MIDTOWN MANHATTAN WEST

This slideshow is part of: Diana Agrest

2003-04

School Of Architecture, Princeton University / Agrest And Gandelsonas Architects

OUR PLAN IDENTIFIES FIVE AREAS OF INTERVENTION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AREA :

-Expansion Of The Transportation Infrastructure.

-Creation Of A Network Of Green Spaces.

a) a Network of Green Pedestrian spaces integrated to a New Mixed-use Urban Fabric fragmenting the very long blocks,  b) extending to the area between 8th and 10th Avenues infiltrating the existing fabric .c) Green starting at the entrance of the Lincoln Tunnel a New Park over the Roof of the New Convention Center.

-Development Of The Waterfront
Our project proposes the elimination of the piers and the creation of a Floating Park offering sports and entertainment activities..

-Restructuring Of The Urban Plan
The plan proposes to overlap a gradient that starts on the waterfront with residential and continuously displaced from the irongrid to end on a 200’x 200’ grid that coincides with the Irongrid. This varying gradient subdivides the long blocks creating a morphological variety incorporating green within the urban grid

-Relocation Of The Convention Center
In order to expand the development of the Waterfront we decided to propose the relocation of the Convention Center  hanging over the railroad yards

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