UNStudio: new amsterdam plein & pavilion now open

‘new amsterdam plein & pavilion’ by UNStudio in manhattan, new york image courtesy UNStudio photo by james d’addio

the ‘new amsterdam plein & pavilion’ by amsterdam-based UNStudio has officially opened to the public in battery park, new york. commissioned by the battery conservancy and developed in collaboration with the parks department and department of transportation, the project was conceived to generate a new ‘outdoor living room’ that will host a variety of impromptu and scheduled activities, public markets, a visitor information center, and more.

exterior view image courtesy UNStudio photo by james d’addio

hosted by the peter minuit plaza, a new public intersect for recreation, culture, and transportation, the 465 m2 pavilion houses regional organic food by merchants market, as well as the alliance for downtown new york’s visitor information booth. featuring four pinwheel-like wings, the sculptural design utilizes a continuous surface skin that seemingly ‘melts’ around the form to become both roof and walls. completely glazed faces open up in a rotational fashion, allowing the pavilion to low a multitude of colours during the night.

to read more on the project, click here for our previous coverage of the pavilion.

glazed face image courtesy UNStudio photo by james d’addio

photo by carlos alcocer sola

night view image courtesy UNStudio photo by james d’addio

image courtesy UNStudio photo by james d’addio

image courtesy UNStudio photo by james d’addio

physical model

architect’s sketch

diagram

site map

project info:

design team: ben van berkel, caroline bos with wouter de jonge, christian veddeler and kyle miller, jan schellhoff, wesley lanckriet, arndt willert

executive architect: handel architects, new york – gary handel, d. blake middleton, stephen matkovits, mark morris

lighting design and structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineering: buro happold