LOCATION: BRONX, NY
TYPE: INSTALLATION
STATUS: 2009
TEAM: AMANDA SCHACHTER, ALEXANDER LEVI, VAN ALEN INSTITUTE, BRONX RIVER ALLIANCE; NYC URBAN PARK RANGERS; YOUTH MINISTRIES FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE; COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MAUD; FORDHAM UNIVERSITY VISUAL ARTS; NJIT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE; FANNIE LOU HAMER FREEDOM H.S., PABLO NERUDA ACADEMY, URBAN WORKSHOP; ROBERT WRAZEN, CHRIS KANNEN, KATIE KANNEN; ASLIHAN DEMIRTAS
AWARDS: 2009 VAN ALEN INSTITUTE NEW YORK PRIZE FELLOWSHIP
Bronx River Crossing brought together youth, enrolled in local high-schools and after-school programs, with university students in architecture and urban design, to study the Bronx beyond entrenched preconceptions of territory, by designing, constructing and floating a large-scale model of the ecology and human settlement of the Lower Bronx River Watershed. The Watershed Raft juxtaposed riparian nature with architectural monuments and infrastructural networks in need of reclamation, laying the groundwork for a multilayered exploration of other future sites requiring historic preservation and environmental justice.
