Project Description
FROM THE ARCHITECTS:
Quilian Riano was the Urban Design Fellow in the first in a series of public space pilot projects under elevated structures in New York City. The first pilot, located beneath the Gowanus Expressway at 36th Street and 3rd Avenue in Sunset Park, will connect to the waterfront, increase environmental health, and enhance pedestrian safety for residents of Sunset Park and workers at Industry City and adjacent sites. It will test urban design strategies, replicable lighting and green infrastructure, and inform a future NYC Department of Transportation capital project at the site, as well as other future public spaces under elevated structures citywide.
Project Credits
Project: Sunset Park El-Space Pilot
Full Team: Quilian Riano, Urban Design Fellow; Leni Schwendinger, Lighting Fellow; Tricia Martin, Landscape Architecture Fellow
Photo Credits: Sunset Park El-Space Pilot is a project of Design Trust for Public Space in partnership with the NYC Department of Transportation