The Metals in Construction magazine 2019 Design Challenge: Create A New Urban Pathway

ニューヨークで歩道橋のアイディアコンペ、鉄鋼協会がスポンサー。

Description
Urban environments are becoming overly reliant on automobiles. But the use of landscaped, elevated thoroughfares that encourage foot travel instead can reduce congestion and improve the overall experience of urban life. Across the world, cities have transformed underused roadways and abandoned railroad spurs into lively pedestrian walkways, stimulating development in adjacent neighborhoods and ushering in a new era of linear-park design. Although usually created for public recreation, these elevated urban pathways increasingly show potential, when properly designed, to become a preferred mode of daily transit for commuters as well.
For this reason the publishers of Metals in Construction have selected a pedestrian bridge as the subject of the magazine’s 2019 Design Challenge. The competition asks architects, engineers, and students to design a span that connects the transportation hub of the newly adapted Moynihan Station with Hudson Yards, the city’s largest development since Rockefeller Center—and the destination for a projected 100,000 people walking to their offices there from the rail station each day.

Jury
Jack Robbins, AIA, LEED AP (Moderator), FXCollaborative
Benjamin Prosky, Assoc. AIA, Executive Director AIA New York Chapter
Claire Weisz, FAIA, WXY
Enrica Oliva, M.Sc. Struct. Eng., Werner Sobek New York
Paul Bauer AIA, LEED AP, Dattner Architects

Prize
One grand prize: $15,000
The winner and the top five finalists: publishement in Metals in Construction magazine

Entry Fee
$100 for students and $125 for professional (before November 1, 2018)
$125 for students and $150 for professionals (after November 1, 2018)

Timetable
A half-day conference at the state-of-the art TimesCenter: February 22, 2019

Organizer
The Metals in Construction magazine

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