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Ruth
Wittenburg Triangle New York, New York Size: 3,600 square feet Competition Date: 1997 Winner of ‘ideas’ Competition Our submittal won the 'ideas' competition sponsored by the Van Allen Institute for an urban infill project which is intended to reclaim a small traffic triangle in a busy intersection of Greenwich Village. We chose to reintroduce interpretations of the historical layers that had transformed the site to create a interactive urban landform. The elliptical shape of the landform is derived by the two distinct street patterns of Historic Greenwich Village converging and creating tension. The elliptical landform is comprised of a water feature, symbolising the fishing stream that once flowed through the site prior to European settlement. The void in the center of the water feature is symbolic of man's manipulation of land. The terraced planting beds and cascading pools of water echo 'the el' or elevated train that once ran up and down 6th Avenue. The elevation changes which allow the pools of water to cascade are to suggest the Jefferson market stalls that once spilled out onto the sidewalk. |
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