Light
Bench and Park
North
Neighborhood Light Diagram
Glass
Sun Shade
Vesey
Street Streetscape
Bench
Security Assembly
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Located in New York
City's Lower Manhattan, the Battery Park
City Streetscapes project is an urban
design effort to improve pedestrian
connections and neighborhood amenities
in the North Neighborhood while
providing for perimeter security at the
adjacent World Financial Center and New
York Mercantile Exchange.
Security issues for the site and
buildings are of critical importance,
but these needs are not given exclusive
precedence over the needs of pedestrains
and neighborhood residents. The
configuration of streets and street
furniture are configured to provide
pedestrian amenity: controls
reduce vehicle speeds to provide both
security and public safety, while
vehicular barriers are reduced in size
and integrated into the urban
streetscape to provide wayfinding.
Additionally, new urban security
measures have been developed for the
project using compressible fill and
other technologies to reduce the visual
and physical impact of security elements
within the street. Several patents
have developed from this work.
Scott Demel has served as Project
Manager and Project Architect at Rogers
Marvel Architects throughout various
phases of the work since the initial
security and urban analyses. Glass
Sun Shelters were designed by James
Carpenter Design Associates.
Awards
American Institute of
Architects National Award for
Outstanding Urban Design, 2005
American Society of Landscape
Architects National Analysis and
Planning Award, 2005 Link
American Institute of Architects New
York Chapter, Project Merit Award,
2007
Article
David Dunlap, "A New Idea in
Security Would put Vehicles on a
Pavement-Level Turntable." New York
Times, Dec 28, 2006. Article
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Patent
Vehicle Barrier System Link
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