The committee presiding over Chicago Navy Pier has unanimously selected a team headlined by James Corner Field Operations. Corner’s plan for Navy Pier calls for developing a raised park around the existing Ferris wheel, installing hanging gardens inside the Crystal Gardens pavilion, and adding a swimming pool with a sandy beach on the southern side of the pier. The Steps, located on the east end of the pier, will provide a meeting place and an elevated area from which to take in views of Lake Michigan.
In addition to the large swimming pool, which will be converted into an ice skating rink in the winter, Corner’s plan calls for constructing a dramatic seating area on the east end of the pier overlooking Lake Michigan, and for building “a surreal and overscale series of birdhouses and nesting sites.” The winning bid was one of 52 entrants in the high-profile design competition, and it beat out four other finalists that included AECOM/BIG, Aedas Architects, and others.
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