NYC AQUARIUM:
THE COMPLEXITY PARADOX

The platform Arch Out Loud held an international competition to design the NYC Aquarium in Brooklyn. Based on the coral reef formation process, the design of the NYC Aquarium and Public Waterfront, manifests how complexity and simplicity complement the other by exemplifying subsidence through space, form, and function. Complex paths with organic shapes connect the park’s different activities with the site’s major urban nodes. Inside, network paths connect the expositions giving visitors a dynamic experience, converging through the central space, which exhibits: three major tanks, fossils, and digital-interactive activities.
The shotcrete structure, prominent at its entrance, progressively subsides towards the exit, defining the landscape where it lays upon.