Abraham Arena: A stadium in the dense urban grid of New York

In 1811, commissioners designed a plan to develop Manhattan in a very efficient way of maximizing land value with a perpendicular network of streets and avenues. In 1854, the grid was fully constructed and the original land was hardly recognizable anymore. New York grew, got bigger and bigger, resulting in a metropolis where millions work and...

The Crossover: Crossing borders in cities

This year the graduation studio of Complex Projects takes place in New York City. <br/>The focus of the studio is Midtown Manhattan. Manhattan is defined by its radical rectangular grid composed of streets and avenues. This condition assured the cities growth to what it is now and created a framework that resulted in the hyper densified and...