Randall’s Island Redevelopment

 

Area:
480 acres

Client:
Randall’s Island Park Alliance (RIPA)
NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
NYC Economic Development Corporatio

Cost:
Approx. $300 Million

 

RZAPS - Zurita Architects-Randall’s Island Redevelopment

The redevelopment plan’s core objective is to promote a singular identity for the park, comprised of fragmented areas physically interrupted by nonpark roads, bridges, and buildings.

Using Manhattan’s grid as a reference for how New Yorkers gauge distance, a grid rotated true north-south, is superimposed on the island.

RZAPS - Zurita Architects-Randall’s Island Redevelopment
RZAPS - Zurita Architects-Randall’s Island Redevelopment

The grid assists in organizing and properly orienting regulation sports fields. At 1,200 feet apart, the interstices of the grid locate new buildings and other park amenities.

New sports facilities are placed along the edges of non-park buildings and become backdrops from within the park, maximizing the amount of open areas and allowing for distant views toward the river edges.