thanks for posting... i had seen a few images last week, but this is much more in depth... some nice projects, but who came up with the ricockulous name??? the park at the center of the world? c'mon...
ya, his comments were less grumpy than usual...somewhat insightful to be honest. i look forward to checking the exhibit out soon...until then i will wit'hold my own appraisal...
gotta remember that jim and witold occasionally cross paths in the halls of meyerson. wrt doesn't have much of a presence at penn to partake in academic bonding rituals.
that said, witold makes a very good point that '40 acres isn't that big for a park'. I rather like the sparse fO meadow defined by the boardwalk... they seem to have the best grasp of the site and the sweeping view of the harbor...
fO's graphics are shit hot.
REX scheme had a certain je ne sais quoi - less fixed solution, perhaps, was refreshing.
West 8's was confusing, at best.
Hargreaves left my head spinning.
Overall fantastic project. A dream for we larchies.
City and state officials announced Wednesday that the design — by the Dutch firm West 8, Diller Scofidio & Renfro, Rogers Marvel Architects, Quennell Rothschild & Partners and SMWM — had triumphed in a competition that had narrowed to five finalists...
Jerry van Eyck, one of the West 8 partners, said in an interview that the architects hoped to set a standard of quality design on the island so “we don’t end up with Disney or casinos.”
...For West 8, that includes providing a fleet of bicycles on the island that can be used at no charge; the architects even designed a wooden prototype bicycle for that purpose.
For now the island’s environmental conditions are harsh and windy, said Adriaan Geuze, one of West 8’s partners. So the architects aimed to create a landscape where people would feel shielded from the elements. “We believe we have to change that into a more intimate, human-scale green island where you’re protected,” he said.
Jonathan Marvel, one of the architects, said: “We tried to establish different ecological zones with the park. Topography, shoreline, freshwater places for migratory birds to land because they use the Hudson River as their compass.”
The Park At the Center of the World
I wish you would have posted that BEFORE i got back from NY
lokks interesting - dumb question - is it strictly landscape?
So it's the shortlist for a competition that looks like it asked for proposals for Governer's Island?
Cool stuff, thanks for linking that.
I love projects like this ...
ep- the teams were led by an LA who partnered with an architects or two...
thanks for posting... i had seen a few images last week, but this is much more in depth... some nice projects, but who came up with the ricockulous name??? the park at the center of the world? c'mon...
oh. this isn't about the new park projects in louisville?!
agree, architphil... the name just enhances the disneylandish of the proposals/concept...
slate's architecture critic, witold rybczynksi, has a slideshow essay on slate about the proposals...
i figured that grumpy, old witold would fall for the traditional scheme of WRT... but he actually likes the Field Operations scheme...
ya, his comments were less grumpy than usual...somewhat insightful to be honest. i look forward to checking the exhibit out soon...until then i will wit'hold my own appraisal...
gotta remember that jim and witold occasionally cross paths in the halls of meyerson. wrt doesn't have much of a presence at penn to partake in academic bonding rituals.
that said, witold makes a very good point that '40 acres isn't that big for a park'. I rather like the sparse fO meadow defined by the boardwalk... they seem to have the best grasp of the site and the sweeping view of the harbor...
fO scheme is cool, REX scheme is cool too.
I thought the beach in Jamaica was the centre of the world
just visited the exhibition last night.
fO's graphics are shit hot.
REX scheme had a certain je ne sais quoi - less fixed solution, perhaps, was refreshing.
West 8's was confusing, at best.
Hargreaves left my head spinning.
Overall fantastic project. A dream for we larchies.
Any one read "Island at the Center of the World" - good stuff!
delirious new york anyone?
a bit of rem reading is in order...
winner announced (thanks beta)
City and state officials announced Wednesday that the design — by the Dutch firm West 8, Diller Scofidio & Renfro, Rogers Marvel Architects, Quennell Rothschild & Partners and SMWM — had triumphed in a competition that had narrowed to five finalists...
Jerry van Eyck, one of the West 8 partners, said in an interview that the architects hoped to set a standard of quality design on the island so “we don’t end up with Disney or casinos.”
...For West 8, that includes providing a fleet of bicycles on the island that can be used at no charge; the architects even designed a wooden prototype bicycle for that purpose.
For now the island’s environmental conditions are harsh and windy, said Adriaan Geuze, one of West 8’s partners. So the architects aimed to create a landscape where people would feel shielded from the elements. “We believe we have to change that into a more intimate, human-scale green island where you’re protected,” he said.
Jonathan Marvel, one of the architects, said: “We tried to establish different ecological zones with the park. Topography, shoreline, freshwater places for migratory birds to land because they use the Hudson River as their compass.”
or visit the park at the center of the world flash website for the proposals....
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