Hudson's River Waterfront & Chrysallis Park by Eleftherios Piskitzis |
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| DESIGN NAME: Hudson's River Waterfront & Chrysallis PRIMARY FUNCTION: Park INSPIRATION: The concept based on the Butterfly effect that in a chaotic system a small change at a certain point in time makes the future change in a drammatic way.Something as small as butterfly flapping its wing over Tokyo sprawns a tornado over N.Y. Small changes at the atomic level can lead to much largers changes at the macro level. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Chrysalis masterplan designed for a 1.5-mile-long elevated rail structure on Manhattan's West Side, which was constructed in the 1930s as part of one of New York City's largest investments in transportation infrastructure, called the West Side Improvement Project. No trains have run on it in over 20 years. A lush urban wilderness, nearly seven acres in total, has seeded itself on the line's tracks. A vision for a linear park above the N.Y with sustainability design considerations and various leisure activities. Hudson's river waterfront design development and design of Cable stayed Bridges. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: - PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The Project started in March 2009 in New York and finished in July 2013 in New York, and was exhibited in Design For LIfe Exhibition in April 2015 in Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Atene and in New York City Hall in July 2015. |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: - SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: 1.5 mile long and 6.8 acres size TAGS: Linear Park, Elevated Urban Space, Public Space, Landscape Design, Bridge design, Infrastructure design. RESEARCH ABSTRACT: - CHALLENGE: The challenge was to interact urban design, landscape design, bridge design and infrastructure design with sustainability issues, environmental design and ecology. ADDED DATE: 2016-09-30 10:41:01 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : IMAGE CREDITS: Image 1 No: E.Piskitzis Architect Image 2 No: E.Piskitzis Architect Image 3 No: E.Piskitzis Architect Image 4 No : E.Piskitzis Architect Image 5 No : E.Piskitzis Architect |
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NAME: ELEFTHERIOS PISKITZIS PROFILE: Eleftherios Piskitzis architects is an architecture and engineering practice based in Athens, Greece. The aim of the practice is to extend the limits of architectural synthesis through the integration of art, ecology, technology experimental digital tools and advance design research. Integration attempts to gather all these into the rich complex and vital depths that architecture should be. The practice provides full architectural services from conception to completion, from residential and interiors to complex design schemes and urban design. |
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Hudson's River Waterfront & Chrysallis Park by Eleftherios Piskitzis is Winner in Landscape Planning and Garden Design Category, 2016 - 2017.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Eleftherios Piskitzis. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Eleftherios Piskitzis. |
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