• Gunnar Perkins

  • Infrastructure: A Confrontation

    Infrastructure: A Confrontation
    This project is a reimagination of a former industrial site near the Gowanus Canal. The site lies at the intersection of the BQE and the Smith–9th Street Subway platform, which forms a key boundary between Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, and Gowanus and serves as the primary transit hub for the area. I redesigned several contaminated plots along the canal to form a new town square without erasing the traces of the industrial past of the site. An elevated walkway and bike route enable people to safely navigate the difficult conditions created by the large-scale infrastructure on the site. I adapted a former concrete plant into an open-air stage for public performances and transformed several buildings along 9th Street into workshops and makerspaces.

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