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Drawingsdesign · Columbia GSAPP · 2017

Hydro-habitat

A pier on Manhattan’s East River edge that treats the river as something to be in, not just look at. You move from rooms about water and pollution into a pool sunk into the river itself, its walls filtering the water around you.

Core I, Fall 2017. Critic: Tei Carpenter

Rendering of a figure stepping down into the pool — The pool, inside the river.

Sections through the pier’s chain of spheres, with a detail of the filtering wall — Sections through the spheres. The pool’s wall filters river water as it comes in.

Map of sewer overflows along the East River, with the site — Sewer overflows along the East River, and the site between them.

Plan of the pier’s spheres on the riverbank — The plan, stepping from the park out into the river.

Typology diagram: spheres intersecting, joining and subtracting — One shape, three ways to combine it.

Isometric of the program: social, educational and experiential spaces — Social, educational and experiential spaces, in order.

Deconstructed Jenga

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