catalyze more
Framework
Balancing Growth and Opportunity in Sunset Park
GSAPP Summer 2019
Urban Design Studio
Date | 2019.07
Instructor | Tricia A. Martin, Sagi Golan, Austin Sakong, Hayley Eber, Shinpei Tsai, Quilian Riano
Team | You-Chiao Wu, Mary Allen, Antonia Medina
Site | Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY
Resurgence of the industrial waterfront in Sunset Park has created a disconnect across the neighborhood. Framework offers new tactics to make Sunset Park residents a vital part of the growing development. Using streetscape intervention and underused educational and community space Framework offers programs that give residents new tools and skills to thrive in these growing industries. Additionally, Framework will create temporal spaces that will bring more visibility to the educational programs, while also offering new and changing open spaces in the neighborhood. The overall goal of this proposal is to create a woven network of public spaces across the neighborhood, drawing residents closer to their waterfront.
Related Project:
Documentary Filming |
Brooklyn Army Terminal: Disconnect between intentions and reality
Documentary Filming |
Brooklyn Army Terminal: Disconnect between intentions and reality
Challanges
For this design exploration we have identified three examples of industries that have potential for growth in Sunset Parks waterfront IBZ. The garment industry, film industry, and urban agriculture and forestry.
These three industries have the potential to make major growth in this district, and offer a wide range of employment opportunities for locals. More specifically these three industries offer jobs that require no college degrees, and have a high potential for growth for the employee within the business.
![]()
These three industries have the potential to make major growth in this district, and offer a wide range of employment opportunities for locals. More specifically these three industries offer jobs that require no college degrees, and have a high potential for growth for the employee within the business.
The combination of these partnerships creates the framework to allow future interaction between the communities and industries to thrive, restoring trust and embedding these industries within the heart of the community. We have identified three examples of industries that have potential for growth in Sunset Parks waterfront IBZ. The garment industry, film industry, and urban agriculture and forestry.
Streetscape Intervention
Streetscape Interventions:
As demand for these existing community spaces rises, there is an additional opportunity to improve the streetscape surrounding these hubs. By first increasing pedestrian safety, and second by offering new small public spaces, the classrooms can grow outside, further promoting the campaign.
As demand for these existing community spaces rises, there is an additional opportunity to improve the streetscape surrounding these hubs. By first increasing pedestrian safety, and second by offering new small public spaces, the classrooms can grow outside, further promoting the campaign.
Under the Highway
Regenerate underutilized space:
we see spaces under Gowanus Expressway as potential connections between the residential area and the waterfront area. Not only play a role in performance stages, which support the movie industry, spaces under the highway could also be a hub for streetscape furniture to be reused and assembled.
Connect to Waterfront
Waterfront mixed-use area:
Extending people’s daily life to reach the water, Sunset Park retrieves the working waterfront, and also leisure waterfront and learning waterfront.
Regenerate multi-purpose working waterfront. Bring back the working neighborhood legacy of Sunset Park.
