Leslie Koch on Governor’s Island, June 2010




Leslie Koch, President of the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation (GIPEC), discusses the ideas and efforts put into envisioning New York City’s future island oasis: the outreach methods they employed, the challenges of identifying an audience for a park on an island with no existing constituency, why designers need to engage with the public, and how Post-it notes and hammocks can lead to the thoughtful design of public space.


Source by The Architectural League

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