“Reclaiming the Harbor,” a walking tour of the new waterfront headquarters building, took NOMA Conference attendees on a journey through the history of Baltimore’s inner harbor and its up-and-coming urban edge.
The tour was by KPF Principal Jeff Kenoff and Director Greg Mell, with a client representative, and focused on the urban history of the waterfront area recently transformed by T. Rowe Price Headquarters and the adjacent Point Park. KPF’s design of the harbor-facing development turns a major brownfield site into a mixed-use environment defined by connectivity and community, counteracting the decay left by the industrial decline of the 1950s. Two human-scaled program bars, enclosing class-A flexible office space, create a pedestrian streetscape that redefines the zone as active public space. The surrounding grounds connect into Point Park and reflect the natural forms and flora of the Chesapeake Bay biome.
The NOMA 2024 Conference was hosted by NOMA Baltimore at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront and featured over 50 sessions of seminars, workshops, and keynote presentations by and for minority architects and designers. “Reclaiming the Harbor” was listed as an intermediate level course and offered HSW credits to participants. The tour had a maximum capacity of 20 and ran from 8:30am to 9:30am on October 25, the 3rd day of the five-day conference. Learn more here.