Karissa Rosenfield reports for Archdaily.
The Emerging New York Architects (ENYA) committee of the AIA New York Chapter has announced the winners of its 2014 biennial design ideas competition, QueensWay Connection: Elevating the Public Realm. In an effort to imagine the ways in which The Trust for Public Land and Friends of the Queensway could transform an abandoned railway in Central Queens into a vibrant urban greenway, entrants were challenged to design a vertical gateway for the elevated viaduct portion of a 3.5 mile stretch along the rail.
Of the 120 submitted proposals from 28 countries, the jury selected the following winners to represent the diverse array of ideas generated:
ENYA Prize ($5000): The Queensway Steps / Carrie Wibert of Paris, France
2nd Prize ($2500): Queens Billboard / Nikolay Martynov of Basel, Switzerland
3rd Prize ($1000): Make It! Grow It! / Song Deng and René Biberstein of Toronto, Canada
Student Prize ($1000): Ebb & Flow / Jessica Shoemaker of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Honorable Mention: Upside Down Bridge / Hyuntek Yoon of Queens, New York, USA
Jury:
- Claire Weisz, FAIA, Co-founding Partner at WXY, part of the QueensWay feasibility study team
- Lisa Switkin, Associate Partner and Managing Director at James Corner Field Operations
- Matthew Johnson, Senior Associate at Diller Scofidio + Renfro, project manager of the Highline project
- Margaret Newman, FAIA, LEED AP, Chief of Staff to the Commissioner, NYC Department of Transportation
- Ting Chin, Co-founder of Linearscape, winners of the 2012 ENYA prize
- Susan Chin, FAIA, Executive Director of the Design Trust for Public Space
- Frank Lupo, FAIA, Steering Committee Member of Friends of the QueensWay
- Andy Stone, New York City Director of The Trust for Public Land
An exhibition of these proposals and other exemplary entries will be unveiled at an opening party on July 17, 2014 at the Center for Architecture. A series of discussion panels will also accompany the exhibition. More information and updates on these upcoming events can be found here.
