James Corner says
he is practicing landscape architecture, but the actual plan is to redesign the
entire urban blight. Corner, founder and head of James Corner Field Operations,
is creating a new terrain of leisure made from industrial vestiges like
deserted railways and metropolis waterfronts in the middle of dark and dreary
metropolitan districts. With minimalistic intelligibility and precision, Corner
and his working party converted abandoned carbuncles into new modern, lush
terrains that are out to give people some breather from the droning world.
Aside from
beautifully transfiguring a section of High Line, the famous elevated greenway
along the West Side of Manhattan, the firm also has transformed an empty
waterfront into a major pedestrian attraction, converted a dump site into a
vast park, renovated a long forgotten free way viaduct into a waterside piazza,
and is working on redesigning Chicago’s 3,000 foot-long landmark, Navy
Pier. Furthermore, the company has been very busy these past few months with
all their overseas expansion, beginning with a project on designing the
southern focal point of London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Indeed, James
Corner’s hands are full and it’s not without good reason. His practical and
creative designs are guaranteed to woo clients along with his big dreams and
cost-effective schemes.
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