The vision of The Neuhoff District is a highly curated and strategic preservation of a 13-acre waterfront site dominated by a cluster of early and mid-twentieth century buildings to be an authentic, history-informed destination in Nashville for live, work, and play. The site is situated just north of downtown Nashville along the Cumberland River and Greenway within the historic Germantown neighborhood.
Circulation across the site recalls historic hill towns - steep topography to negotiate, varied scale of open spaces and passage ways between buildings, and lookouts to the river beyond on which the site’s history is revealed as traces across the landscape.
The open spaces comprise of framed garden rooms that each exude their own identities. Specialty pavers are salvaged from existing concrete slabs once hand chiseled for livestock hoof traction. Cues from the forgotten, overgrown, and wild planting are interpreted and expressed as gestures throughout the site to maintain the ethos and authenticity of being a found landscape. Plants cascade from facades, trace building columns, and grow from curated concrete slab gardens. Adams Street is redefined as a curbless shared street with a pedestrian priority. Four landscaped and programed barges are anchored at the foot of the site connecting the land with river life.
Photos by: Christopher Payne/ESTO, Seth Parker, & Sarah Ruth Rau