2022 Professional Awards
of the Potomac Chapter ASLA
The Fields at RFK Stadium
Hord | Coplan | MachtPushing through a difficult approval process, the team incorporated community input and completed the design and construction process within 12 months. The judges applauded innovative solutions that addressed the site’s environmental remediation challenges while limiting the project’s costs.
Merit Award in Design Built
In phase I of a master-planned redevelopment, RFK stadium and its parking lot are replaced with multi-sport fields, a children’s play area, and a linear events plaza that provides open spaces for large gatherings.
The plaza’s paving, benches, and planting create a subtly meandering sinuous curve, incorporating smaller “rooms“ that can be programmed as needed for events.
At night, structural features are up-lit for visibility from surrounding highways and metro trains.
Landscape architects and graphic designers collaborated on the custom signage package, providing a unifying element consistent with park architecture.
Project Team
Client: Events DC
Architecture: Hord | Coplan | Macht
Civil: Bohler Engineering
MEP: Global Engineering Solutions
Structural: Yun Associates
Play Consultant: Sparks @ Play +LSI
Design/Build Contractor: MCN
Photo Credits
Max Zhang and Alain Jaramillo
Congratulations to Hord | Coplan | Macht.
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