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Broadway Stories – 125th Station Park

New York
(Academic)

Columbia University, GSAPP
Fall 2018

Studio Leader:
Anna Puigjaner

Studio Critic:
Amina Blacksher

Broadway is one of the longest stretches of road that spans the entire length of manhattan. From iconic time square and Colombus circle, and from the upper west to west Harlem, the whole spectrum of the “melting pot” is demonstrated through this section.

Out of a variety of sections that the broadway cuts through, the 125th st intersection represents one of the more politically loaded cross-section that the broadway ave encounters. With the expansion of Columbia University in Manhattanville colliding with the most prosperous axis of Harlem, The urban condition of this intersection reflects the division between the two demographics thorough the materiality

This project uses urban architectural intervention to challenge the urban convention and attempt to break the barriers with the reprogramming of urban public space.

Intervention Through Accessible Public Space

Through the mapping of surrounding open public spaces and their desired access points, I identified the 125th st and Broadway intersection as the
the primary threshold of the community barrier.

Adapting to Site Conditions

The complex condition of the intersection poses a variety of challenges to the placement and identification of available spaces for the intervention.

Through Stacking, Suspending, Climbing, and Ramping, the intervention spills over the nooks and crevices of the site.

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