This project - completed as a group project with one partner, Janet Diaz - allowed us to explore the meaning of a hub in a bustling city (New York City). Though it can be an oxymoron, it is an interesting concept to allow the community, visitors, and inhabitants of an entire block in Manhattan to coexist and be self-sufficient. We created spaces, including public park and amenity areas, to bind a community together with a block that they may not even need to interact with daily.
Plan of intervention in context with neighborhood of Chelsea in Manhattan, NY.
HOUSING
PUBLIC SPACE
CIRCULATION
GROUND-FLOOR RETAIL
BLOCK
This rendering exists at the base of the housing towers. Here, there are shops and other amenities that allow visitors and members of the buildings alike to inhabit the spaces.
As our first opportunity to tackle the issue of affordable housing (and making it architectural), we looked at the housing units as blocks, while studying how these units can intertwine and coexist with the public amenities that also exist in the towers.
