Design Development - Curating Experience

I want to curate people's experience when they walk through my project, but how can i achieve it? I guess a series of 'planned experience' that experienced in a certain order can tell the story.  

The story of how the communities or Brooklyn changed from a industrial and economic base to the current Brooklyn; a sustainable urban oasis that focus on the culture of art.


Curating Experience

I think it is quite important to have 3 routes so that people can experience the project from all three sides, so i kept the element of joining all three sides from the previous concept. When i revisit the maps, i actually found a mistake i made when i was mapping the 'development opportunity map; missed out a carpark which is very important to my site selection.

By moving one of my site to this location allows all sites to have maximum view of the canal which is really important especially i am trying to curate experiences. And with this minor change, i was able to come up with circulation plan showing how all my buildings joined up.

And in details, showing what will people experience at each 'zone' and how will this 'experiences' put together can form a story.

Summary of the Curated Experience

Starting from the neighbourhood of Brooklyn (Zone 1) and walking to the old Industrial areas (Zone 2 project site), you will find how nature, artists and their work occupied the industrial buildings that was once forgotten, abandoned and left vacant.  

Following the path to the building around the canal (Zone 3) and you will experience the changing style of architectural design; a design that has both the elements of industrial and nature. This symbolised how the community started to change.

Once you walk through the building to the bridge (Zone 4), you will experience the 'transition of industrial to oasis'. This is the experience of the how the value of the communities has changed. 

Continuing the journey, the first thing you see when you walk onto the green island is the gallery in nature (Zone 5), that sits peacefully and in harmony with the surrounding. How Brooklyn is no longer about the economy and industrials but tranquility and harmony of art and nature.

And last, you will arrive at a resting area (Zone 6) where you can look down to the canal and even touch the clean water from the canal. Looking at a whole new different side of the Gowanus Canal; a better canal with brighter future.  And this concludes the purpose of the project; showcase Gowanus Canal through art and nature.