Bergen Arches Tunnel Program at Summit Avenue
| All Season Hydroponics, Research, Nursery, and Seed vault |
Historical Archive and Sensorial Educational/Experiential Space
Community Living Room, Library, Exhibition Space, Water Feature
Nahyun Hwang, David Eugin Moon, Caroline Wineburg (project manager), Jean Im
Phoebe Lee, Myungju Ko, Kevin Pham, Maxime St. Pierre Ostrander |
The project envisions a new future for the Bergen Arches (a.k.a "Erie Cut"), a mile-long sunken abandoned railroad right of way originally constructed between 1906 and 1910 by blasting through 800,000 cubic yards of the blue rock. Engaging its unique anthropocenic geology, spatiality, and ecology, and focusing on its rich history and potential as a civic infrastructure,
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