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Project spotlight: The Knolly Project In 2019, T3XTURE, an annual international publication for architects, designers and artists, collaborated with AIA Baltimore and the Baltimore Architectural Foundation (BAF) Spring Lecture Series to promote innovative thinking about the water’s edge, specifically addressing the Baltimore waterfront via a competition that promotes sustainable design and architecture along the water’s edge. The 2015 Baltimore Waterfront Partnership’s Healthy Harbor Initiative goal of a swimmable and fishable inner harbor by the year 2020 served as a premise for the 2019 AIA Baltimore and BAF Spring Lecture Series design competition. The submission entry illustrated in this article is by local architect Kenneth Michel, AIA, NCARB, of APECx, LLC. APECx is an MBEcertified architecture firm in Granite, Maryland, with a focus on sustainable architecture and design.
Above: Knolly site plan
Multi-disciplinary teams of architects, planners, and landscape architects were challenged to address waterfront issues concerning sustainability, resiliency, health, ecology, and questions about the future of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. The following goals served as driver’s for the 2019 AIA Baltimore and BAF Spring Lecture Series design competition:
“The Knollies Project is whimsical and certainly adds a flair of fun. The concept speaks to the swimmable and fishable harbor & acknowledges the history of lighthouses to the harbor and bay.” — Jury Comments
Above: Harbor skyline
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