The Experiential Design Index

Harbor Wetland — National Aquarium

Harbor Wetland, a free 10,000-square-foot floating tidal marsh habitat at the National Aquarium in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, opened in August 2024; Ayers Saint Gross served as architect of record on the 12-years-in-the-making, $14M project.

VenueNational Aquarium
Project typeNew Exhibition
StatusCompleted
Year completed2024
Technologiesfloating pontoon habitat systems

Credits

FirmRoleNote
Ayers Saint Gross Architecture Architect of record; original 2014 concept architect was Studio Gang
Ayers Saint Gross Landscape Architecture The firm's own project page lists Services as Landscape Architecture only (no "architect of record" language) — added alongside the press-sourced architecture credit rather than replacing it, since both sources are legitimate but conflict on role framing.

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