Kick NYC by Noah Stack

Kick NYC

by Noah StackPosted on November 19, 2013April 8, 2014

Building soccer fields as flood prevention systems for Lower Manhattan.

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Bird's eye of a soccer field with the words "Kick NYC" superimposed in.

Screenshot of a slide: "soccer is the most popular sport in the world; Manhattan is home to many ethnic communities" and "by 2016, NYC will be home to two major league soccer teams" and some images of people playing soccer.

A slide with two images of lower Manhattan, one original and one with soccer fields around the coast, and the words "Manhattan has 8 public soccer fields. None act as active flood prevention systems"

A slide with three graphics of Manhattan: one showing areas at highest risk of flooding, the next showing public soccer fields, and the final one showing highest density ethnic neighborhoods.

A slide showing proposed areas of renovation on a graphic of Manhattan (Battery Park, East River Esplanade, East River Park, and the East River Waterfront Study)

Battery City Park: add three fields; Easter River Waterfront: add six fields.

East River Park: add five fields; East River Esplanade/Glick Park: add seven fields.

A cross-section of grass under a tree labelled with flood grass, mud, semi- and permeable composite, pump-powered pipe to rive, and landfill.

A cross-section of flood grass, showing grass, holed sod mud and mud.

A before image labelled "modeled for East River Esplanade/Glick park area," showing FDR Drive, the pedestrian underpass, and some cars.

An after image with the graphic of the last slide, now colored green and with a soccer field added on leading to the East River.

KickNYC = 21 new fields in Lower Manhattan.

"Kick NYC" was created in Professor Louise Harpman's course "Architecture and Urban Design Lab," in spring 2013.