NYC - Olympic Village
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Following are the five finalists...click on any one below to view individual pages featuring information plus photos. Main Olympic Village Design Page
The following text Olympic Towers in a Textured Landscape. Zaha Hadid’s Olympic
Village masterplan opens Hunters Point to a rapidly changing future
on the East River. This constellation of towers presents a dramatic
Olympic icon to Queens, Brooklyn, and across the water to Manhattan,
creating views that will offer private pleasure to future residents,
while also serving as a public experience. Minimized tower footprints
create an open and textured landscape on the ground, welcoming visitors
to a rhythm of spectacular views toward Midtown and Lower Manhattan.
Together, the textured ground and the towers establish a strong formal presence where verticality and the horizontal plane become accentuated. This gives the plan maximum flexibility to evolve through the design process, with street and interior axes becoming progressively defined through the layering and cutting of the ground, through lighting strategies and the integration of art. It offers a landscape that opens itself to many kinds of movement, promoting a rich pattern of activity that carries the legacy of Olympic energy toward a new urban experience, and that emphasizes the crossover of art and recreation in tomorrow’s lifestyles. This is a master plan for a sustainable future, one which seeds the development of new economic life along Newtown Creek and in Long Island City, one which is environmentally responsible, and one which boldly accommodates change along the East River.
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