HARLEM RIVER MESH creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
HARLEM RIVER URBAN DESIGN STUDIO
A
movers + movers sshhaakkeerrss
EXPLORATION
TYLER KLIFMAN + OSI KAMINER + ELAINE MAHONEY + BROOKE MAYER+ SHANE MCCABE + LEONEL LIMA PONCE + LENNY REISNER
FALL 2012 PROF. RON SHIFFMAN JONATHAN MARTIN
EXISTING CONDITIONS
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
EXISTING CONDITIONS RIVER GATES
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
EXISTING CONDITIONS RIVER GATES
GREAT HEIGHTS
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
EXISTING CONDITIONS RIVER GATES GREAT HEIGHTS
OH SO QUIET
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
EXISTING CONDITIONS RIVER GATES GREAT HEIGHTS OH SO QUIET
UNSEEN GREEN ACRES
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
EXISTING CONDITIONS RIVER GATES GREAT HEIGHTS OH SO QUIET UNSEEN GREEN ACRES
NATURE BREAKS THROUGH
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
EXISTING CONDITIONS RIVER GATES GREAT HEIGHTS OH SO QUIET UNSEEN GREEN ACRES NATURE BREAKS THROUGH
WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
EXISTING CONDITIONS RIVER GATES GREAT HEIGHTS OH SO QUIET UNSEEN GREEN ACRES NATURE BREAKS THROUGH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
WASTED WATERFRONT
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
EXISTING CONDITIONS RIVER GATES GREAT HEIGHTS OH SO QUIET UNSEEN GREEN ACRES NATURE BREAKS THROU OUGH OU GH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY WASTED WATERFRONT
SEWAGE SPACE
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
EXISTING CONDITIONS RIVER GATES GREAT HEIGHTS OH SO QUIET UNSEEN GREEN ACRES NATURE BREAKS THROUGH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY WASTED WATERFRONT SEWAGE SPACE
BIG BREEZY
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
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PARADIGM SHIFTS
activation ma x imize u s e a nd p r od u c ti v i t y o f p u b l i c spac es
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
PARADIGM SHIFTS
restoration reclaim natural, physical, and social functions
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
PARADIGM SHIFTS
collaboration combine resources and enhance capacity for change
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
PARADIGM SHIFTS
connection generate paths to a public realm
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
ac ti vat i o n
+ + + = r e s t or at i on
co l l a b o r at i o n
connection
HARLEM RIVER MESH (n.)
( v. )
(1) any of the open spaces in a net or network; (2) an interstice; (3) the threads or wires surrounding these spaces; (4) to harmonize.
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
sites + sights
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
sites + sights TARGET: BUBBLE WRAP + MARINE ECOLOGY CENTER
HARLEM RIVER WATERFRONT
HARLEM RIVER GATEWAY PARK
BIOSWALE PASSEO
BIG DEEGAN
10TH AVENUE MARKET MTA YARD
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS bridge
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
threads
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
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threads: Nature
soft natural edge
ecologically active concrete
root networks
wetland
permeable pavers
flex wood path
bubble pool
bioswale
american chestnut
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
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threads: light, texture, infrastructure
repurposed infrastructure
interweaving + interlocking paths
garage door
meshing textures
shadow threads
bubble lights
HARLEM RIVER MESH
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threads: active bubbles
bubble playground
nature playground
bubble wall
bird habitat
fire pit
shading device
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
tire swing
bandshell
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marc + Jess late 30’s has lived in Inwood since his twenties jazz musician works in a local bar wants to celebrate arts + culture of inwood has not been to harlem river gateway park
MARC late 30’s LIVE IN GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN WRITER FOR LOCAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION BLOG WRITING STORY ON SEAMAN-DRAKE ARCH, ON BROADWAY has not been to harlem river gateway park
JESS
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
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marc + Jess HARLEM RIVER WATERFRONT
X 10th avenue market
1
mta yard + museum
2
BIOSWALE PASSEO
3
university heights: bypass the beast
HARLEM RIVER MESH
4
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10th avenue
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
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10th avenue market
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
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215th street
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
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bioswale passeo
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
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MTA RAILYARDS
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
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the yard
HARLEM RIVER MESH
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university heights bridge HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
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bypass the beast
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
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jamie + wanda
JAMIE
WORK AT VA HOSPITAL from the BronX, BORN AND RAISED have lived NEAR the Harlem River their whole lives began engaging with the river since the park opened
WANDA
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
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jamie + wanda HARLEM RIVER WATERFRONT
X boxcar brew harlem river gateway park
HARLEM RIVER MESH
3 2
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big deegan
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MAJOR DEEGAN EXPRESSWAY
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
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big deegan
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
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harlem river CSX SITE
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
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harlem river gateway
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
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bronx site
HARLEM RIVER MESH
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boxcar brew
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
rosie + angela + jose
Rosie, the mother, moved to Marble Hill public housing with her kids five years ago. Angela and Jose go to P.S. 18, on the Harlem River but surrounded by industry. they have never had the opportunity to interact with the river.
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
rosie + angela + jose bubble wrap
2
1 on target
X HARLEM RIVER WATERFRONT
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
target roof view
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
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on target
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
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target loading dock
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
bubble wrap
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
harlem river waterfront
X
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
MOVERS MOVERS + SSSHHHAAAKKKEEERRRSSS
harlem river waterfront
HARLEM RIVER MESH
creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
X
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go fish
HARLEM RIVER MESH
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creating connections through activation + collaboration + restoration
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