Arch out loud proposes the implementation of an intertwined public aquarium and park for the borough of Queens and the surrounding city, thus allowing valuable waterfront spaces to be used by the public. Although NYC itself has a very distinct iconic identity, a public aquarium would help create an iconic destination within Queens itself. Arch out loud challenges designers to experiment with conventional interpretations of the program and investigate how it can create a more appropriated relationship to its context. 

New York City has seen rapid redevelopment that has capitalized on previously undesirable locations. Sitting at the top of these locations are the sites that have access to waterfront. Most of the ventures in these areas are private economic interests that only address public value when there is a direct return on profit. If not taken into consideration many of these waterfronts will be absorbed and, with the constant return of people to the urban core, there lies a need to create public and cultural infrastructure. In a city that is filled with numerous icons, parks, theaters, and museums an aquarium is one of the few remaining public typologies that doesn't exist within the immediate area.

On a site that borders the East River and the Eleventh Street Basin in New York City, arch out loud proposes the implementation of a public aquarium and park to provide communal space for the surrounding city. arch out loud challenges designers to experiment with conventional interpretations of this program and investigate how it can create a relationship to its context.

Awards

1st Place: $2,000

2nd Place: $1,000

3rd Place: $500

Director’s Choice: $100.

5 Honorable Mentions.

Jury

Todd Degarmo, CEO, Studios Architecture

Martha Schwartz, Principal, Martha Schwartz Partners

James Hampton, Senior Associate, Peddle Thorp Architects

Socrati Seretis, Senior Design Associate, Peddle Thorp Architects

Edouard Cabay, Founder | Appariel , Professor, Institute of Advanced Architecture Barcelona

Danny Ha, Vice President & Design Principal, The Jerde Partnership

Anna Pietrzak, Designer, Kohn Pedersen Fox

Schedule

Early Registration Deadline: February 14th, 2016

Regular Registration and Submission Deadline: April 4th, 2016

Finalists announced: April 18th, 2016

Winners announced: April 25th, 2016

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