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The Batture sits at the Greenville Bend of the Mississippi River, on a ten-acre former industrial site that spent decades privately held and publicly invisible on the river side of the levee. Wedged between an active batture community upriver and The Fly, the former Bisso Marine property offered something genuinely rare: a chance to bring public life back to the river's edge through the adaptive reuse of existing structures and the careful introduction of new ones.
The design guidelines the firm developed for the site grew out of a close reading of the site's history within its larger context, from the working waterfront that preceded it to the parks, neighborhoods, and green corridors that surround it today. The guidelines establish a framework for development that respects the scale of the adjacent neighborhood, foregrounds sustainable strategies, and protects unobstructed views to the river. The result is a framework that treats the Batture not as a standalone destination but as a genuine extension of Audubon Park, the Zoo, and The Fly, deepening the public life already present along this stretch of riverfront rather than overwriting it.
Project Team:
Owner // Ben + Burka
Architect // CICADA
Landscape Guidelines // RIOS
Civil Engineer // DDG
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The Batture sits at the Greenville Bend of the Mississippi River, on a ten-acre former industrial site that spent decades privately held and publicly invisible on the river side of the levee. Wedged between an active batture community upriver and The Fly, the former Bisso Marine property offered something genuinely rare: a chance to bring public life back to the river's edge through the adaptive reuse of existing structures and the careful introduction of new ones.
WHICH LEADS ME TO WONDER WHOSE DIRT THIS IS. FOR A LONG TIME THIS WAS THE MOST CRUCIAL QUESTION IN LOUISIANA.
-Oliver A. Houck
