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Rogers Mar­vel exhib­it inspires vis­i­tors to speak out!

Jun 12, 2008 6:08 pm

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On Gov­er­nors Island in Build­ing 110, Rogers Mar­vel Archi­tects have cre­at­ed an exhi­bi­tion that allows vis­i­tors to give their ideas about what they would like to see in the future park here.The south­ern half of the island is under­go­ing an excit­ing change: a design com­pe­ti­tion called Park at the Cen­ter of the World fea­tured the pro­pos­als for a new park and Great Prom­e­nade from five dif­fer­ent design teams, and this past Decem­ber, the West 8, Rogers Mar­vel, Diller Scofidio + Ren­fro, Quen­nell Roth­schild, and SMWM team was select­ed to design the new park! As a result of their selec­tion, Rogers Mar­vel set up an exhib­it fea­tur­ing a time-line that depicts the his­to­ry of the island since Euro­pean con­tact in 1524, when it was first sight­ed by explor­er Gio­van­ni da Ver­raz­zano. Also present are ren­der­ings of their ideas for the park and Great Prom­e­nade, which cov­er the walls of the space like wall paper. Now that the com­pe­ti­tion for a team is over, the archi­tects are eager to hear from vis­i­tors about what they want to see and do in such a unique park. In order to allow peo­ple to share their ideas not just with the design­ers, but with oth­er patrons, post-it-notes, mark­ers, and stamps (for exu­ber­ant chil­dren not yet able to write) are pro­vid­ed. Once com­ments have been record­ed they are then post­ed on the wall, inside a sil­hou­ette of the island. As space becomes more lim­it­ed, the notes get lay­ered, and the effect of all of these com­pet­ing ideas emerg­ing, dis­ap­pear­ing, and reemerg­ing is extreme­ly telling of the pub­lic’s strong posi­tions on the sub­ject. Sug­ges­tions range from ​“archi­tec­ture that talks to the exist­ing his­to­ry” to ​“night­ly fire­works” and beyond. This exhib­it will be up all sum­mer and each week, new com­ments are being record­ed, and pro­vid­ed to the design­ers. Your con­tri­bu­tions will help out, and while your vis­it­ing, feel free to sign our guest book.
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