TriBeCa, Manhattan, New York City This study is Joseph Baisch's Masters of Architecture thesis project with advisor Paul Goldberger  at the Parsons School of Design . It examines the relationship between the car and pedestrian in the city th
       
       
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  Examining the destinations of Eastbound tunnel traffic, New York State Department of Transportation Data shows almost 40% of cars pass straight through Manhattan to Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island.     
  Analysis of the destination data supports a tactical shift in the traffic pattern that allows through trip cars to merge more directly onto Canal Street and relieve some traffic pressure from the site.     
  On a neighborhood scale, by creating a space inaccessible to pedestrians, the Holland Tunnel Exit severs 4 blocks of east-west circulation while north-south circulation is fairly uninterrupted.    
  A subsequent mapping of desired pedestrian movement starts to reveal the asymmetry of the site produced by York Street dead-ending before reaching Varick. This asymmetry drives a diagonal flow of people across the site to and from the corners on
  The project’s network of hardscape paths and bridges promotes connectivity. To clear the cars below and remain accessible, the proposed landscape surface rises gently toward the southeast. Between the main pedestrian flows, the surface is strateg
  To further tie the site back into its urban context, a cultural film center occupies the volume beneath the southeast corner of the landscape. Programmatically, the building picks up on the adjacent TriBeCa Cinema (the current home of the Tribeca
       
       
       
       
       
  The building takes on an architectural parti where the exhibition space addresses the new public park, revealing itself above the landscape surface.    
  The main volume of the film center holds the street corner at Beach and Varick.    
  The building announces itself as a film center by presenting the theater volumes as sculptural objects visible from the exterior.    
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
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