Task

Carr-Richardson is a 3-acre park is located in a historic neighborhood, Maryville-Ashleyville. Situated along the Ashley River, the project converts an abandoned contractor’s yard into a community asset, providing residents with one of the first city waterfront parks in West Ashley. The park provides ample program space in a small footprint, starting with deep porches, a sprawling front lawn and intimate rear lawn, interior event space, and an open-air pavilion. Site placement and orientation allows for the building to become the backdrop, not the focus, opening the site to the public and reconnecting the neighborhood to the river.