Manhattan Cruise Terminal

Maritime Mobility and Peripheral Manhattan

Master thesis (2020)

Authors

L. Zhang Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

O. Caso History, Form & Aesthetics - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
J.W. Lafeber Teachers of Practice / AE+T - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2020 Li Zhang
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Published Date

01-07-2020

Language

English

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Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

The design of the new cruise terminal for Manhattan aims to revalue the relationships between Manhattan and its river, the very reason for the success story of the city. This re-evaluation is a public process of re-appropriation, in which the public value of the cruise terminal is given back its major role as gate to / from the city. Display, monumentality, publicness are the key words; the building owns back its proud of being representative place for Manhattan. The big cantilevering roof is the very symbol of this process of re-appropriation of the waterside. The terminal is complemented by a Media Park and event facilities, which increase the public meaning of the building and are a destination for many visitors, both daily and in times of low functioning of cruise terminal as in winter.