Pavilions at Lakeshore Park

The pavilions of Lakeshore Park are key components of is a 185-acre park on the Tennessee River. Formerly on the site of a state-owned mental health institution, it was acquired by the Lakeshore Park Conservancy and re-purposed as a public park in 1996. In 2017, Nelson Byrd Woltz was developed a Landscape Master Plan Update and Tillett Lighting Design was engaged to design the lighting for Phase II, which includes the Field House, the Garden Pavilion and the Playground Pavilion along with active and passive recreation areas, a new playground, an outdoor amphitheater, expanded parking and an Oval earthwork with expansive views of the Smoky Mountains. 

The lighting program for the pavilions of Lakeshore Park balances the needs of park users with the need to protect the natural beauty of the night sky. The lighting strategy for the pavilions transformed the structures into “lanterns” in the landscape. Softly glowing, functional lighting and carefully aimed and shielded luminaires create a friendly nighttime park atmosphere for families, ball players and stargazers alike.

CLIENT
Lakeshore Park Conservancy

TEAM
Sanders Pace, architects
Nelson Byrd Woltz, landscape architects

Photography: Sterling E. Stevens