Reinventing Grand Army Plaza

Da­ta : Abril de 2008

Pro­gra­ma :
– Adap­tar as for­mas de cir­cu­la­ção às ne­ces­si­da­des do presente ;
– Cri­ar for­mas de cir­cu­la­ção pe­do­nal mais seguras ;
– In­cluir uma área on­de pos­sam ocor­rer os mer­ca­dos lo­cais, as­sim co­mo áre­as de per­for­man­ce artística.

Con­cei­to :
“…everything, al­beit dis­tor­ted, is com­pres­sed in­to that one small cir­cle. That is why a ga­me can be played by tho­se who are pre­pa­red to pe­ne­tra­te the sur­fa­ce…” (Es­cher, 1989, p.60)

Propôs-se um sis­te­ma de di­fe­ren­tes su­per­fí­ci­es e pla­ta­for­mas que fun­ci­o­nas­sem co­mo um meio pa­ra re­cu­pe­rar a con­ti­nui­da­de en­tre a pra­ça e a sua en­vol­ven­te, e que per­mi­tis­sem cri­ar no­vas pos­si­bi­li­da­des pa­ra a vi­da em es­pa­ço urbano.

A pro­pos­ta cri­ou uma hi­e­rar­quia ba­se­a­da na in­ten­si­da­de e fun­ci­o­na­li­da­de dos di­fe­ren­tes ní­veis de cir­cu­la­ção. Des­te mo­do, foi con­si­de­ra­do im­por­tan­te man­ter a cir­cu­la­ção au­to­mó­vel e a cir­cu­la­ção pe­do­nal tão se­pa­ra­das quan­to pos­sí­vel, atra­vés de pas­sa­gens sub­ter­râ­ne­as, pla­ta­for­mas e cor­re­do­res verdes.

Propôs-se uma no­va ave­ni­da que li­gas­se o Pros­pect Park e o cen­tro do Grand Army Pla­za. A no­va su­per­fí­cie ofe­re­ce­ria di­fe­ren­tes op­ções pa­ra al­can­çar o seu cen­tro e des­te che­gar aos bair­ros en­vol­ven­tes. As áre­as de jar­dim exis­ten­tes se­ri­am tra­ta­das, e se­ri­am cri­a­dos ca­mi­nhos que per­mi­tam a sua vi­vên­cia e in­te­gra­ção co­mo par­te do es­pa­ço público.

Lo­cal : Grand Army Pla­za, No­va Iorque

Ex­po­si­ção Pú­bli­ca : Se­tem­bro de 2008, Grand Army Plaza.

Da­te : April 2008

Pro­gram :
– Adapt the cir­cu­la­ti­on ef­fi­ci­ency to the pre­sent needs ;
– Cre­a­te forms of sa­fer pe­des­tri­an circulation ;
- In­clu­de an area for lo­cal mar­kets and art performances.

Con­cept :
“…everything, al­beit dis­tor­ted, is com­pres­sed in­to that one small cir­cle. That is why a ga­me can be played by tho­se who are pre­pa­red to pe­ne­tra­te the sur­fa­ce…” (Es­cher, 1989, p.60)

The pro­po­sal was a sys­tem of dif­fe­rent sur­fa­ces and plat­forms that would func­ti­on as a me­ans to res­to­re the con­ti­nuity betwe­en the squa­re and its sur­roun­dings and to al­low cre­a­ting new pos­si­bi­li­ti­es for li­fe in ur­ban space.

The pro­po­sal cre­a­ted a hi­e­rar­chy ba­sed on strength and func­ti­o­na­lity of the dif­fe­rent le­vels of cir­cu­la­ti­on, so it was con­si­de­red im­por­tant to ke­ep car traf­fic and pe­des­tri­an cir­cu­la­ti­on as se­pa­ra­te as pos­si­ble, th­rough subways, plat­forms and gre­en corridors.

A new ave­nue lin­king the cen­ter of Pros­pect Park and Grand Army Pla­za was pro­po­sed. The new sur­fa­ces of­fer dif­fe­rent op­ti­ons to achi­e­ve its cen­ter and sur­roun­ding neigh­borho­ods. The exis­ting gar­den are­as would be tre­a­ted, and paths would be cre­a­ted whi­ch al­low their sur­vi­val and in­te­gra­ti­on as part of the pu­blic space.

Lo­ca­ti­on : Grand Army Pla­za – New York – USA

Exhi­bit : Sep­tem­ber 2008 – Grand Army Plaza