New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion - UNStudio

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The new Dutch Pavilion by UN Studio to pause, learn and engage with site and history.

Placed on the New Amsterdam Plein and commissioned by the Battery Conservancy, the NY400 Dutch Pavilion is presented as a gift from the Dutch government to the people of New York. The Pavilion will be open, in varying degrees, to the high number of commuters, tourists, and local residents throughout the day.

The Pavilion marks the location as a destination and a hub of various activities, creating a social eddy at a site that may otherwise go unnoticed by passers-by and commuters. The centre of the installation is designed for more permanent, enclosed functions. In contrast to the enclosed nature of the core, the formal figure of the structure becomes increasingly more fluid. The geometric loop is introduced to virtually obscure the boundary between the ceiling, wall, and the floor and to promote the integration of the built form with the surrounding park.

The design attempts to make the pavilion more welcoming by responding to the human scale. The changing geometry of the Pavilion ensures that there is no ‘backside’ to the structure. Repetition is dynamic rather than static, allowing varying viewpoints and perspectives to be created.

Factsheet - New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion, Battery Park, New York, USA, 2008 - 2011

Client: The Battery Conservancy, New York, USA

Location: Peter Minuit Plaza, Battery Park

Program: Pavilion with digital information consoles and food & beverage services.

Schedule: Unveiling - Sept 2009. Operational - May 2011

Design Architect:

UNStudio: 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, USA

Gary Handel, AIA, D. Blake Middleton, FAIA, LEED AP, Stephen Matkovits, AIA, LEED AP, Mark Morris

Consultants:

Buro Happold: Lighting Design and Structural, Sustainability, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection Engineering