2015 | Petty Island
2015 | Petty Island
Student Design Competition Jury
- Thomas CORCORAN, President | Delaware River Waterfront Corporation
- Rebecca JOHNSON, Executive Director | AIA Philadelphia
- Barry SEYMOUR, Executive Director | Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
- Stephanie SHAW, Program Manager | Trust for Governor's Island, NY
Delaware Valley FOODWORX
Cornell University
- Akshali Gandhi
- Robert Hanifin
- Li-Yu Pan
- Chen Sun
- Lishutong Zhang
Delaware Valley FOODWORX is a four phase redevelopment proposal centered around the timeless need for food security. A local project with regional and global implications, FOODWORX presents a model to address a growing problem facing urban areas in developed and developing countries. The foundation of the proposal is economic development with ecological rehabilitation and the proposal includes the creation of an agricultural college, seed bank, sky farm, discovery center, and farmers market.
A Bio Fuel Future
Leeds Beckett University
- Asma Dauleh
- Freddie Garside
- Nick Husband
Petty Island will grow to become a self-sustained and renewable energy engineering site, encompassing within it the potential for Research, Education, and Preservation.
Radiant Seed
Cornell University
- Jorge Champin
- Darren Graffuis
- Petra Marar
- Hobum Moon
- Qianqian Ye
Petty Island is reimagined as a Community College specializing in innovative green infrastructure; renewable energy; and sustainable food production logistics, installation, and maintenance.
The Oasis
Novosibirsk State Academy of Architecture and Fine Arts
- Alexandra Starostina
Creation of a continuous “green” route, which includes Petty Island and both banks of the Delaware River, and connected to parks inside the city creating a green frame for the city where people could relax, spend free time, and enjoy life.
From Dregs to Destination
Cornell University
- Stephanie Buglione
- Mujahid Powell
- Levi Schoenfeld
- Xiao Shi
- Ge Yi
- Shuchi Zhang
Designing more efficient systems that cooperate together to improve quality of life and landscape and re-envision Petty Island as a destination of environmental, cultural and economic growth in Philadelphia.
