Spring 2021 PSLA Virtual Seminar Series
Date: Friday, February 26, 2021
Time: 12:00 -1:00 pm
WebEx Conference Room: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/meet/sop18006
Reimagined Post-Industrial Waterfronts in New York City
(Domino Park, Greenpoint Landing, Cornell Tech, Halletts Point)
As part of New York City comprehensive waterfront plan initiated in 2011, underutilized and post-industrial properties along the waterfront lots are allowed rezoning from non-residential to residential and mixed-use development. To comply this zoning regulation, new developments should comes with certain amount of open space with waterfront public access area along the water’s edge. The waterfront parks are designed under this regulation but with unique, contemporary and sustainable design approach that responding to climate change. The four waterfront projects designed by James Corner Field Operations will be presented during the seminar as precedents.
Speaker: Biyoung Heo (Senior Associate, James Corner Field Operations)
Biyoung Heo’s practice covers a broad range of Urban and Waterfront Development inside and outside the country. He was the lead designer for the Cornell Tech Campus, Greenpoint Landing and Halletts Point Waterfront Development in New York. He previously designed for the Atlanta Beltline schematic design and Qianhai Water City Master Plan in Shenzhen, China. Heo received a Bachelor of Engineering from Inha University in South Korea, where he was a licensed engineer, and has a MLA from the University of Pennsylvania. Heo’s project was exhibited at the 2010 Europian Biennial of Landscape Architecture in Barcelona and at the Gallery of Korean Cultural Service in New York City. He has received several awards for his work researching sustainable practices and building.
For more information, contact: Dr. Sohyun Park at sohyun.park@uconn.edu