Garden In The Machine is a greenery-covered, hill-like building that molds to the varied context of the neighborhood, which changes from low-rise to high-rise over the few blocks the site spans.OPERA STUDIO

In a new exhibition, architects offer alternatives to developer forest city ratner's plan for the site's second phase.

The Atlantic Yards, a sprawling, 22-acre redevelopment project in Brooklyn, has been plagued by controversy since it was proposed a decade ago. Critics objected to its use of eminent domain, itsenvironmental impact, and its pace of construction.

The $5 billion project includes the Barclays Center, which opened in 2012, and 16 residential and commercial buildings, including what is set to be the world's tallest modular building.

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So far, only Barclays Center has been completed. The project's second phase, which features 11 residential towers, has not broken ground. Now a group of architects have dreamed up alternatives for what Phase II of the development could look like. Their new exhibition, "Five Proposals for the Future of Atlantic Yards," is on display in Brooklyn this month.

The exhibition, organized by Thomas Barry, includes designs from Joshua Zinder Architecture + Design, Amoia Cody Architecture, David Cunningham Architecture Planning, Matthias Altwicker and Farzana Gandhi, and Barry's own Brooklyn-based OPerA Studio....Continue Reading

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