Dominic Garrett - SHIP project

SHIP

Sustainable Harbour - International Port

Dominic Garrett

Protect and connect A sustainable strategy for NYC’s future What if an airport could be designed in such a way that it comes with a multitude of positive social side effects. To protect the city from floods this requires an 8km long barrier of hard engineering, but to make it socially successful it needs to take place in a dialogue with the community of New York City.

The project doesn’t aim to throw a blanket over the issue of climate change but today we somehow have to live with the consequences of our existing lifestyle.

Sustainable architecture does not have to be a myriad of sacrifices to save the planet. This project looks to flex and adapt in a way that provides a holistic approach to the global and local communities by protecting and connecting them in inventive ways.

Protection needed New York is America’s densest City with an estimated population of 8,550,405 over a land area of 790km2. New York City comprises 5 boroughs sitting where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean. At its core is Manhattan, a densely populated borough that’s among the world’s major commercial, financial and cultural centers. The angle of the “New York Bight’ acts as a storm surge funnel directing it into the heart of the city.

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Unpredictable futures Evidence of the potential destruction of the City was exhibited in 2012 when Hurricane Sandy caused $19 billion worth of damages, majorly disrupting many of the cities services for days. Looking to evidence of previous storms suggests that this could happen again leading to further economic and social disruption.

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Connection Parts of NYC are actually built upon landfill waste including La Guardia airport. This projects proposal looks to make use of landfill waste as a resource to help to develop a storm surge barrier to protect the city using what it usually sees as being a useless entity. This socially responsible idea enables NYC to retain its role as a gateway to America and free up valuable urban space currently occupied by lack luster airports.

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Protection strategy

Environmental edge Sub Tropical Environment New York City is the most northern American city that sits within the humid subtropical climate (Koppen climate classification). In January, the coldest month, temperatures are around 0.3C average and summers are hot and humid with an average temperature of 24.7C. This variance in climate requires a strategy that can vary with seasonal conditions.

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Wind potential at the edge Being sited at the edge of the Atlantic ocean provides opportunity to make use of the storm surge barrier as a site for either creating or hosting wind turbines. By extending out from the edge into the sea there is an opportunity to generate source of sustainable energy for the terminal building and surrounding context.

Current assets exposed $320.2 billion Future assets exposed 2,147.35 billion Current exposed population 1,540,000 Future exposed population 2.931,000

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Solar energy NYC has an average of 4383 daylight hours. The large span of the roof scape means there is potential for solar energy generation through photovoltaics and other means.

Rain capture Large roof spans also present the opportunity for water capture which has potential for the flushing of amenities and cleaning of vehicles associated with the airport.

Extending out The site itself inherently has a value as a storm surge barrier so it is important to consider how the airport site way evolve around this. The nature of the terminal building and site means that the future scenarios possible are varied to either accommodate the growth of terminal, redistribution or entire relocation of the terminal building creating an entirely sustainable future for the design.

Humid subtopical Environments Resource potential Poor Marginal Fair Good Excellent Outstanding

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Redevelopment of resource This project can be understood in time as a series of flows that operate in relation to each other. There are three main nodes (The City, Terminal and Barrier) that connect flows that look to develop each other through reinvention of resources and their changing role socially, environmentally and politically. As this develops over time an ecosystem of development begins to emerge.

The City The city produces 50,000 tonnes of waste everyday with a cost of $2.3 billion to remove it each year. By re-envisioning it as part of a sustainable strategy for the area the waste becomes resource for energy and building material for future growth. The city also presents a series of existing transport infrastructure frameworks that can be extended and harnessed to serve a wider social purpose in the development and operation of the project.

The Terminal Docked into the storm surge barrier the terminal building is a gateway between the water and air. Inherently by being located on water it becomes the ultimate flexible and adaptable space, meaning it can be relocated, redistributed or reused elsewhere allowing the terminal to develop over time depending on the needs of its inhabited context.

The Barrier The barrier not only becomes an infrastructural connection for the terminal and protection for the city but provides valuable land for development of social infrastructure outside of the city. Where urban residential development is most salient in the City centre the barrier presents an opportunity for more development a civic agenda, freeing up valuable space and creating a destination of temporal agendas.

Growing demographic Connect to existing ferry terminals

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Water source heat Wind turbines

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Use of waterways infrastructure Generation of reef ecosystems

Developing new promenade community

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Storm surge defense Fishing platform

Floating Civic structure Event space

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Working with water Synergetic connections The proposal is an example of how a more sustainable and resilient city that can also be a more enjoyable city.

Rather that simply being enjoyed at single moments, when the next hurricane hits or when flying out or into NYC, the project aims to enhance the connect to the city and the connection to the water.

Waste not want not The land mass of the airfield is constructed through use of landfill waste transported through the cities water based fleets, a less energy alternative to the current paradigm of transporting waste mass distances and creating super use of resource.

Shipyard construction Making use of the existing factories of production that are shipyards and the transport ways that are water, the terminal building is designed in a way that considers the embodied transport and construction cost to allow flexibility and ease of movement.

Artificial reefs Successful examples of improving aquarian ecosystems are evident along the coastline of New York City. Through he creation of reefs not only does this pose an opportunity to improve the sea ecosystems but through cleaning the water it is possible to swim in it. It therefore is not just beneficial for the fish but for those visiting and residing on the barrier.

Connecting to existing infrastructure The city also has a development of water transport nodes, those that can be enhanced to become points of connection to the terminal. This strategu is part of the bigger picture of integration with the contextual multi-modal transport networks.

Seacology The social sea The storm barrier airfield provides a new vernacular to be developed with a protected waterfront through positive social and environmental engagement.

Through improvement of the aquarian ecosystem by making use of the cities unwanted waste a community of those seeking experience from the relaxed to the radical the edge presents an opportunity to create a new community.

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Environmental envelope A number of successful projects to develop artificial reefs along the east coast of the Atlantic near NYC have taken place in previous years and by engaging with waste and sea in this way a similar idea can be developed and propelled in this environment. Looking to the city for materials for reef generation from tyres to old subway cars can help develop habitats for the likes of Tautog and Bass fish.

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Water wayfinding Making use of the existing connections that the city of NYC has established connecting in multi modal ways to create a resilient framework to aid prevention of hindrances in connections.

Harnessing harbors A ferrying service between the terminal and the city is developed upon the existing infrastructural framework of the NYC waterways. This proposal would see additions in security and baggage handling facilities at connection points alongside development of new ferry stations to help connect a wider community.

Dynamics of distribution To improve passenger experience, security and airport logistics the strategy incorporates a re-framing of the conceptual framework of airport passenger processing.

To enable this baggage handling and security processes are distributed into the city based terminal stations to allow the terminal building to be as flexible as possible for hybrid programs and temporal changes.

Departures Arrivals

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Passport and security control procedures take place immediately after landing to allow passengers to access all of the terminal.

Gate seating areas are located close to gates.

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Potential new ferry terminal sites

Boats transport passengers to the terminal from the city.

Keeping it clean Arrivals, departures and transfers passengers are mixed in the terminal spaces, giving all inhabitants access to the full range of events taking place within the terminal environment. This is enabled through an immediate control check that takes place after arrival.

Baggage is collected at piers in the city and transported to the transport hub by bot

Vertical circulation reduces the distance and eases navigation.

Arrivals and departures are channeled into different dock points

Relating rail and road Departures

Linking lines Transport using train will require a new line to run between New Jersey and New York City. The new line would become a safe connecting shuttle to and from the terminal through integration of security and baggage into existing train stations.

Highway to swell Road access for road is created by a new connecting highway between Sandy Hook and Breezy point. Security and baggage are processed in the transport hub.

Choice circulation The circulation development of the terminal was developed based on the basic principles for providing direct and unhindered routes to gates but also with opportunity for unique experience. Deviation from a direct path offers a myriad of experiences and opportunity to engage with the immediate culture through inclusion of civic spaces.

Arrivals Gate seating areas are located close to gates.

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Rail and road tunnels under channel for large water vessels

Baggage is collected on route on train or in the transport hub by road.

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Passport and security control procedures take place immediately after landing to allow passengers to access all of the terminal.

The transport hub takes passengers accessing the terminal through road and rail.

Parking for road access is built under the airfield.

Terminal tectonics Narrative of development

Repeat and reduce The principles of the terminal tectonics are based on repetition and grid structures to allow physical growth, reconfiguration and customisation. This strategy is to enable resilience for the temporal nature that architecture sits within.

Bridges Secondary Structure

Foundation Cast in shipyards using reinforced concrete a 12.5 metre square hollow section module has the flexibility and ability to move location through floating and this means that its lifespan warrants a long lasting material.

Also being semi submerged in water will only strengthen concrete.

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Skin (ETFE) For covering the same spans ETFE is 1percent of the same weight it would require in glass. The expected lifespan of ETFE is beyond 50 years as it is unaffected

by UV light, atmospheric pollution and other forms of environmental weathering. The flex in the panels makes it ideal for a the movement floating structure.

Skin (Polycarbonate panels and metal rain-screen) Allowing light but providing insulation a combination of polycarbonate and metal cladding runs along the facades between terminal buildings making intriguing and environmentally conscious spaces.

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Primary Structure A steel grid frame using columns, I beams and trusses forms a 12.5 metre framework. The use of steel is good for this because it means that it is potentially 100 percent recyclable if the structure was needed to be disassembled.

Secondary structure A metal deck sits on the steel framework supporting a system of panels and planks to enable a customisable floor space dependent on programmatic needs. External areas of footfall are planked with treated timber, suitable in seawater environments.

The morphology of the terminal is developed from principles of internal experience and external interaction.

1.Sitting horizontally along a long stretch of airfield the linear shape offers a massive area for expansion.

2. Rising up form water to air the terminal shape wedges to reflect flows.

3. Stepped terraces allow use of the roof-scape as a functional space 4. South orientated chasms aid with an environmental strategy and develop a modulated form.

5. Bridged corridors connect terminal units

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Inventive isolation The unique location of terminal presents unhindered opportunity to develop with sustainable principles at the heart of the building systems strategy.

Water down the hole The large area of the roofs serves as an ideal area to collect rainwater runoff. This can be a resource for flushing toilets and other greywater systems. The water capture system would use a system of siphonic drainage to reduce the need for mass downpipes. Some of this water can be used for greywater systems other through filtration can be drinking water.

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Solar energy

Wind turbines Located on the edge of the Atlantic the site presents an ideal location for mid sized turbines to generate another source of renewable energy.

Water capture

Methane collection The land mass of the airfield is constructed through use of landfill waste and other materials. The congregation of this material results in the production of a methane that presents an opportunity for energy production.

Methane is a very powerful greenhouse gas. One pound of methane traps 25 times more heat in the atmosphere than a pound of carbon dioxide.

The process of using methane to help generate electricity is put simply in these 3 steps.

1. Trash decomposes (or rots) in landfills, creating methane gas.

2. Methane rises to the top of the landfill and is collected in pipes.

3. The methane is burned to produce heat or generate electricity.

The methane can also be used directly in heating and cooling systems within the terminal.

Solar energy Solar panels on the highest plane of the roofscape make use of a non obstructed area that will receive light all year round providing renewable energy for the terminal.

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Displacement ventilation Services zones

Anerobic digestion

War on waste In the plant space food processing waste and other biowastes are grinded down and preheated ready to be sent to the digester.

An Anaerobic Digester is a large, air-tight container or tank that contains no oxygen. The tank is filled with organic material and maintained at an optimum temperature for anaerobic bacteria to digest the material. Biogas produced from an anaerobic digester is comprised primarily of methane gas, which can be used instead of fossil fuels to produce energy.

Internal winds Displacement ventilation is an air distribution strategy where conditioned outdoor air is supplied at a low velocity from air supply diffusers located near floor level and extracted above the occupied zone.

Displacement is the most energy efficient way of cooling large open spaces like airports. The cool air accelerates because of the buoyancy force, spreads in a thin layer over the floor, reaching a relatively high velocity before rising due to heat exchange with heat sources . Absorbing the heat from heat sources, the cold air becomes warmer and less dense. The density difference between cold air and warm air creates upward convective flows known as thermal plumes.

Envelope of experience Landscape on the water Contrasting the hard verticality of the city the terminal provides a horizontal landscape of openness , aesthetically and socially engaged spaces.

Panoramic planes The unique location of the project presents a number of interesting visual relationships to be had with the surrounding context. These can contribute to creating a sense of place in the airport and connecting it to the City and surround water. There is opportunity to improve wellbeing of passengers through biophilic links both internally and externalls.

Chasms of creativity Sitting between terminals contrasting environments are created in the landscape of the project creating scope for a multitude of different activities and experiences, exploring the temporal nature of the project in an imagined reality.

Corridor connections Multiple connections happen in the corridor space bringing passengers into a zone of circulation crossovers. The arrangement of the space is to allow co ordination of multi modal transport users with spaces for interventions and civic engagement.

Waterfront engagement The project looks to develop a new waterfront that engages people above and below the water. A destination of civic importance outside of the city that is connected in easily accessible modes.

Plan for eveything The ground floor space has been designed to facilitate multiple programs. The terminal provides civic space for events that otherwise would require large urban space that may cause disruption in a city centre.

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Flexible frameworks To allow the different programs of the airport to develop and change over time the terminal tectonics have been considered in respect to their ability to change and serve a number of different need.

Access floor panels Metal stringer grid Pedestal Services void Plywood board Rigid insulation

Arguably being flexible and adaptable is the ultimate example of archeiving sustainable architecture.

By being able to recycle, reuse and redistribute components of the building will limit the redundancy in the building leading to opportunities to improve occupancy potential.

Metal deck Steel structure

Lightweight facades The facade that faces between terminals uses a system of polycarbonate and thin metal rainscreen.

Polycarbonate offers a way of providing light into the building whilst also being a good insulator. The metal rainscreen is used for solar shading but also reflecting heat into pools of water as part of the building temperature regulating strategy.

Acoustic baffles Polycarbonate interlocking panels Mirrored aluminium cladding

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A main consideration of the layout is to allow ease of access to services, change in materials and use of leightweight materials for change if needed. A raised access floor and acoustic baffles border a services void that can be changed depending on the environmental performance and social requirements of the space.

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Timber plank access floor Metal stringer grid Siphonic drainwage channel Adjustable pedestal Damp proof membrane Plywood board Rigid insulation Metal deck Steel structure Acoustic baffles Boxing out column ETFE double skin Timber plank access floor Metal stringer grid Pedestal Damp proof memrane Plywood board Rigid insulation Metal deck

Flexible floor plate The floor construction makes use of a raised access floor to allow services and ventilation routes to run underneath and supply air as part of the air displacement strategy.

This strategy also allows a change of material depending on the requirements of the program, the reorganization of space and ease of maintenance if certain floor panels need replacing.

Open minded architecture Civic sense The terminal creates an ideal civic environment due to its integrated security, distance from areas of urban development and physical flexibility as a large shed structure. This allows mass gathering events to manifest themselves and become integral to a strategy that helps the city serve its residential needs as the terminal can play host to large scale events which would normally consume and disrupt city resources.

Flexibility of the grid The grid structure provides a framework for the application of temporary structures varying in ranges to accommodate a multitude of events. The boxed out columns also allow the routing of services to link in visual and acoustic interventions.

The Cave The visual and atmospheric development of the space is designed to allow an environment to be controlled depending on the desired use. At it’s least manipulated the subdued light enhances the production of dopamine in the brain and will create a mild form of sensory deprivation that aims to counteract daily stress.

At the other end of the spectrum the introduction of acoustic and visual interventions can be dramatic through their presentation in a platform that is grandeur yet minimal.

Adaptive arenas Adapting to the social Social space is a dynamic space and its production continues over time and is not fixed to a single moment that bounds it complete.

Loading Bay Located between the transport hub and the terminal is a service corridor accessible by boat to allow the movement of larger objects and interventions into the space.

To serve a wide program of temporal events the terminal provides large storage spaces and access points in the service corridor for boats to unload varying objects of social value to allow events to manifest with the terminal space.

Acoustic scales The terminal serves as an ideal civic environment for mass gathering events due to its integrated security strategy and location away from urban areas. The result of this combination is a series a multi modal served and secure event sheds that are able to create an architecture that is in flux with the temporal nature of human interaction at a personal level through to full constellations.

Warehouse Located along the east ground floor area of the terminal along with plant space is large warehouse storage zones connecting the waterways and terminal civic space to serve a mutlitude of various programs.

Zoning Strategy Within the environment of the social civic spacewill exist 3 distinct zones that enhance the diversity of people and activities in the area.

General civic zone This zone would have furniture that enables arts and programming with occasional events.

Designated activity zone These zones would be bookable spaces to facilitate activities that involve the exchange of money for goods services and entertainment.

Circulation zone This zones would be dedicated to the flow of passengers by removing any physical encumbrances.

Chasm of creativity Blue value The space of experience extends beyond the walls of the terminal into the space inbetween. Located in the corridor between each terminal envelope a body of water is used as source for an environmental strategy that makes use of water as an alternative source of energy.

As well as enivornmental value this space has social value in the form of an activity space and opportunity for inhabitants to feel the sensoral qualities of the nature of a floating structure. Studies suggest that bodies of water promote physical and social activity whilst being by nature has many mental benfits.

Connecting corridor Linking to location Floating on water presents a flexibility in terms of building development but also an adaptability in terms of program. Spaces based around water are often used as a tool of social stimulant and between terminal buildings a controlled waterscape can become another variant in the flexible program of the project.

Active waterways The unique location of the terminal on water poses unqiue programs for aspects of its environment.

The wateway between each terminal building could become a place of water sports but also experimentation in building technolgies to further the development of water based structures.

Solar south strategy The corridor environment looks to be a place of environmental and social value. By reflecting the suns energy into the water through a mirrored facade a system can be used to capture this energy as a source of heat for the terminal environment.

Pump it up As the water in the corridor is heated by the sun this can be used in a water source hear pump loop. Pipes submerged in the water sit at a temperature which is fairly constant. The system circulates liquid through the pipes and uses the energy to aid in heating the building.

Intersectional interventions

Co-ordinated circulation The first floor of the terminal sees the convergence of passengers from the transport hub, arriving flights and boat drop offs. Clear pathways meet a central linear corridor linking all of these internodal lines in one coordinated space.

Sat in the apertures of these nodes are opportunities for gatherings or service based businesses to manifest themselves.

Vernacular vanguards

Connecting all The project is based on principles of connections, physical, virtual, existing and forming new. Even in areas of multiple flows and dynamic procedures are opportunities for unqiue interventions and creation of spaces for alternative programmatic engagement. A cultural representation of a place is not only represented through aesthetic but also action, action of those who live in the spatial context.

Interchanging events As the time of day changes the terminal environment provides framework for programs that react to these changes in environment. Many fo these will be reactive to the visual composition of the landscape surveyed from the vantage point of the terminal deck.

Secure for all Immediate passport control takes place for passengers arriving at the terminal. This strategy is engaged so whole environment can be explored and what is typically a divide of arrivals and departures passengers can explore the entrety of the space.

Green walls Biophilic design is design that values the impact of nature within design in terms of its positive impact on mental aspects of inhabitants including stress reduction,enhance creativity and improve mental wellbeing. Green walls served by waste water improve the air quality of the space whilst improving the overall experience.

Gangplank to gates Reflective space The natural luminance of the interior spaces is enhanced by the patterns and textures of the floor and feature wall surfaces. It is a space that not only offers a waiting space for passengers to board flights but views across the ocean and back to the city.

Lower ceilings in the final zone aim to create a sense of calm and tranquility to imrpove enjoyment of th experience whilst the hues of the interior landscape reflect the variable hues of the interaction between sun and water.

Harnessing hues Walk the line The language of the gated area reflects the physical relationship between the terminal and the airfield environment. Waves of seating at varying heights rises from the floor creating potential for lying, sitting and standing. A number of strategies look to create a dynamic environment that offers a number of conditions providing choice for inhabitants of the space.

Seeing and shading The ETFE pillows on this structure are fritted to a degree that allows levels of light without allowing too much solar gain. As a fluorocarbon polymer, ETFE has similar non-stick properties to PTFE, making it ‘self-cleaning’. Unlike many other plastics, the film does not degrade in sunlight ensuring the logevity of the view

Baffling Sound Vertical baffles hide the services in the ceilings but also aid in an acoustic strategy that keeps distracted and unwanted noise to a minimum.

Waves of reflection Reflective floor material is located on the airfield side of the terminal to increase light levels in areas that require it. In contrast this becomes less densely populate on the city side to create zones of relaxation and transfter focus to the panormaic views and inhabitable roofscape.

Aviation station Airfield dynamics An average airfield in New York City has length of around 3km with the world longest at around 5km. Allowing a length of up to 5km for the airfield means that with future developments in aviation will be supported in a more resilient way. The nature of the build up with a floating terminal also means that the barrier can be expanded in depth to accommodate more runways.

Airfield Clear to connect Each pier from the terminal extends out onto a mobile system on the airfield. This pier is flexible to cope with movments of the terminal on water and also the varying sizes of aircraft to remain resilient to changes in future aircraft design.

Expansion Plan The location of the airfield lends itself well to future plans of expansion. If more runways were required an increase in land mass towards to altanic could serve as space for additional plane landing and take off space.

Slide away Airport functions are embedded within the surface of the airfield. This is enabled through the development of the strategy with the storm surge barrier. This strategy allows protection of vehicles and services from seawater damage.

Bags to gate To minimise apron traffic and congestion a system integrated into the transport hub delivers baggae directly to each gate to reduce the number of vehciles in the apron area.

Piering out Factoring in fun A social engagement with water tenders a full spectrum of activities. At one end, making use of the potential new reef inhabitants restaurants and other food establishments could be enabled , providing a unique cuisine experience, accessible to all visitors.

Reaching the other way a protected water environment allows water sports and other vessel based activities to manifest on the shores of the barrier. All of these could harness the transport networks of the terminal development.

Down to the water Ocean of opportunity At the ends of the building the roof landscape dips down into the doy of water allowing access for visitors and produce to be transported onto the buildings promenade. The project aims to encourage sustainable finishing of the improved aquarian ecosystem and use piers an opportune settings for arts events.

Taking a dip A pier extends down to water level allowing the loading of goods for servicing the roofscape. This also allows visitors who are not enetering the interior of the terminal to visit and become and desitination in its own right.

Research base Extending out at the base of the terminal foundation floating platforms remain open for habitation for those that can explode the unique relationship with the water. This may be the testing of water based structures or the research of aquarian ecossytems.

Fishing As the project aims to develop an ecosystem through generation of aritifcal reefs there comes to opportunity for activies such as fishing for both personal and community benefits.

Linear landscapes Roof scape Sometimes seen as merely a plane of protection the roof of a building often serves nothing else. Through consideration of the roof as a landscape, developing a unique relationship with the city through unprecedented views a horizontal narrative of event can begin to form.

An appetite for airports Rooftop respite A popular characteristic of many buildings in NYC are rooftop bars due to the views they offer. In a similar fashion the terminal roof provides an environment of views of the city. The observation deck aims to allow a full spectrum of social interventions that can be experienced throughout the year.

Roof module The roof landscape is treated with the same flexibility in mind when the design has been developed. A series of roof strucures dot the environment constructed with timber and a lightweight transparent membrane to allow size variations depending on the function.

Garden gates Changes in the deck material allow small garden environments to be created, developing areas of relaxations and providing the benefits linked to humans connection with nature.

Seasonal circumstance Use of the roof environment is still encouraged and made accessible through the micro environments created.

SHIP Imagined futures Many projects of architecture are envisioned with a dogmatic trajectory based on analysis of contextual conditions at intervals of recorded times. The reality of such a process does not all succeed as the desired prediction does not always manifest itself.

There is no predetermined and predictable future with architectural projects and this is the uncertainty that is often not dealt with through design that allows temporal change. This project aims to not force a future upon this site but allow multiple imaged future to be manifested depending on the changing context from a political, social and environmental view.

The environmental context suggests that aspects of the function as a storm surge barrier will remain constant but the use of the airfield offers an unknown future. The project offers both growth in the form of allowing new runways but also retraction in the form of relocation of the floating built forms of the terminal and reappropriation of the site to serve alternative social needs.

The social adaptability is accommodated in the design of the terminal building that provides an open framework for civic activities to manifest themselves inside and naturally entice the needed future.

The role of the Architect We live in a world of changing times where the production of space is intertwined with many visible and invisible networks. There is a shift that needs to see the architect move from the ties of the building linked to production of commodities to one where they recognise the networks architecture sits within and create a framework that recognises the broader context. This context acknowledges the social, global, ecological and virtual networks.

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ETFE, roof and interior junction detail 1:50 @ a3

Wall as balustrade Timber Planks Metal stringer grid Pedestals Services void Damp proof membrane Plywood board Rigid insulation Metal deck Steel structure Acoustic baffles ETFE double layer Boxing out of structural column

Floor panels Metal Stringer grid Pedestals Services void Plywood board Rigid insulation Metal Deck Damp proof membrane Steel structure