Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion by UNStudio
Amsterdam architect Ben van Berkel of UNStudio has designed a pavilion for The Battery park in New York City, USA.
The pavilion will provide seating and shade and can be used for organised public events.
At night, an electronic LED system will display a continuously-changing light show.
Below is the press release from UNStudio:
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About the Plein & Pavilion
UNStudio’s initial conceptual design for New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion calls for a 5,000 square-foot, carefully programmed space located within The Battery’s Peter Minuit Plaza, named for the enterprising Dutch Director-General who in 1626 consolidated the early settlements at the tip of Manhattan – a grouping that came to be known as New Amsterdam. This destination is, in the words of architect Ben van Berkel, “the ideal site for a permanent commemoration of 400 years of Dutch history in New York, because it is steeped in a sense of a shared past and looks directly toward the harbour where Henry Hudson sailed, but is also entirely focused on the future by virtue of its role as a modern transportation hub within the constantly changing scene of Lower Manhattan. This is a site where history meets the future.”