Project Times Square New York City by Snøhetta
Recently the Norwegian architectural firm Snøhetta won the Reconstruction Project of Times Square in New York City. Times Square is an example of a chaotic New York blocks, with the signs, noise and tons of people and taxis. area currently has a public space that is considered free traffic, but now the city is looking to make a more permanent space and Snøhetta will lead the project. NYC Department of Transportation launched a project entitled “Green Light for Midtown”, in order to improve safety between 47th Street and 42 Street along the length of the two 7 Avenue and Broadway, the idea is to close Broadway to traffic.
New York City Department of Transportation and the Mayors Fund to Advance New York City held a design competition for the installation, while the Snøhetta design is in developing stage. Times Sqaure will be adorned by artist Molly Dilworth’s “Cool Water, Hot Island,” a work of art.
Snøhetta aided by a strong team including WxY architecture + urban design, Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, Billings Jackson Design, Leni Schwendinger Light Projects LTD, Pure + Applied, Weidlinger, Buro Happold, BEXEL, Wesler Cohen, and Ducibella Venter and Santore.
Tags: a permanent space, architectural project, Architecture, Bustler, co-founder of Snøhetta's, Craig Dykers, garden chairs, New York, public space, streetscape, the design of Snøhetta, traffic zone, trafficking
