Red Hook, Brooklyn
Spring 2017
Design Studio 5
Parsons School of Design
in collaboration with:
Angela DeGeorge, Amanda Rinaldi & Phoebe Sager
This design and resiliency proposal was a two part proposal. The first part involved utilizing the cut and fill method to create a dry well underneath the central promenade in the Red Hook Housing complex and using the excavated dirt to create protective berms around the buildings themselves. Creating a sizable centralized dry well gives a space for rain to be distributed on a daily basis and flood waters to collect during storm surges in this flood zone. The ultimate hope is that this complex would never again be devastated by water as it was during Superstorm Sandy.
The second part of the proposal was to activate the central mall above the dry well. The main proposal is to create a multi-faceted green way for different types of leisure activities that acts as a connective stitch from the Smith-9th street F and G subway line to the main commercial corridor on Van Brunt street and ferry terminal. The spaces on the first floor of the green way would be converted to commercialized and community spaces to promote unity and commerce in the neighborhood.
