Existing physical conditions:
The site is located between 178th st and 179th street
intersecting Broadway, ST Nicholas av. and 2 subway lines,
where the only interstate highway crossing Manhattan in east
west direction, a bus terminal and four 32 stories towers
are
located. Being important physical connectors all of them
have a REGIONAL SCALE.
Existing activities:
There is a constant trade process between the Dominican
community living in Washington Heights and their homeland
which creates a GLOBAL SCALE net of connections.
This movement generates a LOCAL SCALE system of interchange
points, divided in:
Reflectors:
mailing and telephone centers,
traveling agencies,etc.
Receptors:
Dominican food markets, Latin music and religious stores, etc.
STRATEGY
Using the
Reflectors-Receptors
system as a code to understand the existing activities and
physical conditions in the site and using it as a tool to
create relations between different scales.
To reinforce the community identity to integrate this
isolated area to the rest of Manhattan, creating a Dominican
and Latin center of activities.
PROBE 1
PROBE 2
PROBE 3
