Whats happens during and after this continuous, autonomous push and pull?
What is the leftover of the mediating void when growing external needs exceed its spatial capacity?
What is the leftover of the mediating void when growing external needs exceed its spatial capacity?
Collective Housing for Urban Workers
in Brooklyn, New York
Design Core III Studio, Spring 2020
Instructor: Peter de Bretteville
Featured in Retrospecta 43
in Brooklyn, New York
Design Core III Studio, Spring 2020
Instructor: Peter de Bretteville
Featured in Retrospecta 43
With water toxicity and growing gentrification, the Gowanus Canal head is anything but “Venice”.
“At the pumping station a steampowered
propeller forced water out of the canal and expelled it into the channel, and cleaner water was admitted into the canal. Things went... well enough for a few decades, though the Gowanus Canal would never remind anyone of Venice.”
propeller forced water out of the canal and expelled it into the channel, and cleaner water was admitted into the canal. Things went... well enough for a few decades, though the Gowanus Canal would never remind anyone of Venice.”
- Forgotten New York
“Gowanus has potential to become the
‘Venice’ of Brooklyn, experts say.”
‘Venice’ of Brooklyn, experts say.”
- Curbed
“The waterway will never actually be clean with all of the new development that is coming to its shores.”
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle
water toxicity
vs.
living environment
vs.
living environment
private
vs.
vs.
collective
subject
vs.
object
vs.
object
Whats happens during and after this continuous, autonomous push and pull?
What is the leftover of the mediating void when growing external needs exceed its spatial capacity?
︎︎︎Fusion and sediment study to answer the questions raised above
The push and pull between the Northern and Southern units combined with their vertical stepping motion generate a porous space connecting the playground and the residential units together. As light, water, and human engagement shift, this space becomes highly flexible, creating different program, atmosphere, and spatial experience.
