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369 / Osman Ural: A New "Square Deal": For the "Soul" of East Harlem's Social Housing Projects

369 / Osman Ural: A New "Square Deal": For the "Soul" of East Harlem's Social Housing Projects

Maria Flores
students

Submission #369 | Osman Ural: A New "Square Deal": For the "Soul" of East Harlem's Social Housing Projects — “The location of the proposal is in East Harlem, a project called the King Towers. This neighborhood has major issues with crime, air quality, and poverty, all while existing at the corner of Central Park - literally the spatial realization of social inequality. The site has a repetitive tower typology that is typical of NYC social housing, and therefore could act as a blueprint for other projects in the city. The single large public space also makes a proposal more flexible to implement.”

314_Ali Chahine and Mustafa Bahce: The New Datum

314_Ali Chahine and Mustafa Bahce: The New Datum

Maria Flores
students

Submission #314 | Ali Chahine and Mustafa Bahce: The New Datum — “We address issues of site connectivity to the waterfront and use architecture as flood protection to create new urban spaces in a rather industrial site along the waterfront. The concept experimented a new building typology that served as a transportation network system, above grade, that allowed for new types of program for the community.”

257_Zahid Ajam: Redrawing East Harlem

257_Zahid Ajam: Redrawing East Harlem

Maria Flores
students

Submission #257 | Zahid Ajam: Redrawing East Harlem — “Through analyzing the urban fabric, a block of NYCHA properties seemed to divide East Harlem into two halves. These NYCHA developments follow the model of the tower in the park where the park was intended to become a public social space. Over time it was considered an unsuccessful model since attempting to become everyone’s space, the park became no man’s land as no one took ownership of it.”

102_James Brillon and Alexander Van Odom: Restructuring the Bronx

102_James Brillon and Alexander Van Odom: Restructuring the Bronx

Maria Flores
students

Submission #102 | James Brillon and Alexander Van Odom: Restructuring the Bronx — The project reconciles the infrastructural cuts that have separated the Bronx from its waterfront over the past 100 years. In the wake of the borough’s development, several north-south axes of freight train, car, and rail infrastructure have damaged the urban fabric, without consideration of local resident’s needs. To counter this, the project considers infrastructure as a tool for empowerment of local communities.