Address: Houston, TX
Owner: Houston Parks and Recreation Department
Architect: Perkins+Will (formerly Freelon Group)
Project Manager/Architect : EVOKE Studio Architecture
Size: 31,00 sf + 10 acres
Cost: $33M
Project Responsibility: Structural Engineering Design; Structural Construction Administration Services
Completed: 2017
Certification: 2020 South Atlantic Region Honor Award
2019 Urban Land Institute Houston – Urban Open Space Award
2018 AIA North Carolina Merit Award
2018 AIA Houston Merit Award
2018 AIA Triangle Merit Award
2014 AIA Triangle Merit Award – Unbuilt Entry
The newly redesigned Emancipation Park, located in Houston’s Third Ward, is the oldest public park in Texas. Originally purchased by four former slaves in 1872 and the only public park in Houston opened to African-Americans through 1950, the park design includes new playgrounds, building renovations, including a community center, a new plaza, picnic shelters and pool house.
