Project by Yunhao Zhong, FLuo @yunhaozhong @yakultyyds
The project transforms the George Washington Bridge Bus Station and its surrounding infrastructure from an urban barrier into an elevated, layered vertical park system. It explores multi-layer urbanism, where pedestrian movement, vehicle traffic, energy flow, logistics, landscape, and housing are reorganized into connected but distinct layers. Inspired by biomimicry, the structure works like a forest, with branching columns that support platforms, guide circulation, collect rainwater, generate electricity from tunnel waste heat, store energy, and support delivery systems. These columns also create tree-like and cave-like spatial experiences, forming shaded, immersive public spaces above traffic. Inspired by Roberto Burle Marx’s idea of landscape as painting, the project organizes colors, heights, materials, and functions through hardscape and softscape. Computation is used to control complex relationships between geometry, structure, landscape, and infrastructure. Together, the project proposes a new public ground where mobility, ecology, energy, and community life are integrated above existing infrastructure.
