2022 Professional Awards
of the Potomac Chapter ASLA

Alethia Tanner Park

Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects

The jurors were impressed at how the park maximizes diverse uses of space that bring together many different types of people. Improving residents’ lives in an urban neighborhood that historically suffered from a green space deficit, Alethia Tanner Park exemplifies simple, elegant, and transformational change.

Honor Award in Design Built

The Landscape Architect reimagined a two-acre parcel of formerly industrial land in Washington, DC as a green commons, with boardwalks, movable seating, a modern children’s playground, a wall for art installations, a café, a dog park, and more.

A boardwalk floats above a phytoremediation area that treats site runoff, with interpretive panels describing site ecology and restoration efforts. 



Open program features provide community-focused amenities, including a variety of seating options and custom benches to promote relaxation and conversation.



A large, communal lawn houses a permanent screen armature for film screenings, events, and community programs.

Photo by Sam Kittner / Courtesy of NoMa Bid

Project Team
Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
NoMa Parks Foundation
Studio Twenty Seven Architecture
Olsson & Associates
Cerami & Associates
Bowman Consulting Group
ECS Mid-Atlantic LLC
Gilmore Lighting Design
Setty & Associates International PLLC
APE Studio Inc.
Robert Silman Associates
Pentagram
Engenium Group
Irrigation Research and Design
Forrester Construction

Photo Credit
Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects unless overwise credited

Congratulations to Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects.



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