The following urban design projects address the problems mentioned above and display innovative approaches as well as transformation strategies for a location in the borough of Brooklyn, to the south of Brooklyn Park. It includes the Piers 1 to 6 on the East River by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) and the adjacent Piers 7 to 10 as well as the area east to the Brooklyn Queens Exply (278) and south to the Hugh L. Carrey Tunnel (478). The central location, proximity to the waterfront and the four piers with adjacent large-scale industrial sites make the Waterfront an attractive development area and a testing ground for new uses.
The projects considered both higher-level contexts and the analysis of the site. In addition to the analysis and presentations of historical and contemporary case studies - significant in terms of urban planning and architecture - discussions were held to classify and evaluate what has been seen. The aim of the urban and landscape design with an architectural design project of choice was to open up development potentials, to link fragmented areas with each other, to activate area potentials as well as to develop suitable public space and building typologies in dealing with the special features of the location next to the water.
