*맨해튼 스케이트 파크 [ HAO / Holm Architecture ] Manhattan Skate Park

공원과 같은 퍼블릭 스페이스는 도시 네트워크에서 중요한 윤활유 역활을 한다.
도시속에 위치한 지리적 특성에서 숨구멍 역활을 하는 동시에 주변 프로그램 공간으로 흘러들어가
각 공간의 활동을 매끄럽게 연결시켜주는 매개체 역활 또한 수행한다.
맨하튼에 위치한 스케이트 파크 조성사업은
퍼블릭스페이스 활성화를 통하여 도시문화를 발전적으로 변화시킬려는
캠페인의 일환으로 진행된다.
먼저 새로운 스케이트 파크는 기존 콜맨 오팔 파크를 토대로 하여
청소년들의 스포츠 문화와 레크에이션 그리도 다양한 소셜과
커뮤니티를 지원하는 시설로 계획된다. 여기에 나이키가 지원하는
다양한 프로그램을 삽입하여 커다란 문화의 공간으로 변화한다.

이렇게 변화된 파크를 통하여 재생된 문화는 유니크한 캐릭터로 주변환경을
물들이며 도시문화를 윤택하게 변화시키는 작용점이 된다.

reviewed by SJ

International design collective HAO / Holm Architecture Office, in collaboration with New York-based VM Studio, has received first place in a competition for the re-design of the Coleman Oval Skate Park in Manhattan.

Nine New York design firms were invited to participate in the competition, which was sponsored by Architecture for Humanity and a Gamechangers grant from Nike, a campaign encouraging community organizations to empower youth through sports programs that spur social and economic development. The project is being developed with the New York City Parks & Recreation Department’s Adopt-a-Park program.

The first part of the new design, the Skate Park and seating area, is expected to be completed mid 2012.

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Title: Coleman Oval Skate Park
Program: Playground, Skate Park, Public Park, Stage, Dog Run, Base Ball Field & Sports Program
Type: Invited Competition
Client: Architecture for Humanity & Steve Rodriguez / 5boro
Location: Coleman Oval Park, Manhattan, NY
Status: Ongoing
Team: Jens Holm/HAO; Kay Vorwuelderbecke/VM Studio

The Coleman Oval Skate Park, situated partly under the Manhattan Bridge on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, has become one of the most heavily trafficked skate parks in New York City.

HAO’s winning solution re-imagines the park and conceives a program designed specifically to suit the unique character and demographic mix of the surrounding neighborhood.

With the new skate park and seating area as the cornerstone of the revitalization of the larger Coleman Oval Park, HAO proposes a plug-and-play design solution that can be developed in phases while still establishing a strong unified architectural solution.

“By creating a park that emphasizes and underlines local diversity, Coleman Oval Park has the potential to become a one of a kind city park simply by accommodating the potential of the dense urban area it sits within: the secret is in the mix,” said Jens Holm, founder, HAO.

from  bustler