High Bridge: Bronx, Building Cultural Infrastructure (HB:BX)

11.11.2010 - 26.03.2011

The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place NY, NY 10012, USA

The 2010 High Bridge:Bronx (HB:BX) Building Cultural Infrastructure competition, hosted by the Emerging New York Architects Committee, AIA New York Chapter, explored the intersection between physical and social infrastructure in cities and the opportunity for the creation of a cultural infrastructure at that intersection.

Fueled by the recent renovation of the High Line and the elegance of the bridge itself, the competition challenged young designers to create a vision for the High Bridge and rethink how disused infrastructure could find new purpose and energize its surrounding community. This historic structure holds the potential to revitalize its surrounding neighborhoods, to capture the imagination of this city and the world, and to become a destination again.

The opening party to celebrate the competition winners and the launch of the competition publication, HB:BX, Building Cultural Infrastructure, is taking place at the Center for Architecture (536 LaGuardia Place), November 11 at 6:00 pm.

The winners of its fourth biennial international ideas competition, High Bridge: Bronx, Building Cultural Infrastructure (HB:BX):
http://www.enyacompetitions.org/winners.html

Admission:
Entrance to the Galleries is free

Opening hours:
Galleries: Monday through Friday, 9am to 8pm, Saturday, 11am to 5pm

How to get there:
536 LaGuardia Place, between Bleecker and West 3rd Streets in the West Village

By Subway
Take the A, B, C, D, E, F, or V trains to West 4th Street station. Exit at West 3rd Street. Walk east along West 3rd Street and turn right on LaGuardia Place. The Center for Architecture is located midway along the block, on the right side of the street.
or
Take the 6, B, D, F, or V to Broadway/Lafayette station or the N or R to Prince Street station. Walk north on Broadway and turn left on Bleecker Street. Walk along Bleecker and turn right on LaGuardia Place. The Center for Architecture is located midway along the block, on the left side of the street.

Contact:
phone: 212.683.0023
fax: 212.696.5022
info@aiany.org