This Miami River project is an immediately relevant local test of public-space design for sea-level rise, high tides and stormwater. The city intends the WEDG-verified scheme to establish a template for future municipal waterfront projects.
Location
José Martí Park, 362 SW 4th Street, Miami, Florida, United States
Organizations
City of Miami Office of Capital Improvements — Project delivery and public client; City of Miami Department of Parks and Recreation — Park stakeholder; Miami Forever Bond — Project funding; Florida Inland Navigation District — Grant funding; U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — Grant funding; Waterfront Alliance — WEDG verification organization
A major South Florida design reveal and MVRDV’s first project with Ecuadorian developer Uribe Schwarzkopf in Miami. Its mid-market residential mix, public plaza, creative live-work units and unusually porous massing merit immediate local review beyond conventional luxury-development coverage.
Location
NW 5th Avenue and NW 32nd Street, Wynwood Norte, Miami, Florida, United States
Organizations
MVRDV — Design architect; Uribe Schwarzkopf — Developer, client and interior architect; KKAD (Kobi Karp) — Co-architect and architect of record; Kimley-Horn — Landscape architect; JALRW — MEP engineer; Rosita Hurtado — Property owner and future commercial tenant
A decisive local preservation development for one of South Florida’s most significant modernist structures. Voter approval gives the long-stalled restoration a credible path toward financing, design and final City Commission review, while leaving important questions about conservation standards, programming and commercial management unresolved.
Location
Miami Marine Stadium, Virginia Key, Miami, Florida, United States
Organizations
City of Miami — Owner and public approval authority; Oak View Group / Global Spectrum — Voter-approved prospective venue operator and developer of the management, construction and financing plan; Restore Miami Marine Stadium — Preservation advocacy organization; Richard J. Heisenbottle Architects — Architect responsible for previously completed renovation design and permitting identified by the City of Miami; Hilario Candela — Original architect; Jack Meyer — Original structural engineer
A newly opened South Florida public-art project uses everyday transit infrastructure as exhibition space, offering a timely local story about design, emotional wellbeing, and the civic potential of advertising surfaces.
Location
Bus shelter advertising spaces, Miami, Florida, United States
Organizations
SaveArtSpace — Organizer and public-art platform; Leah Guzman — Curator; Shannon Scates — Selected artist
