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SeaGlass Carousel

NY

Recreation
Architect

WXY Studio

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SeaGlass Carousel demonstrates an innovative collaboration of art and design to create a distinctly contemporary, ecologically themed environment for The Battery in Lower Manhattan. Inspired by the ocean's beauty and The Battery’s history as the first home of the New York Aquarium, SeaGlass is an aquatic carousel, featuring huge fish rather than the usual horses and chariots. The project transforms the traditional ride structure into an instrument of the future, employing underground mechanisms to eliminate the need for a center post - allowing clear views across the pavilion and into the park's lush gardens and landscape. In addition, unlike traditional carousels, SeaGlass riders sit inside the figures. This design makes the rider feel a part of the fish--even “becoming” the fish. The scale of the figures, from 6 feet to 13 feet high, adds to the wonder and grandeur of the experience.

SeaGlass Carousel demonstrates an innovative collaboration of art and design to create a distinctly contemporary, ecologically themed environment for The Battery in Lower Manhattan. Inspired by the ocean's beauty and The Battery’s history as the first home of the New York Aquarium, SeaGlass is an aquatic carousel, featuring huge fish rather than the usual horses and chariots. The project transforms the traditional ride structure into an instrument of the future, employing underground mechanisms to eliminate the need for a center post - allowing clear views across the pavilion and into the park's lush gardens and landscape. In addition, unlike traditional carousels, SeaGlass riders sit inside the figures. This design makes the rider feel a part of the fish--even “becoming” the fish. The scale of the figures, from 6 feet to 13 feet high, adds to the wonder and grandeur of the experience.

state street water street, New York City, NY, US 10004

Nearby
Coast Guard Memorial 155 feet
Superstorm Sandy 351 feet
East Coast War Memorial 402 feet
Peter Minuit purchases Manhattan Island 448 feet
Peter Minuit plaza 448 feet
New Amsterdam Plein and Pavilion 448 feet
Battery Bosque, Carousel, Kiosk, and Benches 482 feet
St Elizabeth Seton statue at the Shrine 610 feet
Rectory of the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton 610 feet
#Architecture #Recreation #Exhibit Space # Archtober 2017