East 34th Street Ferry Terminal Compilation

 Frano Violich discusess the overview of East 34th Street. In 2000, the architects looked at the master plan that included 6 different ferry landings from Yankee Stadium to the Battery Maritime Building but the focus of the whole project was 34th St. 

 Sheila Kennedy discusses the environmental sensing system built into the East 34th Street Ferry Terminal. 

 Frano Violich and Sheila Kennedy discuss the public life of urban infrastructure. They talk about light and shadow, ebb and flow, and how the design visually reflects the poetry of the space. 

 Sheila Kenney discusses some of the firsts seen in the design of the 34th Street Ferry Terminal. At the time of construction, the nature of infrastructure was shifting. The architects atomized parts of the building into microservices to form a much more efficient and real-time responsive terminal. 

 Since 2011, the ferry services have expanded exponentially. In this podcast, Franco Violich discusses the economic impacts of the ferry. 

 Sheila Kennedy talks about how the 34th Street Ferry Terminal is an example of soft infrastructure. The Ferry Project is a demonstration of a next generation of urban infrastructure that also provides public identity and public space. 

 Sheila Kennedy talks about some secrets on the 34th Street Ferry Terminal. She tells how to see optical vibration (the moir&eacute; effect) that occurs between the two layers of aluminum. Another secret for a sunny day: the ceiling reflects the light bouncing from the water up onto the canopy. 

East 34th Street Ferry Terminal Compilation

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