The Public Private Produce: A contradictory mixed-use development of a private NSA office with public housing and sportscenter

Public space in Manhattan is mainly generated through a mechanism called Privately Owned Public Spaces, shortly POPS, allowing developers to construct taller buildings in exchange for the provision of public space. As a result of this incentivizing mechanism there are countless manifestations of public private contradiction in the city of New...

The Playhouse: Real Life Simulator

The design assignment is a response for a need of a public physical space that can inhabit 22nd century community. “The Playhouse” is a new type of community centre where people can spend their free time, interact with each other, develop their hobbies, stimulate their creativity, and seek out new goals and experiences.The question of the role...