Zoning For Conflict

Mixed Use
South Bronx

Zoning has historically been a tool of division: this goes here, that goes there. But this project uses zoning to knit functions together. Street life climbs from ground level into the towers above, placing homes next to restaurants and nightclubs next to offices. A circuitous alleyway offers an alternative to New York’s gridiron street experience, and apartments face onto semi-public terraces. It’s a hyperbole of mixed-use development, connecting residents to public life. As lessees come and go over the years, people gain unexpected new neighbors, producing those unpredictable juxtapositions that come to shape a neighborhood’s identity.

In collaboration with Victor Hugo Azevedo