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Swirnow Development

Location Baltimore, Maryland

Design Collective was the lead architect and urban designer for the masterplan and first phase development of the Harborview waterfront project.

This $60 million urban mixed-use project reused the land along Baltimore's south shore, which was once Bethlehem Steel's Shipyard Graving Dock. The 42-acre public and private development was designed to accommodate waterfront residential units. The 27-story waterfront high rise appeals to three unique lifestyles covering the range of one-bedroom condominiums to the 5,000 SF penthouse suites. This challenging project involved coordination with more than 26 consultants.

The objectives of the project included:

Developing a masterplan to recapture the abandoned waterfront shipyard and connect the new development to the existing surrounding inland neighborhoods.
Maximizing public open-space opportunities along the waterfront to seamlessly integrate into the private residential development.
Creating a waterfront, open-space experience rooted in the site's rich industrial and maritime heritage.
Extending Baltimore's successful Inner Harbor pedestrian promenade through the site and creating "activity nodes" at the intersection of the extended promenade and adjacent neighborhood view corridor.

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