Archiprix International 2011
ou’s Mark Pasnik and Kelly Hutzell recently completed teaching Workshop 03 at the Archiprix International 2011. This event brings together young architects from around the globe who were awarded the best thesis graduation prize from their universities. The 2011 edition was held at MIT and the weeklong workshops focused on the future of New York City. (we could go on about using NYC whilst there’s a perfectly good city right here, but we’ll refrain).
MegaMiniStructureNew York’s strength has come from its diversity and density, placing people from many backgrounds in close proximity to one another. This intensity of exchange is rapidly disappearing in Manhattan, where only a select few can afford to live. MegaMiniStructure envisions a more inclusive Manhattan while addressing rising sea levels and the disappearance of cars. The proposal capitalizes on the future city’s obsolete and flooded infrastructure as a ground for new places to live, work and play in an ever-expanding megastructure composed of infinitely adaptable ministructures.
