Section Perspective displaying the play of light that is created as the commuters venture through the subway stations uniquely ubiquitous lost and found items.
Displacement Through Misplaced Items
The following is a proposed subway station designed through the lens of displacement through misplaced items. This intervention takes the ground plane as an operable medium for viewing the lost and found items currently being sorted by the MTA. As the lost items begin to populate the site at 14th St, cast within transparent vessels, they create a series of curated galleries and hypostyle halls that create several points of destination within the context of one subway station. With the grand gesture of this seven story intervention lofted above the subway platform, the idea of creating a series of destination points within the overall structure became prevalent. Coming to the platform becomes more than a means to enter the subway, it provides a means to identify places within the space to meet others, even as the intervention grows over time. “Let’s meet at the place where we saw those ripped pants and the tube top” or “I’ll be down by the wallet with the id if the guy who looks like your grandma” become the vernacular of the space.
Fall 2017, GSAPP Core One Studio
Carrie Norman
Carrie Norman
Plan Drawing showing the disbursement of cast columns throughout the 7 story structure from subterranean to over 50’ above street level.
Section Oblique showing the extents of the subway station. From left to right, the station is divided into kiosk, portrait gallery, and wardrobe typologies.
Vignettes showcasing the organizational structure of the Wardrobe, Kiosk, and Portrait Gallery display environments.
Vignettes showcasing the organizational structure of the Wardrobe, Kiosk, and Portrait Gallery display environments.
