Red Hook has long been defined by its industrial waterfront identity, marked by massive infrastructures like the Grain Terminal—monolithic, defensive, and spatially detached from the surrounding neighborhood. As the community evolves and demands for public space grow, the site presents an opportunity to reclaim a silo not as a relic of isolation, but as a catalyst for urban integration and environmental renewal.
This project proposes to strategically cut and reclaim portions of the existing concrete silo structure, transforming the removed material into a new landscape infrastructure. These reclaimed elements will be reused on-site to create terraced green spaces, ecological buffers, and public gathering zones that reconnect the site with its bayfront and adjacent sports fields. Simultaneously, parts of the silo will be opened to restore visual and spatial permeability, offering bay views and human-scale experiences previously blocked by the massive industrial volume.
At the heart of this transformation is the principle: Social Space = Landscape. The project dissolves the boundary between architecture and landscape, creating a continuous field that supports markets, performances, and communal life—while grounding its material practice in sustainable reuse and adaptive urbanism.
