Fulton Center... A Vision Realized
Wednesday, Feb 4, 20155:55 PMEDT
| Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place New York, NY
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The final and central element of Fulton Center was successfully completed and opened to the public on November 9, 2014. On November 10, The New York Times proclaimed, ”Out of the Dust and Debris, A New Jewel Rises…even with ballooning budgets and repeated delays, Fulton Center was the kind of mega project designed to inspire hyperbole, and it did ...” This program will focus on planning and design goals that led to the Fulton vision, including the challenges to realizing one of the most significant projects in North America’s largest transit system, to benefit over 300,000 transit customers per day and boost the Lower Manhattan community so in need of renewal. While the evolution and development of the project is still fresh in our minds, it is essential to review the lessons that can be learned about how to nurture, protect, and “navigate” a project’s core vision through inevitable obstacles and setbacks. Speakers will offer insight into the project’s core vision and the challenges to maintaining that vision over the multiyear planning and development process. Speakers: William Wheeler, Director of Planning, MTA Robert Eisenstat, AIA, Chief Architect, Design Division, Engineering Department, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Vincent Chang, RIBA, AIA, Partner, Grimshaw Architects LLP Sandra Bloodworth, Director, MTA Arts & Design Craig Covil, Principal and Infrastructure Leader, ARUP Uday Durg, Fulton Project Executive, MTA Capital Construction Company Eve Michel, AIA, Vice President of Development & Chief Architect, MTA Capital Construction Company Organized by: AIANY Transportation and Infrastructure Committee AIA CES: 1.5 LU | 1.5 HSW Price: Free for AIA members; $10 for non-members http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=7934
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