paradox: New York turns its back on the sea
paradox: We search for escape but look down on old-style 'fun'
paradox: We live in boring apartments in predictable surroundings
paradox: We're scared to mix & invent typologies for 21st century

Look at Coney: sea, boardwalk, funny goings-on, funny patches of land, new ways to escape, a proper Aquarium, more sport, workout. Think: Muscle Beach California, urban fun-mat, helter-skelter pre-digital diagram in wood.

These paradoxes are opportunities. In this studio, students turned them upside down to cheer up the outer fringes of Brooklyn, and had fun doing so.



Karin Chen
Sean Erickson
Marcelo Ertorteguy
Ivana Filipovic
Athanasia Leivaditou
Hugo Martinez
Brad McCoy
Eduardo McIntosh
Anna Smith
Natalie Smith
Kyochao Tseng
Sara Valente