Elevated view of a wide stone-paved walkway with planted beds and glass railings as people walk, with the San Jose skyline behind

Riverfront Walkway, San Jose

For a riverfront park in San Jose, AMPOPS designed a walkway that is also a civic landmark, suspended above the confluence of Los Gatos Creek and the Guadalupe River. The structure rises gradually as a fully accessible path, and viewing platforms open vantages across water, infrastructure, and skyline. The walkway emerges from a grid field of slender poles, a sharp geometry that anchors the site. Reflective titanium cladding catches the light through the day, and at night the structure glows softly above the treetops. High-pressure nozzles release a drifting mist of reclaimed stormwater, recalling the region's valley clouds. From above, the form reads as an arrow pointing north, so as planes depart nearby Mineta San Jose Airport, the walkway becomes a quiet orientation device in the sky.

Underside of a sharp titanium-clad elevated walkway cantilevering over treetops on slender white columns in a San Jose park
The titanium walkway at night, its white columns glowing red above a tree grove under a starry sky in San Jose
Line drawing of a red elevated walkway running along both banks of a tree-lined creek corridor in a San Jose riverfront park
Aerial view through an airplane window of the angled walkway threading a wooded San Jose park between city blocks and a highway
Night aerial through an airplane window of the lit walkway forming an arrow across a dark San Jose park beside a lit highway
Line drawing of the red angular elevated walkway rising over a row of trees and columns in San Jose, a plane passing overhead
Location:
San Jose, California
AMPOPS Team:
Lin, CJ Ku, Christopher Lin, Wei Li
Role:
Conceptual Development
Typology:
Public Park, Civic