Archiprix MIT/Cambridge USA 2011

PORT NEWARK

EMPIRE

EMPIRE PORT Mohamed Fawzy , Abdelkarim Damien Antoni, Francesco Strocchio, Coll Swann Gergely, Szacsvay Paulius Vaitiekunas

Design an infrastructure

as a combination of

connected systems as

logistics, recreation,

leisure, ecology to set

up a NEW ROMANCE

in Manhattan.

13 VENICE 5 AMSTERDAM 0,3 PANAMA CANAL

LOGISTICS

LEISURE/

RECREATION/

ECOLOGY

LANDMARKS TOPOGRAPHY

LOGISTICS

NEWARK

HARBOUR

MANHATTAN

SHORT SEA SHIPPING PATH TO MANHATTAN

DISTRIBUTION DISTRICTS

THE LAST MILE (ELECTRIFIED)

INTERNAL HARBOUR LOGISTIC

LEISURE/

RECREATION/

ECOLOGY

EXISTING GREEN SPACES

DE – CENTRAL PARK

CHARACTERIZING THE ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR

CHARACTERIZING THE ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR

CHARACTERIZING THE ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR

CHARACTERIZING THE ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR

CHARACTERIZING THE ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR

CHARACTERIZING THE ECOLOGICAL CORRIDOR

TESTING THE CANAL INSIDE THE GRID

THE GRID

INTERSECTING THE GRID

INTERNAL HARBOURS

DEAD ENDS BECOME PARKS

PLURAL INFRASTRUCTURE

LANDMARKS

CANAL LANDMARKS

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

TOPOGRAPHY

5,400,000 M3 OF MANHATTAN

TOPOGRAPHY OF MANHATTAN

=

PATCHING MANHATTAN

50 FOOTBALL FIELDS X 18 METRES DEEP

LOWER MANHATTAN 0.00

LOWER MANHATTAN 0.00

LOWER MANHATTAN 0.00

SOHO – WEST VILLAGE +5.00

MIDTOWN WEST +5.00

MIDTOWN WEST +5.00

CENTRAL PARK +15.00

CENTRAL PARK +15.00

CENTRAL PARK +15.00

EMPIRE PORT

Team:

Mohamed Fawzy Abdelkarim

Damien Antoni

Swann Coll

Francesco Strocchio

Gergely Szacsvay

Paulius Vaitiekunas

Tutors:

Marie Adams & Dan Adams, LANDING STUDIO

w/

Max Rink