DARK_UNDERBELLY speculates four possible cultural uses for the underbelly of the BQE in Brooklyn, a stretch that otherwise decimates the landscape for human use. Permanent interventions include excavation for a skate halfpipe and movie theater to raise the low 12.5’ ceiling of the highway to feel more expansive and cathedral-like.
Alternatively, a long ADA ramp leads users up to a highly-compressed nightclub space, in which the regular rhythm of cars 2 feet overhead join the club’s soundscape, making for an ecstatic celebration of the music’s direct return to its machine origins. A fourth space is a fashion runway, painted with car traffic markings dictating models’ movement through space.
