Cascade Park Chicago awarded a Gold Certification from 2023 Grands Prix du Design

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Discipline: Landscape & Territories

Categories: Landscape Architecture / Landscape Architecture - Public Space: Gold Certification

A Park Threshold Between City and Lake

Cascade Park sits on a front-row site where the Chicago River meets Lake Michigan, a few blocks north of the iconic Maggie Daley and Millennium Parks between Lakeshore Drive and Michigan Avenue. Positioned between the city’s signature skyline and the limitless horizon of Lake Michigan, the oblique tilt in the park plane provides an immersion between these two powerful qualities that define the unique identity of Chicago, while also closing a critical missing link for pedestrians to the lake and beyond. Part of a four-acre multi-tower mixed-use development, Cascade Park provides a public amenity for local residents and the larger community, as well as a convenient shortcut for active mobility between world-famous Chicago Landmarks: the city and the lake.

Collaboration

Landscape Architecture : CCxA

Architect : bKL Architecture

Landscape Architecture : Living Habitats

Landscape Architecture : Confluence