Description

An elevated park spans the Plaza, connecting it to the Park and bridging over existing traffic. The expanded Plaza cleans auto exhaust from vehicles passing below, collects/distributes rainwater for irrigation, and provides flexible social spaces.

Features

• existing traffic patterns roofed over
• large flexible public space incorporates hydraulic floor system to enable multiple uses — theater, skating rink, pool, etc.
• existing trees are replanted on the platform and irrigated with filtered runoff
• ring of chimneys clean air and are lit to act as iconic elements

Submitted by

Dan Maxfield, James Biber, James Bowman
Pentagram Architects
New York, NY, USA