SPRING 2016
The fill was covered with soil engineered to support
specific types of turf, plants, and trees. The steepest,
almost vertical man-made slopes were made with
wire baskets, stuffed with soil. Jute mesh, coir logs,
and 42,000 shrubs help to keep the soil in place.
New York Harbor offered grand borrowed landscape. But the park wouldn’t hold people’s interest if it
were only for selfies with the Statue of Liberty. There
is a promenade around the island’s rim, which can
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be walked or cycled, as you follow the curving paths
and the corridors that line up your view with landmarks such as the Brooklyn Bridge or Ellis Island. “We
designed different ways to see one of the most iconic
cities in the world,” Geuze said.
“There’s a very relevant question for our generation
of urban landscape designers. If we are working in a
well-known public space, should we be part of that, or
should we offer a sort of antidote? Maybe both.”