East River Waterfront/Pier 35

Project Description

Ken Smith Workshop has been collaborating with SHoP Architects and ARUP engineers for the City of New York since 2005.  Pier 35 is part of the two-mile long East River Waterfront Esplanade and Piers project.

Pier 35 recently opened to immediate activity and neighborhood use.  The folded terrain creates a series of dunes and lawns and the folded topiary vine structure masks the adjacent sanitation building.  At the west end a pedestrian bridge crosses over a folded tidal “Mussel Beach” eco project, and at the east end a raised platform with “urban porch swings” affords commanding view of the lower Manhattan and Brooklyn waterfronts.