Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States.

Architect: STUDIO V Architecture.

The Tanks is a proposed public park located at Bushwick Inlet Park on the Brooklyn waterfront. The park aims to address the destruction of industrial waterfronts and reimagine what a public park in the 21st century can be. The site features ten empty oil tanks that were once part of Charles Pratt’s historic Astral Oil Works. The Tanks design vision adaptively reuses the structures as community gardens, performance spaces, galleries, and habitats. The Billion Oyster Project will also utilize a tank to grow millions of oysters that will be restored to the inlet and repopulate the harbour. The park will provide resiliency features, public green spaces, play areas, athletic facilities, and more. The team behind the project is a collaborative and entirely pro-bono effort that combines internationally known architects, landscape architects, scientists, environmental attorneys, financial analysts, remediation specialists, lighting designers, and graphic designers. The City of New York recently acquired the site and is dedicating funds to execute a public park. The team is in discussions with the original polluters to support their vision. The Tanks at Bushwick Inlet Park have received enormous recognition and interest from the design community and locals, and the team is now working with community groups, city agencies, and the mayor’s office to make this vision a reality.

Photo credit: Images Courtesy of STUDIO V Architecture and Ken Smith Workshop.