A physical collective memory: A new United Nations building in an former highway

A physical collective memory: A new United Nations building in an former highway

Kerkstra, M.

Korpershoek, M. (mentor)
Meijs, M. (mentor)

Architecture and The Built Environment

Architecture

Materialisation

2013-10-31

A new department of the United Nations has to be built next to the current location in Manhattan New York: an new Environmental Council which will focus on sustainability policy on a global scale. The design has take into account the complex programme with three different users that have different demands: public, delegates and staff.Goal of the design was to design a building that could only fit in this context: that means in this case transform the former FDR highway into a public space and a new part of the public building. Revalue the negative aspects of the current location into a positive quality. The emphasize that, the construction of the current FDR esplanade will be kept as an physical memory.

physical memory
context
United nations
connections
New York

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2013-10-31

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2013 Kerkstra, M.